Chapter 669
Chapter 669
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 669
>Chapter Title: Li Sui
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In the darkness before dawn, a gray wild rabbit was leaping quickly through the bushes in the forest. The dim environment, paired with its dull fur, made it look practically invisible—no one could spot it even if they tried.
But right now, it seemed panicked, veering once so wildly it nearly crashed into a tree. The tremors vibrating through the ground proved something was chasing it.
Not long after the rabbit bolted, the leaves behind it burst apart as a burly bear charged out, foam dripping from its mouth while it madly pursued the rabbit.
Just as the rabbit was about to get caught, several barbed tentacles shot out from the nearby bushes, snaring it tight like a vast net.
These wriggling tentacles emerging in the dim woods startled the charging bear, sending it veering off in panic to the side.
As the tentacles went taut and slowly reeled back, the red-eyed gray rabbit ended up dragged right to Li Sui's feet.
Li Sui's attention was fixed entirely on the rabbit—she didn't spare a glance for the bear fleeing rapidly into the distance.
Li Sui reached out and grabbed the rabbit steady. The tentacles on its body slowly withdrew beneath her skirt hem.
She gently stroked the rabbit's furry head with her hand before parting her cherry-small mouth and shoving the rabbit's entire upper body inside.
Her puffed cheeks worked it over with crunches. Li Sui squinted happily—she loved meat packed with bones like this; it was juicy to chew and tasted great.
The one downside was spitting out the fur in her mouth before swallowing.
But after devouring the top half, Li Sui didn't go for the bottom. Instead, thrilled, she hugged the rabbit and dashed toward the nearby dirt road.
“Mom, here—for you. It's yummy.”
Li Sui held out the half-rabbit clutched to her chest toward Bai Lingmiao, who was striking a fire starter to get the blaze going.
“Rabbit? Did Sui Sui catch it? What a good girl Sui Sui is.”
Bai Lingmiao took it over, swiftly peeling off the skin and draining the blood with her slender black nails.
She'd grown quite harmonious with Li Sui by now—like with any child, a little praise kept her beaming for ages.
Treat her with real sincerity, and she'd treat you like her actual mom.
“Mom, why not eat it? It's super tasty, and hard to catch too.”
Bai Lingmiao shook her head gently, a faint smile on her face. She sliced the rabbit meat into tiny diced bits, ready to stir them into the white porridge soon.
“Dawn's almost here. We'll make it for your dad.”
“Oh.”
Li Sui nodded and spun toward the woods beside them.
“Then I'll check if Dad's back. I'll go meet him.”
“Wait.”
Bai Lingmiao tugged her back, running a hand over her pale waist peeking out.
“Look at you—clothes all torn, threads poking everywhere. Keep that on, and you'll look like a beggar. Take it off; wear one of mine.”
Bai Lingmiao pulled her into the carriage for a bit. By the time the sky grew faintly light, Li Sui hopped out in moon-white garb and bolted for the woods.
“Sui Sui, don't get too close! Your dad's cultivation is dangerous!”
“I got it. I'll just watch from far off.”
Li Sui's shape vanished in an instant.
Back amid the trees, Li Sui held nothing back. Tentacles sprouted from between her clothes, taking over for her legs in swift motion.
Nearly there, she caught a noise from the woods to one side and crept closer with care.
She soon spotted the source: Lv Xiucai, staring down at red bamboo slips spread on the ground as he shakily raised his thumb.
Lv Xiucai clenched his teeth, jammed three long needles brutally into the gaps beneath his thumbnail, then jammed the thumb hard against the ground.
“Aaah!!”
“What are you doing?”
Li Sui stepped out, eyeing it all with curiosity.
Lv Xiucai, gripping his sword one-handed, dropped his guard at the sight of her. He knew this one—Master's pet fiend.
Breathing out amid the searing pain in his finger, Lv Xiucai forced the words past gritted teeth.
“I'm testing this thing ahead of time. Don't want to fumble when it counts.”
“Does it hurt?”
“Not a bit! Compared to Dad losing his mind and Big Brother dying, this is nothing!!”
Lv Xiucai answered through bared teeth, fierce.
“Oh. Keep going then. I'm off.”
Li Sui, a touch baffled, turned from Lv Xiucai and burrowed back into the woods.
Li Huowang's cultivation spot stood out easily—few places on earth had trees soaring through the sky.
Li Sui clambered up to the crown of a massive tree, gazing at Li Huowang in the distance: legs crossed, inverted in midair, head plunged into a stone. His body and every floating thing around him jerked in erratic motion.
Moments later, Li Huowang's head drifted free of the stone—smashing headlong into an incoming tree that popped apart like foam. Near him, the world's rules seemed to dissolve entirely.
Li Sui watched on in silence, Li Huowang's odd cultivation.
Dad seldom explained much to her, but from quiet observation nearby, Li Sui had pieced some things together.
Dad wanted to grow stronger. A mighty Dad could shield them all, keep them from dying.
That Lv Xiucai earlier felt the same—he wanted strength too.
Faces of Dad's past foes flickered through Li Sui's mind. If Dad lacked power, they might kill him.
The thought sent Li Sui into a panic. She didn't want Dad dead. She started scheming inside.
“They all want to get stronger. So how can I help Dad with that?”
Usually, she just slipped into Dad's gut to serve as extra hands—nothing major. She yearned to aid him more.
It was a knotty puzzle. Li Sui mulled it over forever without a solution.
Born so recently—just a year and a half—she'd never witnessed anyone gaining power.
Dad sort of counted, but his method baffled her.
With Li Huowang's shadow now lifting off the ground alongside him in the distance, Li Sui sped down from the treetop, racing for the carriage. Time to ask someone else.
“You want to get stronger? Why?”
Bai Lingmiao asked, surprised, as she spooned a taste to check the porridge's salt.
“I want to help Dad. Protect Dad. Help him out.”
Bai Lingmiao cocked her head, pondering hard, before shaking it softly.
“Sui Sui, no clue here. You're a fiend—not quite human. Why not join them in worshiping the Childless Mother? She's mercy itself. If fate links you, she might take you in.”
At those words, Li Sui twisted to eye the White Lotus followers clustered in the carriage, kneeling together amid swirling incense smoke as they paid homage to a softly glowing white-jade twin lotus.
(End of chapter)