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Chapter 153 The Blood Bead Returns to Become a Child, A Master's Name Mistakenly Inherited, True Feelings Embodyed [Part Two]

Upon hearing this, the Pure Dust Boy remained completely calm.

He thought to himself, "As expected, everything is exactly as I predicted. I am truly too clever."

Recalling everything since he met Tang Hao, he couldn't help but smile smugly.

'As a direct disciple of the patriarch, Tang Hao is indeed qualified. Tsk tsk, in just over half a year since joining the sect, he has leaped from a mere mortal to a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator. The other true disciples, at best, are only close to the mid-stage.'

Hua Guigui stared blankly at Tang Hao.

"He is actually a true disciple of the Qinghua Sect, and a direct disciple of Jingguang. I was not wronged in my defeat."

The image of her opponent making the Blood Refining Treasure vanish instantly and then delivering a fatal blow to her flashed through her mind. Dejected, she slumped to the ground.

'I'm a true disciple of the sect? And a direct disciple of a Nascent Soul True Monarch? This is all too sudden! What's going on? Is there some misunderstanding?'

Tang Hao was still somewhat incredulous. Noticing the kind smile in Zhenjun's eyes, he took a deep breath and slowly walked to the other's side.

Just as he was about to ask the reason, True Lord Jingguang gestured for him to wait and then turned to look at the girl sitting on the ground.

"Blood Lotus Saintess Hua Yuexi, I didn't expect you to still be alive." Zhenjun spoke calmly, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

Hua Guigui, or rather Hua Yuexi, raised her head and met his gaze without flinching.

"Hehe, this Holy Maiden never expected that after narrowly losing to you more than a hundred years ago, I would now be captured by your disciple. Do with me as you please!" She glanced at the master and disciple and sneered.

Jingguang Zhenjun nodded slightly: "You dared to practice the Blood Pool Reincarnation Technique within my sect, and have secretly harmed countless disciples. You truly cannot be allowed to live!"

As he spoke, the glass in his hand shone brightly, ready to wipe the witch from the world.

"Blood Pool Reincarnation? Wait, Jingguang, what do you mean? This Holy Maiden will not admit to things she didn't do!" Hua Yuexi's expression froze, and she spoke urgently.

Seeing that True Lord Jingguang had stopped, she breathed a sigh of relief and then stared at him suspiciously.

After a long silence, she said, full of confusion, "Back then, you killed my true self without leaving me any body. You even followed the connection and killed several of my clones. How can you say that I was reincarnated in your sect's blood pool?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Yuexi noticed a fleeting look of confusion in Jingguang's eyes.

"Don't you remember?" Her eyes widened suddenly, momentarily bewildered.

Jingguang Zhenjun remained silent, while Tang Hao and the boy stood with their heads bowed and eyes lowered.

Just then, a female voice came from outside the waterside pavilion: "Senior brother, are you really not lying to me?"

Before the words had even finished, a female Taoist priest appeared in the waterside pavilion.

She stood in front of Hua Yuexi, carefully examining the girl sitting crookedly on the ground: "Hmm, you don't seem to be a normal human body, nor a flesh and blood puppet. What are you?"

“It’s you, Jingyue? You’re the one who’s a jerk, you’re all… Waaah…” Hua Yuexi glared angrily.

Before he could finish his rude words, Jingyue flicked her finger, sealing his throat.

Once she fell silent, he gently flicked his sleeve to lift the restriction.

Jingyue sneered, "Hua Yuexi, you're just a lowly Core Formation cultivator now, yet you dare to speak so disrespectfully to me. Aren't you afraid I'll kill you with a flick of my wrist?"

After gritting her teeth, Hua Yuexi was filled with resentment, but seemingly because her own life was at stake, she didn't say anything more.

"Back then, I rallied the four sects to attack Wufang Mountain, but Jingguang has already killed me. Now I am Hua Guigui, no longer the Blood Lotus Saintess Hua Yuexi, so why are you still holding onto this?"

After a moment of silence, Hua Yuexi uttered words that left Tang Hao speechless.

Seeing the other three's unperturbed expressions, he was even more astonished: 'Is it because Hua Yuexi's actions and words are inherently eccentric, and they're used to it, or is there some unspoken rule that past transgressions are forgiven after reincarnation?'

"Heh, so you're still alive?" Jingyue sneered.

"Dead, dead, completely dead."

Hua Yuexi shook her head repeatedly, looking at the Daoist boy and Tang Hao: "If you don't believe me, ask Jingchen Tongzi and Tang Hao Zhenchu. I really am Hua Guigui, but due to the influence of the nightmare energy, I awakened my past life memories."

"Oh?"

Jingyue raised an eyebrow and glanced at the junior disciple beside her senior brother: 'This is the little fellow your senior brother brought back to the sect and then forgot about? He's already close to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage; it seems she was right.'

As thoughts raced through his mind, he glanced at the young Taoist boy beside him.

"Your Excellency Jingyue, please forgive me. As far as I know, this is indeed the case." Jingchen Boy was startled and hurriedly responded, then recounted in detail the events before and after his encounter with Hua Guigui.

At first, Tang Hao stood there with his head down and eyes lowered.

But as the young Taoist recounted his encounter with him and their experiences after they went into hiding, he immediately became speechless.

This led to the revelation of numerous events, including his nighttime ambush by Langgan, his plot to seize the Quan family's secret vault, his impersonation of his master to save Beishan Ming, and his subsequent entry into a deserted island secret realm.

The young Taoist priest finally stopped talking when he mentioned that he had captured Hua Guigui at the place of the Primordial Beast Lord.

'Damn it, I haven't even figured out that they've recognized me as their true disciple, and now they've pulled this stunt. I hope they won't judge me as having ulterior motives and kill me off.' Tang Hao felt a cold sweat on his back.

Especially the strange glances from True Lord Jingguang and Supreme Lord Jingyue made him feel extremely uneasy.

Jingyue was listening with great interest when she saw the young Taoist boy stop. She said with dissatisfaction, "Go on, why did you stop?"

"This..." Jingchen Boy stole a glance at his True Lord, "If we continue, it will involve the True Lord, won't it?"

Seeing that Jingguang Zhenjun did not respond, he hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to continue speaking, but he omitted his guesses and only gave an objective statement.

"Hmph! You have wicked intentions!" Jingyue suddenly snorted coldly after hearing this.

Tang Hao's heart skipped a beat, and his knees buckled, almost causing him to kneel down on the spot.

Fortunately, the other party's next words made him stop in time: "This Beishan Ming is indeed no good."

"Back then, his desertion in the face of battle caused the death of one of our sect's most promising talents, and the others also suffered losses. If it weren't for the Beishan family's efforts to protect him, I would have dealt with him directly long ago." Jingyue's face was full of anger.

He continued angrily, "Now he's allied with demonic cultivators and even submits to the tyranny of the Nightmare Dragon. He's truly unworthy of being a son!"

When Jingchen Tongzi chased Hua Guigui and appeared at the core of the Demon Suppression Trial Grounds, Beishan Ming had already been corrupted by the Nightmare Dragon, and he was unaware of the specific details.

Jingyue already had a lot of opinions about Beishan Ming, so in her opinion, it was only to find a way to survive that he had willingly submitted.

After cursing a few more times, Jingyue turned her gaze to Tang Hao, her previous angry expression changing to a warm smile as she praised, "Tang Hao did a very good job!"

"Huh?" Tang Hao was already relieved that he hadn't been judged as having ulterior motives, so this sudden praise left him stunned and somewhat at a loss for words.

Jingyue nodded slightly to him: "You remained unmoved by the temptation of the witch, which shows your strong will. Your plan to seize the Quan family's secret vault was well-thought-out and not reckless."

"By combining his own abilities and resources, he skillfully impersonated his Master, and his quick thinking and resourcefulness made him even more calm, composed and courageous in the face of crisis in the secret place."

Finally, she looked at True Monarch Jingguang with admiration and said, "Senior Brother's vision is truly sharp; you have recruited an unparalleled genius for the sect."

'Holy crap, am I really that good?' Tang Hao blushed slightly at the praise, glancing at True Monarch Jingguang, who was also all smiles, and knew that the other man thought the same thing. True Monarch Jingguang noticed his gaze, smiled and nodded at him: 'Tang Hao is indeed quite good!'

"Oh, I haven't introduced you two yet. Tang Hao is my personal disciple." True Monarch Jingguang introduced Jingyue first.

Then he turned to Tang Hao and said, "This is Senior Elder Jingyue of the sect. She is also my Daoist partner. I can call her Martial Aunt."

'Holy crap, a super seniority boost, too bad it's not real.' Tang Hao knew this wasn't the time to explain, so he could only obediently greet the person: 'Disciple Tang Hao greets Martial Aunt Jingyue.'

"Nephew, there's no need for such formalities." Jingyue was also somewhat surprised, but she didn't say much. After accepting his greeting, she continued with what she hadn't finished earlier.

She stared intently at Hua Yuexi and said coldly, "Even if you have been reincarnated, you have not entered the righteous path of the immortal sect. You are still a blood cultivator. The rule that you can be reincarnated after death and that past transgressions will not apply to you."

'There really is such an unspoken rule?' Tang Hao was astonished upon hearing this.

But after thinking about it, he could understand: 'As long as one behaves well after reincarnation, unless one is a heinous criminal or a deeply resentful victim clinging to their past life, what's the point of cultivating the Tao?'

In this world, the method of reincarnation is not uncommon. Apart from a few secret techniques, most involve the hurdle of the mystery of the womb.

To break free from this illusion, one must reach the point of breaking through the elixir and forming an infant.

I ask you, would any unrelated person dare to call for the death of a Nascent Soul cultivator based on past sins? That's impossible.

'Hua Guigui's situation is quite rare. She's really something else. She's lived two lives and ended up joining the Blood Cult both times. It's definitely a tragic fate,' Tang Hao sighed inwardly.

Just as he thought, Jingyue meant the same thing: "The reason I am going to deal with you now is because you are a blood cultivator. Whether you are Hua Yuexi or not is no longer of great concern."

"No, I am not a blood cultivator, it's just that the nature of my power is like this, there's nothing I can do about it."

Hua Yuexi said with a mournful face, "Didn't you also discover that I am not a normal human being, but a transformed [Blood Bead]?"

"It was only because there was a solid divine imprint of the Blood Lotus Saintess within my body that I unexpectedly obtained the so-called memories of my past life. Strictly speaking, I was just continuing her bloodline, and I am not even considered a reincarnation."

[Blood beads]?
A solidified divine imprint?
Tang Hao looked puzzled.

Seeing this, True Monarch Jingguang explained to him in a soft voice: "The Blood Bead is a rare object made by the secret technique of Blood Gathering and Divine Condensation. It is a preparation made by the Nascent Soul of the Blood Sect for breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage."

"This item needs to be constantly refined with blood and essence, and combined with the solidified divine consciousness imprint contained within it. When Nascent Soul blood cultivators break through to the Divine Transformation stage, it can greatly increase the chances of success."

As he spoke, he extended his divine sense and carefully scanned Hua Yuexi's body.

After a moment, he nodded slightly: "What this woman said is true. I had only heard about it before, but thanks to you, I have finally seen the real thing."

Tang Hao repeatedly said he dared not.

Seeing that Jingguang Zhenjun seemed quite interested in what he was saying, Hua Yuexi felt as if she had grasped at a straw.

"I am willing to become a disciple of the True Lord and serve as his attendant. I only beg the True Lord to spare my life!" Hua Yuexi struggled to sit up and pleaded, banging her head on the ground.

Tang Hao was amazed by this series of developments. The other party's words and actions changed, from fearless to arrogant, humble, and fearful, making him seem like a completely different person.

The words of the Pure Light True Lord cleared up some of his confusion.

"Your previous behavior was likely influenced by the Blood Lotus Divine Imprint, which made you believe you were her. In order to save yourself, you were able to reveal your true self again, which has its merits. Very well, I grant your permission."

As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and a ray of crystal-clear light shot into the girl's brow.

The girl was stunned for a moment before regaining consciousness.

"Thank you for your grace, True Lord. From now on, Guigui will be your attendant. I will definitely behave myself and will not cause you any trouble." She touched her body, revealing an expression of ecstatic joy.

Sensing the girlish naiveté mixed with a hint of silly foolishness, Tang Hao immediately realized that Hua Guigui had returned.

Jingguang Zhenjun chuckled and waved his hand to remove the feathers binding her body.

He instructed Jingchen Tongzi, "Jingchen, take her down and teach her the sect's rules."

"We will obey the True Lord's decree!" The young Taoist priest quickly bowed respectfully, and the Flower Ghost followed suit.

After the two boys left, True Lord Jingguang waved his hand, set out some tea and snacks on the table, and invited with a smile, "Junior Sister, Disciple, come and sit down."

Jingyue smiled and sat down beside him, taking the initiative to boil water and make tea.

"Please sit down, nephew, there's no need to be so formal," she said gently, seeing that Tang Hao was still standing to the side.

It's time to be honest and clear up the misunderstanding.

Tang Hao took a deep breath, took two steps forward to the tea table, and bowed deeply.

“Reporting to the True Lord and the Supreme Lord, your disciple Tang Hao is currently an outer disciple of the Wood Spirit Peak and the Medicine Peak, not a true disciple.”

He carefully considered his words, afraid of causing any further misunderstandings.

"This disciple does not know what happened. There may be some misunderstanding that led the True Lord to take this disciple as his disciple. This disciple did not intend to deceive him. Please, True Lord, understand!"

After he finished speaking, the pavilion was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Tang Hao's forehead was covered in a fine layer of cold sweat, but he dared not raise his head. He simply kept his head bowed, waiting for his fate to be pronounced.

As for trying to cover up the mistake, he never even considered that once the truth came out, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Puff! Puff!"

The sound of his heart pounding filled his ears, and it seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.

Jingyue paused in her tea-making movements, a look of confusion on her face.

His gaze couldn't help but dart back and forth between Tang Hao and his senior brother: 'No way, no way, there really is such a misunderstanding?'

'That shouldn't be the case. Given Tang Hao's demonstrated talent and potential, it's indeed surprising that Senior Brother accepted him as a disciple, but as a true successor, he's definitely qualified, and among the best.'

She wanted to ask her senior brother a question.

But remembering his old habit, she didn't dare to say anything at this moment, lest she provoke him.

He could only ponder this in his heart: 'If my senior brother doesn't recognize Tang Hao as a true disciple, I can understand that.'

'But my senior brother has already accepted it, while Tang Hao doesn't. He's talking with such conviction, it doesn't seem like he's talking nonsense. I really can't understand it.'

Jingyue stared at Tang Hao, who was bowing, and couldn't understand it at all.

Tang Hao was soaked through, and his body felt weak, making it difficult for him to stand.

It felt like a fleeting moment, yet also like an eternity.

Jingguang Zhenjun's calm voice finally rang out.

"Is my disciple no longer considering me his master?"

(End of this chapter)