Volume 6, Chapter 35 – Someone… Outside the Door?

In a long-disused room on the western side of the Lingyuan family estate, the curtains were drawn tightly shut, leaving only a dim yellow wall lamp burning, casting fragmented shadows across the floor.

After Yelena pushed open the door, she chanted rapidly under her breath, her fingertips quietly emanating a thread of black curse power that she gently pressed against the door frame—this was Yelena’s isolation hex technique, ensuring that not a sound from within the room would leak out.

Against the wall,

Zhouyu and Serveiling had already returned to human form, their disheveled state not yet fully recovered: Zhouyu’s white hair was still dusty and uncleaned, his tachi leaning casually against the wall corner with battle scars still marking the blade; Serveiling’s black suit had a torn cuff, revealing bandaged wrists underneath—traces of injuries from being struck by Xi Xuan in Clavino. Seeing Yelena enter, they immediately straightened up, their expressions grave and anxious.

Facing Yelena, they felt even more pressure than when facing Big Sister… After all, the Black Witch was far less easy-going than Bai Lianyue.

“Speak. What exactly happened in Clavino?”

Yelena walked to the wooden table in the center of the room and sat down, her fingertips lightly tapping the tabletop, her voice calm yet carrying a chilling coldness.

After the two exchanged glances, Serveiling took a deep breath and spoke first, her voice still carrying unsubsided urgency: “We put the drug you prepared in the drinks as planned, and Ludean was ready to activate the barrier, but Xi Xuan suddenly appeared—he’s not dead, and his strength is still as strong as before. He killed Ludean with a single punch, and somehow… exposed all the contractors.”

“Xi Xuan?” Yelena’s brow furrowed, and the tapping of her fingertips paused. “That guy who’s been missing for three months—why would he suddenly appear there?”

“Not sure.”

Zhouyu took over, his tone heavy.

“We couldn’t learn much before he came charging at us. Then… seven black-robed figures appeared, with strength far exceeding Peak Divine Departure Realm, on the same level as Xi Xuan. They killed all the Corrupted Beasts we had buried in Clavino.”

“Black-robed figures? Seven at Peak Divine Departure Realm?” Yelena’s gaze darkened. “Where did they come from… Is there anything else?”

“Mm, from what we learned before the shadow dissipated, there’s also a man called Ryan Vaden. Xi Xuan said he’s the new emperor selected by the Shenluo Empire’s AI system.”

Serveiling added, recalling the black shadow at the clock tower with an aura similar to Yelena’s, and added another sentence:

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“Oh, and… I also sensed that one of the black-robed figures’ aura… was somewhat similar to yours.”

“The Shenluo Empire?” Yelena bit her lip, her expression growing increasingly complex.

“An empire that fell a thousand years ago—how could a new emperor suddenly appear? And the black-robed figures… with an aura similar to mine…”

Recalling the intelligence gathered recently, a peculiar expression appeared on Yelena’s delicate face.

For a moment,

Yelena fell into silence.

The plan in Clavino had completely collapsed. Ludean was dead, all contractors were exposed, and Xi Xuan had appeared, along with black-robed figures and this so-called new emperor?

What kind of nonsense was all this…

Yelena raised her hand to her forehead, feeling a massive headache coming on.

Just then, Yelena’s brow suddenly furrowed. With her extraordinary perceptive abilities, she vaguely detected an extremely faint energy fluctuation coming from outside the door…

Who?

Before the words finished leaving her mouth, Yelena’s figure had already transformed into a black afterimage, instantly appearing at the doorway. She yanked open the door, but froze when she saw what lay beyond—

The corridor was completely empty, with only the hallway lights casting long shadows on the floor. That strange fluctuation in the air had also vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed…

Looking at the empty corridor, Yelena furrowed her brow.

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“Just now, that was…”

As night deepened, the lights of the Lingyuan family estate gradually went out, leaving only the dim night lights in the corridors still glowing weakly.

In the heavily guarded nursery, our baby Xing Wu suddenly snapped her eyes open, her purple pupils flashing with a trace of helplessness in the darkness. She rolled over, her little arms resting on the crib’s railing, her mind full of complaints.

This baby body was too useless—she’d slept so much during the day, yet at night she was both sleepy and awake, and when awake, a bit confused, completely unable to keep up with her adult sleep schedule…

Most importantly! Wuu wuu wuu, she’d wet the bed again…

Feeling the dampness in her diaper, baby Xing Wu immediately felt like dying of embarrassment for a hundred years.

It was like ten thousand alpacas stampeding through her heart.

But it had to be said, Xing Wu’s adaptability was truly strong—perhaps because both her parents and everyone she knew were already pretty absurd?

Soon, Xing Wu stopped complaining and planned to go back to sleep.

Wuu wuu, sleepy…

However, just as she was about to close her eyes and try to fall asleep again, the corner of her eye suddenly caught sight of a figure by the bed.

Xing Wu’s heartbeat skipped a beat, instinctively holding her breath—who would be by her crib in the middle of the night? Ailiya? What was that troublemaker planning now?!

But the next second, she caught the familiar scent of lily-of-the-valley—it was her own stinky old mom.

At this moment,

Moonlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, illuminating Bai Lianyue’s profile. She sat on a small chair beside the crib, her emerald-green and silver gradient hair cascading over her shoulders. Her eyes, which usually carried a lazy smile, were now veiled with a faint melancholy.

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—”Stinky old dad?”—

Xing Wu didn’t dare move, continuing to feign sleep, wanting to see what Bai Lianyue would do. But before long, she felt a warm hand gently caress her face—Bai Lianyue’s small hand carried a natural fragrance, her movements as gentle as if touching a fragile treasure, lightly tracing across her cheek, eyebrows, finally stopping at her chin.

“You’re awake, little lazybones.”

Bai Lianyue’s voice was very soft, melodious and ethereal.

“Your breathing’s gotten faster. Still pretending to sleep?”

Xing Wu’s ears twitched, and she had no choice but to open her eyes and look at Bai Lianyue. She wanted to speak but could only make “yiya” baby sounds, feeling a bit helpless inside.

Seeing the little baby admit it, the evil god couldn’t help but smile, her fingers gently pinching the baby’s little cheeks:

“Does the baby body feel troublesome? Always wanting to eat, always wanting to sleep, and can’t even talk.”

Xing Wu blinked her eyes, tacitly agreeing.

Bai Lianyue’s smile gradually faded. She lowered her head, her forehead gently pressing against Xing Wu’s forehead, her voice as soft as a whisper:

“Mommy also thinks… it’s a bit troublesome. Well… what’s more troublesome is, I don’t know if I’ll be able to stay by your side in the future.”

Xing Wu’s pupils instantly contracted—what did that mean?

“The bad guys from House Solrog have been dealt with… Now Mommy should solve the problem of the evil gods.”

Bai Lianyue’s voice carried a trace of confusion, as if talking to herself, yet also as if explaining to Xing Wu.

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Of course, considering that Xing Wu was still a baby who “understood” nothing, Bai Lianyue was most likely just talking to herself, wanting to speak the words hidden in her heart.

“A thousand years of sins committed—it’s time to atone for them. It’s just that, if I really deal with Polana and Ulutiel… maybe… I won’t be able to come back…”

The evil god miss raised her hand, gently brushing aside the stray hair from Xing Wu’s forehead, her eyes full of tenderness yet hiding deep guilt:

“If it really comes to that, Xing Wu must forgive Mommy. Forgive Mommy for not being able to watch you grow up, not being able to accompany you eating the cakes you love, not being able to change your diapers anymore… I originally wanted to take this opportunity to make up for the regret of not being by your side during early childhood… but now it seems… it’s a bit difficult.”

“??!!”

As the evil god miss’s words entered her ears, Xing Wu’s eyes suddenly reddened.

She instinctively felt an ominous premonition.

The little baby reached out her small hand, tightly grasping Bai Lianyue’s finger, shaking it forcefully.

Feeling her strength, Bai Lianyue couldn’t help but smile:

“Good girl, no matter what… Mommy will try her best to come back. After all… my Xing Wu hasn’t grown up yet. Anyway… I’ll stay with you as much as possible.”

The evil god miss couldn’t help but sigh.

After that,

She stayed with Xing Wu for quite a while longer (continuing to talk to herself for quite a while), until baby Xing Wu fell asleep again, unable to resist the drowsiness. Only then did she gently stand up, carefully tucking in Xing Wu’s blanket before turning to leave the nursery.

—Speaking of which… I should go resolve that matter over there first. It should still be relatively… easy to resolve, right?—