142: Mo Yingying confessed, so I am a short-lived ghost?

March 10th.

As Mo Fan emerged from his Immortal Cave, he saw his daughter standing prettily in the morning breeze.

Still in her white dress, she was tall with an exquisite face; looking at the graceful girl, she seemed like a Fairy stepped out of a painting.

"Good morning, Old Mo," Mo Yingying said with a giggle.

"Why call me Old Mo? There are no outsiders here." Mo Fan's face darkened.

Old Mo or whatever, it sounded too terrible.

He wasn't even nineteen yet... "Careful, the walls have ears!" Mo Yingying whispered mysteriously.

"Uh, you have a point—"

Mo Fan thought seriously for a moment and finally said, "Old Mo it is then, as long as you're happy!"

"Okay, Old Mo! I got it, Old Mo!" Mo Yingying's smile was brilliant, her eyes squinting into crescents.

Mo Fan didn't bother dwelling on the issue and asked after a thought, "Are you here to see me off?"

"Mm-hmm, yes!" Mo Yingying nodded.

"At least you have a bit of a conscience. Here, take this." Mo Fan took a box of durian cheese crackers from his system space and handed it over.

"Wow! Durian cheese?!" Mo Yingying's eyes lit up. She quickly snatched the box, took out a durian cheese cracker, and took a gentle bite.

"It's so-so-so-so delicious!" Mo Yingying had a look of pure enjoyment, so excited she was becoming incoherent.

"Go back and eat it slowly, I'm heading out!" Mo Fan shooed his foodie daughter away.

"Wait, wait a minute!" Seeing Mo Fan about to leave, Mo Yingying hurriedly finished the remaining half of the durian cheese cracker in a few bites.

"What is it?" Mo Fan was puzzled.

"Master was afraid you wouldn't find the location of the teleportation array, so she sent me to escort you~" Mo Yingying said with a smile.

"Curse it, so you were just here to lead the way. I wasted a box of pastries!" Mo Fan feigned heartache.

"Old Mo, you don't even eat durian. This was clearly prepared specifically for me!" Mo Yingying huffed.

"Heh, Eldest Senior Sister and Fourth Senior Sister both like durian. Maybe I prepared it for them?" Mo Fan said.

"Wuwuwu, Dad, you can't be like this..." Mo Yingying said pitifully.

"Why can't I be like this?" Mo Fan was confused.

"You're a man with a family now. How can you use gourmet food to curry favor with Senior Sisters?"

"Family? What family? Where is this family?" Mo Fan's face darkened.

"Mom! You're actually preparing such top-tier gourmet food for someone other than Mom. You're immoral!" Mo Yingying said solemnly.

Hearing this, Mo Fan's fist tightened, and he said irritably:

"You have the nerve to say that? Didn't you say my future wife is at Yuxu Academy? I've already become a Core Disciple, and I still haven't met her!"

"Uh, I said it was possible, not certain..." Mo Yingying said with a bit of a guilty conscience.

"Then have you looked for her seriously?" Mo Fan looked at his daughter.

Mo Yingying felt even more guilty, smiling sheepishly and not daring to speak.

"Forget it, forget it. Let's not dwell on this. We'll take it slow!" Mo Fan stopped thinking about it.

Finding a wife was certainly something that couldn't be rushed.

If the fate hasn't arrived, you won't find her no matter how hard you look!

When the fate arrives, you'll meet even if you're at opposite ends of the world!

"It's about time. Let's go!"

With a *whoosh*, Mo Fan's exclusive Flying Sword was summoned, cold light overflowing and overbearing with power.

"Dad, get on my Flying Sword, it's faster!" Mo Yingying also sacrificed her Flying Sword and beckoned Mo Fan to get on.

Mo Fan hesitated for a moment, put away his Flying Sword, and stepped onto his daughter's.

"Stand firm, we're taking off!"

After a reminder, Mo Yingying controlled the Flying Sword, turning into a streak of light towards a certain peak in the north... As the cold wind whistled past his ears, Mo Fan recalled the scene when he first met Mo Yingying.

Even now, he still felt it was somewhat surreal.

How did he suddenly end up with a daughter?

Fortunately, although his daughter was a bit mischievous, she was sensible most of the time—a truly caring daughter.

Thinking of the bits and pieces of the past six months, a smile unconsciously formed on the corner of Mo Fan's mouth.

However, he soon seemed to think of something, and his expression became a bit more serious.

After hesitating for a long while, Mo Fan made a decision, composed himself, and said:

"Yingying, fly a bit slower. I have some things to ask you."

"Ah? Oh, okay, okay. I'll fly slower then." Mo Yingying quickly controlled the Flying Sword to slow down.

"Dad, go ahead and ask. I'm listening."

Mo Fan took a deep breath and said seriously:

"As you've seen, my growth rate is very fast. Starting from zero, in just half a year, I've already become a Core Disciple of Yuxu Academy.

"My cultivation has also reached Foundation Establishment all the way and is still rising rapidly. It won't be long before I can promote to Extraordinary."

Mo Yingying was puzzled: "So Dad, what are you trying to say?"

Mo Fan took a slight breath and said, "What I want to say is, I'm not weak anymore, and I'm growing rapidly. Is it time I knew some things?"

Without waiting for his daughter to reply, Mo Fan went straight to the point:

"What I want to say is, before you transmigrated here, was I already dead?

"That 'handsome and dashing' thing you said before, was it actually 'died young'?"

Hearing this, Mo Yingying's body trembled, and the Flying Sword shook, almost losing control and falling.

Finally, she forced herself to calm down a bit and sighed, saying:

"Dad, you really did guess it long ago..."

"Yes, I guessed it long ago. When I asked you half a year ago, your emotional fluctuations were very large.

"Although you hid it well at the time, I still noticed something was wrong.

"What you were going to say then wasn't 'handsome and dashing', but 'died young', right?"

Exhaling a heavy breath, Mo Fan continued:

"What happened in the future?

"Reality might be cruel.

"But precisely because it's cruel, we father and daughter need to work together.

"You can't face everything alone.

"One person's strength is limited. If we face it together, there's nothing to fear, right?"

As he said this, Mo Fan cast an Appraisal Technique on Mo Yingying.

【Mo Yingying, Core Disciple of Chixia Peak at Yuxu Academy, Extraordinary Eighth Layer cultivation, a transmigrator from the future, possesses an Invincible Physique, and has the potential of a Great Emperor.】

Yes, this girl was already at the Extraordinary Eighth Layer; her cultivation speed was terrifyingly fast.

Mo Fan remembered that when she first arrived, her cultivation was only at the Body Tempering Peak.

How long had it been?

If he wasn't paying attention, she would almost reach the Heaven's Mandate realm!

Even if she had an Invincible Physique, logically it shouldn't be this fast.

In half a year, barely reaching Extraordinary would be considered Extraordinary.

The only explanation for her being this fast was—

She was grinding.

Grinding desperately.

Desperately seeking ways to increase the development level of her Invincible Physique.

This was also why Mo Fan often couldn't find her.

Otherwise, according to her claim that she leveled up faster by lying around, it would be strange if she didn't stay home all day eating snacks.

Yes, she wanted to become strong quickly.

She had a sense of urgency.

And urgency often came from a crisis.

A crisis from the future.

Thinking of all this.

And then thinking that he was about to enter the Secret Realm and wouldn't see his daughter again for two months, Mo Fan couldn't help but ask these questions.

He wanted to know the truth.

Even though the truth might be very cruel.

He still wanted to know.

The reason he was grinding so hard, thinking about how to break through and get stronger every moment, was because he had long guessed that the future was cruel.

While Mo Fan was lost in thought, Mo Yingying spoke.

She sighed and said slowly:

"Dad, I did lie to you last time."

Hearing this, Mo Fan couldn't help but ask:

"So, in the future, I didn't actually achieve fame and success, nor did I have unparalleled martial arts, let alone be invincible in the world?"

After all, if he were truly invincible, he wouldn't have died young.

Mo Yingying shook her head: "The future you was indeed world-famous, and indeed possessed unparalleled martial arts and was invincible in the world.

"But you also... died young..."

Mo Fan: "?"

Mo Yingying sighed again, sorrow swirling in her bright eyes.

"It's like this. When you were 27, Mom gave birth to me. At that time, the world was at peace, much like now, with the human, demon, and devil three races in a stalemate and few conflicts.

"People lived and worked in peace, and our family of three lived happily together."

Biting her lip, Mo Yingying continued:

"But the good times didn't last. Three years later, when you were 30, the demons and devils united and a rebellion broke out.

"The Demon and Fiend Races attacked Jiangcheng Base like crazy.

"The defensive lines collapsed multiple times, and the Human Race was in imminent danger.

"Fortunately, through the efforts of all Martial Artists, although the losses were heavy, they managed to barely resist the demons and devils.

"At that time, you had already entered the Extraordinary realm and began to show your talent.

"Entering Extraordinary at 30, while not exceptionally outstanding, was still considered a Genius."

Looking up at the somewhat gray sky, Mo Yingying continued:

"From then on, the human, demon, and devil three races were in constant war.

"During those years, Dad, you also began your Heaven-Defying rise.

"Your cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, repeatedly shattering people's perceptions, and finally you broke through to Returning to Origin at the age of 35.

"Under the pressure of war, the Human Race also repeatedly broke through their limits, and more and more Heaven's Mandate and Returning to Origin experts appeared.

"The Human Race began to counterattack, and the demon-devil allied forces were beaten into a steady retreat.

"But because the Supreme beings of the Demon and Fiend Races intervened, the situation remained in a stalemate until—"

At this point, a brilliant light shone in Mo Yingying's eyes, and she said with a smile:

"Until that year, Dad's cultivation broke through again, successfully promoting to Supreme, completely shattering the landscape of the Blue Planet.

"You led several Human Race Supremes deep into Demon God Mountain and the Demon Abyss to carry out a so-called decapitation operation.

"Although Dad was only a newly promoted Supreme, your strength was ridiculously powerful, with an aura of invincibility.

"Under your leadership, the Supreme beings that were originally almost impossible to kill were actually fallen one by one, their Primordial Spirits shattered, completely dead.

"In just one month, the Supreme beings of the Demon and Fiend Races were slaughtered, and the situation was completely reversed.

"Without Supreme beings to lead them, the Demon and Fiend Races became like a heap of loose sand and were soon annihilated.

"With that, the demon-devil chaos was completely settled, and Dad was recorded in the annals of the Human Race.

"That year, you were only 40..."

At this point, Mo Yingying stopped and slowed the Flying Sword to its limit.

At this moment, the light in her eyes quickly dimmed, and her whole being exuded a sense of desolation.

"So, I died accidentally in the struggle against the demon-devil Supremes?" Mo Fan couldn't help but ask.

Even if his strength was invincible.

Everyone was a Supreme.

If the opponent fought desperately, it would still be easy to get hurt.

And those two oldest Supremes of the Demon and Fiend Races must have been ridiculously strong.

Knowing there was no hope, they might have fought to the death, trying to take him down with them.

In that case, it would make sense if he was heavily injured and eventually died.

However, Mo Yingying shook her head:

"Dad's strength was Heaven-Defying and invincible in the world. How could the Supremes of the Demon and Fiend Races possibly hurt you?"

Hearing this, Mo Fan was a bit dazed: "Then I—

"How exactly did I die?"

Mo Yingying fell silent.

After a full two minutes, she slowly uttered two words: "light gate."

"light gate? What is that?" Mo Fan was startled.

"The light gate is a giant spatial teleportation gate connecting to another world.

"Not long after the Demon and Fiend Races were pacified, the light gate suddenly descended.

"Extremely powerful monsters crawled out from the light gate.

"Their strength was terrifying; even the Human Race Supremes couldn't stop them.

"Human experts died one by one.

"As a Supreme, Dad was always fighting on the front lines, and finally, unable to withstand the monsters, you died on the battlefield.

"From then on, the Blue Planet entered the Dark Era."

"This..." Mo Fan was stunned.

He hadn't expected his end to be like this.

Lurking until 40, finally becoming invincible and ending the era of demons and devils, becoming a figure revered by thousands.

He hadn't even had time to enjoy life yet!

To think a spatial teleportation gate would descend from the sky in the blink of an eye!

This death was way too frustrating!

On the other side, Mo Yingying controlled her emotions a bit and continued her narration... A few minutes later.

Mo Fan finally had a general understanding of the future.

The Blue Planet after the appearance of the light gate was simply doomsday.

As far as the eye could see—

Everything was in ruins.

Mountains collapsed, and the earth split open.

Lava could be seen everywhere.

Bases were overrun, people were gone, and there were ruins and corpses everywhere.

The sky was shrouded in haze, and the whole world was plunged into darkness.

All of this was caused by the monsters crawling out of the light gate.

The monsters were too strong, and the Human Race couldn't resist. They could only fall step by step, and bases were breached one after another.

In his Supreme period, Mo Fan was someone who could level a mountain range with a casual wave of his hand.

Even so, he was still no match for the monsters and died.

Thinking about this, Mo Fan shook his head, trying his best to calm down.

If things followed the normal trajectory.

He would live to be 40 at most before dying young.

"Too short-lived, only 40. A Supreme Martial Artist can live for thousands of years, the prime of life..."

Mo Fan sighed and looked up at the sky where the haze was gradually dissipating.

"Fortunately, my daughter transmigrated here and unexpectedly awakened the Invincible Physique, and I also obtained the point addition panel early and began a powerful rise.

"In this way, the cruel future is not unchangeable."

Thinking of this, Mo Fan slowly calmed down and spoke slowly:

"Yingying, since you've already transmigrated, you can definitely change the cruel future. This might be your mission.

"So don't be discouraged, and don't be overly worried or anxious.

"You're not alone. You still have Dad. We'll work together and face it together. We can definitely change the cruel future."

By now, Mo Yingying's emotions had settled down, and she smiled brightly, saying, "I think so too!

"Dad started rising nearly ten years earlier!

"I'm not far from the Heaven's Mandate realm either. Give me a few more years, and Supreme won't be a problem!

"In 21 years, Dad's and my strength will definitely have reached an inconceivable level!

"When the light gate appears, we'll just smash it directly and nip the danger in the bud!"

As she spoke, Mo Yingying became full of fighting spirit.

She wasn't a pessimistic person.

No matter what difficulties she encountered, she wouldn't give up hope.

"By the way, Yingying, you were already 18 when you transmigrated.

"Calculating the time, since I had already been dead for five years by then, those five years... what were they like?"

Mo Yingying shook her head and said slowly, "A living hell, the land was scarred and could be destroyed at any time—"

"Then you..." Mo Fan hesitated to speak.

Seemingly guessing what Mo Fan wanted to ask, Mo Yingying said:

"Dad, you were a great hero who helped many people, and the entire Human Race revered you.

"When the light gate first appeared, if you hadn't stepped forward and intimidated those monsters, buying a lot of time for the Human Race, the situation would probably have been even worse.

"So everyone took good care of me. Even though the outside was already doomsday, I still lived like a normal person.

"Eating normally, going to school normally, and even taking the college entrance examination normally, until—"

Mo Yingying paused, recalled seriously, and continued:

"Until that day, the giant light gate cracked open.

"A giant, furry golden hand that blotted out the sun reached out and crushed a third of the Blue Planet with one palm... Then my vision blurred, and I don't know how long passed, but when I regained consciousness, I had transmigrated to this era—"

"I see." Mo Fan was deep in thought.

Soon, he took a deep breath and focused his mind: "One last question, have you really never seen your mother?"

"No..." Mo Yingying shook her head.

Just as she finished speaking, a barren mountain peak came into view.

"We're here, Dad. The Secret Realm teleportation array is right here!"

(PS: This chapter is 4600 words, that's all for now. Transition chapters are slow to write, I'm exhausted, goodnight—)