I Am Loaded with Passive Skills

Chapter 4128: Chapter 1950: Night Guardian (2)

Dazed, he dragged his painful, broken body along, reaching out to touch those cage-like containers, unsure of what to feel.

"Who are they?"

"And who am I?"

"After the ghost breeder comes, will I become...like this?"

...

"Ah Ye."

"Here, Elder Wuyue!"

"I remember you are from the Eastern Sky Realm, right?"

"Yes, is there a new mission, Elder Wuyue?"

"The alias ’Night Guardian’ in Red Coat has become quite famous lately, well done... Information has come again from over there; it’s the same as before. There are disturbances in the White Cave; this time they seem to have detected a ghost beast aura. They need manpower there; you should head over again."

"Borrow me once more?"

"Yes, this time they specifically requested you, ’Night Guardian’. With your dark attribute, you can be quite effective against ghost beasts... Also, this time, after you go over, you should change your badge, really should have done it long ago, directly join Red Coat now."

"Why?"

"No reason... They need your strength more than I do."

"Yes!"

In the mountains, the White-robed were scattered among the Daoist Sect.

The Moonless Sword Deity made one last adjustment to his collar and turned to leave.

In the pouring rain, Night Guardian looked up from afar, bidding farewell once more to the comrades in his dreams.

Everything was receding into the distance.

The White-robed waved to bid him goodbye.

"Take care, Elder Night Guardian. By the time we meet again, I’ll have broken through to the higher void level and become a Vice Sovereign. Your ’dark’ attribute better not lose to my junior’s ’light’!" Chang Yi’s smiling face faded away like a mirage.

The scene shifted, moving to the White Cave.

In truth, having been assigned to guard the White Cave many times over the years, although not officially Red Coat, it was as if he were one.

Compared to the annual returns to the Central Region’s White-robed headquarters for debriefing, Night Guardian indeed was accustomed to the daily life of the Red Coat.

Guarding the frontier, he made the ’Night Guardian’ name renowned in the Eastern Sky Realm, a brilliant achievement of recent years.

Just that...

Today’s White Cave seemed a bit different.

The extradimensional cracks appeared abruptly, the sealing ghost beast’s strength far exceeded expectations, even felt stronger than the Sacred Secret Land.

Although it bore no intention to harm, the red-clothed squad fought desperately, yet could not stop this ghost beast. Not only were they grievously injured and near death, but it also managed to sneak into the nearby village.

"Outside the Eighth Palace, the nearest is Mo Family Village..."

"Beyond that, besides Tiansang City, Tianfeng City, Tianyun City, and various Spirit Palaces, there are over a million innocent people in the mortal world..."

"It’s over, Red Coat failed, and now it will be a massacre of living beings!"

With dwindling consciousness, Night Guardian’s mind still lingered on the previously unheard-of sealing ghost beast.

Once again opening his eyes, flickering candlelight revealed an enclosed stone cave.

"You are dead."

A voice came from ahead, belonging to a young man.

Yet, lying on the ground, he saw nothing, even his spiritual senses were ineffective, leaving only peripheral vision to witness bare feet beneath white robes.

"I’m sorry to hear such news."

"You ranked among the top ten in this batch of ghost breeders, why did you die?"

This guy, who is he...

Is he mad? I can clearly still hear his voice, I’m still alive...

"I will save you."

"But all your companions are dead, the Red Coat Lan Ling, and Red Coat Xin, you harbor deep resentment, yet your will to survive is weak, were you hit hard?"

"Someone like you can’t survive the experiment."

What experiment...

What on earth is a ghost breeder...

Lan Ling and Xin, aren’t they just... right, the White Cave’s sealing power rendered them unconscious, like mortals, no signals could be sent, by the time rescue arrives, they should all be decomposing corpses, right?

"No need to get agitated, your soul can’t handle such agitation."

"I’m not deceitful over such matters, I can assure you, your friends can be revived."

"The cost, from now onwards, your life belongs to me. If you understand, move your fingers."

Night Guardian could feel a life force circulating through his body that wasn’t his own.

It was surging, comparable to the sealing ghost beast’s, with his final ounce of strength, he managed to move his index finger, drawing a vertical line on the ground.

"Very good, now you belong to me, remember the promise you made today."

"I am Bei Huai."

Darkness enveloped his vision.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself within a sealed cylindrical container, even his nostrils filled with liquid.

With a sizzle, the apparatus opened, colorless liquid flowing across the floor as Night Guardian barely managed to open his eyes.

Standing before him was a white-robed, barefoot man, graceful and elegant.

Several individuals wielding paper and pens scrambled to retreat behind him, leaving him standing still, bare feet submerged within the liquid flowing from the apparatus.

"You’re awake."

"I am Bei Huai."

"After the battle in the White Cave, you died, it was I who saved you, and bestowed upon you new abilities, granting you the Power of the Higher Void – Grand Vital Energy during your Cutting Path stage."

Night Guardian surveyed the surroundings with hazy vision, unable to make anything out.

His ears buzzed incessantly, the capacity to process information had yet to return, mere remnants grasped from memory, unable to comprehend.

Struggling out of the apparatus, he hunched over, uncertain of where to proceed, simply following the light towards the opened stone door.

"Go."

"As you pass through this door, you will remember nothing."

"Return to your Red Coat life, in moments of necessity, your Grand Vital Energy will aid you, and in times of extreme danger..."

Night Guardian glanced back at that subtle smile, ultimately unable to recall anything.