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"Hey, do you still remember the leader of our Xiaoyao Sect?"
The young boy turned his face away, lifting his chin with an air of pride and aloofness.
"Of course! Back in the day, I even shared drinks with your Xiaoyao Sect's leader. Considering my age and experience, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call me 'senior.'"
"Senior?"
The boy scoffed inwardly, thinking that he was barely as tall as half a sugar cane yet dared to act like an elder in front of him. Qi Xiao rolled his eyes silently and responded perfunctorily.
"Since you're so powerful, you must have a title. Would you mind telling me?"
At the mention of a title, the boy's face scrunched up in distress. He stammered for a while but couldn't bring himself to say his title.
Seeing this, Qi Xiao felt a pang of sympathy and gently pinched the round little bun on the boy's head. It was plump and soft, delightful to touch.
"I can understand. What cultivator doesn't dream of having a sect to call their own? Everyone wants to float around in white robes, hands behind their back, commanding countless cultivators to bow in respect."
"But joking about our Xiaoyao Sect is a bit much, isn't it? You even claim to have shared drinks with our leader? Just look at how young you are!"
The boy's face turned as red as a tomato, his eyes wide open. "Don't look down on me! I—"
Qi Xiao couldn't help but poke his head again. "What do you mean 'I'? Am I wrong? At such a young age, how dare you lie?"
The child was furious, hands on his hips as he shouted, "Who’s lying? When I drank with your Xiaoyao Sect's leader, you probably weren't even born yet!"
"I'm like this now only because I'm trapped in this Worrying Lotus; my spirit has been eroded, and this is all I can be."
Qi Xiao glanced down at his empty legs and then at the intact little boy below him, maintaining a stern expression as he commented, "Nonsense."
In the Worrying Lotus, why was he aging backward while he himself was missing limbs? That seemed terribly unfair. Did this lotus discriminate between people?
Hmph! The child must be taking advantage of his ignorance about the situation here and spinning tales to cover up his lies.
Clearing his throat, Qi Xiao said, "Well, if you really want to drink with our Xiaoyao Sect's leader that badly, once we get out of here, I can introduce you."
"You really didn't need to say that in front of others; it might upset our Sect Master. If the Sect Master is displeased, he won't be able to speak well of you."
The child gritted his teeth, nearly jumping up in anger to hit him.
"Where did I lie? If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see for yourself."
The child tugged at him, pulling him forward. Qi Xiao hurriedly shouted, "Don't pull me! I'm going to fall again!"
But when he opened his eyes, he found himself floating in the air like a kite.
Qi Xiao was stunned.
He felt light all over; could it be that he was no longer in his physical body and had left his soul behind?
As soon as this thought emerged, it shattered an invisible barrier.
Qi Xiao suddenly noticed that not far away on the ground lay a complete version of himself, seemingly asleep with closed eyes, looking peaceful and serene.
Aside from this revelation, he was also surprised to find that the boundless darkness seemed to shrink at the moment the invisible barrier was broken.
The child proudly lifted his chin at him. "Now you understand, right? These are common tactics of the Worrying Lotus. It excels at dissolving souls but can imprison them in a physical body. Once both are separated, it's a big deal for it."
Thus, those who fall into this place are often stripped away by the Worrying Lotus, divided into two. Under its deliberate interference, even cultivators at the Divine stage might not realize their souls have left their bodies.
That earlier space was an illusion; it told you that you had been dissolved and had nowhere to escape. If someone has a weak will, they might truly be deceived by these illusions and resign themselves to fate.
But as long as one remains clear-minded and recognizes that all of this is merely an illusion imposed on the soul, they can see through the mirage and return to reality. This place is the true interior of the Worrying Lotus.
At the child's gesture, Qi Xiao looked down at himself and discovered that his soul was intact; both legs were there, but there seemed to be some faint signs of dissolution at the edges.
The child glanced at him and then at his own body, letting out a low sigh.
"Although once you see through the illusion, it won't dissolve so quickly, the influence of the Worrying Lotus is always present. You see me so young because I have refined my soul into an infant state. The Worrying Lotus has been eroding my soul's power all along; I can only grow younger and younger."
"Until I return to my original state as a source, we will completely dissolve."
Hearing this, Qi Xiao's mood immediately darkened.
It was hard to believe that this little bean looked so innocent while hiding such deep matters within.
Staying here under such immense pressure, constantly worrying about life and death must not be easy.
Qi Xiao covered his mouth and coughed lightly, suddenly feeling a pang of guilt rising within him.
If what he said is true, then it’s quite possible that the other party has shared drinks with the leader of the Free and Easy Sect. After all, he was once a powerful figure, and now he has fallen to this state—it’s truly lamentable.
However, he poked at the round, plump bun on his head, pondering for a long time. “From what you’ve said, you don’t seem very big either, do you?”
The child turned his head in frustration. It’s not just this cursed place; ever since I returned to my youth, even my temperament and mindset have regressed.
In a softer tone, he continued, “I’ve lost many memories too. Right now, aside from a few very vivid ones, most of what I remember are just things from my childhood. If I can’t get out soon, I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to remember anything at all.”
He shot a fierce glare at Qi Xiao. Having been stuck in this wretched place for so long, he finally encounters a living person and thought he could seize the chance to escape. Who would have thought that this person would be as useless as a mud wall?
The child crossed his arms and let out a cold snort. “If I had known you had no will to survive, I wouldn’t have saved you. Just now, I wasted my soul energy for nothing.”
Now his soul energy was precious; every bit used was one less he had left. When he saw those filthy creatures about to attack earlier, he instinctively acted, but now that he realized it, he felt the sting of regret.
Qi Xiao rubbed his nose and chuckled softly. Wasn’t that just being cautious? Why was this little one so serious?
Seeing the child turn away and refuse to speak, Qi Xiao quickly clarified, “Senior, you’ve misunderstood me! Who wouldn’t want to live if given the chance? What I said earlier was just some gloomy talk—please don’t take it seriously.”
The child lifted one eyelid and replied coldly, “Oh?”
Just an “oh”? Shouldn’t he be discussing an escape plan with him right now?
The child proudly raised his chin. “Just now when I wanted to save you, you weren’t willing. Now you think that because you said this, I’ll help you? What do you take me for?”
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