"Tch."
Banging the side of her fist against a wall, Yao Ying clicks her tongue, prior to turning her back against it, and sliding down into a seated posture.
Outside of the alleyway, squads of lamellar armored ghosts marched the streets—actively hunting down the invaders of the ancient city.
(Little girl, you may have escaped death just now, but keep in mind that those people will be coming after you again.)
Towards the remnant will that is speaking inside of her head, Yao Ying turns to Xu Zuo that is leaning against the wall beside her, and replies—
"Shut up! I-"
Before Yao Ying could finish speaking, her sunglasses gave off a dull glow, prompting her to take them off, and—
"Finally decided to show your face?"
The trace of divine senses that is wrapped around the sunglasses—peels themselves away, and gathers together to form a miniature figure of Long Hua, who is looking at Xu Zuo with ill intent.
(I-It's him…!)
Following the remnant will's fear filled shout, Xu Zuo gives off a low hum.
Clenching his fist, Long Hua strikes a punch in Xu Zuo's direction—forcefully throwing the remnant will that is contained within the weapon outwards in the form of light particles.
Rather quickly, these particles of light come together to form a feminine figure—dressed in white robes with a taotie mask.
Similarly, to Long Hua, this figure's stature is just as tiny.
"H-How, you…-?"
Knowing that the greater mass of remnant wills had all been devoured by Long Hua, the feminine figure couldn't help but tremble uncontrollably in front of the former.
Towards the feminine figure, Long Hua replies—
"You're asking me how? Hmm, it never made any sense to me—how a weapon of a former Lord Tian She Zi would end up selecting this little girl as its wielder; when she has no qualifications to become a Lord Tian She Zi herself. In that case, there can only be one possibility. The weapon was possessed by something."
"J-Just from that…?!"
Chuckling aloud, Long Hua adds—
"Naturally, I couldn't have just figured everything out from that. So, just to confirm my original guess, I placed a trace of my divine senses onto the sunglasses that I gave to this little girl, so that I would know the moment you decided to show your face. The only reason I left you be for this long—is because I didn't have any needs for you yet."
"…"
Even with a taotie mask on, it's quite easy to imagine just what sort of expression the feminine figure must be making beneath it.
Turning to Yao Ying, the feminine figure shouts—
"Little girl, this despicable man can't be trusted! If you continue to hang around him, he'll eventually devour you as well!"
"…"
Towards what the feminine figure had said, Yao Ying can't help but blink her eyes in amazement.
Did this person have any rights to say any of that—when they had plans to take over her body to revive themselves?
Despite being ignored by Yao Ying, the feminine figure continues to say—
"Little girl, your talents are quite good. All you need now is some divine arts. If you're willing to acknowledge me as your master, I can teach you what I know."
"…"
Having to agree with the person's observations on what she is currently lacking, Yao Ying raises a frown.
All Yao Ying has available to her right now are the Tranquil Heart Incantation and the Cloud Ink Incantation, both of which are cultivation methods that lean towards personal support—rather than actual divine arts.
And although the Cloud Ink Incantation possesses offensive properties—by applying Yin energy to all attacks, this feature of the cultivation method was never meant to be used on its own.
"…"
Towards the feminine figure's words, Long Hua smiles with amusement—unbothered by the former's attempts to win Yao Ying over to them.
"…What sort of divine arts can you even teach me?"
"That's…?"
Contemplating for a bit, the feminine figure replies—
"Your cultivation base is only at the Core Formation realm right now; I have a palm technique that is just perfect for you. It shou-"
Shaking her head, Yao Ying says—
"I want a Heaven Manifestation realm divine art."
"…"
If the feminine figure possessed a physical body at this time, she would have surely choked on her own spit—in response to those words.
(A Heaven Manifestation realm divine art? Does this little girl think those divine arts grow on trees? Even during my prime, I had only two divine arts of that level at my disposal. With her current cultivation base, she can't possibly use them…)
As the feminine figure silently thought of this, Yao Ying with an impatient look on her face, remarks—
"So, you don't have one?"
"…Little girl, I have them, but they're not something that you can hope to learn with your current cultivation base—much less use."
Although Yao Ying had figured this to be the case, she still can't help but point to Long Hua, and asks—
"Then, why can he use them? His cultivation base is also at the Core Formation realm."
"He…"
Twitching her lips, the feminine figure grinds her teeth, as she begrudgingly shouts—
"He's an abnormality! This thing definitely isn't human!"