“I didn't lie to you, but I can't be sure if it will be successful, because I've never tried it before.”
Li Mu Bai answered solemnly, then added, “Of course, even if I can't completely resurrect your mother, I will certainly be able to preserve her soul and prevent it from completely dissipating.”
“Li Mu Bai, thank you! Thank you so much!”
Chen Ping An looked at Li Mu Bai with great excitement.
The current Chen Ping An was not the same one who later possessed an unwavering mind.
Although he was precocious and had an exceptional memory, he was still just a small-town boy who hadn't seen the world. And most importantly, he was only five years old.
How could a five-year-old child not lose his composure when told that his mother could be brought back to life?
“You don't need to thank me. I'm only doing this for you because I want to take something from you. In a way, it's a deal. So, Chen Ping An, do you accept this deal?”
Li Mu Bai looked at Chen Ping An with a serious expression.
“Yes! I accept!” Chen Ping An nodded eagerly.
“As long as my mother can come back to life, I'll do anything you ask, even if it's something I don't understand, like some kind of 'opportunity'.”
“You… you're getting smarter. I told you not to make promises so easily!” Li Mu Bai couldn't help but pat Chen Ping An on the shoulder.
Chen Ping An didn't say anything, but his gaze towards Li Mu Bai was unwavering for the first time.
Seeing this, Li Mu Bai didn't say anything more.
Zhi Gui beside him also remained silent.
She was just curiously looking at Li Mu Bai.
She also wanted to know how Li Mu Bai planned to resurrect Chen Ping An's mother.
For a moment, the atmosphere became awkward.
No one spoke.
Li Mu Bai didn't react, simply drinking his water quietly.
He also immersed his consciousness within himself, communicating with the Qing Ping Sword.
“Do you think I can successfully resurrect Chen Ping An's mother by restoring her physical body and then having you infuse her soul into it?”
【No problem at all. This is just a very simple resurrection method, easily achievable.】
“In other words, besides this method, you can do other things to bring her back?”
【Have you forgotten your own situation? I can directly use reincarnation techniques, causing his mother to enter the cycle of rebirth and then come back to life from it.】
“Would that consume your power?”
【Yes, it would.】
“Then that's not an option.”
【Besides that, there is a simpler way, that is, to appoint her as a mountain spirit.】
“How much power would that consume from you?”
【This is a deception of the power of Heaven and Earth, it won't consume much power from me. However, there are drawbacks to this appointment, it limits potential growth, and the appointed person will be under your control, your control.】
“Oh, that works then, isn't that what Old Man Yang does?”
【My method is more advanced than his.】
“Then let's choose this resurrection method.”
Li Mu Bai had made his decision.
Since he was going to resurrect Chen Ping An's mother, he naturally wanted to do it as best as possible.
Since the appointed person would be under his control, there was no need to worry about any problems.
【Understood!】
The Qing Ping Sword calmly replied, then fell silent.
Seeing this, Li Mu Bai didn't disturb the Qing Ping Sword anymore.
He just continued to drink his tea calmly.
He waited for the time to pass.
Compared to his calmness, Chen Ping An was incredibly nervous.
Sweat dripped down his forehead.
He kept looking around anxiously.
He was so eager.
As time passed…
Time finally reached midnight.
Almost the moment it reached midnight, a sudden gust of wind blew in from outside the door.
When the wind blew, Chen Ping An's eyes widened.
He then spoke in a trembling, hoarse voice:
“Is that you, Mother?”
He was afraid that he was mistaken.
He was worried that his mother hadn't returned.
While Chen Ping An was nervous and apprehensive, Li Mu Bai clearly saw a gentle, kind-looking woman appearing out of thin air in front of him. Her features bore a clear resemblance to Chen Ping An.
Her eyes were fixed on Chen Ping An.
They were full of love and tenderness.
She reached out to touch Chen Ping An as she looked at him.
But when her hand touched him, it went right through his body.
Her eyes filled with sadness, and she sighed helplessly.
This was the difference between the living and the dead.
Separated by life and death.
Even when face to face, they could not truly see each other.
Ordinary people did not have the ability to see souls.
Not to mention this place was the Li Zhu Cave Heaven.
A sealed cave heaven.
It restricted the use of power.
If it weren't for the special rules of the Soul Returning Night, the rules that the Saints had not erased, souls would quickly dissipate after their bodies died.
They wouldn't last until the seventh day, like they did now.
Seeing this, Li Mu Bai's eyes flashed.
He then pointed his right hand like a sword and waved it in front of him casually.
With a wave, boundless vitality surged forth.
Radiant golden lotuses rose from the ground.
The entire room transformed into an ocean of vitality in an instant.
At the same time, the moment he used his power, this place became its own world.
Ordinary people could not see anything here.
They couldn't sense anything here either.
Even someone as strong as Qi Jing Chun, after Li Mu Bai unleashed this sword strike, could only sigh helplessly.
“Here we go again, that special self-contained space!”
“That world has already been cut off, or rather, it's no longer in the same dimension.”
“I'm a Saint of the Cave Heaven, supposedly able to control the Cave Heaven absolutely, yet I can't see a thing about the real situation.”
With a sigh, Qi Jing Chun took a step forward and disappeared from where he was standing.
He reappeared at the entrance of Chen Ping An's house.
After appearing there, he didn't push the door open.
He simply cast his gaze towards the distant door, observing the activity inside through it.
He could clearly see Li Mu Bai, Chen Ping An, Zhi Gui, and Chen Ping An's mother in the living room.
But even though they were in the living room, he couldn't see what they were doing.
They were truly in a different dimension.
The people he saw were just projections, not real.
They were not real.