Chapter 49

After what felt like an eternity.

Everyone felt a tremendous surge of spiritual energy from below.

It was identical to when Lu Tianyao reached the Great Vehicle stage.

Ran Xi joyfully got up, it seemed like a success.

Two orbs of light shot out from the volcano's mouth with a bursting force.

They collided fiercely in the air, separated, and then collided again.

Ran Xi: "?"

"They are fighting," Lu Tianyao commented from the side.

"Why would they be fighting?" This was a development Ran Xi hadn't anticipated, and he was quite worried.

Lu Tianyao: "Should I stop them for you?"

Ran Xi shook his head: "You alone might not be able to handle it."

Xi'er is probably also at the Great Vehicle stage now, and Ling Hu Xun already possesses the strength of a great demon.

Lu Tianyao, if she rashly intervenes, might get injured instead.

This can only be stopped by Ran Xi.

But they are in the desert, with almost no water nearby, relying solely on his own water spiritual power, it's indeed somewhat difficult.

Even the most powerful races are subject to the constraints of the heavenly laws, and merpeople's weakness is being in places without water, where they are even weaker than ordinary humans.

Ran Xi placed his hands to his mouth, making a megaphone shape, and shouted: "Stop fighting!"

"Fight after we've saved humanity!"

Fortunately, merpeople's voices have a certain penetrating power.

Instantly, the two orbs of light landed beside him.

The light faded!

There stood two tall, muscular naked men!

Both with their backs to him.

Ran Xi: "Eh?"

"Where's sister Xi'er?"

The naked man on the left turned around, it was Ling Hu Xun, who explained: "Our clothes were melted by the magma."

The one on the right also turned around, revealing a devilishly handsome face, with slanted phoenix eyes, exuding a captivating aura.

Ran Xi instinctively stepped back, retreating behind Lu Tianyao, muttering in confusion, "Who is this man?"

Xi'er: "......"

He advanced three stages at once, his body reshaped by spiritual power, revealing his true male appearance for the first time after Ling Hu Xun discovered he was a man disguised as a woman, leading to their brawl.

"Little merman, do you not recognize me?" Xi'er gave Ran Xi a devilish smile.

Ran Xi: "--!"

Having seen many handsome men recently, especially the young and attractive guards in the palace, he couldn't recall where he might have seen this particular handsome man.

Watching the merman's uninterested and bewildered gaze, Ling Hu Xun introduced, "He is your sister Xi'er."

Ran Xi: "!!!"

"My goodness, can advancing to the Great Vehicle stage actually change one's gender?!"

"Sister Xi'er, you've become so handsome."

On closer inspection, the facial features did indeed resemble sister Xi'er's.

Xi'er: "......"

He patiently reminded, "Haven't you felt like you've seen me somewhere long before?"

Ran Xi shook his head.

Beside them, Xie Huai spoke up to Ran Xi, "Ran Xi, I think I've seen this person before too."

Xi'er looked at Ran Xi with a smile, anticipating his shock and admiration upon realizing his identity.

Xie Huai: "He resembles the eunuch in charge of distributing fruits in the imperial kitchen."

"The one who likes to wear makeup."

Xi'er: "......"

Unable to hold back any longer, he collapses into a shout, "Doesn't anyone here remember who I am?"

Ran Xi and Xie Huai shake their heads together.

Lu Tianyao suddenly says, "I remember you."

Xi'er realizes there's a lady present and is immediately overwhelmed with shame.

He turns to find Ling Hu Xun already dressed in a few words, looking dignified and upright.

Still naked, Xi'er, consumed by shame and anger, transforms into a ball of light and flies southward.

Instantly vanishing from sight.

After all the effort to find a few who can activate the formation.

Ran Xi despairs, "Oh my god, why did he leave? What about our grand plan to save humanity?"

Lu Tianyao pats his shoulder, "Don't worry, I know where he's headed."

"It's our next destination."

Ran Xi asks with wide eyes, "Really?"

Lu Tianyao asserts confidently, "Truly."

Ling Hu Xun silently observes the little merman, relieved to confirm he really doesn't care about that cross-dressing trickster, chuckling to himself.

Beside them, Lou Yuxuan inquires, "Princess, who exactly is he?"

"His martial skills are unparalleled, a unique presence in the martial world."

"And he masters that strange shrinking bone technique, seemingly... not a righteous person..."

Lu Tianyao reveals, "He is the leader of the demonic sect, Xi'er."

Lou Yuxuan: "Ah, so it's him."

The little merman is utterly shocked: "What, he's Xi'er?"

He and Xie Huai exchange glances: "Didn't you have a fight with him?"

Xie Huai: "Haven't you met him before?"

Ran Xi: "......"

Xie Huai: "......"

Xie Huai: "I remember he was a man."

Ran Xi: "I remember more than you do, I remember he was an old man in black."

A ball of light flies from the sky, it's Xi'er who, halfway through his departure, remembers his duty to save humanity and returns, only to be driven away by the little merman's comment.

Hearing the little merman's words almost kills him with rage, and he flies away again.

Lu Tianyao points to the sky, expressionless: "He came back, oh, and there he goes again."

Ran Xi: "......"

Sigh, the path to saving humanity is truly fraught with hardship.

However, they were soon to visit Qu Zhanxia's hometown, Qionghai.

He hoped for his cooperation.