Chapter 591: Battered Temple

Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter

Ye Mo’s heart sank. Was there a nun that strong? The fireball charm he’d given Beiwei had been made when he was at the third stage of chi gathering. Although not very strong, it could easily kill a yellow-level primary stage cultivator. Even if easily avoided, it was absurd that the nun had caught it with her hand and reduced it to dust.

“You saw it with your own eyes?” Ye Mo’s face turned serious.

Tang Beiwei nodded. “Yes, I did. After a long time, she said my charm was good and that she didn’t want to kill. She told me to leave the charms behind and go. I didn’t leave them and just ran. I knew I was no match for her, but if she’d chased me, I would have thrown all my fireball charms at her.”

“She didn’t chase you?” Ye Mo asked strangely. That nun didn’t sound good-hearted.

Tang Beiwei shook her head. “I was confused she wasn’t hunting me down. I got lost because I was so worried, and only found my way out the next day. I let an enemy escape again. I’m so useless!”

Tang Beiwei cried in Ye Mo’s arms. Ye Mo patted her shoulders.

“Beiwei, don’t worry. Now that you’re safe, I won’t let her go—I’ll help you get revenge. It’s weird, though. Since that nun was so strong, why let you go? Anyway, think carefully,” Ye Mo comforted her.

“Yeah, Beiwei, Mount Xian isn’t that big. How did you get lost?” Su Jingwen commented.

Tang Beiwei realized Mount Xian wasn’t that big. How could she have been lost for a whole day?

Ye Mo nodded. “I checked your chi and dantian; you didn’t receive many injuries.”

“Right, I remembered something! During the day, I felt like I hadn’t gotten very far, so the nun could have easily captured me,” Tang Beiwei replied.

Ye Mo said, “Although it’s hard to believe, the nun must have set up a formation outside the temple and trapped you inside. As for why she didn’t attack, I don’t know. Beiwei, were you attacked in the formation?”

Tang Beiwei replied after a while, “I wasn’t attacked, but I felt dizzy and sleepy after walking a bit. I started running chi cycles and stopped feeling tired. But after a while, I felt tired again and had to do the same.”

Ye Mo finally understood. It had been a close call. If he hadn’t taught Beiwei a cultivation method, she would have been in trouble. What he didn’t understand was why such a strong nun hadn’t captured Beiwei personally.

Tang Beiwei, understanding, asked fearfully, “Brother, you’re saying she wanted me to fall asleep in the formation?”

Ye Mo nodded seriously. “Probably. But you did well. Luckily, you didn’t fall asleep. I think the formation needed someone to control it, and since she couldn’t do anything to you all night, or for some other reason, she let you go.”

“Beiwei, let me look at your necklace.” Ye Mo pulled the necklace from Tang Beiwei’s neck.

It was still warm, but Ye Mo could tell it had been attacked more than once. Tang Beiwei hadn’t noticed.

“Besides the hypnotizing formation, you were attacked many times, but the necklace blocked it. If I’m not wrong, she couldn’t attack properly, perhaps because she was heavily injured and couldn’t handle all your fireball charms. The attacks weren’t very strong,” Ye Mo said, putting the necklace down.

“Oh really? If only I’d known, I would’ve shot out a bunch of fireballs at once!” Tang Beiwei regretted it, feeling the necklace. She felt grateful to her brother. If he hadn’t given her the necklace, she didn’t know what would have happened.

Ye Mo shook his head. “It was right not to use the fireballs continuously. The nun was probably injured and unsure if she could handle them. If she could, once you ran out, you’d be in danger. Sometimes, keeping your weapon is a bigger threat than using it.”

“Brother, I remember! When I shot the first fireball, although the nun caught it, her face was very pale. And—I understand! She was heavily injured!” Tang Beiwei remembered.

“What is it?” Ye Mo immediately asked.

Tang Beiwei reminisced, “Her face was scarily pale in the moonlight. I didn’t dare look too long, so I retreated. Then, I seemed to see her shadow moving on the ground. I thought it was the wind. But now I think of it, how can the wind make a shadow move? She must have been heavily injured but forcibly caught my charm and used her inner qi to suppress her wounds. Yes, that must be it.”

Ye Mo and Su Jingwen agreed. They talked more before Tang Beiwei and Su Jingwen went to rest. Tang Beiwei was tired and fell asleep immediately. But Su Jingwen tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Su Jingwen suddenly thought Ye Mo would be leaving soon, so she wanted to talk to him privately. She remembered holding Ye Mo’s arm that day, and her heart beat fast. She wouldn’t have had that courage before. But seeing Ye Mo less and less, Su Jingwen felt lost.

Looking at Tang Beiwei, Su Jingwen got up quietly and walked to Ye Mo’s door.

His door was ajar, so Su Jingwen pushed it open and carefully called, “Ye Mo?”

Su Jingwen tensed. What if Ye Mo hugged her? It was the middle of the night, and she was in her pajamas. She just wanted to talk to him; there were many things she’d wanted to ask him about since he left Ning Hai.

Hmm? Something was wrong. She knew Ye Mo’s sensitivity—he should have heard her.

Su Jingwen turned on the lights and found the room empty. The bathroom was also empty. Ye Mo had gone out.

Su Jingwen felt disappointed yet relieved.

It was so late, where could he have gone? Su Jingwen sat on Ye Mo’s bed, deep in thought, and fell asleep.

…

Of course, Ye Mo had gone to Mount Xian. If he didn’t get revenge on that nun for harming his sister, he wouldn’t be able to sleep.

Just as Tang Beiwei said, there was a tattered temple on the mountain. Ye Mo walked in, but it was empty. He only heard the occasional animal howl.

Ye Mo scanned his spirit sense around the temple. There were dark blood marks, so whoever lived there was indeed heavily injured.

Just as Ye Mo was about to check for signs of a formation, a white, ghostly figure slowly floated toward the temple.