48 Light Energy

This was a family secret that only the ones at the top of the hierarchy knew, like her father and her mother. She only overheard them having a conversation as she was passing through the hallway of their manor.

This revelation shocked Zhao Mei greatly, so much so that her fear of having the Pure Dark Body dissipated.

Knowing that their ancient ancestor had the same constitution, if she were to be cured of it as well, she would become one of the most influential figures in the kingdom!

However, her hopes were dashed when she soon discovered that there have already been at least a thousand with the surname Zhao to be inflicted with the constitution, only to fail to cure it until the end of their lives.

Now, she was carefree as she knew that there was no hope for her left. That was why she was out and about, leaving her guardian alone.

"Let's go!"

Wu Tai forcefully grabbed Zhao Mei's arm as he prepared to get out of this backwater. He didn't want to stay here any longer, hindering their progress to find the Sacred Cotton.

Upon hearing the unfathomable cultivator's words, the crowd was very disappointed.

Another fight avoided by Li Bai? What nonsense! How crazy must his luck be to make these things happen consecutively?!

Although Zhao Mei had already conceded, the crowd still had hope that she would retract her surrender. Who would've known that Zhao Mei would end up the same as Liu Yang?

Before Wu Tai could do so, however, the kid who was just standing beside them spoke with great seriousness.

"Wait!"

Li Bai had already predicted that this would happen, but he didn't think it would happen this quickly! As such, he needed to execute his plan gracefully to convince this "Wu Tai" to hand over Zhao Mei as a disciple of his.

Hearing the little kid didn't make Wu Tai flinch. In his thoughts, this kid's mind was already broken as soon as he arrived here. He just regarded it as the ramblings of a crazy kid.

Until suddenly, the kid had grabbed his arm!

This move by Li Bai made the crowd go nuts! How arrogant must he be to stop the unfathomably strong cultivator from getting out of here?

Although, they were also thankful. Thankful that Li Bai would still get beaten up!

The kid's grip on Wu Tai's arm was unexpectedly stronger than he thought. The kid was also abnormally fast as the kid's hand had caught his own arm even though he was about to disappear in a flash!

Because of these sudden developments, Wu Tai stopped and stared at the kid standing in front of him, grabbing his arm.

The kid had a grumbling expression on his face, as if to imply his frustration at being ignored.

In truth, Li Bai was actually faking this expression of his. No matter what, he was still in the body of a kid, so he had to act accordingly.

Wu Tai let go of Zhao Mei's hand to much of her relief. He then turned his body completely to face the child, as he felt suspicious.

Li Bai let go of Wu Tai's arm as he took out a piece of cloth from his pocket and wiped both his hands in disgust.

This move offended Wu Tai. The child had just grabbed his arm, was he disgusted to the extent that he would clean his hands?!

After this, the child ignored Wu Tai as well, seemingly getting back at him for being ignored earlier. He walked towards Zhao Mei.

Zhao Mei watched the whole scene unfold right before her eyes, and right now she was pretty confused. As Li Bai was walking towards her, however, she snapped out of her confusion as she felt fear towards this child.

Suddenly, Li Bai spoke.

"The Sacred Cotton..."

Upon hearing the child's words, both Wu Tai and Zhao Mei had wide eyes! The Sacred Cotton was an existence only known to the upper echelon of people in small kingdoms like the Red Dragon Kingdom!

This was because even though the Sacred Cotton had a use, and that was to cure the Pure Dark Body, that was its only use.

Not to mention the fact that the Pure Dark Body only appears once every century, this Sacred Cotton was a well-kept secret due to the sinister nature of the constitution.

With these words, the corner of Li Bai's mouth curved upwards. Li Bai was pleased at both Uncle Tai and Zhao Mei's shocked expressions.

He continued to speak.

"...is actually nonexistent!"

Hearing this, Zhao Mei and Wu Tai both got indignant. They already knew of the fact that the Sacred Cotton was very rare, but did the child have to rub it in their faces?

After he spoke, with a swift movement of his hand, an item was retrieved from his Silverstone ring. It was a plant, a cotton, to be specific.

"This... is the Heaven's Cotton!"

Li Bai held it in his hands while flaunting it in front of both Zhao Mei and Wu Tai, who were still both irritated.

As they saw the cotton in the child's hands, coupled with his words, the two couldn't help but giggle a little.

Bro, that is just a normal cotton, even a peasant will recognize it... What are you even saying?

With this, the image of Li Bai in their heads was completely established as an eccentric young man.

Looking at the ridiculing expressions on Zhao Mei and Uncle Tai's faces, Li Bai felt annoyed.

Sure, this does look like normal cotton, but don't you know the old saying, "Never judge a chicken by its feathers"?

This grandpa will now show you the power of the Heavenly Cotton!

Li Bai took out another item from his ring, and it was a relatively small red blade. It was not too sharp nor too blunt.

However, it had an abnormal glint. This characteristic shocked both Zhao Mei and Wu Tai, as the glint was familiar to them.

This glint was, undoubtedly, a characteristic of the metal, Red Stydian! The Red Stydian is one of the rarest, if not the rarest, metal in the entire Zhao Empire!

Wu Tai only managed to see it being transferred from the mining grounds to the castle. He didn't see the actual metal.

It was in a small locked box, and that box was in a bigger locked box, and that box was also in a bigger locked box! Of course, Wu Tai didn't know all of this since all he saw was the palanquin that it was in, surrounded by a hundred-huge army.

Looking at the pair's surprise, Li Bai threw the seemingly normal cotton in the air. The blade on his other hand suddenly sliced the cotton into two!

Witnessing this, both Wu Tai and Zhao Mei were shocked!

Shocked that this blade was actually... a Soul Weapon!

Soul Weapons were extremely rare weapons forged by the Soul Master, Zeng Jiang. Due to his abnormally high Soul Strength, the weapons he had forged were, of course, at least tenfolds stronger than a weapon forged by a normal blacksmith.

This was because blacksmithing was a profession that, like pill concocting, relied on Soul Strength.

The strength and durability of a weapon depended on how accurate the control of fire was while forging the metal.

Similarly, the accuracy of the control of fire depended on the Soul Strength of the blacksmith.

This was why blacksmiths, although not as much as pill concocters, were rare, and so for this reason, they were venerated through the lands.

Suddenly, the cotton in the air that was sliced in half caused fluctuations in the energy in the surroundings.

This energy... was shockingly bright! Too bright, in fact, that almost all of the people in the arena covered their eyes in a desperate attempt to stop the brightness hurt their eyes.

Wu Tai and Zhao Mei, who were right in front of the light, almost went blind! However, they did not cover their eyes, nor did they curse at Li Bai for slicing this cotton.

This was because they knew what energy could cause this – extremely dense Light energy.