A Girl Dies Every Day in Her Dream Life 227

Chapter 227: Turning the Tables

Luo Xue paused, knowing her current appearance was that of Nangong, but… besides the Nangong clan members qualified to enter the ancestral hall, who else would recognize her?

Moreover, Luo Xue currently looked like a young Nangong. Even the higher-ups of the other ancient clans wouldn’t recognize her.

Unless… they had met her before.

Luo Xue suddenly recalled the comical incident at the Nangong clan. This man must be an old monster from the ancient era, surviving to the present through some special method…

In that case, Luo Xue wouldn’t reveal herself yet. She would play along and try to get some information from this Beiming elder.

And Nangong Mian and Dugu Xue hadn’t reached the formation core yet. There was no rush.

“Heh… it seems you still have some memory.” Luo Xue smiled faintly, not revealing anything. “After so many years, for you to still recognize me is quite surprising.”

Luo Xue imitated Nangong’s tone, speaking indifferently.

“…How could I not recognize you?” After the initial shock, Beiming Hu calmed down slightly. He glanced at Nangong Ling, took a deep breath, and said, “Lady Nangong, are you… reincarnated?”

Luo Xue’s current state was strange. Her power was weak, yet she controlled a powerful Dao. It was difficult to determine her true strength.

But she was definitely below Ascension, not having fully transformed.

“Yes and no.”

Luo Xue’s answer was vague.

Facing this old monster who might have known Nangong, Luo Xue didn’t dare to give a definite answer.

If she was seen through…

This act wouldn’t work.

Beiming Hu frowned slightly. This cryptic way of speaking didn’t match the Nangong in his memory, who was known for her straightforwardness.

Simply put, she spoke without thinking… saying whatever she wanted, never hiding anything.

Even if it was something she couldn’t say, she would simply say “You don’t need to know.”

However… Beiming Hu didn’t become suspicious. He simply assumed that after so many years, Lady Nangong had changed, just like him.

Besides, Beiming Hu wasn’t close to Nangong. More accurately, Beiming Hu knew Nangong, but Nangong didn’t know him.

After all, Beiming Hu back then was just an insignificant elder in the Beiming Clan, not even a clan elder. If not for obtaining a reincarnation technique by chance, he wouldn’t have survived until now.

Every reincarnation caused Beiming Hu to lose some of his memories. Otherwise, his new soul wouldn’t be able to bear the weight of countless years.

Therefore, after so many years, the current Beiming Hu was very different from his past self. This small change in Lady Nangong wasn’t a big deal, just making Beiming Hu lament the passage of time, that even a great figure like Nangong could change.

Of course, what made Beiming Hu so certain of Luo Xue’s identity as “Nangong” wasn’t just her appearance.

This girl’s soul and aura also carried a trace of ancient terror. This was the true reason for Beiming Hu’s conviction.

Seeing this old friend from countless years ago, Beiming Hu felt a sense of time’s passage, but he quickly composed himself and said in a low voice,

“Lady Nangong, if you’re here to take back your Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation, please forgive the Beiming Clan for not complying.”

The Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation… belonged to Senior Nangong?

Luo Xue was slightly surprised. Ancestor Nangong hadn’t mentioned this when she appeared before…

However, Ancestor Nangong was indeed very familiar with the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation. She knew that Nangong, who knew nothing about formations, could skillfully control it.

Presumably, Ancestor Nangong must have controlled this formation before.

But controlling it and owning it were two different things…

Of course, regardless of the possibility, the Beiming Clan wasn’t the true owner of the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation, because they were originally just the servant family responsible for maintaining it. Otherwise, they wouldn’t even know how to activate its offensive state.

“You don’t even know how to use this formation,” Luo Xue shook her head, “especially some arrogant and ignorant fools… perhaps it was you, adding unnecessary modifications to the formation, making a fool of yourself.”

“It was indeed my work, a crude creation, indeed a joke,” as the conversation continued, Beiming Hu gradually regained his confidence, and he said, flicking his sleeve, “However, my lady, if you have the method for controlling the formation, why not pass it on to the Beiming Clan, so that the Calamity-Averting Formation can exert its true power?”

So what if she was a great figure from the past? Those days were long gone, buried deep underground. Now was a different time.

The current Beiming Clan was an ancient clan on par with the Nangong clan, and he, Beiming Hu, was a strong contender for the next Clan Leader.

As long as he accumulated enough prestige after this incident, when Beiming Tian died, he would be the next Clan Leader.

Nangong back then was also just the Clan Leader of the Nangong clan. In a sense, their statuses weren’t that different.

Thinking of this, Beiming Hu couldn’t help but puff out his chest slightly.

He was waiting for “Lady Nangong” to propose the terms of the transaction. As long as he could obtain the method for controlling the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation, the Beiming Clan’s strength would increase by at least 30%.

And most of the credit would go to him. At that time, the position of Clan Leader would be within his grasp.

“You’re not qualified.”

Luo Xue shook her head. This sentence did sound like something Nangong would say.

“I’m not qualified?” Beiming Hu was stunned. “My lady, what… do you mean?”

Luo Xue looked at Beiming Hu meaningfully. This puppet body was reaching its limit, and she could sense that Nangong Mian and Dugu Xue had already approached the formation core with her other puppets.

In other words…

This conversation was about to end.

Nangong Ling had already transmitted some information about Beiming Hu to her. Combined with this brief interaction, Luo Xue could tell that Beiming Hu’s status wasn’t very high in the ancient era.

Because… the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation most likely didn’t belong to Nangong. If it was a Nangong clan artifact, how could it be left to the Beiming Clan to guard?

Although this Beiming Hu had managed to hide his identity for so long, only revealing himself upon meeting her, he must have something special, but unfortunately, it wasn’t something Luo Xue wanted to know.

Regarding the secrets of the ancient era, Beiming Hu probably knew even less than Great-Grandmother Nangong, just a small fry who had survived from the ancient era.

Therefore, Luo Xue didn’t intend to continue this conversation. As Beiming Hu anxiously awaited her next words, she closed her eyes.

The next moment, the will of immortality completely consumed the puppet body, its skin cracking, inextinguishable flames igniting, and the connected formation node also began to be eroded.

Beiming Hu, realizing what was happening, was shocked. He remembered why he had come to find Luo Xue and immediately tried to extinguish the flames.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t control the will of immortality. The inextinguishable flames quickly spread through the devices connected to the cultivators’ spiritual power circulation, igniting all the external components of the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation.

Instantly, the Beiming guards stationed at the formation nodes panicked, but no one dared to touch the inextinguishable flames.

The ultimate laws instilled a primal fear in living beings, even sentient plants desperately avoided these terrifying flames.

“Miss Nangong, help!”

Beiming Hu turned to Nangong Ling, but she crossed her arms and said,

“I’m sorry, I can’t do anything.”

“Isn’t this your Nangong clan’s bloodline ability?” Beiming Hu gritted his teeth, desperately trying to control the flames, but the inextinguishable flames only intensified upon contact with spiritual power.

Unless they had the opposing will of withering, there was no way to stop them.

“It’s not a bloodline ability, it’s a bloodline.” Nangong Ling shrugged. “We carry the will of immortality within our bloodline, but it doesn’t mean we can control the true will of immortality… This is our ancestor. I don’t even know when she was resurrected.”

Beiming Hu believed the latter part. After all, no one in the Beiming Clan knew about his reincarnation either.

But the former… Beiming Hu didn’t believe it. Perhaps not every Nangong clan member could control the will of immortality, but Nangong Ling definitely could, even if it was just a portion of it.

“There’s another way.” Nangong Ling said. “Before the inextinguishable flames spread, destroy these devices.”

“Destroy…”

Beiming Hu’s breath hitched.

This was his life’s work, the key to his becoming a clan elder. How could he destroy it?

His achievements, his ambition to become the Clan Leader, all stemmed from these devices.

Without them, Beiming Hu was just an ordinary Sea Crossing Realm cultivator.

Within the Beiming Clan, he would at most be an ordinary elder. This lifetime, with its ample talent, would be wasted.

However, if he didn’t destroy them, and the inextinguishable flames spread throughout the Beiming territory, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Beiming Hu’s face was a mix of emotions, and finally, looking at the spreading flames, he gritted his teeth and gave the order.

“Destroy all the small circulation devices!”