Rebirth:The Badass Young Lady

" You...who are you? Or to ask it other way, who are you spiritually?"

Gu Xiao Yue trembled from head to toe when she heard that question. She jerked her head and looked at Bai who had a peculiar look in his eyes.

"You...aren't the real owner of this body, right?" Bai asked again while his lips hooked up in amus.e.m.e.nt.

Gu Xiao Yue then looked at him cautiously. She found his words filled with certainty and also curiosity. She couldn't tell what he was really plotting or what more did he know about it.

" Ai~ don't be so cautious of me. I won't tell anyone about it since I can't even get out of this space. I won't hurt you either as I'm the guardian of the 'Heavenly jade gourd' and you are it's master which means you are my master too. I cannot go against you even if it means till my spirit fades away to help you."

Bai shakes his head helplessly.

" Then..why was I able to form a contract with the godly artifact? Does it mean that my soul has the so called supreme bloodline flowing through it? But then why is the godly artifact with Xi Xiao Yue? What's her true origin?" Gu Xiao Yue calmed herself down and looked at the bigger picture.

"So you do admit that you aren't the real 'Xiao Yue'. Haha interesting! Though it isn't really a rare case to see someone else's soul possessing someone else's body. As physical bodies are only a kind of vessel to contain the soul." Bai laughed out as he found it really interesting.

" Just answer my questions!" She urged him again and let down her cautiousness towards him. She also believed that he would really not harm him since she couldn't feel any hostility in his eyes.

'Hmm? Feel...?' Her eyes widened a bit.

" Also about another thing, why couldn't I sense your presence or the change in the space? I can still sense your existence now but I couldn't do so when I was asleep while I could still feel the presence of others. How did you do that?" Gu Xiao Yue really couldn't understand this.

She could feel his presence even if he was a spirit right now but why couldn't she do so while asleep? She wasn't so careless enough to miss such things even in sleep from all the practice and honing her senses.

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"With that puny amount of spiritual energy inside you, how do you expect to feel the presence of someone stronger than you? And I'm also a spiritual being who is more harder to tell with weak spiritual power unless I let you deliberately feel it. You can feel it just because I'm not hiding my energy." Bai rolled his eyes at her and explained it like it was a matter of fact.

" I also cannot tell you more about the origins. Your spiritual power isn't strong enough to allow me to tell you about it. Even if I did tell you, you will not be able to hear it clearly and feel like someone was blocking your ears just like when I say @@%@%% bloodline." He continued.

" And about the change in space, the space itself isn't really 'alive' like others. It's just a thing made from the godly qi, using the illusions and imaginations of the creator to form its current structure. If you are strong enough, you can also change its form through your own qi and imagination but that would mean that you have to become a godly tier martial artist." Bai stopped for a minute then scrutinised her more carefully.

" Hmm?...wait. This is.." He murmured some intelligible words while his face showed an expression of shock and then he looked like he was troubled about something.

" What? What are you talking to yourself about?" Gu Xiao Yue felt uneasy after seeing him like this. She got a feeling in her guts that whatever it may be, it wasn't a good one.

"Hmm...well, about this..how should I say it. I'm also troubled. Sigh..." Bai hesitated for a bit. He shook his head and sighed helplessly.

"You...you cannot reach a high level in martial arts in this life. You can hmm..maybe reach to martial king tier. But it is also enough to make you become stronger than even experts in martial arts who don't cultivate spiritual qi. Unless you meet one who cultivates, that is."Bai looked at her with pity in his eyes.

" Martial king? And why can't I reach a higher tier? Is something wrong with my body? Stop talking in circles and get to the point! "Gu Xiao Yue was puzzled by his words and was annoyed by his way of talking while avoiding the main point.

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" Well, about the tiers. There are 10 tiers in martial arts, each with 7 stages of small realms. From lower to higher tiers will be practitioner, qi gathering, qi foundation, core formation, vessel reformation, martial king, martial emperor, nirvana, celestial king, celestial emperor. And after that comes the god tier which isn't included with the other 10 tiers because between this tier and other tiers is a vast and deep gap which cannot be crossed easily. It cannot be counted with stages at all." Bai explained about the martial tiers first then continued on to the next topic.

" The ancient world at my time was very different and mysterious that no one could find out what was beyond the mysteries. But one thing is true that there were more tiers beyond god tier. The creator of this godly artifact could also be taken as the proof but I cannot tell you why it is as such." Bai then circled around Gu Xiao Yue once and said.

" And about why you cannot reach higher tiers in martial arts...is because your spiritual form is sealed. Or to say in a way you could understand, some very powerful seal from a higher being has sealed the spiritual power inside your soul. This seal doesn't seem to be done just before a year or two.....It's a seal formed... at least or more than a hundred thousand years ago." Bai calculated the time and said after more contemplation.

Gu Xiao Yue's eyes widened in such a big number of years he just said.

" How..how is that even possible?! Hundred thousand years?! That's just too absurd!"

Gu Xiao Yue couldn't believe his words at all and thought that he had gone mad in his head.

"I'm not lying! I also don't know why but the result says as such. I have checked your soul with my qi and could see that your soul isn't a normal one either. Whatever it is that was sealed should at least be something very extraordinary. But..it's a pity that we can never find out what it was." Bai shakes his head in disappointment. Such actions made his toddler figure look like a kid imitating an a.d.u.l.t.

Gu Xiao Yue really found all this stuff absurd and unreal. But since he said that he also couldn't tell exactly what it is then she won't worry about such things either.

She didn't have any time to think about it anyway. She had her own motives and goal. She had people waiting for her to exact revenge on or to reunite with.

"Anyway, if you want to reach higher tiers, you have to cultivate by the help of the scriptures and cultivation books inside that cottage. There are books which are just what you need to learn as a beginner. As you climb higher in tiers, the more the things inside the 'Heavenly jade gourd' you get to have access and use them." Bai said that and pointed towards the unremarkable small cottage.

" So, what do you say? Do you want to reach a level that any human being would want to reach and find out the secrets behind your origins?" Bai asked after seeing her remaining silent throughout the explanations.

Gu Xiao Yue lowered her head and contemplated about what she really wanted to do, the pros and cons and what importance all of these really held to herself.

After 5 minutes of silence, Gu Xiao Yue finally lifted her head with a determined look in her eyes and opened her mouth to say.

"I..."