Bai Susu had never imagined she would ever have a day like this.
She shook her head, trying to dispel the embarrassing, distracting thoughts from her mind.
"Young Lady, are you really alright?"
Xiao Ya had a persistent feeling that something was off about Bai Susu, though she couldn't quite pinpoint what.
"Don't overthink it. Nothing's wrong."
Bai Susu asked, "What about that fellow?"
"That fellow? Who do you mean? The Tuhao Grand Lord?"
"That's right."
"He left."
"Left?" Bai Susu was taken aback. "When did he leave?"
"Not long ago. He just left."
"Damn it!"
Bai Susu was furious, flames of anger practically shooting from her eyes.
First, he had **her**, made a fool of her, and then this guy just left without a word? Not a single sentence, not even a single character?
What kind of behavior was that?
At this thought, Bai Susu, utterly exasperated, gnashed her teeth and said, "How preposterous! That shameless, despicable scoundrel!"
"Young Lady, didn't you tell him to leave?"
Bai Susu turned around and snapped angrily, "When did I ever tell him to leave?"
This outburst from Bai Susu truly startled Xiao Ya. She had no idea what had happened or why her Young Lady was angry with her. She said softly, "If you didn't tell him to leave, then how… how could he have gone?"
"I…" Bai Susu really didn't know how to explain.
"Then I… I'll go chase him back right now!"
Xiao Ya might not know exactly what Bai Susu and that Tuhao Grand Lord had discussed, but one thing she was clear about: Bai Susu was very angry right now. She immediately prepared to leave and bring him back, but just as she was about to go, Bai Susu's voice came: "Forget it. Don't chase him. Let him go."
"Huh?"
Xiao Ya was completely baffled now. She couldn't understand why her usually aloof and elegant Young Lady was acting so strangely today. "Young Lady, what's wrong with you today? Did that fellow make you angry? If he did, tell me, and I'll teach him a harsh lesson for you."
Bai Susu stared at Xiao Ya, opening her mouth as if to speak, then closing it again. Finally, she shook her head with a bitter smile.
If it were possible, she too would very much like to teach that fellow a harsh lesson.
But the problem was, how?
That fellow's Physical Body, for reasons unknown, had become utterly chaotic, turbid, and decayed to an extreme.
The chaotic mess of Meridians, sinews, and bones was so intertwined that even his internal organs were a tangled knot.
Every single Acupoint, every Meridian was so turbid, even every drop of blood seemed filled with countless impurities.
The decay was like that of a chaotic, stubborn rock that had weathered hundreds of millions of years—unyielding and indestructible. Even when she had exerted all her strength, she hadn't been able to budge him an inch.
Given this…
How could she teach him a lesson?
Bai Susu considered herself a Monster Immortal who had roamed the Great Desolate with considerable experience, yet she had never encountered such a mysterious, bizarre, and peculiar Physical Body. And it wasn't a Creation Body, nor even a Great Dao Body—it was just a purely flesh-and-blood mortal body.
Just what kind of person was he?!
She didn't know.
Bai Susu couldn't figure it out.
She just had a vague feeling that this fellow's existence in the past might not have been merely that of a Great Dao Lord who commanded respect in one region.
Could it truly be as he had claimed—that back in his day, he swept across the Great Desolate, shook the heavens and earth, was invincible, and with a single stamp of his foot, even the Three Thousand Great Daos would tremble?
Was that even possible?
Such figures, forget the Present Era, even in the Ancient Era, the Archaic Era, or even the Primordial Era, there were only a handful. And without exception, almost all of them had been utterly annihilated. Even the most insane, most domineering, most brutal You Di had been reduced to ashes at the dawn of the Present Era.
Yet that fellow said that if he had wanted to kill You Di back then, it would have been the work of a mere snap of his fingers.
Was that possible?
In his time, You Di had slain the Heavenly Duke above, trampled the Earthly Mother below, annihilated the Three Thousand Great Daos, laughed proudly across the Great Desolate, dominated heaven and earth, and was invincible. Even the one hailed as the Envoy of Karma, the Embodiment of Fate—the Eternal Nameless One—had been helpless against him.
How could this fellow possibly have possessed the capability to erase You Di back then?
And yet…
Just what kind of person was he?
Bai Susu thought and thought, but she couldn't come up with an answer.
"Xiao Ya, I need you to do something for me."
"What is it?"
"Go and keep an eye on that fellow. Wherever he goes, who he meets, what he does—record everything for me. And make absolutely sure he doesn't notice you."
On second thought, Bai Susu felt this approach might be inappropriate. That fellow was mysterious and bizarre, and his strength was terrifyingly profound. If Xiao Ya tried to tail him, she probably wouldn't be able to hide it from him at all.
"Forget it. Don't follow him. Instead… issue my orders. Have them investigate his background and origins for me. The more detailed, the better. I want to know everything about him, every single thing."