The man’s grip was extremely strong, as if he intended to crush the young girl’s wrist.
Tang Li endured the excruciating pain, tears falling in large drops. “You gave it to me, Master.”
“I am Tang Li. I… have been reincarnated.”
Number 78 prompted her to add more details to increase credibility.
“In these past hundred years, I’ve been reincarnated several times, all as mortal bodies, unaware of the World of Cultivation. But in this life, I’ve remembered everything.”
The girl’s voice was broken and unsteady from the pain as she pointed with difficulty at the palace bell. “The palace bell suddenly appeared by my side, helped me recover my memories, and led me here.”
“Master, you… ah!”
Tang Li was thrown aside, and Luo Chen and the others behind her rushed to catch her. “Little junior sister, are you alright?!”
“Yu Qinghe, how could you hurt her?!”
“This is our little junior sister, Master!”
The man in black robes paid no attention to their shouts and reprimands.
He only looked down at the palace bell in his hand.
Every line had been carved by his own hand. There was a hollow mechanism in the center of the palace bell that only he knew about. If it was truly…
Zhe He’s fingertips went numb, trembling as he opened the mechanism.
A small red bean rolled into his palm.
Zhe He’s heart shook violently, his figure staggering as he lifted his gaze in disbelief toward the surrounded girl.
How could it be.
How could it be?!
Before coming here, he had clearly bid farewell to the girl’s body in his Cave Mansion.
Her golden core had long been shattered, her soul lamp extinguished, her spirit scattered—there was simply no possibility of reincarnation!
If there had been, he would have long accompanied her, rather than guarding her body and enduring these bitter days!
Precisely because there was no possibility of reincarnation, no chance of rebirth, no borrowing another’s body, no reincarnation… none at all!
Only despair, pain, and regret remained.
The man closed his eyes. There was a drop of his heart’s blood in the red bean—he could sense it.
It was her palace bell.
Tang Li felt anxious, biting her lip, unsure if this would work.
The pain was intense, tears continuously falling, her eyes misty and damp, appearing pitiful and delicate.
“Little junior sister, is it really you?” Luo Chen asked softly. “I truly can’t believe it, can’t believe it.”
“It’s really me, senior brother.” The girl showed a tearful, sorrowful smile, calling out each of their names and titles one by one.
“Why did you only return now? Do you know how much we missed you? Why only now…” The only senior sister, Yuan Lan, hugged her and wept bitterly.
“You reckless child, see if you’ll dare to sneak out behind our backs again, dare to run off randomly!”
Tang Li’s heart grew increasingly sore and bitter. “I’m sorry, senior sister, it’s my fault. I’ll never be so playful again, wuwu…”
In the original plot, she had insisted on following the world’s male lead to the Secret Realm to search for treasures. But she had always neglected her cultivation, her cultivation level only at the golden core stage, making it extremely dangerous for her to go.
Seeing that her master and senior brothers disagreed, she secretly took a magical artifact to conceal herself and followed them.
This led to her dying in the Secret Realm while taking a blow meant for her senior brother.
All the fellow disciples present were in tears, except for Zhe He, who stood like a statue, having lost all sensation, his expression dazed.
After a moment, Zhe He’s spirit returned, his aura dark and terrifying.
He raised his hand, and the girl was pulled before him like a rabbit, struggling in panic. “Ma… cough… Master?”
Wuwu, what was happening now?
“Who exactly are you?”
Zhe He gradually increased his grip, a hint of madness flickering in his eyes. “If this is truly a reincarnation, why does her soul lamp remain unlit? Why does her fate hexagram still show death?”
Tang Li inwardly cried that she didn’t know either!
Please give her a chance to explain while still alive!
“I don’t know! I am Mian Mian! Can’t you recognize me, Master?”
Mian Mian was her childhood nickname in the original plot.
Only Zhe He had called her that when she was young.