"That's right, no doubt about it, it must be Qiao Qiao's relative. Otherwise, why would the Heavenly Dao always harmoniously avoid Qiao Qiao whenever a crisis descends from the heavens?" It must be because Qiao Qiao is an elder relative of the Heavenly Dao! And a close relative at that!
Qiao Mu stared blankly at these people, thinking their logic was truly peculiar. How could anyone be related to the elusive Heavenly Dao? How comical!
While they were talking, Wang Limeng had already been "spit out" from the mouth of the earth vortex, landing heavily on the ground. The earth vortex seemed to utterly despise Wang Limeng; it only enjoyed tormenting Jing Minyao.
Wang Limeng looked up at her daughter, who was bobbing up and down within the earth vortex, occasionally letting out tragic screams. Her eyes were red with pain, and she couldn't stop crying out, "Damn heavens, come at me if you have to! Let go of my Minmin, Minmin!"
"Bang!" Jing Minyao was thrown down from high altitude by the earth vortex like a lump of rotting flesh, crashing heavily onto the ground.
Wang Limeng, tears streaming down her face, crawled over. She carefully reached out and cradled her daughter's head, then checked for breath at her nostrils, before breaking into a desolate wail. "Minmin, my Minmin! Minmin!"
"Is she... gone?" Qiao Mu blinked, then seemed to think of something and whispered, "Could it be that because Jing Minyao was resurrected against the will of heaven, the Heavenly Dao finally remembered to deal with her, which is why this is happening?"
"Perhaps the Heavenly Dao was just busy before!" Qiao Qiao said with a serious expression.
"Qiao Qiao, what you're saying makes so much sense!" Qi Xuanxuan and the others looked at her with a mix of amusement and exasperation. Seeing her serious expression, and how she mysteriously lowered her voice to talk to them, they all felt an uncontrollable urge to burst out laughing.
"Yes, yes, the Heavenly Dao, that old man, has a bad memory," Feng Chen said, twitching his lips. "It forgot to deal with Jing Minyao before, and now, with this earth vortex, haha, it suddenly remembered it needed to sort her out!"
Qiao Mu: ...
Uh, she hadn't thought what she said was exaggerated, but with Feng Chen's vivid description, she suddenly felt... like a clueless little idiot. Bah!
Qiao Mu averted her gaze, her small face taut, and suddenly pointed ahead. "What's in her hand?"
The Soul Gathering Bell Appears
Wang Limeng cried over her daughter for a while, then pulled out a thumb-sized small bell from her ring. As soon as the small bell appeared in her palm, it immediately leaped into the air. With a series of clear ringing sounds, the bell grew larger with each ring. It continued to expand until it was several zhang in size, its shadow large enough to completely cover Jing Minyao lying on the ground. Only then did it emit a final clear sound and hover motionless in mid-air.
Qiao Mu suddenly sprang up like a released cheetah, darting to Wang Limeng's side. Feng Chen, Mo Lian, and the others couldn't help but cover their eyes, as the little one unleashed a kick with the speed of light, sending the prostrate Jing Minyao flying several zhang away.
With a casual swipe, Qiao Mu produced an ice coffin, which landed steadily on the ground with a thud, raising a small cloud of dust. The ice coffin was immediately enveloped by the light of the Soul Gathering Bell. Qiao Mu's eyes lit up, and she reached out to gently touch the sleeping face of Senior Sister Xu Shanshan through the ice.
At the same time, Jing Minyao's corpse slammed heavily onto the sand, making a loud thud. This impact felt like a heavy hammer striking Wang Limeng's heart.