My Disciple Died Yet Again

by Srtyi

The Revered Master, Yu Yan, known as the number one in the cultivation world, waited for sixteen thousand years, and finally took in a disciple. He taught her carefully, and took care of her diligently. He watched her as she slowly grew stronger as she comprehended the laws, and just as she was about to soar into prominence… she died! Hence, he once again took in another disciple,

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Chapter 151: Heading Towards Advent Cloud Hall

Momentarily, Mo Xianxian showed a face of disappointment. As expected, he was not going to help her? That's true. Just how many people had simple backgrounds among those who deities who ascended? How could someone extend his kind hands because of a few words from her? It was already a rare event for him to save her life. She heaved a sigh, and just when she was about to give up…

Suddenly, a loud crash could be heard from the door. A human figure was thrown into the room. He fell on the ground, and painfully rolled about.

Mo Xianxian was startled, and she then took a closer look. "It's you!" It was actually that spiritual monster which molested her before. Back then, she was injured, and adding that she wanted to find out who was the person behind all this, she pretended to be captured by him. Who would have known that instead of luring out the mastermind, she was saved by a little Deity who passed by?

Why would senior know this person, and even bring him here? Could it be in order to help her? A slight bitter yet joyful intent flashed past Mo Xianxian's eyes. It seemed like that senior was not completely heartless.

As expected, those who are capable of acting would usually supplement themselves with imaginative information in their own minds. When Zhu Yao went out, she simply realized that Goudan was sleeping by the door. Hence, she casually gave him a kick…

She had to admit, the cold and mighty expression package was really useful. Earlier, she was even wondering how she should make the female Deity speak about the information regarding the people chasing after her, so that she could deduce who the person that appeared in the Lightning Divine Hall was. She never expected that, without even uttering a single word, that woman would clearly inform her of the entire situation just like that.

It was no wonder her master often carried a cold expression, and it was no wonder the Hall Master would use such a cold and mighty business-like expression as well. Mn… Next time, let's try tilting her face forty-five degrees towards the sky.

Right now, the most important matter at hand was to find the key figure You Ran, and find out just who he had offended, which caused his wife to be chased after by knifes the moment she ascended. However, if Mo Xianxian were to be brought along on their journey, putting aside the fact that Zhu Yao herself was merely an average Profound Deity who could be instantly killed off by an above average Gold Deity, that Dog-Egg couldn't even be considered a deity. Bringing along these two people at the same time, forget about protecting them, she herself would be dragged into the mess as well.

Though, Zhu Yao really wondered how Mo Xianxian recognized her as someone reliable. Could it be from looking at her face? As expected, the cold and mighty mask was overpowered.

She had looked at the face she had after changing into a man. It was very familiar, because… it looked exactly the same as the past "Soi Sauz". She felt that this little Realmspirit was just trying to save some trouble, and was lazy to make a completely new face for her. It was no wonder when Mo Xianxian saw her, she looked as though she was looking at a stranger. There wasn't even the slightest of similarity between her male and female forms.

Just as Zhu Yao was worrying how she was going to protect Mo Xianxian, who knew that on the second day, she actually brought up the topic of disbanding on her own.

"I have thought it through. I do not have any foundations in the Higher Realm. If there's really someone who really wishes to put me in my deathbed, then, no matter where I run, it will be useless." Mo Xianxian's expression was exceptionally firm. She had long kept that gentle and frail expression of hers, as though she knew that it was useless against Zhu Yao. "So, I wish to first get accepted into the Advent Cloud Hall of the East, before looking for my husband again. With the protection of a Sect, even if the people in the dark wish to act against me, they would still be a little opposed to the idea."

This was indeed a good plan. In the four continents of the Divine Realm, the Advent Cloud Hall of the East was the strongest.

"Thank you, senior, for your saving grace." Mo Xianxian gave her a heavy and solid bow, yet, she no longer gave any comments of repaying Zhu Yao or whatsoever. "This little deity shall take her leave."

Zhu Yao nodded. Thus, Mo Xianxian turned around, summoned her divine sword, and rose into the air.

Though, Goudan on the side, was looking at the beautiful woman gradually moving away with teary eyes.

"Stop looking. Even if you look, she still won't be yours." Zhu Yao raised her hand, and gave a slap to his head. "That person is already married. Didn't you hear that she's going to find her own husband?" She really didn't know how he heard "finding her own husband", into "finding a practitioner-pair partner".

"Boss…" With a pair of teary eyes that was about to pour out, Goudan sniffled. "I really like her."

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Yo, you actually found true love from playing the ruffian?

"Forget it. Boss will introduce you to more beautiful girls in the future."

"Really?" Goudan's eyes shone.

"Of course." Zhu Yao patted on her chest to guarantee it. "I guarantee that every single one of them is more beautiful than her."

"There's no need for that, my standards aren't high." Goudan scratched his head, and chuckled. "As long as… she's a little prettier than boss, I'm fine with her."

"The hell." Zhu Yao sent him a kick. Just stay single till you're dead.

A broken-hearted man would not listen to reasons. Ever since Mo Xianxian left, Goudan had been severely depressed, letting huge sighs in front of Zhu Yao every single day.

After taking a step, "Haah…"

After taking another step, "Haaaah…"

After continuing with another step, "Haaaaaaah…"

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaah…"

"Enough!" Zhu Yao was so irritated to the extent she wanted to flip a table. In the past, why didn't she feel that other than being stupid, Goudan was so irritating as well? If it wasn't because of the fact that she couldn't be too far away from him, she definitely would have sent him to Mars. "Isn't it just looking for Mo Xianxian? We will head out now, is that enough?" A broken-hearted man really couldn't be reasoned with.

"Really?" After a jolt, Dog-Egg squatted in front of her, all that was missing was a woof.

With itchy hands, Zhu Yao sent a slap towards him. "So? Aren't you going to lead the way?" She didn't know which way it was to the Advent Cloud Hall.

"Alright." Instantly, Goudan exited the door joyfully, and flew at the front.

Flying on her sword, Zhu Yao slowly followed behind. She had planned on following Mo Xianxian to Advent Cloud Hall in the first place. Her master and Sesame were still trapped in the dimensional space, if she could find the person who assaulted them at Lightning Divine Hall back then, then there was a possibility of getting them out sooner. Right now, all the clues were leading up to Mo Xianxian, so it was natural for Zhu Yao to follow after her.

However, she could not openly head over together, as it would be easily exposed then. After all, the enemy was hiding in the dark, while she was out in the open. It would be bad to beat the grass and frighten away the snake. Hence, she wanted to wait for a few days on purpose. However, Dog-Egg, this piggish teammate, was simply too irritating.

Fortunately, she warned him yesterday not to disclose the fact that she was the female Deity who saved Mo Xianxian in the forest back then. The two of them flew towards the east for exactly half a day, yet, they were still unable to see even the shadow of Advent Cloud Hall. Goudan however, suddenly made a turn, and instead flew towards the western direction.

"Didn't you say the Advent Cloud Hall is in the east?" Why the sudden change in direction?

"Boss, it seems you're unaware of this." Goudan explained. "The Advent Cloud Hall controls the entire eastern continent, and their disciples are everywhere. If one wishes to enter the Sect, there's a need to first register at the various provinces. After passing the tests could one then enter the Advent Cloud Hall."

"You seem to know a lot, huh?" Zhu Yao looked at him with narrowed eyes. What happened to only gaining a human form just recently?

"Heheh. Little sister Xianxian said she wanted to head to Advent Cloud Hall, so I have been inquiring about it in the Divine City."

Yo, you're even calling her by her given name now?

"I have even heard that these provinces are situated on lands where the heavenly doors open when the cultivators from the small worlds of the Lower Realm ascends. As long as they're human practitioners who ascended into Deities, most of them will choose to enter the Advent Cloud Hall."

So these provinces were all merely set-up to conveniently pull in talented people.

Goudan then gave her a few more basic knowledge about the Divine Realm. Only now did Zhu Yao know that other than the forces of the four different continents, there was the Scatter Alas Court, which was entirely created by wandering Deities who were unwilling to join any faction. This was also the reason why there were five groups of people representing the various factions back then at Lightning Divine Hall.

The Scatter Alas Court did not have much restrictions placed on their disciples. Seemingly every single one of them was left to their own devices, and people would only occasionally appear when there were important matters. They were like the wandering practitioners in the Lower Realm, however, the wandering practitioners in the Lower Realm completely did not belong to any organizations or regulations. The Scatter Alas Court simply had an additional binding force from a pledge.

And in the entire Divine Realm, other than the human practitioners who ascended from the Lower Realm, there were various spiritual monsters which awakened their spiritual consciousness. Like Goudan, and Mushmush.

Because the Divine Realm was filled with divine energy at every single corner, it was extremely easy for the objects of Divine Realm to be affected by the divine energy and awaken their spiritual consciousness. As long as they had awakened their spiritual consciousness, they would have the qualifications to cultivate. After a spiritual monster's cultivation improved, they did not have to suffer the agony of the lightning tribulations. However, the cultivation of spiritual monsters was extremely difficult, and they require an extremely long span of time to do so.

Especially for most spiritual monsters, due to the pre-awakening of their spiritual consciousness, their wisdom and thought processes could not be compared to the human practitioners who had lived for several thousand years in the Lower Realm. Due to these deficiencies, even if their level of cultivation was raised astronomically, they still wouldn't be a match for the human practitioners. It was extremely common for spiritual monsters to awaken their spiritual consciousness in the Higher Realm, and their numbers were usually double of the human practitioners. Hence, spiritual monsters were even less worth. Just like the pumpkin, watermelon, and sugarcane building that filled the Divine City which she saw earlier, actually, all of them were the true bodies of spiritual monsters which had long awakened their spiritual consciousness. When Zhu Yao recalled that she had actually once stayed in the stomach of a spiritual monster, she instantly felt a little uncomfortable.

All of the human practitioners and spiritual monsters in the Divine Realm reside on the four great continents, but there were still other places other than the four continents. Away from the continents, was the Spirit Virtual Continent. The amount of surface covered by that place was larger than the four great continents in overall size. The reason why that was place was even more unbelievable, was because it was the territory of demonic immortals.

The so-called demonic immortals, were demonic beasts of the Lower Realm which broke through into the tenth rank, underwent the lightning tribulation and ascended. The strength of demonic beasts were stronger than human practitioners in the first place, and to be capable of ascending in the Higher Realm, they would be even sturdier to a certain degree. Even the demonic immortals which had only just ascended to the Higher Realm, possessed might stronger than a Profound Deity.

The human practitioners and demonic beasts were in a state of endless opposition in the Lower Realm, and the situation wasn't any better in the Higher Realm. However, the human practitioners possessed the upper hand in the Lower Realm, while in the Divine Realm, evidently, the might of the demonic immortals was stronger. Although the two were separated by land, there would occasionally be slight conflicts. With the addition of spiritual monsters, the human practitioners had the upper hand in numbers, but the demonic immortals had the upper hand in terms of strength.

Today, I will stab you. I will give you a slash tomorrow then. Such conflicts continued endlessly.

Simply by walking through the city, Zhu Yao heard of several spiritual monsters and deities speaking about matters regarding the demonic immortals. Every single one of them was gnashing their teeth, and had expressions that looked as though they wanted to give them a thrashing so badly. However, without any exceptions, the divine practitioners were unable to gain any advantages over them.

It seemed like the relationship between the two sides were really bad.

However, all of them had the same enemy to fight against now, so why were the four great continents not working together to against it, and were instead fighting among themselves?

Zhu Yao, who were once a beast, curled her lips with thoughts of returning into the dimensional space to let out some fumes at the demonic immortal Sesame. You guys can stop challenging the divine practitioners now, in any case, just by them fighting among themselves, most probably, it would all end too.

The province Goudan chose was very lively. It was said that there were several heavenly doors from dozens of small worlds all congregated here. Hence, the streets were filled with people. They finally managed to arrive at the registration point, only to realize that the place was filled with various types of…

Vegetables!

That's right. There were radishes, cabbages, and even a green onion queuing in front of them at the registration point.

Zhu Yao did not even regain her senses for a long while. With a single glance, what filled her vision were various types of spiritual monsters. The only ones which kept their human forms were just Zhu Yao and Goudan. She suddenly had the feeling that she had been transported into the world of Plants vs Zombies. The two of them were zombies, and the ground was filled with plants. Would a pea be shot out from somewhere?

"Hey hey, little lady." Someone patted on her shoulder. When Zhu Yao turned around to look, she saw a gigantic… peapod. Zhu Yao reflexively took a step back. It wouldn't actually spew out peas at her, right?

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Chapter 152: Reunion of Old Friends

The peapod pointed to the queue in front, and kindly reminded. "Hurry and return to your original form. That way, it will be more convenient for the great deities to undergo your registration."

"Ah?" Zhu Yao blanked. "No… No need." She didn't want to turn back into a jade.

Seeing that she was unwilling, the peapod did not continue to persuade her, and queued up behind her in a serious manner.

Goudan then explained at the side. A very large number of spiritual monsters wished to enter the Advent Cloud Hall, so, for the sake of convenient registration, everyone would return to their original forms to accelerate the registration process. In order to prevent confusion, the ones queuing here were basically all vegetables. There was even a zoo at the other side.

Zhu Yao turned her head around, through the half-open door, she looked at the other side. As he had said, it was a room filled with animals. Everything from chickens, ducks, cranes to rabbits could be found there. It seemed like, the Advent Cloud Hall was rather popular, seeing that so many people wished to enter it.

"Then what about human practitioners?" Zhu Yao could not help but ask.

"Why would human practitioners need to register? As long as they are willing, they can enter the sect."

So that's the case.

Zhu Yao and Goudan queued for exactly four hours, before their turns came. The one in-charge of registration was an Earth Deity, and evidently, he wasn't really paying attention.

"Do you have a name?"

"Yes, great deity. I'm called Li Goudan." Dog-Egg proudly answered.

The Earth Deity's hand paused, and he even woke up from his drowsiness. He raised his head and swept a strange glance at Goudan. This name was really too…

Zhu Yao silently looked away.

"What's your original form?"

"Oh, I'm an arrow."

That man once again gave him a strange look, and Dog-Egg once again raised his head proudly.

The corner of the Earth Deity's lips twitched, as he recorded it on the deities' list. Then, he looked towards Zhu Yao at the back.

"Next. Name?"

Zhu Yao hesitated for a moment. Since she's concealing her identity, naturally, she shouldn't reveal her Daoist name.

Seeing that she wasn't speaking up, Goudan answered on his behalf. "I'm together with her. She's Till Yo-"

Zhu Yao slammed him onto the table. Till your sister! You're Till Your Throat Breaks!

"Hoho. I have the surname Zhu. Zhu… Po!" She simply did not want to use the word "Jade" in her name, and her original surname "Zhu" did not actually matter.

The Earth Deity looked at the two of them strangely. "Original form?"

"Uh… a jade."

Only then did he sloppily record it down on the deities' list.

Though, Goudan gave her several strange looks. Although he could sense that Zhu Yao wasn't a human practitioner, he had never thought that she was actually a piece of jade. It was no wonder she dealt such painful hits.

After the two of them had successfully registered, they were brought into a room. In that room, there were only four spiritual monsters, and all of them were vegetables.

After a closer look, there was that peapod from before. Other than him, there was a carrot, a garlic, and a cabbage. The moment the two of them arrived, they were brought out by someone. After countless turns, they actually arrived at a water-filled domain. In front of them was a boundless silver-colored ocean.

A few people were scattered by the ocean shore. After a closer look, they were a rabbit and a weasel. The Earth Deity who brought them over pulled out a paper boat. The paper boat quickly grew larger, and not a moment later, it turned into a huge boat which dozen people could sit on.

"Get on the boat." The Earth Deity said to the animals and vegetables present. "The Advent Cloud Hall is past this water domain. As long as you reach the other end, your first entrance trial will be considered passed."

Getting on the boat together? Zhu Yao blanked. Including those two animals? Wouldn't something occur like this? Those several vegetables evidently became flustered, as they looked at each other.

Hey! That rabbit over there, can you restrain yourself? Can you stop drooling while looking at that carrot?

"Great deity, are we really going to… get on the boat together with them? Are there any other…"

The Earth Deity who guided us, coldly glared at the vegetables. "What's with all the nonsense? If you don't want to go on the boat, you can opt out now."

The vegetables instantly turned silent, and obediently went on the boat. Though, that rabbit's eyes turned even redder. The only one which was calm was that weasel. He simply narrowed his eyes at the rabbit, before instantly retracting his gaze and raising its sharp mouth up high.

After getting on board the boat, everyone consciously returned to your human forms. Only then did Zhu Yao was able to clearly see the genders of these animals and vegetables. The peapod, garlic, and weasel were three youthful men, while the carrot and cabbage were two little ladies. Unexpectedly, the rabbit was actually a fatty, his stomach was so huge, it could even fit a swimming pool. His eyes were still staring at the carrot little lady, unblinkingly.

The atmosphere was especially tense.

"Let's get to know each other." The peapod youth stood up, and said with a friendly expression. "I wonder how I should address everyone?"

With someone breaking the ice, the rest of the people heaved sighs of relief as well. The rabbit gulped down his saliva. "I'm Whitey."

"Yellowy." The weasel replied after.

The carrot said. "I'm Carroty."

Zhu Yao's expression darkened. Whitey, Yellowy, and Carroty. These names were given a little too sloppily, right? It's as though the next one would be called Cabby.

"I'm called Cabby." The cabbage little lady stood up.

Zhu Yao instantly felt stuffy in her heart. You guys gave yourselves such sloppy names, do your parents know about them?

In an instant, she felt that not only did these spiritual monsters not have high cultivation levels, their intelligence weren't actually great either. She silently glanced at Dog-Egg at the side. Alright, this person's name wasn't really high-end either.

An instant later, the animals and vegetables had all said their names, and it was time for Zhu Yao's and Goudan's turns.

Goudan proudly slapped his chest, and said out loud. "I'm Li Goudan."

The moment his voice fell, Zhu Yao instantly sensed that the gazes of all the spiritual monsters had concentrated on Goudan. This idiot, no matter how poor your name is, you shouldn't just give up on yourself. Look, as expected, you're being scorned now.

"Such a good name!"

Eh?

In an instant, all of the vegetables and animals came gathering towards him, and looked at Goudan with worshiping gazes.

"Your name is actually made of three Chinese characters![1]"

"That's right, just like those great deities. Brother Li, how did you come up with this name?"

"You even have a surname. Your cultivation level must be really high, right?"

Zhu Yao: "…" There's something wrong with this scene, right?

"Heheh, it's just so-so!" Goudan scratched his head a little embarrassingly. "I received my name from boss." He stretched out his finger, and pointed at Zhu Yao who had long been squeezed out of the crowd.

In an instant, all of their lines of sight turned towards Zhu Yao one after another.

Zhu Yao revealed the name she just came up with. "Uh… I'm called Zhu Po."

In a mere instant, the crowd's sparkling eyes which were filled with expectations, were extinguished after a single sizzle.

"What, isn't it just two Chinese characters as well!"

"And here I thought that her name would be much better."

"That's right. It should have four Chinese characters, right?"

How could the quality of names be determined by how many characters they had? Where did all of you learn your aesthetic standards from?

"Ah. I really wish to have such a beautiful name like Li Goudan!" The rabbit spirit said with an intoxicated look.

The crowd of vegetables and animals chimed in unison, as they continued to look at student Dog-Egg with worshiping gazes.

Zhu Yao: "…"

Just how was this name beautiful?

Letting out a sigh, she decided to not care about these spiritual monsters which had irregular aesthetic sense. Zhu Yao turned around, and asked the Earth Deity who guided them and was standing at the shore. "Great deity, may I ask when can we depart?"

The guiding Earth Deity turned and glanced at her. As though he had seen through her Profound Deity cultivation, he did not belittle her like the rest of the spiritual monsters. "Fellow deity, there's no need to rush. Your group is still missing one person. After everyone has arrived, we can depart."

Missing one person? Just as she was clarify, she suddenly heard resounding boing sounds not far away from them. Even the earth itself was trembling.

"He's here." The Earth Deity said.

Not far away, a circular pillar-shaped object was currently running over one leap at a time. With every leap, large amount of dirt would be lifted into the air. After a closer look, that was actually a pure-white mushroom.

"Mushmush!" Zhu Yao could not help but shout out.

The mushroom blanked. Raising his mushroom cap, he looked towards the boat. After sizing her up for a moment, the mushroom cap tilted, and he called out. "Guo'er?"

Uh…

What's with this feeling of having a reunion after sixteen years?[2]

As though he had confirmed her identity, the mushroom took a forceful breath, and leapt onto the boat.

Boom…

The floor of the boat was penetrated with a smash.

Everyone: …

"Guo'er? Guo'er, is it you? I had such a hard time finding you!" The mushroom nudged himself, and then, came pouncing towards her, as though he was so excited, he could only express it with a hug.

With speedy hand-eye coordination, Zhu Yao instantly stepped away. A hole was already made in the boat, if she was crushed under him, wouldn't she become a piece of meatloaf? "Mushmush, why are you here?"

"In order to find you!" The mushroom looked at her with teary eyes. "You materialized your human form?" He sized Zhu Yao up in surprise, before satisfyingly nodding his mushroom cap. "Not bad. As expected of the jade spirit which had stayed with me. You have only materialized your human form a little later than me."

"You can materialize your human form as well?" It had only been a few months since they last saw each other. Not bad.

"Of course." The mushroom carried a prideful look. "My cultivation has improved by a huge amount. That's right, where did you go? I searched the entire forest, yet, I was still unable to find you."

"This… It's a long story."

"What's with the two of you?" Just as Zhu Yao was about to explain, she was interrupted by the Earth Deity by the shore, whose expression had darkened. "By destroying the boat, do you guys not want to go to Advent Cloud Hall?"

Only then did Zhu Yao realize that this wasn't the time to reminisce. After giving the mushroom a 'we will talk about it later' look, she turned around and apologized to that Earth Deity. "Great deity, please forgive us. Me and my friend were simply too excited over our grand reunion."

"Even if you're excited, you can't just destroy the boat!" The Earth Deity still carried a fuming expression.

"I will fix the boat now." Zhu Yao cast a restoration art, speedily restoring the smashed hole which Mushmush made. Not even a single scar could be seen from the damaged spot after the restoration.

Only then did the person's expression look a little better, though he still moved his lips a little. Or was he not speaking up in consideration of Zhu Yao's Profound Deity cultivation?

He loudly shouted. "You people can depart now."

The boat then automatically slid into the waters, travelling towards the boundless ocean.

The mushroom then came leaping towards her. Because of his huge figure, every single one of his bounce would cause the boat to tremble thrice. After bouncing for two to three times, he had successfully pulled in all of the hatred from the entire boat full of animals and vegetables.

"Jade spirit, let me tell you…" Yet, he was still unconscious of his surroundings, as his entire mushroom figure was filled with the excitement of being able to see her again.

"… Why don't you first return to your human form." You have improved your cultivation, but don't give up on your intelligence, hey. Can't you see that rabbit is no longer looking at the carrot, but is now looking at you with drool on his lips?

The mushroom blanked, revealing a look of extreme unwillingness. After hesitating for a moment, he said. "Alright then, I shall allow you to witness the heroism and might of my human form."

The mushroom closed his eyes, and circulated the divine energy in his body. A white glow emitted from his body, enveloping the entire mushroom within it. His gigantic figure began to shrink as well, and gradually, he materialized a human-like figure. After a moment, the white glow slowly receded.

And the face that was revealed…

Zhu Yao simply felt a tremble in her heart, as she fiercely widened her eyes.

This is impossible!

[1]The Chinese names of the vegetables and animals only have two characters at most. Ex: Yellowy (黄黄-Huanghuang), etc.

[2]In Legend of the Condor Heroes, Guo'er and his aunt were separated for sixteen years at one point.

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Chapter 153: Who Bit My Buttocks?

Mushmush was a mushroom which followed by the rules really well. When he first opened his eyes, he was already in that forest. In the beginning, there were still many other mushrooms next to him, as they filled the piece of land under a huge tree. In the morning, he ate dew, and at night, he basked under the moonlight. His life could be considered to be very flavorful. Unfortunately, the other mushrooms did not know how to speak. He was the only one that was different. Hence, to a certain degree, this caused him to suspect himself if he had actually grown irregularly.

Then, the mushrooms under the tree were continuously eaten by other small animals, and he was the only one left. Hence, in his countless days of leisure, he then had an additional matter to frustrate about, and that was to not be eaten. Every night, before he slept, he would always have to chant out as such. It was unknown if it was actually effective, but as many years passed, countless batches of mushrooms were grown and eaten one after another next to him, yet, he was still the only one still planted there.

Until the day he was finally able to leave that piece of land, he then understood that he could speak. And it was because he had become a spirit, that those regular animals were basically unable to eat him. Knowing that he did not have an irregular growth, the mushroom was very happy. However, in the forest, he was still unable to find a person who he could talk to, which led him to feel very lonely.

Until one day, a piece of rock spirit fell onto his home. Finally, there was someone who he could converse with. The mushroom was very happy, as he spoke with the rock spirit all of the things he had accumulated for several thousand years. The rock spirit was a very good listener. No matter how long he spent talking, she would still patiently listen. Of course, this might be due to the fact that she was unable to move, but the mushroom felt that, other than drinking dew and basking under the moonlight, those were the most enjoyable moments in his life.

However, days like this did not last long. That female deity who feed on mushrooms appeared. Rock spirit told him that she was called little bitch, and had even helped him think of a plan to chase after that female deity. Unfortunately, this plan was seen through by that female deity called little bitch. The mushroom was really worried that he would be eaten, but he never ever did he expect that the little bitch's target wasn't him, but the rock spirit. So, what humans liked to eat were not mushrooms, but actually rocks. So frightening!

At the key moment, the little bitch was frightened away by the heavenly lightning bolts. He anxiously went to hide from the heavenly lightning bolts, yet, he had carelessly dropped the rock spirit. He had gone back to look for her several times, and had even flipped over the entire forest. Yet, he was still unable to find the rock spirit.

The forest without the rock spirit once again restored itself to its former look. Completely quiet. The mushroom had lived days like this for several thousand years, but now, he suddenly felt that he was no longer able to bear it. He continued to look, but was unable to find the rock spirit even after several days. Hence, the mushroom felt that she was definitely brought away by that little bitch. Whenever he thought about this pitiful rock spirit being bitten on by that person one mouth at a time, the mushroom felt very guilty. Hence, he decided to set on a journey to find the rock spirit.

He walked out of the forest, and went to many places. He understood a few things that he never knew in the past, and found out that actually, not all human practitioners eat rocks. Rock spirit is so unfortunate, I wonder if she's still alive? He once again lit up his battle spirits, and went around inquiring news about little bitch and rock spirit. Then, he finally found that female deity. In order to obtain news regarding rock spirit, he had been tailing her. As he followed, he arrived at a place with many people queuing up. In order to prevent little bitch from discovering him, he mixed himself into the bunch of vegetable spirits. In the end, he was brought onto this boat.

He finally found the rock spirit which had gone missing for a long time, and she had actually cultivated a human form. As expected of a spiritual monster which had stayed with him, she was that incredible. Happily, the mushroom changed into his human form as well.

However, rock spirit was dumbfounded. She stared at him for a long while without speaking a single word. Could it be that his looks was too handsome, causing the rock spirit to be dazzled? The mushroom felt that this was really possible. Hence, he patiently waited for several minutes, allowing the rock spirit to get used to it.

However, she still did not speak up, and the mushroom seemed to be unable to bear it any longer. Reaching out his hand, he nudged her. "Rock spirit? Rock spirit?"

"Rock spirit? Jade spirit? … Guo'er?"

Only then did she have a reaction. She once again swept her eyes at the man, and hesitantly spoke up. "You… Xuzhi?"

"Ah?" The mushroom was startled for a moment. "Rock spirit, what's wrong with you? I'm Mushmush."

"Mush…" Zhu Yao blanked, yet, waves were already tumbling about in the depths of her heart. She then grabbed onto the person in front of her. "Mushroom, do you have another name? Like one with a surname?"

The mushroom lowered his head and pondered for a moment. "My surname is Mush?"

"I don't mean it that way!" Zhu Yao became anxious. "I'm asking, do you remember me?"

Mushroom looked at her strangely. "Rock spirit, are you silly? I came here to find you, so how can I not remember you?"

"I'm saying… Zhu Yao, your big sis Zhu Yao. And little wimp… Do you remember how I called you as little wimp?"

Mushroom shook his head.

Zhu Yao instantly felt her heart sank, and for a moment, a heart-piercing chilling intent surfaced. How was that possible? Clearly, this face was exactly the same. He's clearly Wang Xuzhi, her little wimp. So how could he not remember?

"Trying recalling a little longer. Do you really not remember me? Ancient Hill Sect, Jade Forest Mountain, and… your father, Doctor Wang?"

"Rock spirit, are you alright?" Mush finally realized that she was behaving a little strange.

"Try recalling a little longer, please, try recalling a bit more, alright?" Realmspirit said that, she would be able to see Wang Xuzhi again. This face was clearly his, so how could he not remember?

"Rock spirit… Haah. Don't be anxious. I will think, I will try recalling, alright?" With rock spirit acting so irregularly, mushroom was a little flustered. He then seriously began to try recalling.

Zhu Yao clenched her fists. It's Wang Xuzhi, right? He returned, right?

"Yu Yao, it's not him." Yu Yan's voice resounded in her mind. Zhu Yao instantly felt a chill in her heart. "This mushroom has already cultivated for at least four thousand years."

"But…" Subconsciously, Zhu Yao wanted to refute. "Realmspirit said that he will return. They clearly look exactly the same."

"There are similarities in human looks, moreover, this is just a human materialization of a mushroom spirit."

"However, no matter how similar they could be, how could it be possible for there not to be the slightest of difference?"

"Yu Yao!" However, Yu Yan's voice became even calmer. "It's not him. You… know it clearly as well."

Zhu Yao turned silent. Indeed, she actually clearly knew that this mushroom wasn't Wang Xuzhi. It had only been a thousand odd years since Wang Xuzhi left, and the timespan of the mushroom's cultivation basically did not match. Even if they were the same person, how could he have memories of his past life?

In the very end, she was simply trying to lie to herself.

"Rock spirit, I pondered about it." Mushroom looked over, and glanced at her a little hesitantly. "The places and people you spoke about, I really don't recognize any of them."

"Mn… I know." Zhu Yao took a deep breath, and rubbed her face. She was just forcing herself into a dead-end. The impact of Wang Xuzhi's incident was simply too huge to her, and it had already left a scar in her heart. Hence, when she saw a similar-looking face, she would want to grab onto it tightly without letting it go. This was the knot in her heart. "Thank you, Mushmush."

Realmspirit said that they would meet again, then, she simply had to wait for it to happen.

"What are you thanking me for? I said I will take care of you." Mushroom patted on his own chest. "Stop acting so strangely and scary, alright? If you're really unhappy, acting as though I recognize those people can be done as well…"

"…" If he really was Wang Xuzhi, she wouldn't even allow it.

Zhu Yao took a deep breath, and in an instant, the air of depression in her chest dispersed. "Oh right, mushroom, are you going to enter the Advent Cloud Hall as well?"

"Advent Cloud Hall?" Mushroom blanked for a moment. "What kind of mushroom is that?"

"…" That isn't a mushroom! Zhu Yao's head began to ache. "If you're not joining the Advent Cloud Hall, why did you queue up and register your name?"

"I found that little bitch, so, in order to save you, I joined the queue as well." Mushroom sternly said. "Rock spirit, you were right. That little bitch isn't a good person like you said. I have seen many human practitioners, but she's the only one who eats rocks."

What's with this matter about eating rocks?

"Oh right, rock spirit, how did you escape? What happened to the little bitch who captured you?"

"I wasn't captured." So, he had always thought that she was captured by that imposter female deity. "That day, I was… saved by someone else."

"Oh, I see." Mushroom nodded. "No wonder I was unable to find you. I must have missed you."

Zhu Yao felt a little guilty. Logically speaking, they did not stay together for long, and had only met by chance. She never expected that this mushroom would leave the forest in order to save her. Back then, he wasn't even willing to move away from the bottom of the tree.

Zhu Yao told the mushroom her plans of entering the Advent Cloud Hall. Initially, she wanted to persuade him to return to the forest, however, the mushroom might have nothing, but he was filled with the sense of loyalty. At that moment, he expressed that he would enter the Advent Cloud Hall together with her.

The boat drifted on the ocean-top for several days. Initially, Zhu Yao thought that they would definitely experience some wind and rain in this so-called entrance trial. At the very least, there should have been a small crisis to test everyone. However, a few days passed. The wind was as gentle and the waves were as calm as before. The boat was so stable, it did not even rock for a single moment.

Could this stage really be cleared just by getting across the ocean? Was this stage called the "Eight Immortals Crossing the Seas[1]"?

Just as Zhu Yao was puzzled about this matter, there were finally movements on the quiet boat.

"Aiyo, who bit my buttocks?" The chatty mushroom who had been sitting next to her and talking to her, suddenly let out a cry. In an instant, he leapt up, and rubbed his own reddened buttocks.

Zhu Yao looked over, only to see a lump of meat squatting behind him. It was the fat rabbit spirit Whitey.

Currently, he was desperately holding onto his own mouth. As he wailed, he rolled around on the ground, and traces of blood could be seen flowing from his fingertips. "My teeth…"

"Stupid rabbit, what did you do?" The weasel spirit walked over, and pulled up the fatty from the ground.

The rabbit spirit held onto his lips, and did no reply. Instead, Mushroom said with a furious look. "He bit my buttocks earlier!"

The weasel lowered his head, and stared at the rabbit spirit. Only then did the rabbit spirit say hesitantly, as he held onto his still-bleeding lips. "I… I was hungry. Who knew that he would be this hard?" He simply did a single bite, and four of his teeth got knocked off. This thing definitely wasn't a mushroom, but a rock, right?

"I already told you many times." The weasel raised his hand, and slapped towards the fatty's head. "You have already materialized a human form, yet, you're still unable to restrain your natural instincts. Every time you see a vegetable, you pounce towards it."

"I'm hungry…" The rabbit glanced at the weasel youth with teary eyes, yet, he was still pitifully dragged towards the mushroom to make an apology.

Zhu Yao felt like laughing as she watched on. That rabbit's cultivation level wasn't high, he seemed to have only materialized his human form only recently. Animals followed their instincts and were hard to teach in the first place, so after seeing a boat filled with vegetables, it was definitely hard to not have his heart stirred. Yet, even though there were many other choices, he just had to bite the mushroom.

She had seen the strength and sturdiness of the mushroom's true body with her own eyes. With just a single leap, he could smash out a crater on the ground. So how would it be possible for the rabbit spirit to bite into him?

In an instant, Zhu Yao realized what this stage was actually testing on.

[1]Reference to the Eight Immortals of Chinese Mythology.

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Chapter 154: Three Two Hundred Fifties

This stage was testing one's nature, which was the reason why they placed the natural enemies – rabbit and vegetables, on the same boat. Weasels were predators of rabbits as well, but evidently, the weasel's cultivation level was much higher than the rest, and he seemed to know the rabbit for several years. It seemed like as long as one spiritual monster went missing from this boat, the entire boat of applicants would fail.

After the rabbit was given a scolding by the weasel, he no longer stared at the mushroom with sparkling eyes. However, because of this ruckus, all of the vegetables on the boat unconsciously held onto their buttocks, and moved further away from the rabbit. Because of their favorable impression of his name earlier, everyone seemed to be moving closer towards Goudan, as though he was their leader.

"Rock spirit, don't be afraid. If that rabbit comes over again, I… I will smash him to death!" The mushroom patted on his chest and guaranteed.

Zhu Yao's expression darkened. Just which part of him did you see, that makes you think rabbits eat rocks as well?

The boat continued drifting for two days, before they could finally see the shore. That was a small island, and a lush forest was present on the island. A person was receiving them at the shore, and compared to the coldness of the staff member in charge of registration, this disciple who was receiving them was evidently much more enthusiastic, especially when he found out that not a single applicant was missing after clearing the boat.

"Fellow deities, congratulations on clearing the first trial. From here, as long as everyone makes past the forest at the front, and makes past the Divinity Leading Stairway, the second trial will be cleared." He pointed towards the small pathway in the forest in front of them.

After taking a closer look, there was a small pathway made of stones within the forest, which stretched out into the depths of the forest with twists and turns. After Zhu Yao and the rest got down from the boat, they stepped into the pathway. This time, the rabbit and weasel was walking at the very front, Zhu Yao and Mushmush was in the middle, and Goudan was at the back, pulling the large group of vegetables.

Though, there wasn't any branches or forks on their path. After walking for roughly an hour, suddenly, their field of vision opened up. The surrounding trees that were as tall as the sky disappeared, and they had arrived at a piece of grassland. At the very center of the grassland, there was a staircase directly leading towards the clouds. Most probably, that was the Divinity Leading Stairway which the person at the shore talked about. However, that flight of stairs was rather unique, as it was constructed by tiles of jade. There wasn't any handrails by the side, and from afar, it looked like pieces of stone floors floating in the air in an orderly manner.

"It smells nice." The carrot at the back suddenly said.

The garlic next to her nodded as well. "Yeah. There's a very nice smell. It seems to be coming from the ground?"

"I smell it as well. There really is a fragrant smell." The cabbage stepped forward, and looked towards the front.

Zhu Yao sniffed, but other than the smell of soil and plants, she could not smell anything fragrant from the air. However, the number of people who could smell the fragrance increased. The only ones who were as clueless as her, was Goudan and the two animal spirits. Even Mushmush had smelled that fragrance.

Zhu Yao faintly felt that something was amiss. Could it be that only vegetables could smell this fragrance?

"There's something underneath the ground over there." The peapod pointed to the piece of land under the divine staircase, as he anxiously walked over. With both his hands and legs, he pulled out some of the unexpectedly flourishing weeds from the surroundings, and was stunned. "This… This is!"

Everyone walked closer to take a look, only to see that the soil there was different from the rest. It was blood-red in color, and as though it was alive, it shook about like ocean waves.

"It's Living Soil, it's definitely Living Soil." The garlic said excitedly, and he jumped right into that ground with speaking another word. In an instant, he turned back into his true form – a greenish garlic, and in an instant, his garlic-body became even more crisp than before, as though he was absorbing a large amount of nutrition.

"It's really Living Soil!" The little cabbage girl's heart was stirred as well. Living Soil was the essence of world creation, a piece of land which the God of Creation used to create creatures. It was the perfect sacred ground in every vegetable's heart. To spiritual monsters which were born and grown in soil, naturally, they were unable to resist the temptation of such grounds. "I want to live here as well." Hence, she quickly turned into her original form as well, and planted herself in that red-colored ground.

Zhu Yao faintly felt that the Living Soil here was a little strange. It was most likely set down by the Advent Cloud Hall on purpose, but the vegetables at the side still unhesitatingly drilled themselves into it.

Even the heart of the peapod which had been calm the entire time was stirred as well. A green glow emitted from his body, as though he wanted to return to his original form. Zhu Yao could not help but remind him. "Peashooter… Ah no, peapod, are you guys really not planning to go to the Advent Cloud Hall?"

The peapod blanked for a moment, and did not reply, instead, the garlic over there spoke up. "We have already found Living Soil, so why is there a need to go the Advent Cloud Hall?"

Only then did the peapod immediately return to his original form, and plant himself in the red soil along with the rest of the vegetables.

It seemed like the crowd of vegetables was destined to be eliminated. Actually, this trial had the same concept as the trial before. The trial before was to test if the animals were able to suppress their natural instincts, while this trial was to test if the vegetables were able to resist the temptation from the Living Soil.

The nine-man team instantly lost four people just like that. Zhu Yao sighed. After all, each man has his own aspirations, and she could not forcefully pull them out as well. Hence, with the remaining people, she climbed the floating staircase.

Lowering her head, she looked towards the unmoving vegetables at the bottom. She wondered if it was her imagination, but although their original forms were becoming crispier, she could faintly feel that something was flowing out of their bodies.

"Master?" Zhu Yao transmitted her voice into her divine sense region. "That red piece of land over there, is it really Living Soil?"

"Mn." Yu Yan gave an affirmative reply. "Living Soil can indeed help the growth of plants and vegetables, but it's only limited to plants and vegetables as well."

"Ah? You're saying…"

"They had long turned into spirits, so they had already detached themselves from being mere plants. If they were to stay in the Living Soil for a long period of time, they would simply return to being regular vegetation."

Return to being regular vegetation? In other words, they would once again return to being normal vegetables? "Then, should we remind them?"

"Yu Yao, when one departs on the path of cultivation, the one thing that should be shunned upon is an unstable Dao-heart. They do not have the hearts to cultivate in the ways of the Dao in the first place, hence the reason why they were tempted by the Living Soil, and were willing to return to their original forms. Even if you forcefully pull them out today, as long as their former hearts do not waver, they will still once again return to this place in the future."

"…" Zhu Yao once again glanced downwards, and sighed. Though, she was a little curious about the mushroom who did not have the slightest interest in the Living Soil. Could it be that due to his high cultivation level, he had already suppressed his natural instincts? "Mushmush, why didn't you stay with them?"

The mushroom tilted his head, and glanced downwards with a disgusted look. "It's such a dirty place, why would I want to live there? How can that place be better than my home? The soil there is both tender and soft, and there's even a huge tree sheltering it."

Alright, he was a home-lover.

"Rock spirit, be at ease. Once you have completed your task, we will head back. I can let you stay at my home as well." The mushroom patted his chest with a justified look. "I won't despise you."

"You can't be talking about that crater, right?" She despised it, you know?

"That's right!" The mushroom said with a serious expression. "It can't be that you have forgotten about it, right? We slept there together before."

"Who slept with you before?" Elaborate clearly, hey. Others will misunderstand, you know.

"Boss, you, you two…" As expected, Goudan, who had been quietly listening at the side, switched his gaze between the two of them back and forth, his expression was filled with shock. A moment later, as though he had accepted reality, with a respectful look, he bowed towards the mushroom, and called out in a well-disciplined manner. "Brother-in-law!"

The hell! Zhu Yao instantly kicked Goudan off the stairs. "Brother-in-law, your sister." What are you randomly blurting out for?

Master, let me explain. Stop emitting out a cold aura in the divine sense region, I'm about to freeze to death.

The Divinity Leading Stairway was unexpectedly long. Zhu Yao faintly sensed that the stairs above were filled with divine energy, and the higher she climbed, the denser the divine energy. After climbing about five hundred steps, a heavy fog suddenly arose. The fog was especially thick, and even the rabbit and weasel which was a single step in front of them could no longer be seen.

It seemed like on this flight of stairs, not only were they testing divine energy, it was a trial of formations as well. That formation was just a regular bewildering formation, and was not extremely unique. People with slight knowledge of formations could easily see through it. However, spiritual monsters were not knowledgeable of them.

Mushmush and Goudan were already drenched in sweat, and it was extremely difficult for them to take each subsequent step. Thus, Zhu Yao could only stop every now and then to wait for them, and she had to prevent them from getting lost in those bewildering formations as well.

Looking at the formations on this flight of stairs, there shouldn't be an end to this Divinity Leading Stairway. The higher it was, the denser the divine energy, and the pressure would be even heavier as well. However, it was very simple to exit the formation. One just had to step out of the staircase. What Zhu Yao was concerned and unsure about, was which level they had to reach to be a considered a passing grade. Hence, she had no choice but to pull Mushmush and Goudan along, and have them climb as much as possible.

After reaching the two hundredth level, Mushmush and Goudan could no longer withstand the pressure, and they collapsed on the stairs, panting heavily. Zhu Yao had no choice but to have them meditate and take in divine energy while recovering their vitality. Once they regained their strength, they continued to climb.

Thus, they continued to walk and stop like this as they progressed. Zhu Yao did not know how many days had passed, and she had even lost count of the number of steps they climbed. Though, from the time spent cultivating with these two people, she felt that her own cultivation had been raised to another stage as well. From an early-stage Profound Deity, she rose to the cultivation level of a mid-stage Profound Deity.

Mushmush and Goudan finally reached their limits, and could no longer take another step. Hence, they had no choice but to step out of the staircase together.

The scenery in front of them changed, and the thick fog instantly dispersed. A celestial sky and flourishing land appeared in front of their eyes. Floating pagodas filled the sky, and every single one of them was made of gold bricks and jade tiles, dazzling and blinding to the eyes. And those pagodas, other than the largest one at the center, were all floating in the surroundings. Occasionally, they would change their positions, as though they were moved by formations. At the bottom, there was a sea of clouds formed by layers of rainbow-colored auspicious clouds.

This was true heaven.

Zhu Yao silently lit a candle for the Lightning Divine Hall. She could not help but transmit her voice and ask. "Master, our Lightning Divine Hall, is actually really poor, right?"

Yu Yan: "…"

"You people have passed." This time, the one who received them in the sky was a late-stage Earth Deity. He looked at the three people with a satisfied glance. Initially, they simply had to climb two hundred levels to pass. It was rare to see spiritual monsters which would climb fifty more levels. "Congratulations. You have climbed a total of two hundred and fifty divine levels, the highest achievement out of everyone here."

Even the weasel, which had arrived ahead of them, glanced over and said in envy. "I have only climbed two hundred and thirty six levels, while you guys have actually climbed two hundred fifty. Incredible."

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Why did she feel that this number was a little strange?

Though, Goudan, with a complacent and excited look, just had to add in from the side. "Boss, did you hear? We're two hundred fifty.[1] The three of us are two hundred fifties."

Raising her hand, Zhu Yao gave him a ruthless slap to the head. You're two hundred fifty. Your entire family is made of two hundred fifties.

[1]Two Hundred Fifty(二百五) is actually an insult meaning "stupid person" or "simpleton".

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Chapter 155: Entering Advent Cloud Hall

"After this, as long as you manage to arrive at the teleportation formation at the front, and be transferred to Domefair Hall, you will pass the third trial." The deity who came to guide us, pointed at the small hill that was floating in the air in front of us, and said.

The height of the small hill looked nothing more than a dozen meters, and the peak was a piece of flat land. Glowing inscriptions could be seen on it, which seemed to be a formation that had already been activated. However, from where they were standing, they seemed to be at a distance of several dozen meters from the floating hill, and large clouds were at the center separating between the two lands. The two sides were both so high, it was basically impossible to clearly see the ground beneath them. If one were to make a careless mistake and slip off, most likely, there would be no chances of survival.

However, as ones which had turned into spirits, how many of them wouldn't know flying techniques? Especially when it came to those spiritual monsters which became spirits from bird-related species, they would simply need a few flaps of their wings to reach the other side. This third trial was indeed a little too easy.

"It's fine as long as we cross over?" A mountain wolf spirit asked sternly. Everyone did not dare to believe that that the last trial would actually be this easy.

The deity receiving them nodded. "As long as you reach Domefair Hall, you will be official Advent Cloud Hall disciples."

Only then did the spiritual monsters feel at ease. Several of them had begun to fly over with their activated transportation divine artifacts, or Cloud Riding Art. The moment they landed on the ground, they were enveloped by the white light within the formation, and their figures disappeared. Most likely, they had already been sent to that Domefair Hall. The path was smooth-sailing, without any irregularities to be seen.

With someone leading the way, the rest of the spiritual monsters began to fly over one after another as well.

"Boss, let us head over as well." Goudan pointed to the formation at the front, and became a little anxious. "Almost everyone has left."

Zhu Yao did not reply, instead, she looked downwards at the layers of clouds between the two lands. The corner of her lips could not help but twitched for a few moments, and her expression darkened.

Because, above those white clouds, a familiar set of words, written in a large Arial font, could be seen.

"Come on, step on me if you dare!"

What's with this arrogant and annoying spoiler? Realmspirit, the cheat you gave me this time is a joke version, right?

For a moment, Zhu Yao felt her feet itching. Yet, seeing that she was not moving for a long time, the words flashed, and actually began to nudge and shuffle about.

"You don't dare to step on me, right? Idiot!"

"Come on, why aren't you stepping?"

"Step me, come and step me!"

"If you don't step on me, you're a monkey."

Aiya, look at this temper of hers. Raising her leg, Zhu Yao stepped towards the layers of white clouds. She did not summon her flying sword, nor did she cast any flying techniques.

"Boss! What are you doing?" Goudan was startled, as he reached out his hand to grab her out of shock. "You will fall… Eh?"

Before he could finish, he realized that Zhu Yao's body had stopped in mid-air. Even though she was stepping on emptiness beneath her feet, her stability looked as though she was stepping on some sort of flat ground. And, she had even forcefully stomped a few times, yet, it did not look as though she was going to fall at any moment at all.

Goudan widened his eyes in an instant, and was in utter disbelief. "This, this is…" What kind of art was this?

"Rock spirit, wait for me!" Seeing that Zhu Yao had walked a far distance, the mushroom immediately followed after her. He stepped onto the boundaries that should have been just empty air, yet, just like Zhu Yao, he stably stopped in mid-air. There wasn't even a single shaky movement made.

"Boss?" Not just Goudan, even the remaining few spiritual monsters were dumbfounded as well.

"Goudan, what are you spacing out for?" Zhu Yao waved her hands. "Just walk directly over, there's an invisible bridge in-between."

A bridge? Goudan blanked. Only then did he react, and reach out his foot to try stepping onto the edge of the land. When he realized that it was indeed not empty air, he instantly felt at ease, and immediately hurriedly followed after her.

Though, the deity who received them looked at the few people in the air with a satisfied expression. "I never expected that there would actually be spiritual monsters who could see through the profound secret to the sky here."

The moment the remaining spiritual monsters heard this, what else were there not to understand? The test of the third trial was actually this hidden bridge, and when they realized this, one after another, they began to walk over as well.

"Boss, how did you know there was a bridge suspended in the air?" Goudan looked at his own boss with a worshiping gaze. Clearly, many spiritual monsters before them had all flown over instead. "No one else seemed to have noticed it."

"Hoho!" Zhu Yao let out a bitter laugh. "Because, I activated my hack-mode."

"Ah?"

"Hurry up, I'm going." Zhu Yao did not explain, and directly stepped into the teleportation formation.

However this time, the teleportation formation did not activate immediately. It flashed a few white lights, the inscriptions on the ground began to change, and they slowly turned into a new teleportation formation. Right after, a red radiance flashed, along with the last few people who came walking together, they disappeared within the formation.

They were sent into a great hall, and there were already several people waiting within. After doing a short count, they numbered a little more than ten. However, they were not the spiritual monsters who had come before them, but rather, human practitioners. Every single one of them had the cultivation level of an Earth Deity, and most likely, they were deities who had just ascended. Mo Xianxian was among them as well.

"Eh, there's actually so many spiritual monsters who are capable of seeing through the profound secret of the bridge of trials this time. Not bad." A clear and mighty voice resounded, and it came from the front. However, that place was simply filled with mist, and basically not a single human figure could be seen. Most likely, that person had concealed himself.

Zhu Yao guessed that the person sitting at the top was the one in-charge of the selection for Advent Cloud Hall this time – the human resources manager.

"Rock spirit, there are so many divine practitioners here, so scary." Mushmush worriedly tugged on Zhu Yao's sleeves. "I wonder if they eat mushrooms and rocks?"

Zhu Yao rubbed her forehead. Dear mushroom, other than being worried of being eaten, could you please have some other worries?

"Eh?" Mushmush was suddenly startled for a moment, as he pointed to a female deity not far from the front, and shouted out loud. "Little bitch!"

In an instant, all of the eyes in the hall swept towards them one after another, including the female deity who was wearing a green-colored dress.

The hell, it really was that little bitch who posed as her!

"You little spiritual monster, what nonsense are you spouting?" Tao Manfeng's brows instantly straightened, as she furiously stared at the mushroom. No matter who it was, that person would still be furious when being pointed and scolded at. If not for the presence of various other deities, she would have long made a move. "I have never offended fellow deity, so why are you bad-mouthing me?"

Mushmush was frightened by her stare, and his imposing attitude instantly weakened. However, he did not forget to save his face, as he pulled Zhu Yao behind him, and softly said. "Rock spirit, don't be afraid… I-I-I-I… I will take care of you."

Then don't tremble!

Zhu Yao's expression darkened, as she pushed the mushroom aside. Though the little bitch was detestable, this place wasn't suitable for taking revenge. "This brother of mine has only just materialized his human form, so he does not know the rules. He has mistaken you for someone else, and I hope fellow deity will forgive him." She had only seen Zhu Yao and the mushroom in their original forms, so she shouldn't be able to recognize them.

As expected, she simply swept a cold glance at the two of them. Because of their present location, she simply snorted coldly and turned her line of sight away.

The place instantly recovered its former quiet and calm. A moment later, that mighty voice once again resounded.

"In the future, everyone here will be disciples of our Advent Cloud Hall, and be taken care of by our Advent Cloud. I hope everyone will work hard in your cultivation…"

That voice continuously spoke for exactly an hour, but all of those were simply officially scripted words. In general, it could be summarised as: We hope by being closely united, as an organization with our patriarch as the center, you can successfully push forward with our Advent Cloud's unique cultivation career. Raise up the huge banner that carries the theory of raising one's cultivation and the important mentality of "Ascending into Gods", implement the concept of constant improvements to everyone, and improve the infrastructure of Advent Cloud Hall enterprise, in order to provide even larger contributions to Advent Cloud, the strongest and most peaceful society!

At the end, that leader who concealed his face, even shouted out a few words that were similar to: Today, you will be proud of Advent Hall, but tomorrow, Advent Hall will be proud of you! Using such a resounding slogan, he then ended this leadership session that lasted an entire hour.

Zhu Yao expressed that she had already given him a lot of face by not sleeping the session through. Yet, the entire hall of people had such excited and hot-blooded expressions, as though they could not wait to immediately shed their own blood and dedicate their entire lives to Advent Cloud Hall. This made her feel as though she had entered an MLM organization.

"Today, all of you shall first head down and rest. Tomorrow, there will be an entry selection match. I hope everyone will give their best."

Eh? What?

"Yes!" Everyone in the hall responded in unison, and bowed in unison. They then turned around and headed out one after another.

What entry selection match? She didn't hear anything about it at all? Zhu Yao turned around and wanted to ask Goudan about it, however, she did not see his figure. After searching her surroundings, she saw that he was currently politely standing next to a white-clothed female deity. He actually went to hook up with Mo Xianxian so quickly, as expected, one would forget his friends when he's attached!

Zhu Yao could only place her hopes on the mushroom next to her, yet, she saw him standing there unmovingly, and faint grunts could be heard. This guy actually slept while standing!

Forget it, she had no choice but to take one step at a time. Zhu Yao woke the mushroom up, and walked out of the great hall with the crowd. The moment she exited, a disciple passed her a jade tablet with a smile. When Zhu Yao took it and had a look at it, the two words "Alpha Two" were written on it. When she stuck it on her forehead, a map was printed in her mind. It was a route leading to a cave residence. It seemed like that would be the place she was staying for the day.

"Rock spirit, why is mine different from yours?" The mushroom stretched out his own jade tablet, and the words "Charlie One" was written on it.

In the next moment, Goudan shouted out. "I'm Charlie Two, who's Charlie One?"

It seemed like this cave residence was shared by two people, and both Mushmush and Goudan were coincidentally in the same room.

Zhu Yao pulled the mushroom over, and coincidentally, Mo Xianxian was actually Alpha One, and was in the same room as her.

"Boss, can I switch mine with yours?" Goudan said with an expectant look.

The mushroom immediately responded. "That's great, that's great! Rock spirit, I'm not used to sleeping with others, I like to sleep with you the most."

"Scram!" Who wants to sleep with you? Do not say such words that can cause misunderstandings, hey.

However, Mo Xianxian did not have any reaction. She simply glanced skeptically at her and Goudan, before turning around and summoning her flying sword. "Fellow deity Zhu, shall we head off together?"

Zhu Yao nodded. After waving her hands at Mushmush and Goudan, along with Mo Xianxian, she then headed off in the direction pointed out by the map.

The journey there was quiet.

A moment later, the two of them arrived at a lone little hill. On the hill, there was a small building with three storeys, and there was even a courtyard of considerable size at the front. Outside the courtyard, a defensive formation was placed down. They placed their jade tablets into the doorplates at the gate, and the formation automatically opened up.

Inside the courtyard, as though a formation that concentrated divine energy was set down, the divine energy within was evidently much denser than outside. Zhu Yao nodded towards Mo Xianxian, before heading to the right side of the building, where the door which had the words "Alpha Two" written was located.

"Fellow deity Zhu." Just as she was about to head in, Mo Xianxian suddenly shouted out.

Zhu Yao turned around.

Mo Xianxian lowered her head, and her eyes flickered, as though she was hesitating about something. A moment later, she gave her a polite bow, and said. "Back then, outside Divine City, thank you for saving me, fellow deity Zhu."

She finally said it. Zhu Yao was even beginning to think that she was going to continue acting as though she did not know her.

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Chapter 156: Being Chased Everywhere in Life

"It can't be considered as saving you, fellow deity. Your cultivation level wasn't sub-par, so it seemed that I had acted unnecessarily." Zhu Yao said truthfully.

Mo Xianxian's face stiffened, and for a moment, she was a little embarrassed. "Back then, I indeed have some urgent matters to attend to, so… I hope fellow deity will forgive me." Though, these words of hers were extremely sincere, and even more so, she was determined to reconcile. It wasn't good for Zhu Yao to continue being pretentious from here either. After all, back then, she sought trouble on her own, and Mo Xianxian did not force her to save her.

"Forget it. I never thought about it too much in the first place." At the very most, she was simply a little irritated for having her dimensional space bound.

"Thank you, fellow deity." Mo Xianxian heaved a sigh of relief, and hesitantly asked. "I wonder what kind of relationship you have with that arrow spirit?"

Zhu Yao turned around, and looked at her with narrowed eyes. "You're talking about Goudan?"

"Yes, back then, he…" No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't understand how these two people came together.

"Don't worry. Goudan never had the intention to capture you and make you his furnace, he truly likes you." As a boss, there's still a need for her to help build a sense of presence for her underling. "He has already repented, and will no longer do anything bad."

A hint of a strange expression flashed past Mo Xianxian's face, as she still did not have any good impressions of Goudan. However, out of consideration, she did not bring this topic up again. "Since that's the case, during the entry selection match tomorrow, I hope to seek your care, fellow deity. This one here will give all she has, and I will not bring fellow deity down."

"Entry selection match?" Zhu Yao blanked. "What entry selection match?"

"Fellow deity, did you not take note of it in the great hall earlier?" Mo Xianxian patiently explained. "In the tournament tomorrow, two people will form a group, and it's based on the numbers on our jade tablets. Hence, the two of us will be in the same group."

Zhu Yao recalled the 'Alpha Two' on the jade tablet. So it wasn't used to just allocate their rooms, but also the groups for the tournament? No wonder she took the initiative to greet her, and did not fuss about the matters regarding Goudan as well. It was actually because of this. Indeed, being in the same group, if there was some sort of conflict between the two members, it would definitely be detrimental for the competition. Zhu Yao frowned. This sort of schemed apology which carried a certain goal made her feel very uncomfortable.

In an instant, she no longer had the mood for idle chatter. After exchanging some formal words, they returned to their respective lodgings. In regards to the tournament tomorrow, she wasn't that worried. That competition could be considered a school entrance examination. Back then, she had even swept her eyes through the hall, and the cultivation levels of those disciples were all at the Earth Deity level, while she was the only Profound Deity. Hence, no matter how one could see it, she held the guaranteed advantage. What she was really worried about was…

"Master. Did you locate that person's presence?"

"No."

As she thought!

Zhu Yao was a little disappointed. "Master, just when can you leave?"

Yu Yan was silent for a moment. "Spatial formations are considerably more complicated. It will take some time."

"Can't I have Goudan bring the two of you out?" Theoretically speaking, since Goudan was the owner of the dimensional space, he should be able to bring out the items within it.

"Even though he's the owner of this space, I'm not an object which belongs to this dimensional space." Yu Yan explained. "If I have to leave this dimensional space with him, I will require to sign a contract with him."

"Then forget it." It's fine for master to be her own summoned beast. If he became someone else's, then it would basically be unbearable.

"There's no need to rush." Yu Yan said. "Even if that woman is not the person who infiltrated Lightning Divine Hall, she's greatly connected with that person. It's fine as long as we quietly watch for any changes. At most half a year, I will definitely complete the formation. Within this period of time, do not act rashly."

"Mn."

Her master told her to quietly watch for changes, however, Zhu Yao never expected that change would come so quickly. On the second day at the competition venue.

Mo Xianxian and her opponents were two divine practitioners at the Earth Deity level. In the beginning, she was not really worried. However, the longer they fought, the stranger she felt. Although those two people did not use any incredible arts, the divine energy they possessed felt endless, and not a single moment of fatigue could be seen from them. Even if she attacked, they would easily dispel them.

Mo Xianxian was quickly about to reach her limit, as gradually, she began to lose focus. While Zhu Yao fought the two people, she had to split part of her attention to take care of her teammate, so evidently, they were about to be thrown into a disadvantageous position. At this moment, one of her opponents actually summoned a fire dragon, which directly assaulted her. Zhu Yao wanted to turn around to dodge it, however, she was then attacked by the other person with his sword. She took the hit head-on with her own sword, but suddenly, an incredible pressure came assaulting towards her, and she was barely able to hold onto her own sword.

This was the strength of an Earth Deity? You must be joking! How had she never known that one's pressure could overwhelm practitioners of higher cultivation levels?

However, this Earth Deity evidently did not have the intention to pester her. In a flash, his figure instantly appeared behind her. Zhu Yao looked back with a strange look, only to see the two of them attacking towards Mo Xianxian. One of them was casting out countless icicles, while the other was summoning a sword formation.

Overwhelmingly, they struck towards Mo Xianxian from all directions, and she was basically unable to dodge. If this was merely a competition, wasn't such tactics a little much? They were clearly thinking of killing her. Zhu Yao wanted to turn around to save her, but it was already too late. They had already released their attacks.

The icicles and spiritual swords, carrying imposing sharpness, blasted towards Mo Xianxian who was on the ground. Dust clouds instantly filled the area, and a hint of complacency surfaced on the faces of the two Earth Deities. But, a moment later, their expressions turned stern once again.

Lowering their heads, they looked towards Mo Xianxian's position, only to see a faint formation light flashing around her body. Not the slightest of harm had been dealt to her body, and in her surroundings, faint specks of falling icicles and dispersing spiritual swords could be seen.

"Are you alright?" Zhu Yao landed next to Mo Xianxian.

"Mn." Mo Xianxian nodded. "Thank you for your formation."

Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily, she had secretly set down a formation next to the exhausted Mo Xianxian. Otherwise, under those attacks, she would have definitely died. Currently, the undispersed killing intent was still suffused in the air, the two of them were really trying to kill Mo Xianxian. However, the two of them were concealing it really well, to the point where other than Zhu Yao and Mo Xianxian, not a single one of the spectators were able to see through it.

"Just who the hell have you offended?" Zhu Yao glanced at Mo Xianxian. Just why were there people trying to kill her everywhere she went?

Mo Xianxian naturally sensed that killing intent as well, as she clenched her fists tightly. "I do not know these two people."

It's even worse that she did not know them. This proved that behind these two people, there was still a large boss character. Their two Earth Deities were already so powerful, then the person behind them could only be much stronger as well.

"They are not Earth Deities." Yu Yan's words suddenly sounded in her mind. "They're Gold Deities."

The hell, then how was she going to beat them? So their cultivation levels were disguised as well. They actually went all the way to disguise themselves as Earth Deities to kill her. They're actually spending quite a bit of effort, huh.

"What are we going to do?" Mo Xianxian was a little flustered. She dodged one of their attacks, but that did not mean that she could luckily dodge the rest as well. And this arena just had to have an isolation formation set down. They basically could not leave unless an outcome was decided.

The expressions of the two people turned even colder, as one of them lightly laughed. "Initially, we only planned on dealing with one person, but it looks like now…" He did not finish his words, instead, he looked towards Zhu Yao at the side with solemn eyes. Evidently, he now held killing intent towards her.

In an instant, Zhu Yao wanted to curse out vulgarities. Just what did she do to deserve this? Mo Xianxian, you're actually playing a main tank role, who's able to pull all the aggro everywhere you go, right? The main point was, Zhu Yao's actually playing as an off-tank now.

"Just who in the world are you people?" Mo Xianxian loudly asked.

The two of them looked at each other, and their eyes became even colder than before. A faint cold laughter could even be heard. "There's no need for you to know. In any case, it's guaranteed that you people will not be able to leave here normally today." They were destined to die here.

"Who says that we're unable to leave?" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes at them. "Indeed, we're not able to beat the two of you, but we're still able to…" Zhu Yao kept the divine sword in her hands, raised her hands up high, and loudly roared. "I admit defeat!"

The moment these words came out, not just her two opponents, even Mo Xianxian beside her was dumbfounded. No one would have thought that she would actually be so "shameless" to admit defeat. Though, the main point was that the isolation formation had been dispelled in response.

"What, do you think I'm stupid? I clearly know that you two are targeting me, so why wouldn't I admit defeat, and instead get beaten up by the two of you?"

Her words were so logical, they were actually unable to refute at all.

In an instant, the two of them hatefully gritted their teeth. It was initially a great opportunity for them, as they thought that they could openly eliminate Mo Xianxian. Who would have known that such an opportunity would be easily dispelled with a few words? And those two people who definitely should not have been able to walk out "normally", were very "normally" walking off the stage in an open manner.

The two people: …

"Fellow deity Zhu." Mo Xianxian hurriedly caught up to Zhu Yao's pace, and said in a serious tone. "Thank you." Her expression was filled with appreciation, and this time, it did not carry any schemes like before, but instead, was filled with true sincerity. This match was clearly directed against her. Even though due to her forfeit, the two of them had lost the match, it had actually saved her life.

"I'm simply saving myself." Zhu Yao waved her hands without a mind. Though, this lady sure was unlucky. No matter where she went, there would always be people present to kill her.

Mo Xianxian smiled, yet, her face was slightly dyed with a gloomy mood. "But from today onwards, I'm afraid this Advent Cloud Hall…" Those two people definitely wouldn't let her go like this. Advent Cloud Hall wasn't a place she could stay for long either.

"I don't think that's the case though." Zhu Yao shook her head. "Now that they have won the match today, they will definitely become the elite disciples of Advent Cloud Hall, so their identities naturally wouldn't be that of an average person's. It wouldn't be easy for them to openly make a move against you." Though, the bigger reason was because her master had said that the two of them possessed cultivation at the Gold Deity level. Though there were quite a number of Gold Deities in the Divine Realm, not a single one of them had not joined the various factions. Because the people present in this competition venue had low cultivation levels, they were unable to see through their disguise. However, there would always be people that could.

Once that time comes, naturally, the two people would definitely arouse the suspicion of the various conspirators and people at the higher management levels. Hence, the two of them basically wouldn't stay in the Advent Cloud Hall for long.

Though, Mo Xianxian was still a little worried, and she felt uneasy for several consecutive days.

However, ever since that day, she had really not seen those two people again at Advent Cloud Hall, as though they had suddenly disappeared. Mo Xianxian was thus able to calm down, and began to feel even more grateful for Zhu Yao. Although Mo Xianxian had been staying in her own cave residence to cultivate, she was still very worried about her current plight where she was constantly being chased. Zhu Yao, however, had volunteered to help inquire about the origins of those two people. It seemed like this person was worth making friends with.

But in actuality!

Zhu Yao was simply trying to save her own master out from her divine sense region. Although those two people did not carry the aura of the person who infiltrated Lightning Divine Hall, they should be in cahoots with him. However, since they dared to come, they must have definitely done the necessary preparations to prevent their identities from being exposed. And, she was indeed unable to find out anything at all, as no one knew the two of them.

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Chapter 157: Geez, if you're Ugly, Don't Seek Revenge

However, even if they could conceal their identities, it was impossible to conceal their arts. Among the factions in the Divine Realm, the various sects or families would have their own unique set of arts. For example, Advent Cloud Hall specialized in sword techniques, and focused on paving their way to the Dao through their swords. Back then, those people were evidently more practiced with the five elemental arts, especially their fire-based arts, which were exceptionally incredible.

Hence, she went to inquire around the sect in regards to places which specialized in fire-based arts. The answers she received were very uniform. "Fluorescent Wind Sect of the North."

Those two people came from the Fluorescent Wind Sect.

Zhu Yao guessed it correctly. That tournament back then was to select the elite disciples among them. The top three disciples who won the tournament, were all brought away in an orderly fashion. Most likely, they were already being taken note by the higher brass, and were given preferential treatment. As for those who lost, they would basically be left to grow on their own.

Mushmush and Goudan were also among the ones who were left to grow on their own, or to be exact, those spiritual monsters who attended the tournament that day were all left to fend for themselves. Most of them had yet to learn official divine arts, so it was very natural for them to be defeated by divine practitioners. Mushmush and Goudan were basically defeated the moment they stepped on the stage. They did not suffer any serious injuries, and when they got up, they were still behaved like good happy-go-lucky spiritual monsters.

Every practitioner that was left on their own was given a few cultivation techniques for some divine arts. Every month, they could head over to the Consular Hall to receive medicinal pellets and divine stones, which could be considered as benefits for entering the sect. Though the amount evidently wasn't much, it was still better compared to the other spiritual monsters.

Zhu Yao only found out later that most of the spiritual monsters who did not pass that invisible bridge, had been dispatched to the various halls to deal with the miscellaneous chores for Advent Cloud Hall. Basically, these people had all given up on raising their cultivation. This was a little similar to the concept of the Outer Sect and Inner Sect system of the various sects. By passing the bridge, one would enter the Inner Sect, while those who did not pass the bridge could only be taken in by the Outer Sect.

In these few days, Zhu Yao had been quietly staying put. With her current cultivation level, it was considered trash in Advent Cloud Hall. Her master's formation was about to be completed. Once he completes it, she would then have more confidence in finding the mastermind behind all this.

In the recent days, Goudan had been coming over to her place every single day. Obviously, it wasn't to look for her, but to look for that little sister Xianxian of his. Unfortunately, no matter how he pestered her, the girl wouldn't even bat him an eye. She was wholeheartedly thinking about her own husband. Haah. Out of all things he could do, why did Goudan like to be a third-party? They were of different races, so how could they be in love? No happiness could be grown out of a relationship between a human and a spiritual monster, you know.

As expected, in less than a few minutes, Goudan was sent flying out of the courtyard by the girl Mo Xianxian, who could not bear it any longer. With a swoosh, he disappeared into the distance.

"The thirty-sixth time." The mushroom gloatingly muttered out. Zhu Yao silently lit up the thirty-sixth candle in her heart. Pulling the mushroom along, they left the crime scene.

Initially, they had planned on strolling a few rounds. If they're lucky, they would even be able to pick up Goudan. However, unexpectedly, they met a familiar person along the way.

"So you two are over here, this can sure be called wearing out iron shoes in fruitless searching, huh.[1]" A green-clothed woman, bringing along two followers, walked over, and her smile was especially complacent.

The mushroom blanked for a moment, before blurting out. "Little bi-"

"Shut up." The woman furiously interrupted the mushroom's words. She then ruthlessly glared at the two of them. "As expected, you two did it on purpose that day!"

It was actually the little bitch who posed as her. Zhu Yao was a little startled. After sizing her up for a moment, she saw a dark red diagram embroidered on her sleeves. "You're an elite disciple?" Only the clothes worn by elite disciples would have such a diagram. Zhu Yao did not expect that she was actually one of the top three in the tournament that day.

Tao Manfeng coldly laughed. Raising her head, she coldly glanced at the two of them. "That's right. Following by the rules, you two should be calling me senior martial sister."

"Oh, senior martial sister." The mushroom blanked for a moment, before he readily followed her advice and called out.

This time, it was Tao Manfeng who was dumbfounded, as though she had not expected that he would actually be this casual about it. Anger began to boil even more in her heart. "A mere spiritual monster like you, actually dares to humiliate me in front of such a large crowd. If I don't teach you a lesson, you wouldn't know your place."

"Ah?" The mushroom gave a confused look, as he turned to look at Zhu Yao. "Rock spirit, what did I do?"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. It's because you didn't do anything, that's why she's angry, alright?

"Good, you two sure have guts. You actually dare to provoke me now?"

"Did we?" The mushroom continued to look at Zhu Yao.

"Nope!" Zhu Yao answered. She didn't do anything at all.

Tao Manfeng's fury surged. "You two scolded me right in front of my face, and you're saying that's not a provocation?"

"How did we scold you?" The mushroom expressed that he was very innocent.

"You still want to deny it? Earlier, you were even about to call me… call me… bi…tch…"

The mushroom became even more confused. "But you are little bitch." Wasn't that her name? Rock spirit said so.

"Shut up!" Tao Manfeng was so furious, even her face had turned green. "You're the little bitch, all of you are little bitches!"

The mushroom argued back. "I'm clearly a little mushroom. You can call me Mushmush."

"You…"

Zhu Yao silently looked away. Oh Mushmush, you sure have a mushy brain, huh. You can't really have believed that her surname is little, and her name is bitch, right?

"Geez. Even though it's your own name, yet, you don't allow people to call out to you." The mushroom stabbed another blow.

Only then did Tao Manfeng finally understand his words. Gritting her teeth, she said. "My surname is Tao, I'm called Tao Manfeng! You best remember it."

"Oh…" The mushroom revealed a face of sudden enlightenment. After sizing her up for a moment, he curled his lips and said. "So you changed your name, say that earlier."

Pfft…

Zhu Yao could faintly here the sound of Tao Manfeng puking out blood.

"You… You two…" Tao Manfeng wished that she could pounce over and tear that spiritual monster's lips apart. She took a deep breath, and instructed the two followers behind her. "You two, help me keep a lookout." She looked at the two of them with a hazy expression.

For a moment, Zhu Yao imagined a scenario where she was blocked at the door by students from a higher grade after school. Wasn't it just calling her names? In regards to settling debts, this lady was simply too petty. Zhu Yao herself had yet to settle her own debts with her, you know?

Tao Manfeng coldly glared at them, and divine energy came surging from her body. In her palm, lightning sparks faintly flashed. "I vowed to myself, if there's anyone who dares to humiliate me, I will never let even a single one of them off."

She was going to start a fight? Zhu Yao was caught off-guard a little. She couldn't have become muddle-headed from anger, right? Although she was currently an elite disciple, Zhu Yao's cultivation level was still higher than hers.

However, Tao Manfeng did not have the intention to pull back now. Raising her left hand which was flashing with lightning sparks, narrow yet powerful strands of lightning began to glow at the center of her palm.

"Imperial Lightning Art?" Yu Yan's voice resounded in Zhu Yao's mind, carrying a hint of suspicion. "Why does she know the techniques belonging to Lightning Divine Hall?"

"Weren't you the one who gave her?" Zhu Yao really wanted to spray out a mouthful of salt soda water into her divine sense region. She was now able to slightly understand why Tao Manfeng dared to make a move. The Imperial Lightning Art was a divine art which belonged to Lightning Divine Hall, and regular divine arts could not be compared to it. Even if she were to challenge someone of a higher cultivation level, it wasn't guaranteed that she would lose.

"Me?" Yu Yan blanked, and only a moment later did he respond. "Oh, it's her."

So you basically didn't recognize her back then! Just how much of a face-blind are you?

"Master, what do we do?" Although she learnt lightning-based arts as well, she had yet to touch on the Imperial Lightning Art.

"No matter." Yu Yan, however, was especially calm. "It's fine if you simply stand there without moving."

Ah? Don't move? So she's just going to wait till she's struck by lightning?

Tao Manfeng's art had already begun to materialize, and the lightning sparks on her palm became even denser. Suddenly, a long bolt of lightning was formed, soaring into the skies. It then came striking in the direction where she and Mushmush were.

"Now di-"

Zhu Yao was just about to construct a defensive barrier, when suddenly a water dragon came descending from the sky. It pounced directly towards the bolt of lightning, and the lightning was instantly devoured after a slight sizzle. The stream of water however, continued to chase after the source of the lightning bolt, instantly drenching Tao Manfeng.

Although the water dragon could block the lightning attack, it was unable to completely suppress it, hence the electrical current still existed. And all of this touched upon a certain physical phenomenon.

Water – is a conductor of electricity.

Hence, the water sprayed about, and the lightning sparks flashed, along with the drenched Tao Manfeng.

The student Tao Manfeng, dressed in a green robe, who was acting as an extremely proud elite disciple earlier, after being electrocuted from head to toe, instantly turned into a convulsing disciple. In the air, her unfinished declaration earlier still continued to echo. "Now, die… ai… ai… ai…" When the electrical current flowed through, her entire body convulsed. With every convulsion, the tone of her 'ai' would change.

Hence, the entire place was filled with her various ever-changing tones of: Ai… ai… ai… ai… ai…

Zhu Yao: …

Mushroom: …

Followers: …

Only when her entire body was charred black did her cry vanish, and she collapsed onto the pool of water head-first.

Several wisps of light smoke gradually rose…

Ah, she really could win just by standing there without moving. Student Tao Manfeng, I really don't hate you in the slightest any longer.

"Senior martial sister!" The two followers were both shocked, as they looked anxiously at Tao Manfeng who had already fainted from the electrocution. Yet, not a single one of them dared to head over to lift her up, as there were still sparks flying in the pool of water!

Just as they were at a loss of what to do, a clear and extremely imposing, yet slightly familiar voice resounded from the sky. "Who was it here that was executing a lightning technique?"

A white figure came flying over from afar. The person was a twenty-year-old looking youth with a heroic look. With tightly knitted brows, he looked at the water surface below which was flashing with lightning sparks.

Suddenly, Zhu Yao simply felt like heading back with her face covered. That person was actually Miao Lin, how could she have actually forgotten about him? Crap, crap, crap. This time, she was definitely going to be recognized.

"Greetings, senior martial brother." The two followers instantly greeted Miao Lin.

"Mn." Miao Lin sternly nodded. He swept a glance at the few people on-site, including Zhu Yao who was desperately lowering her head. "What happened?"

The two followers exchanged glances, and their eyes were filled with despair. "Senior martial brother, it's… it's the senior martial sister who just newly entered. She has some conflict with these two disciples, so out of impulse, she made her move against them."

"She knows a lightning technique?" Miao Lin strangely glanced at the person who was still lying in the water like a corpse.

"Yes, senior martial sister is indeed someone who's capable of lightning techniques among this new batch of disciples. And…" That disciple said with worshiping eyes. "Senior martial sister said that she even knows the Imperial Lightning Art as well."

"Imperial Lightning?" Miao Lin frowned, before he coldly snorted. "In this realm, other than the Lightning Divine Hall, who would dare to claim that they know the Imperial Lightning Art? Ludicrous." Miao Lin once again glanced at Tao Manfeng, and in an instant, a hint of wistful expression appeared on his face. "I'm someone who has personally witnessed the arts of Lightning Divine Hall."

[1] 'wearing out iron shoes in fruitless searching': Putting in so much effort in a search, only to find them so easily.

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Chapter 158: Recognizes Blood, but not the Owner's

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Rather than witnessing one, you were struck by one, right!

"That's true." That disciple immediately flattered a few words. "Among us disciples, only senior martial brother have personally gone to Lightning Divine Hall."

"Mn." Miao Lin nodded complacently, and then with a complacent expression, he said. "I really wish I can once again witness Lightning Divine Hall's arts."

Zhu Yao: "…" Are you a masochist?

"I have already said this before, no lightning techniques are allowed to be executed in Advent Cloud Hall. Seeing that this junior martial sister has just entered the sect not too long ago, and has already suffered her punishment, I will leave this matter to rest. Disperse."

"Yes, senior martial brother." The two followers expressed their thanks together, however, they then looked at Tao Manfeng, who was lying in the pool of water, with difficult expressions.

Miao Lin frowned. After casting an art, the water on the ground once again condensed into a water dragon, and flew up. Only then did the two followers lift Tao Manfeng up and leave.

Pulling along the mushroom, Zhu Yao was just about to flee as well.

However, she heard Miao Lin's suddenly shouting out. "Stop."

In a flash, his figure had already blocked in front of Zhu Yao's path. "This junior martial sister, have we met somewhere before?"

I'm doomed!

In front of her, Miao Lin had already reached out his hand. "Why are you constantly lowering your head?"

Out of desperateness, Zhu Yao retracted all of the divine energy in her body, and poof, she returned to her original form.

A piece of snow-white jade instantly landed on Miao Lin's palm, which he was unable to retract in time.

"Why did you return to your original form?"

"Senior martial brother… I'm your aficionado."

"Aficionado? What's that?" Miao Lin blanked.

"Aficionado. It means that I really like, and really worship you." Zhu Yao immediately activated her bluffing mode. "This disciple has long heard of senior martial brother's mighty name. Now that I finally managed to see the person himself, I got a little excited, and returned to my original form."

Miao Lin was filled with smiles. As expected, he dropped his suspicions, and flipped the jade in his hand about. "You sure have good eyes. Cultivate well. In the future, you will have the same level of achievements as me."

Zhu Yao tried her best to express her own excitement. "Thank you senior martial brother. I will definitely work hard."

"Mn." Miao Lin passed the jade over to the mushroom at the side, and instructed. "There's no need for the both of you to be afraid. Our Advent Cloud Hall isn't a place without rules. If junior martial sister Tao comes to trouble you again, you can look for me."

"Really, senior martial brother?"

"Of course." Miao Lin nodded. Most probably because this was the first time he had a fan, the expression he was looking at the mushroom with had become gentler as well. "If you have any concerns, just look for me."

"Yes, senior martial brother. Thank you, senior martial brother."

"Mn. Go on then."

Zhu Yao never expected that she could actually pass this off so easily, and she immediately urged the mushroom to bring her back. It seemed like she could not continue to stay in Advent Cloud Hall for long. There would come a day that someone could recognize her. She had already found her clue anyway, so right now, she just had to find the opportunity to rush over to Fluorescent Wind Sect as soon as possible.

The two of them traveled in an urgent manner, and the moment they returned to the lodging, they closed the door. Only then did Zhu Yao heave a sigh of relief. She habitually circulated her divine energy so that she could return to her human form, only to realize that her body was completely empty. A hint of pain came from her Dantian, and she could not transform at all.

"The hell. What's going on?" Zhu Yao's jade-body instantly felt uncomfortable. "Master, I can't return to my human form."

"No need to worry. Earlier, when you forcefully returned to your original form, your withdrawal of divine energy was too rapid, which caused some damage to your Dantian." Yu Yan gently said. "You simply have to stop circulating your divine energy temporarily, and it will be restored in a few days."

"That gave me a fright. That's good, that's good." So it was because she withdrew her divine energy too quickly, causing her to have a stitch.

"Rock spirit, who are you speaking to?" The mushroom curiously lowered his head.

"Uh…" She had forgotten that the mushroom was still here.

His familiar face suddenly closed in, and Zhu Yao simply felt a shiver in the depths of her heart, as a strange feeling surged. As she thought, she was still unable to get used to Mushmush's human form, especially this little-wimp look-alike face of his.

"Nothing much. I was muttering to myself." Zhu Yao chuckled.

"Oh." The mushroom glanced at her and furrowed his brows, as though he wanted to ask something. After opening and closing his mouth a few times, he still changed the topic in the end. "You're not going to revert to your human form?"

"Mn." She however, did not conceal this matter from him. "I transformed a little too quickly earlier, so I can only restore my human form after a few days."

"Oh, then have a nice rest. I'm going to head back first." The mushroom gave her a few words, before returning to his own cave residence. However, before he left, his expression was a little heavy, as he turned around to give her a few glances.

Did rock spirit have a master? Master… In the depths of his initially pure-white heart, an indescribable emotion suddenly surfaced. Why did he feel that this word sounded a little familiar?

Zhu Yao planned to head over to Fluorescent Wind Sect when she regained her human form. Currently, as a piece of jade which did not have any movement ability, the only thing she could do was – sleep. However, she never expected that there would actually be someone assaulting her at night.

That person suddenly appeared in her house. There wasn't any ripples produced from divine arts, and furthermore, the door and windows were nicely shut. In a blink of an eye, the lodging simply gained an additional human figure. His figure was especially tall, and she could faintly see that he was a male practitioner. Even though the moonlight was especially bright within the house, she still couldn't clearly see that person's appearance.

Just as Zhu Yao was about to speak, she was interrupted by Yu Yan.

"Yu Yao!" Carrying an anxious tone, her master's voice resounded in her mind. "This person is the individual who infiltrated Lightning Divine Hall."

Zhu Yao blanked, and was thrown into elation a moment later. She hurriedly transmitted her voice. "Then does that mean that as long we capture him, master can leave this dimensional space?" Various age-restricted bondage methods began to fill her mind.

"Yu Yao." Yu Yan's voice was solemn. "This person's cultivation level is higher than mine."

"Uh…" Then how the hell was she going to play this? Fortunately, she did not speak out earlier, otherwise, she would have been the one trapped. "Then what do we do?"

"Do not make any noise. Wait and see."

Zhu Yao withdrew from her inner view, and quietly continued to act like a piece of jade. The room was strangely quiet, and even the cicadas outside the window had stopped singing.

It was unknown for what purpose this person came here for either, as ever since his appearance, he had been standing inside the room without moving from his position. Even Zhu Yao was about to believe that the reason why he was here, was simply because he liked the floor he was stepping on. Finally, he moved. Turning his ahead, he swept his eyes around the room, as though he was searching for something. A moment later, she sensed a divine sense sweeping over.

At this moment, Zhu Yao rejoiced that she did not have a single strand of divine energy in her body, and had returned to her true form. Without any ripples of divine energy, even if someone else's divine sense were to sweep pass her, she would still just be a regular piece of jade. That person definitely wouldn't be able to discov-

Ehhhhhh? Why was he coming over?

That person retracted his divine sense, and walked straight towards the table. As though he had identified her, there wasn't even a single trace of hesitation in his footsteps. Did she have to be this unfortunate!?

In an instant, Zhu Yao felt that even her heart had popped out. What happened to the promise of being undiscovered?

A pair of cold lines of sight fell on her body. Even though he clearly did not do anything, Zhu Yao still felt a cold intent penetrating the depths of her heart, as though she was about to choke from his gaze. Just when Zhu Yao couldn't bear it any longer and was about to speak out, he suddenly shifted his line of sight. In a flash, just as how he had appeared, his figure disappeared from the room.

What kind of situation was this?

Zhu Yao was completely lost. However, that terrifying feeling earlier still lingered in her heart. Just who the hell was that person?

A moment later, a slit of the door was suddenly pushed open by someone. A head sneakily came inspecting the room.

Little bitch!

It was actually Tao Manfeng who came to seek trouble with her during the day! Was today labelled as Nightwalk Day on the calendar? This was even a team night assault?

Tao Manfeng looked around for a moment, before she carefully pushed the door open and came in. She first quietly looked at the bed. As though she had confirmed that no one was in the room, her brows furrowed, as she searched around. Just as she was about to leave, she discovered Zhu Yao on the table, and in an instant, her eyes lighted up.

Zhu Yao suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Divine jade!" Tao Manfeng picked up the piece of jade from the table with an excited look. After inspecting its front and back, she muttered. "As I thought, it's the same piece."

What was this little bitch trying to do? She couldn't be planning to pose as her again, right?

Tao Manfeng, however, did not speak up again. Instead, she held onto Zhu Yao, and left through the door with a happy look. Her flying sword rose, and she directly flew out of Advent Cloud Hall. Just where was she bringing her to?

She seemed to be really excited, as she looked at the piece of jade while flying. The other hand of hers was even constantly stroking the surface of the jade.

She stroked her to the point Zhu Yao was feeling as though all her hair were standing on ends. After restoring her human form, she was definitely going to take a bath. The type where she was going to vigorously rub every nook and cranny of her body.

She flew for exactly an entire night, and she only landed on the ground right after arriving at a small market. She then however entered a secluded courtyard, and only after setting down several layers of concealment and isolation formations outside, did she finally enter the house.

After looking around her surroundings, she then pulled out the jade with a serious look, and began to carefully inspect it. In order to prevent herself from being exposed, Zhu Yao did not let out a sound during the entire journey. Tao Manfeng clearly recognized her true form, but seeing her worriless expression, evidently, she did not know that Zhu Yao had already cultivated a human form.

Tao Manfeng flipped the jade back and forth, and stared at it for a long while. The more she looked, the deeper her brows furrowed. She then muttered to herself. "Could it be that this piece of jade is simply used to prove one's identity as a Lightning Divine Hall disciple?"

Zhu Yao rolled her eyes in the depths of her heart. It seemed like she still couldn't forget about the Lightning Divine Hall, huh.

"An item of the Lightning Divine Hall definitely isn't that simple." Tao Manfeng took a deep breath, and continued to inspect for a long while. First, she merely used her naked eyes to look, and then, she used her divine sense to sweep through it. Then, she even inserted a little of her divine energy.

"This is impossible." Seeing the completely unresponsive divine jade, her expression became a little ugly. She then tried to use various other methods, such as bathing it in the water, burn it under a fire, and plant it under a soil. Even Zhu Yao was about to praise her for her dedication and perseverance. She silently rejoiced that she was currently a piece of rock. Otherwise, if this continued, even if she wouldn't die, a layer of her skin would have been ripped off.

Tao Manfeng continued to toss about for an entire night, and throughout the entire thing, Zhu Yao was quietly acting dead. Finally, she gritted her teeth, condensed a spiritual sword, and then sliced it across her own finger. Suddenly, a large number of fresh blood pearls were produced, merrily flowing down her finger. She raised her bleeding finger, and pressed it on Zhu Yao.

Alright, she finally found the correct method. However, she was simply too late, as Zhu Yao had already been sprayed with someone else's blood. No matter how much she were to drip her blood on…

Ting!

Binding of Dimensional Space – Success!

The hell!

Just how much love did this dimensional space have to give? How could it be bound with just any random person with a single drop of blood, hey? This thing recognized blood, but not the owner's. In an instant, Zhu Yao felt like she was going insane.

"Master, what do we do?" This woman wasn't as easy to hoodwink as Dog-Egg. "We definitely mustn't allow her to enter the dimensional space."

"She hasn't come in." Yu Yan said with a solemn voice.

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Chapter 159: Master is Released

"Eh?" Zhu Yao withdrew from her inner view, and as her master had said, Tao Manfeng was still sitting in front of the table. However, the divine energy surrounding her body had suddenly become quite a bit denser, and it looked as though it was still becoming even denser as well. Even the divine energy that was initially within the room was beginning to stir.

Tao Manfeng sensed this anomaly, and her expression turned joyful. Picking up Zhu Yao, she then sat on the bed cross-legged, and began to absorb the divine energy.

"Yu Yao, there's abnormal movements with the divine energy within the dimensional space." Yu Yan's voice rang in her mind.

Zhu Yao blanked, and only then did she realize that the sudden increase in divine energy in the building was actually coming from the dimensional space. She could actually guide out the divine energy from the dimensional space?

Tao Manfeng meditated for an entire day, before she was able to completely absorb the divine energy. Her cultivation level had increased from the initial early-stage Earth Deity level to the mid-stage Earth Deity level. At this moment, she stopped, and the abnormal movements with the divine energy in the dimensional space stopped as well.

"As expected, it's a treasure." Tao Manfeng picked up the piece of divine jade, and her face was filled with excitement. This piece of divine jade could actually be used to raise cultivation levels. She once again inspected it back and forth, and suddenly, she released her divine sense, sending it into the jade.

Zhu Yao's heart skipped a beat. This sensation felt exactly the same when Goudan first entered the dimensional space. Just as she was thinking of what to do, that strand of divine sense was suddenly repelled back. Her piece of jade-body began to emit out a white glow, and currently, something seemed to be transferred out through her divine sense region.

Pew, pew, pew! After a few of such sounds, like beans being poured out, a few divine herbs came falling down from empty air, instantly filling up the entire floor. Some of them still even carried fresh soil with them.

"These are…" Tao Manfeng abruptly stood up, picked the divine herbs from the ground, and her eyes widened. "Divine Spiritual Grass, Imperial Wind Branch, Meridian Cutting Lotus…" She muttered out these names one after another, and the more she spoke, the more dumbfounded her expression became, as though she couldn't believe what she was looking at. "How… How is this possible?" These were all extreme-grade divine herbs that had gone extinct a long time ago, and it was extremely hard to find one of each in the Divine Realm.

"Master?" What's going on?

"They're divine herbs from the dimensional space. A part of them had been transferred out."

Transferred out? Just as Zhu Yao was stunned, the table within the building suddenly shook for a few moments, before disappearing in the next instant. Even Tao Manfeng was given a shock.

While in Zhu Yao's dimensional space, a regular wooden table suddenly appeared.

"This is…" Why were items able to freely enter and exit the dimensional space? For a moment, Zhu Yao couldn't really understand.

Yu Yan frowned for a moment, before speaking up. "There's a restriction to the items in this dimensional space. Whatever goes out, a part of it must be taken back in."

"So those divine herbs were exchanged for a wooden table?" Wasn't this a little too big of a deficit?

"It's because this table was in a position closest to you, so it has been sent in."

Zhu Yao pondered for a moment. Indeed, when Tao Manfeng was inspecting those divine herbs, the thing that was closest to her was this wooden table. "So, in other words, she can't enter the dimensional space, but she's capable of retrieving the items in the dimensional space?"

"Not quite." Yu Yan looked at the position of that wooden table. "She used a blood contract to bind the dimensional space, but after all, it wasn't her heart-blood. Hence, she can't be considered as the owner of this dimensional space. The divine herbs that disappeared were all from the corner of the dimensional space, so I believe she's only able to retrieve items from a particular position."

Zhu Yao instantly heaved a sigh of relief. It was fortunate that she couldn't enter.

Tao Manfeng seemed to have realized this point as well, as she consecutively tried it a few times. First, she used her divine sense to inspect the jade, and then, several stalks of divine herbs would appear in empty air inside the building. However, correspondingly, a few items would disappear from the building as well. And, they were all items that were closest to the jade.

"Master, I have a plan. You might be able to come out of the dimensional space in advance."

After making clear of the basic method, Tao Manfeng left that small courtyard, and arrived in the market. Though, she was rather smart to not take out those stalks of divine herbs. Instead, she simply rented a cave residence, and began her isolation training. She repeatedly dripped her blood onto the jade, and then, guided out the dense divine energy.

Zhu Yao's Dantian was pretty much restored, however, whenever she tried to restore her human form, the divine energy she guided out would be absorbed by Tao Manfeng, not even leaving the slightest bit within the jade. Hence, she was basically unable to materialize at all.

Though, Zhu Yao wasn't in a rush. She was waiting for an opportunity.

Tao Manfeng was in isolation for more than three months, and her cultivation instantly rose to that of an Earth Deity Paragon. With just a single step more, she would be able to make a breakthrough into the Profound Deity level. In regards to raising one's level from one large realm to another, other than taking in divine energy, a certain degree of fortunate encounters was needed, so she stopped.

The moment she went out of isolation, she bought a large amount of miscellaneous items, and then, took out a pellet cauldron. She wanted to refine a Profound Energy Pellet, a divine pellet that was capable of allowing an Earth Deity to instantly reach the level of a late-stage Profound Deity, and it simply required a large number of Divine Spirit Grass. It was extremely difficult to find this herb in the Divine Realm, but right now, it wasn't a problem.

Tao Manfeng took out the piece of jade, but this time, she did not insert her divine sense in a testing manner, instead, she instantly released half of her divine sense into the piece of jade. Even Zhu Yao could sense her own divine sense region being assaulted, causing a faint sense of pain to be felt.

In an instant, the cave residence became as bright as day, as the piece of jade released an unprecedented eye-piercing white light. Tao Manfeng excitedly waited for the various divine herbs that would descend from the sky. She seemed to be able to see herself entering the Profound Deity Paragon level, and even the future Gold Deity, Heavy Deity, and High Deity levels. She could even see herself entering the Lightning Divine Tower, and ascending into a God.

As long as she had this piece of jade, she definitely could once again stand above all others, and cultivate to the peak.

She seemed to be unable to contain her own excitement, as no matter how eye-piercing the light was, she stared deep into it unblinkingly. When a shadow appeared within the white light, she could not help but take a step forward, and just when she was about to reach her hand towards it, suddenly, all of the light retracted in an instant.

There wasn't any divine herbs or divine medicine in front of her eyes, only a man, wearing a snow-white robe, was looking at her with ice-cold eyes. Tao Manfeng was stunned, and was seemingly about to blurt out. "You're…" Suddenly, in a flash, that figure once again disappeared from her eyes, and in front of her was a floor filled with many divine herbs that had long gone extinct in the Divine Realm.

As expected, she was just imagining things earlier?

"Seal your divine sense region as quickly as possible." Yu Yan condensed his divine energy, and tapped onto the piece of jade on the ground. While he forcefully turned Zhu Yao back into her human form, he instructed with a solemn voice.

Zhu Yao followed his instructions, and in the second before she sealed her divine sense region, she could faintly see Tao Manfeng sitting within a floor filled with divine herbs with an excited look on her face.

"Master, you're out?" Zhu Yao pounced forward, and tightly hugged the person in front of her eyes. His chilling and familiar presence flooded her chest in an instant, and she suddenly felt that she could continue being as wilful as she was now. "Masteeeer…"

"Mn." Yu Yan lightly responded, as he reached out his hand to stroke his disciple's head. This sense of contact which he had longed for, as expected, he could only be at ease while safeguarding his stupid disciple by his side. Hence, he forcefully stroked a few more times, and without realizing it, his fingertips slid past her warm lips. Unconsciously, he lowered his head, and just when he was about to press on it…

"Mistress!" A round and chubby beast suddenly squeezed between them, and it sat right on top of his head. Reaching out its two front paws, it hooked onto his disciple's shoulders. Using this opportunity, it flapped its wings, completely pushing away a certain master. "Mistress, mistress, I finally get to see you. I really miss you, you know. Oooou… This beastie wants to give birth to little beasties with you."

"Sesame." Zhu Yao blanked, as she carried it by its little wings. "Why are you out as well?"

"I turned into a small size and hid myself within that bad person." Sesame waved its big tail, as it hanged onto Zhu Yao's body. "Mistress, you don't even care about me. It's been such a long time, yet you're not going to hug this beastie?"

Zhu Yao's expression darkened. She tried to get Sesame off her body, but to no avail! Why were Sesame's words becoming even more clingy? Back then, it was understandable since she was a dragon which possessed a bloodline that could suppress it, but now, she was just a piece of jade, there's no need for it to worship her like this, right?

"Mistress, look, I became this thin became I missed you so much."

"Sesame! If you don't get down from me, do you believe that I will make you even thinner?"

"Mistress, you're so ruthless, so wicked, so nonsensical."

"Scram!"

"Mistress…"

Sesame still had some things to say, however, it suddenly felt his body becoming light. Its entire body was raised up by a large force, and then, with a bang, it was thrown out the door. Yu Yan waved his hands about, casually setting down another restriction on the door. As expected, he shouldn't have agreed to his disciple's idea of raising a pet back then. He wondered if it was still possible to throw it away now.

"Master…" Your throw was a little too ruthless, right? I can't even see Sesame's figure anymore.

Yu Yan glanced at his disciple, and his gaze landed at the two beast claw marks on her collar. His brows furrowed, and the cold aura from his body once again flooded out. Reaching out his hand, he cast a Dirt Removal Art, instantly removing those two marks without a trace.

However, his line of sight still stared at the exact same position, and it did not move for a long while, as though there was some sort of dirt that couldn't be washed off.

"Mas… Master…" Zhu Yao's heart trembled. If you look at me so intensely, I will not be able to hold myself back.

"Zhu Yao."

"Ah?"

"Strip your clothes."

"Sure! Do you want it to be flawless white, or half concealed and half shown? Just say it, no need to be modest."

Ever since she found out that Tao Manfeng's divine sense could be used to exchange for items within the dimensional space, Zhu Yao felt that this method could be used to bring her master out. Hence, she had been waiting for the moment when she was going to exchange for a large amount of items within the dimensional space. As expected, in order to make a breakthrough into the Profound Deity level, Tao Manfeng had decided to begin refining the Profound Energy Pellet. SInce the Profound Energy Pellet required a large amount of Divine Spirit Grass, she had her master move a large amount of Divine Spirit Grass to the corner of the dimensional space in advance. Tao Manfeng was unable to see the exact situation within the dimensional space. During her several tries of exchanging items, occasionally, there were times when all she would receive was Divine Spirit Grass. Naturally, she would believe that there was a large amount of Divine Spirit Grass within.

Hence, in order to refine the pellet, she went out to prepare a lot of items, as she planned on exchanging a large bulk of them at one go. Her master could then use this opportunity to come out, while bringing along Sesame with him. Though, Tao Manfeng was instead the one who was trapped within the dimensional space, which was something Zhu Yao had never expected.

Initially, she had thought that the ones entering would be the miscellaneous items Tao Manfeng had prepared. Who would have known that the dimensional space would directly absorb her into it? Such an unfortunate child. And, looking at her expression, she did not seem to be aware that she was trapped inside either. The reason why her master had Zhu Yao seal her divine sense region, was most likely in order to prevent her from realizing it.

Though, there was a single point she did not seem to understand. In the end, did Tao Manfeng know that Zhu Yao was actually this piece of jade? And on that day, why did Tao Manfeng enter her room?

"She isn't aware of your true form, rather, she simply saw through the true form of that mushroom." Yu Yan stroked her head, and explained with a solemn voice.

"You're saying she was looking for Mushmush?"

"Mn." Yu Yan nodded. "She must have suspected him, hence the reason she tried to test him. On the day she stopped the two of you, most likely, it was simply to see the true form of that mushroom. Though the lightning glow in her palm back then looked frightening, it was simply an art used to inspect and reveal one's true form. And it was directed at that mushroom spirit."

Was that the reason why her master said that she simply had to stand there without moving?

"She sure concealed herself very deeply." And back then she was actually thinking that she was a little pitiful. That water dragon which Miao Lin cast back then was definitely the retribution she deserved, huh.

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Chapter 160: Sudden Change

"Let's go." Yu Yan released the restriction on the cave residence, summoned his flying sword, and pulled Zhu Yao to his side.

"Are we returning to Advent Cloud Hall?" Zhu Yao casually asked.

Yu Yan turned his head, and glanced at her. "We're returning to Lightning Divine Hall."

"Ah? But Goudan is still at Advent Cloud Hall, if I leave too far from him, won't I turn… Eh?" Only then did Zhu Yao realize that, ever since her master aided her in materializing, she had been maintaining her human form. "What's going on?"

Yu Yan stroked her head. "That female deity."

"You're referring to Tao Manfeng?" Zhu Yao widened her eyes. She suddenly recalled that she was bound by her as well, and that person was even in her dimensional space. "In other words, I won't have to be continuously tied to Goudan from now on?"

"Mn."

There was actually a benefit like this. As expected, that little bitch was a very unfortunate girl huh.

"Is it really fine to simply leave Goudan and Mushmush at Advent Cloud Hall?" Zhu Yao was a little worried. "That person who infiltrated Lightning Divine Hall might still be at Advent Cloud Hall. If…"

"His goal is us." Yu Yan frowned. "Those two are spiritual monsters in the first place. Cultivating at Advent Cloud Hall is instead better for them."

"But Mushmush, he…"

"Yu Yao!" Yu Yan interrupted her words, and said with a solemn voice. "He's not Wang Xuzhi."

Zhu Yao sent the mushroom a paper crane, telling him that she was going back to the forest first, before following her master as they prepared to return to Lightning Divine Hall. This city was not exactly very far from Lightning Divine Hall. With the speed of her master's flying sword, they would be able to return in at most an hour. However, before they could even leave, a change occurred.

Just as the flying sword rose, suddenly, the entire city trembled. All of the divine practitioners summoned their flying swords one after another, and in an instant later, cracks began to appear on the ground. As wide as a bottomless ravine, even the buildings that were nicely lined-up earlier collapsed one after another. A moment later, the entire city was swallowed by that ravine; the ground looked as though it had been cleanly sliced apart.

"Master, this is…" Even they, who were in the sky, could sense that momentary quake.

Yu Yan held onto Zhu Yao, and instantly pulled her to his side. "Follow me." This quake came too abnormally, and even he did not sense any of it before it happened. Just who made these cracked ravines?

The number of deities in the sky began to increase. Most of the people in the city were divine practitioners cultivating in isolation. This sudden quake gave them no choice but to forcefully break from their isolation. There were even people who had been carelessly injured due to the rebound of divine energy.

"What's going on?"

"Where did this ravine come from?"

"Is it an assault by the Demonic Immortals?"

More and more people began to express their doubts, and the sky was in a complete mess. Suddenly, within the expanding ravine, a figure flew out. He seemed to have suffered a serious injury, and even standing stably on his flying sword was a little difficult.

"It's a disciple from the Advent Cloud Hall district." Some people recognized him, and hurriedly went over to receive him, bringing him over to their sides. However, what they were met with was a blood-filled body, and even one of his arms was missing. And it seemed like even his Primal had suffered intense injuries. The people here possessed at least the cultivation of an Earth Deity, and even though the cracks were frightening, they weren't capable of harming these people who had already turned into deities. Most of them had only been injured by their one divine energy rebound, yet, there wasn't anyone else who was injured as heavily as he was.

"What happened?" The people crowded out, as evidently, he had encountered a huge matter.

"Heavenly Door… The Heavenly Door." That person was even incapable of speaking clearly. With a frightened look, he continued. "The Heavenly Door of the Lightning Spiritual World… collapsed…"

When his words fell, everyone took in a chilling breath. The Heavenly Door was a definite path a person must cross when ascending from the Lower Realm to the Higher Realm. If the Heavenly Door were to collapse, that would mean the citizens of that world, would no longer be able to ascend.

"How is that possible?" Although the Heavenly Door was termed as a door, it did not have a physical form. What everyone could see was merely a guiding light. That light had never been extinguished since days of old, connecting from one world to another. Only people, who had experienced the ascension lightning tribulation, would appear within that light.

"It's true!" That injured disciple said. "The guiding light of Lightning Spiritual World, suddenly disappeared."

The entire crowd sank into silence, and their expressions varied. They could all faintly sense that a huge incident was about to occur.

"Master, what kind of place is the Lightning Spiritual World?" Zhu Yao turned her head.

Only to see the expression on Yu Yan's face sinking heavier than ever compared to the past. Hearing her query, he turned, looked at her for a moment, and said. "Our cultivation world, is known as the Lightning Spiritual World."

"What?" Zhu Yao fiercely widened her eyes. "You're saying, the thing that was destroyed earlier, is our previous world's path to ascending into a deity?"

Yu Yan nodded. As though he wanted to say something, his expression suddenly turned cold. Hugging onto Zhu Yao, with his flying sword, in a flash, he left the sky above the ravine where they were stationed at earlier.

From within that gigantic ravine, a white light suddenly emitted, charging straight towards the sky. The moment that rays of light appeared, a heavy pressure came assaulting over, instantly spreading towards every corner of the Divine Realm. Among the crowd of people who stopped in the sky earlier, some were unable to flee in time, and thus were engulfed within the white light.

Zhu Yao concentrated her senses, and she couldn't dare to believe her own eyes. "Master, it's spiritual pressure!" Those rays of light were actually spiritual energy. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, the five elemental types of spiritual energy… no, even lightning, wind, and other types of mutated spiritual energy were mixed in them as well. What was going on? This was clearly the Divine Realm, and only divine energy should exist. Why would spiritual energy surge up, and at such density?

The rays of white light came quickly, and left as quickly as well. In less than fifteen minutes, the light began to fade, until it completely disappeared. And the people in the sky that were unable to escape in time earlier, were once again revealed.

"My… cultivation rose." Suddenly, a person exclaimed out, which instantly received several responses from others as well.

"My cultivation rose as well. That white light, instantly increased my cultivation by two levels."

"Me too."

"Me too!"

"Just what in the world was that white light?"

"That's right, it's actually able to instantly raise cultivation levels?"

"Just where in the world did it come from?"

Everyone looked at each other, and all of them could barely believe their own eyes. Every single person who was enveloped by that white light, suddenly had their cultivation raised.

Did no one notice that was spiritual energy?

"Master!"

Yu Yan shook his head at her, and only then did Zhu Yao realize that it was not a good idea to disclose this matter. The reason why she was able to see that it was made of spiritual energy was because of her utterly perverse affinity towards spiritual energy. And anyone who ascended into the Higher Realm, would already have their spiritual veins cleansed by the lightning tribulation. So naturally, no one would be able to sense that it was made of spiritual energy. If everyone knew that spiritual energy would still be effective for their cultivation, and in such a huge way, then most likely, they would form groups and head towards the Lower Realm.

"Mistress." Sesame suddenly popped out from the spiritual monster pouch, and with a dazed expression, it looked at the ravine where the white light was emitted from. "That white light earlier, has your aura."

What did you say?

"Within that white light earlier, it seems like… you were there!"

"How's that possible?" Zhu Yao was dumbfounded. She clearly didn't do anything, so how could she release that white light?

"I'm serious." Sesame's ears straightened, and began to look even more dazed. "I really sensed it."

"Let's return for now." Yu Yan's brows furrowed, as he immediately flew in the direction of Lightning Divine Hall with his flying sword. He flew extremely quickly, to the extent were the surrounding scenery had turned into lined blurs. The hand he was holding Zhu Yao onto had tightened as well, as his expression began to turn even more imposing.

"Master?" Zhu Yao could not help but feel anxious, as she faintly sensed that he must have discovered something. After carefully pondering for a moment, her heart sank. "Has that person discovered us?" To have her master become so tense, other than the person who infiltrated Lightning Divine Hall, there couldn't be anyone else.

Yu Yan did not answer. He instead pressed Zhu Yao gently against his own chest, and guarded her by his side. Leaning towards her ear, he gently muttered. "Master's here."

"…" Zhu Yao could only tightly grip onto his sleeves. Her master had said that person's cultivation level was higher than his. If a fight were to really happen, he did not have the confidence of absolute victory either. Suddenly, she began to regret not working hard in her cultivation, and currently, she had instead become a liability. "Master, why don't…" In any case, she couldn't actually die.

"Nonsense!" Knowing what she was about to say, Yu Yan's voice instantly turned cold, and it was even faintly carrying suppressed anger. Habitually, he reached out his hand to stroke her head, and sighed. "Be obedient."

"But… Is it possible to escape?"

Yu Yan sank into silence for a moment. "Believe in your master. It's definitely possible…"

"Really?" An ice-cold voice rang out, and Yu Yan suddenly stopped.

Not far away in front of them, a black figure stood still in mid-air. There wasn't a sword beneath his feet, nor were there any divine artifacts. He was simply standing there on empty air, dressed entirely in black, and his pair of hands placed behind his back. He clearly did not emit out any pressure, however, they could still sense that person's aura.

Lightly sweeping his gaze towards them, Zhu Yao once again felt that bone-piercing chill, as though her heart was about to freeze into ice.

"Sovereign Yu Yan?" He spat out these three words, however, there wasn't even the slightest bit of emotions in his tone, as though there was completely no meaning in the words he just spoke.

Yu Yan did not reply, instead, he simply frowned. After staring at the opposing party for a moment, she could feel the seriousness which he had never once displayed before.

A moment later, he gently released Zhu Yao from his side.

"What are you trying to do?" Zhu Yao was instantly in a fluster, and she reflexively gripped onto his sleeves. "You're trying to chase me away?"

"Be obedient!" However, he simply reached out his hand to pat on her head.

"The hell." Zhu Yao was seemingly about to curse out. Did such a great self-sacrificial event really have to happen at this moment? If he couldn't beat him one-on-one, then they could attack together. "Don't even think about it, the one who should leave is you. Even after I die, I can still…"

Before allowing her to finish, without giving a warning, Yu Yan tapped on her forehead. Zhu Yao instantly felt the divine energy in her entire body dispersing, and she returned to a piece of jade the next moment.

"What the hell!"

Yu Yan forcefully threw her to the back, and solemnly said. "Sesame."

Sesame leapt out from the spiritual beast pouch, and latched onto Zhu Yao, who Yu Yan threw out, with its mouth.

"Sesame, release me!"

Sesame, however, seemed as though it couldn't hear her, as it continued to fly in the direction of Lightning Divine Hall. While that black-clothed man, as though he was completely unable to see her either, continued to stand at where he was, without making a move.

"Sesame!" You're rebelling against me!? When was he ever so obedient to her master!?

Zhu Yao became furiously anxious, yet, she was getting further and further away. When she turned to look, she could only see two figures facing each other, in a sky filled with rays of lightning.

"Master!"

Suddenly, that black figure, who had been looking at her as a useless object, turned to glance at the direction Zhu Yao left in.

At that moment, Zhu Yao simply felt a large force of pressure charging straight towards her divine sense. She felt as though her entire body was being torn apart by that pressure, and her divine sense was aching with incomparable pain. Even her jade-body was beginning to shatter.

This pressure was…

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Chapter 161: Disciple's Dead Again

"Sesame, head back now!" Zhu Yao's heart turned cold, and for a moment, she even felt the urge to kill Sesame. "You best hurry and turn back, you hear me!?" That person… That person, wasn't a deity at all, nor was he any sort of divine practitioner.

That pressure earlier, felt the same as the one she felt from Phantom back then.

He was a Devil!

"Sesame!" She must head back and notify her master.

"Msshtresh (Mistress)…" Sesame kept Zhu Yao by its mouth, however, it did not stop its feet. It simply mumbled out a reply. "I'm pwoteckting msshtresh (I'm protecting mistress)." After saying that, Zhu Yao was already drenched from his saliva.

Will it kill you to materialize to your human form and hold me? Why do you have to bite me? Zhu Yao sensed the evil intentions of the entire universe. It seemed like her master had long discussed this with Sesame in the dimensional space, hence the reason why it wasn't listening to her. Zhu Yao had no choice but to view her divine sense region, unlock the seal of her divine sense, and guide out the divine energy from the dimensional space to materialize her human form by herself.

Tao Manfeng sensed the abnormal movements in the divine energy, and began to move about in the dimensional space. She had stayed inside for an entire day, and naturally knew that this world was a dead end with basically no exits. Although the dense amount of divine energy here had successfully allowed her to make a breakthrough into the Profound Deity level, there was completely no point if she couldn't leave.

"Who are you? Where is this place!?"

Like hell Zhu Yao had the time to spend caring about this little bitch. She automatically ignored her shouts and screams, as she desperately guided out the divine energy from her divine sense region. A red glow emitted from the entire piece of jade.

"H-H-H-H-Hot…" As Sesame was caught off guard, its tongue was burnt, and had no choice but to spit Zhu Yao out.

The red glow brightened, and a moment later, what appeared was a sword riding Zhu Yao… whose face was completely stained with saliva.

Her gaze swept towards Sesame was she turned around, and Sesame shrank its head in an instant.

"I will settle scores with you later!" Zhu Yao fiercely glared at this certain unreliable beast, and descended onto the ground. She did not stop the guiding of divine energy. The divine energy in her body constantly surged, immediately raising her cultivation from mid-stage Profound Deity, to late-stage, and then, to a Paragon.

That familiar pain once again came. However, this time, Zhu Yao did not have the time to care about these details. The speed of her taking in divine energy did not slow down, instead, it accelerated. The meridians in her entire body was about to explode from the expansion, and traces of blood began to faintly appear on her body, dyeing her white robe in red.

Zhu Yao did not dare to stop, and simply hoped. Faster. Faster. She must notify her master. Even if she couldn't be of help, at the very least, she couldn't be a dead-weight. Hence, she had to raise her cultivation level.

Finally, it was as though she could hear a 'kling' sound, which sounded as though something had broken. Large amount of divine energy quickly rushed into her body.

Golden Deity!

Zhu Yao sealed her divine sense region, and stood up. She couldn't be bothered with her body filled with saliva and blood.

"Let us return." Zhu Yao summoned her own divine sword, and rose into the sky. Just as she was about to head in the direction they came from, the space in front of her twisted, and in a blink of an eye, a familiar black figure appeared in front of her.

That Devil!

How was that possible?

"Where's my master?" Zhu Yao's heart twitched, for a moment, she was in a fluster. They had only left for a few moments, so how could her master possibly…? No, that's impossible. "What did you do to my master?"

He did not reply, and he simply looked at her with an expression that could freeze one's heart. That familiar pressure once again assaulted her, but this time, she had prepared her defenses, and her divine sense was not harmed. Zhu Yao understood that she was not his match, and had no choice but to circulate all the divine energy in her body, to summon countless of lightning bolts.

However, his figure simply blurred, and Zhu Yao had difficulty breathing in the next instant. A bone-piercing ice-cold hand was already grasping her by her neck. All the divine energy that she managed to circulate earlier, was instantly suppressed back into her body, as though the divine energy had been swallowed back.

She simply smelled a fishy smell in her mouth, and blood was endlessly flowing out from the corner of her lips.

"Mistress!" Anxious, Sesame pounced at him. However, before it could even touch the corner of his clothes, it was blown away by a ray of black light, and it fell onto the ground with a loud boom. It struggled to climb onto its feet, however, it was instantly pressed onto the ground by pressure. Its wings were completely severed, and there were even tears at every inch of its bestial body, with blood flowing all over the ground.

Sesame! Zhu Yao was getting impatient, however, she was completely unable to resist. Even though she was merely grabbed by the neck, her entire body wasn't even able to move at all. This Devil was much stronger than that Phantom.

He simply raised her just like that, and there wasn't any happiness or sadness to be seen on his expression. He didn't continue applying more strength, nor did he release her. Even though they were currently so close, she was still unable to clearly see his face.

Until the moment when even she was about to think that she was going to be strangled to death like this, he suddenly spoke. Though, his voice was still as plain and toneless as before.

"You're his disciple."

Zhu Yao tried her best to struggle out her voice. The depths of her heart pained when she thought about her master whose current situation was unknown, and she was unable to suppress the panic in her heart at all. If anything happens to my master, this lady here will have the entire world hold a funeral for him. Suddenly, the sounds of roaring thunders came from afar, and even the sky had completely darkened. An enormously loud dragon roar sounded, and it looked as though a white lightning dragon was dancing among the thunderclouds.

It was the materialization of her master's sword intent! He's alright! Zhu Yao's tensed nerves instantly relaxed.

Then was this person in front of her eyes a clone of that Devil?

He looked straight at her, and in an instant, that bone-piercing chill became stronger, as he once again asked. "You're his disciple."

He desperately forced herself to calm down. Don't be anxious. His clone is already so strong, if he returns to his main body, then it will become more dangerous for master. She had to stall him, or eliminate him. However, her current cultivation was merely at the Golden Deity level, so what should she do to damage him?

"You're his disciple." He asked again. His voice was the same as before, so calm, to the point where there wasn't even a single intonation, similar to a computer-generated voice of the modern era.

She had no choice but to take a gamble. Zhu Yao unlocked her divine sense, and had even expanded it limitlessly. Expanding the entire dimensional space, she then compressed all of the divine energy into a small mass.

After finishing her preparations, she then began to struggle, and forced out a word. "Yes."

The black-clothed man stopped for a moment. He tilted his head a little, as though he was confirming her answer. After a while, he replied. "Oh, then you must die."

His grip suddenly tightened, as Zhu Yao felt as though she could hear her bones crackling. Her breathing was cut off, and her neck could be broken off in the very next moment.

Zhu Yao willed her thoughts, instantly releasing all of the compressed divine energy. Her entire body emitted out a white light.

"Self-destruct." The black-clothed man realized her intentions, yet, he completely did not bother to distance himself away at all, as though he completely did not mind her self-destruction in the slightest. Instead, his grip became even tighter.

Him not caring about it was her goal all along. Zhu Yao desperately expanded her divine energy, and began to circulate all of the divine energy in the entire dimensional space. Indeed, self-destructing her divine sense was completely unable to harm a Devil, but after all, she possessed a dimensional space, that was filled with divine energy, within her divine sense region. If the dimensional space was to self-destruct as well, then she simply wouldn't believe that she couldn't kill a clone.

The white glow on Zhu Yao's body radiated magnificently, becoming brighter and brighter.

The Devil finally sensed the anomaly as well, as he released his devil aura to attack her divine sense. Zhu Yao was courting death in the first place, so how could she hold back? Instead, she instantly grabbed onto his hand, and prevented him from moving.

"You're courting death!" There was finally a tone in the Devil's voice, it however, became much colder.

A ray of black light flashed in his hand, as though he was about to sever her neck, preventing her self-destruction. Zhu Yao's divine energy however had already expanded completely, and this was the moment!

Willing her thoughts, just as half of her divine energy was already exploding forth.

"Pfft!" Under his forceful grip, her mouth opened and she spewed out blood, splattering it all over his face.

For a moment, it broke apart the devil aura concealing his face, revealing a hollow and emotionless face.

He was…

Zhu Yao fiercely widened her eyes, and was completely stunned!

"Yue Ying!"

When her words fell, on his hollow face, that pair of cold eyes instantly widened.

In the next moment, everything was engulfed by that white light.

A familiar notification window once again appeared before her eyes.

Congratulations, you have once again died utterly, and completely. Please choose:

[Resurrect] or [Chat] or [Deliver Some Soy Sauce] or [Give a Thumbs Up to the Handsome, Godly and Successful Realmspirit]

What was going on with these notification windows that were becoming even more shameless than before? Realmspirit, you have been surfing through too many tweets, haven't you!?

With a darkened expression, Zhu Yao tapped on the second option, [Chat].

In the next moment, she once again arrived at that pitch-black and empty space. This time, without her yelling, Realmspirit's QQ-chat window had already popped up by itself. Other than his QQ avatar being changed to the default male avatar, there wasn't any other changes.

Realmspirit: Yo, courageous girl. Long time no see.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Taking a deep breath, she endured the urge to charge right forward and beat him to a pulp. "Realmspirit, what the hell is going on? Don't you think you should be giving me an explanation?"

Realmspirit: Oya, what's wrong girl? What's there to be unhappy about? Tell me about it so that I can be happy about it!

"Can you even become even more irritable than this?" Zhu Yao glared at him. In the modern era back then, why didn't she feel that this person was so irritable and shameless? He was a rather respectable person, so why did he lose a few screws from his brain after she was transported here? "I'm talking about Yue Ying. What happened to Yue Ying? Why is he in the Divine Realm? And he has even turned into a Devil?" She clearly remembered when Yue Ying got out from the glacier back then, he was a regular human child. Forget about being of the Devil Race, he didn't even carry the slightest bit of devil aura. And although he possessed the Penta-Spirit Veins, he could still use spiritual energy to cultivate. He was an upright seedling with great prospects, a good serious and hardworking child. "Could it be… he's possessed by that damn rabbit?" Did that Devil, which had entered the Rabbit Deity's body, escape from that divine body and invade little Yue Ying's body? Wouldn't that Devil be a little too unbeatable then?

Realmspirit: That isn't it, yo. Bunny-chan is still obediently staying in the Lower Realm, not wanting to ascend at all.

Realmspirit sent her a screenshot, and on the picture, a man, wearing a dark-green robe, was lying down on a mountain stack of carrots. Rolling on the ground, he carried an expression looking as though there wasn't a single regret in his life.

Mn, that annoying face indeed belonged to that damn rabbit.

"Then what's going on? Is that Yue Ying himself?"

Realmspirit: This… I don't know either. But, the Devils will definitely resurface. This is the cycle of the Heavenly Dao, and it cannot be prevented. Just like how the Gods are already awakened as well.

"Gods?" Zhu Yao blanked. "Are you talking about the Dragon race?" It couldn't have been because of the time she turned into a dragon, right?

Realmspirit, it's not just the Dragon race, girl. All four God-beasts will once again awaken.

"How do you know about that?" Zhu Yao looked suspiciously at the screen. She was becoming even more curious about Realmspirit's identity. In regards to matters like this, people in the Divine Realm might not even know about them, right?

Realmspirit: Because it has long been written in the Revelation's prophecy. 'Bearing the will of the lord, the Gods and Devils will arrive, the golden age of the Ancient Era will open, responsibility of the Three Realms will be taken, and an eternal sacred ground will be created.'

Revelation? What the hell is that?

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Chapter 162: Late-coming Scenario Benefit

Realmspirit: Regarding the Revelation, you will know about it in the future. You must trust me!

Trust my ass. When he said these words back then, he said he would give her a character that would be beloved by everyone. And what was the result?

Realmspirit: Actually, a small accident occurred this time. Because the loophole fixed was too big, it caused a short space-time turbulence, which lead to the appearance of a disorder in time. Hence, a momentary fissure occurred between the Three Realms.

"Fissure?" Zhu Yao suddenly recalled the scene in the city back then. In the beginning, she had thought that it was caused by the Devil, but it seemed like it wasn't so. "You're talking about the incident where spiritual energy entered the Divine Realm? Just what happened back there?"

Realmspirit: Girl, it was caused by the self-destruction of your body, yo.

"I only self-destructed after!" The incident in the city clearly happened before that.

Realmspirit: Not this time, it's the one before that.

"The one before that?" Zhu Yao was startled, as she widely opened her eyes in disbelief. "You're talking about the time when I turned into a dragon and swallowed the World Destruction Talisman? That was clearly ages ago." Wait a minute, a disorder in time! "You're saying that the explosion of the World Destruction Talisman, had even influenced space-time?"

Realmspirit: Correct.

Zhu Yao gave a face. In other words, her resurrection this time basically didn't happen a few years after, but had actually sent her a few years back. When Sesame said that it could sense her aura within that white light, it was because that spiritual energy originally belonged to her in the first place. At that time, she was swallowing the World Destruction Talisman in the Lower Realm. She suddenly had a strange sensation.

"At the very least, you should have greeted or notified me about it." If she had known it would be so strenuous, then it would have been fine if she stopped others in the Higher Realm from taking away the World Destruction Talisman. After all, she remembered all too clearly, that talisman was a treasure belonging to her Lightning Divine Hall.

Realmspirit: There are matters that even I can't predict, girl.

Zhu Yao turned silent. She had indeed been over-reliant on Realmspirit.

"Then who was the bug this time?" This time, she had been in the Divine Realm for such a long time, however, she had yet to see anyone with even half of the word 'bug' on his or her face. Logically speaking, Realmspirit wouldn't have resurrected her in the Divine Realm for no apparent reason. "Why haven't I seen even a single one?" Or did she miss out on something?

Realmspirit: The bug appeared a long time ago, yo.

"It appeared?" She carefully recalled for a moment. That's impossible.

Realmspirit: A picture will tell the truth.

After Realmspirit said this, a new window suddenly popped out on the screen, and it was actually a video interface. On the black interface, there was only a single 'play' button, and Zhu Yao habitually tapped on it. Two figures then appeared on the screen. One was her, while the other was that black-clothed man who was strangling her neck at that time.

This was the scene right before she died?

Her body was currently emitting out a white light. A moment later, it occupied the entire screen. She was self-destructing, but in the next moment, at the instant when the white light exploded forth, half of the light rays suddenly returned back into her body. That must have been the instantaneous delay when she realized it was Yue Ying. Hence, only half of her energy was ignited in the explosion.

However, this half of her entire divine energy was sufficient in exploding that Devil into smithereens. After the white light subsided, what could be seen was a charred forest, and that gigantic crater on the ground. Just as Zhu Yao was wondering why Realmspirit showed this scene to her, suddenly, an object in the sky flashed with reflective light. Something fell straight towards the crater that was blasted open.

When Zhu Yao took a closer look, she realized that it was a piece of jade which was broken in half. It was her original form. She had already died, yet, her original form was still existing? Was it because she did not completely ignite the dimensional space?

Before she could understand the situation, that half piece of jade suddenly emitted out a red glow, and a figure flew out from the jade. Wearing a green-colored long robe, fear and shock had yet to recede from her face.

Little bitch!

She actually came out?

Tao Manfeng looked around for a moment, and was frightened by the scene surrounding her. Lowering her head, she looked at the divine jade on the ground and hesitated for a moment. In the end, she still couldn't help but pick it up, summoned her own weapon, and flew away.

"What's the meaning of this?" Zhu Yao did not understand why Realmspirit was showing her this.

Realmspirit, Continue watching, dear.

Zhu Yao turned back, and sternly stared at the screen. It was still showing Tao Manfeng who was flying away on her sword. Suddenly, the camera closed in, and was fixated on the divine jade in her hand.

"Mn. That's my corpse. So?" Was he especially allowing her to pay tributes to her own departure?

Realmspirit: Look closely!

Realmspirit spoke again, and suddenly, an additional mouse pointer appeared on the screen, which moved towards her "corpse". Then, it cropped the entire piece of jade, magnified it by several times, and the screen was instantly occupied entirely by the jade. The white jade-body, and carved surface. This was her familiar appearance.

Was there anything special to look at?

Just when she was about to question him, that mouse pointer suddenly turned into a picture of a giant pencil. Following the carved shape of the jade, the pencil drew black lines on it. A moment later, the letters 'b' and 'u' appeared on the surface of the jade.

"Bu… bug!" Zhu Yao fiercely widened her eyes, as she pointed at herself with utter disbelief. "I'm the bug? You're saying I was the bug this time?" Then wouldn't it have been fine if she simply resurrected? What was the point in running around so painstakingly? "You're toying with me?"

Realmspirit: To be precise, it wasn't you, but that piece of jade. Your existence was to merely allow the jade to possess a spiritual consciousness.

"You're saying that dimensional space existed in the first place?"

Realm: Nods, nods.

"Then say so earlier! If I had known, I would have simply self-destructed right from the beginning. Was there even a need to do so many things?" Indeed, that dimensional space of hers was a heaven-bending existence with that dense amount of divine energy, and that spiritual spring which carried unknown effects. Even Tao Manfeng had instantly raised her cultivation to a Profound Deity by staying inside for merely a day. "And in the past, wouldn't I always have those precognitive dreams? Why wasn't there one this time?"

Realmspirit: I already said it before, it's because of the disorder in time and space. Ahem, your resurrection was a little early, so… It had yet to reach the condition for the scenario to happen.

"So in other words, I worked for nothing? And, what's with this condition for the scenario to happen? Are you treating this as a game? There's actually hidden quests as well?"

Realmspirit: Don't mind such details, yo.

"It would be stranger if I don't mind, right!?" Roooar~~ "And, the dimensional space within the jade shouldn't still exist, right?"

Realmspirit: Heheheh…

"After this, it can't be that I have to find the corpse back, right?"

Realmspirit: Hoho, the weather today is pretty good.

"…" You're changing the subject a little too obviously, isn't it?

"Whatever, where's my master and Sesame? What happened to them?" Back then, she only thought about delaying that Devil's clone. She was unsure if her master managed to escape after her self-destruction.

This time, Realmspirit did not delay. That video interface once again popped out, and the screen showed that huge crater that was formed after her self-destruction again. Sesame was crawling at a place not far away from the crater, its entire body was in blood, and its chest was slightly fluctuating. It seemed like its injuries were very heavy. A moment later, a white figure descended from the sky.

"Master!" Zhu Yao could not help but shout out, while she heavily heaved a sigh of relief in the depths of her heart. He was alright.

His robe was in a slight mess. Evidently, he had just experienced a ferocious battle. His expression however, was frighteningly solemn, as he tightly clenched his fists. Zhu Yao had never seen her master looking like this, as though he could do something frightening in the next moment. He stared straight at that crater for a few moments, and the emotions in his eyes were in slight chaos. A long while later, he gently closed his eyes, and when he opened them later, he had recovered his usual calm. Turning around, he glanced at Sesame who had already fainted on the ground.

With a wave of his hand, he kept it into the spiritual beast pouch. In a flash, his figure disappeared from the place.

Zhu Yao could not describe the feelings she currently had. Logically speaking, seeing that her master and Sesame were fine, she should have been happy about it. However, the expression her master had when he looked at that crater continued to replay in her mind. She could faintly feel that there was a certain indescribable feeling surging from the depths of her heart. It was stifling, and she could barely breathe.

Realmspirit: Girl, are you ready?

Zhu Yao raised her head, and glanced at that shaking conversation window. Taking a deep breath, she shook away that strange emotion.

"What am I going to turn into this time? It can't be that I won't even be able to obtain a human form, right?"

Realmspirit: Don't worry, girl. I promise that you will be very normal this time. Also, as a reward, I shall give you a benefit, yo.

"What benefit? You won't be making a fool out of me, right?"

Realmspirit: After this, it's time to see a mirac- Pui! It's time to fix the bug. Go, courageous maiden!

"Wait a minute, give me a clear explanation first, hey." She was really afraid of being fooled now.

However, Realmspirit's conversation window had already disappeared with a 'ting' sound. That familiar loading bar appeared in front of her, but this time, it was as though the loading bar was connected to fiber optic cable, as it finished loading in an instant. She was instantly submerged in darkness.

The hell!

Uneasy, she was thinking of what in the world she would become next.

Suddenly, within the darkness, a string of red-colored words appeared.

Benefit is being issued…

So quickly?

Before Zhu Yao could even feel astonished, she fell into a familiar dreamscape. It was actually the extremely late precognitive dream.

This time wasn't an exception, as she once again saw the life of a person. And that person was even someone she was familiar with. She was called – Mo Xianxian.

The story was very normal in the beginning. Basically, it's the daily life of a senior martial brother and a junior martial sister.

Mo Xianxian was a disciple with a mutated Wind Spirit Vein. Possessing extraordinary aptitude, she was fancied by her sect's Demigod Sovereign, and was taken in as his personal succeeding disciple. While her senior martial brother Xu Nuoyan was the Sect Master's eldest disciple, possessing the Metal and Fire Dual-Spirit Veins. Although he wasn't a personal succeeding disciple, he was still someone who was highly regarded. Before Mo Xianxian entered the sect, he had already possessed the Azoth cultivation.

When Mo Xianxian entered the sect, she wasn't even five yet. Hence, this senior martial brother began the loli nurturing route. Mo Xianxian was seemingly brought up by his hands. As time went by, love began to blossom. Along the way, things like making life-long promises were unavoidable, however, Mo Xianxian's master did not accept their marriage proposal. Instead, what he had his eyes on, was a genius from another sect, who similarly possessed a mutated Ice Spirit Vein.

Hence, for the sake of love, this lady would rather die than obey, insisting that being with her senior martial brother was true love. In the middle, naturally, they had experienced necessary plot lines such as being runaways from home, and running off under moonlight. The lady's master had no choice but to agree to them being together.

Though the two people had experienced many difficult trials, they had indeed lived very blissful and happy lives. Xu Nuoyan's appearance was very handsome, and his cultivation was also higher than the people around his age. And not long after becoming practitioner-pair companions with Mo Xianxian, he had already nourished his Nascent Soul, hence, he attracted many female practitioners who fell for him. However, he had always treated Mo Xianxian as his only one, never abandoning her, and had even more so, treated her as his treasure. Even after that, when Mo Xianxian's cultivation encountered a bottleneck, and had been remaining at the early stages of Nascent Soul with no sights of progress, intentions of scorn for her had never grown even the slightest bit. With that deep and unwavering love of theirs, even Zhu Yao could not help but wish to give them the "Model Couple" honorable certificate. If not for the ascension scenario later on…

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Chapter 163: Version 6.0 That Comes with it's own Scenario

Xu Nuoyan, the senior martial brother, ascended. At the time of his ascension, he affectionately told Mo Xianxian that he hoped to see her ascend as soon as possible, so that the two of them could reunite in the heavens.

Mo Xianxian who had been stagnating at the Nascent Soul Paragon cultivation, under his motivation, and adding the insights she gained from the heavenly light of ascension, began to improve greatly in her cultivation, successfully making a breakthrough into a Demigod. In just thousand odd years, she ascended, and went to look for her husband to reunite with him.

Every little deity who had just newly ascended was the same, she became one of the most unremarkable people. She wholeheartedly wanted to look for her own husband, however, without any connections and background, it was hard for her to traverse the Divine Realm. The more important point was, after inquiring about him for a period of time, strangely, she was suddenly being chased after.

Zhu Yao was aware of the matters after this. In order to protect herself, she entered the Advent Cloud Hall. However, even if that was the case, not only did those schemes and sabotages not end, they had instead increased. She wanted to investigate the truth as well, but with her merely being an Earth Deity, how could she possibly find out anything?

Mo Xianxian wasn't stupid, rather, she was extremely clever, as she understood that someone was targeting her. Hence, while she avoided these dangers, she desperately cultivated. Her days could be said to have passed by with soul-shaking fright. In the end, her hard work paid off. She broke through into a Profound Deity, was fancied by a Heavy Deity practitioner within the sect, and was then taken under his wing, becoming an elite disciple in Advent Cloud Hall.

She had also been inquiring about the identity of the mastermind, until the day when the Sect Master of Fluorescent Wind Sect was hosting his daughter's practitioner-pair ceremony, and she followed her master over to give their blessings. She realized that the son-in-law of the Sect Master, was actually her husband whom she had been looking for all over.

No matter how many schemes and sabotages she suffered since she came to the Higher Realm, she had never felt as depressed as watching her lover's unfaithfulness at that moment. Hence, under impulse, she unsheathed her sword and charged right at Xu Nuoyan who was dressed in new clothes, criticizing him for his unfaithfulness. At the same time, she took out the token of love the two of them shared back then, loudly questioning him.

Never did she expect that with this action of hers, not only was she unable to receive Xu Nuoyan's response, she had completely angered Yin Shi, Sect Master of Fluorescent Wind Sect. She who wished to protect his daughter's heart, made a move against her at that moment. Although she did not take Mo Xianxian's life, she destroyed the foundation of her cultivation. Not only was her cultivation pushed back to the early stages of the Earth Deity level, it became harder for her to improve since then.

This wasn't the most miserable part. Her Heavy Deity master, whom she had thought that was her pillar of support, in order to maintain peace with Fluorescent Wind Sect, actually expelled her directly from Advent Cloud Hall. In an instant, she turned into a street rat that was yelled on and beaten by everyone, as she had offended two great factions in the Divine Realm. She did not have a single place to live in the Divine Realm at all, and even more so, there were several wandering deities, in order to curry favors with Fluorescent Wind Sect, chasing and hunting her.

Mo Xianxian, from the highest-grade genius chased after by many in the Lower Realm she once was, turned into someone who constantly lived in hiding. This kind of gap seemed to have driven her crazy, especially when it was all caused by the betrayal of her most beloved. Hatred filled her entire being.

However, her life was never meant to be taken. Once, when she was chased after by disciples of Fluorescent Wind Sect, she encountered a female deity. That female deity had initially wanted to take her life as well. Mo Xianxian desperately fled to a forbidden ground at the boundaries of the Divine Realm. At that place, divine arts could not be used, and she had instead, used brute force to kill that female deity, while her own chest had suffered heavy injuries as well, with no end to her bleeding. Her heart-blood then accidentally dripped onto a piece of divine jade on the female deity's body.

In the next moment, she entered a foreign world. The divine energy there was dense, precious divine herbs and spiritual plants could be seen everywhere, and there, she found a spiritual spring as well. Not only could the water inside heal her wounds, it even restored the foundation which was damaged by the Sect Master of Fluorescent Wind Sect back then.

Mo Xianxian obtained a cheat like this, so naturally, her cultivation greatly rose. In just a few months, she recovered the Profound Deity cultivation she had before. However, she could only enter that dimensional space for six hours every day, otherwise, her cultivation would have risen even quicker.

She had initially wanted to find a place to hide, and only take her revenge after raising her cultivation. Yet, her whereabouts were still tracked down, and after a difficult battle, she was saved by an unfamiliar man. After reaching a safe location, did she finally realize that the person who saved her, was actually her former husband, Xu Nuoyan.

This caused Mo Xianxian to feel furious and grief, as she pulled out her sword and was about to make a move against him. However, Xu Nuoyan neither dodged nor avoided, and took her attack head-on. With a resounding and sincere voice, he begged for her forgiveness, and told her the truth behind all of her misfortune.

Xu Nuoyan said that he basically did not love Yin Xin, the daughter of the Sect Master at all, and the person he loved was only Mo Xianxian herself. The reason why he was marrying her, was because he was forced to, and was helpless to prevent it. Back then, when he ascended to the Higher Realm, he joined Fluorescent Wind Sect. Due to his aptitude being higher than others, he was taken in as a chamber disciple by the former Sect Master, and was then nurtured in hundreds of aspects. However, he never expected that the reason why the former Sect Master treated him as such, was in order to find someone to depend on for his own daughter who possessed poor aptitudes. The former Sect Master's cultivation was already at the High Deity level, and would have to enter the Lightning Divine Tower soon, however, his wife and daughter would still be staying in Fluorescent Wind Sect. The moment he were to enter the tower, it would definitely bring about several troubles for his wife and daughter, hence, he chose Xu Nuoyan.

Xu Nuoyan said that once he found out about everything, he had long declared to the former Sect Master that he already had a practitioner-pair companion. However, the Sect Master believed that it had been a long time since he ascended, and with Mo Xianxian's mere cultivation of Nascent Soul at that time, her longevity should have already ended. So, marrying his daughter was not considered as treachery towards Mo Xianxian. In the beginning, Xu Nuoyan was determined on not obeying him, and had bitterly waited for Mo Xianxian for a thousand years.

After the former Sect Master entered the Lightning Divine Hall, the Sect Master's wife took up the position. She told him that she had already sent people to investigate in the Lower Realm, the news she received was that Mo Xianxian had already fallen, and she had failed to ascend into a deity. Thus, she once again brought up the matter of allowing Xu Nuoyan to marry her own daughter. Helplessly, he agreed. However, he never expected that this was all a lie.

In actual fact, Mo Xianxian had already ascended, yet the mighty Sect Master of Fluorescent Wind Sect, his master's wife, in order to conceal this truth from him, actually dispatched people to his former wife in the dark. The many misfortunes which Mo Xianxian had encountered after she came to the Higher Realm, were all her doings.

Only when Mo Xianxian appeared in front of him on that day, did he find out about everything. When he watched Mo Xianxian being injured, he felt absolutely furious in his heart as well, and he wished that he could fight back in her place. However, he knew that with his current cultivation, he was basically not the Sect Master's match, hence, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and endure it. As he made compromises to numb them from their anger, he secretly tracked Mo Xianxian's whereabouts. Only when he were to gain the necessary strength, would he take his revenge.

After hearing his part of the story, Mo Xianxian calmed down as well. After carefully recalling the scene in Fluorescent Wind Sect back then, Xu Nuoyan seemed to have indeed been extremely shocked, and he wasn't offensive nor did he retaliate when she criticized him. In the depths of her heart, she had already begun to believe him to a large extent.

Hence, with the two's misunderstandings dispelled, Mo Xianxian now hated the mother and daughter of Fluorescent Wind Sect to the bones. Especially towards the woman called Yin Xin, Xu Nuoyan's current wife.

The following plots, basically belonged to the cannonfodder's counter-attack category, or the true wife's rising plotlines. Borrowing the dimensional space hack, Mo Xianxian's cultivation rose at an explosive rate. She still harbored suspicions for Xu Nuoyan, however, he had saved her while disregarding his life many times, and she thus slowly dispelled this knot in her heart. Together with Xu Nuoyan, they began to plan out their revenge against Yin Shi, the Sect Master of Fluorescent Wind Sect, and her daughter Yin Xin.

She had also borrowed a few of the divine herbs within the dimensional space to win several people's hearts. In the end, in one of the demonic immortal's infiltration incidents, they used the opportunity to slaughter their way through Fluorescent Wind Sect, cut apart the mother and daughter, and successfully took control of Fluorescent Wind Sect. Xu Nuoyan took up the position of the Sect Master of Fluorescent Wind Sect, and openly married Mo Xianxian once again.

Thus, the two lovers lived happily ever after.

Zhu Yao patiently watched the entire show, and she frowned. On the surface, it looked like a happy reunion ending, and there wasn't anything bad about it. The two lovers experienced countless of hardships and managed to walk together again. The only thing she regretted was, the third-party who was hated to the bone by Mo Xianxian and tried to steal her husband, from the beginning to end, did not come up in the camera in the slightest.

That's right. That heavyweight female antagonist, that woman who had almost caused Mo Xianxian a lifetime of tragedy, in Mo Xianxian's long lifetime of memories, actually did not appear on stage even once. Even her mother, Yin Shi, the Sect Master of Fluorescent Wind Sect, made two small appearances, while she, the true third-party, was not even shown at all.

In other words, Mo Xianxian had never seen how her love rival looked like? The most information she found out about her, was that Yin Xin's aptitude in cultivation was the poorest with no precedents before her. And her physique was so weak, she had to rely on Fluorescent Wind Sect's divine pulse to live. She had to always stay in the High Spiritual Peak located in the Fluorescent Wind Sect, and had never went out even once. Even when Mo Xianxian slaughtered her way into the sect, she had never went in to take a look even once, and simply destroyed her along with the High Spiritual Peak altogether.

She did not even have the opportunity to come on stage, just how much hatred did Mo Xianxian have for her?

Zhu Yao silently lit a candle for the female antagonist with the most lack of presence in history.

And in her mind, this created many questions about what seemed to be a perfect true wife's counter-attack drama.

What's more important was, in this one-sided huge war, she did not see where the bug was at all? Just what in the world was she supposed to do?

Just as she was thinking how strange it was, suddenly, the scene in front of her changed. Earlier, the Fluorescent Wind Sect which still carried a grandeur view, was suddenly surrounded by intense flames. Corpses filled the entire place, blood flowed like a river, and the entire Fluorescent Wind Sect was deadly silent.

No, not just Fluorescent Wind Sect. Her field of vision slowly expanded, and she managed to look at the entire Divine Realm continent. Everywhere was razed in intense flames, with no end in sight. For a moment, Zhu Yao was a little unable to react. Just what kind of godly twist of events was this? Just what the hell happened in the middle, hey? Why did the Divine Realm become like this when she didn't even see anything?

Suddenly, she heard a loud and long caw. When she raised her head to look, she saw four to five gigantic birds, with bodies clad in intense flames, flapping their wings in the sky. They seemed to be extremely furious, as the flames on their bodies became even more intense. With every flap of their wings, a large sea of flames would burn on the ground.

Zhu Yao blanked. These were… phoenixes!

In the next moment, her vision darkened, and she was once again submerged in darkness.

When she opened her eyes again, Zhu Yao felt that her entire body was stiff. Her first reaction was: Crap, Realmspirit must have given me some death-seeking character again.

She laid on her initial position for a long while, as she inspected her surroundings. She realized that the place was a rather antique looking bedchamber. Looking at the colors and flower decorations, this seemed to be a woman's bedchamber as well, and she was currently lying on a bed. She waited for a few moments, and when she was able to sense her own four limbs, she heaved a long sigh of relief. Great, great. At the very least, she was human this time.

She applied some force, and just as she was thinking of moving her numb fingers.

The door was suddenly opened with a creaking sound. The person who walked in was a little lady wearing a pink robe, and she was even carrying a basin of water in her hands.

"Hi." ZHu Yao took the initiative to greet her. Probably because it had been a long time since she spoke, her voice sounded hoarse, and even she herself was shocked by it. "I say…"

Crash! The basin of water in the little lady's hands fell on the ground, the water within splashed and flowed out. Her lips twitched, as she looked at her with an expression filled with shock, and her voice began to tremble. "Mi… Miss…"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched, as she suddenly imagined herself to be a soul which had transported into a light novel based in the ancient era. The moment she opened her eyes, a servant was actually about to anxiously shout out that their miss had woken up.

As expected, that little lady dutifully charged out, and loudly shouted. "Miss is now alive!"

What did she mean by 'miss is now alive?' At the very least, follow the script, hey.

In the moment, she simply felt a blast of wind brushing past. In the room, another woman appeared. She looked like an actual deity, with her hair combed into a married woman's bun. She seemed to look a little familiar.

With widened eyes, the woman looked straight at her, unblinkingly.

Zhu Yao's hair all around her body was about to stand on end from her stares, hence, she had no choice but to awkwardly smile. "May I ask who you are?"

The moment she spoke, that woman actually began to break into bead-like tears, with no end in sight.

Zhu Yao was frightened by this, with her hoarse throat, she persuaded her. "Umm… Don't cry?"

Not only did that woman's tears not stop, it instead began to flow out even more fiercely. Pouncing towards Zhu Yao, she clasped her tightly, and stuffed her into her own embrace.

Zhu Yao was instantly pressed against her two meat buns, and was barely able to breathe. Lady, if you think you're having a hard time, there's no need to suffocate me to death, right? Have to… breathe…

She suddenly made a 'guaa' sound, and cried out. "Yin Xin. My Yin Xin. You're finally awake."

Eh?

What did she call me? Say it again!

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Chapter 164: Please Let Me Appear on Stage

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Any pain? Any headaches?" The woman endlessly said comforting words, as she inspected Zhu Yao from head to toe.

"Wait a minute!" Zhu Yao pressed her hand down. She had a faint guess of what was going on, and she could not help but ask. "Who are you?"

"I'm your mother." Her tears were flowing even more happily, as she stroked her face, and cried till she ran out of breath. "You're my daughter, my precious daughter. Your mother, I, has yearned for so many years, and you're finally awake."

"Your name is?" Unwilling to give up, Zhu Yao asked.

"You have taken up my surname since young. My name is Yin Shi, and you're called Yin Xin."

And she's exactly the cannon fodder villainess that did not even have the chance to appear on stage! Flips table. Why did the resurrection this time carry its own scenario as well!? For a moment, Zhu Yao felt her brain aching, she could not help but press on her own head.

This action, however, had frightened Yin Shi, causing her to even forget her tears. "Xin'er, what's wrong? Is your head hurting? Come, don't move. Let your mother here take a look." As she said that, she gathered a strand of divine sense, and was about to enter Zhu Yao's to inspect it. Zhu Yao instantly felt a strange sensation, as she slid her body to the side and dodged it.

"I'm fine." Looking at her disappointed look, Zhu Yao instantly felt a little anxious. This situation where she was in the scenario itself was something she had never encountered before. And, looking at the upcoming events she saw in her precognitive dream, this Yin Shi was not a simple character, so her being able to see through Zhu Yao's thoughts would definitely be a matter of time. So, why not speak for herself now? "Listen to me, I'm actually not your daughter."

Yin Shi blanked, and she looked at her dumbfoundedly.

Zhu Yao decided that she might as well expose everything now. "I basically don't recognize you? I found myself here the moment I woke up. In regards to matters before this, I do not have a single clue either."

Yin Shi did not reply, she simply looked straight at her for a moment. The tears which managed to stop earlier, began pouring out once again, as she muttered out. "Xin'er… My poor Xin'er."

"Don't misunderstand." Zhu Yao anxiously explained. "I didn't do anything to your daughter, and I have never seen her before. I was here the moment I woke up." So, please absolutely do not think that I took over her body.

"I know…"

"It's good that you kn… Eh?" Zhu Yao was startled, her eyes greatly widened. "You know!?" This was illogical, wasn't it?

Though, with a heart-aching look, Yin Shi said. "Xin'er. I know that currently, you will not recognize me as your mother. But, it doesn't matter. Mother will wait for you."

"…" Was there a mistake with how she expressed it? She wasn't trying to recognize her as her mother! "I'm really not you daughter."

"Your mother understands. Your mother really understands."

What do you understand, hey? Don't look as though you know everything, alright?

Yin Shi once again stroked her head. "My daughter has such a hard life!"

"I'm really not…" I'm surrendering myself over here, hey. Please be serious a little!

"You have been in a coma ever since you're young, and have only just woken up. Your mother understands that you're unable to accept everything in such a short time." Yin Shi then began to start the hidden event all on her own.

"Coma?" Zhu Yao blanked, as she caught onto this key term.

Yin Shi nodded. "When I was pregnant with you back then, coincidentally, it was my time of ascension. Back then, your mother didn't know of your existence, and had only found out after ascending to the Higher Realm. However, due the influence from the lightning tribulation, I was unable to sense your presence in my womb, and I didn't expect that you would still be safely given birth to. But, ever since you were born, you have stayed in a coma. Your mother has yearned for so many years…" As she said all of these, she could not help but begin to cry again.

So that's the case. It was no wonder she would accept the fact that Zhu Yao did not recognize her so easily. However, she was after all not Yin Xin. Even if she had been in a coma ever since, and had just woken up, it was impossible for her to actually act so natural, right? Zhu Yao felt that there was a need to explain this point.

Who would have known that this newly appointed cheap mother, didn't actually mind at all, and had even put up a prideful look as she said. "As expected of my daughter, who is the only deity-born in the Divine Realm, to be so intelligent the moment she wakes up."

That's not the problem you should be mindful of, right!? Zhu Yao mentally collapsed. Hence, she spent an entire hour, used various types of worldviews and perspectives, explaining to her the truth about the impossibility of Zhu Yao being her daughter. However, no matter how she explained, Yin Shi simply looked at her with a teary smile from the start till the end. Her face was filled with the 'as expected of my daughter, even after sleeping for so many years, she actually knows so many things' look. Zhu Yao instantly felt a deep sense of powerlessness, and felt that she might as well self-destruct her character now.

"I'm called Zhu Yao, not your daughter Yin Xin."

"Zhu Yao?" The cheap mother's expression only then made a slight change. Her beautiful brows slightly furrowed, as she said with a worried look. "Xin'er, even if you don't like your current name, your mother has no qualms about changing it. But, you can't simply change the surname as well!"

"…" Who's here wanting to change her surname?

"You must know, the Yin Family is a huge cultivation family in the Lower Realm, and in the Higher Realm, the Yin Family is even controlling a huge continent. Changing to another surname, would simply be a great disrespect to our ancestors."

"I'm not…"

"Back then, your mother here had discussed this matter with your father for a very long time, before we decided to have you take on my surname."

"I say…"

"Haah, if you really wish to have the surname 'Zhu', then your mother here will think of a way, to have mine changed along with yours as well."

"…" Is it really alright to spoil your daughter so much? Aren't you afraid I might grow in a wrong direction?

"But the name 'Yao', is simply too terrible. Why don't I change it for you? What about Zhu Xin?"

"And, Xin'er…"

Zhu Yao took a deep breath. Grabbing onto her hand, she completely gave up her resistance. "Mother, you're my biological mother! I'm Yin Xin!" I shall admit it, alright?

Yin Shi's eyes shone, and instantly hugged Zhu Yao. Dear, your baby has woken up.

Zhu Yao felt like crying. Dear dad and mom in the modern era, I'm so sorry.

Zhu Yao didn't know just how resilient the character setting Realmspirit had given her. Even if she wanted to expose herself, she was still taken as Yin Shi's daughter. She suddenly recalled the time she first transported to this world, she had met a similar situation. She had clearly transported with her entire body intact, and before she came, there had never been such a person in the village before.

However, after she transported, everyone possessed memories of her, memories that had already been well set. No matter how she explained, no one believed her, instead, people believed that there were problems with her brain. Zhu Yao was becoming even more curious about Realmspirit's identity. Just how much power must one possess to be capable of changing the memories of so many people at once?

Currently, this Yin Xin's situation was similar. The only difference was, at the Zhu Village, she was someone who suddenly popped out, while Yin Xin was a character who existed in the first place.

However, just where did the true Yin Xin head off to? According to the description in the precognitive dream, she shouldn't have woken up till her death. However, even if that's the case, Yin Xin was after all still an actual person. For her to occupy her body like this, gave a feeling of stealing someone else's opportunity to live.

Zhu Yao shook her head. She decided that she would find an opportunity to question Realmspirit about Yin Xin's whereabouts.

She carefully recalled the bug this time. Undoubtedly, it was a crime of murder brought about by a corpse (hers). Everything was caused by that dimensional space of hers. Mo Xianxian killed Tao Manfeng and obtained the dimensional space, then, she leveled up to take revenge against the Fluorescent Wind Sect.

However, at the end, why did the ancient god-beasts, the phoenixes, want to turn the entire Divine Realm into a sea of flames? She was unable to comprehend it. Realmspirit said that the Gods and Devils would resurface in the Three Realms, so it was very natural for those phoenixes to appear. If there would be a link between Mo Xianxian and the Divine Realm being destroyed, then that could only be the matter of taking revenge against the Fluorescent Wind Sect.

When Mo Xianxian destroyed the Fluorescent Wind Sect, she killed all disciples with the surname 'Yin'. And, she had even destroyed a large half of the Fluorescent Wind Sect. Could it be that there was an item within the Fluorescent Wind Sect that was especially important to the phoenixes, and hence, she had angered them?

Just what was it? To have the God race be so mindful of it?

Zhu Yao could not understand. It seemed like she could only slowly find out from this day forth.

Right now, the thing she needed to understand was, how far the scenario had progressed.

"Mother." Zhu Yao tugged onto Yin Shi, who was still perfectly expressing the deep importance of motherly and daughterly love, next to her. "Other than mother, do I have any other relatives in the Fluorescent Wind Sect? Like a martial brother?" Especially someone with the surname 'Xu'.

"Of course you do." Seeing that she was interested, naturally, Yin Shi did not hide anything. "The various Atrium Lords in the Fluorescent Wind Sect are all people from the Yin Family. Oh, you have a senior martial brother named Xu Nuoyan as well. He's your father's personal succeeding disciple… Ah! Look at me, forgetting about this matter because of my excitement." Yin Shi blanked for a moment, as she looked at her daughter with a little guilt in her eyes. "Your father has betrothed you to him, and today is exactly the day of your practitioner-pair ceremony. Nuoyan is still waiting at the front hall for the procession!"

"What!?" Zhu Yao leapt out of the bed in an instant. The matter had already progressed to the start of the big war. Could it get even more worse that this?

"Xin'er, back then, you have always been in a coma. So…"

"I can't marry him!" Zhu Yao pulled Yin Shi, and charged outside. "Let's hurry there." Hopefully, she could still make it in time to alter her fate as a cannon fodder villainess. She simply had to quietly watch as the male and female protagonists fight it out.

Yin Shi summoned her divine sword, as she explained. "Xin'er, I know you have just woken up, so you're definitely unwilling with such an arrangement. But, Nuoyan is a good child. You will know after interacting with him more."

Good child? Zhu Yao looked at her helplessly. This good child of yours, would come back in the future to destroy your entire sect.

"Mother, you said it yourself, I'm already awake now. Since I'm awake, in regards to matters concerning myself, I will decide on them on my own." She definitely could not marry Xu Nuoyan, no matter was she Yin Xin, or Zhu Yao.

"Xin'er…" Yin Shi still wanted to persuade her.

Zhu Yao, however, interrupted her. "You said that Xu Nuoyan is a good child, but your daughter has never seen him nor spoke to him before. When he has yet to understand anything about me, he can actually easily make the decision to marry me. To actually decide on an important matter of being practitioner-pair companions so casually, I don't see how a person like that can have good intentions?"

"…" Yin Shi was speechless. Indeed, the Divine Realm could not be compared to the mortal realm, where the parents' orders and matchmaking words could determine their children's lifetime. Deities possessed endless lifespans, and a practitioner-pair companion would truly become a partner of an endless lifetime. Which pair wouldn't familiarize with each other, acknowledge each other, before deciding to hold the practitioner-pair ceremony? This was not merely because of prudence towards cultivation, but also respect for their respective partners. Something like having their own daughter marrying off to someone else without meeting her partner even once, was rarely seen in the Divine Realm.

However, back then, her daughter had always been in a comatose state. After taking up the role of the Sect Master, she had been busy with the matters regarding the sect, and hence could not take care of her at every moment. Once, when she brought up this matter to Nuoyan, that child revealed an intention to help take care of her, hence, Yin Shi had the thought of having the two of them become practitioner-pair companions from then on.

However, now, her daughter had already woken up, and no longer needed someone to take care of her. Having the two of them hold the practitioner-pair ceremony after this, was evidently inappropriate. Hence, she no longer hesitated, and brought her daughter to the great hall.

The moment Zhu Yao arrived at the entrance of the great hall, she suddenly heard the sounds of battle, and an extremely furious declaration from a woman.

"Since my husband is heartless, Xu Nuoyan, I, Mo Xianxian, will sever all connections with you from now on!"

Zhu Yao anxiously leapt down from the divine sword, charged into the great hall, and shouted. "Wait a minute! Let me appear on stage first!"

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Chapter 165: Can't We Just Have a Nice Talk?

Zhu Yao was just about to raise her foot and enter the hall to explain, however, never did she expect that the great hall would have such a tall threshold. The moment she raised her foot, with a plop, she fell… Hence, the first shining appearance on stage which she had yearned for a long time, with a posture of lying flat on the ground, she had successfully pulled everyone's attention.

Zhu Yao simply felt those blazing stares concentrating on her one after another.

The hall was instantly in complete silence.

This was definitely an accident. Zhu Yao embarrassingly crawled up, faked out a few coughs, and elegantly dusted off the dust on her clothes, as though the person who fell earlier wasn't her. Everyone, please, forget about this imperfect introduction.

"Xin'er!" As though she was deliberating working against her, the cheap mother who came two steps late, with a heart-ached expression, pulled her over and inspected her from head to toe. "How are you? Are you hurt anywhere? Why did you run so quickly, child? You fell, right? Earlier, I reminded you not to be so impulsive. Did you hurt yourself?"

Zhu Yao simply felt blades with the words 'she fell' written on them, piercing straight into her heart one after another.

"Mother, can we not bring this up?" Can you please stop stabbing into a wounded heart?

Yin Shi inspected her from head to toe, before she was able to feel at ease, and only then did she recall the reason why she was here. Looking into the hall, her face instantly darkened, and her imposing aura as the Sect Master was instantly released at full force.

"What's going on?" She looked straight at the center, where Mo Xianxian was holding onto her sword with a grieved expression, and her voice unconsciously carried great pressure. No matter who it was, when someone were to appear in their own home making a ruckus while holding onto a sword, they would all be a little unhappy, and today was even supposed to be her own daughter's big wedding day.

Under Yin Shi's pressure, Mo Xianxian evidently paled a little. Though she still held onto her sword tightly, she however, did not look towards the furious Yin Shi, but rather, she glared at Zhu Yao who was beside her. "You're Yin Xin?"

Zhu Yao blanked for a moment, before she then habitually raised her hand and greeted her. "Hi, nice to meet you!" She did not expect that in the short amount of time she hadn't seen her, Mo Xianxian no longer carried that frail look which she had when she first came to the Higher Realm. Most probably, her current unrestrained look was her true nature.

Initially, Zhu Yao wanted to leave a good impression for her, however, who would have thought that she didn't have the slightest of intention to appreciate Zhu Yao, and instead, her expression was being filled with hatred. Holding onto her sword, she pointed it towards her. "Yin Xin. The grudge for today, I, Mo Xianxian, will definitely have you people pay dearly for it."

What did she do, hey? She hadn't even say anything yet?

Mo Xianxian evidently did not have the intention to explain. After saying that, she turned around, and flew out with her sword.

Zhu Yao couldn't allow her to leave like this without understanding a single thing. The next time she would see her, was when she would come back to slaughter the entire sect. Anxious, Zhu Yao could not help but shout at the only person in the hall that she knew, and was even the person closest to Mo Xianxian right now.

"Mushmush, stop her!"

"Ou!" The moment she said that, the white-clothed man at the side raised his hand, and quickly brought down Mo Xianxian who had already stood on the sword. Because it was at the spur of the moment, that sword had already flown out, while the person who was on the sword, fell onto the ground with a plop.

Consecutively, two people performed the act of falling onto the glossy floor of the great hall. Everyone present was in complete silence once again.

Especially the mushroom who made the move to stop her, looked even more doubtful. He looked at the foreign-looking woman at the entrance, and then, looked back at his own hand. Did he know this person? Earlier, just why did he listen to her instruction?

Mo Xianxian who failed to leave, glared furiously at Zhu Yao. She seemed to have really been provoked, as she loudly condemned. "Slut!"

Suddenly being scolded for no reason, before Zhu Yao could even speak, Yu Shi next to her, however, could not endure it any longer.

"Impudent!" She no longer suppressed her high-level pressure, as she slammed it straight at Mo Xianxian. In an instant, she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, as she was once again pressed onto the ground. "Is this how Advent Cloud Hall teaches their disciples?" Yu Shi turned and glared at the Atrium Lord who was leading the Advent Cloud Hall representatives.

That person was called Yun Hai, and he was exactly Mo Xianxian's master. When Yin Shi questioned him, his face instantly revealed a slightly embarrassed expression. "It's this lowly one who failed to teach his disciple well, and have allowed Sect Master Yin to see a laughing matter. This child will be dealt with under Sect Master Yin's instruction." After saying that, he glared at Mo Xianxian. "Twerp, hurry and apologize to Sect Master Yin and the young mistress."

"I'm not wrong! Why do I have to apologize?" Mo Xianxian gritted her teeth as she raised her head.

"I say…" Zhu Yao waved her hands.

"A slut who seduces my husband, just what right does she have to make me apologize?"

"Shut up!" Yin Shi this time had really snapped. This daughter whom she had held in her hearts for so many years, she couldn't even wait till she could pamper her, so how could she tolerate an outsider calling her a slut? "A mere Profound Deity disciple, actually dares to spout such audacious words!"

"Umm…"

"So what if I dare to call her that?" Mo Xianxian still said as she gritted her teeth. "What? Seeing that I have exposed this matter, are you going to kill me to shut me up?"

"Actually…"

"Fine, since you're willing to court death, then I shall grant your wish!!"

"Can I…"

"If you want to kill me, then go ahead!"

You're seeking death."

"Stop!" A bolt of heavenly lightning directly descended from the sky. With a thunderous sound, it penetrated through the great hall's ceiling, and the white lightning flash instantly lighted up the entire hall. She had been unable to find the opportunity to speak up, and as she watched as the scenario developing in the direction of the initial plotline, Zhu Yao had no choice but to charge out and cut them there and then. Out of reflex, she summoned the heavenly lightning bolt which she was most specialized in.

This time, not just Mo Xianxian and Yu Shi, even everyone present in the great hall was dumbfounded. They stared blankly at Yin Xin one after another. This girl actually knows lightning-based divine arts.

Great, everyone's attention was finally gathered on herself. Zhu Yao looked at her surroundings for a moment, before she took a deep breath and helplessly said. "Can't we just have a nice talk?" It was initially such a simple matter. Was there a need to turn this into a bloodfest?

Mo Xianxian was frightened by that heavenly lightning bolt. She regained her senses after blanking out for a moment, yet, she still looked at her with a face filled with disdain and hatred. After giving a cold snort, she said. "I have nothing good to talk to you about."

"You don't have anything to say, but I do!" Zhu Yao glanced at her. "You said I seduced your husband, but I don't know who is this husband you speak of?"

Mo Xianxian gave a cold laugh, as she turned to look at the audience in the hall. Evidently, she did not wish to answer her question.

Zhu Yao however, walked towards the man dressed in red marriage attire, who had not spoken a single word. Chuckling, she loudly said. "Hello, fellow deity. This is our first meeting, isn't it? My name is Yin Xin! I wonder how I should address fellow deity?"

Xu Nuoyan was stunned. Evidently, even he had not expected that she would ask in such a manner. However, due to the current situation, he had no choice but to give a reply. "Junior martial sister Yin, this one here is named Xu Nuoyan."

When his words fell, everyone present took a deep breath one after another. No one would have thought that these two were holding the practitioner-pair ceremony, had only just met for the first time.

"That's impossible!" Mo Xianxian exclaimed out as well, and her face was filled with disbelief. "How could this possibly be your first meeting?" They were the ones who clearly betrayed her.

"I have never met him nor spoken a word with him till today. Even this practitioner-pair ceremony, was set by my father and mother. So I'm completely unrelated to him."

"Hmph, how would I know how you two hooked up?" She still could not believe her words.

"No matter if you believe it or not, this is the truth. My physique is weak since young, hence, I have never met any outsiders. This fact is known to everyone in the Fluorescent Wind Sect. You will know simply from inquiring about it." Zhu Yao turned and looked towards Xu Nuoyan. My great Fluorescent Wind Sect hasn't stoop so low to steal someone else's husband. However, today, you have made a great mess in my Fluorescent Wind Sect, shaming our reputation, so this matter can't just be settled like this. Since you said that you're his true wife, naturally, I will not do matters like breaking your marriage apart. You two leave together then. Today's practitioner-pair ceremony shall end here." Oh my, such big news! Everyone, head back to your various homes to find your various mothers so that they can start various gossips. If you have a husband at your home, please pay attention to them!

"…" Mo Xianxian blanked for a moment, as though she did not expect that the matter today would actually be settled so easily with just her words. Could it be that she would actually be so willing to hand over her newly-wedded husband? At this moment, she began to believe that the two people really did not know each other.

"Sect Master Yin, this matter…" A well-prepared practitioner-pair ceremony was actually cancelled in just a whim, the audience that came to give their blessings were all unable to respond a little, as they looked towards Yin Shi one after another.

"My daughter is right." Yin Shi planned on doing this in the beginning, however, she was thrown into fury due to Mo Xianxian, and did not have the opportunity to say it. Earlier, she had been worrying about what excuse she could use, however, with this woman's ruckus, she had instead provided her an excuse to use. "Since Nuoyan already had a former marriage, then the practitioner-pair ceremony shall be cancelled here."

Hearing her words, although everyone still had some doubts, they still accepted it. Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief as well. No matter what, she had to dispel the female protagonist's hatred for her. As long as Yin Xin were to not marry Xu Nuoyan, everything could still be saved.

"This can't do! Sect Master, you can't be fooled by this person." Unexpectedly, the one who stood out this time, was Xu Nuoyan who had been silent the entire time. He glanced at Mo Xianxian on the ground, and coldly said. "This disciple does not know this lady Mo, nor have I taken her as my wife."

Yo, is a hidden event about to be unlocked?

"Husband…" Mo Xianxian widened her eyes, as she looked at Xu Nuoyan with a face of disbelief.

"Sect Master!" Xu Nuoyan however, did not even spare her a glance, and turned towards Yin Shi. "You should know best of this disciple's character. If I already had a former marriage at hand, how could I have concealed this from you? Someone must be making a ruckus on purpose."

"This…" Yin Shi was a little hesitant, as she looked suspiciously towards Mo Xianxian.

"Lady Mo!" Xu Nuoyan turned around, and said with a righteous look. "I don't know how I have offended you, to have you make create an act on my wedding day. I have never met you before, so how could have there been a marriage between us?"

Mo Xianxian simply could not believe such heartless words, would actually come out from the mouth of the person whom she had been deeply caring about. "Xu Nuoyan. Ever since we were in the Azoth-stage in the Lower Realm, we have been married as husband and wife. After developing our feelings for thousands of years, how can you treat me in such a way?"

"Nonsense!" Xu Nuoyan fiercely waved his sleeves, revealing an expression as though he was being ridiculed. "I have been obsessed with cultivation since young. I did not dare to slack off for even a moment, and during that period, I never held the intentions to have a practitioner-pair companion. So how could I possibly have a wife?"

"You…" Mo Xianxian simply felt a cold wind blowing ruthlessly into her heart. "Are you really going to be this heartless?"

The eyes Xu Nuoyan were looking at her with became even colder. "Lady, please behave yourself."

Mo Xianxian simply felt her blood tumbling, and then, in the next moment, she spat out a mouthful of blood. She suddenly felt that the struggle which she had endured so many years was simply a joke. "Fine. Xu Nuoyan, in that case, the relationship between you and I, Mo Xianxian, shall be severed here and now." This was the second time she said such words today. If during the first time, she had simply felt betrayed after realizing her husband was marrying another woman, then, this time, she had completely turned cold due to his heartlessness.

The longer Zhu Yao watched this, the more problems she felt were surfacing. Whether Xu Nuoyan was actually Mo Xianxian's husband or not, was something she knew best. Originally, in her precognitive dream, he always carried deep feelings for Mo Xianxian from the beginning till the end, hence, she thought that as long both parties were to clear everything up, and reunite the two lovers, then the events after this would not occur. However, Xu Nuoyan suddenly fell out. Could it be that there were still some hidden intentions within?

"Sect Master, this person has destroyed this disciple's reputation, and has many times offended you and junior-martial sister. Such audacity definitely cannot be forgiven." Xu Nuoyan's eyes sank, as he said with a righteous look.

Mo Xianxian, however, once again summoned her own divine sword. "Enough with the nonsense talk, I was simply blind in the past. Today, I will definitely get justice for myself."

Xu Nuoyan's expression sank as well. Summoning his own weapon, a cold light flashed in his eyes. "If I don't teach you a lesson today, won't it become a laughing stock for my Fluorescent Wind Sect?"

The two former husband and wife, were thus about to fight it out in the hall. Mo Xianxian had already raised her sword, and slashed it towards Xu Nuoyan.

Just what in the world was going on?

"Stop!" Zhu Yao loudly shouted to stop them. "Why are you guys fighting again? Can't we just have a nice talk?"

"Junior-martial sister." Xu Nuoyan said with a worried look. "You have never left Fluorescent Wind Sect, so you do not know of the evil in people's hearts. This woman has especially picked today to make a ruckus, it can be seen that she has an ulterior motive."

"Xu Nuoyan, you yourself are the one being ungrateful, yet you're saying that I have ill intentions? If we're talking about a person's heart, then the one with ulterior motives is you."

Seeing that two of them were about to fight it out again, without even thinking, Zhu Yao directly summoned the heavenly lightning bolts. Following after the many thunderous sounds, the ceiling which only had a single hole broken through earlier, was now completely blown away.

The entire building was filled with the light of purple lightning flashes.

This time, not only had they frightened the two people who were fighting, even the entire audience in the hall were all looking at her with different eyes.

"This is… Lightning Formation! She actually knows how to execute the Lightning Formation."

"A divine art like this, the only possible reason is…"

"How is that possible? That place has never taken in any disciples from the Divine Realm, right?"

"Just who in the world is she?"

Uh… Zhu Yao's expression stiffened. Earlier, she had just subconsciously struck a few more times. Her master had never told her that this was some sort of incredible divine art though?

"Junior-martial sister Yin, why do you know the divine arts of the Lightning Divine Hall?" Xu Nuoyan could not help but ask as well.

"Uh… That's a problem." Why did they change the topic so quickly? Weren't the two protagonists going to continue with their fight?

"Actually…" While Zhu Yao was bitterly thinking about how she was going to bluff her way through, as though responding to her, the sky began to roar out, emitting out several thunders, with each subsequent one becoming louder and louder. The entire skyline began to darken, and heavy tribulation clouds filled the sky. Heavy lightning pressure seemed to be coming from afar, causing a few of the people to have difficulty breathing due to the pressure.

Everyone's expressions changed. They no longer bothered inquiring about her divine arts, as they went out and looked towards the sky one after another.

WIthin the heavy layers of clouds, lightning continuously flashed. The tumbling tribulation clouds seemed to have covered more than half of the entire Divine Realm's sky. That lightning might was clearly several hundreds of miles away, however, it was shockingly dense, as though the lightning bolts concealing themselves within the tribulation clouds, could sweep across the entire continent in an instant.

"Someone is facing a tribulation!" Someone exclaimed.

Everyone's hearts instantly stiffened. A lightning tribulation that was as vast as this, could it be that the Divine Realm was about to have another High Deity?

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Chapter 166: The Jokester Sent by the Heavens

Zhu Yao had never seen a lightning tribulation that was as vast as this. Not only had the entire sky darkened, even the lightning flashes that were accidentally released from within the tribulation clouds, were carrying lightning might that was comparable to the ascension lightning tribulation.

The tribulation clouds brewed for about seven minutes, before releasing the first tribulation lightning bolt. When that lightning bolt appeared, a large white light instantly engulfed a large portion of the sky. That bolt of… No, it could no longer be considered as merely a 'bolt', it was already a large piece of lightning. It struck straight down, instantly lighting up the world which were originally in darkness. As though it had suddenly turned into daytime, the light was so piercing to the eyes, one could hardly open them. Not to mention the might of the Heavenly Dao contained with the tribulation lightning was causing everyone's bodies to tremble entirely.

The many deities were already sitting on the ground to meditate one after another, as they began to comprehend the Heavenly Dao contained within.

The lightning bolts struck one after another. Although Zhu Yao had always specialized in lightning-based divine arts, this was still the first time she had ever seen heavenly lightning of such magnitude. If the tribulation lightning bolts did not just strike the person facing the tribulation, under such an incredible lightning might, she wondered how the Divine Realm would end up after getting struck by them?

She rejoiced in secret, as it was great that she was far away from the scene, allowing her to safely watch this mysterious and great natural spectacle. However, these lightning bolts were a little too thick, as though they were becoming thicker with each and every subsequent bolt. Earlier, it was still the size of a bucket, but now, it was becoming more like a tall tower. Eh… Why did she feel that lightning bolt was getting closer?

Hoho! This must definitely be her imagination…

My ass!

That tribulation lightning bolt, was actually striking closer and closer!

"What's with this lightning might? Why is it approaching here?" The audience of deities realized this irregularity as well.

"Not good, the tribulation lightning bolts are about to strike here."

"What do we do?"

Earlier, they were still a hundred miles away, but now, they could already sniff a charred smell. The lightning flashes were approaching as well, as the most recent tribulation lightning had struck straight at the foot of the mountain where the Fluorescent Wind Sect was based at, instantly burning the entire forest into crisp. Within one's entire field of vision was the eye-piercing white lightning flash.

"Run!" Zhu Yao loudly shouted, and only then did everyone react. One after another, those who flew on their swords, flew on their swords, while those who flew on their tools, flew on their tools, as they scattered in the direction opposite of the lightning tribulation. They were afraid that the next tribulation lightning bolt would strike their own heads. After all, this wasn't a joke. A lightning might at this level, even if it was a late-stage Heavy Deity, he might not be able to block the next bolt. One would just be waiting for death if he didn't run.

Seemingly in a blink of an eye, the entire Fluorescent Wind Sect was completely emptied.

Other than Zhu Yao.

Momma's egg. She had only just woken up, so she did not even have a single flying sword. She was basically unable to fly.

Cheap mother, what happened to the promise of being the sect's treasured pearl and precious baby? Come back here!

The lightning might of the lightning tribulation once again strengthened, as a terrifying aura instantly engulfed the entire sky above Fluorescent Wind Sect. The tribulation clouds tumbled, and the next tribulation lightning bolt looked as though it was about to strike. Zhu Yao anxiously ran about in circles. It couldn't be, right? No one told her that the character she connected into this time would only last a single day!

Suddenly, a white figure, flew out from that charred forest. Zhu Yao simply felt her waist tightening, and was then instantly brought into a familiar embrace. Within the ice-cold aura was mixed with a slight scorch, the calm and refreshing atmosphere also contained a little bit of char as well.

"Barbeque! Ah, pui. Master!" Zhu Yao was seemingly able to recognize the person in front of her at first glance, however, he looked different from his usual calm demeanor. He was currently revealing a trace of fatigue, and even his hair was in a slight mess.

He seemed to be scrutinizing her in a hurry, as he probed. "Yu…"

Out of reflex, Zhu Yao's heart skipped a beat, as she hurriedly covered his mouth. Gritting her teeth, she was frustrated about the word he was about to say next earlier. "Yao!"

His tightly-knitted brows, gently slackened, and in an instant, his sunken expression had relaxed quite a bit as well. An impulse rose in the depths of his heart, as though there was something he had to do in order to suppress it. Hence, unhesitatingly, he lowered his head, and pressed against the pair of gentle lips in front of his eyes. In an instant, that strange impulse in the depths of his heart finally dissipated to a large extent.

Before Zhu Yao could even have the time to feel shock at this ten thousand year shut-in's sudden enlightenment, Yu Yan simply gave a light peck on her lips, as he then proceeded to instruct her with a stern expression. "Later, stay a little further away from me, and you must not approach at any costs."

After saying that, with a push of his hand, Zhu Yao was instantly sent a few dozen meters away by a gentle breeze. And the next heavenly lightning bolt, at this very moment, descended down, speeding straight towards Yu Yan.

So the person facing the tribulation was her master!

"Stay there, nothing will happen!" Yu Yan instructed.

Zhu Yao nodded, as she had absolute confidence in her own master. As expected of her own master, he was already facing the lightning tribulation of a High Deity in such a short amount of time. Although he looked a little fatigued, she believed that her master was able to get through this.

The anxiety she had earlier because she was thrown aside without a flying divine artifact, was instantly swept away. Her master said that she would be fine, then she would definitely be…

Boom!

A gigantic lightning bolt struck towards Yu Yan, and then, in the instant it landed on the ground, it twisted, striking straight onto Zhu Yao's head.

It was as though she could hear the sound of her trust shattering apart.

"Yu Yao!" Yu Yan's figure flashed, as he moved towards her.

Zhu Yao, who had already been zapped into black crisp, coughed out a mouthful of black smoke. With dead fish eyes, she looked towards a certain unreliable master, as she faintly threw out these two words. "You liar!" What happened to the promise of being fine? Master, your 'making a fool out of your disciple' attribute has leveled up again, right?

"…" Yu Yan did not understand either. Although he had long known of his disciple's affinity towards lightning spiritual energy, had reached a heaven-bending level, he never expected that his own tribulation lightning would actually be guided to her as well? When he ascended back then, he did not see such a situation from her, though? And… other than her meridians being a little damaged, and her body turning a little charred, she actually did not have any severe injuries!

Just as the next tribulation lightning bolt was about to fall, Yu Yan, however, did not push his disciple to a safe place this time. In any case, to her, it seemed as though there wouldn't be anywhere safe. Hence, he could only hug his disciple tightly, set down a defensive art, and use his own cultivation to endure this heavenly lightning bolt alongside her.

However, the heavenly lightning bolts were striking even faster and fiercer, as though they were suddenly wanting to penetrating his defenses out of desperation. Each subsequent bolt was stronger than the one before, and even Yu Yan was beginning to find it a little hard to defend against them.

Zhu Yao was a little anxious as well. This was her first time seeing her own master having such a powerless moment. Even beads of sweat were showing on his forehead. It could be seen how strong this lightning tribulation was. She did not dare to move. She was lucky with the first bolt, however, she did not dare to say that she could endure a second heavenly lightning bolt. Right now, she could only pray that the lightning bolts would finish zapping as soon as possible. Fortunately, there could only be eighty-one tribulation lightning bolts, as she silently counted in her heart.

Seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty, eighty-one!

Zhu Yao revealed a smile, as joy filled her heart. As expected, perseverance was…

Eighty-two, eighty-three, eighty-four…

The hell, what happened to the promised victory? All eighty-one heavenly lightning bolts had already descended! Why were there so many? And they were even striking even faster and harder. A concentrated lightning tribulation like this basically shouldn't have sustained for so long.

Wu…

The figure beside her who had been an unmoving mountain, suddenly let out a groan. The defensive art surrounding him shook for a moment as well. There were faint traces of it collapsing, and Zhu Yao simply felt an aching in her heart at that moment. "Master…"

Before she could even speak out her worries, the defensive art, under the tribulation lightning bolt with excessive output, had already shattered resoundingly. Yu Yan instantly embraced her tightly in his chest, and the next heavenly lightning bolt sped straight towards his back.

Zhu Yao's eyes greatly widened. Looking at the relentless tribulation lightning bolt in the sky, in an instant, flames of fury filled her entire being, burning so much so that she had even forgotten everything. As though she was using every little bit of energy within her body, she loudly shouted. "Enough!"

As though it had heard her voice, the tribulation lightning bolt that was about to land on their bodies, suddenly stopped. Just like that, it abruptly stopped in mid-air, as though it was gigantic physically illogical lamp floating in the sky.

"Is there even an end to your zapping!?" The flames within Zhu Yao had already surged all the way into her head, and she no longer cared about it being a lightning tribulation or whatever. Her mind was filled with the impulse to vent off her anger. "What kind of hatred or grudge do you have against me, to zap me like this? All eighty-one heavenly lightning bolts had already descended, and you're still zapping! Zap, zap, zap, zap your sister!"

In an instant, the sky was deadly silent, even the rumbling thunder earlier could no longer be heard.

Yu Yan: … (My disciple seemed to have done something incredible?)

Zhu Yao: … (I seemed to have done something incredible.)

An instant later, the lightning bolt that stopped in mid-air, with a pzzh sound, as though the switch had been turned off, suddenly dispersed.

Seriously!?

It… seriously ran off after her scolding? Did she obtain some sort of new skill?

Immediately after, a swoosh sound, similar to the sound of something being extinguished, could be heard. Even the constant strands of lightning streaming through the tribulation clouds, had instantly disappeared without a trace. Not even the slightest of lightning flash emitted out ever again.

And then, before the two people could even react.

Huaaa! Rain began to pour. The rain was very mysterious. Clearly, the tribulation clouds had covered the entire sky, yet, the rain only covered a three-step radius around the place where she and her master were standing on, as though it was raining on them on purpose.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. "Master… It can't be crying, right?" It was crying because she scolded it?

Yu Yan did not reply, however, the rain above their heads began to pour even more fiercely. If it was just a huge rain earlier, then the amount of rainwater now could bring about a flood. The droplets of water could already be connected into straight lines.

Seriously? Did the tribulation clouds have such frail hearts?

Zhu Yao rubbed the rainwater off her face. She raised her head a little helplessly, and looked towards the tribulation clouds above her. "Stop crying!"

When her words fell, not only did the rain not stop, it instead increased in volume. That could no longer be called rain, but simply a pouring of water.

"I already said to stop crying."

The volume continued to increase… It seemed like before long, it could even sink the entire Fluorescent Wind Sect under a sea of water.

The hell, my explosive temper isn't enough to persuade you, is that it!?

"You miscounted your zaps yourself, and you're blaming on me, is that it? What kind of broken heavenly lightning bolts are you zapping then, huh?"

Before Zhu Yao could even finish, the tribulation clouds in the sky began to scatter. In less than fifteen minutes, it was already a clear sky above them, and the tribulation lightning had completely scattered… Except for the rain, no, the water-pouring tribulation cloud above their heads.

Yu Yan had already silently brought up a barrier to use as an umbrella. Zhu Yao raised her head, and looked at that terribly unhappy tribulation cloud. "What are you still staying around for?"

The moment her voice fell, the water-pouring instantly stopped. Immediately after, that unhappy tribulation cloud, speedily floated off into the distant skies, and as it went off, it scattered rainwater all over the place. If one paid attention, one could hear wailing sounds coming from the direction where the cloud floated off.

Zhu Yao's face darkened.

You must be a jokester sent down by the heavens, right!?

Yu Yan casually cast a Dirt-Removal Art, cleaning the two of them who had already turned into drenched chicken, as he looked at the person next to him with a complicated expression. What to do? My stupid disciple seems to have a physique that attracts strange occurrences.

Haah, being a master is such a difficult task!

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Chapter 167: Master has Menopause too

After sending that ridiculous tribulation cloud away, Zhu Yao realized a very serious problem. Fluorescent Wind Sect was destroyed. A former flourishing celestial mountain with blessed lands, had turned into scorched earth. Beautifully designed structures were destroyed and ruined, and a burnt smell permeated in the surrounding air. I'm sorry, cheap mother, I have prodigal habits.

The more important point was, she suddenly recalled the the ending in her precognitive dream. It seemed like due to Mo Xianxian and Xu Nuoyan destroying half of Fluorescent Wind Sect, it brought about the phoenixes, which then proceeded to raze the Divine Realm completely into the ground. However, she had now destroyed the Fluorescent Wind Sect much sooner than predicted.

Then…

She seemed to have smashed this event. I wonder if an apology works?

"Master…" Zhu Yao weakly turned around. "Let me ask you a very stern and serious question."

"Mn?" Yu Yan turned to face her.

"If… I'm saying if, alright? If we have to fight against God-beasts, more specifically, phoenixes, what's the chances of victory?"

"Gods?" Yu Yan frowned. Although he did not know why his stupid disciple would ask something like this, he still replied sternly, and seriously. "No chances of victory."

"…" Police officer, please, listen to my explanation.

"Xin'er!" Sect Master Yin Shi, who finally realized she had thrown aside something, had returned. While she was still on her sword, she had already pounced towards Zhu Yao.

At the moment she was about to come into contact with her, Yu Yan, while hugging his disciple, shifted, and in a flash, they had appeared a few dozen meters away. Yu Yan's brows furrowed. Where did this human trafficker coming to steal his disciple pop out from? A moment later, a cold aura began to spread from his body.

"Who are you?" Yin Shi was shocked at the other party's level of cultivation. However, worrying about the safety of her own daughter, she coldly said. "Release her."

The cold aura emitting from Yu Yan's body became denser. He was not the type to have a good talk in the first place. Now, there's actually someone else trying to steal his disciple away from him, this sure was a serious matter. With a wave of his hand, he was about to summon a bolt of heavenly lightning.

"Wait a minute!" Zhu Yao leapt out in time, and hugged onto his hand which was about to cast an art. I'm already unfortunate enough today, could the rest of you please stop making it worse? "She's my mother."

Yu Yan blanked. He looked at her a little strangely, then turned to look at Yin Shi, before turning to look right back at Zhu Yao. You have a mother?

Hey, hey ,hey! What's with those eyes of yours? Who doesn't have a mother of her own?

"Xin'er, come here quickly." Yin Shi worriedly shouted out, and she began to feel even more worried in her heart. Looking at this situation, it seemed that the person who was facing the tribulation earlier was this man. "This person came to our Fluorescent Wind Sect to face his tribulation on purpose, bringing the tribulation lightning bolts along with him. Who knows what ulterior motives he may have?"

"Uh… Mother, this is a misunderstanding." Zhu Yao's face darkened. Looking at situation earlier, the tribulation lightning bolts seemed to be… as though… alright, they were definitely charging right for her. Her master was clearly chasing the tribulation lightning bolts from behind. Heaving a sigh, she nudged a little, motioning to her master to release her. Yu Yan tightly knitted his eyebrows, and only released her a while later.

Zhu Yao said as she walked over. "Mother, this is… my master whom I had just admitted under tutelage to."

Just? Yu Yan turned his head, and the layer of frost on his face thickened a little.

Zhu Yao trembled. A unique situation calls for unique measures.

Yin Shi pulled her daughter over and inspected her from head to toe. Only then did she drop her guard a little. "Xin'er, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere? Child, why are you so muddle-headed? With such an intense lightning tribulation brewing over us, why did you still stay here?"

But she would have to be able to run away first, right? Why didn't you give her a transportation tool to use then?

"Even if it's admitting under a master's tutelage, you have to discuss it with mother first, right?" Yin Shi had already guessed that he was definitely the master her daughter spoke of, who had protected her during the lightning tribulation, which resulted to her being unscathed. Hence, the anger she had earlier had dissipated, and she bowed towards Yu Yan. "Thank you, High Deity, for saving my daughter."

Yu Yan did not reply, instead, he simply nodded. Seeing that she was still holding onto his own disciple without letting her go, his heart was filled with dissatisfaction. With his arms working faster than his brain, he instantly pulled his stupid disciple back to his side. Mn, satisfied!

Then, taking this opportunity, he sent a strand of divine sense towards her, allowing the mark on his disciple's forehead to reveal itself.

"A personal succeeding imprint!" Seeing the sudden appearance of the mark on her own daughter's forehead, Yin Shi was startled. She had no objections to her daughter going under a master's tutelage. After all, her daughter had only just woken up, and did not have any foundation. An additional High Deity as her was master could be considered as another form of guarantee. However, her daughter had never cultivated since young, and even if she possessed a divine body due to being deity-born, she was still not really sure of her aptitude. To accept her as his personal succeeding disciple just like that, wasn't it too hasty? "I wonder which continent High Deity comes from, and how I should address you?"

Yu Yan tightly cupped onto his stupid disciple's wrist. He recalled that when his disciple took the first tribulation lightning bolt earlier, her meridians were injured. Although it wasn't very serious, he still inserted a strand of divine energy into her, wanting to restore her meridians. Hence, he answered a little unmindfully.

"Lightning Divine Hall, Yu Yan."

"What?" This time, Yin Shi was really startled. "Lightning Divine Hall? Is… Is it that Lightning Divine Hall?"

This time, Yu Yan finally placed his line of sight onto Yu Shi, and then, with the same extremely cold tone, he asked. "Are there two Lightning Divine Halls in this world?"

After saying that, he swept a glance at Zhu Yao. It was already enough for his disciple to be stupid, why was her mother too…

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Hey, hey, hey. What's with that crooked expression of yours?

"So it's actually a High Deity from Lightning Divine Hall." Yin Shi was in absolute joy. Her own daughter had actually been admitted into the Lightning Divine Hall, wasn't that a little too fantastical? Wasn't it said that the disciples of Lightning Divine Hall had always been selected from the Lower Realm, and they had never taken in disciples from the Divine Realm?

In an instant, she felt as though her Fluorescent Wind Sect being destroyed was no longer a big deal. Wasn't it just a few buildings? The disciples under her sect did not suffer any injuries, and they could always rebuild them in a blink of an eye. For her daughter to be able to enter the Lightning Divine Hall, it could be said to be heavenly fortune. "I am grateful that High Deity fancies my daughter. From today onwards, I hope that High Deity will take great care of my daughter."

"Mn." She indeed needed to be taken care of greatly.

Zhu Yao: "…"

"From this point on, she will be my personal succeeding disciple." Yu Yan said with a solemn voice. Since his disciple wanted to express that she was newly admitted, then he had no choice but to repeat the words he said back then when he first took her in. "Entering under my tutelage, you will succeed the Daoist name 'Yu'. From this moment onwards, you will be called Yu…"

With fast reflexes, Zhu Yao quickly covered his mouth, gritted her teeth and said. "Yao!"

Yu Yan pulled down her hand, and instantly, his expression sank a little.

What's with that regretful look of yours? As I thought, the name "Desire" was something you came up with on purpose, right!?

"High Deity…" Naturally, Yin Shi saw that impolite action from her own daughter. For a moment, she was a little embarrassed. However, seeing that the person in question did not look as though he minded, for a moment, she did not know what she should say.

"Mother!" Zhu Yao took a step back, tidied up her clothes, and then, recalled the serious matter she had to take care of. "I have a very important question to ask. Is there any unique artifact within the Fluorescent Wind Sect?" If her guess was correct, there would definitely be something that the Phoenix race needed in Fluorescent Wind Sect.

"Unique artifact?" Yin Shi blanked, as she did not understand why her daughter would suddenly bring this up.

"That's right, like for example… an object related to the God race?"

Yin Shi shook her head. "The God race has long been extinct. Currently, in the Three Realms, the shadows of the God race had long disappeared. And, when a God Artifact emerges, there will naturally be the occurrence of an abnormal phenomenon. If our sect possesses a God Artifact, how can it be possible for it to be unknown to everyone else? Why did you bring this up?"

To save the world! Zhu Yao felt like crying. "I naturally have my own thoughts. Mother, can you think about it a little more? Is there really nothing at all? Especially if it's… related to phoenixes."

"Phoenixes?" Yin Shi pondered deeply for a moment, before answering. "The only thing our sect has that is related to phoenixes, is our sect's insignia." She pulled up her own sleeves, and pointed at the design printed on it. "Our Fluorescent Wind Sect's insignia, is the outline of a phoenix."

Zhu Yao pulled up her own sleeves to take a look. As she had said, her own clothes were embroidered with a simplified diagram of a phoenix as well.

Then what was the Phoenix race looking for? Zhu Yao was confused. As she pondered deeply about the large masses of questions in the depths of her heart, she was worried that the Phoenix race would slaughter their way towards the Divine Realm at any given moment.

Because the disciples that had scattered all over due to the lightning tribulation earlier had all flown back one after another. All of them gathered themselves at the center of the charred piece of land where the ruins of the former Fluorescent Wind Sect was. Yin Shi had already begun to instruct the disciples to clean the debris.

"This is the first time High Deity is paying a visit. However with the current situation… For our Fluorescent Wind Sect's bad reception, I seek High Deity for your forgiveness." Yin Shi courteously said.

"No matter." Yu Yan completely lacked the self-consciousness that he was also one of the culprits behind this miserable state, as he calmly said. "I'm bringing her back to Lightning Divine Hall."

"Ah?" Yin Shi was unable to react at all. She did not have the intention to chase him away at all.

Yu Yan, however, had already turned to look towards Zhu Yao who seemed to be thinking of something still, as he called out. "Yu Yao."

"Ou." Zhu Yao habitually reached out his hand.

Yu Yan lightly held onto it, and then, grabbed onto Zhu Yao as they flew into the air. Just as they were about to leave, a man dressed in wedding attire came flying towards them from the front.

"Junior-martial sister Xin'er." Xu Nuoyan stopped in front of them with a worried expression, and looked at her from head to toe. "It's great that you're alright. I have been worried about you."

Zhu Yao frowned. In an instant, a strange sensation rose from the depths of her heart. This Xu Nuoyan was a little too passionate towards her, right? They seemed to have only met for the second time.

"Mn… Fellow deity Xu." Since she had already entered Lightning Divine Hall, naturally, she couldn't address him as senior-martial brother.

"Junior-martial sister Xin'er…" The smile on Xu Nuoyan's face stiffened, and his eyes sank a little. Glancing at Yu Yan next to her, his face revealed a slightly heartbroken expression. "In regards to the matter earlier, does junior-martial sister not believe your senior-martial brother?"

"Ah?" Zhu Yao blanked. What are you talking about?

Xu Nuoyan's expression turned even more bitter than before, as he said with an anxious tone. "Junior-martial sister, listen to me. That person and I…"

"Move!" Before he could even finish, he was interrupted by Yu Yan's cold voice. The eyes he were looking at his disciple with, he didn't like them at all.

Hence, after his voice fell, the pressure of a High Deity came pressing down towards him. Xu Nuoyan's figure flashed, as he instantly fell off from his divine sword, and landed straight into the charred land below. Due to the suppression in ranks, he even sank deep into the soil. Like a stamp pressing down on an inkpad, a perfect human structure was formed.

Zhu Yao: …

"Master, has your menopause arrived?"

"Mn?" A cold aura emitted from his body.

"No… Nothing. Master, you're heroic, domineering, a unifier of the continent spanning over a thousand generations."

"…" She's spouting nonsense again.

Yu Yan did not stay any longer. As he flew in the direction of the Lightning Divine Hall, he asked. "What's the matter regarding the Phoenix race?"

And Zhu Yao was here waiting for him to ask about it! Just as she was about to tell him about the bug this time in order to have him help analyze this problem, an intense pain suddenly came from her chest. As though her organs were being ripped towards a particular direction by someone, she could not bear the pain at all, as she puked out a large mouthful of blood.

"Yu Yao?" Yu Yan stopped, as he was frightened by his disciple's sudden situation.

The ripping sensation on Zhu Yao's body felt even more intense, and her vision began to blur. Not to mention, the direction of this ripping seemed to be coming from…

"Master… Return… Return to Fluorescent… Wind Sect…"

In the next moment, she had already completely submerged into darkness.

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Chapter 168: I'm an Egg

When Zhu Yao woke up, what she saw was complete darkness. The whistling of strong winds could be heard from all around, and it felt as though there was something blowing on her. With every blow, she felt there was something chilly infiltrating her, and her body would turn colder little by little.

What was this place? Logically speaking, her master wouldn't have thrown her here all alone. She tried to stand up, only to realize she was basically unable to move. It was as though her entire body was restricted by something, wrapping her like a ball. The lighting was too dim, and she was completely unable to see her current situation. However, it was very evident that she was no longer in her previous body.

Could she have died again? And this was a new character? As she had thought, that character had an one-day usage limit, right!? However, why didn't a resurrection notification window appear this time when she died? Had the student Realmspirit gotten bored of it?

She tried calling out to Realmspirit several times, wanting to understand her situation. However, she did not receive a single reply. Though, her eyes were beginning to adapt to the darkness, and she could now faintly discern a few things. For example, the thing's that had been whistling all this time wasn't wind, but a dense black fog, and it even carried an uncomfortable aura. She encountered this fog before… twice.

Devil's miasma!

She was actually surrounded by Devil's miasma. Theoretically speaking, the Devil's miasma was energy wielded by the Devils, just like how deities make use of divine energy. Someone who did not belong to the Devil race, was basically unable to endure the Devil's miasma, and would instead be eroded into ash. Why was she completely fine other than feeling a little chilly?

Zhu Yao stayed in these plains of darkness for a very long time. In the beginning, she was worried that she would encounter some Devils. However, a total of ten days had passed, other than the endless amount of Devil's miasma surrounding her, not a single human figure could be seen. She could not help but begin to doubt if there was even a single living being here?

Until the eleventh day, she finally heard footsteps. Those footsteps were very light, however, in this place where there was nothing else could be heard but the whistling of the wind, it was especially clear. Joy filled Zhu Yao's heart. Facing the direction where the sound was coming from, she… rolled towards it.

That's right, she couldn't walk, but she could roll. Furthermore, it was a smooth journey without any obstructions while she was rolling. Guruguru, she sped towards the footsteps. In the beginning, Zhu Yao was even a little rejoiced about this self-taught high-level rolling skill, but a moment later, she realized, she couldn't stop!

The place she was staying on earlier seemed to be a downhill, so, the moment she started rolling, she began to speed up and roll even further away. She was basically unable to stop at all. She struggled a little, yet, her actions were completely futile. The hell. It wasn't like she was a ball, did she have to roll so joyously?

A moment later, her entire body shook. She seemed to have bumped into something, as she finally stopped rolling. A husky voice was then heard.

"Egg."

Who was he cursing at?

Zhu Yao raised her head to look, only to see a bony little figure. That was a child. A child who was so skinny, his human shape could hardly be discerned. It seemed to be a long time since he had eaten anything, as all that was left of him was bones. His eyes looked hollow, and there wasn't the least bit of meat left in his cheeks, from afar, his head looked like a skull. His entire body was so skinny, it looked no different from a skeleton. If he had not let out that voice of his earlier, even Zhu Yao would have suspected that he was a child skeleton model that was taken out by some experimental lab.

Zhu Yao instantly felt a little sour in her heart. She, who had lived in the modern era, had never seen a child that was as skinny as this. Even when she arrived in the cultivation world, among the mortals she saw occasionally, there wasn't ever a child that was in the same condition as his. And it seemed as though he wasn't even five years old.

"Egg…" The child once again said, as he looked straight at her. However, those eyes were especially cloudy, as though there wasn't a single piece of his soul left in his body. His voice was also so soft, it scattered the moment the wind blew.

The child stood there blankly for a moment. Suddenly, he bent his waist, and hugged her up with his arms. "Egg."

Only then did Zhu Yao realize that the egg he was speaking of, was actually her? She was actually an egg! Zhu Yao forcefully nodded her head to nudge about, and as expected, she bumped into a wall-like object. It was an egg shell! She was really an egg! It was no wonder she rolled so quickly.

Wait a minute… This child, couldn't be thinking of eating her, right?

In an instant, Zhu Yao began to imagine the hundreds of various home-cooked egg meals. Seeing that the child was already that hungry, it might be possible that she would be eaten raw!

Don't be like that, little friend. At least, tell me what kind of egg I am before eating me!

The child did not have much strength left in the first place. After hugging for a while, he became a little tired, as he sat on his buttocks. Zhu Yao then realized that her current height was about the same as his. After the child sat down, his two thin stick-like arms still continued to circle around her.

That little extremely skull-like head, tightly pressed against her egg-shell, and he did nothing else. He did not even have the slightest of intention to feast on a meal.

Mn, he's not eating me. We can still be friends.

After a long while, when even Zhu Yao was about to think that he was sleeping, a soft mutter sounded. "Were you discarded as well?"

Discarded? This child was thrown down here by someone else?

With just a glance, it could be seen that this child wasn't a Devil, and his entire body was emitting out a hint of refreshing aura. For him to appear in a place like this filled with Devil's miasma, was it to serve a purpose of some sort? From his tone, it seemed that the person was even someone close to him.

Zhu Yao instantly felt sour in the depths of her heart, and she was just about to console him with some words. However, the child did not have the slightest of reaction, and simply stayed there unmoving while hugging onto her. Her voice seemed to be reflected by the firm eggshell.

Just like that, as he hugged onto this egg which was bigger than he was, he sat for half a day.

Suddenly, the Devil's miasma in the surroundings began to grow denser. Earlier, she could still clearly see her surroundings, but now, she couldn't even clearly see the child that was an inch away from her. That sinister feeling began to grow, and even the thick egg shell could no longer block the needle-piercing chill.

The child seemed to have sensed it as well. His eyes which were filled with deathly silence earlier, were instantly dyed with rage. A brilliant red glow actually began to flash. "Scram!"

He desperately swung about his pair of little stick-like hands, waving away the Devil's miasma that was encroaching the egg's surroundings. He was acting so madly, it was as though he was trying to hide the egg from the miasma. "Scram. Don't touch it. Scram…"

However, his actions and voice did not have the slightest of effect. Not only did the Devil's miasma not scatter, it instead continued to grow. Zhu Yao's entire egg-body was raised by the miasma, as though there was a large force pulling her away from the child's embrace.

The child began to act even more crazed. Seeing that the miasma was increasing in his surroundings, he suddenly opened his mouth widely, and bit on his own arm. His bite was extremely forceful, as though he had seriously gone crazy. In an instant, blood began to pour out. However, with a wave of his hands, he sprinkled his own blood onto Zhu Yao. On the places where his blood was sprinkled on, it was as though the miasma had met its weakness, as it instantly dispersed completely.

Zhu Yao once again landed into the child's embrace. His two hands hugged onto the egg tightly, and as he gently stroked it, he whispered over and over again. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid…" Though it was unknown if those words were to console her, or to console himself.

Pain grew in the depths of Zhu Yao's heart. She had never expected that she would ever be protected by a little child, and not only was he someone she had just met, the child was so skinny, it looked as though he was at his last breath. Suddenly, she somehow understood how this child managed to live in this place filled with Devil's miasma all by himself.

Actually, she knew in the depths of her heart, that the child was simply using the egg as a spiritual support, which was why he so desperately wanted to save her. Most probably, he had lived in this place for a very long time, and understood that he wouldn't be able to live on, hence the lifelessness within his eyes. She was most probably the first being that could be considered alive that he had encountered here. Thus, he had unconsciously treated her as his one and only spiritual support. In times of despair, humans would always find a reason to continue living. She was this child's reason to live right now.

In an instant, Zhu Yao's heart began to ache. Just how young was he? He had such a small stature, and even this egg of hers, was much bulkier than him. If this was the modern era, he should be at the age where he was a pearl in the hands of his parents, and he could act recklessly without having the slightest of thoughts. She recalled what she was doing at his age. She was busy being mischievous, breaking her house's roof[1, and even when eating, her parents would have to carry her and coax her. Yet, he had already tasted despair to the extent where he couldn't find a single reason to live.

Zhu Yao began to think about what she should do. At the very least, she couldn't watch this child die in front of her eyes. The light in the depths of his eyes were already becoming dimmer, and even the arms hugging her were beginning to slowly slacken. She believed that in just a few more days, he would never be able to open his eyes again.

What could she do? In a place as dark as this, she couldn't even clearly see a few meters in, let alone leave this place. It's so dark, it would be good if there's some light.

As though it was to respond to her, she suddenly felt the egg shell heating up. The bit of coldness that was left from the infiltration of miasma earlier, instantly disappeared without a trace, and, the egg shell still continued to heat up. Scattered rays of light, suddenly spread out from within her body, and instantly, her entire egg-body brightened up, just like a… light bulb!

"Egg?" The child was stunned as well. Under Zhu Yao's radiance, the surroundings began to light up, as though it was inserting a strand of life into this lifeless and lonely place. His initial hollow eyes, began to reveal a glint of light as well, and they were no longer as lifeless as before. As expected, light could give people hope.

Very good, this was the first step. It's fine if he harbored hope. Zhu Yao instantly heaved a sigh of relief, and the sense of violation she had in the depths of her heart when she turned into a light bulb disappeared as well. After this, it was to leave this damnable place. Zhu Yao then began to roll, escaping from the child's embrace.

"Where are you going?" The child became anxious, as he began to quickly run towards her in a fluster. In an instant, he hugged onto the egg again, as though he was afraid that she would throw him aside, as his eyes were filled with fear and anxiety.

He was unable to hear her, hence, Zhu Yao could only console him by nudging a little in his embrace, before rolling out a few steps once again, and then, she stopped. She then repeated this process!

"You want me to follow after you?" The child finally understood her intentions.

Zhu Yao circled around him, and then, chose a direction to continue rolling towards. This time, without her waiting for him, the child followed after her by himself.

There were entrances to every road. No matter what this place was, she had to try finding an exit.

However, an hour later, Zhu Yao despaired. No matter where she went, it would still be the same piece of darkness in front of her, as though the place was boundless and endless. There basically did not seem to be anywhere that resembled an exit. And, there wasn't even the slightest bit of engravings that looked like a formation, nor was there any energy ripples of arts being cast. Just what in the world was this damnable place?

"Egg…" The child caught up to her. Seeing that she wasn't moving anymore, he sat down, and continued to hug her.

No wonder the child was in such despair, and did not have the slightest of hope to struggle. Even if there was a map for this place, it was basically impossible to leave.

Ting!

Suddenly, she heard a familiar sound.

Within the darkness in front of her eyes, a string of white words, bolded, enlarged and written in arial font, suddenly appeared.

"Ren Woxing[2] of the Three Realms" Navigation System is glad to serve you! Please enter your destination.

Zhu Yao: …

[1]The full proverb (三天不打上房揭瓦) literally translates to 'Not being caned for three days, and the child breaks the house's roof', which means a child will act all mischievous if not lectured often.

[2]Ren Woxing (任我行) is character from the classic wuxia novel 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'. His name literally means 'I do as I please'.

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Chapter 169: A Bowl of Egg Drop Soup

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Wasn't this a little too sloppy? When she wanted hope, she started to emit light, and when she wanted a map, a navigation system popped out. And what's with this Ren Woxing? Does that make me Invincible in the East?

Giving me whatever I want… Heavens, when did you start granting people whatever they desire?

Zhu Yao's direction of thoughts changed. She wondered if she picked something else, would it be fulfilled as well? Hence, she instantly began to think of various necessities. Hamburgers, spicy gluten, stinky tofu, master…

A moment later.

Nothing happened…

Alright, as expected, she was too naive.

She once again looked at that empty destination box. After pondering for a moment, she said the word 'exit'.

The string of words in the air flashed, and another line instantly popped out.

Beginning navigation, please wait…

Map is now loading…

10%… 20%… 30%… 40%…

Zhu Yao's face darkened. It really was an actual navigation system.

90%… 100%…

"Ren Woxing of the Three Realms" Navigation System welcomes you! Navigation begins below.

Take ten steps forward.

Flips table? What's with this 'ten steps'? Shouldn't it be calculated with the metric system? And currently, she was an egg, she basically did not have legs, alright!? How would she know how far was ten steps!?

She really wanted to spit on this Navigation System's face.

Zhu Yao pondered for a moment. She herself was incapable of walking, but the child could. She could guide where the child would walk.

Hence, she once again rolled forward. As expected, when the child saw that the egg wanted to move again, he instantly stood up.

This time, Zhu Yao did not roll at the front like before, instead, she circled to the back of the child, and pushed him forward, while attentively counting the number of his steps. After he walked all ten steps, she then rolled in front of him, blocking his path.

A moment later, the navigation system's hint instantly changed.

Turn left, and walk five steps.

Once again, Zhu Yao immediately pushed the child to the direction stated and had him continue walking. Just like that, the journey later on could still be considered a success.

But there's one thing she's concerned with…

What with these hints being more and more irritating?

What's 'walk a forked road at the front'? What's 'walk forward while making a wavy shape'? And what's 'walk forward while making a Z-shape?'

Then, what about making an S-shape, and then, a B-shape next, huh!?

Zhu Yao threw retorts over and over again, however, she had no choice but to continue walking according to the hints. She did not know just how long she walked in these irritating manners either, but she had felt dog-tired ages ago. Finally, the words 'You have reached your destination' appeared on the navigation system.

Zhu Yao looked around for a moment. The surroundings were still completely dark, and basically nothing that could be called an exit had appeared.

The hell, what happened to the promised exit?

Thank you for using "Ren Woxing of the Three Realms" Navigation System. Goodbye! Please leave a good review!

Good review, your sister! Are you making fun of me!? Get back here!

The string of white words flashed, and then, as though it had been turned off, there were no longer any words popping out.

Fury boiled in Zhu Yao's heart. Just as she was about to curse out, suddenly, a brilliant white light shone from the back, lighting up more than half of the entire dark sky. When Zhu Yao turned to take a look, on the ground that she and the child had walk passed, it was emitting out flashes of white light.

That's… a formation!

From the path they walked on earlier, a formation was actually formed! The light grew closer, and in an instant, it had already spread to their feet. The two of them were then enveloped by that white light.

"Egg!" The child anxiously shouted out.

In the next moment, the scenery in front of her eyes changed. She saw a cliff that blocked her entire vision, with a mix of black and red colors, it emitted out a dense charred smell.

What was this place?

Before Zhu Yao could even be stunned, she felt empty beneath her feet, and she began to fall straight down. Feeling a blazing hot air blowing from below, when she turned to take a look, what she was fiery red lava constantly burning and tumbling about. Occasionally, it would even emit out one or two bubbles.

This was actually a volcano, ,and that teleportation formation, had sent her right inside one! And right in the air at that!

Momma's egg. Freaking navigation system, can't you be a little more reliable!? Poor review! I'm giving an absolute zero star review!

If she were to fall down like this, it would be strange if she wouldn't be cooked! Most likely, the next time this volcano were to explode, what it would spurt out would not be lava, but egg drop soup!

Save me!

A sharp long caw sounded. Zhu Yao simply felt something clenching onto her egg shell, and the moment she was about to fall into the lava, she was grabbed by something else. No longer feeling the acceleration from free fall, she was brought flying upwards.

That was a bird, a bird enveloped in flames, and its tail was even covered with feathers of varied colors.

A Phoenix!

Zhu Yao was stunned. This Phoenix wasn't huge, and did not seem to be like the four which she saw in her dream back then. This one was just a little larger than her egg-body. Its two claws were tightly grabbing onto Zhu Yao, and it seemed to be really struggling with its flight. It used a large amount of energy before it finally flew out of the volcano.

Only then did it place Zhu Yao on the ground. The fiery red bird emitted out a red light, instantly turning back into its human form. It was actually the child that had been with her. He was actually a Phoenix!

"Eh? How did a Phoenix Clan's brat run out here?" Suddenly from behind, a man's voice came, carrying a hint of doubt.

That person was youthful man, walking over with a smiling face. Even though he was walking on the volcano filled with ash, he was still filled with a luxurious demeanor.

The child was startled for a moment, before he could even rest, he instantly went over to tightly hug Zhu Yao, and raised his guard as he watched the man in the silk robe behind him.

Though, when that man watched his action, his straight brows lightly furrowed. His initial face which carried a slight smiling intent, instantly turned stern. "What are you hugging?"

The child did not reply, and instead, anxiously retreated.

The man stared intensely at the egg in his hands, and the longer he looked, the more widened his eyes became. His face revealed a furious expression, and he said with a sharp voice. "Release that egg, and I will let you live."

The child did not listen to him at all. Suddenly, he transformed into his original form, and carrying Zhu Yao, he once again flew into the skies.

"Stop there!" The man broke into fury. In a flash, a gigantic azure Dragon rose from the ground, and came chasing after the little phoenix.

Emitting out a dragon roar, his voice instantly resounded through the clouds.

Zhu Yao and her little companion were both dumbfounded.

A Dragon!

That man was actually a Dragon. What was going on? Having a Phoenix appear was surprising enough, but now, a Dragon came out as well. Were the Gods commonly seen around here?

This wasn't the most shocking part. Following after his dragonic roar, suddenly, similar voices came from the surroundings, as though they were responding to his. The entire heaven and earth were filled with the overwhelming roars. The child, was after all, still a little phoenix. Under the shock of those resounding dragon roars, he had long lost all his energy and begun to fall towards the ground.

Zhu Yao began to fall with him as well. However, what she saw was shining figures one after another, gathering here from all directions. After taking a careful look, they were actually Dragons of various sizes. There's green, purple, and various other colors of dragons currently flying towards them.

Even among the layers of clouds above them, there were several gigantic dragon heads protruding out.

The hell, she couldn't be seeing an illusion, right?

Dragon, Dragon, Dragon…

Why were there so many Dragons?

That azure Dragon from the beginning, successfully caught onto the two of them who constantly descended. Hugging onto the egg-shaped Zhu Yao with one hand, he carried the child by his tattered collar on the other, as though he was trying to pull the child away from the egg. Yet, he still hugged onto Zhu Yao without letting go. The azure Dragon worked hard for a long while, yet, he was still unable to have him release his hands.

"Aojiang, what happened?" The dragons which had rushed over had all turned into their human forms, completely surrounding the two of them. Zhu Yao did a rough counting, and she realized there was actually about a hundred people.

"I saw this little one from the Phoenix Clan coming out from the Dragon Mountain, and in his hands, he was hugging…" Along with the child, he carried the egg, and raised it up for the rest of the dragons to see.

"This is…" All of the dragons were startled, and their eyes towards the child instantly carried immense fury.

"What boldness. He actually dares to run to our Dragon Mountain to steal our eggs."

"What's the intent of the Phoenix Clan? Are they trying to start a war?"

"If it's a war they want, then so be it. Don't have them think that our clan is afraid of them."

"To dare steal our children, we must definitely make them pay."

"RIght, right…"

The many Dragons began to shout out their condemnations. Zhu Yao then understood the situation. So they actually thought that this little Phoenix had stolen their child.

"Brat, just who sent you here?" Aojiang picked up the child and coldly interrogated. The child did not reply, yet, with all the strength remaining in his body, he struggled, yet still hugged Zhu Yao without letting her go. Occasionally, he would even turn into his original form and desperately attack Aojiang. His pair of eyes were crimson red, looking as though he was crazed.

Zhu Yao's heart ached from watching this. He had only just left the place that was filled with Devil's miasma, and this child's state of mind had yet to recover, so naturally, he basically couldn't hear their words. With just a slight stimulation, he would fall into a state of insanity. Currently, in the depths of his heart, he most likely only held onto a single intention, and that was to protect her well and prevent her from taking her away.

Aojiang then seemed to have cast some sort of art, as a set of glowing chains instantly bound the child. The more he struggled, the tighter the chains became. A moment later, there were no longer traces of redness on the child's body.

The hell, are you still human!? Zhu Yao was instantly enraged. She simply felt unknown flames surging up from her chest, as though something was being released from the depths of her body. Her entire egg shell began to light up again, but this time, it was a red light instead of white.

Aojiang simply felt something burning in his embrace. Trembling, he released Zhu Yao, however, more than half of his silk robe had been completely burned off. The restraints on the child's body instantly shattered as well.

Zhu Yao retracted the red light, and began rolling back into the child's embrace. This time, he hugged her even more tightly, as all four of his limbs were now wrapping the egg shell. Mechanically, he chanted. "Egg… Egg… Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"

"This…" Aojiang was dumbfounded. He had never seen a dragon egg that could emit light.

"There's something strange about this matter." Among the crowd of dragons, a slightly elderly man walked out. "First, head over to the Dragon Mountain and check the number of the children there."

Instantly, a dragon beside him changed into his original form, and flew into the volcano where Zhu Yao fell into earlier. A moment later, he flew back. "To reply Elder, there are no mistakes in the number of our children. There's a total of twelve of them, no more and no less!"

When these words fell, all of the dragons were stunned, and they all unconsciously turned to look at the child who was hugging onto the egg.

Then where did this egg come from?

"Elder, this…" Aojiang took a step forward.

That elderly man shook his head. With a stern expression, he looked at Zhu Yao, and his brows deeply furrowed. "I'm afraid… within this egg, it might not be a child of our Dragon clan."

"How is that possible?" Aojiang instinctively refuted. There's clearly a God's aura within the egg, and among the God races, other then their Dragon clan, who else were born through eggs?

"Aojiang, invite Feng Xishan over. Have the Patriarch of the Phoenix clan personally make a trip here."

"The Phoenix Clan? Why?"

His expression sank. "This egg is brought out by this Phoenix, so it's naturally a matter concerning the Phoenix clan. Hurry and go."

"Yes!" Only then did Aojiang change into his dragon form, and flew towards the sky.

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Chapter 170: Chicken Egg, Duck Egg, Century Egg

The so-called God races, referred to the four god-beasts Dragon, Phoenix, Qilin and Black Tortoise. Other than the Black Tortoise which was an existence acting as the cornerstone of the world, and had only appeared once at the world's beginning, the other three God races had formed their own clans. Among them, only the Dragons were given birth through eggs, and the Qilins were viviparous. As for Phoenixes…

Hoho, they did not give birth.

The reason why Phoenixes were called immortal birds, were because at the moment of their deaths, their bodies would turn into flames, and then, they would resurrect from the ashes. Hence, they basically would not have problems such as lack of population, after all, they couldn't die. However, with every rebirth, the Phoenixes would lose their former memories, and revert back to chicks. The parent-child relationship among the Phoenixes, were determined by the first person they see right after their resurrection. In other words, it's the so-called imprinting phenomenon.

When the Dragon clan informed the Phoenix clan, the Patriarch came over really quickly. Zhu Yao had thought that the person would be an uncle, but it turned out to be an auntie.

Unexpectedly, the auntie did not look at that shaky egg, but instead, instantly went to hug onto the bony child, and began to cry her lungs out. As she cried, she called out. "Shao'er, Shao'er…"

So it turned out that this child was actually her second son, Shaobai! Two years ago, he fell into the Nether Abyss, and never did she expect that he would reappear here.

Zhu Yao evidently sensed that there was something off with everyone's expressions when the auntie spoke of the Nether Abyss, as they looked at the child in disbelief. As the auntie was able to find back her son, she was really happy. However, the child was evidently unappreciative of it. Under the giving her a single glance when she appeared, no matter what she said after that, he didn't budge, and continued to hug onto Zhu Yao tightly.

Only then did the auntie notice the egg. However, even after discussing with the Dragon clansmen, no one knew just what kind of egg was she.

The Dragon clan felt that among the four great God races, only the Dragon race were hatched through eggs, so inside the egg, it should undoubtedly be a Dragon. However, the Dragon clan always had difficulties with giving birth, hence, they would always pay utmost attention to every single Dragon egg. And, with every production of a Dragon egg, an mystic phenomenon would definitely occur between the heavens and earth. In these recent ten thousand years or so, there had only been twelve of such mystic phenomenons. In other words, the number of eggs that should exist, should only be twelve. A situation where one was being left out was basically impossible.

The auntie of the Phoenix clan felt that this was a Phoenix egg. Although they had never laid eggs, that did not mean that, they wouldn't be able to, right? If all Phoenixes had all relied on resurrecting from the ashes to live on, then, where did the first ever Phoenix in the world come from? Not to mention, among the bird-type creatures and clans in the world, didn't all of them lay eggs?

Not only was this a Phoenix egg, there was a possibility that this was an opportunity bestowed to the Phoenix clan by the Heavenly Dao. An opportunity for them to procreate like the other races other than by resurrecting from the ashes.

And there was a portion of them who thought that this might be an egg of a Black Tortoise. Although no one had actually seen a Black Tortoise clansman, it was still one of the four God-beasts along with the other three. This sounded logical, and most probably, it's an opportunity for the Black Tortoise to make a reappearance.

Everyone believed that their own words were logical. The God race had always found difficulty with procreation, every child was extremely precious to them. Hence, both parties wished that this egg which had suddenly appeared was their own clansman.

As for the Qilin…

In any case, they weren't here right now, so there's no need for them to be part of this. The two clans ignored them in a very understanding manner.

In the end, after a long discussion, investigation, and argument between the two Patriarchs, they came into an agreement. The decision would be made after it hatches. No matter was it a chicken egg, a duck egg, or a century egg, after looking at the child after it hatches, then it would be entirely clear.

In regards to who would be in-charge of hatching the egg, the Dragon clan was unable to compete for it. Because at that point in time, they did not possess this skill. The eggs of the Dragon race had always been placed in the volcano, allowing them to hatch under the natural high temperatures. Because the hatching territory was specifically chosen by the Dragon clan, and each of their babies had its own settings targeting its needs, there were formations that increased the temperatures purposefully laid there.

Because the content within this egg was still unknown, this method evidently could not be used.

Hence, the egg-hatching work was handed to the Phoenix clan.

That's right, auntie was planning to bring the egg home to hatch it.

When Zhu Yao imagined herself being sat on by a huge Phoenix's buttocks every single day, she felt uncomfortable all over.

At the key moment, it was still her little friend Shaobai who made a critical impact. Because… He wouldn't let go!

No matter who it was trying to persuade him, be it uncle, auntie, bros, oh, they were her little friend Shaobai's father, mother, and big brothers of course, in the end, even when his little brother, who was said to be two hundred years younger than him, came, he still tightly hugged onto the egg without letting go.

Auntie had inspected her little friend Shaobai's injuries while they were at the Dragon clan's territory back then, and his injuries were very severe. His fundamental core was damaged, and the Devil's miasma had already infiltrated his divine sense region. Logically speaking, in such a state, it would have been impossible for him to stay alive. Yet, her little friend Shaobai still pulled through. However, he still refused to being healed, as though other than the egg in his embrace, he couldn't hear the voice of anyone else.

Zhu Yao sighed. Her little friend Shaobai's wounds, were not just limited to his physical body. The injury to his heart was even more serious.

In the end, auntie had no choice but to treat his wounds while he was hugging the egg. After a few days of recuperation, hint of redness finally returned to her little friend Shaobai's face. However, Zhu Yao simply felt even more tired as time went by. The egg shell which was still able to glow like a light bulb before, could no longer emit out even the slightest bit of light.

Even her consciousness was becoming a little blurred. Initially, she had only been worried about her little friend Shaobai's injuries, and had been forcing herself to wait till his injuries were completely healed. However, nothing could stop her eyelids from becoming heavier and heavier.

Faintly, she heard auntie talking to her little friend Shaobai in a very flustered manner.

And then, Shaobai transformed into his original form. His figure, compared to the time at the volcano, was more beautiful than before, and even his rainbow colored tail was emitting out a gentle glow. Spreading out his pair of wings, he embraced Zhu Yao under his gigantic wings. It was as though her body was soaked in hot water, and she felt exceptionally warm.

She could no longer endure her sleepiness, and finally, she completely sank into darkness.

When Zhu Yao opened her eyes, she saw a face beaming with smiles right above her head. That was a middle-aged uncle, and he was no more than a palm distance away from her. His expression was very gentle, just like a stream of water, causing people to unconsciously relax their guard.

Seeing that she had opened her eyes, the uncle's smile grew even deeper.

She was a little dumbfounded, as she realized that she was no longer in that egg. Raising her hands, her sleeves were embroidered with the Phoenix insignia which was characteristic of the Fluorescent Wind Sect. Just what was going on?

"You are?" She had never seen the person in front of her before, however, she could sense the immense amount of goodwill coming from his body.

The uncle smiled. He did not reply, and instead, hinted her to reach out her hand.

Zhu Yao stretched out her accordingly. The uncle bluntly cupped her wrist and carefully inspected her pulse for a moment, before he satisfyingly nodded. Then, he reached out his hand towards her head, and gently patted on it with a loving expression.

As though he was quietly consoling her not to be afraid.

Look at his expression that was as benignant as that, Zhu Yao recalled a proverb. 'A father's love was comparable to a mountain.'

"Dad… Ah, pui! Senior, mind if I ask something? Where is this place?" Zhu Yao inspected the room for a moment. Other than a table and the bed she was lying on, there wasn't any other furniture. This setup was rather familiar.

The uncle did not answer, instead, he suddenly passed over a cup of water.

Zhu Yao's throat was dry in the first place, so she accepted it. "Thank you."

Guruguru, she finished it with a few gulps. Just as she was about to continue with her questions.

That guy once again passed her a fruit. That fruit was entirely red like an apple, yet, it emitted out a dense amount of divine energy, looking absolutely delicious.

Hence, she did not hesitate to receive it either. "Thanks."

He still simply gave the gentle smile. The fruit was absolutely juicy, and the moment she bit into it, the taste gushed out.

The uncle then kindly passed her a piece of cloth.

"Uh… Thank you." Zhu Yao simply took it, and she seemed to have only been saying this same line the entire time.

After finishing the fruit, he then passed a plate of dessert, which was more fragrant than the fruit.

Zhu Yao did not hold back and received it.

After that, were various preserved fruits, candied fruits, and sweets that she had never eaten before…

When she regained her senses, she was already bloated.

Yet, the uncle still continued to feed her various types of delicacies. For every single dish she ate, his eyes would brighten a little more.

Only then did Zhu Yao recall something important.

Uncle, who are you?

"Are you awake?" A white figure suddenly appeared at the door.

"Master!" The person who entered was none other than Yu Yan. Her master finally thought of picking her disciple up? This time, he was so late! I'm giving you a poor review!

With quick steps, he walked over. Sitting by the bedside, he grabbed onto her hand and began to check on her pulse. It was unknown if it was an unconscious act, but the instant he sat down, he seemed to have pushed that uncle to the side, instantly squeezing him towards a corner.

After checking for a while and confirming that there wasn't any problems with his disciple, Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief. Turning around, he looked at the man with the same gentle smile, who had been squeezed to the other side of the bed.

Frowning, he said with extreme unwillingness. "Thank you, teacher."

"Eh?" It can't be!

So he wasn't an uncle, nor was he her dad. He was actually her grandmaster. Shouldn't her grandmaster be white-haired and more sage-like? For example, the look the Hall Master used for official purposes?

Was it really alright for him to be this lovable and cute?

The uncle stood up, and did not reply to Yu Yan either. He looked at the two people with the same face that was filled with smiles, and then, he reached out his hand to pat on Zhu Yao's head. In a flash, his figure disappeared, leaving behind a pile of snacks.

"Uh…" Was this person who was enthusiastic in feeding his juniors, really her grandmaster? It's definitely because of a mistake with how she woke up, right?

"Your injuries were overly serious, and you were unconscious for three months." Yu Yan gently said.

"Injuries?" Wasn't she just asleep? She clearly remembered turning into an egg, and then, sleeping in someone's embrace while waiting to be hatched. Just when was she injured?

Yu Yan frowned, before he gently said. "Back then, when we left. Your organs were unknowingly damaged, and your meridians were severed. Even your divine sense region was just about to collapse."

"Wait a minute." 'When we left'? Where were they headed to? Zhu Yao was a little confused. Suddenly, she made a daring guess. "Where are we?"

"The place where you had me bring you. This is naturally Fluorescent Wind Sect."

Fluorescent Wind Sect?

"Your body seemed to have been cast with an unique binding art, forbidding you from leaving Fluorescent Wind Sect." Yu Yan's expression was a little sunken. Back then, when he brought his disciple away, her divine sense was an inch away from collapsing, injuries strangely appeared all around her body, and they were even worsening as time went by. However, the moment they returned to Fluorescent Wind Sect, this situation stopped.

Zhu Yao blanked, and she instantly summoned a water mirror. In the mirror, what reflected was a girl with the looks of a teenager, and was quite similar to a person she recognized.

Yin Xin. She actually turned back to her Version 6.0 Yin Xin! Wasn't she dead?

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Chapter 171: Introduction Cutscene

Zhu Yao returned to being Yin Xin, her Version 6.0 character, and the Gods still only existed in legends. Then, what was going on with the Dragons that filled the sky, carrying much sense of presence, and the Phoenix she saw back then? Were they all illusions? She suddenly felt as though she had finally managed to beat a boss, only to have the developers making an announcement of a rollback scheduled in a few minutes.

And she realized that she had an additional debuff on her body.

She had been restricted by a divine art which even uncle grandmaster had never seen before, preventing her from leaving a hundred miles away from Fluorescent Wind Sect.

As an experienced shut-in, she had no qualms about not leaving her house, but the main point was, she still had a quest to complete though? Since she had returned to being Yin Xin, then the bug before still had to be fixed. Initially, she had wanted to first clear up the misunderstanding between Mo Xianxian and Fluorescent Wind Sect. However, the scenario had never progressed in the direction she predicted since the very beginning. Fluorescent Wind Sect had already been rolled over much earlier than expected. Although not a single personnel had died, it was still similar to what Mo Xianxian would have done, and even worse than that.

Unexpectedly, she had been unconscious for three months, however, the four Phoenixes that would raze the Divine Realm to the ground had yet to appear. Did that mean she had not failed the quest yet, and the bug could still be fixed?

And she had suddenly turned into that egg. She clearly remembered every detail of that incident, yet now, it felt as though she simply had a dream, and when she woke up, the Gods had still not re-emerged yet. With a mind-burning development like this, she felt that her intelligence wasn't enough at all.

In regards to these matters which she couldn't understand, Zhu Yao decided… not to think about them.

After lying for three months, it's about time for her to head out for some fresh air.

However, the moment she pushed on the door, she felt like she had been transported to another world again.

With trembling fingers, she pointed at the patch of grass in front of her. "Master… What's that unknown living creature that looks like a white furball?"

"Rabbit." Yu Yan still had that unchanging expressionless look.

"That's what green ball-like thing with wings on top of that tree?"

"Bird." Yu Yan continued to answer.

"That colorful ball over there?"

"Chicken."

"That brown round pillar-like thing over there?"

"Monkey."

"Then what about that pig with a long tail over at the hillside?"

"That's a horse!"

Stop joking around. That's a horse? Was there any horse that would have a belly so fat that it could literally touch the ground? Why was it in only three months, all of the animals had transformed? Sweeping a single glance around her surroundings, every single one was freshly and finely fat, limitlessly nearing the shape of a ball. Especially that celestial crane in the sky. Stop forcing yourself to fly. Aren't your little wings tired? Being as round as you are, you're about to fall already, hey.

Alright, it had already fallen down.

Yu Yan sighed, before explaining. "Teacher raised them."

"Ah?" Zhu Yao was startled. Her grandmaster raised them? Who could raise their animals to such an extent? His ancestors must had owned a pig farm, right?

As she thought of this, a white figure flew over from the distant sky, and a moment later, he landed in front of them. That person was precisely the uncle who was filled with fatherly love.

Yu Yan nodded to him, and greeted. "Teacher."

"Dad… Ah pui. Grandmaster." Their temperament was too similar. It was all out of pure conditional reflex.

A large cloth bag was carried by her grandmaster's shoulders, and his smile was still as kind and warm as before. Suddenly, with a swing, he placed the bag down and opened it. He then proceeded to taking out a celestial fruit, and handed it to Zhu Yao.

"For me?" Zhu Yao blanked.

Uncle grandmaster still did not speak, and simply smiled even more warmly.

Zhu Yao stared at that fresh and juicy celestial fruit, and then, turned to look at those unique "pig" shaped living creatures all around her. The corner of her lips twitched. She did not want to become as fresh and refined as them.

"Hoho… Thank you, grandmaster. But… it's fine. I don't like to eat fruits."

Uncle grandmaster smiled, and then, once again, continued to pull out desserts, confectioneries, and various snacks… With large assortments of delicacies in his hand, one simply had to name it, and he would have it. With sparkling eyes, he passed them to her with intentions filled with love.

Zhu Yao suddenly felt her belly aching. Logically speaking, she was his junior, and she should humbly accept the things that her senior was giving her. And her master had said that her grandmaster had especially come out of the Lightning Divine Tower in order to treat her injuries. But… She weakly looked towards Yu Yan at the side. Master, save me. I don't want to become a pig.

"Teacher…" Probably because Zhu Yao's eyes were filled with too much bitterness, Yu Yan received her request for help. "Yu Yao currently has a divine physique, and had long abstained from food."

Uncle grandmaster was startled for a moment. After giving Zhu Yao another glance, he let out a long sigh. With an expression filled with regret, he gave up on feeding her, and reached out his hand to pat on her head. After organizing his bag well, he turned and happily walked to the rest of the animals.

"Master…" Was this really her grandmaster?

"Teacher simply likes to feed people food." Yu Yan replied with a calm look. Turning his head, he looked towards the top of his disciple's head, where his teacher had patted on, and his brows gradually furrowed.

It's not that he likes to feed people food, but rather, he likes to feed pigs, right? I have a grandmaster that likes to feed others, what should I do?

"Teacher does not like to speak too much. If you don't like to eat, you can simply refuse." He could not help but reach out his hand to stroke his disciple's head. Stroke, stroke, and stroke and stroke…

"Is that alright?"

"No matter."

"Then…"

"Mn?"

"Master."

"Speak."

"Can you not mess up my hair?" This habit of stroking someone else's hair was a tradition that was passed down as well, right?

On the second day after Zhu Yao woke up, uncle grandmaster returned to the Lightning Divine Hall. In the first place, he came out simply to treat Zhu Yao's injuries. Since she had already recovered, then naturally, he had to head back now that his mission was accomplished. On the day he left, those ball-shaped creatures in the yard were all very unhappy, as they came to send him off altogether, and had even chased after him for several hundred meters. Especially that plump celestial crane with its floppy wings, which fell down from the sky time and time again, only to pick itself back up and chase after him again and again. That scene where it sent him off eighteen miles away was simply too touching.

Zhu Yao waved the handkerchief in her hand. Grandmaster, you can be at ease. These fat animals which you have raised, I will definitely eat them all.

In the period of time she was unconscious, the reconstruction of Fluorescent Wind Sect had already been completed. This efficiency and speed, when Zhu Yao took a glimpse of it, had even gave her a shock. Other than a few charred and bent trees that could occasionally been found at the bottom of the mountain, traces of the place being burnt down once could no longer be seen.

Other than the place she lived in.

The place where she and her master lived in was a floating mountain above the Fluorescent Wind Sect's main mountain, named Dawnfall Peak. Positioned at the very center of the divine pulse, it was the place with the densest divine energy, and was also the place she first awakened at. However, she clearly remembered that it was an exquisite and beautiful pagoda back then. Although it wasn't big, at the very least, it could be considered as a luxurious villa. But, why did it turn into the current straw cottage? Could it be that the reconstruction of Fluorescent Wind Sect did not include Dawnfall Peak? At the very least, she was still the second generation of the rich, right!?

And it's already been several days since she woke up, yet, not a single person from Fluorescent Wind Sect had come to look for her, including her cheap mother Yin Shi. What happened to the promise of being a precious daughter?

In response to her doubts, Yu Yan simply replied with two words. "Too noisy!"

"Ah?" What did he mean?

He did not reply, instead, with a gentle wave of his sleeves, a red glow lighted up in the boundaries surrounding Dawnfall Peak.

"A formation!?" Zhu Yao was startled. The corner of her lips twitched, and she said. "Master, you couldn't have set an isolation formation on Dawnfall Peak, right?"

"Mn." Yu Yan calmly nodded. He was completely unconscious of the fact that he had acted willfully on someone else's land.

No wonder no one had come to see her.

"I want to meet my mother." After all, she was her mother. She had to at least tell that she was safe.

"You want me to dispel the formation?" Yu Yan strangely glanced at her.

Zhu Yao nodded. "This place is after all Fluorescent Wind Sect." It wasn't good to stop the owner from coming in, right?

"Yu Yao, by now, everyone knows that you're a disciple of our Lightning Divine Hall. Hence, there hasn't been people coming over. However, there are several letters left outside."

Letters? Those paper cranes? "Aren't they just letters? I can take a look at them later. Dispel the formation then."

Yu Yan gave her another glance. Under Zhu Yao's constant urging, he finally dispelled the formation.

Zhu Yao simply saw the surrounding red glow flash, and the sky felt as though a layer of its plastic film was peeled off, fading in all directions. In the sky, several black-colored dots with little wings instantly appeared. And then, the dots increased, and increased…

And then, they grew into a large mass. Zhu Yao simply felt a gigantic shadow flying towards her in an overbearing manner.

Those are paper cranes!? They must be locusts, right!?

Zhu Yao reflexively hugged her head, as the large crowd of locusts charged straight towards her. It looked as though she was about to be buried alive under the pile of letters.

Yu Yan cast a fire-based divine art, immediately burning the stacks of paper cranes, though, her face was now entirely covered in ash.

Did it have to be that exaggerated? Did she know this many people in the first place?

Zhu Yao picked up the remnant of a piece of paper, and written on it were the few words 'Junior-martial sister, are you safe', while the rest of the letter could no longer be read. Just who wrote these?

"Junior-martial sister, have you fully recovered?" A man dressed in azure robes suddenly descended from the sky. He looked very young and handsome, and his bright eyes revealed clear signs of joy. "I heard from Sect Master that your injuries were very severe, and I have been very worried. It's just that a barrier had been suddenly set down this Dawnfall Peak, so I hadn't gotten the opportunity to see you."

Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment.

The man took a step forward, and said with sincere words. "I had thought that, if you still do not leave the mountain in a few more days, I will come see you even if I have to break into the mountain by force…"

"You…" Seeing that he was becoming even more excited, Zhu Yao could not help but interrupt him. "Who are you?"

The man's excited expression stiffened. The corner of his lips twitched, and only a while later did he continue with a smile. "Junior-martial sister, do you not remember me? I'm Xu Nuoyan. Your senior-martial brother Xu."

"Oh!" So it's him. No wonder she felt he was a little familiar. So it's the male protagonist from her precognitive dream. However, compared to that stern and bitter expression he had on the day of the lightning tribulation, there was a huge different with his current excited expression which looked as though he was on steroids. For a moment, she wasn't able to recognize him at all.

"Junior-martial sister Yin, it's great to see that you're alright." His eyes lightly sank while he looked straight at her, as though his mind was filled with thoughts about her.

Zhu Yao could not help but tremble from his concentrated gaze. Could this person have eaten the wrong medicine?

"… Fellow deity Xu!" The hair on her shoulders suddenly stood on ends, and she rubbed against them to suppress the chills. "I wonder how's that lady Mo from back then?"

The glint in Xu Nuoyan's eyes instantly dimmed, as though he had been struck with a heavy blow. "Junior-martial sister… The incident concerning that day, I have already clearly explained it to Sect Master. You must believe me, I do not have any relations with that person. I don't know her at all! In this world, the only person I, Xu Nuoyan, wish to be practitioner-pair companions with, is you, junior-martial sister."

"…" The hell. The male protagonist had a change of heart? Was there an event like this in this scenario? Don't stray away from the script, hey!

"Practitioner-pair?" Yu Yan, who had been standing at the side without making a single comment, suddenly coldly uttered these two words.

Zhu Yao simply felt her heart skip a beat, and that it had dropped into cave of ice.

"This is a misunderstanding!" Master, let me explain. This is merely an introduction cutscene!

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Chapter 172: Disciple, Let's _

"High Deity." Xu Nuoyan looked towards Yu Yan, and greeted him. "Junior-martial sister and I had already conducted a practitioner-pair ceremony, yet, it was disrupted by people with ill intentions. Causing junior-martial sister to have concerns is a fault on my part. From today on, I shall care for her with all my heart, and I hope that High Deity will feel rest assured to hand her over to me."

Hand her over to him? Yu Yan's expression instantly turned as dark as the deepest part of a pot, and then, looked towards his own disciple.

His every word was so cold, it felt as they could sprout out flowers of ice. "Practitioner-pair ceremony?"

"No!" Zhu Yao jumped out of fury. Clearly, it had already been cancelled. Don't say things that can cause misunderstandings, hey. "Who became practitioner-pair companions with him?"

"Junior-martial sister, are you blaming me?" Xu Nuoyan's expression turned even sadder. "Don't worry, from today on, I will definitely not allow anything sad to happen on you again."

"What does anything that you do have to do with me?" This person must had gone insane, right? Why did he come over here and say such misleading words? Wasn't Mo Xianxian the person he loved? "I have already said it on that day. Our practitioner-pair ceremony was cancelled, and for us to marry is impossible. It never happened on that day, and it will never happen in the future!"

"Junior-martial sister, I know you're angry at me." He gave a 'do not act so angry' look. "But, I will wait for the day when you think it through. Ever since the day Sect Master betrothed you to me, I, Nuoyan has already decided that you will be the only person in my life, and I will not allow you to suffer from the least bit of grievances. High Deity…" He suddenly turned towards Yu Yan again. Putting up a look expressing determination towards a senior, he raised his hand and vowed. "My heart towards junior-martial sister is clear under the sun and moon, if there's the least bit of pretense, I'm willing to be struck by five lightning bolts to the head, willing…"

"Scram!"

"Ah?" Xu Nuoyan blanked after halfway through his vows, and for a moment, he couldn't understand. "High Deity…"

Boom boom boom!

Five clear heavenly lightning bolts, struck straight towards Xu Nuoyan's head.

It's really five lightning bolts straight to the head, huh.

"High Deity!" Xu Nuoyan exclaimed, while he hurriedly rose to the sky with his sword. He fled to the outskirts of Dawnfall Peak, and chasing relentlessly after his buttocks were five heavenly lightning bolts.

Only then did Yu Yan turn to look at his stupid disciple.

Zhu Yao simply felt her heart trembling for a moment. "Master, let me explain!" She really was unfamiliar with him.

Yu Yan's expression however, turned even colder. Grabbing onto Zhu Yao, in a flash, they had already returned into the straw cottage.

When she came to her senses, Zhu Yao had already been pressed onto the bed by someone.

"Practitioner-pair?" A certain master had gone completely insane. Zhu Yao was seemingly able to see flames of fury surging around his body. With emphasis on every word, it was as though he was voicing them out while gritting his teeth. "You? And, him?"

Zhu Yao was completely unable to move from the way he was pressing on her. The aura emitting from his body was filled with a cold intent, and their faces were even more so, extremely close. A tyrannical CEO-like attitude such as this, could this be the legendary… Bed bang? Her master was being furious out of envy, and he wanted to be forceful on her? Then after this, would some shameful acts occur?

Although the atmosphere was wrong…

I'm suddenly kind of looking forward to it, what to do? (3)

"Mn?" Seeing that she wasn't replying, Yu Yan's tone raised.

That's right. This was it. This ecstatical 'mn'! Tyrannical CEO Yu had taken over!

Out of excitement, Zhu Yao instantly hugged him back, and said with a serious look. "Come, do not pity me just because I'm a tender flower. I can take it!" Let's do a little something that surpasses our relationship as master and disciple.

Where should we start? Stripping our clothes, or taking off our pants?

"…" CEO Yu instantly dispersed.

The fury that enveloped Yu Yan, after seeing his disciple's expectant look, instantly vanished. In the end, it turned into a long sigh, and his heart squeezed for having a disciple that did not act accordingly to the situation.

With his body buried under her hair, he gently smelled the scent of her hair, calming down his unstable emotions. He had always treated matters coldly and quietly, and an impulsive emotion like this was a little foreign to him. However, when he thought that his only disciple was being taken away by someone else, he felt like zapping someone out of explosive rage.

Although his disciple was stupid, she still belonged to him.

"Yu Wang…"

"Your sister's Desire!" Can we please make love properly?

"Your master… does not like how that person looks at you."

"…" Zhu Yao simply felt as though her heart was filled with warmth, so full it felt like something was wanting to pour out. After a long while, she replied. "Mn, I don't like it either." I only like how you're looking at me.

Yu Yan was silent for a little while, yet, his embrace became even tighter, as though he was wanting to confirm something. All she could hear was his gentle breathing sounds.

After a long while…

"Yu Wang, let's become practitioner-pair companions."

"Eh?"

What was 'every cloud has a silver lining'? What was 'past dark willows and flowers in bloom lies another village'? And what was 'good and evil will always be rewarded'… Ah pui, the last one had strayed off. In any case, when she heard her master taking the initiative to bring up about the matter of practitioner-pair companions, ever since she had transported to this world, Zhu Yao felt that she had finally encountered something that was comforting to her soul. And when she thought about it, she was a little excited too!

Then, she began to ponder a little. As a girl, shouldn't she be a little reserved, and passively reject his proposal a little? Then should she welcome the idea and reject it, or should she act ambiguously? Just what kind of expression should she make to perfectly express her little embarrassment?

So frustrating!

Just as she was still fighting with the imaginary people inside her mind, Yu Yan suddenly stood up, and pulled her into a sitting position.

Zhu Yao stared with widened eyes. It couldn't be, it's only their first time, and they're doing such a position!?

Yu Yan raised his finger and tapped on the center of her forehead. A technique used to guide and circulate divine energy was instantly added into her mind.

"What's this?"

Yu Yan released her, and then, sat next to her cross-legged. With a serious look, he said. "This is the Practitioner-Pair Art. You simply have to guide out the divine energy at the same time as I, and then, circulate it according to the instructions." Didn't she want to be practitioner-pair companions with him all this time? He had fulfilled her wish.

"That's all?" There's no need to be completely naked, and there's no need to harmonize the Yin and Yang?

Yu Yan nodded.

"The hell!" I have already taken off my pants, and you tell me this!? "Isn't it said that Practitioner-Pair Art can only be done between husband and wife? Then, at the very least, there should be a little procedure that should be done between the couple, right?" She was unwilling to accept this!

"…" Yu Yan blanked. He seemed to have thought of something, as a hint of red flashed across his jade-colored face. His eyes wavered for a moment, before replying. "The practitioner-pair methods in the Divine Realm are different from the Lower Realm. There isn't a need for it to be that complicated. As people who have gained divine physiques, naturally… cough… naturally, carnal lust is of least importance."

"It's important to me!"

"Ah?" Yu Yan blanked.

Zhu Yao stared straight at his face, and with emphasis on every word, she said. "I said, it's important to me!" This lady here wants to be a carnivore!

"Non… Nonsense!" Yu Yan tried hard to furrow his brows. "You're a practitioner. How can you be indulged with desires to this extent."

"Then I'm not going to cultivate anymore." She pounced onto him, and reversed their positions from earlier.

As Yu Yan was inattentive for a moment, he collapsed onto the bed. "Yu Yao!"

"Shut up!" Zhu Yao instantly kissed his lips…

Fragrant!

A fresh meat came on its own accord, and there's no reason to let it go either. Without any reservations, Zhu Yao touched his robust body, and her hand went lower. Lower. And lower…

On that day, till the very last moment, Zhu Yao still did not get what she wanted. It was simply not because she did not try hard enough, rather, the enemy camp was too despicable. Force wasn't able to hook up this tyrannical lord. And she was even fixed onto the same position for exactly four hours, listening to a lecture on moral education.

A certain master began the story from the first ever practitioner in history who obtained a divine physique, stretched the content to the allegiance towards various constructed cultivation sects, and then, to the importance of harmony within the Divine Realm. He then proceeded on to an extremely important subject regarding the continuity of deities, quoting from people from the days of new and old. His persuasiveness, his earnestness, and his decisiveness… had completely extinguished the little candle in Zhu Yao's heart.

In the end, the conclusion that Zhu Yao came up with was: 'I might as well have a little something going on Xu Nuoyan.'

"Yu Yao." At the very end, he pulled her into his embrace. Mn, the type where she pulled up from the bottom of the bed. That's right. She was kicked off the bed!

"There are too many mysteries within your body. Your master promises you that I will help you clearly investigate them. Once all of these matters are settled, when that time comes, no matter what you do… I will definitely not stop you."

"No matter what I do?"

"Mn."

"You won't kick me off the bed?"

"… Mn."

Alright then, to obtain such a promise from him, Zhu Yao felt that she could still endure it a bit longer.

Hoho… When that time comes, will steamed or braised be better? Kuh… She still liked the original taste better.

"Xin'er? Xin'er!" Yin Shi nudged her own daughter who was evidently distracted.

"Ahem!" Zhu Yao cleared up her thoughts, and instantly retracted all of the pink bubbles from around her body. "Mother, what is it?"

She strangely looked at her own daughter. "Aren't you the one who came to look for me? What happened? Could it be that your wounds have opened again? Where? Let your mother take a look…" Yin Shi instantly became anxious.

"Oh, I'm fine!" Zhu Yao then brought up the main topic at hand. "Mother, today, other than telling you that I'm safe and sound, I want to ask you when did you know of this Mo Xianxian person?"

Unexpectedly, when Yin Shi heard this unknown name, not only did she not reveal the slightest bit of disgust, she even blanked for a moment. With a strange look, she asked. "Mo Xianxian? Who is she? Is she a disciple of our sect?"

"Mother, you don't know here?" Zhu Yao was startled. "She's the person who claimed to be Xu Nuoyan's wife on the day of the practitioner-pair ceremony."

"So it's her!" Only then did Yin Shi recall the matter. Glancing at her daughter, she sighed and said. "Haah, speaking of this matter, it really cannot be blamed on that child, Nuoyan. He had told me that he had never seen that lady before, let alone being practitioner-pair companions with her. I see that it's just people with ill motives wanting to frame our name, and purposefully wanting to start a conflict. Currently, the four great continents look peaceful on the outside, but we have been constantly moving behind the scenes. And adding that currently, only you and your mother, I, remained in Fluorescent Wind Sect, we're naturally being targeted." Yin Shi revealed a look of helplessness. "But Yin Xin, there's no need for you to worry. Right now, you have admitted under the tutelage of Lightning Divine Hall, most likely, they will no longer dare to set their eyes on us. Although we have still not found out who was the person behind the incident on that day, Nuoyan is unrelated to this. So you mustn't blame him."

"Xu Nuoyan really don't know that woman?"

"Of course."

"Mother, you trust him that much?"

"That isn't the case!" Yin Shi thought that she was having a child's fit, thinking that her mother was pampering outsiders more than herself. So, she said with a little delight. "A disciple who have ascended from the same world as him, personally proved this matter. In the Lower Realm, he indeed did not have practitioner-pair companion."

Zhu Yao frowned. Them being husband and wife or not, was something she knew very clearly. However, now he had even specially invited a witness to testify, just what was he planning?

The guess that had been in the depths of her heart, was finally clear now.

Initially, she had thought that the hatred Mo Xianxian had for Fluorescent Wind Sect, was because of Yin Shi breaking up the pair of lovebirds.

However, when she turned into Yin Xin, and took the initiative to cancel the marriage, Xu Nuoyan was actually ungrateful towards his former wife. And he had even appeared several times before Zhu Yao, having the intentions to repair the relationship between them. Now, he had even denied the relationship he once had with Mo Xianxian. This attitude which was completely different from the one she saw in her precognitive dream, made her suspect his motives and schemes for acting the way he was right now.

In the dream, Mo Xianxian hated Yin Shi. Not only was it because Yin Shi had injured her during the practitioner-pair ceremony, Yin Shi had even more so sent people to kill her multiple times, preventing her from having a single place to rest in the Divine Realm. However, when Zhu Yao looked at her cheap mother's expression now, before the practitioner-pair ceremony back then, she basically did not know who Mo Xianxian was? Hence, it was impossible for her to be behind the incidents where Mo Xianxian were hunted down in the Divine Realm.

And the only person who knew she existed, was Xu Nuoyan who was having a different attitude from before.

She suddenly recalled that when Dog-Egg first made things difficult for Mo Xianxian, he had once said that he was guided by a Gold Deity. Xu Nuoyan's cultivation, was coincidentally at the Gold Deity level!

The person who wanted to kill Mo Xianxian, was Xu Nuoyan himself!

Why did he want to kill her? In order to marry Yin Xin?

However… Why did he suddenly change his mind in the end, and reverted back to finding Mo Xianxian?

"Xin'er." Seeing that she was having a frustrated look, Yin Shi pulled her hand, and patted on it. "I know you have just woken up, and do not have much contact with anyone. So, I can understand that you do not wish to be practitioner-pair companions with your senior-martial brother Xu. But, there's no need for you to reject him so eagerly either. Nuoyan is a good child. After interacting with him for a long time, you will naturally know of it. A human heart can be seen after many days, after all."

'A human heart can be seen after many days.' If he really was how she guessed him to be, then this person's heart had been buried a little too deeply.

"Mother, you trust him that much?"

Yin Shi smiled, and said with a confident look. "He's your father's personal succeeding disciple. No matter how, he's a family member who knows his roots."

But this family member, would destroy Fluorescent Wind Sect in the end.

"Mother, there's a matter I need to talk to you about." Zhu Yao didn't want to harm the innocent, but she did not want to stay passive and be beaten either. "Back then, when I left with my master, I once saw that Mo Xianxian along the way. Back then, she was being chased, and the chasers seemed to be precisely disciples from our Fluorescent Wind Sect."

"Chased? I didn't…" Yin Shi blanked, and a moment later, a thought came into her mind. As a Sect Master, how couldn't she not possess an extraordinary and shrewd mind? After pondering for a moment, she was about to come up with a connection. Although Mo Xianxian had caused a huge ruckus in Fluorescent Wind Sect, no matter how, she was still a disciple of Advent Cloud Hall, so Yin Shi wouldn't have the final say in the matter, let alone using a despicable method like sending people to hunt her down.

But the people weren't sent by her, then who could it be?

Yin Shi stood up with a solemn face, and walked back and forth in the center of the room.

"Xin'er, were you not mistaken? Those people who went to hunt her down, were they really disciples from my sect?"

"I'm not entirely sure either, it's just that I seem to have seen a phoenix-like insignia on their sleeves." These people were naturally all imaginary, however, Zhu Yao understood that Yin Shi would definitely investigate this matter.

Yin Shi took a deep breath, and her expression sank even deeper. A while later, she said. "Xin'er, return for now. Mother will deal with these matters."

Zhu Yao nodded, and she obediently returned to Dawnfall Peak. The things she should tell her were already told. She did not wish to heavily rely on the precognitive dream she saw, only to lose her own judgment of the matter. Hence, she could not entirely rely on the scenes in the dream to predict Xu Nuoyan's movements.

The truth should tell if he was innocent or not.

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Chapter 173: Please Restrain Yourself from Displaying Your Stupidity

Zhu Yao did not know how Yin Shi conducted her investigation, but after a few days, Xu Nuoyan suddenly went into isolation. Her cheap mother must had found something out, and hence suspicion towards Xu Nuoyan rose.

Zhu Yao felt at ease. As long as Yin Shi became wary, even if Xu Nuoyan's old relationship with Mo Xianxian bloomed again in the end, it would no longer be easy for them to collapse Fluorescent Wind Sect.

Speaking of Xu Nuoyan, in the precognitive dream she had before, she had felt that he carried a sincere heart towards his own wife, even if he couldn't be called a good person, at the very least, he was an affectionate person. However, ever since he denied his feelings for Mo Xianxian several times, and had even wanted Zhu Yao to marry him, in Zhu Yao's heart, he had already turned into a complete trash from head to toe.

However, as long as he did not get the opportunity to make contact with Mo Xianxian, then, it would mean that Fluorescent Wind Sect's crisis of being destroyed was eliminated.

Zhu Yao had a dream. Ever since she began her cultivation journey, other than those precognitive 'spoiler' dreams, she rarely dreamt in her sleep. She seemed to have even forgotten how a true dream felt like.

Now, she felt that her entire body was immersed in a pool of warm water, yet, even though she had been in the water for a long time, she was not suffocating in the least. Instead, it was peaceful and tranquil, allowing her to feel especially at ease. In front of her eyes, varied colors fluttered about, and occasionally, it was a green blur. Her consciousness was a little blurred, and it felt as though she couldn't focus no matter what she did.

Faintly, she could hear shallow breathing sounds. They sounded a little familiar, but she wasn't unable to discern who they belong to.

It seemed as though her entire body was floating in empty space, yet, unexpectedly, she felt especially at ease in the depths of her heart.

However, she didn't know how long she had maintained this state, as a blurry and unclear green figure gradually appeared in her line of sight. It looked like a big mass of green, and light penetrated out from the slit between the green mass, hitting her body.

A moment later, the light began to greatly weaken, turning into scattered dots. That big mass of green began to grow darker as well, and in the end, it turned pure black. Just like that, the two colors constantly interchanged.

After a long period of time, she could actually hear a faint voice.

The voice was very gentle. In the beginning, she could only hear a few syllables, and the voice began to grow clearer as time went by. Yet, she was still unable whose voice it belonged to. She could faintly hear the words 'lil' sis', repeating over and over again.

Zhu Yao silently thought to herself. Just whose unlucky child had gotten lost?

In the beginning, the voice was a little tender. Slowly after, it became a little sharp. After a period of sounding terrible and coarse, the voice turned calm and gentle. Every syllable sounded similar to a light breeze, and from hearing it… Zhu Yao felt like sleeping.

Uh… She seemed to be sleeping in the first place, right?

Alright, she was currently being transferred into a state of deep sleep.

Yet, the voice next to her ear suddenly became especially clear. The tone carried seventy percent gentleness, twenty percent anxiousness, and ten percent helplessness.

"Lil' sis, why are you still not coming out?"

What?

Zhu Yao suddenly opened her eyes, only to see a ray of snow-white flash, carrying a dense amount of killing intent, striking straight towards her.

The hell!

Zhu Yao was instantly clearly awake. Rolling onto the ground, she dodged the attack. A deep arc-shaped groove was instantly created on the grassland.

That was a wind blade. If she had moved even a moment slower earlier, she would have been sliced into half by now.

A chill surfaced in the depths of Zhu Yao's heart. Before she could even react, the next wave of attacks had already arrived. Spiritual swords, numbered in the high hundreds, were attacking straight towards her. Raising her hands to form seals, a defensive barrier was erected around her.

Only then did she have the luxury of time to look at the person who launched a sneak attack against her. Up above, not far away from her, a human figure was currently standing on a sword. Dressed in a familiar black garb, the person seemed to have assimilated into the darkness of the night. Zhu Yao's heart skipped a beat, thinking that she was looking at the Devil who wanted to kill her before, however, after taking a closer look, she realized she was wrong. The person on the sword was clearly a woman, and her cultivation was merely at the Profound Deity level. A concealment art seemed to be hiding her face, and Zhu Yao was unable to see her facial features clearly. She simply had a feeling that the woman was currently staring at her with eyes filled with killing intent.

Who's this?

"Who are you?" I never saw you on-stage before, is there a need to attack me the moment we meet?

The black-clothed person did not answer. Seeing that her spiritual swords had been dodged, she instantly summoned her divine sword, and came hacking towards Zhu Yao. The sword, clad in a white glow, was filled with heavy sword intent.

Zhu Yao immediately formed hand seals, summoning five heavenly lightning bolts which zapped towards her. Her figure however was extremely quick, dodging past them in merely a few moments. The sword slashed across, and although Zhu Yao had managed to avoid it, she felt a piercing pain from the sharpness of the sword aura. On the sword's blade, countless spiritual swords were once again summoned, which then flew towards Zhu Yao from all directions.

The hell, she's bullying me because I don't have a weapon of my own, right? Zhu Yao frowned, as she immediately summoned out a ray of purple-colored lightning. However, this time, she did not throw it towards her opponent, instead, she reached out into the air and grabbed the purple-colored lightning bolt. With a swing of her hand, not only did it sweep away the spiritual swords in front of her like a whip, it was sent straight towards the black-clothed person.

The woman was caught unaware for a moment, as she seemed to have never expected that the lightning bolt could be used in such a way either. Hence, taking the hit, she was swept several meters away.

You dare to launch a sneak attack? Then I shall whip your buttocks.

Zhu Yao flew up and chased after her, and the lightning whip in her hands resoundingly sparked as she swung it about. Even Zhu Yao herself did not know why the lightning bolt which she had casually summoned out, actually possessed such incredible strength. The black-clothed person who was filled with an overbearing aura earlier, was now actually being whipped all around while being powerless to fight back.

Putting how she was constantly being pushed back aside, even her defensive barrier was unable to block even a single hit. After getting struck in the chest, she even made a 'puah' sound, puking out a mouthful of blood.

Zhu Yao instantly used a restraining art, wrapping her up like a dumpling. For a moment, she was filled with confidence.

Your guts sure are big! Sending yourself up to my doorstep just to get some good whipping, now you know how strong I am?

"You, call me queen, ah pui…" Her style twisted. "Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"

The black-clothed person stayed silent, however, she was still staring straight at her, and she was filled with hatred to the point where it could burst out at any moment.

Zhu Yao could not recall when she had pulled in so much hatred. With a wave of her hand, she removed the concealment art on her face, only to reveal a delicate and beautiful face.

"It's you!" Mo Xianxian! Zhu Yao stared with widened eyes. She didn't expect it to be her of all people.

Mo Xianxian, however, did not try to hide her intents in the slightest, as she carried an expression that looked as though she could bite Zhu Yao at any moment. "You slut!"

"Thank you, you bitch!"

She was startled, as though she did not understand what a bitch was.

Zhu Yao took a deep breath, took a step forward, and squatted next to her. "Is there something wrong with your brain? Why aren't you sleeping this late in the night, and instead, came to Fluorescent Wind Sect to wake me up?"

Mo Xianxian snorted coldly as she turned her head to the side, as though she was disgusted just by looking at her. "You know the answer yourself."

"I'm asking exactly because I don't know the answer. You think everyone's as bored as you are?" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes at her. "Just why in the world do you want to kill me?"

Mo Xianxian, however, became absolutely furious. "Slut, first you seduced my husband, then you hunted me down. Now, you're not even letting my husband go, and you're asking me why I want to kill you?"

"Wait a minute! Why do you still think that I was the one who seduced Xu Nuoyan?" Zhu Yao's head ached a little. "Didn't I tell you that I don't even know him at all before this? And I never thought of marrying him either." Where did your most basic judgmental ability go to?

"Hmph! Pretentious."

"…" Your logic must have been eaten by dogs, right.

"If you don't have any ill intentions, then, why did you send people to kill me?"

Zhu Yao blanked for a moment. There's actually really people hunting her down? Could it be… The hell, that trash!

Seeing that she had turned silent, a hint of something flashed past Mo Xianxian's eyes. "If you really have no intentions for my husband, then do you dare to confront him with me face to face?"

"Fine, a confrontation it is." This stubborn lady. If she did not allow her to personally witness his true personality, she really wouldn't know what to call her.

Zhu Yao stood up. Just as she was about to pull her up, suddenly, she realized a red light shining brilliantly on the ground. A large blazing fire suddenly rose. She reflexively retreated, only to realize that her surroundings had already been heavily surrounded by flames. The flames were especially mysterious, blue could be seen mixed within the red flames, emitting out an intense heat. Even the surrounding flowers and grass had instantly withered.

"Hahahaha…" Mo Xianxian let out a complacent laugh, as she instantly escaped from her body's restraints. Rising up, she jumped several meters away, with a face that looked as though she had succeeded in her treacherous plan. "I sure want to see how you're going to escape from this."

The hell. This bitch trapped her. If she had known, she would have placed a formation down long ago.

Zhu Yao looked a little blankly at the flames which had already completely surrounded her. For a moment, she began to regret a little. Why was she so incredibly bored, to the extent of coming to this secluded mountain? And, she had even unknowingly fell asleep. If this had been Dawnfall Peak, at the very least, her master was there.

The flames did not look simple. "What is this art?"

Mo Xianxian coldly laughed. "What? As the young mistress of Fluorescent Wind Sect, do you not recognize your own sect's ultimate art, 'Divine Nascent True Flames'?"

"No, I don't."

"…" She actually shamelessly admitted it. "The 'Divine Nascent True Flames' can completely annihilate one's divine nascent core, being the strongest flames in the world. Before your divine nascent core completely vanishes, and your divine sense completely scatters, it's impossible for you to flee."

"Is that so?" But why did she feel that these flames, were a little cute? Even the embers were looking a little strange. Hey, hey, hey, it seemed to have formed a heart shape!

Zhu Yao could not help but reach out her hand.

"Hmph!" Mo Xianxian coldly glared at her. "These flames cannot be extinguished, so obediently accept your dea…"

"Extinguish!"

Before she could even finish, she heard a sizzling sound. The flames which were still lively and spirited earlier, with a wave of Zhu Yao's hand, were completely extinguished.

"Impossible!" That's the Divine Nascent True Flame, flames that could not be extinguished even with water!

Zhu Yao looked a little blankly at her own hand. She seemed to have learnt some sort of incredible skill, and suddenly managed to control these flames.

"Burn!" With another wave of her hand, in an instant, the entire mountain peak was once again set ablaze with the red and blue flames, burning straight towards Mo Xianxian's direction.

Mo Xianxian's face instantly turned deathly pale, as she immediately controlled her sword and prepared to flee. The moment she flew up, she suddenly felt an overwhelming might pressing down on her. Before she could even react, she was knocked off her sword and fell into the flames.

"Master." Zhu Yao waved her hand at the white figure which suddenly appeared in the sky. He sure came at the right time.

"What's going on?" Yu Yan frowned, as he walked towards his stupid disciple.

"Nothing much. There's a bitch with a low intelligence, who even came up to me to flaunt her stupidity."

With a wave of her hand, Zhu Yao extinguished the flames in front of her, only to realize the area in front was completely empty. Where's the bitch?

"Where is she?"

She clearly saw her falling over there though? Could she have escaped? Zhu Yao went forward and searched the vicinity, yet, she was unable to find even a strand of her hair. Even Mo Xianxian's presence could no longer be felt.

"Yu Yao!" A hint of strangeness flashed past Yu Yan's face. He suddenly bent down his waist to pick up an object, which he then handed over to Zhu Yao.

After clearly seeing what it was, Zhu Yao's face instantly darkened.

Hoho. Hello, cheat artifact!

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Chapter 174: Spatial Mahjong Competition

Zhu Yao really never expected to see her former avatar so soon. That's right, what her master picked up was that piece of divine jade with a dimensional space within it. Mo Xianxian's biggest cheat. Other than missing half of its body, the rest looked exactly the same.

Returning to Dawnfall Peak, Yu Yan cast an art, encompassing the divine jade he picked up with a barrier-like isolation divine technique.

"What happened?" Yu Yan solemnly asked.

"I don't know either." Zhu Yao glanced at that piece of jade. "I don't know which wrong train Mo Xianxian got onto, but she wanted to kill me no matter what." Zhu Yao hence explained to her master everything about the bug this time, along with what she had seen from her precognitive dream.

"I think that she must have hidden herself in the dimensional space within the jade." She must had thought that this was a foolproof plan, after all, in a huge fire like that, who would notice such a regular piece of jade? Even if it was seen, no one would think that there's actually another universe within it. Unfortunately, out of anyone whom she could have entered the dimensional space in front of, she just had to do it in front of Zhu Yao. Should she be seen as unlucky, or even more unlucky?

"Master, is there any way to let her out?"

Yu Yan turned his head, and looked at her strangely.

"I want to talk to her." Ultimately, Mo Xianxian was a pitiful person as well. She was once the pride of the heavens, revered by the people in the Lower Realm. With all of her might, she finally managed to ascend to the Higher Realm, all for the sake of finding her own husband, to pursue their former destinies. In the end, she found him, but the love had already disappeared.

However, on the day of the practitioner-pair ceremony, clearly, she had already completely given up on Xu Nuoyan, so why did her attitude change once again? Did someone tell her something? Or could it be that she was still unwilling to see things clearly, and hence, wanted to vent all of the wrongs and faults on Zhu Yao?

"Are you certain?" Yu Yan frowned. According to his ideology, an enemy must be eliminated, so as to avoid future troubles from occurring. Since that woman actually dared to make a move, then she should have the resolve to die.

"Mn." Zhu Yao nodded. "Master, do you know a way?"

Yu Yan turned to look at the divine jade on the table, and only spoke after a while. "Back then, when I was inside, the void-shattering formation had already been completed to a large extent, if it's activated from the outside…" Yu Yan hurriedly cast an art, and then, slashed his hand towards the void, causing a bright light to flash in mid-air.

Space twisted, and a white tear expanded towards the two sides. Faintly, the mountains and rivers on the other side could be seen.

Suddenly, a blue figure flew out. Zhu Yao was about to make a move to stop Mo Xianxian, however, she suddenly heard a furious roar.

"I'm going to kill you!" It was actually a male voice.

Zhu Yao was startled. The hell, her master did not inform her that this passage was linked to Thailand though? Why did her gender change?

That person was dressed in a blue robe, and had a burly figure. His entire body was filled with rich muscles that could not even be covered by the robe he was wearing, and that face…

"Goudan!" Why was it him!?

"How do you know my name?" The man blanked, and even the sword he was striking towards her with had stopped for a moment, before he immediately regained his senses. "No, that's not it! This daddy here will slice up the bastard for bullying little sis Xianxian!"

You think you alone have what it takes!? Zhu Yao rolled her eyes at him, as she dodged to the side. With a swing towards his forehead, she sent a slap right towards it. In an instant, he was crawling on the ground. Then, she cast a binding art to fixate him onto where he was. "It's been a few months since we last met, and your guts seemed to have fattened up, huh?"

With cultivation level lower than an Earth Deity,he actually dared to stand up for someone else. Just where did he get his confidence from?

"Release me!" Goudan fumed as he struggled for a few times. "If you have the guts, then fight me fair and square!"

"…" Didn't he launch a sneak attack against her just earlier?

Zhu Yao's head ached a little. How could she have forgotten that Goudan had binded that dimensional space back then as well? So, it was very normal for him to be able to enter the space, and this guy seemed to still harbor some feelings towards Mo Xianxian. But in that precognitive dream, he basically wasn't mentioned at all! Could it be that the timeline had already strayed off since the very beginning?

"You shameless soft egg, if you have the guts, then release me." Goudan still continued to curse out.

Zhu Yao could not help but kick towards him. This lady here has yet to ask you about the benefits you obtained, and you dare to curse at me? "Why aren't you cultivating in Advent Cloud Hall, but instead, hiding in the dimensional space? Where's Mushmush?"

"Hmph!" Goudan snorted very strongly. "Don't think that just because you're acting all familiar with me, I will forgive you. Let me tell you this. Bullying Xianxian is the same as bullying me! I will never forgive… Aiyaaaaa, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts… my ears, my ears!"

Zhu Yao pulled his ears, and and did various twists and turns. "Are you going to speak, or not?"

"I will speak, I will speak, I will speak…" Goudan submitted in a second. The moment Zhu Yao relaxed her fingers, he weakly glanced at Zhu Yao. "Let me get up first."

Zhu Yao released the binding art on his body. "Speak, how did you get entangled with Mo Xianxian?"

Goudan rubbed his own arm, and his eyes rolled to the left and right.Glancing at Zhu Yao, a small arc was made at the corner of his lips, looking as though he was about to do something bad at any moment. As expected, immediately after, he pointed outside and loudly said. "Wow, there's a tiger outside."

Zhu Yao stood as still as a mountain.

"Really, there's a huge tiger outside."

Zhu Yao did not make a single budge.

"I'm… I'm not lying. Take a look yourself."

Zhu Yao continued to look at him.

"You must believe… believe me. I don't lie."

Zhu Yao stared ruthlessly at him.

"Look, another one came."

"…" Zhu Yao's expression darkened, as she let out a long sigh. "You dropped your purse."

"Ah!" Goudan immediately lowered his head to look for his money pouch.

Zhu Yao sent her slaps straight towards him, and his head was instantly filled with bulges. "If you want to lie, you must first pick up the skill properly, alright? Nonsense such as tigers appearing, is something a three-year-old wouldn't believe even if you told him about it! You might as well say an UFO appeared." When this guy was born, his intelligence must have been thrown away along with umbilical cord, right!?

"Stop, stop! Stop hitting, stop hitting…" Goudan dodged in an embarrassing manner. Like a mouse being beaten, he once again squatted back down onto the ground.

"Speak. When did you enter the dimensional space?"

"What does this have to do with you? That dimensional space was mine to begin with. As long as I wish for it, I can enter it at any moment." Goudan's shame seemed to have turned into anger, as he immediately picked up the sword on the ground, leapt a step back, and summoned a golden sword intent. The sword intent seemed to carry an imposing aura. "Hmph. You vile woman who bullies others, don't think I"m afraid of you. In this world, other than the great deity inside that dimensional space in the past, who had since disappeared, I, Goudan, hasn't feared anyone else. Die!"

The great deity who disappeared? Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment. Turning her head, she looked towards a certain master who had been simply watching the show at the side the entire time, and pointed. "Are you referring to him?"

Goudan unconsciously turned his head, and his eyes suddenly widened. With a face that looked as though he was being struck by lightning, his hands shivered, and the golden sword intent which carried the condensation of his entire divine energy whizzed uncontrollably towards Zhu Yao.

Why was the great deity within the dimensional space here? This wasn't logical!

Yu Yan frowned. In the next moment, the immense pressure of a High Deity pressed towards Goudan. His sword intent shattered soundingly, while he was slammed heavily towards the ground as well, puking out three liters of blood. As expected, this great deity was an eternal nightmare in Goudan's 'arrow' life.

Yu Yan was furious. This person sure had the guts to assault his disciple right in front of him. With a twist of his wrist, a heavenly lightning bolt was just about to strike towards Goudan.

"Stop!" The air once again began to twist, and a pinkish figure descended from the sky. Zhu Yao's eyes shone. Mo Xianxian finally decided to co-

Little bitch!? Why was it her?

And just where did she pop out from, hey?

Tao Manfeng blocked in front of Goudan, and though the sword in her hand was slightly trembling, she did not take even half a step back. She looked as though she was prepared for death.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Was today the day the conference for former jade's dimension space owners supposed to happen? The number of former owners here were just about enough to form a mahjong table, you know?

"Lil sis Manfeng, hurry and leave!" Goudan pushed Tao Manfeng away, while his legs began to tremble. "You can't beat this great deity." He was really afraid. Recalling the time she first entered the dimensional space, he was zapped to the point he was between life and death by this great deity. That scene was simply comparable to the dark past of one's childhood, a memory which he did not even dare to recall. If lil sis Mo Xianxian had not binded the dimensional space with her blood, and if he was not forcefully pulled into the dimensional space, he most probably would not have realized the secret behind the jade in his entire lifetime.

"Shut up!" Tao Manfeng glared at Goudan. "Not everyone here is as stupid as you."

Mn, Zhu Yao agreed with these words of hers.

"High Deity!" Tao Manfeng bowed towards Yu Yan. "Goudan had only become a spirit not long ago, so he might make many offences in his various ways of conduct. I seek High Deity for your forgiveness."

Yu Yan did not even spare her a glance, and simply continued to summon his heavenly lightning bolt, not to mention, that one single bolt had even split into two. Very evidently, he wasn't forgiving at all.

"High Deity!" Tao Manfeng flustered, and she had no choice but to light up a protective barrier to shield both her and Goudan.

Zhu Yao was a little stunned while watching this scene. She knew absolutely clearly what kind of person Tao Manfeng was, yet, she actually stood up for someone she was unrelated to, and the other party was even Goudan. Th-This… This was a little too miraculous, wasn't it?

For a moment, the thought of a drama regarding a triangle love relationship popped up in her mind. Mo Xianxian vs Goudan vs Tao Manfeng.

Why did she feel that the style of this drama would be so strange?

"Master, wait." Zhu Yao had no choice but to shout 'cut'. Yu Yan glanced at her, and was evidently not amused with his disciple's softhearted actions. Zhu Yao took two steps forward, and pulled down the hands he were casting an art with. After pondering for a moment, she tightened her hands, and her fingers intertwined with his. She then chuckled. "Give me some face."

Yu Yan frowned. Looking at his hands which was intertwined with his disciple's, a sense of satisfaction strangely surged from the bottom of his heart. Mn. Allowing his disciple to rebel against him just once did not feel like something unacceptable.

Hence, he turned his head, and could not be bothered any longer.

Just… He did not wish to let go of her hands.

Zhu Yao struggled for a few moments and was unable to escape from his grasp. She had no choice but to turn around to block their intertwined fingers from view. Haah, her master was being petty again.

"Tell Mo Xianxian to come out, and I will let the both of you go."

"No way." Goudan fumed the moment he heard her words. "She's already injured, what are you planning to do with her still?"

"There's something that I wish to talk to her about." Zhu Yao rolled her eyes at him. "Don't worry, I won't kill her."

"Hmph. I don't believe you. I know you simply want to harm her."

Haah, look at that temper of his. With a wave of Zhu Yao's hand, the jade on the table instantly flew into her hand. "If I wish to kill her, I wouldn't do something so troublesome. I would have simply destroyed this piece of jade, why's there the need to go round and round with you people?"

Goudan still carried that look of disbelief, though, Tao Manfeng nodded. "Fine, I will head in and speak to her." After saying that, she raised her head and glanced at Yu Yan, before disappearing into the dimensional space.

A moment later, she appeared in the room, along with the injured Mo Xianxian.

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Chapter 175: The Trash Retreats

The rear mountain behind the main peak of Fluorescent Wind Sect was the place with the densest divine energy other than Dawnfall Peak. Living in the mountain were the few elite disciples accepted by the various hall masters of the sect.

Zhu Yao had arrived in the early morning, however, she did not head over to the sect master's cave residence, but instead, went straight towards another cave residence in the middle. That place was filled with spiritual plants, and red flowers and lush green willow trees were arranged with particular elegance. The divine energy present were not far off from Dawnfall Peak either. Zhu Yao looked around as she walked, until she stopped in front of a large jade-green gate, only to realize a seal was placed on it.

"Yin Xin wishes to meet senior-martial brother Xu." Zhu Yao shouted.

A moment later, the jade-green gate was opened. Before she could even enter, an azure-clothed man came forward. His face was colored with delight, as though he was very surprised from her visit.

"Junior-martial sister Yin!?"

Zhu Yao smiled. "I have never visited senior-martial brother's cave residence, and since I was passing by, I decided to swing by. I'm not bothering senior-martial brother, am I?"

"Of course not." Xu Nuoyan gave a warm smile, and gently said. "For junior-martial sister to visit my place, it's naturally something I can't hope but wish for. Even if I'm currently in isolation training, it's a must to welcome junior-martial sister."

He sure know how to talk, instantly pointing out that he gave up on his isolation training, all for the sake to see her. Unfortunately, she wasn't the least bit guilty of it!

"Junior-martial sister, please." Xu Nuoyan directed her to the living room, and personally poured her a cup of tea. "Junior-martial sister, why the sudden thought of seeing your senior-martial brother?"

Zhu Yao put down the tea-cup in her hands. "My mother had told me this, that senior-martial brother was my father's personal succeeding disciple. Senior-martial brother have always been kind, and even has the best talent in the sect, so she wants me to learn from senior-martial brother."

"Sect master has spoke too highly of me." Xu Nuoyan said modestly, however, his gaze towards Zhu Yao had begun to drift, revealing an affectionate look. "For junior-martial sister Yin to be able to understand me, this senior-martial brother is already very satisfied."

"In the past, Yin Xin had too many misunderstandings of senior-martial brother." Zhu Yao followed his cue. "But, I have only just awoken. Everyone simply looks foreign to me, including you, senior-martial brother. That was why my mother cancelled the practitioner-pair ceremony in my will."

"Xu Nuoyan's expression sank. "I understand, junior-martial sister, I…"

"Furthermore." Zhu Yao immediately interrupted his words. "On that day, when that Miss Mo made her speech, she confidently said that senior-martial brother was her husband, and that she was your legal wife. Although I, Yin Xin, do not possess a high level of cultivation, I'm still my mother's daughter. No matter how one see it, I can't possibly marry to a man who already has a wife."

"Junior-martial sister, you misunderstood me, I don't ha…" Xu Nuoyan eagerly tried to explain like before.

"Oh right!" Zhu Yao once again interrupted his words. "On that day, she seemed to have pulled out your token of love as proof." Zhu Yao immediately took out a hair pin. "I was curious back then, so I picked it up to have a look, and realized that the 'Xian' letter was even carved on it? Mother said that it looked rather similar to senior-martial brother's handwriting."

Xu Nuoyan's face paled. He suddenly stood up, and said with a furious look. "That lady surnamed Xian is simply too crafty, for her to actually use such a method to frame me. It's no wonder your misunderstanding of me is so deep. Junior-martial sister, I have never gifted anyone a hair pin, you must not listen to an evil person's words."

"You really do not recognize this hair pin?"

"I, Xu Nuoyan, swear to the heavens!" Xu Nuoyan said with a stern look.

"Ok." Zhu Yao immediately kept the hair pin, and covertly moved her hand to her waist, pressing down on the piece of jade that was shaking faintly. "Just take it as though I was thinking too much."

Only then did Xu Nuoyan's emotions calmed down a little, and went back to take his seat. He then once again looked at her suffocating gaze. "Junior-martial sister, you do not understand senior-martial brother because you have only just awoken, I can understand… why you're unwilling. Senior-martial brother will always wait for you."

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. She was feeling a little allergic from his sweet-talk. "Hoho, actually, there's something I don't understand. The number of times senior-martial brother and I have met can even be counted on one hand, so how can you…" If he were to say that he began to love her only after seeing her for a few times, she wouldn't believe it even if she was beaten to death.

Xu Nuoyan's expression sank, his face was even faintly carrying an indiscernible melancholy. "To you, it might have only been a few encounters, but to your senior-martial brother, it has already been a thousand year-long wait."

Whaaat?

Xu Nuoyan sighed. Her hair stood on ends from his intense gaze. "Junior-martial sister, you might not have known about this. A thousand years ago, on the very first day I was taken into the sect, master had brought me to Dawnfall Peak to see junior-martial sister. That was the first time I met you, and junior-martial sister, you might laugh at me for this, but I… ever since that day, you captured a place in my heart."

"A thousand years ago?" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched.

"Yes!" Xu Nuoyan, however, still kept that affectionate look. "Back then, I had only just ascended not too long ago."

Zhu Yao turned silent. She had unconsciously wanted to look at the jade on her waist, however, she endured it. She could only borrow the action of sipping her tea, to press onto the jade that was about to leap out from her waist. When he said that it was when he only just ascended, it meant that it wasn't too long from the time he left Mo Xianxian, right?

"So, junior-martial sister, you can choose to not believe me…" Xu Nuoyan, however, still continued his affectionate confession. "But please, do not my suspect my feelings for you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have sought for the sect master's permission to marry you while you were still asleep."

"Marrying me was your intention?" Zhu Yao grabbed onto this important point.

"Yes!" Xu Nuoyan heavily nodded, and said with a firm look. "Back then, junior-martial sister was still in a slumber state. Even if you were to sleep for all eternity, I wouldn't have minded it. I merely wish to stay by your side for my entire life, junior-martial sister…"

The longer he spoke, the more agitated he became, and in front of her eyes, his claws were just about to reach towards her.

Zhu Yao, however, felt queasy in her stomach, as she immediately stood right up. "I forgot to turn off the gas. I will first take my leave."

As expected, shameless people are unbeatable.

"Junior-martial sister…" Xu Nuoyan was taken aback. Why did she suddenly want to leave while they were still chatting along nice and well? And what did she mean by 'turning off the gas'?

Zhu Yao pressed onto her waist, and hurriedly walked out. Just when she reached the entrance, she stopped. "Oh, right. I have forgotten to ask. Why did my mother want you to go into isolation training?"

Xu Nuoyan's face stiffened, before he replied a moment later. "It was my fault. I was dissatisfied with being framed by that woman surnamed Mo, who brought about junior-martial sister's misunderstanding of me. At my act of impulse, I sent a few men down to vent my anger. Because of this, the sect master was furious of me."

He sent people to kill his wife, and even wanted to twist his words, saying that it was all for her sake. This was really too much.

Zhu Yao did not tardy any further, and flew straight back towards Dawnfall Peak. Pulling out the jade on her waist, a ray of white light flashed past, and a black-clothed woman appeared right in front of her.

"Did you hear all of that clearly just now?" Zhu Yao glanced at her. "Now, do you still think that I'm the cause?"

Mo Xianxian did not reply. Her delicate face had long lost that violent aura from yesterday. Instead, she seemed to be in slight state of trance. "Why? Why does he want to do this me? He clearly swore he would never hurt me…"

Seemingly unable to bear the blow, her legs gave way as she knelt onto the ground, and she began to cry out loud. "Even though I believed him, no matter how hard it was in the Divine Realm, I still believed in him." She hugged her legs tightly, forming into a ball. Her tears flowed uncontrollably. "He sent me a message, saying that he couldn't recognize me because of his troubles, and I believed him… And the moment I received the news that he was sent into isolation, I immediately rushed over. But… But… Why?"

Zhu Yao sighed as she knelt down next to her. This lady was so silly to the point where… she really wanted to lecture her to death. "After the practitioner-pair ceremony, he sent you a message?"

Mo Xianxian nodded while making a choking noise.

No wonder. She had clearly severed herself from Xu Nuoyan back then, yet, she suddenly returned to kill her. Xu Nuoyan sure had his methods. While he was going circles around her in Fluorescent Wind Sect, he was holding onto Mo Xianxian at the side as well.

"You actually believe whatever he says, you deserved it."

Mo Xianxian did not reply. A moment later, she choked out. "He's… my husband." How could she not believe his words?

"How long have you known him?"

"… A little more than ten thousand years."

"You couldn't even see through a person in ten thousand years." Zhu Yao glanced at her. "Are you actually stupid?"

Mo Xianxian cried even more sadly.

"Stop crying!" Zhu Yao was a little irritated. Matters such as consoling someone, were not her specialty. "Isn't it just a broken love? It's not too late to wake up. There's a large number of men in this world, waiting for you to tease!"

"…" Mo Xianxian did not respond. Instead, she tightly hugged her legs, slightly trembling as she cried, suppressing the feelings that she had already lost.

Zhu Yao wasn't in the position to say anything else. After all, in a time like this, most probably, she was unable to take in anything. The only thing she could do was sit by her side, accompanying her. Who knew that her crying would be similar to the flood of the Yellow River, where she was unable to collect herself back the moment she started? Zhu Yao's buttocks were already sore from sitting, yet, she was still not letting up.

Zhu Yao had no choice but to return to the house, take out Goudan, and throw him towards her. Don't say that your boss isn't helping you. Right now, her heart has just been broken from love. Hurry and take advantage of this opportunity.

"Little sis Xianxian, what's wrong? Don't cry." As expected, Goudan was on the right track, as he anxiously began to circle around Mo Xianxian.

"It's easy to understand just by looking at her. She was fooled by a man." Unknowingly, Tao Manfeng followed out of the house as well, snorting coldly. "I have already told you that man can't be trusted. Only you would believe his ridiculous words. What did he say again? He had no choice? Those were all lies. There's no need for you to console her either, she deserved it."

Yo, her mocking mode was activated in full force, why did it sound like she was being sour? Zhu Yao turned to glance at Tao Manfeng. She was beginning to feel that there was something a little off about this lady.

Tao Manfeng was a little uncomfortable from her stare. Giving another cold snort, she no longer spoke after that.

"Since this matter has been cleared up, then you people best hurry and leave Fluorescent Wind Sect." Zhu Yao immediately passed down the eviction order. "In the future, do not come over to try to kill me out of no reason ever again."

When these words fell, a hint of awkwardness flashed past their faces.

"Here, catch this!" Zhu Yao threw the spatial jade towards Mo Xianxian.

"You…" Mo Xianxian was startled for a moment. She could not believe that Zhu Yao would actually return the spatial jade to her.

"I don't want it." Her master had said that half of the jade had already been destroyed, and it was no longer the one from before, it now possessed divine energy similar to that of the Lightning Divine Hall's. Furthermore, that was her former character. To make it sound more nasty, that was her past corpse. There was no way she would want to have it by her side every single day. "When encountering such matters, rack your brains more. Stop being stupid."

Mo Xianxian clasped onto the divine jade in her hands. After a while, she said. "Thank you!"

Zhu Yao waved her hands a little irritatingly, and chased the three people away. If she were to continue crying like this, she would soon drown. She was truly hoping that this lady would walk out from her former path, and stop being twiddled around in circles by that trash of a man.

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Chapter 176: Towards Cloudhold City

Zhu Yao turned around, and returned to the house. After a moment, she sensed that the three's presences had already left Fluorescent Wind Sect.

"You shouldn't have let them go." Yu Yan frowned, as he greatly disapproved of her actions.

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Yao sat right onto the bed. "No matter how stupid Mo Xianxian is, after the incident today, she will no longer seek revenge on Fluorescent Wind Sect."

"The dimensional space in that jade…"

"That piece of jade is merely a tool, a human's heart is what's truly dangerous." Zhu Yao explained. "Mo Xianxian offended Fluorescent Wind Sect that day, and now, she had even been expelled from Advent Cloud Hall. Even if my mother does not pursue this matter, there's no guarantee that someone else wouldn't target her. That piece of jade is her life-saving celestial tool. If I were to take it away, most likely, she wouldn't be able to survive. So why don't I take this opportunity to earn a favor from her?"

"…" Yu Yan did not speak any further, however, his frown deepened. When he recalled that piece of jade was initially his own disciple's body, and it was now even in someone else's hands, for some reasons, he felt a little displeased. As expected, that Goudan person, he should have been killed right from the start.

"Oh right, master." Zhu Yao suddenly recalled something. "I feel a little strange, as though I'm suddenly able to control fire…"

Before she could even finish… poof!

The entire ceiling was suddenly lighted up by an intense fire, instantly burning the ceiling into a clean crisp, as ashes fell and covered her entire face.

"Just like that." She pointed to the ceiling. She was suddenly more proficient in fire-based arts than lightning-based arts.

Yu Yan's expression sank. It sure was rare to see fire-based arts being cast so quickly. "When did you realize this?" He silently cast a water-based art, extinguishing the fire.

"Yesterday, when Mo Xianxian snuck up on me." Initially, she had only thought that the flames had a certain degree of intimacy with her, and that it was unable to harm her in the slightest.

Yu Yan reached out his hand and cupped her wrist, inspecting her meridians. After sending in a strand of divine sense to investigate, he realized that his disciple was as normal as ever. He had always known that his disciple possessed heaven-bending affinity with lightning spiritual energy, so when did she become so affinate with fire as well?

"Your current body carries too many mysteries, your master do not know of the reason either." Yu Yan released his hand, and then moved to stroke her head. "The Hall Master has always possessed deep understanding in regards to many strange matters. Tomorrow, I will make a trip back to Lightning Divine Hall. While you're here at the Fluorescent Wind Sect, do not take any rash actions."

Zhu Yao put down his hand which was destroying her hairstyle, and she was startled when she heard his words. "Master, you're leaving?"

"Mn." Yu Yan took the opportunity to hold onto her hand. Learning from what she did before, their fingers intertwined. "While I'm not here, you must be extremely careful."

"Ou." Zhu Yao weakly responded. "Don't worry, my mother's here! Although my current body has yet to officially begin cultivating, but even with Mo Xianxian's Profound Deity Paragon's cultivation was unable to defeat me. There's no problems, no worries."

Yu Yan blanked for a moment, as though he suddenly thought of something. After sizing his disciple who was in front of him, a strange thought suddenly popped in his head. "Yu Yao, what's your current level of cultivation?"

"Ah?" Why did he suddenly bring this up? "Aren't I a middle-stage Profound Deity? Oh wait, I changed my character, and I have yet to begin cultivating. So I can't even be considered an Earth Deity…" As she said that, she herself was startled as well. Earth Deity? Then why was she able to defeat Mo Xianxian?

Could it be…

"Yu Yao." Yu Yan's voice deepened. "I can't make clear of your level of cultivation."

When someone was unable to see through a person's level of cultivation, there would be two likely scenarios. First, the person of interest did not possess any cultivation. Second, the level of cultivation of the person of interest was much higher than oneself, and hence, was unable to be seen through. She had always thought that she belonged to the first category, but earlier, she had clearly defeated Mo Xianxian, a Profound Deity, to the point where she was unable to fight back. So, Zhu Yao basically did not seem to be cultivation-less.

If she belonged to the second category…

Her master was already a High Deity, the highest level of cultivation which one could reach in the Divine Realm. Yet, he was unable to see through her own cultivation level. If that's the case…

Her level of cultivation was higher than a High Deity?

This was simply unbelievable.

It's not that she had never tested her own level of cultivation. Her master was a High Deity, and his divine sense could envelop a large half of the Divine Realm continent. However, her divine sense could only allow her to clearly see objects in a hundred kilometers radius. So how could her level be higher than his?

Wait a minute. A hundred kilometers. Her activity range seemed to be limited to a hundred meters as well. Could this be the reason?

Master returned to Lightning Divine Hall on the second day. All of the questions could only be answered once he returns.

Zhu Yao spent most of her time staying in Dawnfall Peak, and occasionally, she would visit her cheap mother. Yin Shi, however, no longer brought up Xu Nuoyan. Most probably, she had already begun to guard against him. Zhu Yao did not mind helping her putting more eyedrops.

Xu Nuoyan possessed a deep scheming mind, and he contemplated a lot as well. Zhu Yao guessed that his final objective was to obtain Fluorescent Wind Sect. Although Mo Xianxian had already let go of him, it did not mean that he wouldn't find another opportunity to make a reversal. Zhu Yao was uninterested in power-struggling affairs like this, but Yin Shi was after all, her mother, so naturally, she couldn't side with a stranger.

The investigation on Xu Nuoyan conducted by her cheap mother did not end, though Zhu Yao wasn't sure if she had confirmed that Xu Nuoyan's words were all true. These days, even if she was the one who bring up the topic of Xu Nuoyan, her tone would always carry an unconcealed anger. Initially, even though he was the former Sect Master's personal succeeding disciple, a large half of the sect affairs had to go through his hands. Currently, Yin Shi was slowly retrieving such responsibilities. If not for the reputation of her cheap husband, who had already entered the Lightning Divine Tower, most probably, Yin Shi would have already expelled him from Fluorescent Wind Sect.

For a moment, Zhu Yao felt that the mission this time around was unexpectedly easy. Looking at it now, there's no longer a need to fear that Fluorescent Wind Sect would be destroyed.

But, she suddenly recalled something. Just who was the bug this time?

No matter was it Mo Xianxian, or Xu Nuoyan, the word 'bug' did not seem to be present on their faces. In the beginning, she had thought that it was that piece of celestial jade. However, she had already looked over it clearly. The two letters 'b' and 'u' were indeed present on that remaining half piece of jade, but it definitely couldn't be termed as a bug.

Could it be that the loophole this time wasn't physical?

Just when Zhu Yao was pondering about this, Xu Nuoyan came to visit her himself. Even after a long while since they met, he was still the scumbag who carried the same elegant demeanor. He completely did not look dispirited from being pressured, and the gaze he was looking at her with was still giving her goosebumps.

"Junior-martial sister. Long time no see."

"Hoho, fellow deity Xu." Zhu Yao really did not want to deal with him.

"Junior-martial sister, why did you decide to call me 'fellow deity' again?" Xu Nuoyan did not look bothered in the slightest. "Back then, didn't you already call me senior-martial brother? Why the sudden change?"

"It was my mother who reminded me. I have already admitted into the Lightning Divine Hall. So, I'm not a disciple of Fluorescent Wind Sect, naturally, we can't refer to each other as martial brother and sister." Back then, it was merely to get you talking.

"I see." Xu Nuoyan was unexpectedly conversational this time. "Since that's the case, then I won't be courteous around junior-martial sister either. Why don't I call you by your Daoist name, Yu Yao?"

Uh… This sure was hard to refute. "Fellow deity Xu, is there something you need from me?"

Xu Nuoyan did not mind her coldness in the slightest, as he grinned from ear to ear. "It's nothing, I simply thought that you will definitely feel bored by staying on this Dawnfall Peak all day. Coincidentally, Sect Master has dispatched me to deal with a small affair in Cloudhold City a few tens of kilometers south from here, so I'm here to ask if you're willing to go there together."

"No need." Only a ghost would go out with a scumbag like you. "It's best if I stay here and cultivate."

"Yu Yao sure is diligent." Xu Nuoyan continued. "But, you have only just awoken not too long ago, so you should be rather unfamiliar with everything in this world. Yet, you're not even curious about the outside world, that sure is a rarity."

Zhu Yao's heart clenched for a moment. She seemed to have really been performing a little too calmly. Though, in the beginning, she was not worried if the matter of her becoming Yin Xin was exposed, after all, she had confessed directly to her cheap mother. But, even if Yin Shi accepted her, it did not mean that someone else wouldn't be suspicious.

This scumbag sure was scheming alright.

"That's the closest and luxurious city from Fluorescent Wind Sect, it shouldn't take that long to arrive. And, auspicious clouds seemed to be gathering there today, most probably, someone from the lower realm is ascending. It's a rare opportunity, are you sure you're not going?" Xu Nuoyan continued.

Fine then, if she were to really reject him, with a heart as scheming as his, he might really grow suspicious of her. And… She really was a little curious. As someone who had snuck into the heavens, she was rather interested in matters such as ascension.

In the end, Zhu Yao still accompanied him there. That Cloudhold City was only about fifty kilometers away from Fluorescent Wind Sect, so she wouldn't possibly faint because of leaving too far from it like before.

Xu Nuoyan was heading there for a mission this time. He was going there to welcome the deity who was ascending to the higher realm, and to persuade him to join Fluorescent Wind Sect. For a Gold Deity to be dispatched for such matters, it could be seen how afraid Yin Shi was of him.

Before setting off, she went over to where Yin Shi was to let her know. Initially, she had wanted her cheap mother to stop her. In the beginning, Yin Shi was indeed a little unhappy, however, after Xu Nuoyan spoke a few words, she actually agreed to it. She had even joyfully contributed a celestial sword to be used as a transportation tool. Mother, am I actually your biological daughter?

With nothing else to refute, Zhu Yao could only resign herself to fate, and headed off.

Along the way however, Xu Nuoyan did not behave like before, where he would make use of every opportunity to make talk with her, and demonstrate his utmost faith. Other than the way he was looking at her, which was still causing her goosebumps, he did not bring up the matter about Mo Xianxian in the slightest. Even if she had the intention to bring it up, and wanted to throw some sarcastic remarks, with a good temper, he did not reply, and instead lightly chuckled.

Had this Xu Nuoyan changed his ways? Or had he been broken by Yin Shi?

With such an irregular Xu Nuoyan, Zhu Yao could not help but raise her guard. Only a ghost would know what kind of thoughts he had in his head, it would be best for her to be a little more careful.

They were flying at an extremely slow pace, as Zhu Yao was intentionally appearing as though she possessed a low level of cultivation. Xu Nuoyan coordinated with her speed throughout the entire journey. Flying at a position a step away from her, which was neither close nor far, he looked rather gentlemanly. It seemed that Mo Xianxian falling for him was not without reasons. At the very least, he did put in effort in the way he presented himself.

Just like that, they slowly flew for an hour. Just when they were about to reach their destination, she suddenly heard a familiar voice from below.

"Return Rock Spirit to me, otherwise I will show you what I'm made of!"

Zhu Yao immediately stepped on the brakes, stopped mid-air, and looked down below.

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Chapter 177: Mushroom Rescue Operation

Wang Xuzhi!

No wait, it's Mushroom.

There were three people in confrontation below. On one side was Mushroom, while the other were a set of familiar faces as well. It was Mo Xianxian who had nowhere to turn to, and the newly appointed flower guardian Goudan. Why were they fighting?

Mushroom held a sword in its hand as flames of fury surged, glaring ruthlessly at the two people in front of it.

"Brother Mushroom, you misunderstood. Boss isn't with us. I have not seen boss for a long time." Goudan explained with an anxious look.

"Lies!" Mushroom was enraged, its hair twitched for a moment before turning bright red, and it felt as though they were straightening up as well. "She's clearly holding onto Rock Spirit in her hands. Just what did you do to her? Why did she turn back into her original form?"

"Original form?" Goudan turned to look at Mo Xianxian's hand, and what she was holding onto was exactly the piece of dimensional celestial jade. "This isn't boss. Even though boss became a spirit from a jade, this piece… is a celestial jade without any spiritual consciousness. This isn't her."

"You're lying!" Mushroom became even more enraged. "I have slept with Rock Spirit for so long, how could I possibly mistake her original form with someone else's!?"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Who slept with you?

The hell, this mushroom was still unable to speak clearly and properly.

Goudan was still explaining with all his might, and had even have Mo Xianxian reach out her hand to have the mushroom take a look at it. "Look, evidently, this is only half piece of a full jade, how could it possibly be boss?"

Mushroom's eyes widened. Grinding its teeth, it said. "You people sliced Rock Spirit into half!"

Goudan: "…"

Mo Xianxian: "…"

Zhu Yao: "…"

Mushroom could no longer restrain itself, and immediately made a move. With its sword, it struck toward Mo Xianxian's… hand. Naturally, Mo Xianxian wouldn't allow herself to be sliced for nothing. In a flash, her figure had already retreated a few meters back. Summoning her celestial sword, she then stepped forward, and a fight broke out.

"Haah. Stop fighting, stop fighting. We're all acquaintances." Goudan was troubled on both ends.

Yet, the two people simply did not listen to him.

"Hmph. If you wanted to rob the celestial jade from me, just say it outright. Why the need to craft these lies about a rock spirit?" Mo Xianxian snorted. Evidently, she was treating this mushroom as a treasure-robbing murderer.

"Fine then, I will exact revenge for Rock Spirit today." The mushroom's expression turned cold, and it actually began casting a familiar celestial art. A ray of heavenly lightning fell from the sky, striking straight towards Mo Xianxian.

Not bad. After not seeing this mushroom for so long, not only had it elevated its cultivation, it had even learnt lightning celestial arts? Although its cultivation was a little lower than Mo Xianxian's, it was not even the slightest bit disadvantage. Zhu Yao was a little pleased, and worried at the same time.

However, when Goudan, who was at the sidelines earlier, saw that the people were not listening to his persuasions, he actually joined the battle as well, and was even standing on Mo Xianxian's side.

The hell, this hypocrite. As expected, he had nothing but thoughts of the opposite sex.

Zhu Yao was enraged. Her hands were itching to bash people up.

"Yu Yao, you know these people?" Xu Nuoyan suddenly spoke up, as he asked with a calm look.

Zhu Yao turned her head, looking a little astonished. He was acting a little too calm, right? The one fighting below was his wife, you know. "That person over there is Miss Mo from the practitioner-pair ceremony."

Xu Nuoyan blanked for a moment, yet, there wasn't even the least bit of guilt on his face. "Oh, so that's her! I always had bad memory in regards to unrelated people."

Go on, continue with your lies! A few days ago, you were still looking anguished when you said that certain someone had framed you. But this time, you actually said you can't remember.

"That man however, looks rather familiar." Xu Nuoyan suddenly changed his target. With narrowed eyes, he pointed at Mushroom by the side. "Yu Yao, do you recognize him?"

"We had a fateful encounter." Zhu Yao suddenly recalled that back then, during the practitioner-pair ceremony, she seemed to have called out to Mushroom. She did not know what kind of intentions Xu Nuoyan had when he asked this question, but just when she wanted to head down to help, she was suddenly beginning to hesitate a little.

With his cunning, if Xu Nuoyan were to find out she's not the true Yin Xin, she really wouldn't know what could happen. Before, the reason she wasn't afraid of people finding out her identity, was because she held no intentions to stay in Fluorescent Wind Sect. However, now that she had a range restriction curse on her, she was simply unable to leave.

With it being two against one, Mushroom was evidently barely able to hold on, as he was constantly being pushed back by Mo Xianxian.

Mushroom became anxious, and decided to turn directly back into his original form, into a gigantic red mushroom. That's right, just like before, he would still turn red from anger.

"I'm going to crush the two of you!" Mushroom loudly shouted out. Leaping with all his might, he rose into the air, before heavily pressing towards the two people.

As if such a simple and crude attack would work! Mo Xianxian and Goudan retreated to the sides, and easily escaped it. Right after, Mo Xianxian flew into the air, and sent a straight kick towards Mushroom, sending him dozens of meters away.

That kick was infused with divine energy, and hence, was a very heavy blow, sinking a large portion of his mushroom cap.

The hell! Zhu Yao could not bear it any longer. These two idiots actually dared to harm her Mushroom! Folding up her sleeves, she was prepared to strike.

However, Xu Nuoyan was a step faster than her. In a flash, his figure descended onto the ground. Immediately after, with a wave of his sleeves, six icicles were sent straight towards Mo Xianxian and Goudan.

The attack was both quick and instant, and even carried the might of a Gold Deity. The two people barely managed to dodge in time, and was this close to being penetrated by the icicles.

"It's you!" Mo Xianxian grabbed onto her hand which was grazed by the icicles, ruthlessly staring at the newcomer, while Goudan simply fainted from the divine energy carried by the icicles. "Xu Nuoyan, you still dare to appear before me!"

Xu Nuoyan did not reply, though, his pair of amorous eyes narrowed slightly. The coldness in his expression seemed as though he was looking at a stranger.

"You ungrateful asshole." Mo Xianxian immediately activated her swearing mode. "Today will be the day I kill you, so as to wash away my humiliation!"

While saying that, she had already formed her own sword intent. It was actually a peach blossom with five petals, yet, every single petal could split off, bringing about unpredictable transformations, as they attacked straight at Xu Nuoyan.

Xu Nuoyan however, simply revealed a cold smile. Summoning his own flying sword, infused it with divine energy, and let out a single swing, disintegrating the flower petals.

"Miss Mo, this Xu do not know where I have offended you, to have you frame me time and time again." His voice was neither pressing nor hurried, and his eyes on her were still as foreign and distant.

If she had not known of the background story, even Zhu Yao would have believed that he really did not have any relations to Mo Xianxian at all.

"Frame?" Mo Xianxian let out a desolate laugh. "We were husband and wife for over ten thousand years, and you dare say I framed you!?"

"You and I, are strangers." Xu Nuoyan was unfazed, as though she really did not know the person in front of him.

Mo Xianxian's body furiously tembled.

Xu Nuoyan frowned, and sighed. "Nevermind. No matter what your reason is, since you continue to make a ruckus within the territory of my Fluorescent Wind Sect time and time again, I can't spare you."

With a wave of his hand, he instantly summoned another three icicles.

"You're going to kill me?" Mo Xianxian widened her eyes. Even though she knew that he had long forgotten of their old ties, she never expected that he would personally take her life.

Xu Nuoyan flicked his finger, and the three icicles charged towards Mo Xianxian, aiming at her vital spots.

Zhu Yao's eyes widened. This bastard was actually willing to cut her down. Willing in her mind, three fireballs instantly flew downwards. She instantly cast a transformation art, descended from the skies, and landed in front of Mo Xianxian.

It seemed as though Mo Xianxian had yet to recover from that dense amount of killing intent earlier, as she looked blankly at Zhu Yao. "Senior?"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Alright, she simply did not want Mo Xianxian to notice her being with Xu Nuoyan, which cause some misunderstandings. Thus, she wanted to change her look. Because of the desperate situation, she turned into her "Soi Sauz" look. But, she seemed to have forgotten that when she was a rock spirit, she had appeared in this form to save her once before. And she had even remembered that look.

"Let her go!" Zhu Yao looked towards Xu Nuoyan, and said with a solemn voice.

Xu Nuoyan, who still carried an indifferent expression earlier, revealed a slight smiling intent, and he unexpectedly gave a consenting nod. "Fine!" His expression slowly sank, and he once again looked at Mo Xianxian with that chilling gaze.

"Hurry and leave." Zhu Yao turned around and urged her. Although she was a little angry that she injured Mushroom, if she did not stop him, Xu Nuoyan would really end her life there and then.

Only then did Mo Xianxian recover her senses. Carrying Goudan who had long since fainted at the side, she first gave Zhu Yao a thankful glance, before giving Xu Nuoyan behind her another ruthless glare. Her eyes were as sharp as blades, as though actual blades could materialize at any moment.

Unfortunately, Xu Nuoyan did not feel a single thing, not even sparing her a glance.

"Wait a minute, return Rock Spirit to me!"

Uh… Mushroom, stop fooling around!

Mushroom leapt up while enduring the pain. "You two killed Rock Spirit, I'm going to exact revenge for him!"

"You two, seems to have taken something you shouldn't have." Xu Nuoyan suddenly spoke up, giving Mo Xianxian a meaningful glance.

Mo Xianxian gritted her teeth. In the end, she still threw the divine jade that was in her hand towards Mushroom, before flying off on her sword.

Zhu Yao suddenly had a bad premonition. The hell, Xu Nuoyan couldn't have known of the secret of the dimensional space, right?

Xu Nuoyan however did not make a move, not sparing the piece of jade on the ground a glance. Though, Mushroom bounced to where the piece of jade was, bending down towards it in a blink of an eye, and his voice began to tremble. "Rock… Rock… Rock Spirit."

The entire mushroom instantly turned deathly pale.

Lowering his head, the mushroom cap poked the half piece of jade on the ground.

"Rock Spirit… Rock Spirit… I came to save you, Rock Spirit."

He poked it a few times. Seeing that there wasn't a single response from the piece of jade, as though his mind finally collapsed, he bawled out loud.

"Waaah, Rock Spirit… Don't die! Wake up… Waaaah…"

Mushroom cried out a fountain of tears. Under the mushroom cap, it looked as though it was raining, as water kept pouring onto the ground. Finally, the mushroom laid on the ground, and began to roll around.

This was the first time Zhu Yao experienced what was truly called a 'river formed out of tears', yet, she felt uncomfortably sour in the depths of her heart as well. Taking a few steps forward, she nudged at the mushroom which had already sunk in its own pool of tears. "Stop crying." It's not like I'm dead.

Mushroom did not bother about her at all, as his head leaned towards the piece of jade, and continued to cry as much as he wanted. "Rock Spirit… Rock Spirit…"

"I told you to stop crying already." Because Xu Nuoyan was still present, she really did not want to admit her own identity. Hence, she could only persuade him with all she can. But Mushroom simply did not listen to her at all, as though a river could flow in reverse from his sadness.

Zhu Yao pondered for a moment, and probed. "Stop crying already, Mushmush." She quickly added in a signal. Cheer up already.

As expected, Mushroom blanked for a moment. He turned to glance at her. Zhu Yao back-faced Xu Nuoyan, as she desperately threw winks at Mushroom. It's me, it's me.

Mushroom then returned to look at the piece of jade on the ground. "Waaah, Guo'er… Please don't die. Hurry up and look at Mushmush."

"…" Alright, it was stupid of her to place hopes on this mushroom's intellect.

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Chapter 178: The Minion Who Ascended into the Higher Realm

Mushroom cried for exactly six hours. From a filling and plump mushroom, he turned into a dried-out mushroom from all that crying, as though all of the water content had flowed out from his body in the form of tears.

Zhu Yao's buttocks were already aching from sitting beside him, and only then did he finally stop his wails. Zhu Yao casually cast a few recovery spells on him, and he then reverted back to his human Wang Xuzhi look.

Picking up the half piece of jade on the ground, he looked as though he had lost his soul.

"Mushroom, where are you planning to go?" Zhu Yao could not help but ask.

Mushroom sniffled, kept the piece of jade, and then said. "I'm going to return to the forest, and plant Rock Spirit back into the soil. I want to see if he can grow back."

"…" That's a rock, not a mushroom. How could it possibly grow back? Wait a minute, he couldn't possibly be thinking of burying that stone back into that pile of dirt, right?

"Thank you, for helping me retrieve Rock Spirit." Mushroom nodded towards Zhu Yao and Xu Nuoyan. After such a long time since they met, he seemed to have learnt a few manners.

"Mushroom." Zhu Yao could not help but call out to him. "Umm… Are you still going to seek trouble with those two people?" He best not act crazy, and seek them for revenge.

Mushroom's expression instantly turned furious. "I'm going to exact revenge for Rock Spirit!"

As expected!

"From how I see it, the Rock Spirit in your hands shouldn't have been killed by those two people earlier. Otherwise, they wouldn't have carried this 'corpse' on them everywhere they went, right?" Zhu Yao emphasized on the word 'corpse'.

Mushroom blanked for a moment, and his expression looked a little hesitant. "Then… Who killed Rock Spirit?"

She killed herself!

"How would I know?" Even if she knew, she couldn't tell you. Without her looking after him, with his low-level cultivation, and with how naively stupid he was, if he were to sillily send himself to death, how would she save him? "Why don't you first return to the forest and plant it in the soil for now? It might really grow back. Once it wakes up, you can ask it yourself."

"Oh." Mushroom nodded. "That sounds like a good idea."

Phew~

Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief. She finally managed to divert his attention.

Mushroom's expression looked better than before too, as he hurriedly bid her farewell, and flew towards the forest where the Lightning Divine Hall was on his flying sword.

"Is your mind at ease now?" Xu Nuoyan stepped up, and looked at her with a smile. "You sure treat that mushroom well."

Zhu Yao was startled for a moment. Earlier, he did not make a single sound for the entire time, so she had unconsciously ignored his existence a little. He sure was patient to accompany her in her long wait.

"Let's go to Cloudhold City then." Zhu Yao summoned her celestial sword.

"Wait!" Xu Nuoyan however blocked her way. Reaching out his hand, he waved past her face, removing her disguise. She then returned to her former look. "Yu Yao looks better this way."

Zhu Yao shivered. A strange feeling rose in the depths of her heart. At that moment, she suddenly felt that Xu Nuoyan was a little dangerous. She took a step back out of reflex, building a little distance between them.

Xu Nuoyan however did not continue to lean closer to her, as he flew on his flying sword alongside her.

This time, Zhu Yao did not dawdle like before, and instead, accelerated towards Cloudhold City.

Cloudhold City was situated on a island, and at the very center of the island, a large pillar of light was piercing into the sky.

"The Heavenly Door is already opened. It seems like the ascending individual is about to arrive." Xu Nuoyan said.

Only then did Zhu Yao realize that it was the light of guidance. Hence, she flew directly towards that pillar of light.

At the source of the light, was what seemed to be altar-like place situated at the center of the island. Light was currently emitting out from the circular formation at the center of the altar.

There were already several people standing in the surroundings. Looking at the insignia on their sleeves, they were all disciples of Fluorescent Wind Sect.

They directly landed at the center of the crowd.

"Senior-martial brother Xu." Those disciples evidently recognized Xu Nuoyan, as they enthusiastically walked over to greet him. However, they were not that familiar with her, so they simply sized her up with a short glance, and paid no further attention to her.

Xu Nuoyan did not have any intentions to explain either, and asked. "Has the ascending individual arrived?"

The expressions of several disciples instantly paled. They exchanged glances between them, before one of them at the center stepped forward. "Senior-martial brother Xu, we are unsure of the cause, but the ascending individual has still not arrived in the higher realm."

"How long has it been?" Xu Nuoyan frowned.

"It's been about seven hours." The disciple replied.

About seven hours? Zhu Yao was a little startled as well. The light of guidance would only appear in the lower realm when the ascending individual passes the ascension lightning tribulation, guiding the individual on the path of ascension. Since it had been about seven hours, it proved that the lightning tribulation had already ended for a long time, so why hasn't the individual appear?

"How much time left?" Xu Nuoyan looked towards the light of guidance, and asked.

"At the very most, the light of guidance will disappear in fifteen minutes."

Xu Nuoyan sank into silence for a moment, before turning to look at Zhu Yao at the side. "Yu Yao, what do you think of this matter?"

"How would I know?" Zhu Yao blanked for a moment. What did this have to do with her?

"In my opinion, the ascending individual most likely don't wish to ascend at all." Xu Nuoyan found himself an excuse.

"How can that be possible!?" The disciple at the side could not help but refute. "Since that person has already brought upon the lightning tribulation, if he does not choose to ascend, he will not get another chance in the future. If he doesn't ascend, without a divine body, he can only wait for his death when his lifespan expires in the lower realm. How can there exist a person who is willing to die, instead of choosing to ascend?"

"Maybe… That person still has matters to attend to, or… someone he can't let go of?" Xu Nuoyan looked towards Zhu Yao at the side, and his smile grew even deeper.

That expression again. Zhu Yao was getting goosebumps all over body again. She could only shift her gaze and continue to stare at the light of guidance.

The other disciple did not reply, and simply treated his words as a light joke. This light of guidance was a pathway which mortals must take to become deities. Only through the baptism from passing this light could one achieve an immortal body, attaining everlasting life. While the reason why practitioners in the lower realm seek the Dao, was exactly to obtain this goal. So could one easily give up on this opportunity?

The light was already growing weaker, and it seemed to be close to dispersing as well. The disciples of Fluorescent Wind Sect who were present were all a little confused.

Suddenly, the earth shook. A bright red light flashed on the formation where the light of guidance was being emitted from, spreading towards all directions.

"Watch out!" Zhu Yao simply felt her waist tightening, and then, she was carried away from her original spot, flying towards the sky.

The ground was beginning to split apart inch by inch, and the earth collapsed into the cracks. The cracks began to grow, and several houses and trees had already collapsed as well. Zhu Yao widened her eyes, as she suddenly felt that this scene was a little familiar.

"The Heavenly Door is about to close." A disciple exclaimed.

"Yet another one!" Someone responded.

"This is already the fifth one in recent years."

"That's right, more and more Heavenly Doors are closing for no apparent reason."

"I never thought that the Heavenly Door so close to the sect would close as well."

Zhu Yao recalled it now. In her previous life, she seemed to have seen such a scene once before. Back then, the Heavenly Door of Lightning Spiritual World was closed, and now, another one here was closed. From the conversation of these disciples, the Heavenly Doors of various worlds were being closed. Was this normal?

"Yu Yao, are you alright?" Xu Nuoyan's voice, which carried a hint of worry, sounded next to her.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched, and only then did she recall that she was still in his embrace. For a moment, she felt a little uncomfortable, as she immediately pushed him away, and floated on her own flying sword. "Thank you!"

It was as though Xu Nuoyan did not see her scornful look at all, as he smiled without a mind. "It's fine as long as you're alright."

Zhu Yao felt a little uncomfortable again. His words sounded as though she was ungrateful.

Mn… It seemed to feel that way alright.

More and more people were being forced to fly on their flying swords, and the cracks formed from the collapse were already quickly being submerged by the ocean water. A beautiful island was instantly cracked and split apart, and even the former look of the ascension altar could no longer be distinguished. The light of guidance emitting from it was growing weaker as well.

Just when the final strand of light disappeared, a yellow figure suddenly flew out, and a complacent laugh sounded throughout the place.

"Hahahaha! The gods have not abandoned me!"

A person suddenly appeared in the sky. He was dressed entirely in yellow, and even his hair was yellow in color. A single word immediately surfaced in Zhu Yao's mind. A minion!

He did not have a single flying tool beneath his feet, however, he had a large pair of wings growing on his back, yellow in color! With every single flap of his wings, a large gust would be brought about.

"A demonic immortal!" An unknown person exclaimed.

"Why would a demonic immortal ascend from this place?"

"It's no wonder he took such a long time to ascend."

"What do we do? He seems to have come prepared."

The crowd seemed to be in a fluster. A demonic immortal's strength had always been tougher than deities in the first place. What's even more important was that demonic immortals were tightly-knitted, and they had always treated ascended demonic immortals with extreme importance. Since this one had appeared here, there would definitely be a group of them coming to welcome him in a moment. Earlier, he had been delaying his arrival to the higher realm, most likely to wait for his companions to receive him.

"If you're sensible enough, then hurry and scram. Do not block this mighty one's way." The minion complacently glared at the crowd of deities. Just as he was thinking of flapping his wings and fly away, he unexpectedly turned around to give another glance, and his line of sight fell on Zhu Yao. His eyes fiercely widened, and brightly shone right after.

Zhu Yao simply felt her heart skip a beat, as she suddenly had a bad premonition.

As expected, that minion decided not to leave. In a flash, he appeared before her, and grabbed onto her arm. "Miss, why don't we become friends?"

"…" Zhu Yao's expression darkened. Sizing him up for a moment, she then pinched a layer of meat on his claw, and forcefully twisted it. "I'm sorry, I don't become friends with… demonic beasts with poor tastes!" As expected, things like little animals were really hateful.

The minion painfully released his hand, yet, he wasn't the least bit furious. The snowy shine in his eyes were like lit candles. "Don't worry, if we can't become friends, you can marry me. Let me bring you back to the demonic continent."

After saying that, he seriously moved to pull Zhu Yao towards him.

Suddenly, an icicle was sent straight towards him. The figure of the minion flashed, and the icicle flew past Zhu Yao.

"A mere beast dares to have such wishful thinking." Xu Nuoyan took a step forward, and blocked Zhu Yao. His voice was as cold as ice.

"Where did you pop out from?" The minion was furious as well, as he ruthlessly glared at Xu Nuoyan. In an instant, the flaps of his wings became even more forceful. "I like that girly, so hand her over to me. Once the people receiving me arrives, I will let all of you here go, how about it?"

Zhu Yao was speechless. Even though she was referring him as a minion, his intelligence shouldn't approach that of an actual one in the animated movie, right!?

Xu Nuoyan did not reply, instead, his smile grew even colder.

"Girly, girly!" The minion desperately waved his claws at her. "Return home with me."

"Scram!"

Just where did he get his confidence from? Although he was a demonic immortal, he had only just ascended. The people here were all Profound Immortals, alright? Instead of taking this opportunity to flee, he actually dared to threaten them.

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Chapter 179: Come Back Immediately After You Die

"Girly, how can you do this to me?" In an instant, the minion looked at her with teary eyes. "I'm genuinely sincere. I want to lay a nest full of eggs with you."

"…" Who wants to lay eggs for you? Was there really not a single demonic beast in the world that had a regular state of mind? Leaving aside the past when she was a dragon, just what was the deal with this one?

This time, without needing Zhu Yao's reply, Xu Nuoyan had already summoned dozens of icicles, jabbing towards him relentlessly. The demonic immortal flapped its wings and dodged them in an embarrassing manner, though, while dodging, he still shouted at Zhu Yao. "Girly, girly, look at me!"

Zhu Yao's expression darkened.

The minion dodged a few waves of icicles, and gradually, he was growing a little weaker. After all, he had only just ascended, and he had suffered a wave of tribulation lightning bolts in the lower realm. He did not have much divine energy left on him in the first place, otherwise, he wouldn't have even needed to rely on his wings to fly.

Xu Nuoyan's expression sank, as he once again summoned another wave of icicles. This time, however, there were more than a hundred of them.

"Hey, you over there that popped out of nowhere! You really want to make this mighty one furious, is that it!?" The minion was angered, and even that bunch of weed-like yellow hair were standing straight up. Flapping his wings with all his might, several hundred feathers flew out. Some turned into fireballs, while some turned into sharp blades, as they struck towards Xu Nuoyan.

"Hmph, you're courting death!" Xu Nuoyan's voice turned even colder. With a wave of his hand, those fireballs and sharp blades completely turned into ashes, and in a flash, he appeared right before the demonic immortal.

"You… How did you?" Before the demonic immortal could even react, in the next instant, he was already being grabbed by the neck, and he simply felt a cold intent suffusing throughout his body.

This was…

"Senior-martial brother Xu." A disciple behind anxiously called out. "The demonic immortals will soon arrive, right now, we can't afford to have a conflict with them."

Xu Nuoyan turned a deaf ear on his words, and his grip tightened instead. The minion's face was already turning purplish black, as though he could pass out any second.

"Release him." Zhu Yao's voice was a little cold.

Xu Nuoyan was startled. His hand stiffened for a moment, however, he then gently released him.

The minion demonic immortal was still in shock as he hurriedly pulled a distance away from the crowd, and panted as he pressed on his chest. He glanced at Zhu Yao with a pitiful gaze, and then, looked towards Xu Nuoyan who was standing unmoving at his original spot. His figure trembled for a moment, before he flapped his wings and flew away unwillingly.

"Yu Yao, he treated you in such a rude manner earlier…" Xu Nuoyan raised the smile he had before, though, there was now a hint of stiffness to it.

Zhu Yao simply looked at him, and did not utter another word.

Though, a disciple at the side butted in. "Senior-martial Xu, fellow junior-martial sister, this place isn't suitable to stay for long. It's best if we hurry and leave."

"You people can leave first, we will catch up." Zhu Yao replied. Her eyes were still fixated at Xu Nuoyan who was in front of her.

The disciple hesitated for a moment, but in the end, on his flying sword, he flew away with the rest of the people. Shortly, other than her and Xu Nuoyan who stayed behind, the place was cleared.

"I simply wanted to protect you." Xu Nuoyan gently said. His tone carried a hint of concern.

"He's just a demonic beast."

"If you don't like it, I won't kill him then." In an instant, his expression was a little flustered, as though he wanted to explain something to her.

"Yu Yao. Are you… angry?"

Zhu Yao sighed deeply, and for a moment, she scorned her own intellect. Her mind really took too long to go online.

"Yue Ying!"

His expression instantly paled, and his hands lightly trembled for a few moments. After a while, he revealed a gentle smile, and let out an indistinguishable sigh. "Big Sis Yao, you're still as smart as ever."

When these words fell, his face twisted for a few moments, slowly turning into another, familiar yet foreign face. His face still carried that light and gentle smile.

It really was him! She had been feeling that Xu Nuoyan was a little strange today, yet Yue Ying never came into her mind. Only when he grabbed onto the minion earlier with that familiar method, was she finally certain of herself.

Zhu Yao frowned. Looking at the person in front of her, she once again sighed. "Where's Xu Nuoyan?"

Yue Ying's smile grew a little deeper. Looking straight at her in the eye, unblinkingly, he said. "Didn't Big Sis Yao dislike him?"

"You killed him."

Yue Ying did not reply, and simply smiled at her.

Zhu Yao suddenly felt as though she did not recognize the person in front of her. Just when did all this begin? That child which only had a stiff expression, actually learnt how to use smiles to conceal his own thoughts and emotions.

"Big Sis Yao…" Yue Ying suddenly walked towards her, not on his flying sword, but walking on empty air. With every step, a black lotus would sprout beneath his foot, carrying dense amount of devillic aura.

He stopped at a foot distance away from her, and gently reached out his hands. Like when he was young, he hugged onto his waist, tightened to the point where there wasn't a single gap. "Big Sis Yao, Yue Ying missed you so much. Missed you… so, so much…"

His voice was very gentle, carrying hints of familial love, as though he was a child who had found his parents. Zhu Yao unconsciously felt her heart softening, however, she had no choice but to stay firm, and asked. "Yue Ying, are you a Devil?"

She could feel the arms that circled around her stiffening for a moment, in the next instant, they tightened once again. Burying his head to the side of her neck, he then nudged a little. "I'm big sister's Yue Ying, and forever will be."

"Yue Ying…" For a moment, Zhu Yao felt a deep sense of powerlessness. "You're a Devil." This time, it was no longer a question, but an affirmative answer.

His embrace tightened even more than before, as though he wanted to escape from something. "It's not like that. I couldn't find big sister. Big sis said so… You said you wanted me to wait for you, and you would immediately return. But I waited, and waited… I waited for so long, but you never came. So, Yue Ying had no choice but to look for you."

Zhu Yao was startled. She faintly recalled that she seemed to have indeed said such words.

"The reason you were finding me, was to kill me to vent your anger?" It seemed like the person who killed her before, was indeed him.

"Of course not." Yue Ying released her, and his face evidently showed some fluster, and an abundance of regret. "That time… I didn't know. I didn't that was you, Big Sis Yao. You changed your look, and Yue Ying wasn't able to recognize you."

"Back then, you clearly asked me if I was Yu Yan's disciple."

"I… I thought that you were Sovereign Yu Yan's new disciple." Yue Ying lowered his head, and his words were filled with anxiety. "Hasn't Big Sis Yao been very happy about being the only disciple of Jade Forest Peak? Big sister is one and unique, so even in the higher realm, even if he's big sister's master, he shouldn't have any other disciples." A hint of tyranny flashed within his eyes.

Zhu Yao unconsciously took a step back.

Sensing her opposition, Yue Ying's expression instantly collapsed, turning both anxious and flustered, as he stared right at her eyes. As though he was extremely afraid of the loathe revealed in her eyes, like the time he was a child, he anxiously tugged onto the corner of her clothes, and looked at her pitifully. "Big Sis Yao… Don't be angry."

"I'm indeed angry."

"…" The colors in his eyes instantly dimmed, and the hands which he grabbing onto her sleeves were trembling slightly.

"But I'm more angry at myself."

In an instant, he raised his head, showing a confused expression.

Zhu Yao took a deep breath. She really couldn't blame him. She really wished that he was a pure and ruthless Devil who simply looked like Yue Ying, then she wouldn't have such complicated feelings.

She did not have the rights to blame him either. The reason why he was here in the higher realm was her, and from his tone, he had to turn into a Devil to come into the higher realm. But the reason he did so, was to find her.

He grew in such a particular situation, and no one had expected his birth. Even if she entrusted him to little radish, with his Penta Spirit Veins aptitude, in that world where the strong ate the weak, and the strong was revered, it was imaginable how hard it was to survive there.

Hence, he saw her as his only person to depend on. Although she saved him, she had never spent any effort and thoughts to teach him. As the saying goes, a child is better unborn than untaught.

Right now, she was having deep regrets. Back then, she was even able to bring up little radish all and well, so why did she not give Yue Ying the slightest bit of thoughts? Merely because he wasn't a bug?

If she were to teach him now, was it not too late to do so?

"Yue Ying, I'm sorry."

He instantly smiled. A smile that was so pure, there wasn't a single hint of impurities within. "Yue Ying will never ever blame Big Sis Yao."

"Haah…" In an instant, Zhu Yao felt the guilt of destroying a good young man. What should she do now? Was he still able to turn back?

"Big sis." He once again leaned towards her. His eyes were filled with reluctance, as though he had instantly found his pillar of support. "Please stop leaving Yue Ying, alright?"

"I want some peace and quiet for a moment." She was suddenly unsure of how she should clear up this pile of mess.

"I will not let Big Sis Yao leave again." His voice instantly sank, and his tone was stubborn like that of an unreasonable child.

"Yue Ying, let me have some time to think, alright?"

"Because I'm a Devil, Big Sis Yao doesn't want me anymore?"

"No, that's not it."

"Then, big sis wants to kill me?" His hands which were gripping onto her sleeves, instantly tightened. A black for emitted out from the palms of his hands, and the snow-white sleeves instantly turned into ashes.

"Yue Ying!" Zhu Yao was shocked.

Yet, he reached out his hands, and immediately pulled her into his embrace. The smile on his face grew even gentler, yet, Zhu Yao could feel that smile was carrying a hint of cold intent. "You can't do that, Big Sis Yao. It wasn't easy for me to find you. You can't cast Yue Ying aside ever again."

"Yue Ying, let me go for now!" This child, just how did he turn crazy with just a few words? It's been so many years, yet, not only wasn't his mother complex cured, it actually worsened!

You're ill, and you have to treated, hey!

His hands gripped even tighter, and Zhu Yao felt that her waist was about to break. "If I let go, big sis will cast me aside again."

"Yue Ying." Zhu Yao suddenly felt a little afraid. The devillic aura emitted out from his body was causing her a lot of discomfort, causing the divine energy in her body to automatically resist it on its own. Only then did she truly sense that he was a true Devil. She was barely able to hold on any longer, and was about to instinctively cast down a heavenly lightning bolt to strike him.

However… This was Yue Ying, the child she personally saved.

Yue Ying once again buried his head next to her neck. As though he had submerged himself into obsession, he chanted with a trembling voice. "Big Sis Yao, please don't leave. Big Sis Yao, please don't leave…"

Zhu Yao was unable to push him away, and he wasn't listening to her either. For a moment, she did not know what to do.

"Hey, the two of you." Suddenly, four figures appeared in their surroundings. The four people were dressed oddly, malicious aura surrounded their bodies. "Where did the demonic immortal who ascended earlier go?"

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Chapter 180: Forced Disconnection Handyman

Zhu Yao blanked. Demonic immortal? Could it be that these four people were here to receive that minion?

"Hey, I'm asking you guys a question? Reply well, and I will spare your lives." Seeing that they weren't replying even after a long while, one of the red-haired demonic immortal evidently became a little irritated.

"Why are you being so courteous with them?" Another demonic immortal snorted coldly. "Deities aren't anything good anyway, just kill them from the get-go."

The other two smiled, as though they were feeling the same way. In an instant, several sword-lights filled the sky, flying straight towards the two of them.

Did they have to be this violent?

Before Zhu Yao could even react in time, an icy voice sounded next to her ear. "Noisy." She suddenly had a bad premonition.

In but a blink of an eye, the sword-lights that filled the entire sky shattered resoundingly, turning into falling colorful fluorescent lights similar to that of an aurora. While the demonic immortal that launched the attack, was currently pressing against his bloody chest. With a shocked expression, he fell straight down from the sky.

In just a few steps away from her, Yue Ying's hand was currently holding onto a beating heart, and fresh red blood was currently trickling down his arm. Yet, it was as though he was thinking it wasn't enough, his hands tightened. In an instant, the fresh red heart turned into shattered bits of meat, mixing with the fresh blood which stained his entire arm.

Everything happened too quickly. Before anyone present could even react, that arrogant demonic immortal earlier, had already lost his life.

"Do you guys want to steal Big Sis Yao from me as well?" He was smiling. However, that smile did not come from the depths of his heart at all, instead, it was filled with bone-piercing cold intent.

Only then did the other three return to their senses. Turning around, they planned to flee, but it was already too late. The three people were fixated in mid-air by a powerful pressure, preventing them from moving.

"It wasn't easy for Yue Ying to find her, Yue Ying will not hand her over to you." It was as though Yue Ying was going on a walk. With every single step, the pressure felt by the three people grew a little bit heavier. First, their hands and feet burst apart, and slowly, the ruptures spread towards the center of their bodies. Their entire bodies were in bloody states.

Zhu Yao instantly felt queasy, as she turned around and vomited. Yet, she could not help but loudly halted his actions. It felt as though Yue Ying was playing a torturous murder game.

"Enough!"

Was this still that little Yue Ying of hers? He was simply a devil incarnate.

Yue Ying blanked, as he obediently stopped his advance. A moment later, he slowly turned around. In a flash, he returned to her side, and reached out his hands to hug her.

Zhu Yao stared at that bloody red hand of his, suddenly recalling what he had done earlier, she took a few consecutive steps back.

"Big Sis Yao…" Yue Ying looked at her blankly, his eyes were filled with loss. When he took a few more steps forward, Zhu Yao would take the same number of steps back.

His eyes were instantly dyed with frenzy, a black aura oozed out from his entire body, forcefully restraining Zhu Yao. "Don't go, Big Sis Yao, you're not allowed to leave. Don't go… Don't go…"

Zhu Yao tried to talk sense to him, but he was unable to regain his senses from within his frenzied emotions, as he carried Zhu Yao and immediately flew off after choosing a particular direction.

"Yue Ying!" Zhu Yao struggled for a few moments, but she was unable to escape in the slightest. Only then did she realize his abnormality was not simply because of him being a Devil. He was frighteningly paranoid, and he basically could not be persuaded.

Seeing that she was moving further and further away from Fluorescent Wind Sect, a familiar sense of suffocation once again surfaced from within her heart, and she finally recalled. Crap, she couldn't leave.

"Yue Ying, hurry and release me, hurry!" No matter what she said, he was turning a deaf ear to her, and was simply carrying her while flying at extreme speed.

The pain that felt as though her entire body was being teared apart broke out once again, and she seemed to hear the sounds of her organs being ruptured. "Yue… Ying."

The hell. Yue Ying, you're only here to force me to disconnect, right? The first time was like this, and the second time too.

Zhu Yao was already feeling her consciousness becoming blurry. The scenery she saw and heard last, was the sound of the wind blowing past, and the blood in her mouth she did not know if she had actually puked out.

This child! This old lady here will never forgive you for the rest of her life!

Her surroundings were pitch black, and within her range of view was only that familiar loading bar.

She died again!

Damn child! You're a forced disconnection handyman, aren't you!? It happened during the first time, and now it's the second time!

Zhu Yao sighed. She never expected that she would die feeling so wronged this time. And the bug that she fixed this time was strange too. The two main characters, under circumstances that she did not know of, had completely went off the main script.

The female lead Mo Xianxian's dimensional space, was being planted in the soil by Mushroom, while the male lead was even more unfortunate, as he was turned into cannon fodder by Yue Ying.

What could be done to save this broken script?

Zhu Yao glanced at the pitch black space, and called out to Realmspirit a few times. However, there wasn't any response.

Suddenly, a row of white words appeared in mid-air.

"Realm Day Holidays, no matter if you have issues or not, do not interrupt!"

Realm Day? The hell is that? Is it something like National Day? Can Realmspirit even take a long holiday break? Which company decided that?

No wonder that irritating conversation window wasn't even appearing right now. Zhu Yao suddenly felt like smudging his entire face. That loading bar had already completed running, revealing the hundred percent figure. And then, her vision darkened.

When Zhu Yao woke up, she thought she was dreaming again. She saw a large mess of green, but this time, she was finally able to make clear of what they were. They were actually tree leaves. The leaves were extremely huge, and a single piece could seemingly cover a large portion of the sky. The leaves intertwined in layers, and wind could not be blown in due to how packed they were. Occasionally, there would be one or two strands of light seeping through. Zhu Yao moved a little, yet, she felt her surroundings were slippery, and there seemed to be something flowing and tumbling in front of her eyes.

It was water! She fell into the water!?

Zhu Yao panicked for a moment, and she wanted to swim up, only to realize she was blocked by something transparent all around her. Other than turning around, she couldn't do anything else. She panickingly struggled for fifteen minutes, and only then did she realize something.

She could breathe.

Uh…

She was worried for nothing!

Since her life was not in danger, she began to think about the problem of escape. Just how was going to leave this place? Just as she was pondering about this issue, a voice carrying a childish tone sounded. "Second brother."

A fiery red figure floated over, it was a small boy. Looking about ten years old, he was wearing a robe of red, looking extremely festive. Though, his little face was frowning roundly, revealing an angry look. He was looking around his surroundings, as though he was searching for something, only to pass by her.

He searched the entire area, and the anger on his little face grew even heavier. Even Zhu Yao could feel his flames of rage.

"Second brother, you said you would come with me!" The little boy shouted, yet, there wasn't a response from anywhere. His small fists tightened. Suddenly, he raised his head and ruthlessly glared at Zhu Yao. "It's all your fault!"

"…" Was she being shot by a stray bullet right now? She didn't say anything at all.

"It's all because of you, second brother is ignoring me!"

Little fellow, you can't resent society for being ugly.

The little boy's eyes were round from glaring, and his little face was pouting, forming a bun-like shape. The rage emitting from his body felt as though it could turn into flames at any moment.

Wait, no. It really turned into flames, hey. The boy was emitting flames from his entire body. Before Zhu Yao could even be shocked by this spectacle, the little boy who seemed to have been buffed by a special area effect, came charging towards her like a bull. Raising his two hands, he forcefully pushed her. "I hate you the most!"

After pushing her, he turned around and ran.

The hell, what does your hate have to do with me!? You sound as though liking me will raise my ego or something.

This little wimp seemed small, but his strength was considerably big. Zhu Yao was pushed all the way to the back, and her heart was momentarily in a panic. Her head was not facing the ground, and from the corner of her eye, she could see the figure of the little wimp sadly sprinting away.

Just who should be the one being sad here, hey?

Kacha!

Zhu Yao heard something cracking. In front of her, a few lines of cracks suddenly appeared. And then, the sounds 'kachi, kachi' followed, while the cracks opened even wider. The surrounding water instantly disappeared into the cracks, and fresh air seeped in.

Zhu Yao simply felt an oppressive feeling within her chest. Immediately after, she let out a fierce cough. The water seemed to have choked her lungs, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. Zhu Yao reflexively struggled for a few moments, and strangely realized that her range of movements had increased.

The cracks grew larger, and in the end, with a resounding shatter, Zhu Yao spread herself onto the ground.

She did not have a single strand of energy in her body, yet, she still happily raised her hand, only to see a sharp meaty object.

Where did such a huge chicken wing come from?

Shen then forcefully raised her arm, and only then did she realize something. The hell, this was her hand? When did her mutation happen?

She then turned to look at her own legs.

What the? Where did these chicken claws come from?

She turned into a bird, and she was even a gigantic bird that had yet to grow any feathers. For a moment, she felt entirely uncomfortable.

Turning around, she saw a shattered eggshell on the ground. So the reason why she wasn't able to move earlier was because she was still in the egg. From the looks of things, because the little wimp broke her egg shell, she was born prematurely?

No wonder she did not have the strength to even stand up, and her body was aching everywhere.

As expected, children were her nemeses.

Laying down for a while, Zhu Yao accumulated a little bit of strength, and then exerted herself, wanting to stand up. Suddenly, with a slip of her legs, she once again fell flop on the ground. And because there was water on the ground, she slipped a few meters away.

And then, she felt empty air beneath her feet. Two words flashed past her mind – Oh shit!

What the hell, just where did this hole in the ground come from~~~~~~!

Zhu Yao fell in a straight line, going faster with each passing second, and then, a gigantic object appeared in her line of vision.

A tree! A very big tree!

Only then did she realize, she basically did not fall into a hole, but rather, she had fallen off a tree. The place she was staying at just now, was actually merely a branch of this gigantic tree.

The tree was extremely huge, and it seemed to have penetrated into the skies. The things she had passed through while falling, were all blooming white clouds.

At such a height, she would definitely turn into a meat pie, right!?

Save this person!~

No wait, save this bird!~

Zhu Yao wanted to shout, only to realize there was something stuck in her throat, and she was unable to let out a single sound at all. She was faintly able to see the ground now. I'm doomed.

Suddenly, as her wings tightened, a gigantic wind swept past, and her falling momentum suddenly stopped. Raising her head, she saw a gigantic bird. It looked a little similar to an eagle, but it was several hundred times bigger than an ordinary one. Its wings were spread open, causing her to hold a misconception that it was covering the entire sun. It's body was deep grey in color, a little similar to the large roc stated in legends.

The large roc picked her up by her chicken wings with its beak, and flew quickly through the skies. The surrounding scenery flashed past like blurred images, its speed was extraordinarily fast.

This bird couldn't be thinking of eating her, right? Zhu Yao suddenly felt like crying. Don't do this please. It's already this exhilirating the moment I made my appearance. Is this really alright?

The large roc flew for about an hour, and finally, it stopped at the top of a cliff. A gigantic nest was settled at the top of the cliff, and there were three bald little birds nestled in there.

Could it be that this bird wasn't going to eat her, but instead, had caught her to feed her to its little birds?

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Chapter 181: Birds Seem to Like Bringing me Back to their Nests

Instead of getting eaten, she rather fall to death. Zhu Yao began to struggle with all her might. Yet, the large roc's beak was as tight as an iron plier, only when they returned to the nest, did it place her at the center of the three little birds.

For a moment, Zhu Yao was a little anxious, as she waited for the three little birds to pounce on her and dismantle her corpse.

However, those three bald-head birds did not even spare her a glance, as they squeezed her to the side with despising attitudes, and pounced into the large roc's embrace.

Was it because she had too little meat on her? These birds were quite picky.

With a swing of its wing, the large roc embraced the three bald-head birds under its wing. It then turned to look towards Zhu Yao, as though it was waiting for something? Its eyes were focused, and it even purposefully lowered its head, looking at her at her eye-level.

Uh… What was it trying to do?

"Chi…" The large bird called out, as it looked at her with a tilted head, blinking its black grape-like eyes.

Zhu Yao stiffened. She must had gone blind, right? Why could she sense adoration coming from that bird's eyes?

Seeing that she did not have any reaction, the large bird let out a pitiful cry. Using its head, it lightly stroked her a few times, as though it was comforting her.

Zhu Yao suddenly had a daring thought. This bird… couldn't be treating her as one of its children, right?

She looked at her own bare chicken wings, and then, glanced at the three bald birds under the large roc's wing. Alright, they did look rather similar.

The large bird did not idle for long. In less than ten minutes, it chased the three little fellows back into the nest, before it flapped its wings and flew off.

The three little bald birds unwillingly walked back.

The first one pushed Zhu Yao as it walked by.

The second similarly pushed Zhu Yao as it walked by.

When the third one came by, she had already been pushed to the side of the nest.

Yo. The birds in this nest sure were discriminatory.

There wasn't much interaction between the three little birds. After they meaninglessly cried out a few times, they began to sleep. The large bird came back in but a few moments, and there were even something dangling in its beak. It stopped above the nest, opened its mouth, and… four to five grey-colored, long-tailed rats came pouring down!

"Chi chi chi…" A riot suddenly occurred in the nest. The three little birds were evidently extremely excited, flapping their bare meaty wings, their eyes shone as they looked at the rats on the ground.

Zhu Yao's heart skipped a beat. It couldn't be feeding them these, right?

As expected, the large bird picked up the rats, and placed one of them down in front of every little bird, including her!

The three little birds had already begun to happily dig in. One of them used its claw as chopsticks to grab hold of the rat, while the rest swallowed them whole. Zhu Yao glanced at the spasming, bald grey rat, which evidently had yet to die, and her entire bird body felt uncomfortable all over. Master, this place is scary. Hurry and fetch your disciple back home.

"Chi, chi?" Seeing that she was not budging for a long time, mother bird once again pulled its head close to hers, and looked at her strangely. Using its beak, it nudged the rat, as though it was persuading her to hurry and eat her meal.

Zhu Yao: "…"

I don't want to eat rats! And one that's alive as well!

Mother bird nudged it a few times, yet, Zhu Yao still did not move. It then let out a cry, unknown if its out of sadness or confusement. And then, it turned its head, and then, picked up the remaining rat beneath its feet and placed it in front of her, once again nudging the two rats towards her.

As though it was saying: Fine, I will give you two. That's enough, right? Hurry and eat!

Zhu Yao felt like crying. She wasn't complaining about having a small portion!

The mother bird's biased actions had evidently caught the attentions of the other little birds. The three bare bald birds which were eating just a moment ago, suddenly stopped, and looked in her direction one after another. Zhu Yao could sense her hate meter going up three times.

What should she do? Forget about eating it, just by looking was enough to make her feel disgusted. However, looking at the mother bird's earnest eyes, she suddenly felt guilty.

The light in Zhu Yao's eyes swirled. Raising one of her meaty wings, she pointed to the mother bird's back, and excitedly jumped a few times.

When all of the birds turned to look, she immediately grabbed a few tree branches and buried the rats. Then, with her head, she pushed them to the side, looking as though she had already eaten them.

When the four birds turned back their heads, she slowly raised her head, licking her beak.

Momma's egg. Being a bird actually tested one's acting skills as well. The life of a bird was really too difficult.

Zhu Yao thus began to live in this cramped nest. Mother bird would head off several times a day, and whenever it returned, the things it brought back would be different. Sometimes, it would be various types of herbs and fruits, while others would naturally be the various types of meat. Every single one of them was alive, without an exception.

It was still alright when fruits were brought back, as she could still eat them, though live meat was really something she couldn't accept. Hence, she could only think of various ways to shift the mother bird's attention, and then, had the rats, rabbits and other meats hidden.

After three days, there were already several meats being hidden underneath her feet. If this continued, it would definitely be exposed. And, the weather seemed to be getting hotter, which meant that the meats would surely start to stink.

In order to prevent this situation from happening, she thought of a plan. While the other birds were eating fruits, she grabbed a rat, and threw it to the little bird next to her. As expected, its eyes began to sparkle, excitedly shaking its meaty wings. However, it did not move, and instead glanced at her suspiciously. It looked as though it wanted to feast on it, but it was something that belonged to her, so it did not dare to move.

Zhu Yao reached out her claws, and pulled over the fruit that belonged to it, over to her side. I'm exchanging with you!

Only then did the little bird understand. It then pushed three more fruits over to her, before eating the rat with its mind at ease.

In the following days, Zhu Yao continued her routine. First, she hid the meats, and then, when there were fruits, she took them out exchanged with the little bird for their fruits. As the days went by, even the little bird had gotten used to it. Whenever it was time to split the fruits, it would automatically pushed them to her.

Hence, three months later…

The little bird which had been sitting next to her had quickly grown fatter, revealing its figure which was three times the size of the other birds, it occupied almost half of the nest's space. Looking at this, even Zhu Yao was feeling a little guilty, as she hesitated if she should change her target for exchanging food with.

The little birds had already grown out feathers, and was no longer looking bare like before. However, the feathers of the three birds all looked a little different from the rest. One was light grey, one was deep grey, while one was between grey and black. Only hers… was colored like a rainbow!

Zhu Yao grew feathers of various colors, and she looked especially attention-grabbing within this dark-type bird nest. The mother bird always looked doubtful whenever it saw her. As expected, they weren't of the same species. Her feathers had exposed her.

Zhu Yao was not sure what she actually was. In the beginning, when she saw her seven colored feathers, her first thought was a phoenix. But, phoenixes all had feathered tails, while she did not have a single feather on hers, and her tail did not seem to be growing anymore either. Rather than saying she was a phoenix, she felt more like a… chicken!

She suddenly felt as though she had suffered a huge blow in her lifetime.

Today, the sky was clear, not a single cloud could be seen in several thousand miles. It was the day where mother bird was bring all the little birds out together.

Compared to their first meeting, the three little birds had grown considerably larger. All of their sizes had at least doubled. Other than little bird number three, its size being quadrupled. Of course, it was because Zhu Yao fed it. The only one which did not really grow at all, was Zhu Yao. Most likely because she had only eaten fruits. Though, her original size was already larger than a regular bird's in the first place, so her thin body wasn't really evident to the eyes.

Only after leaving the nest did she find out that was actually such a large plains above the cliff. All of the little birds were very excited. Though they did not know how to fly, they would flap their wings over there, and then scratch the ground over here with their claws, playing merrily.

Until the mother bird let out a long cry, as it stopped at the side of the cliff. Only then did the three little birds unwillingly walked over, queueing themselves up. Zhu Yao was the last one.

"Cha…" Mother bird called out to the four little ones, as though it was telling them something. Though, Zhu Yao couldn't understand.

Evidently, the other three understood.

The first one called out. "Cha…"

The second one called out twice. "Chacha…"

The third one called out thrice. "Chachacha…"

The fourth one, Zhu Yao. "…"

The flow was disrupted. The four birds turned around one after another, their eyes gathered on her, all of them filled with condemnation and discontent.

Why aren't you calling out!

Uh…

Zhu Yao shrank her head, a bead of cold sweat dripped down. Looking at the four growing stern eyes, she had no choice but to let out a sound. "Chi…"

Little bird number three opened up one of its wings, and immediately slapped it on Zhu Yao's head with a 'she would not learn without being hit' expression. Zhu Yao instantly felt she was seeing stars. So ruthless! What happened to the promised love between siblings?

It wasn't because she didn't want to call out, but rather, she simply couldn't make that 'cha' sound. She did not know if it was because her structure was different from these birds, but even though they had all grown their feathers out, she could still only let out that 'chi chi chi' sound, while the rest had already learnt 'cha cha cha'.

Of course, she was still unable to speak. Possibly because her species of 'chicken' simply couldn't speak, or she could try calling out 'wo wo'.

Zhu Yao had received her punishment, so mother bird was not going to continue making things difficult for her. Zhu Yao did not understand what it was chirping to them for, but after a while, grey little bird number one stepped forward, and stood next to mother bird.

Before the little birds could even react, mother bird suddenly opened its wings and pushed little bird number one, pushing it down the cliff.

Little bird number one could only make it in time to miserably cry out "cha", before falling down. Zhu Yao was stunned. Mother bird, what are you doing? Was this the same mother bird which would chirp miserably whenever its children skipped a meal? Why did the style suddenly change, hey?

In the next moment, Zhu Yao understood mother bird's intentions, because little bird number one hald already flew back on its own while flapping its wings. It was teaching them how to fly?

After little bird number one flew back, it was little bird number two's turn. It learned pretty quick as well, as it flew back only a moment after it fell. Though fatty little bird number three spent twice the time compared to the other two, before it managed to fly back. Its body was simply too heavy, and the moment it landed on the cliff, it was already lying on the ground tiringly.

Finally, it was Zhu Yao's turn.

Mother bird chirped at her twice, hinting her to step forward.

Zhu Yao took a step back, and another step back.

And then, turned tail and ran.

Like hell she would jump off a cliff. If she was really a bird, then it would still be alright. But the key thing here was, she was evidently a chicken, a completely different species from the other birds. If she fell from such a height, she would definitely, surely die. I'm not doing it!

"Cha…" Mother bird flapped its wings and flew, landed right in front of Zhu Yao, blocking her path. She turned around, wanting to flee, only to be grabbed by the back from mother bird's claw.

Its chirping voice grew larger, as though it was lecturing her for being disobedient.

It then grabbed her and flew back to the side of the cliff.

I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die!

Zhu Yao flustered. Taking the moment opportunity when it released its grip, she once again fled with a trail of smoke behind her, running far, far away.

Her unwilling attitude had angered the group of birds. Three gusts of wind swept past, little birds number one, two and three stood in a line, blocking her, and chirped crazily at her for a moment, as though they were lecturing her regarding her stubborn attitude. One after another, they lowered their heads, and pushed her to the side of the cliff.

All of us 'ate from the same nest', why torment each other so cruelly!

Seeing the cliffside getting closer to her, even Zhu Yao's heart was turning cold. I'm going to die, right? I will definitely fall to death, right?

Suddenly, a loud resounding cry sounded from the sky.

The four birds immediately stopped their movements, as though they had heard a terrifying sound, as they shivered one after another. Mother bird especially, stationed by the cliffside, had even knelt on the ground, shivering to the point where its feathers were falling off. Finally, as though it was unable to control the fear in the depths of its heart, it dug its head into the ground.

Uh… You're an ostrich, is that it?

Little birds number one to three were the same as well. Following after their mother's footsteps, 'shuaa shuaa shuaa', their three bird heads dug into the soil as well.

Zhu Yao glanced at mother bird on the right, and then, glanced at the three little birds on the left. Uh, should she be following the trend as well?

But the surface of this clifftop was hard. If she were to dig into it as it was, something would definitely go wrong with her head, right? But if she did not dig her head into it, would she be standing out from the group?

Hence…

Zhu Yao cheated by digging a hole with her claws, and then, stuffed her head into the hole. And then, she added two layers of soil above her to make it look more believable. Yet, her eyes were still inspecting her surroundings. Just what was causing them to be this afraid?

In an instant, a large gust of wind blew, as something seemed to have landed not far away in front of them. In her line of sight, a pair of pure-white shoes appeared. She could not help but turn her head upwards to look, and what she saw was the figure of a man dressed in snow-white clothing. The moment she clearly saw his face, Zhu Yao unconsciously held her breath.

She had never known that someone could be this beautiful. As long as he stood still, everything in the world seemed to have turned into his backdrop. His long hair had extended to the ground, and a light hint of worry seemed to be present between his brows, while his lips carried a hint of joy.

Zhu Yao's eyes widened. It's a handsome man!

But, he still could not be compared to her master. Her master was exclusive.

"Little sister…" He suddenly called out, his voice was as gentle and warm as water, and she faintly felt that she heard of his voice somewhere once before.

It seemed like he was here looking for someone, then why was there the need for them to be afraid, huh?

The man looked straight at the group of birds, from his gentle eyes, he looked as though he could start crying. No wait, he really was crying!

He actually cried. Zhu Yao could not help but feel heartached. Though, it was understandable. He lost her sister, so it could be imagined how worried he was. It seemed like this sister of his was really worrisome.

Why did she feel as though he was walking over to her? Ehhhh!? He's really walking over to her, hey!

The man lowered his body, and stopped in front of Zhu Yao. His hands slid past her little wings, and as though he was pulling out a radish, with a poof, he pulled her out.

"Little sister." His voice carried thirty percent joy, and seventy percent sadness, as he looked at her chicken eyes attentively.

The hell. So she's that worrisome little sister.

Realmspirit, this character has its own backstory again. You should have informed me about this beforehand, right?

The handsome man carried her, gently brushing off the dirt on her feathers with his hand. As though he was afraid of hurting her, he was especially careful, as he brought her to his embrace, like he had received a precious treasure. "Let me bring you home."

Zhu Yao blanked. Why were there so many birds which enjoy bringing her back home? Handsome man, who the hell are you?

The handsome man, however, had already begun to fly while carrying her. She could not help but turn her head around and look at the group of birds by the cliffside.

Alright, they were still buried unmoving within the soil. What happened to the promised love between siblings?

This man who was beautiful to the point… of having others especially wanting to disfigure him, brought her back to the large tree which she first saw.

Only then did Zhu Yao truly realize just how illogically large this tree was. Carrying her, the man flew for about ten minutes, yet, they were still unable to see the peak of the tree. Even the smallest branch was as thick as a football field. The further up they went, she could faintly see house-like structures on the tree, with various patterns, and colors of red, green and white. It's just that all of them looked similar to fruits, with just windows and doors added to them.

This tree itself could already form a city.

The man flew for a long time, before arriving at his destination. He stopped at a gigantic hall, which should be the center of the tree. The hall, compared to the houses which she saw earlier, was hundred times larger, and a large plaza was even situated in front of the hall itself.

There were already several people standing there, as though they were awaiting their arrival.

The man finally stopped at the platform, and an auntie wearing a colorful gown, came welcoming them. Her face even looked a little familiar… This… Wasn't this the Phoenix Clan's auntie when she turned into an egg?

"Shao Bai, did you find her?" The auntie came forward.

Shao Bai? Zhu Yao blanked, as she looked at the man who was hugging her. It can't be!? This man who was beautiful to the point of angering the heavens, was that child who was skinny to the bones back then!

Please, do you mind if I ask what's the secret to your growth!? I beg you!

"Mn." Shao Bai responded, as he shifted the hand which he was carrying Zhu Yao with, revealing an entire head.

"Let me see!" She took a step forward.

"Hi, auntie!" Zhu Yao wanted to greet her, yet, the voice she let out had merely turned into a single sound. "Chi…"

Uhh…

"As I thought…" Auntie did not mind her terrible sounding voice in the slightest, as she excitedly reached out her hands towards Zhu Yao. Shao Bai however, lightly shifted his body to the side to evade her hands, while the auntie was left embarrassed with her hands stretched out in empty air.

It seemed like little fellow Shao Bai's relationship with auntie wasn't really good.

Auntie coughed twice, before saying. "Is she alright?"

"Her aura is weak, her figure is skinny and small, and she's unable to transform yet. Even flying is difficult for her." His voice sank even lower. His final statement even carried a slight tremble, as he looked at Zhu Yao in his embrace, his eyes carried slight heartache and sadness. He gently stroked her slightly messy feathers.

"It's fine as long as she's back. Her body can be slowly nurtured back." Auntie let out a long sigh, while a hint of something flashed past her eyes. She carefully asked. "Shao Bai. Little Seventh is back, then about Little Sixth…"

Before she could even finish, Shao Bai's expression instantly turned cold, and even Zhu Yao could sense his cold aura. "She doesn't even have her feathered tail."

"…" Auntie seemed to be taken aback, as she looked as though she had taken in a deep breath out of shock. Her expression was especially complicated, and the eyes she was looking at Zhu Yao with actually carried a hint of pity.

The older version Shao Bai coldly snorted. Without turning his head around, he carried Zhu Yao and left, leaving the crowd of people in the plaza behind.

The hell happened? Did conversation break down?

The grown Shao Bai was unexpectedly a very gentle man, completely unlike the child who had experienced darkness when he was young.

Ever since Zhu Yao was brought back by him, every single small and huge matter of hers were dealt by his hands. Like a five-star nanny, not a single of the things like clothes, food and living necessities had not passed into his hands. He was nurturing her as though she was a child, and was even pampering her too. No matter how she made a fuss, he would still carry that warm and encompassing smile.

No matter how she looked at it, Zhu Yao could not relate to him as the small child who was left with merely bones back then. And fortunately, after experiencing that sort of incident, in these past two thousand years, he actually did not go haywire, and instead, had turned into a good, gentle and handsome youth.

That's right! The character she had resurrected into this time, was that egg which she had strangely turned into when she fainted back then. And it had been two thousand years since that incident.

Little friend Shao Bai had incubated her for exactly two thousand years, and he had turned from a little phoenix to a large phoenix as well. All of the birds had thought that she was a dead egg. Yet, little friend Shao Bai was insistent and relentless, and finally, she hatched.

Little fellow, not bad, you have potential. It seemed like she had not wasted her efforts in bringing him out of that ghastly place while she was still an egg. After understanding the situation, Zhu Yao pleasingly patted on Shao Bai with her claw, but she accidentally used too much force, and with a 'huaa' sound, several striped holes opened up from his chest. Three long pieces of fabric fluttered in the air, revealing a faint * that was hidden behind them, and also two red… "indecent, do not look".

Uh… Her control was off.

Shao Bai still carried his good temper, and did not even lecture her at all. Placing her down on the bed, he then head to the back to change. Though, Zhu Yao showed a guilty look, and had wanted him to scold her a little.

From her recent reliable source of information, she seemed to be a phoenix. She was really pleased with this point, at the very least, she was not a chicken.

However, she was different from a regular phoenix. The feathers of other phoenixes were fiery red in color, while hers had the colors of a rainbow, spreading across her body. And, she did not have tailed feathers. Zhu Yao sticked her butt up, and glanced at the spot where the feathered tail was supposed to be, only to see a bare butt. She let out a long sigh.

"Don't be sad, it will grow." Shao Bai changed to an entirely blue robe, and walked out. Stroking her head consolingly, the eyes he was looking at her with were filled with exceptional grief. He carried her in his embrace, leaned his head onto her feathers, and said with a solemn voice. "I'm sorry, little sister. Second brother did not protect you well."

Uh… The one with a naked butt is me, why are you being so sad for, hey? And, she did not have any opinions about being a chicken, so having less feathers did not bother her at all.

"Are you awake?" With a smile, auntie fluttered in like a chrysanthemum flower. Only after a few dozen days after Zhu Yao was brought back, did she finally know that this auntie, the patriarch of the Phoenix Clan, was called Xian Yu. "It seems you're looking pretty well, Little Seven."

"Chi…" Hello auntie. Zhu Yao flapped her wings, which was considered as her greetings to her.

Xian Yu smiled even more vibrantly, as she placed the plate of fruits in her hands on the table, and passed one of them over. "Little Seven, here. Eat a fruit."

"Chi!" Thank you! Zhu Yao unceremoniously went over and bit into it. After eating it, she felt a hot aura surging within her body, stopping within her Dantian. For a moment, her entire body was filled with vigor. She understood a little why Shao Bai said she was weak back then. Phoenixes were of the God Race, and she was weak to the point of not possessing even a strand of godly energy.

"So obedient." Auntie Xian Yu praised her, while carefully glancing at Shao Bai, who had a gentle expression, on the side. Acting as though she was not really mindful of it, she said. "I really wonder what's going on with this world. I heard the cold at the extreme south is becoming even worse…"

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Chapter 182: Time Adjustment Device

Shao Bai's hand, which was currently stroking Zhu Yao's feathers, paused, the gentleness on his face dampened a little.

"Shao Bai, you should know, Little Sixth, that child…"

"None of my business." Shao Bai suddenly interrupted her words, and he lightly glanced at Qian Yu. "His return, is all based on the patriarch's decision."

"…" Qian Yu was speechless, the expressions on her face changed several times, and only a long while later did she chuckle. "Little Seventh has already returned home for such a long time, but have yet to see her sixth elder brother. Are you really not allowing her to see him?"

Shao Bai frowned, his face was filled with disapproval. Picking up the fruits, he fed them to Zhu Yao one at a time. He did not reply, as though he was giving a silent refusal. It felt as though the word 'oppressive' was floating in the air.

Zhu Yao silently swallowed the fruits, her head was filled with cold sweat. Hey, if you two are fighting, there's no need to pull me into this as well, right? If you feed me anymore, I'm going to explode!

Also, who the hell is that Little Sixth? He actually angered the good tempered Shao Bai. Such talent!

Even after a long time, Qian Yu did not receive his answer, and was gradually turning a little disappointed. After a while, she sighed. "Forget it, then have Little Seventh have a look at her eighth little brother, he's already here."

This time, Shao Bai did not reject it.

A moment later, a tall man, with a muscular build, entered the door. Being carried in his arms was a child of about three to four years old, and as he walked, he heartily smiled and gave his greetings. "Hello, Little Seventh."

"Hello, Little Third!" Zhu Yao faced the person who was said to be her third elder brother, and once again waved her wings. Unfortunately, she could only voice out: "Chi!"

"Mother, second elder brother." Little Third nodded to the two people, and placed the little child in his arms next to Zhu Yao. "Hey Little Seventh, this is your eighth little brother."

Only then did Zhu Yao begin to size this child up. He was also a boy as well, and his round little face looked very cute. Currently, he was looking entirely serious, and even after being placed on the bed, he did not speak a word. He simply sized up Zhu Yao, who was still in her bird form, with a serious look.

The parental relationships within the Phoenix Clan, was determined by the first person one saw after resurrection. And whenever a phoenix was being reborn, the clansmen would all sense it, which caused the relationships within the clan to be extremely complicated, and generally, most of them would have more than a single child. Just by the patriarch's family alone, there were nine of them.

The child in front of her eyes, should be the youngest phoenix.

After Little Third placed him down, he seemed to have some matters to discuss with Shao Bai and Qian Yu. After leaving behind a few words to the two of them, they went out. In the house, only Zhu Yao and the person who was said to be her eighth little brother, were left looking at each other.

After a while, that child coldly snorted. "Tch."

"…" She was being scorned, right?

"I don't like you!" The little wimp rolled his eyes widely at her.

You think knowing how to roll your eyes is incredible? I even know how to do a cross-eye! She gathered her two pupils at the center, and stared back at him.

The little wimp's little face frowned, as he began to scorn her even more. "You're ugly!"

"…" A blade stabbed into her chest.

"You don't even have a tail."

"…" Uh, she simply had yet to grown one out.

"You actually still dare to run about with those naked buttocks."

"…" Where did he see her run about? She clearly suppressed herself from doing so already.

"I don't want to play with you." He sized her up with a glance, and then added. "You naked buttocks person!"

Zhu Yao simply felt a few blades being penetrated straight into her heart. As expected, she hated little children the most. Every single one of them was the type where they wouldn't learn without a beating.

"Why aren't you talking?" Seeing that she wasn't replying, the little wimp was furious.

"…" She had to be capable of speaking first, little bastard.

"Is it because you know you're too ugly, that's why you don't dare to speak up?"

"Mn, you're aware of your ugliness, you can still be saved!"

The hell, you forced me.

Zhu Yao became furious. Her claw stretched towards the pouch at the side, grabbed onto a handful of golden melon seeds, and scattered them below the bed.

The little wimp's eyes instantly widened, as he let out an excited "Chi!". In an instant, he turned into a golden phoenix the size of a table, got down from the bed, and began picking up the melon seeds.

Zhu Yao coldly smiled. An idiot that could be settled with just a handful of melon seeds, how could he possibly have the qualifications to scorn her?

Wait a minute!

Why was she having a dispute with a little wimp?

Where did her logic and reason as a matured person go?

Zhu Yao hugged her head with her wings, and sank into a deep self-reprimand state…

Looking at the little phoenix which was about done cleaning up the melon seeds on the ground, she could not help but casually grab another handful of them. Ah, is there anyone here who can stop this evil claw of mine?

Hence, when the three matured old phoenixes returned, what they saw was a scene of a "good elder sister and little brother relationship". One of them was calmly sitting on the bed spreading melon seeds, while the other was excitedly picking up the melon seeds on the ground.

From that day on, Little Eighth no longer came to see her. An awe-inspiring godbeast phoenix, was fed like a chicken. Zhu Yao wondered, once he regained his senses, just what kind of shadow of a past would it leave behind during his childhood? However, Shao Bai did not blame her, and simply smiled with a face filled with warmth, as he once again prepared another two bags of melon seeds.

Mn, as expected of a good brother, great work.

Her feathered tail had still yet to grow out, and her body did not grow either. She was beginning to feel that she wasn't a phoenix, but rather, a close relative of a phoenix… a chicken. Every single time she saw that bare and naked back of hers, she would feel deep sadness. In the past, she wasn't really concerned of it. After being called out in such a manner by Little Eighth, she no longer dared to leave the house with naked buttocks. Otherwise, she would feel that she was really lacking of morals.

As time went by, she was beginning to think of her master. Logically speaking, he couldn't have possibly thrown her aside and not care about her. But after such a long time, not even his shadow could be seen. Actually, ever since she saw that huge tree, she was faintly beginning to guess that this place basically wasn't the Divine Realm. The reason why her master had yet to find her, was most possibly because he couldn't reach this place. They were simply not in the same realm.

Zhu Yao was a little saddened. This was once again another time, other than the time when her master ascended, where she and he were separated between different realms. And this time, she most probably wouldn't be able to contact him.

This was the first time Zhu Yao did not even know what the actual bug was, which caused to feel like going on a strike.

Even Realmspirit could have a vacation, why couldn't she have time to properly make love, bastard!

During days without her master, time passed very slowly.

Ting!

A conversation window suddenly appeared in front of her.

Dear, are you still frustrated about time moving too slow? Are you still sighing about the pain of cultivation? Have you ever felt hateful because of a painful experience during your past cultivation? Then leave it to the Time Adjustment Device. It allows you to gain the experience of passing ten thousand years in an instant, speedily achieving your target. Finishing one's cultivation in a single minute is not a dream! Not a dream! Not a dream! An important catchphrase must be repeated thrice! This adjustment device is small and convenient, and can be carried everywhere with you. Once bound, it can be used for eternity, it's new without any scars, and its design can be catered to all your various perverted requirements! If you use it now, you can even personally choose the amount of time to adjust, without the slightest of flaw. What are you waiting for? Hurry and raise your little claws, and make haste to click on 'confirm'!

Choose: [One Hundred Years] or [One Thousand Years] or [Ten Thousand Years] or [Random]

Where did this immoral advertisement pop out from? Do you believe I will head over to Consumers Association to launch a complaint on you!? And what's this Time Adjustment Device? Does it allow me to adjust time? You watched too many sci-fi movies, didn't you?

Ting!

The ten second countdown for this selection shall begin. If user does not choose an option by the end of the countdown, the [Random] option will be selected.

7, 6, 5, 4…

The hell, this was forced purchase of goods! Recalling the [bi-gender] option back then, she hurriedly raised her wing and pressed on the [One Hundred Years] option, but even after pressing on it consecutively, there wasn't any response. The countdown continued.

Are you kidding me? She basically wasn't able to choose at all. It was evidently trolling her.

3, 2, 1.

Ting! Time allocated to make a choice is up, we will now proceed with the [Random] option. ps: These buttons make use of the most advanced fingerprint recognition technology, and can be used to recognize any form of fingerprints. pps: A friendly reminder, feathers cannot be recognized.

Zhu Yao lowered her head and looked at her own wings. Flips table! Realmspirit, you best get your ass here right now!

The screen in front of her flashed, and a screen similar to a lottery slot game suddenly appeared, and the five rows began to start spinning.

The first number that appeared was a 'zero'. Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily, she wouldn't instantly skip through more than a ten thousand years.

The second number was similarly a 'zero'. It seemed like at the very most, only more than hundred years would pass. Good, good.

The third number was a 'four'. Four hundred odd years. Alright, it was acceptable.

The fourth number was a "three". Zhu Yao had a bad premonition.

The fifth number spun a few rounds, before stably stopping at the number 'eight'.

(t/n: The syllables for number '438' in chinese, sounds like 死三八, which means: dumb bitch. :D)

"…" Zhu Yao instantly felt like exacting revenge on society.

She took a deep breath. She thought for a moment, just what kind of method would allow her to vent off her anger a little bit better?

The hell! Dumb bitch, who the hell are you cussing at!? You're playing me for a fool, right? If you have the guys, come out right now. I shall give you a free ticket back to your mother's womb for deep reform.

Ting!

The screen flashed, and the lottery slot disappeared. However, the scenery in her surroundings, began to start changing, as though she was walking through a revolving door. Similar to pressing the 'fast forward' button, different human figures passed by. The speed grew even faster, and not long after, she could only see the colors of flowing light.

This was time adjustment?

The flowing lights moved for about half a minute, before beginning to slow down. Gradually, she could see human figures. People she were familiar with, and people whom she were not familiar with, were walking in and out the house, and the person whose figure appeared the most was Shao Bai. It then finally stopped.

Four hundred and thirty-eight years passed by just like that?

Regaining her senses, there were only Shao Bai and her in the room. He still looked the same as before, although there seemed to a hint of maturity added between his brows. Yet, he still carried a warm expression, coaxing her with a gentle voice. "Little sister, this is very simple. As long as you follow my instructions, you can immediately attain a human form."

Attain a human form? Zhu Yao frowned. Suddenly, a large amount of memories flowed into her mind, and they were events that happened in these four hundred odd years. She actually spent four hundred odd years, and she was still a bird! The only difference was that she was now a little bigger than before, and her tail had still not grown out yet either. Although she knew that the lifespan of a god was limitless, it was growing a little too slow, wasn't it?

"Be obedient. Haven't you been wanting to change your feathers? After transforming into your human form, you will be able to change them then." Shao Bai continued to coax her.

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. What's with this tone that sounded similar to coaxing a child? After thinking carefully for a moment, within those additional memories… Alright, during the past four hundred years, she had indeed led a very childish lifestyle.

"Oh, can you repeat the method of transforming into a human again?" After crossing through time, the only thing she was happy about was that she could finally speak.

Seeing her open her mouth, Shao Bai heaved a sigh of relief. He then told her the method once again, and he even grabbed onto her claws to demonstrate the method of circulating godly energy as well.

Zhu Yao carefully sensed it, and realized that this method was similar to the way she transformed while she was a dragon back then. Looking at it this way, she was a little experienced with it, it seemed.

Hence, she hustled a few steps forward, arriving at a place that was a little wider. After taking a deep breath, she began circulating the already dense amount of energy within her body. In an instant, her entire bird body emitted out a red light, enveloping her entire being within, and slowly, she gained the look of a human figure.

After about an hour, that red light finally faded, revealing a girl wearing a rainbow-colored feathered dress. Zhu Yao moved her hands and legs, and the clothes followed her movements, as though it was flowing, looking really beautiful.

"How is it?" Zhu Yao wasn't able to see her own look, so she could only waved her hands at Shao Bai. "Do I look beautiful?"

"Mn, very beautiful." Shao Bai's smile looked like the warm sun on a winter day, nodding.

Zhu Yao was satisfied. The phoenix was the most beautiful bird in the world, so she believed her human form wouldn't be that ugly. These clothes on her especially, should have been formed by her feathers. In the past, when her body was filled with feathers, she didn't really feel it. But now that they had turned into her clothes, they looked unexpectedly beautiful.

Zhu Yao tugged onto the corner of her dress, and lowered her head and inspected it, looking very satisfied. She then turned her head around to look at her back.

Only to see between the rainbow-colored feathers, were two pieces of snow-white…

Mn, it's definitely her seeing things.

Hence, she closed her eyes, and opened them again…

A moment later.

"Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!" She let out a miserable cry that rang throughout the clouds.

Why was her back naked!? And it's even at the position where her buttocks were. Were the clothes of the ancient era this trendy?

She suddenly recalled that she was lacking her feathered tail.

And she was even streaking with her buttocks bare the entire time!!!!

"Little sister!" Shao Bai was shocked from her sudden miserable cry, as he asked. "What's wrong?" He heart-achingly put her in his embrace, and his line of sight naturally landed on…

"Release me!" Zhu Yao then realized this, and pushed him away, and her two hands were placed behind her back, onto the two naked cheeks, that were starting to feel chilly from the wind.

"Little sister…" In an instant, Shao Bai's face turned bright red. Approaching her was wrong, and not approaching her was wrong too.

He saw it, right? He definitely saw it, right? Although she no longer had much morals left, streaking was something she really wouldn't do. Don't stop me. I want to die now.

"Ahem…" Shao Bai coughed a few times, forcefully calming himself down. Though, his face was still fiery hot, as he stretched out a hand, and chanted out a piece of white long cloth, passing it to her. "First, use this to cover it up! Your feathered tail has yet to grow out, so with your feathers transforming into clothes, it will naturally… ahem, don't worry. No one else saw it."

Didn't you see it?

Zhu Yao pulled the piece of cloth over, and then, circled it around her waist, making a total of three knots. Only after making sure it was deadly tight, did she then release her hands.

Shao Bai sized her up for a moment, and the redness on his face subsided. Recalling the look she had earlier while she was jumping around, and could not help turning around, his shoulders intensely trembled.

"If you want to laugh, then laugh!" Zhu Yao glared at him.

"Hahahahaha…" Shao Bai really began to unceremoniously laugh out loud, his hands pressing on his stomach.

She had simply forgotten that she had yet to grow out her feathered tail, yet he was laughing to that extent. He's not giving her face at all.

"Is it really that funny?" Zhu Yao suddenly felt her teeth itching, as she coldly snorted. "When your buttocks were naked, I saw them too."

Shao Bai was startled. He stopped his laughter, and looked over to her.

"Not just your naked buttocks, back then, with just your ragged cloth, I saw them all." Zhu Yao gleefully said. "Although you were just a little wimp back then, but I guess it's evened out now."

"When I was a child?" Shao Bai's eyes brightened for a moment, and a hint of something seemed to have flashed past his face. Very quickly, it disappeared again, and what replaced it was a hint of sadness. Sighing lightly, he then said. "Little sister, you're making up nonsense. How could you possibly have seen how I looked when I was younger? You, after all, have spent two thousand years to hatch from your egg."

"Who's making up nonsense!" Zhu Yao rolled her eyes at him. In any case, it was something that had already happened before, so she wasn't afraid of him knowing. "Back then, when you were that young, I was still in my egg. Oh right, I even brought you out of that ghostly place."

He suddenly widened his eyes, and his face was filled with disbelief. "You remembered!?"

"Mn." Zhu Yao nodded.

Shao Bai suddenly revealed a gentle smile, it was as though at that moment, a hundred flowers bloomed, and rays of light filled the entire sky.

Zhu Yao was an irregular in the Phoenix Clan. Phoenixes were able to transform the moment they were born, while she was the only phoenix in history who had to spend more than four hundred years before she could succeed in transforming into her human form. In regards this point, to someone like Zhu Yao who had always been reinforced by cheats, and completely did not have to waste any effort in cultivation, she was very depressed. There was this sour feeling of a school tyrant falling from grace…

And during her first transformation, her morals had already completely fallen off. She really did not hold any expectations on her looks and figure of her own human form. Until the moment she first saw her face in the mirror, she barely held her jaw in place from shock.

She wondered if Realmspirit had gathered all of her points of beauty during her several resurrections and added into the character this time. The reflection in the mirror, was simply too beautiful to the point of being impossible to look straight in the eyes in. Every single piece of her figure seemed to have been carefully crafted, an additional point would be too much, while if there was anything less, it would have been too lacking. It was beyond perfect.

Zhu Yao instantly felt that the morals she dropped in the afternoon earlier, had been picked right back up. She could not help but sigh at how the genes of phoenixes were simply too wonderful.

"Little sister, are you done?" Shao Bai opened the door and entered, his smile was filled with gentleness. "We should get going?"

"Where to?" Zhu Yao glanced at him, before immediately shifting her line of sight back to the mirror. Just why was she this beautiful?

"Naturally, to the Terrace of Revelations. What? You don't want to go?" Shao Bai asked.

"I don't want to!" Zhu Yao raised the mirror in her hands. "Right now, I just want to quietly marvel at my beauty."

Shao Bai shook his head. Stepping forward, he took away the mirror in her hands, and grabbed onto her hand while he was at it. His smile turned even gentler. "Little sister, be obedient. Once a Phoenix clansman attains his or her human form, he or she must definitely head to the Terrace of Revelations to receive an inheritance. This concerns the matter of your future, you can't not go. And little sister, even without looking at the mirror, you will still be the world's most beautiful phoenix."

With narrowed eyes, Zhu Yao glanced at his face which carried a five-star grade soft light effect, and then turned to look at herself in the mirror. In an instant, she felt she had dropped by a few levels. Haah! As expected, she really wanted to disfigure him!

"Inheritance?" Zhu Yao pondered. "Isn't inheritance carried within one's bloodline, and wouldn't that mean one would have it once he or she is born?"

Shao Bai lightly tapped on her forehead. "Who told you inheritance is carried within the bloodline? No matter if it's the Dragon or Phoenix race, or even the Qilin, if one had to receive the inheritance, he or she must head to the Terrace of Revelations, and commit to the Heavenly Dao."

There's actually a procedure like this. Her teacher did not teach her that.

"Back then, second elder brother did not bring you over, was because you were still too young, and I was afraid you wouldn't be able to take in the power of the Heavenly Dao." Shao Bai continued to explain. "Now that you're capable of attaining a human form, naturally, this shouldn't drag on any longer. As long as you receive the inheritance, the latent potential in your body will be stimulated. When that time comes, you will know your true attribute."

"Attribute?" Zhu Yao latched onto this unknown term.

"Little sister, have you not realized that your original form is different from the rest of us?"

"My naked buttocks."

"Uh…"

A hint of awkwardness flashed past Shao Bai's face for a moment. "I'm not talking about that. Although phoenixes are able to control fire the moment they are born, there is still another form of inherited attribute. It's one of the five elements other than fire – metal, wood, water, and earth."

"Oh…" I still don't understand!" "Then what's your attribute?"

Shao Bai smiled it off, and did not continue explaining. Pulling Zhu Yao, they left through the door, as though he was saying he would bring her there directly to make clear of it herself.

Zhu Yao did not express any objections, and followed him out of the door. Though, she faintly felt that the word 'revelations' sounded a little familiar, but she couldn't recall where she had heard of it before.

She had thought that the Terrace of Revelations would be very far away, but Shao Bai simply brought her up the giant tree. They flew for more than an hour, and they reached the top of the gigantic tree, which was hidden behind layers of clouds. A white lotus, the size of three football fields, was floating above, colorful flowing lights were flashing above the petals, circling around with the lotus as their center.

At the center of the lotus terrace, it was already filled with people, with a rough estimate of more than a hundred people. Zhu Yao was dumbfounded. The entire Phoenix Clan was here. Was this inheritance that important?

Shao Bai brought her along as they descended at the very center. Stepping up front was Qian Yu and three other familiar faces – four men, and three women. She flipped through her fast-forwarded four hundred years of memories, and only then realized they were all her own cheap brothers and sisters. Though, the man beside Little Eighth seemed to look a little foreign. He was about as tall as Shao Bai, but he did not look as white and clean as the rest. His skin was a healthy wheat color, making him feel a little more masculine than the rest. She suddenly had a feeling that she had seen him before somewhere.

Seeing her appearance, Little Eighth first came over. After four hundred odd years, he had already begun to grow from a little wimp, to a youth. "Naked buttocks, you're here."

Zhu Yao almost slipped, as she turned her head to glare at him. As expected, his mouth was as foul as before. Because of his curse, she hadn't been able to grow her feathered tail. You're the one with naked buttocks, your entire family have naked buttocks!

Eh? His entire family seemed to include her as well!

"Hurry up, and receive the inheritance!" Little Eighth however did not sense her resentment in the slightest, as he excitedly said. "Hurry and receive it, and let me see what kind of bird are you!"

Why did she feel like he was cussing at her?

"And just what kind of bird are you?"

Little Eighth pridefully raised his head, and patted his chest. "My attribute is 'wood', I'm a wood bird."

"Oh…" Zhu Yao meaningly swept her eyes at him, and purposefully paused for a second. "So you have a wooden bird down there!"

Little Eighth: "…" Although he couldn't understand, why did he feel that his seventh elder sister was cussing at him?

"Little Seventh." Qian Yu walked over as well, and said with patting on Zhu Yao's head, as she looked at her with a pleased look. "You're finally able to attain a human form as well, your mother here can finally heave a sigh of relief. Come, you haven't met your sixth elder brother before, he's the one." She pointed to that man with the wheat-colored skin at the side. "Your sixth elder brother made a special trip back in order to watch your inheritance."

Zhu Yao turned to look at the man at the side, his smile was extremely awkward, yet, it carried an expression that she couldn't understand, as though he was both a little agitated and guilty. The corner of his lips moved, and only a moment later, did he speak up. "Seventh little sister, I…"

"Alright, it's about time." Shao Bai suddenly stepped forward and interrupted his words, pulling Zhu Yao along. "Little sister, go on then!" His gaze, either intentionally or unintentionally, glanced at Little Sixth, as though he was giving him a faint warning.

Little Sixth's bright eyes, instantly dimmed.

Zhu Yao seemed to be being pushed forward, and she was a little curious about Shao Bai's attitude. She quickly flipped through her fast-forwarded memories, and only then did she recall who this sixth elder brother was. Speaking of which, he was even the first person she met when she resurrected this time. That's right, it was that little wimp who directly pushed her onto the ground, and caused her to be born prematurely.

No wonder Shao Bai did not like him.

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