Chapter 330 - 145: Encountering Little Bai Ling Again

"It’s nothing. I forgot to return your Qiankun Cloth Bag."

Xu Lei said, "Alright, you can go now."

As he spoke, Xu Lei tossed the small bag back to her.

He had just used up the remaining Explosive Packages.

So, he could just return it to Qing Lian.

’It’s a shame. I wonder if those four fat nuns had any Qiankun Cloth Bags on them. If they did, they were probably blown to bits.’

’After all, that explosion was terrifyingly powerful.’

"Thank you, Senior."

Qing Lian was stunned. She never expected to get her Qiankun Cloth Bag and Magical Artifact back.

She cupped the Qiankun Cloth Bag in her two slender, jade-like hands, staring blankly for a moment. Her large, beautiful eyes fixed on Xu Lei, and she blinked a few times.

But Xu Lei said nothing more.

He simply turned to inspect the mangled corpses of the four fat nuns.

Qing Lian didn’t dare say anything else either and quickly, stealthily slipped away.

She ran faster and faster, soon disappearing from sight.

As for the deaths of the fat nuns, Qing Lian naturally held no grudge against Xu Lei.

Their bodies had been completely taken over.

Killing them was, in a way, an early release from their suffering.

’I can’t believe a trip to the Nunnery led to all this.’

Xu Lei muttered to himself, ’But it wasn’t all bad. At least I gained a few things and didn’t lose anything.’

Back at the Nunnery, he had still managed to get some Demon Cores from a few of the Female Nether Demons.

They had helped speed up his Cultivation.

’Granted, if I hadn’t inherited my past life’s Cultivation and known how to make explosives, this whole incident could have been genuinely dangerous.’

But in the end, Xu Lei was still badass enough to solve everything and even walk away with some freebies.

After that, Xu Lei didn’t linger any longer.

After confirming the nuns were dead and finding no decent loot, Xu Lei immediately headed home.

When he arrived, his father and mother weren’t home.

The massive explosion from earlier had shaken the entire city.

It had woken his parents and everyone else up.

After a moment’s thought, Xu Lei wrote a note for his father and mother.

It said that he had left again with several of his female nun masters.

Then, he left home immediately.

’After all, not having a storage bag is really inconvenient.’

Xu Lei couldn’t wait to go and retrieve the Magical Artifacts and Demon Cores from his previous life.

’If he had his Storage Bracelet, he wouldn’t have had to handle this recent incident in such a rush.’

’He could have carried the explosives with him.’

’And then countered whatever came his way.’

’But without the Storage Bracelet, he couldn’t carry the explosives on his person for easy access, which was a real hassle.’

To avoid being caught in a similar, passive situation again, Xu Lei decided to set out at once to retrieve his belongings from his past life.

「A few minutes later」

Xu Lei left the city and arrived at the outskirts.

He saw the spot where he had detonated the explosives. A large group of constables had gathered, holding torches, investigating, analyzing, and discussing the scene.

Outside the constables’ cordon, a crowd of ordinary people had formed to watch.

"What happened?"

"What on earth caused that huge booming sound?"

"It actually destroyed such a large patch of forest and undergrowth?"

"And even blasted such a huge crater in the ground?"

The constables muttered amongst themselves.

"Is this the heavens’ fury?"

"Could it be divine punishment?"

"Did the County Magistrate do something to anger both heaven and the people?"

"Why would our town be struck by heavenly lightning?"

"Was it lightning? I don’t think I saw any lightning, though."

The townspeople whispered among themselves.

Xu Lei only watched for a few moments before turning and melting into the mountain forest under the cover of night.

He headed toward the Great Xing Mountain Range.

However, unexpectedly, after running for a few more minutes...

JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE.

Suddenly, from the woods, Xu Lei heard the familiar sound of a Bell.

’It’s my Puppet-Exorcising Bell from my past life!’

Xu Lei hid behind a rock and peeked out.

He saw an incredibly beautiful, white-haired girl sitting on the shoulders of two Human Puppets.

Her two slender, fair legs dangled against the Human Puppets’ chests.

Her cherry-red lips were slightly parted, moving as if she were speaking to the air beside her.

The two black Human Puppets moved with considerable speed!

They carried her as they ran toward the site of the explosion.

Xu Lei immediately recognized the girl!

It was the apprentice he had taken in his previous life, Bai Ling!

Forty years had passed, and Bai Ling had grown into a graceful young woman who looked to be around fourteen years old.

She had grown up.

She was even more stunningly beautiful than Xu Lei had ever imagined she would be.

Just then, she stopped speaking to the Creepy Spirit in the air, and her small, cherry-like lips closed.

One of her delicate, jade-like hands began to gently shake the Bell again.

Instantly, the two Human Puppets’ speed increased, becoming as fast as leopards!

They swiftly dashed past Xu Lei.

Under the moonlight, Xu Lei saw the girl’s jade-like face, her exquisitely delicate features, and her white hair flowing in the wind.

But now, her expression held a trace of frost-like coldness.

She was no longer the lively, cute, and innocent girl she had once been.