Taiyi knew that the Heavenly Emperor was very fond of that plum grove, so he advised the Heavenly Emperor to send the Rain God Meilin to take a look. The Heavenly Emperor not only did not listen to the advice, but also blamed Taiyi for meddling in other people's business.

Taiyi was punished by being confined to his room for three months to reflect on his mistakes. Taiyi has been resentful about this matter ever since and still cannot let it go.

As for why Merlin suddenly caught fire, and why the Jade Emperor was unwilling to extinguish it, no one knows to this day.

"Master," Su Xue raised her right hand and waved it in front of Ji Motian's eyes.

Ji Motian pulled himself out of his thoughts and looked at Su Xue in front of him, saying:

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

"Master, what were you thinking about just now? You were so engrossed that you didn't respond even after I called you for ages."

Su Xue was puzzled. He had been talking to her just a while ago, so why had he suddenly fallen silent? Could it be that her master was still angry and had become more cautious because of this?

"It's nothing, I just remembered some old things. Let's go, let's go to Merlin." With that, he flicked his sleeve and flew into the sky.

"Master, wait for me, I'm not good at flying!" he said, and quickly mounted a cloud to chase after Mo Tian.

Ji Motian: "..."

One flew while the other rode on a cloud, and soon they arrived at Lang Valley. Su Xue and her apprentice found an open space and flew down. At this moment, Lang Valley was particularly dazzling under the sunlight.

Looking at the scenery of Langgu, Su Xue felt a sense of disbelief. In Su Xue's world, plum blossoms were the darlings of winter, rare creatures found only in the snow. But here, this unique snow-covered flower was blooming in the sweltering summer heat—a truly strange and unbelievable sight.

Seeing Su Xue's incredulous expression, Ji Motian explained:

"The Heavenly Realm is naturally different from the mortal realm. Everything here is different from the mortal realm. It is not surprising that plum blossoms bloom in summer. Moreover, this plum blossom is transformed from the spirit of the Hundred Flower Fairy Langyue, making it different from other plum blossoms."

Su Xue was still somewhat incredulous, but after hearing Ji Motian's explanation and remembering that this was the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Realm, she felt relieved.

The two arrived deep in the plum grove and stopped in front of the largest plum tree in the grove.

"Xiaoxue, remember this plum tree," Ji Motian said to Su Xue, looking at the plum tree in front of him.

Su Xue looked up and met Ji Motian's eyes, her eyebrows furrowing slightly.

Ji Motian explains:

"To learn how to use the Plum Blossom Blade, you must rely on this plum tree. This plum tree contains a trace of Langyue's understanding of the Plum Blossom Blade, which can quickly improve the learning ability of beginners. Try to communicate with her with your mind and see if you can awaken her remaining consciousness."

Su Xue closed her eyes and concentrated, slowly approaching the plum tree. Her divine sense was bounced back as soon as it got close.

Su Xue looked at her master, Ji Motian, and shook her head, saying:

"It seems like there's a protective membrane on the plum tree that prevents divine sense from invading. As soon as my divine sense touched that membrane, it was bounced back."

“Try touching it with your plum blossom spirit. That protective membrane should be a restriction that Fairy Langyue set up around this tree before she died, to prevent powerful immortals from forcibly taking things placed here. You and Langyue belong to the plum blossom clan, so the restriction here should be useless to you, but you should be able to enter without restriction by using a pure plum blossom spirit,” Ji Motian said after thinking for a moment.

Following her master's instructions, Su Xue sat cross-legged in front of the plum tree, concentrated her mind, and forced out the plum blossom spirit within her body, approaching the plum tree. Ji Motian stood by to protect Su Xue.

Su Xue's plum blossom spirit easily entered the plum tree's body along the tree roots, without any issues like those encountered earlier.