After dinner, Li Xuan took Wang Xiao away.
Wang Chao and his wife were not worried. After all, if Li Xuan wanted to do anything to Wang Xiao, he could have done it in front of them. Spirit Masters were beings of supreme status.
Li Xuan, holding Wang Xiao’s hand, appeared on a high mountain two kilometers away from Wang Family Village. Witnessing Li Xuan’s incredibly skillful technique, Wang Xiao’s eyes were filled with surprise and excitement.
Wang Xiao naturally knew about Spirit Masters. After all, in Wang Family Village, Wang Xiao had grown up listening to his elders talk about them.
“This will be the place,” Li Xuan said, glancing at the flat ground before him. Qi Ling could actually be done in Wang Family Village. But Li Xuan didn’t want to take things slowly; instead, he planned to directly awaken Wang Xiao’s memories. After all, there weren’t many scattered humans left.
“Uncle, what do I need to do?” Wang Xiao asked, looking at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan let out a wry smile. Although Wang Xiao was only twelve years old, Li Xuan felt that Wang Xiao was just like Fatty Wang. If Fatty Wang regained his memories, he might never call him “Uncle” again.
“You don’t need to do anything. Just sit down quietly. Do not get distracted or lose focus until I tell you to open your eyes,” Li Xuan said.
Wang Xiao nodded and then immediately sat down cross-legged, his eyes slowly closing.
“Senior, I’ll have to trouble you,” Li Xuan said, his gaze shifting to Jiao Le and Shi Lezhi, who had appeared, as Wang Xiao closed his eyes.
Jiao Le and Shi Lezhi nodded slightly. After exchanging a look, they moved in front of Wang Xiao. They formed hand seals, and then a spiritual light flowed into Wang Xiao’s body.
As time passed, after half an hour, streaks of profound light began to surge around Wang Xiao. At this moment, Jiao Le and Shi Lezhi’s expressions grew solemn, as if the progress was not smooth.
Seeing this, Li Xuan asked in a low voice, “Are you encountering trouble?”
Shi Lezhi slightly opened his eyes and nodded. Then, a telepathic message entered Li Xuan’s mind, saying, “Although he has successfully reincarnated, no one has explored him like you have all these years. We initially thought that your Nine Nether Realm and the Boundless Continent where you are were similar, and that over a year would be enough for you to prepare and nurture him.”
“However, his foundation has already formed. We will have to destroy his current foundation and rebuild it, and also seal his memories from the past twelve years. Only then can he fully grasp them after his memories awaken. But if we do this, we cannot divide our attention to accomplish these three tasks.”
Li Xuan frowned upon hearing this. Shi Lezhi’s words implied that three tasks needed to be performed simultaneously: First, destroy Wang Xiao’s gradually forming foundation. Second, seal Wang Xiao’s fragmented memories from the past twelve years. Third, awaken Wang Xiao’s memories of Fatty Wang.
“I’ll do it,” Li Xuan said after a moment of contemplation.
“That’s possible. With your current Divine Sense as a wandering spirit, entering his Sea of Consciousness to awaken his memories should not be difficult. Furthermore, your relationship with him might have a similar effect,” Shi Lezhi nodded.
“Good.” Li Xuan’s mind stirred, and his Divine Sense surged into Wang Xiao’s Sea of Consciousness.
“Begin!”
As Shi Lezhi’s telepathic message sounded, Li Xuan’s Divine Sense immediately sprang into action. In the vast Sea of Consciousness, Li Xuan could not see where Fatty Wang’s memories were located. Helplessly, Li Xuan began to search within the Sea of Consciousness.
Li Xuan was unaware that as they were performing Qi Ling and awakening memories for Wang Xiao, Xiu Jun was already only three hundred li away from Wang Family Village.
“It seems there is only one last village ahead. Will that person be here?” Xiu Jun frowned, but still decided to move forward and investigate. As Xiu Jun approached Wang Family Village, his heart stirred, and he looked at the red bead in his hand.
At this moment, the red bead erupted with a dazzling red light.
“This person is indeed here!” A brilliant light flashed in Xiu Jun’s eyes, and then his figure moved, shooting directly towards Wang Family Village.
Concurrently, Li Xuan’s Divine Sense finally found the memory spiritual platform belonging to Fatty Wang deep within Wang Xiao’s Sea of Consciousness. Without hesitation, Li Xuan began to link his consciousness to awaken it.
In the sky above Wang Family Village, Xiu Jun’s figure slowly appeared. The villagers of Wang Family Village, upon seeing this, all changed their expressions and knelt down in worship.
“Strange, why can’t I sense this person’s presence?” Xiu Jun ignored the kneeling crowd below. After sensing around, he frowned and murmured to himself. Xiu Jun found that there were no Spirit Masters in the entire Wang Family Village.
“Have any strangers come to your village recently?” Xiu Jun finally spoke and inquired.
The villagers exchanged glances, then all shook their heads. However, at this moment, Mei Zhaofeng and Xu Chunhua’s expressions shifted slightly. Could this Spirit Master before them be looking for that Li Xuan?
Xiu Jun naturally noticed the change in expression of Mei Zhaofeng and Xu Chunhua immediately. Then, with a point of his finger, Mei Zhaofeng and Xu Chunhua were enveloped by a surge of spiritual power and moved to stand before Xiu Jun.
“Tell me, where is that person now?” Xiu Jun said in a light tone.
Mei Zhaofeng raised his head with a trembling voice and whispered, “Reporting to the esteemed Spirit Master, that Spirit Master has already left.”
“Left?” Xiu Jun’s voice grew cold. These people in remote areas were truly bold. They dared to lie to him.
Xu Chunhua also looked at her husband, Mei Zhaofeng, with some surprise. However, thinking that Li Xuan had taken their child, Wang Xiao, she fell silent.
“It seems you won’t tell the truth unless I show you some power. Very well, it has been some time since I last used this soul-searching technique,” Xiu Jun said, and with his left hand, he grabbed towards Mei Zhaofeng’s head. A stream of spiritual light instantly entered Mei Zhaofeng’s mind.
“Ah!”
Mei Zhaofeng let out a tragic scream, his body trembling uncontrollably. In less than ten breaths, Mei Zhaofeng’s eyes rolled back, and his body slumped.
“Zhaofeng!” Xu Chunhua shouted loudly upon seeing this. Then, with ferocity in her eyes, she grabbed Xiu Jun’s arm and bit down hard.
“Wretch!”
Xiu Jun let out a cold snort, and a surge of spiritual light flashed through his body, instantly repelling Xu Chunhua. As fate would have it, Xu Chunhua’s head struck a large rock heavily.
Within half a minute, Mei Zhaofeng and Xu Chunhua, the couple, were dead.
“Qi Ling… Has this person found the key to awakening?” Xiu Jun ignored the villagers below, who were already pale with fear. His gaze then shifted to a high mountain not far away. In Mei Zhaofeng’s memories, Xiu Jun had already learned that Li Xuan had taken Wang Xiao.
The next moment, under the fearful gazes of the villagers, Xiu Jun’s figure moved and shot towards the high mountain.
Within a few breaths, Xiu Jun’s figure had reached the mountain peak.
Upon seeing Li Xuan and Wang Xiao’s figures, Xiu Jun was about to turn and leave but quickly stopped. Xiu Jun realized that the four figures seemed to be in some process and had not discovered him.
Xiu Jun took a serious look, and then his face broke out in ecstatic joy: “Heaven truly helps me!”