At this critical moment, the millennium female ghost actually appeared!
Shui Miao wasn’t afraid to confront the millennium female ghost directly, nor was he afraid of her punishing him. What truly terrified him was her going after the baby salamanders and disrupting his revenge plan.
If the millennium female ghost went after the baby salamanders, Shui Miao would absolutely not accept that!
Given his loyal, grateful, and righteous nature, as long as he had the ability, he would certainly stop it at all costs, even if it meant sacrificing his own life.
Moreover, this revenge mission—if the millennium female ghost had not appeared, everything would have gone smoothly and perfectly. But now that she had appeared, many uncertainties would arise. If the plan failed, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Since uncertainties had emerged, preparations must be made for all contingencies.
But the first step was to find the millennium female ghost. The baby salamanders had followed the Zhonghai River upstream. Based on the timing, they likely hadn’t gone far.
Shui Miao hurriedly ran out of the hotel entrance…
The fox spirit, seeing this, quickly followed closely behind.
The fox spirit was a spirit entity, not a physical being. Ordinary people couldn’t see it unless they were as skilled as Shui Miao.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Shui Miao stepped outside and turned around, he saw a woman in a plain white dress standing motionless by the beach, seemingly gazing at the sea…
They were only about two hundred meters from the beach. Shui Miao was astonished that his spiritual sense could not detect her at all!
If he couldn’t sense her, that meant her power was far beyond his.
Shui Miao immediately concluded that she must be the millennium female ghost.
“She’s there! That’s her!”
The fox spirit also spotted the millennium female ghost and quickly alerted Shui Miao.
Shui Miao hurriedly ran toward the ghost. When he was about ten meters behind her, he stopped and respectfully clasped his fists, calling out, “Senior!”
The millennium female ghost did not turn around or speak.
Shui Miao frowned slightly and continued, “Senior, the matter of the Immortal Yuan Pearl is not their fault. I deceived the baby salamanders into stealing it for me. If you must punish someone, punish me alone. They are innocent. However, if possible, I beg you to grant me two more days. After I have avenged my father’s death, you may do with me as you please.”
“Fine! Two days from now, I shall come for your soul!”
Without turning around, the millennium female ghost coldly spoke and vanished in an instant.
“Oh no! Brother, why are you so foolish? She actually believed you!” The fox spirit stomped its feet anxiously in front of Shui Miao. It had finally met a great immortal who treated it kindly, only for that immortal to now risk losing his soul. How could it bear it? “Shui Miao, let’s think of another way. You just took her Immortal Yuan Pearl. Why not return it and apologize? Why let her take your soul?”
“I did this for the baby salamanders who helped me. I cannot let them suffer.”
Shui Miao remained calm, though he felt a tinge of reluctance toward his mother and friends.
Time was pressing. He had to act quickly.
Taking a deep breath, Shui Miao turned to the fox spirit. “Qi Mei, I will help you enhance your cultivation. In return, will you please take care of my mother?”
“Oh! That’s a small matter. Even if you didn’t ask, I would help. But I don’t want you to die!” The fox spirit was puzzled. In the past, if someone had offered to help it cultivate, it would have been overjoyed. But this time, seeing how genuinely Shui Miao cared for it, it had developed real affection and now truly regarded him as an older brother.
The little fox spirit was almost in tears.
Shui Miao shook his head and smiled gently. “Don’t be silly. Maybe I won’t die after all. I don’t think she’s the kind of ghost who kills the innocent. So don’t worry too much. Come here—I’ll channel some immortal energy to help you shed your demonic aura and boost your cultivation.” Shui Miao could tell this wasn’t pretense. The fox spirit was genuinely kind and bright.
In fact, this was exactly as Shui Miao had guessed.
The fox spirit’s parents were wild foxes born deep in the mountains. They had been rescued by villagers after being injured and were carefully nursed back to health. In the villagers’ home, the female fox gave birth to Qi Mei, who quickly became a beloved companion to the family’s young daughter. Growing up in this environment, Qi Mei developed a human-like nature. Later, when the family moved away for business, they released the wild fox and Qi Mei. However, the wild fox remained in the house, continuing to guard it. Qi Mei, naturally gifted, learned many fox techniques on her own. Over time, the wild fox aged and died. Missing the little girl who had loved and protected her, Qi Mei left the old house to search for her.
Unfortunately, on the way, she was hit by a car and died.
Amazingly, even without a physical body, her soul remained strong. She found a quiet place nearby and began cultivating. Later, she met Old Madam Liu, a kind-hearted, childless old woman, and moved into her home, staying for several years. In recent years, Qi Mei’s cultivation had advanced greatly, and she began working with Old Madam Liu as a fortune-teller.
Overall, Qi Mei had always helped the people, though she occasionally played pranks on those she considered wicked.
Now, upon learning that the millennium female ghost wanted Shui Miao’s soul, she was naturally terrified.
If the physical body was destroyed, the soul could still exist.
But if the soul was taken, existence would be completely erased.
Thus, Qi Mei was deeply worried for Shui Miao.
However, Shui Miao remained surprisingly calm.
Qi Mei wanted to say more, but suddenly found herself enveloped in immortal energy. Seeing that Shui Miao had made up his mind, she gave up trying to persuade him and focused on receiving the energy.
Shui Miao had expected to expend a lot of immortal energy to help Qi Mei, but to his surprise, spirits were already very pure. Just a small amount of energy significantly boosted her cultivation.
At first, Qi Mei’s progress was rapid. But after more than an hour, her cultivation advancement began to slow.
Qi Mei stopped. “Shui Miao, your immortal energy has saved me decades, even centuries of cultivation, breaking through many bottlenecks. Now, I only have one final tribulation left—the last calamity and the last trial. If you continue giving me energy, my final tribulation will come early. The last calamity is natural disaster, and the final trial is lightning punishment. I fear my foundation is not strong enough to survive it, so it’s better to stop now.”
“I see…”
Shui Miao’s mind stirred, and he immediately stopped, withdrawing the excess energy.
Looking inward, he found that his dantian still held a fist-sized amount of immortal energy, barely diminished.
It seemed he needed to find something that would consume a lot of immortal energy!
As this thought crossed his mind, Shui Miao began to ponder—what could he do to consume a large amount of immortal energy?
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