When it was all over, everyone looked at Huang Xie with amazed looks.
They never thought that he would be able to do all of that, but there he was standing over the corpses of the wolves.
Though even Huang Xie had to look down at his own hands as if he was confirming that he had indeed done all of that.
It was hard for him to believe this since he didn’t believe that he would improve that quickly.
“Aren’t you underestimating how much power I have? This is just the basic increase to your power, your physique will still grow stronger as time passes and you fully digest the essence from me.”
Hei Gui’s voice sounded in his ears again.
Huang Xie immediately looked around for the source of this voice, but he couldn’t find it at all.
It seemed like this voice was coming from all around him, while also coming from nowhere. It was almost as if this voice was coming directly from inside of his mind.
But that didn’t make sense since Hei Gui’s soul should have already dissipated…
Could it be that he had attached himself to him when he had transferred the energy to him?
“Child, do you really doubt me that much? I wouldn’t do something like that to my descendant.”
Huang Xie deeply knitted his brows when he heard this.
Was Hei Gui reading his mind?
“Child, you really don’t know how to hide your thoughts at all. I can tell what you’re thinking just based on the look on your face. Besides, how could one read minds unless one becomes an immortal? This isn’t something that mortals, even cultivators can do.”
Huang Xie didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.
“I’m inside of the necklace that I gave you.”
With that, there were wisps of energy that came from the necklace that Huang Xie was wearing. These wisps of energy gathered together until they formed the same kind looking old man from before.
Huang Xie immediately recognized him as Hei Gui, his ancestor.
But his first reaction wasn’t shock, rather he looked around cautiously at everyone else from the Love Sect and the Demon Palm Sect. It was as if he was worried about how they would react to seeing Hei Gui suddenly appearing like this.
When he did, he could see that everyone was looking at him with concerned looks that he didn’t understand.
Hei Gui gave a chuckle before saying, “Child, they cannot see me. I only appear for you.”
Huang Xie turned back to look at Hei Gui with a confused look as if he was asking him what he meant by this.
Hei Gui said with a smile, “I’ve lived for so long, do you think that I wouldn’t know how to hide myself from some kids?”
Then with a more serious look, Hei Gui said, “I couldn’t rest in peace after reading that letter and learning about what happened to my family. So I put the fragment of my soul into this necklace that I gave you. It’s a special necklace that I found a long time ago that I don’t even know the uses of, but it does have a special ability to keep soul fragments from disappearing.
As long as I’m inside this necklace, I won’t disappear.”
Huang Xie was shocked hearing this, but slowly, his expression relaxed and he revealed a relieved look.
He had been sad when Hei Gui had disappeared, but now…it seemed that he wouldn’t need to say his goodbyes.
After all, he had heard of people reviving themselves from a soul fragment before.
As long as he became strong enough and found the right method, he should be able to help Hei Gui revive himself.
Hei Gui just said with a sigh, “It’s not easy to revive someone, so don’t think about that for now. I’ll just stick around to give you some advice so you can become strong enough to take revenge for our family.”
Huang Xie was surprised again that his thoughts had been read, but he just gave a firm nod in the end.
Hei Gui had a satisfied look on his face before saying, “Alright, for now, I’ll go back in and rest. It’s been hard for me transferring my soul fragment like this, so I’ll take some time to rest before coming out again. If you need anything, you can just call for me and I’ll respond.”
Without waiting for a response, Hei Gui turned back into wisps of energy that entered the necklace.
Huang Xie looked down at the necklace that was around his neck for a few seconds before reaching up to grab it. He gave it a single squeeze as if he was giving himself confidence before letting go.
When he turned around, he found that everyone was still looking at him with concerned looks.
He had seen this earlier, but he had been so distracted by Hei Gui’s sudden appearance that he hadn’t been able to process it. But looking at them now, it was clear that this concern of theirs was directed at him.
Why would they be concerned for him?
Xiao Ming came forward and asked, “Are you alright?”
Huang Xie was confused when he heard this from Xiao Ming, but he gave a nod and said, “I’m fine, don’t worry about me.”
Xiao Ming still looked at him with a strange look before asking, “Are you sure that you’re fine?”
After saying this, she even moved forward and brought her face closer to his head.
Huang Xie was completely caught off guard like this as a blush came over his face.
He thought that Xiao Ming was about to do something, so he prepared himself for it…but it never came.
All Xiao Ming did was carefully look at his head, as if she was trying to find something wrong with it.
Huang Xie was even more confused, but he stepped back and said, “I’m fine, there’s nothing wrong with me.”
Xiao Ming raised a brow before saying, “But you just made all those strange expressions just now. It almost seemed like you were talking to yourself, or to someone that was invisible.”
Huang Xie looked like he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.
Xiao Ming ignored this and said, “We’re worried that you might have cracked under the stress of this situation. If you’re ever stressed, you should know that we’re here to talk to you.”
There was a part of Huang Xie that really wanted to reveal Hei Gui’s existence to prove that he wasn’t crazy.
But that part of him was smaller than the part of him that told him to keep this a secret.
There was no doubt that Hei Gui’s existence would be a very shocking matter that would stir the greed of many people. This was the soul fragment of a peak expert that could leave behind an entire place like that artifact, as well as a soul fragment.
If they could take this and absorb it, it would surely be very good for them.
So he couldn’t reveal Hei Gui’s existence, even to the people he trusted the most.
It wasn’t that he was afraid that they wouldn’t keep his secret, it was that they were afraid that he would get them caught up in this matter.
So he had to keep this to himself for now.
Huang Xie took a deep breath and said, “I’m fine. You don’t need to worry about it.”
The firm tone that he said this caught Xiao Ming off guard.
She looked at him with a strange look for a bit before slowly nodding and turning around.
As she turned around, there was what seemed to be a hurt look that appeared in her eyes.
For her junior brother to talk to her like this…she didn’t know why she felt strangely sad about it.
Huang Xie looked at the others and said, “I’m fine, you don’t need to worry about me.”
They still had concerned looks on their faces at first, but they eventually looked away.
Huang Xie was also feeling the effect of lying to them as he couldn’t help feeling guilty and sad over this matter. But he still steeled his heart and firmed his resolve since he knew that this was the best for him.
Mo Sha could see the rift that had formed in the Love Sect group, so he played the mediator by saying, “How about we keep going then? I think that we should get out of here while we can and scout the area ahead of us.”
The others slowly gave a nod in response, but it was clear that they were all distracted by their own matters.
Mo Sha gave a sigh before leading the way for them while everyone just passively followed behind him.
Even if Huang Xie felt guilty and sad, there was a part of him that was much more confident.
He now had someone to rely on, someone that was related to him.
There was no doubt that he had a lot to learn from Hei Gui in the future, so it would certainly make him stronger. This gave him the confidence to take revenge on the people that deserved it.
Not only the Huang Family, but the enemy of his maternal family.
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If Lin Fan was here, he would have definitely been shocked by this.
After all, this was another common trope in cultivation novels in his previous world.
This was the hidden grandpa that would help the main character grow!
If he was here, he would have said…
“As expected of the Heaven’s Chosen!”