Chapter 14 The boy asked, "You are the one who was taken in by the God-King?"...

"I agree."

This is God's answer to Hua Xun.

Hua Xun hurried back to her room, collapsed onto the jade couch, and pulled up the fairy silk to cover her head until she was completely wrapped up before she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The deity, who did not need to eat, drank the porridge she had cooked.

Even though she knew that the God would rarely refuse those reasonable requests, Hua Xun still felt very happy.

The Lingxi Gu seemed to be infected as well, leaping joyfully in her calm sea of ​​consciousness.

Hua Xun took a closer look at the pinkish-white Gu worm for the first time. Its shape was very similar to a caterpillar, and its whole body emitted a light pink glow. After being soothed, it looked like a small piece of coral floating gently.

Hua Xun curiously sent a wisp of his magical power into his sea of ​​consciousness, attempting to touch it.

As if sensing its master's thoughts, the Gu worm obediently approached.

A soft, gentle touch came through her mind, like touching a soft ball of cotton. Hua Xun couldn't help but gently squeeze it.

The Spirit Rhinoceros Gu became even more excited and rolled around in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Hua Xun smiled and stroked its soft little body gently, but before long, the Gu worm seemed to fall asleep and became completely still.

Hua Xun poked it in confusion, but it still didn't react. Even her mind became much calmer.

Hua Xun withdrew his magic power, thinking to himself that the Gu worms were probably tired.

Thinking this, she seemed to feel sleepy, yawned, and gradually drifted off to sleep...

*

The Divine Lord Jiuqing sat upright on the high platform, his eyes lowered, his divine nature radiant.

Only the faint fragrance of human rice lingering in the hall replaced the eternally empty atmosphere.

The deity had long since lost count of how long it had been since he had eaten.

Perhaps it has been thousands of years, or perhaps even longer.

Feeding him is meaningless.

Grains pass through the intestines and are transformed into turbid qi, dissipating into the world without leaving a trace.

It was the simplest wish he had ever granted in his long life.

The deity's eyes flickered slightly.

He felt a gentle breeze brush against his back, which stopped abruptly after a brief moment.

But in just a moment, the breeze gently slid along his spine.

The Divine Lord raised his eyes, looked at himself, and when he saw the Spirit Rhinoceros Yang Gu lying comfortably in his sea of ​​consciousness, he sighed softly and with a sense of tolerance.

To avoid the child overthinking, he never told her that the Lingxi Gu was a type of Gu worm that was planted by the ancient gods when they needed to harmonize Yin and Yang.

The gods are indifferent to desires, and even their reproduction is mostly a result of divine interaction and influence.

The reason why the Spirit Rhinoceros Gu is considered an excellent medicine for spiritual communion, besides deepening the bond between partners, is that:

This Gu has the effect of synesthesia and sensory transference.

Touching the Gu worms is like touching each other's physical bodies.

It is likely that the child is gently stroking the Gu worm at this moment.

The Divine Lord gradually condensed his divine power, suppressing the Spirit Rhinoceros Yang Gu in a corner of his sea of ​​consciousness, and then wrapped it in golden light. As he watched the Gu worm gradually fall into a deep sleep, he, too, spent this brief night, just as he had spent millions of years in the past.

As dawn broke, a soft exclamation of joy and surprise shattered the deep silence.

"My Lord! My Lord!" Even with Liu Huo's annoyed cries of being woken up, the child named Hua Xun couldn't hide his surprise and joy. "Sorry, Liu Huo, you can go back to sleep. My Lord, please come out! The flowers are blooming!"

After a few moments of contemplation, the celestial curtain opened without wind, and he slowly landed on solid ground.

Hua Xun had not expected that the Five-Colored Breath Soil and the Divine Realm's Immortal Qi would be so powerful; the flower seeds planted just yesterday bloomed overnight.

The soil and the immortal energy were so pure that some of the flower crowns and stems could not withstand the pressure and fell off.

She once planted a courtyard full of balsam flowers, silver peony grass, and jade pendants in the human realm.

Unfortunately, not many flower seeds remained after the fire.

Right now, in this small patch of flowers, the pink and red balsams and the white jade buds are dotted among the emerald green silver grass, swaying gently in the mist.

Perhaps it was nurtured by the five-colored soil, for the petals even faintly emitted a light.

As the clouds and mist swirled, the deity slowly approached.

Hua Xun noticed the movement, turned her head, looked up at the God, and said with a smile, "God, the flowers have bloomed."

The deity's gaze swept over the petals, then turned to the child before him: "Planted yesterday?"

“Yes,” Hua Xun nodded with a smile, “I originally planned to tell the God Lord in a while, but I never expected that the flower would bloom overnight.”

The deity explained gently, "The five-colored soil can nourish the roots of all trees."

"I see," Hua Xun said with sudden realization, but didn't forget to ask, "What does the Divine Lord think?"

"Very good."

Hua Xun: "Does the Divine Lord like it?"

The deity replied gently as always: "The deity has no favorites."

This time, Hua Xun didn't show the disappointment she had last time. Instead, she laughed easily: "If the God doesn't show any favoritism, then doesn't that mean the God will like whatever I grow?"

Seemingly not expecting such a response, the deity's gaze lingered on her face for a moment.

Several flowers were presented to him, and Hua Xun asked with a smile, "These flowers fell last night; they are for the God."

The deity gazed at the pink and white flowers, recalling her prayer from the previous night, and gently asked, "Another offering?"

“This time it’s not,” Hua Xun said seriously, “this is a gift for the God.”

"Thank you, God, for giving me cooking utensils and food, sparing me from hunger and cold."

The divine lord's eyes were like a vast ocean, gazing upon her.

In the eyes of the world, God is omnipotent. Countless gold and silver treasures, jade and precious stones, and long lifespans are offered as sacrifices in order to have their wishes fulfilled.

The offerings were the same as yesterday's.

This is the first time someone has given a gift to God.

The deity accepted the flower branch: "I will accept it."

"Go and cultivate."

Hua Xun watched as those slender, jade-like fingers grasped the flower branch, his consciousness trembled slightly, and he quickly withdrew his gaze, responded, and prepared to follow the Divine Lord back.

As she reached the palace gate, she glanced back.

There was only a small patch of flowers on the edge of the cliff, which looked pitifully sparse at the moment.

She thought this place must be a sea of ​​flowers.

A sea of ​​flowers just like the peach grove that the deity gazed into the distance that day.

*

From that day on, a long, slender, dark-colored wine vessel appeared on the jade desk in the Divine Lord's Palace. Inside the vessel were several common flowers from the mortal realm, swaying gently in the celestial mist.

Whenever a flower branch falls from that small patch of flowers, the flower in the wine vessel is replaced.

Hua Xun has been cultivating more and more diligently these days, and the difficult-to-digest Mind-Clearing Mantra is fading more and more in her sea of ​​consciousness.

As Hua Xun recited the last word of the Pure and Tranquil Sutra, the golden mantra instantly spread throughout her limbs and bones, transforming into tangible magical power that nourished her body.

Hua Xun felt that she was much more alert and perceptive than before, and her mind was gradually becoming clearer.

That day, Hua Xun tidied up the scriptures she had finished reading and prepared to return them to the deity.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped into the temple of the deity, she saw a fiery red figure standing inside, with his back to her, respectfully speaking to the deity.

The deity sat regally on the temple platform behind the celestial curtain, sacred and immaculate.

The hall was protected by a barrier, so Hua Xun couldn't hear anything. He could only tell from the back that the fiery red figure was not old, with his black hair tied up in a high ponytail with a golden crown, exuding a youthful spirit.

Even when facing the deity, the boy's back view exuded respect and reverence.

After an unknown period of time, the barrier dissipated, and the red-clad youth respectfully bowed to the deity before turning around.

Hua Xun only saw the handsome and arrogant young immortal lord with delicate features walking towards her, dressed in fiery red, exuding a strong sense of arrogance.

Upon seeing her, the young man subtly raised an eyebrow, glanced at her up and down, then looked away, transforming into a ball of red light and flying away.

Hua Xun couldn't help but frown. For some reason, she sensed a subtle dissatisfaction with the boy.

"They've arrived." A divine voice slowly echoed within the hall.

Hua Xun snapped out of her daze and hurriedly walked into the temple, looking at the god on the high platform: "God, I have come to return the scriptures to you."

The deity nodded.

In an instant, the scroll in Hua Xun's arms turned into specks of golden light and vanished without a trace.

The deity said, "Now that you have completed the Pure and Tranquil Scripture, I will give you three more volumes of the Great Void Original Form Scripture."

Hua Xun nodded hurriedly, but then, as if remembering something, she looked up and said, "My Lord, I would like to continue the repairs tomorrow, is that alright?"

"Um?"

Hua Xun asked nervously, "I would like to take a day off. I wonder if the Divine Lord would grant my request?"

The deity asked calmly, "Are you bored on the cliff?"

“Of course not,” Hua Xun quickly shook her head in denial, “I was very happy every day at White Mist Cliff, but there were some small things I wanted to take care of…”

“No need to panic,” the Divine Lord said gently. “White Mist Cliff is not a prison. If you have something to do, then go.”

"Thank you, Divine Lord!" Hua Xun said with delight, then turned and ran outside.

Behind the celestial curtain, atop the high platform, the divine lord looked down at the joyful figure, still smiling quietly, like a statue for people to worship.

They're still just kids.

*

At the edge of the White Mist Cliff, after a melodious long cry, the Golden Crow soared into the sky, circling as it flew towards the distant Immortal Peach Forest.

Hua Xun sat on Liu Huo's back with a tense expression, clutching its feathers tightly, and followed it as it soared through the air and spun around several times.

She could even see immortals looking this way from the distant palaces and gates.

In addition to cultivating the Heart-Clearing Technique, Hua Xun has also been practicing the Wind-Riding Technique in recent days.

Following the method of operation taught to her by the Divine Lord, although she could not fly as fast as before, her dantian no longer felt stuffy or painful, and even the meridians through which her magical power flowed were slowly widening.

However, White Mist Cliff was a divine realm suspended above the Immortal Gate. Hua Xun could slowly climb up using her wind-riding technique, but she dared not fall headfirst off the cliff.

So she bribed Liu Huo with all the remaining peach blossom cakes and begged him for a long time before he reluctantly agreed to take her to the distant peach grove.

Liu Huo originally wanted pear blossom pastries, but those were a gift from the God, and Hua Xun couldn't bear to give them to her.

After a few more breaths, the Fiery Blaze had had its fill of playing in the air, and then let out a loud cry before swooping down.

Only when she stepped onto solid ground did Hua Xun finally relax, let out a long sigh, and look up at Liu Huo: "Liu Huo, thank you."

The firefly proudly raised its head, let out a long cry, and flew away from this place, soaring straight into the sky.

Hua Xun looked up for a while, then looked away and prepared to get back to work.

The peach trees of the immortal sect, having been nourished by the immortal energy for many years, have long since developed spiritual roots, and some of the older ones have even developed sentience.

Hua Xun couldn't bear to pick them, so she only gathered the peach blossoms that had been blown down by the wind and the peach branches that still had some life left.

She took a step and then stopped, and before long, the space in her purse was mostly filled with peach blossoms.

Another gust of wind blew by, and the petals fluttered down. Hua Xun looked up and saw a peach branch, still full of life, broken off and lying across the ancient and tall peach tree.

Hua Xun used her wind-riding technique to fly up to the tree branch. Just as she was about to take down the peach branch, a red light appeared on the branch, and a boy with his ponytail tied high suddenly appeared.

Hua Xun was startled, and her wind manipulation technique became unstable, causing her to fall straight down the tree.

It crashed straight down from a height of tens of meters, the branches tearing her clothes and skin, and scattering petals everywhere.

Hua Xun felt a burning pain in her arms and calves.

The suddenly appearing boy also flew down and stood in front of her, looking down at her with undisguised contempt in his eyes: "The one taken in by the God-King, is that you?"

A note from the author:

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A new character has appeared!