Chapter 249: The Changed Bai Qiulan (Third Watch)

Thirty miles away, the figure came to a halt.

A stone sword appeared in Lu Ye's hand.

"Husband!"

The newcomer was Bai Qiulan.

She glanced at Lu Ye, her eyes already misty with emotion, filled with affection, remorse, and a hint of grievance.

Lu Ye studied her carefully, his gaze carrying a peculiar light.

It seemed Bai Qiulan showed no significant abnormalities, nor did she appear particularly powerful.

"Call me by my name!"

Lu Ye corrected Bai Qiulan's form of address.

"Husband..."

A sword light flashed out in an instant.

Bai Qiulan paled in shock as layers of Lunar Power shields materialized before her, only to shatter violently under the sword's radiance.

They were not even on the same level.

"Pfft!"

Half of Bai Qiulan's body exploded.

Lu Ye's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly—Bai Qiulan was still so weak.

Had he not held back, this single strike would have been enough to kill her on the spot.

"Lu Ye..."

Only then did Lu Ye nod in satisfaction. Hearing the word "husband" gave him a headache.

"What do you want?" Lu Ye asked.

"I beg you to save Hong Ling. She has already realized her mistake and has gone mad. If you save her, I swear she will never appear before you again to disturb you. Now, in her deranged state, she keeps shouting about coming to find you every day. Please, save her!"

Bai Qiulan pleaded sorrowfully.

"I've already said, you two have nothing to do with me anymore. Even if she's gone mad, it's not because of me. I have no obligation to save her."

"In our past life, you taught me a lesson—not to meddle in others' affairs. Now, I’ve learned it well," Lu Ye said earnestly.

"But Yue Hongling spent a lifetime with you. She truly loved you once. If you have even the slightest bit of affection..."

As she spoke, Bai Qiulan suddenly stopped.

Unconsciously, she had begun reproaching Lu Ye again.

"I'm sorry. I should be asking you as her master. Please, save my disciple. If you refuse, it’s not your responsibility."

The exploded part of Bai Qiulan's body had been sealed by Lunar Power. She bent her knees and actually knelt on the ground, bowing deeply to Lu Ye.

Lu Ye frowned and sidestepped, avoiding her gesture.

"System, is there anything wrong with her?" Lu Ye asked inwardly.

"Ding, nothing detected."

"So that means Bai Qiulan is starting to change herself?"

"Ding, judging solely from this performance, she has indeed changed."

Lu Ye suddenly took a step forward.

The Enlightenment Incense immediately enveloped Bai Qiulan, whose eyes began to struggle wildly, her blood-red gaze fixed on Lu Ye.

With her Emperor's Dao Heart, she could barely restrain herself at the very edge of the Enlightenment Incense's influence.

But Lu Ye took another step forward.

Bai Qiulan let out a furious roar and charged at Lu Ye.

Lu Ye did not retreat.

As Bai Qiulan neared him, his true essence instantly transformed into ropes, completely binding and locking her body in place.

Lu Ye looked at Bai Qiulan, tightly restrained by the true essence ropes...

Damn it, it's all because of those damn Japs, with their nonsensical performances every day, making him reflexively tie Bai Qiulan up like this.

Bai Qiulan kept trying to move closer to Lu Ye.

But she couldn't succeed. Lu Ye reached out and touched her body, his true essence surging through her, meticulously examining every inch of Bai Qiulan.

No abnormalities.

Not a single trace of anything unusual.

So, Bai Qiulan really came this time just to beg him to save Yue Hongling?

Has she truly changed now?

Of course not. Lu Ye didn’t believe it for a second.

Under the temptation of the Enlightenment Incense, Bai Qiulan showed no abnormalities.

Under the system’s observation, Bai Qiulan showed no abnormalities.

Under his own personal inspection, Bai Qiulan still showed no abnormalities.

With everything appearing normal, Lu Ye could only suspect his own incompetence rather than believe Bai Qiulan had improved.

A hidden glow flickered in his hand as he lightly tapped Bai Qiulan, then vanished.

The true essence ropes automatically dissolved.

The distance between them rapidly widened to over thirty miles.

Bai Qiulan pursued Lu Ye, but his speed far surpassed hers as he waited for her to regain clarity.

At that moment, the auras of numerous powerful figures swiftly approached.

The moment these experts arrived, they witnessed this very scene.

A woman at the Heavenly Fate Realm was chasing Lu Ye...

Huh?

No way?

At the second glance, they saw that the formation of the Three Valleys Abyss had truly been broken.

It was really broken!

A surge of wild joy rose in the hearts of the gathered experts.

Lu Ye's strength had never been fully displayed. His invincibility in the Third Heaven relied on driving his enemies to madness before luring them into the Three Valleys Abyss for annihilation.

But now, the Three Valleys Abyss was gone...

So what was there to fear?

Forget whether Lu Ye's reincarnation as a powerhouse was real or not—just the factions that held grudges against him wouldn’t let this opportunity slip.

True, Lu Ye hadn’t acted against them yet.

That was only because his current strength was weak or he hadn’t found the time to deal with them.

But what if Lu Ye grew stronger?

They couldn’t just sit and wait, leaving their lives and deaths to Lu Ye’s mercy.

"Kill!"

A figure at the Unity Realm transformed into a terrifying streak of light, piercing through the heavens as it charged toward Lu Ye.

A Three-Life Realm expert unleashed boundless divine radiance, launching a long-range attack.

Even those at the Karma Realm released threads of causality, seeking to entangle Lu Ye and weaken his strength.

Bai Qiulan’s blood-red eyes flickered with struggle.

In truth, compared to the others, Bai Qiulan was more like an Emperor.

In her past life, the only help Lu Ye could offer was constantly aiding her in neutralizing the Chaos Lunar Poison. Once he helped her overcome this most difficult hurdle, she could cultivate freely.

Freely detonating the Chaos Lunar Power.

Thus, she regained clarity quickly.

Seeing so many people hunting Lu Ye, Bai Qiulan let out a furious roar, unleashing a terrifying surge of cold energy.

The speed of many attackers slowed drastically.

She was still helping Lu Ye?

Well, that actually made sense. Even after rebirth, Bai Qiulan’s strength far surpassed Lu Ye’s—she was at the Refining Void Realm, while Lu Ye had only been at the Qi Gathering Realm back then.

She was a peculiar person.

Even when she planted the YinYang DaoDevouring Gu in Lu Ye or inflicted him with the Lunar Marrow Worm, she never considered herself his enemy.

This was also the reason why Lu Ye did not leave the Great Dao Sect immediately after his rebirth.

First, the Great Dao Sect was not a demonic sect. Indiscriminate slaughter of disciples was something not even demonic sects would tolerate, let alone the Great Dao Sect.

Hadn’t they seen how the Celestial Demon Emperor was stopped by the Earth Demon Emperor when he tried to massacre the demon race with the Soul Banner?

The second reason was Bai Qiulan’s personality.

Bai Qiulan’s nature was such that she never considered herself a villain.

She was a good person.

She wouldn’t commit such wicked deeds.

Even poisoning, in Bai Qiulan’s eyes, was called "setting things right"!

However, Bai Qiulan’s strength was feeble, and against powerful foes, she could only slightly slow them down.

No one paid any attention to Bai Qiulan, all charging toward Lu Ye in a frenzy.

Lu Ye halted his figure—it was time to kill!