"Stop bowing, get up, child." Uncle sighed, stepped forward, and reached out to help Mercury up, but he didn't get close. He just made a gesture with his hands a few inches apart and then withdrew them.

As Mercury looked up and stood up, she casually swung her arm, and her uncle's body seemed as unsteady as a piece of paper. He was blown back more than two feet by the wind.

"Uncle, you..." Mercury was startled and quickly lowered her raised arm gently.

After regaining his footing, the uncle looked rather embarrassed, raised his eyes and met the queen's gaze for a few seconds.

“Child, your uncle is now just a wisp of a soul. Your father took him in because he was grateful for his kindness and wanted to help him cultivate. Only under your mother’s protection could he come here. To ease your guilt, your third uncle insisted on coming here to see you.”

Your third uncle's path is long; he must undergo a thousand years of cultivation before he can have a chance to be reborn. As for your father and mother, they only managed to cultivate this wisp of spiritual energy with the help of the rare jade within the Crystal Palace, allowing them to reunite with you at some point…

We guard the Water Palace, and the Water Palace sustains us. Even when we're with you, we have to be mindful of your popularity and maintain a certain distance. After all, we've lost our human forms and our support systems; we can only drift like this..."

"I understand." Mercury took two steps back, eased his strength, raised his arm, bowed deeply to the ground, and said, "Mercury is here to wish Uncle and parents a speedy attainment of enlightenment."

"Child, I have to go now." Seeing Mercury straighten up and raise his head, Uncle San breathed a sigh of relief, waved to him, and his figure quickly disappeared.

"Mother, he..." The separation left Mercury with a sense of loss.

"He can't stay long, and well, I can't stay too long either. I need to tell you what I need to say quickly. Actually, we're here mainly to give you some instructions. The day after tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve, the night of the year's end and the beginning of another. It's a time of transition, and there might be some earth-shattering changes. You must be on high alert these next two days..."

The Queen spoke a long speech, and her figure grew thinner...

"Mother," Mercury thought with reluctance.

"Have you remembered everything I said?" The Queen Mother's voice trailed off as she finished speaking.

"I understand." Knowing that it was time for her mother to leave, Mercury nodded with tears in her eyes.

"Go back," the mother's figure seemed to be pulled backward by a mysterious force, quickly retreating until she disappeared from sight.

"Mother!" The sadness of parting still came unexpectedly. Mercury was overwhelmed with emotion and took a step forward. However, as soon as he lifted his foot, it was as if he had reached a cliff, even though it was flat ground in front of him. He lost his footing and his body plummeted downwards.

"Ah!" Mercury was startled. After kicking her legs, she suddenly opened her eyes and realized that she was lying in bed. It seemed that everything just now was just a dream.

"Meow!" When he caught his breath, let out a long sigh, and opened his eyes to look at the ceiling, a strange meow came from beside him.

"Hey you!" Mercury sat up abruptly, immediately spotting Mo Tian sitting at the head of her bed, his ears perked up, his blue eyes wide, glaring angrily at her. Mercury was both amused and exasperated, and was about to take a few steps back and get out of bed.

"Meow!" Suddenly, Mo Tian leaped up and landed on his head, grabbing his beautiful blond curly hair with his four paws.