Chapter 285: The Power of the Black Sun Godmother
In the hospital room, Lu Nianqiu gently nodded after inquiring about Feng Xi’s opinion and reached out her hand, willingly grasping Bai Yu’s hand. The moment their hands touched, Bai Yu felt a pure trickle of spiritual power flowing into her body.
This power was quite weak; it had all the killing intent of a soggy noodle—totally harmless and super docile. Once it entered her body, it quickly mingled with the evil thoughts lurking inside her, triggering some sort of reaction.
Sure, she’d interacted with Feng Xi’s body before, but it had never felt this special. She could feel Feng Xi’s power flowing in, yet once inside, it was like sinking a stone into the ocean—no sign of life, no ripples, nothing.
It seemed the issue wasn’t with Feng Xi’s body but rather that her own lack of evil god power back then prevented any resonance—hence the stone-like silence.
With her eyes closed, Bai Yu focused on the changes within.
What could she say? Her current body as an evil ghost was nothing like a human; all her former experiences were utterly useless. Every bit of improvement had to be explored the hard way, whether it was bl**d threads, evil thoughts, or the powers of an evil ghost—everything was trial and error.
Even now, she still couldn’t quite wrap her head around how to evolve this ghostly vessel effectively and rapidly.
Fighting techniques mostly relied on her old experiences, but only recently had she figured out how to utilize bl**d threads and tentacles, managing to off some pesky foes without lifting a finger—though if she ran into a real powerhouse, she’d still prefer an actual blade.
As she quietly sensed her body changing, Bai Yu felt a new power emerge after Feng Xi’s energy intertwined with the original strength of the Black Sun Godmother within her. Yep, this was definitely the power of curses, no doubt about it.
This wasn’t entirely unexpected, considering she had absorbed half an evil god’s essence, plus Feng Xi’s power lit the fuse on this curse energy that naturally belonged to the Black Sun Godmother.
In her current state, she was likely the only one of her kind in this world—an evil ghost holding evil god malevolence and curse power. Talk about unprecedented!
This was mainly due to the massive disparity between evil ghosts and evil gods in this world. They simply didn’t have the chops to consume an evil god. Even if faced with a corpse of one, they’d either be controlled by evil thoughts or explode from sheer greed!
The limit of absorption wasn’t all that high, and what she had consumed so far was hardly enough to transform into curse power.
Bai Yu hadn’t guzzled much; just enough to let the curse energy show up in her body before she released her grip.
After all, the little girl’s body hadn’t fully healed yet, and if she kept absorbing like this, she might not even be able to get off the hospital bed!
“How does it feel, Sister Bai?” Lu Nianqiu asked, her face a bit paler.
The power Feng Xi had shared was spiritual energy, which you could bounce back from after a good nap.
“Has a bit of an effect.”
“Good, as long as it works. Oh, Sister Bai, Feng Xi has been saying she wants to learn how to fight and use a kn*fe from you. She wants to become your apprentice!” Nianqiu’s voice reeked of resignation as she delivered this message. She had no idea why fragile Feng Er was so keen on combat.
Bai Yu opened her mouth to politely decline, but then noticed Zhao Mingyue giving her that glimmering eye signal.
Sure enough, before she could utter a word, Zhao Mingyue had her arm raised.
“I think that’s a great idea!”
“Bai Yu, why not give it a go? I’d like to learn too!”
“Bai Yu~ Sister Yu~”
She shook Bai Yu’s arm vigorously, realizing this was an absolute opportunity—miss it now and who knows when another would come.
“Plus, little Feng Xi also wants to learn. It’d be good for her to pick up some skills for self-defense, don’t you think? Given her current state, there’ll always be weird things lurking around, like in the Ghost Domain or the evil gods. They won’t let Feng Xi off the hook! We can’t be by her side 24/7.”
“Imagine if something happened to Feng Xi. In her condition, she’d definitely be captured by enemies who’d squeeze her for all she’s worth. And she’s just a girl!”
“While you teach her, I can learn a thing or two myself—makes me more capable for future missions too!”
“Plus, think about it—Don’t you want to siphon off Feng Xi’s bodily power? If she lives with us, you could absorb her energy daily!”
Zhao Mingyue’s mind was racing with strategies, even factoring in her recent house move.
“It’s safer to stay with us. At Lu Liangting’s place, it’s a whole different ball game. His family consists of regular humans; they’d be helpless against the evil ghosts from the Ghost Domain.”
“Fine, you’ve sold me on it,” Bai Yu sighed, resignedly tossing that line out as she stepped into Zhao Mingyue’s shadow.
Seeing Bai Yu agree, Zhao Mingyue flashed a thumbs-up at Nianqiu.
“You’re definitely staying at my place, Nianqiu. If you want to chat with your brother, you can just head back whenever. It’s not far at all.”
“The main thing is, I think this also provides some indirect protection for your family.”
“Those from the Ghost Domain play dirty and might use your family to blackmail you.”
Nianqiu nodded, “That’s true. Besides, I don’t even know how I’d explain my presence in the house. Just popping in every now and then is perfect.”
She was all too familiar with her stepmother. If she dared to move in with Lu Liangting, that person wouldn’t hesitate to find someone to snatch her away.
After the discussion, Lu Liangting had no objections either.
For the next couple of days, it’d be perfectly fine for her to stay with him. After a little while, once he sorted out Mingyue’s place, all would be well.
It wasn’t far, and for Nianqiu, she could dash back anytime she wanted.
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As for Zhao Mingyue and Feng Er’s situation, Bai Yu didn’t think much of it; it would just be an occasional teaching gig for her.
That night, instead of sending Zhao Mingyue home, Bai Yu headed for the Ghost Gate that Li Tianan managed. She wanted to test her curse power and see if she could successfully brainwash this batch of weakly ghosts.
At this moment, Zhao Mingyue was still in the dark, clueless about why they were there.
As they reached the Ghost Gate, the breath of the living drew in all the recently appeared ghosts around the building.
This batch of ghosts had come late and had no clue about the “Gluttony” hype.
Surrounded by ghosts, Zhao Mingyue didn’t panic at all. She looked around, confirming that not a single red robe was in sight.
“Bai Yu, why are we here?” Zhao Mingyue turned around, and Bai Yu emerged from behind her, standing at her side.
“Just testing something.”
Bai Yu raised her hand, and countless black tentacles sprouted from the walls, wrapping around the ten or so ghosts nearby tightly. Only then did these spooky specters realize something was amiss.
Bai Yu opened her arms wide, slowly hovering off the ground.
Behind her, a mass of bl**d threads sealed off the corridor, and in that cramped space, she shimmered like a black sun, her body and the surrounding bl**d threads radiating a dim, dark red glow.
This was the curse power of the Black Sun Godmother!
