Splash, splash!
The torrential rain turned into clusters of water stones in mid-air, fiercely pounding down on the earth.
When they hit the iron-tiled roof, they made loud thumping noises, causing thoughts to explode, unable to connect.
"...Or are you saying you’ve really forgotten who you are, Five Decays of Heaven and Man?"
The corpse-binder Bei Huai took steps forward, slowly approaching the figure sprawled in the water.
With a gentle smile at the corner of his lips, he slightly bent his knees to squat down, reaching out to gently touch the back of the person’s head on the ground, and after a long pause in the pouring rain, softly called out:
"Starry Night..."
Boom!
Lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the entire Cross Corner Street.
The orange figure soaked in the muddy water on the street was clearly exhausted, convulsing violently before losing all energy to resist.
Curled up in pain, half his face was originally subrged in black muddy water. Upon hearing the voice, his body froze, and he suddenly lifted his head.
Sizzle!
Muddy water splashed.
Drops splattered onto Bei Huai’s fair and clean face.
The corner of Bei Huai’s slightly grinning lips seed to take on a tinge of madness, yet it was an extrely calm madness.
He nonchalantly crushed the cracked orange Yama mask, grasping the chin of the elderly face in front of him, and softly called once again:
"Or perhaps..."
"Red Coat, Night Guardian."
Crack—
Lightning flashed once more in the void, illuminating the two confronting faces.
One was pure and flawless, though stained with so muddy water, but just a wipe with a wet cloth would reveal a clean, jade-like, handso young gentleman.
The other face was full of wrinkles, deep-set eyes, water-filled bags under the eyes, vitality and vigor completely gone, facial muscles seemingly starting to droop, looking altogether like a decrepit, haggard old man.
"Guardian..."
The unveiled Five Decays of Heaven and Man’s pupils couldn’t stop trembling.
His remaining sanity clearly couldn’t discern who among Bei Huai’s words referred to the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, who was Starry Night, and who was Night Guardian.
In a daze, as another thunderclap followed, the intricate intertwining mories and life experiences exploded as if like the scattered water droplets breaking after hitting the water stones at Cross Corner Street.
...
"You are Starry Night, one of the first generation Six Xu, the leader of the Five Extre Physiques, the Body of Devour?"
Starry Night looked at the face of the White-clothed youth illuminated by candlelight in the dark stone cave, feeling inexplicably uneasy, "What did you do to ?"
He couldn’t rember anything.
All past mories seed erased by soone.
Even the most profound past experiences and companions only remained vague.
Other than rembering "Xu Yue Grey Palace" and nas like himself, Sha Shengluo, Gold Erosion, everything else was forgotten.
And...
"Why am I crying?" Starry Night wiped his tears, clearly with no sorrow in his heart, yet tears fell like rain.
"You are the first ghost beast who can remain so calm under my ability, I’m quite pleased with you." The White-clothed youth paused, "My na is Bei Huai."
Ghost beast...
In front of him, he pulled out two notebooks from behind his waist: "I’m quite fond of what Ayao gave this ti, I plan to start a separate Chapter ’Devour Chapter’ for you, hoping you won’t disappoint ."
He began writing sothing on the fresh pages of the notebook.
Starry Night looked up from his kneeling position, vaguely seeing the title of the book, "The Records Manual of the Beis".
Bei Huai...
The Beis...
Starry Night could see the fear in his soul reflected by the candle’s light over the notebook. This White-clothed youth seed to have an unusual way of logical thinking?
"Stay here for a while first."
Bei Huai just wrote the beginning, then bit the pen and pointed behind him, saying:
"If you continue to resist and cause destruction, I’ll keep crushing you and reassembling you until you obediently comply."
"Oh right, you better act consciously and hurry with your Self Xu Transformation or ghost beast form, or else I will have to inject Life Potion to assist you."
He said, looking up at the half-covered stone door outside the stone cave. With the expression of extraordinary anticipation on his light-shadow-streaked face, he licked his lips and said:
"Soon, your first batch of ghost breeders will be assembled, a full 365 of them, all the Five Domains’ Talents. It took quite a bit of effort for ."
"If they all fail, I’ll be very disappointed. If I’m disappointed, you’ll be in great pain, understand?"
Bei Huai looked down, seemingly seeing through the confusion in the figure kneeling below, and smiled, "Starry Night, do you have any questions?"
Yes...
Starry Night subconsciously wanted to ask.
But Bei Huai seed accustod to this routine, patted his face, stood up, and walked towards the stone door, leaving behind a few perfunctory answers:
"Simply put, you can only beco a ghost beast in the future, living in a form of power, and influencing this world in a parasitic manner."
"The ghost breeders are your ghost beast host body; you are in the sa boat, practicing the Path of Life and Reincarnation for ."
"As for the manner in which you and your host body will undergo ghost beast and host fusion..."
Bang!
Bei Huai’s voice elongated, but there were no further words.
As he exited the stone cave, he closed the stone door, leaving only the flickering candlelight in the dark.
Yet this illuminated the scene inside the stone cave. Starry Night looked over and discovered a series of precision pillar devices filled with a special solution.
Imrsed inside the solution were humanoid creatures, beast-like organisms, and so special hybrid creatures he couldn’t currently recognize based on his mory.
His heart inexplicably ached, a surge of destructive desire thriving within.
mory fragnts flooded his mind again, scenes of Bei Huai’s relentless storm-like attacks.
Starry Night, with a terrified expression and resentful heart, restrained the urge to destroy.
He forgot whether his past was glorious or dazzling; he only knew that now in the hands of that White-clothed youth, his future held only uncertainty.
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