LGHTNOVELBOOK 56: Pearl of Time
She saw a slender female figure sitting on a stone platform in the center of the cave dwelling. The next second, several Nascent Soul stage demon cultivators, bristling with killing intent, burst into the cave dwelling. They delivered a fatal blow when the woman was at her weakest during meditation.
This woman was naturally the current Mu family head, Mu Chan. The death knell resounded throughout the entire Mu family.
With spies collaborating from within and without, the family’s arrays were successively broken. Demons infiltrated en masse. The great family that had flourished for a thousand years was slaughtered by demons in a single night.
The demons laughed as they plundered all the pills, magical treasures, pill manuals, and classics from the Mu family’s treasure vault and inheritance grounds, leaving nothing behind. Outside, there were already ruins and corpses in a sea of blood.
The night air flowed with deathly silence. A blood moon hung in the pitch-black sky. Under the broken stones, all was quiet. Suddenly, a pile of corpses moved.
The young man’s blood-stained fingers slowly emerged from the pile of dead bodies. His fine silk robes were tattered and torn, his jade crown long since fallen to the ground. His curly long hair was wet and sticky with blood and muddy water, plastered to his face.
The young man’s beautiful eyes no longer held their usual bright smile. He stared blankly at everything before him, as if not yet awakened from a long nightmare. He stumbled forward, desperately digging at something, “Father, Mother, Uncle……”
A moment later, he collapsed to his knees, his intermittent, heart-wrenching sobs growing weaker until he finally fainted.
Dark clouds obscured the moon, leaving no light.
The young man’s figure was gradually swallowed by the night.
The scene returned to reality.
Chu Sang blinked, coming back to her senses from the horrific massacre she had just witnessed. She lowered her head to carefully examine the gray pearl floating above her palm…… She remembered now. This pearl was something she had found in the treasure vault of that Wansha Sect Leader. She had thought it interesting and casually tossed it into her storage bag. Because she hadn’t discovered any use for it, it had gradually been forgotten in a corner, gathering dust.
The gray pearl alone was unremarkable, truly not suggestive of any treasure. What she had just seen was clearly like…… the future?
—Sixth Senior Brother’s future.
No, to be precise, it was Sixth Senior Brother’s future from the original story.
She finally understood the true reason for Sixth Senior Brother’s descent into darkness in the original story. The Mu family’s extermination, which he was powerless to change. The enormous fall from being a favored son of heaven to having his family and home destroyed—no one could bear such a thing.
She wouldn’t let this happen.
Chu Sang’s eyes grew cold. She had flipped through almost all the vast collection of books and classics in Lingqing Sect’s library. She had once seen a heavenly treasure mentioned in a book about ancient supreme treasures.
The Pearl of Time.
Legend had it that this pearl possessed the power of [Past], [Future], and [Present]. Unfortunately, ten thousand years ago, due to various factions fighting over it, it was ultimately divided into three.
If Chu Sang wasn’t mistaken, this gray pearl she had obtained was the Suihui Pearl representing [Future], possessing mysterious and powerful divination abilities.
Putting the pearl back into her storage bag, she charged into the cave dwelling with her sword drawn, slashing down at the nearest Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator.
The other’s reaction speed was very fast. He dodged the attack, a palm full of vast demonic power striking towards her chest.
The next second, the young woman before him vanished, appearing behind him and firing a gun at his head.
“Bang!”
After reaching the Golden Core stage, the power of her spirit-gathering gun had also increased by a whole level. Now one shot was equivalent to a Nascent Soul stage attack.
If one shot couldn’t kill the target, no problem. Just fire a few more.
“An intruder!”
The demon cultivators in front were on high alert. They had wanted to complete their task quickly, not wanting to deal with this unexpected variable. Chu Sang kept harassing them with talismans, her figure ghostlike. She even managed to slap the lead demon cultivator.
“Hey hey hey, bunch of weaklings, come catch me!”
“Damn it, brothers, let’s go together. Catch her!” The lead demon cultivator covered his face in anger.
During this time that Chu Sang successfully delayed them, Mu Chihuai and a group of Mu family members also quickly arrived. The two sides engaged in fierce battle, neither giving ground.
More and more heavenly lightning gathered overhead, ready to strike. They had to clear the obstacles here before the thunder tribulation fully descended, so as not to disrupt Mu Chan’s tribulation.
The danger level of the Divine Transformation stage thunder tribulation was even greater than the so-called Golden Core or Nascent Soul thunder tribulations. Countless powerful beings had perished under the Divine Transformation lightning strikes. They couldn’t do much else, only try their best to ensure Mu Chan’s meditation wouldn’t be interrupted.
Although the Mu family were all weak pill refiners, it didn’t matter since they were rich.
How could such a great family not have secretly trained a few dark guards and death squads?
Several dozen well-trained dark guards were urgently summoned. They were at least at the Golden Core stage, with even several at the Nascent Soul stage. They engaged in battle with these demon cultivators.
In no time at all, this group of demon cultivators was subdued and urgently evacuated from the cave dwelling.
The first bolt of the thunder tribulation finally struck heavily, followed by the second, the third…… The back mountain shook as if about to collapse. Advancing to Divine Transformation required passing through eighteen bolts of thunder tribulation. Each bolt lasted a full two hours. This process would take at least three days to complete.
Bai Heng withdrew his worried gaze from the back mountain and led everyone back to the courtyard. He had Mu Chihuai take Chu Sang back to rest, while the others went to clean up the mess left by the demons.
After Mu Chihuai escorted her back to her room, there was no news of him for several days. The Mu family was busy inside and out during this time, with busy figures everywhere.
While walking in the garden, Chu Sang overheard some servants saying that those demons had confessed that the grand elder and two other elders were also demon spies. They had already been executed, which was truly gratifying.
She went to Mu Chihuai’s courtyard to find him in the evening. Before she could step through the door, she heard the voices of a young man and woman talking.
She admitted her gossipy nature struck again. Peeking into the courtyard, she saw Mu Chihuai standing with his arms folded under a tree. Beside him stood a young woman in a black dress with black hair. Her slightly curly long hair hadn’t been pinned up yet and was casually draped over her back. Her figure was slender and attractive.
The young woman was smiling, standing on tiptoe with her hands intimately around his neck. Her Sixth Senior Brother had turned his head to the side, unwilling but not pushing her away.
Chu Sang, “Wow!” It looked good, she loved to see it.
Mu Chihuai didn’t have any brothers or sisters. She had originally guessed it might be a childhood sweetheart scenario. But the next second, she heard the young man speak helplessly,
“Mother, stop it.”
“……??”
“It’s been years since I’ve seen you. Mother’s Huai’er has grown taller and become so handsome. Let Mother give you a kiss~”
Mu Chihuai’s face was ashen. His peripheral vision caught sight of the doorway and suddenly lit up. He looked at his little junior sister, who was eating melon seeds and watching the show not far away, with a plea for help. His mouth opened silently, “Save me!”
Chu Sang coughed lightly, stepped forward, and sweetly said, “Hello, Aunt!”
“Oh my, Huai’er’s little junior sister has come too. What a soft and pretty little girl. This one is also good-looking. Come, let me give you a kiss too.”
Then both of them were kissed.
Chu Sang touched her face, suddenly understanding.
Every time cultivators advance to a new realm, their lifespan increases several times over. As a result, in the cultivation world, becoming young again overnight is not uncommon. The Mu family head had advanced to Divine Transformation before reaching a hundred years old, which could be considered a rare genius. Her appearance had naturally reverted to that of her younger years, looking as beautiful as a naive forest spirit who had accidentally lost its way. However, the cunning and depth in her eyes were not those of a young woman. Intuitively, she seemed to be a dark-hearted person who was very good at pretending.