216: Chapter 216 I have kept my promise, goodbye.

"Of course," the Little Girl changed the subject, returning to that eccentric look, "Whether you accept it or not, whether you can grasp it, depends on you.

However, as for now... you don't get to choose!"

After speaking, she stopped looking at Xiao Nianyin and instead hopped back to Xu Ruyu's side. She stood on her tiptoes, tugged at Xu Ruyu's sleeve, leaned into his ear, and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Xiao Yuer, how about that? Your Old Lady here is pretty decent, right? I've fulfilled my promise!"

"Xiao Yinzi belongs to you from now on!

She will serve you tea and water, make your bed, and provide sweet company... Hehe, no need to be all sneaky like before!"

Xu Ruyu: "..."

Listening to the Little Girl's "bold words" and watching her winking expression, while feeling Xiao Nianyin's cold gaze from afar that seemed like it would pierce right through him, he felt a massive headache coming on.

What is all this!

At this moment, Mo Hehuan also walked over.

She glanced at Xiao Nianyin, her eyes devoid of any pity, holding only a business-like indifference.

She raised her hand and tapped the air a few times in the direction of Xiao Nianyin.

Several profound pink runes instantly submerged into Xiao Nianyin's body.

Xiao Nianyin's body stiffened. She felt the Saint Realm spiritual power inside her, which had already been mostly purified by the "One Sword of Emotional Heaven," suddenly get locked up as if wrapped in layers of shackles, completely sealed in an instant!

Along with this, her Meridians and Dantian were tightly locked by a force that was gentle yet incredibly tenacious, making it impossible for her to mobilize even a shred of spiritual power!

She, once a Saint Realm Expert, had instantly turned into a... Mortal with nothing but a powerful physique (the foundation of her Saint Realm Physical Body remained), yet unable to use a shred of magical power!

"I have sealed your cultivation," Mo Hehuan said in a flat tone, "I will only teach the method to undo the Seal to Sect Master Xu Ruyu alone.

In the future, how much of your cultivation you can recover, and when you can recover it, all depends on the Sect Master's... pleasure."

This sentence was like the final straw, completely crushing the last shred of luck and pride in Xiao Nianyin's heart.

With her cultivation sealed, her life, death, glory, and humiliation all rested on a single thought from Xu Ruyu... This made her feel even more desperate than if she had been killed, and... a kind of bone-deep powerlessness and humiliation.

She closed her eyes, and two lines of clear tears fell silently.

It was not regret, nor was it begging; it was simply a coldness of a heart turned to ash.

Mo Hehuan no longer looked at her, instead turning to the various Ancestral Master soul bodies like Chen Yongheng, Li Mubai, and the Qinglian Dao Ancestor, saying: "The matter here is concluded, you may all disperse.

Properly nurture your soul bodies, and do not disturb the Lower Realm again."

"We respectfully obey the Ancestral Master's (Founding Ancestral Master's) decree!"

The soul bodies of the Ancestral Masters felt as if they had been granted amnesty and hurriedly saluted. They had wanted to leave for a long time; they had lost too much face today and needed to go back "home" to quiet down and recover.

Streaks of soul light plunged back into the spatial rift, the rift slowly closed, and the strange phenomena in the sky gradually dissipated.

Mo Hehuan then gave a few instructions to the remaining members of the Hehuan Sect, who wore complex expressions of awe and fear, mostly telling them to attend to their duties, prepare to welcome the new Sect Master, and reorganize the Sect.

Finally, she looked at the Little Girl and bowed: "Revered Master, this projection has consumed a great deal of energy, and this Disciple needs to return to the Immortal Realm to cultivate in the main body.

As for the affairs of the Lower Realm, I leave them to you, Revered Master... and Sect Master Xu."

The Little Girl waved her little hand: "Go on, go on, go to sleep, don't be an eyesore here."

Mo Hehuan smiled bitterly, nodded slightly to Xu Ruyu, and her figure gradually faded, eventually turning into specks of pink fluorescent light that dissipated into the air.

For a moment, the Law Execution Platform, which had been filled with heaven-shaking noise and earth-shattering revelations, finally quieted down.

Only Xu Ruyu, Lady Qingli, Xiao Nianyin who had her cultivation sealed and was like a puppet, the Little Girl, and the remaining members of the Hehuan Sect who looked uneasy and uncertain about their future remained.

The Little Girl stretched lazily and yawned: "Oh my, I'm exhausted. I've been fighting and scolding people for half the day..."

Her gaze shifted, and she spotted the snow-white little fox that had been quiet in Lady Qingli's arms, her eyes lighting up.

"Ah! A little fox!"

She hopped over, unceremoniously took the fox from Lady Qingli's arms, hugged it, and kneaded its soft, fluffy fur like she was kneading dough.

Lady Qingli was startled and wanted to say something, but thinking of the Little Girl's identity, she didn't dare to stop her and could only watch helplessly.

The Little Girl buried her face in the fox's fur and rubbed it, squinting her eyes in comfort, then held the fox and waved at Xu Ruyu:

"Xiao Yuer, I leave this place to you!

Your Old Lady is taking this little guy off to play!

If there's something... well, don't look for me if there's nothing, and if there is something... try not to look for me either, handle it yourself!"

As she spoke, she held the fox, and her figure gradually became illusory, as if merging into the air.

Just at the moment her figure was about to disappear completely, Xu Ruyu seemed to vaguely hear the fox in the Little Girl's arms let out a helpless sigh.

Then, came the Little Girl's crisp voice, laced with a bit of triumph and mystery, drifting on the wind, intermittent:

"Old Fox... you... are still lingering in the Lower Realm too..."

Another low, melodious voice seemed to respond:

"You, a Fairy from the Upper Realm... haven't you not left either..."

The Little Girl's giggling laughter came:

"Hehe... soon... soon I can go back... wait for Xiao Yuer to... a bit more..."

The voices completely dissipated, and the Little Girl and the fox in her arms vanished from the spot as if they had never appeared.

Xu Ruyu stood there, gazing at the direction where the Little Girl had disappeared, the nonsensical conversation still echoing in his ears, his heart churning with waves.

A Fairy from the Upper Realm? An Old Fox? Soon I can go back?

These few words seemed to pull out even greater mysteries and a much broader world.

He withdrew his gaze, looking at the messy Law Execution Platform before him, looking at the Hehuan Sect members gazing at him expectantly, then looking at the icy, desperate Xiao Nianyin beside him who looked like an exquisite puppet, and also at Lady Qingli who was smiling sweetly to the side...

Xu Ruyu took a deep breath, feeling the ubiquitous ground-state spiritons in the air. He knew that he, this inexplicably appointed "new Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect," this visitor from another world who had been forcibly saddled with a "bed-warming maid," in this Cultivation World where crises and opportunities coexisted, his brand-new "Sect Master career"...

This damn thing, it had only just begun!