Star Crossed In Time - Chapter 192

Bai Lei stares at me for a few quiet moments before saying “I could care less who dies but if you really can’t ignore this, you have to tell me everything and no going off on your own from now on.” I give him a large smile and quickly say “Deal”

He sighs and says “Before you try running off and saving the whole world, you need to work on getting stronger.” I scratch my nose and nod my head in agreement. Bai Lei walks me over to the bed and pushes me down.

He keeps his hands on my shoulders as he says “Cultivate. Stop getting distracted.” I nod my head and pull my legs up. He places a soft kiss on my forehead before quickly walking to the door. I close my eyes and clear my head.

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Bai Lei looks back to Nova on the bed before closing the door. He really couldn’t care less if the whole damn world went up in flames but he knows she cares. More than she should… Therefore, now he does. Whether he likes it or not.

He placed a seal around the entire room and yet the woman named Lady Mei was still able to get to her. Not only was she able to still talk to her, she even transported her out of the room. Right under his nose!

He needs to find out who this woman is and why she keeps coming to Nova. He turns and disappears midstep. When he reappears, he sees Ted laying down on the bed with a red glow around him. He walks over and lifts his hand over his chest and releases a little bit of his energy.

The red glow intensifies for a few moments before he pulls his energy back and removes his hand. Ted will wake up in three days, and when he does, he’ll be a new man. He turns around and disappears yet again.

This time he reappears in the same small town he found Nova in. Dead bodies still litter the ground but were almost completely decomposed. It hadn’t been long enough for this to happen yet… He walks over to one of the dead bodies and looks down at it.

Bai Lei frowns before walking over to the middle of the small town. He looks around the silent town with a blank face but deep down, he’s deeply disturbed. He leans down and places his hand onto the dry ground and sends out a pulse of his energy.

A sizzling sound is heard when his energy collides with the dark and evil energy remaining in the ground. His red eyes faintly glow as he realizes that this is much worse than he originally thought. The energy left behind is all wrong… and very evil.

He withdraws his hand and stands up to look over the dead bodies once again. Dark clouds quickly cover the sky with rolling thunder closely following. With just a thought, powerful lightning bolts shoot down, striking the bodies and destroying them.

After several bolts of lightning, heavy rain begins to fall, washing away the evil residue. That way, the evil energy lingering in the area can no longer feed off the dead bodies or anything else that may stumble through here. He’s gonna have to go see that old man…

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I continue pulling the energy in the room to me and cycling it through to my dantian but when I hear something dripping, I slowly release the energy and open my eyes. I blink several times in shock when I see that I’m sitting in a small green garden surrounded by a wall of white fog.

When I hear the drip again, I look up to find myself sitting under a large beautiful black tree with silver leaves! Confused, I slowly stand up and turn around to look at the tree behind me. When I finally see the entire tree, I suck in and stare in shock.

There’s a woman in the tree! No, not just any woman… it’s Lady Mei! I slowly walk closer and look over the sleeping woman with confusion. I stop right in front of her before looking around the small garden for any signs of life but when I don’t see anyone else, I turn back to face Lady Mei.

I reach out to touch her but stop short. It looks like she became one with the tree… “Lady Mei? Can you hear me?” I ask in a soft timid voice. I watch her beautiful semi wooden face closely but nothing happens. Not even a flutter of her long dark eyelashes.

A large, silver leaf lands on my head, slightly startling me. I reach out and pick up the leaf before twirling it in my fingers but when I see a faint light, I stop and stare at the leaf. I hold the leaf up by its stem and lean in to get a better look. It truly was pretty…

Suddenly, the leaf bursts into millions of tiny sparkling lights, almost like glitter! I jerk back out of reflex but it’s too late, my eyes and nose sting and before I know it, I’m sneezing. After sneezing over and over again, my head becomes dizzy.

My eyes burn and sting so every time I try to open them, I was completely unable to see anything! I reach out blindly as my head spins but when my hand touches the tree, it gives and I fall straight into it!

I land face-first in an ungraceful manner with my ass high in the air. I quickly sit up and rub my stinging eyes. After blinking a few times, I’m finally able to see or at least I think I can. My chin burns… I reach up to rub my chin as I look around my dark surroundings.

Wait… am I blind!?! I quickly lift my hands and wave them in front of my face as panic begins to take root. I can’t see! I can’t see anything!! But… am I blind or is it just really dark!? Fear threatens to take over so I slowly calm myself down before slowly reaching out in front of me.

I never knew it was so terrifying not to see… I reach out in front of me and slowly wave my hands back and forth but when I don’t feel anything, I let out a sigh. I don’t know if I’m relieved I didn’t touch anything or disappointed…

I go to call out but quickly bite my tongue. What if something dangerous is nearby… I reach out to touch the soft ground under me and slowly feel around. Suddenly, I think about what Bai Lei told me to do. “Bai Lei… Bai Lei!” I whisper yell but after a few seconds of silence, I feel like crying.

I steady my racing heart and try to listen for any sounds but when I hear absolute silence, my heart nearly beats out of my chest. Why is it so freaking quiet!? It makes it ten times scarier!! “Bai Lei!!” I hiss in despair. Am I a chicken shit? Yes, yes I am.

Complete silence greets me. You just had to go and play with the damn leaf, Nova, didn’t you!? I grit my teeth and pull my big girl panties up. I reach out and feel the soft grass under me. Slowly, I start crawling. I have no idea if I’m crawling forward, backward, or to the side. I’m just moving.

That’s it, Nova, just keep going. Slow and steady… When my fingers touch something wet, I nearly scream. I jerk my hand back and freeze. I wait a few seconds but when nothing happens, I slowly reach out again to touch it again.

I feel with just my fingertips before slowly inching forward. It’s water… At that same moment, a silver light pulses out from my hand and lights up the water! As if it was coming to life, everything around me suddenly comes into view, revealing a small cave of some kind with a small silver pond.

I’m not blind… I’m not blind! I nearly cry tears of joy as I look at everything around me. “You’ve finally returned… you’ve grown, my child.” I jump and turn to look around the small cave but when I don’t see anyone, I softly call out “Hello?”

I hear a woman’s laughter that sounds like silver bells, echoing all around me before she says “I am here, my child. Do not be frightened. I will not hurt you. You are, after all, my child.” My heart races in my chest as my mind tries to understand.

“I… I’m sorry but I think you’re mistaken. I’m not from this world so I’m not… your child.” I say looking back to the glowing pond. Her laughter echos around the cave again before she says “Silly child, I made you and sent you to another world to keep you safe. It was all I could do to keep you safe at that time.”

I frown and ask “Who are you?” The woman slowly appears, standing above the glowing water, shocking me. She gives me a warm smile while saying “Others call me Lady Mei, you can call me Mother.”