I Can Traverse Multiple Worlds-Chapter 93 - 92: Is the Incense Poisonous?

"Senior Brother, this child... he’s still alive?!"

Shou Chengzi’s eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Lingxiao’s words.

For the past year, he had also tried to find out news about Wang Xiao.

However, Zhang Lingxiao had always been evasive.

Now, hearing Zhang Lingxiao’s words, Shou Chengzi couldn’t help but get excited.

’The boy really worked a miracle!’

’To think he could survive for a whole year at the hands of so many demon fiends and monsters!’

’Could it be that Miss Xiaodie’s aura really worked?’

’Causing the other ghosts to protect the child of their own accord?’

He knew his Purifying Evil Talisman would only last four or five months at most.

Without outside help, the boy couldn’t possibly have survived the remaining time.

Zhang Lingxiao said meaningfully:

"Why don’t you go see for yourself? Remember, don’t make a scene. Just bring him to me!"

"Yes."

Shou Chengzi nodded and headed straight for the Exorcism Tower.

「The Sixth Layer of the Exorcism Tower.」

Wang Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground, silently calculating the time.

According to the promise the Elder Celestial Master made back in the Celestial Master Hall, it was about time for him to be released.

One year.

He had fought his way from the First Layer of the Exorcism Tower to the Sixth Layer.

He himself had lost count of how much demon flesh and blood he had devoured!

His body had also grown at a visible rate.

An ordinary one-year-old child is about sixty or seventy centimeters tall.

But he was already over 1.1 meters tall!

His Realm had also reached the Human Immortal stage of Refining Acupoints to Open All Passages, comparable to the peak of a Tier Four Life!

He was just one step away from surmounting the Heaven-Breaking Pass and becoming a Celestial Being—a Tier Five Life.

However, although Wang Xiao could surmount the Heaven-Breaking Pass at any time, he hadn’t done so.

Surmounting the Heaven-Breaking Pass required the Unity of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and the commotion it would cause was simply too great.

It was better to maintain his current Realm and wait until he was out before breaking through.

’Speaking of which, if that Ghost King from the Seventh Layer comes down, I might not be able to stop it. I hope that Zhang Lingxiao keeps his promise and sends someone to get me today.’

Wang Xiao looked up toward the Seventh Layer of the Exorcism Tower.

It was said that the Seventh Layer imprisoned a single, peerless Ghost King, whose strength was likely in the Lifebound Realm.

According to Wang Xiao’s calculations, the Lifebound Realm was equivalent to one or two rounds of Limit Breaking.

With his current strength, he definitely wouldn’t be able to stop it!

Fortunately, the demon fiends and monsters from the upper floors could only descend to a lower one when the barrier weakened.

As long as he didn’t go up, the Ghost King posed no threat to him.

Just as Wang Xiao was pondering this, a very faint female voice suddenly reached his ears.

"I can feel it... I really can... It’s Miss Xiaodie’s aura."

Hearing this voice, Wang Xiao’s eyes twitched slightly.

’Is that the voice of the Ghost King from the Seventh Layer?’

’Xiaodie?!’

Wang Xiao remembered that the birth mother of this body seemed to be named Xiaodie.

Ning Xiaodie.

’Don’t tell me this Ghost King knew this body’s birth mother?!’

Wang Xiao grew curious.

However, he didn’t ask aloud, merely looking around with curious eyes.

"Miss Xiaodie really did it. My long wait wasn’t in vain. It was all worth it!"

The Ghost King said another sentence that baffled Wang Xiao.

Just as Wang Xiao was contemplating how to communicate with the Ghost King without drawing attention, the Ghost King’s voice came again.

"Child, my name is Hua Guiying. I have waited here for you for three hundred years. I don’t know if you can understand my words, but since your mother entrusted me with a message for you, I must keep my promise."

"You must remember what I’m about to say."

"First, your mother left you two gifts. The first is on the City God, but you will have to find it yourself."

"Second, if you cultivate in the future, you must never refine Incense. Incense is poison. Once you refine it, there is no turning back!"

"Remember this!"

The voice was extremely faint, as if it were being transmitted directly into Wang Xiao’s mind.

Obviously, this Ghost King was using some unknown method of voice transmission.

It was likely to avoid being overheard!

As Wang Xiao listened to the Ghost King’s voice, a glint appeared in his eyes.

’Incense is poison?’

’Two gifts?!’

’What does this mean?’

’If what the Ghost King said is true, then my birth might not have been an accident, but a premeditated plan!’

It was just that the information the Ghost King provided was too little.

Wang Xiao had no way of understanding its deeper meaning.

He suppressed his curiosity and didn’t ask any questions.

This wasn’t something that could be explained in just a few words.

If he acted too abnormally and Zhang Lingxiao noticed something was amiss, then his year of forbearance would be for nothing!

After speaking, the Ghost King on the Seventh Layer said no more and fell completely silent.

A quarter of an hour later.

RUMBLE!

The entire Exorcism Tower shook violently.

Wang Xiao’s ears twitched. He seemed to hear the stone door of the First Layer being pushed open.

Not long after, Shou Chengzi’s figure appeared on the Sixth Layer of the Exorcism Tower.

He looked at Wang Xiao, who was sitting on the floor surrounded by the withered bones of demons and covered in blood, and said in surprise:

"Th-this... you’re the Ghost Infant, how did you end up looking like this?!"

Wang Xiao tilted his head and looked at Shou Chengzi with an expression of pure innocence.

Shou Chengzi said no more. Enduring the pungent stench of blood, he picked Wang Xiao up.

Then, he took out a Talisman, injected Magical Power into it, and placed it on Wang Xiao.

BUZZ!

The Talisman emitted a white glow that completely washed away the blood from Wang Xiao, leaving him as clean as new.

Only then did Shou Chengzi size up Wang Xiao for a moment, clucking his tongue in amazement:

"A miracle, truly a miracle! How did you get to the Sixth Layer? And you’ve grown so much! It’s incredible!"

"But no matter what, you survived. I’ll take you to see Senior Brother now. We can choose a day to formally accept you into the sect."

With a flash of movement, he carried Wang Xiao and left the Exorcism Tower.

Then, he summoned a Flying Sword, stepped onto it, and soared into the sky.

「A moment later.」

Shou Chengzi, still holding Wang Xiao, appeared in a small courtyard.

He looked at Zhang Lingxiao, who was sitting cross-legged on a cattail cushion, and said:

"Senior Brother, what on earth is going on with this child?"

Zhang Lingxiao didn’t explain, his voice calm:

"Hand him to me."

Shou Chengzi thought for a moment before handing Wang Xiao to Zhang Lingxiao.

Zhang Lingxiao held Wang Xiao, and after circulating his Magical Power through the boy’s body, he clicked his tongue:

"What a perfect vessel. A one-year-old’s body, yet it’s already comparable to those at the Entering the Hall stage, or even Lifebound Cultivators. If we let him continue to cultivate, I wonder what Realm he could reach. Is this the unique nature of a Ghost Infant?"

Shou Chengzi’s eyes widened:

"Senior Brother, are... are you saying the child’s body has been completely transformed?!"

Zhang Lingxiao’s tone was calm:

"Otherwise, how do you think he reached the Sixth Layer of the Exorcism Tower? To be able to grow just by devouring the flesh and blood of demons... this Ghost Infant has already defied common sense."

"Remember, do not speak of this matter to anyone outside. Take him back, take good care of him, and use your Magical Power to wash the Ghost Qi from his body. When he’s a little older, accept him into the sect as an ordinary disciple."

He handed Wang Xiao back to Shou Chengzi.

But just at that moment, Wang Xiao felt a subtle wisp of a Divine Soul Thought burrow into his Mud Ball Palace.

It was like a seed, taking root inside.

If he hadn’t spent the past year cultivating the Celestial Human Temple, his Spirit would not be what it was today, and he would never have noticed it.

’What is that Zhang Lingxiao planning?!’ Wang Xiao’s heart sank.