Yes!
That’s right, Xia Baiyi had mastered all these powers.
It must be known that mastering just one of these powers would be enough to crush a heavenly prodigy, and if they grew up, they could easily stand above all others.
But now, before Ye Ming, appeared a "freak" who could control all of those powers.
This was something he never dared to imagine.
And it was too outrageous.
But this was the truth! A truth he had witnessed with his own eyes!
As these shocking facts repeatedly impacted his mind, a flash of inspiration led him to a possibility that corresponded with these facts.
That was the most special existence recorded in the Immortal Scripture—
A spirit that had never appeared before.
The Dao Spirit!
Full name... the Spirit of the Heavenly Dao!
A spirit nurtured by the Heavenly Dao.
...
“To be honest, I am surprised!”
After hearing Ye Ming’s words, Xia Baiyi was silent for a moment before slowly speaking, “Originally, I thought you would ask about yourself first. I didn’t expect…”
She had not expected this.
“Didn’t you say before that you would answer any question I asked?” Ye Ming spread his hands, cornering her. “Could it be that the renowned Fairy Baiyi is deceiving me?”
Hearing this, Xia Baiyi, hidden within the hazy mist, rolled her eyes at him without replying.
How could she not know he was using a provocation tactic?
However, the words had come from her own mouth, and how could Xia Baiyi go back on her word?
“Alright! I can answer your question! But…”
As Ye Ming heard the word “but,” his heart leaped, sensing something bad was about to happen.
“But I never said my answer was free, did I?”
Xia Baiyi struck back.
Did he think it was that easy to get something from her for free?
“Uh!”
This left Ye Ming speechless.
It seemed that getting answers for free was not going to work.
“Alright! As an exchange, I can also answer one question for you!” Ye Ming pointed at himself and smiled. “Aren’t you curious about what kind of spirit I am?”
Spirits could sense each other. Since Ye Ming could sense that Xia Baiyi also possessed a spirit body, she naturally could too.
Therefore, Ye Ming was certain that she was also curious about his spirit body.
But reality, as it often is, was surprising.
Xia Baiyi’s answer nearly made Ye Ming’s jaw drop.
“You are a Temporal Spirit! I already know that. What’s there to be curious about?” Xia Baiyi said casually.
Yet, it was this casual tone that made Ye Ming’s eyes bulge out.
“Wh-what? You… you…”
Ye Ming took two steps back, his mouth agape, pointing at Xia Baiyi with his finger, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
His mind buzzed, going completely blank.
There was no other way; she had exposed his secret in one sentence. Anyone in his position would find it hard to accept.
He was a Temporal Spirit, and this was absolutely the most guarded secret.
The only people who knew were his women. Other than them, no one else knew.
“Could it be… No! Impossible!”
As soon as a guess formed in Ye Ming’s mind, he immediately dismissed it.
The women like Fang Junxue must have understood what his identity as a Temporal Spirit meant.
Therefore, they would not have leaked it to Xia Baiyi in any way.
Hence, if Xia Baiyi could see through his identity at a glance, there was only one possibility.
She had discovered it herself.
“Discovered it herself… Hmm!”
Ye Ming suddenly sobered up, as if he had grasped something. His eyes fixed on Xia Baiyi, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards.
“You could see through my spirit body at a glance, which I truly did not expect! But if you think about it the other way around, if you yourself did not possess a special spirit body, you absolutely could not have done this.”
Ye Ming smiled happily, and the doubt in his heart slowly cleared. “So, you don’t need to answer my previous question. Because I already know the answer!”
Xia Baiyi was the most mysterious… Dao Spirit.
Otherwise, none of this would make sense.
According to the Immortal Scripture, although the “Dao Spirit” had never appeared, there were not a few legends about it.
Among them, the most significant point was that it had another title… the Ancestor of All Spirits.
The Ancestor of All Spirits!
From this name alone, one could probably infer everything.
Coupled with the various powers Xia Baiyi had displayed before, they all perfectly matched the title “Ancestor of All Spirits.”
Therefore, Ye Ming dared to conclude his guess.
“Impressive! Teacher Ye’s mind works very quickly!”
Seeing that her identity had been exposed, Xia Baiyi no longer hid anything and admitted, “You are correct, I do possess the Dao Spirit!”
“Hoo!”
Hearing her admission, although Ye Ming had been mentally prepared, he still gasped when he heard the fact with his own ears.
A Dao Spirit!
That was a spirit body that truly existed in legends.
Unlike his Temporal Spirit, which had at least appeared before.
Now, a living Dao Spirit stood before him.
It felt somewhat dreamlike!
“If I’m not mistaken, the aura swirling around your body right now is the Heavenly Dao Spirit Energy, isn’t it!”
Ye Ming stared at the hazy mist around Xia Baiyi, his gaze somewhat fervent.
His eyes seemed to wish he could snatch that aura away.
“It seems you know quite a lot!”
Xia Baiyi did not seem to expect Ye Ming to know so much, and she was secretly a little surprised. “I didn’t expect you to even know about Heavenly Dao Spirit Energy!”
The so-called Heavenly Dao Spirit Energy was actually a form of extremely pure energy of heaven and earth.
However, this energy of heaven and earth could only be used by those who possessed the Dao Spirit.
No!
More accurately, only the Dao Spirit could gather such energy.
As long as the Dao Spirit appeared, the surrounding energy of heaven and earth would automatically gather towards it, eventually forming Heavenly Dao Spirit Energy, accelerating the Dao Spirit’s cultivation speed.
It must be known that this Heavenly Dao Spirit Energy formed automatically, requiring no control from the Dao Spirit itself. Therefore, even if the Dao Spirit did nothing, heaven and earth would actively help it cultivate.
This was the most heaven-defying aspect of Heavenly Dao Spirit Energy.
With such an “accelerator,” cultivation speed could not be slow.
No wonder even Ye Ming was envious.
“Alright! It’s time for us to go back!”
Xia Baiyi glanced at the space around them that was gradually healing, and the scene of their previous battle flashed in her mind again. She unconsciously tightened her grip.
Although the previous battle had not ended in a clear victory, she knew that if both of them had gone all out, she would have been the one to lose in the end.
However, there was one thing Xia Baiyi did not understand.
Logically speaking, with the “Heavenly Dao Spirit Energy” at her side, her cultivation speed should have been faster than Ye Ming’s. Yet, the reality was that his realm was still above hers.
This was something she had never figured out.
But now was not the time for her to ponder these things.
Because there was someone waiting for them!