Volume 5, Chapter 22 – A Completely Bewildered Little Ailiya

The silver-haired girl’s identity was self-evident.

It was precisely our little Ailiya.

Ailiya, who had suddenly appeared in the Bai family’s summoning hall, was honestly just as confused and was looking around with blank eyes.

“Where… am I now?”

To find Lianyue, Ailiya had gone through great effort to persuade the Abyssal Lord Polarvitan and borrow his powerful strength to temporarily open the sealed spatial tunnel.

Afterward, Ailiya had leaped into the spatial tunnel.

Of course, the Abyssal Lord had also entered the tunnel.

Clearly, just a few seconds ago, she had still been under Polarvitan’s power protection, being carried toward another world by him. But now? She had somehow inexplicably appeared in this place?

Was this Earth? Lianyue’s homeland?

Speaking of which, where was Polarvitan?

“That monster… isn’t here?”

After confirming that Polarvitan wasn’t beside her, Ailiya’s anxious heart calmed down somewhat.

Although she didn’t understand what exactly had happened, accidentally shaking off that monster was a good thing… otherwise, she really didn’t know how much longer she could have endured…

While feeling relieved, Ailiya couldn’t help but press her hand to her chest, breathing heavily.

Clearly, being enveloped by evil god-tier curse power and traveling through spacetime tunnels wasn’t a comfortable experience. Compared to the Terran Malevolence’s gentle aura, the Abyssal Lord’s aura was more than a notch more violent and domineering. That unrestrained, rampaging power continuously tore at her flesh, causing Ailiya great pain.

If she hadn’t already reached the Divine Departure Realm, she probably would have been torn apart by Polarvitan’s power during the journey.

But before she could feel relieved for long, voices full of wariness reached Ailiya’s ears.

——”％￥……*！@￥％@！”——

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Following the sound, Ailiya directed her gaze toward the young man with slightly graying hair nearby.

What was he saying?

Hearing the completely unfamiliar words, Ailiya couldn’t help but frown.

Obviously, Ailiya couldn’t understand Chinese.

During her time living with Lianyue in The Veiled Domain, she had always used Yao Xing’s official language and had never used, much less taught Ailiya, Chinese.

Therefore, just after finishing the transmission, Ailiya faced the awkward difficulty of communication.

However, while the language didn’t get through, she could still sense the emotions of the people around her.

Hostility…

Sensing the wary gazes of everyone around her and their formation as if facing a great enemy, Ailiya couldn’t help but narrow her eyes. What little Augury Force remained began to surge, ready to respond to any possible attacks from those around her.

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On the other side, while Ailiya was observing her surroundings, the Bai family members were likewise observing this silver-haired girl.

“Silver hair, never seen that before…”

“Those clothes too, a style I’ve never seen.”

“Where exactly did she come from? Why did she appear in the summoning array?”

“She’s clearly corporeal, she can’t possibly be an ancestral spirit, right?”

“That energy fluctuation… it’s not spiritual power… an otherworldly being?”

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“An otherworldly being summoned by the summoning array?”

After silently voicing his thoughts, Grand Elder Bai Qian’s expression immediately changed.

“An otherworldly being? It couldn’t be… that legendary thing, could it?”

After hearing Bai Qian’s muttering, Second Elder Bai Hua also suddenly showed a terrified expression.

The essence of summoning arrays was to open tunnels to other worlds and then summon ancestral spirits forth.

However, sometimes what was summoned wasn’t necessarily ancestral spirits… but could also be some indescribable creatures.

According to the Bai family’s historical records, over two thousand years ago, a Bai family ancestor had once summoned some terrible things, ultimately leading to the destruction of an entire nation. The Bai family itself also suffered devastating damage, taking a hundred years to barely recover afterward.

Fortunately, that thing had only been briefly summoned… otherwise, human civilization might no longer exist.

“We wouldn’t be that unlucky, would we…”

——”Stop overthinking, Second Elder.”——

Just as Bai Hua was becoming increasingly anxious, Bai Xu directly spoke sternly:

“Those are just unsubstantiated wild histories. Besides, this person doesn’t seem like the legendary evil god that tried to destroy everything. She feels… like the elf girl from before, an existence from another world.”

Upon hearing this, the expressions of several elders gradually calmed down.

“Another otherworld traveler? What’s been happening recently?”

“But if she’s just an otherworld traveler, she wouldn’t have special treasures like that elf girl, would she?”

Thinking of this, the elders’ eyes quietly began to gleam.

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“Regardless, let’s control her first. If she suddenly runs away like that elf, that would be awkward.”

Bai Xu said coldly and seriously.

“Indeed so.”

Several elders nodded noncommittally and all gathered spiritual power in their palms, assuming suppression seal positions.

At the same time, Bai Xu directed his gaze toward the ancestral spirit phantom behind him that emanated a powerful aura and was unfathomably deep.

Bai Tianduan, the Grand State Preceptor of the Wei Dynasty?

Perfect, let me witness your power.

Thinking this, Bai Xu’s lips couldn’t help but curve up slightly, a trace of excitement quietly emerging. Raising his hand to point at the silver-haired girl not far away, Bai Xu mobilized his spiritual power and issued instructions to the ancestral spirit contracted with him.

“Honored Ancestor, please help control this otherworldly person.”

Upon hearing this, the elders nearby and those Bai family members who hadn’t yet had time to evacuate the hall all directed curious gazes over. After all, who wouldn’t want to witness a legendary Divine Departure Realm ancestral spirit?

Just how powerful was a Divine Departure Realm ancestral spirit?

Thus, under everyone’s expectant gaze, Bai Tianduan’s phantom slowly drifted toward the silver-haired girl.

However, this process unexpectedly encountered an accident.

Just when everyone thought the ancestral spirit was about to display its power, the spirit’s phantom suddenly distorted and directly transformed into a white soul light, drilling into Bai Xu’s body without a word. Then… there was no further movement.

No matter how much Bai Xu summoned, the ancestral spirit didn’t respond.

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“Eh?”

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Seeing the ancestral spirit completely ignore his words, the excitement on Bai Xu’s face visibly faded, replaced by a trace of gloom.

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

Fortunately, Elder Bai Qian nearby came to the rescue in time:

“Young Master Bai Xu needn’t mind. After all, it’s a Divine Departure Realm ancestral spirit. To control it with complete mastery still requires proper training.”

“Is… is that so…”

Looking at his palm, Bai Xu nodded somewhat dejectedly.

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On the other side, seeing that the ancestral spirit couldn’t act, Bai Qian and the others decided to take action personally.

“While she’s somewhat weakened, quickly use the Four Directions Two Elements Formation to control her.”

“Understood.”

Second Elder Bai Hua responded seriously.

Instantly, powerful spiritual power fluctuations echoed within the hall. And seemingly sensing Bai Qian and the others’ intentions, the silver-haired girl’s expression also became sharp, cold light gradually seeping from her cherry-colored pupils.

The girl slowly gripped the hilts of the twin swords at her waist.

Faced with danger, the silver-haired girl obviously wouldn’t sit and wait for death.

For a moment, tension filled the hall.

However, just as conflict was about to erupt, a voice containing strong spiritual power pressure and reproach, full of vicissitudes, came directly from above, forcibly shattering this tense atmosphere.

——”Bai Qian, Bai Hua, stop. You must not be disrespectful to the Honored Ancestor!”——