Taoist Qingchen nodded.
"The Magic Forest is in the Longkong Mountains."
"That's right. The bell might be something I left behind in the Magic Forest. When I grow up, I'll go back and see if there are any other items."
Taoist Qingchen became anxious.
"Jiu Jun, there are dangers lurking everywhere there. You are a mortal now, so you cannot go there."
“Although I am a mortal now, I have also cultivated myself.
Besides, other people are also mortal, so they died too, didn't they? "
“Yes, we went, but it was a life-or-death experience. Few came out alive.”
You have only achieved 10% of your cultivation, which is not enough for you to enter the Magic Forest.
Taoist Qingchen sighed inwardly.
If there is no other option, I can only go by myself.
That night, Nangong Jiu did not sleep well. She kept having the same bizarre dream over and over again. In the dream, there was a voice urging her.
“Come on, come on…”
Because I didn’t sleep well at night, I stayed in bed and didn’t want to get up in the morning.
Nangong Yunxue doted on her and didn't disturb her. Instead, she called Liu Hao and went to the main hall of the Taoist temple.
They found the Taoist priest who was cleaning the main hall and said, "Master, we want to see Taoist Master Qingchen."
The Taoist priest delivered vegetarian meals to the courtyard three times a day, so he must have known the two of them.
Hearing this, he put down his work and said to the two of them, "Please follow me, benefactors."
Taoist priest's meditation room.
Taoist Master Qingchen seemed to be prepared for their visit and invited them to take a seat with a smile.
Nangong Yunxue glanced at Liu Hao before asking the question in her mind: "Master, Jiuer has already told us that you and her were master and disciple in your previous life.
We have some questions in our minds and would like to ask the Taoist priest to clarify them."
"Madam, please feel free to speak."
“Since the Taoist priest is her disciple, he should know more about her past.
What kind of person was she in the past? What happened to her? Why did she come to be reborn in the human world?"
Taoist Qingchen was silent.
“Madam, before answering your question, Qingchen would like to ask you and His Highness two things.
First, the question Madam raised concerns the safety of Jiujun. You must keep your mouth shut about our conversation today until your death. Otherwise, the harm to her will be immeasurable.
Secondly, Qingchen asks you to take good care of her. She doesn't like being constrained by nature, so please give her appropriate freedom."
Liu Hao and Nangong Yunxue both nodded seriously.
"This is natural, Taoist priest, please rest assured!"
Taoist Qingchen sighed.
"You already know the identity of Jiu Jun, right?"
Nangong Yunxue nodded: "We had some guesses before, but she didn't say anything and we didn't ask.
Yesterday, she told us the identity of the Empress."
Taoist Qingchen told the story slowly and leisurely.
“She is the most powerful deity in the heavens. Although she is an empress, she likes to travel everywhere. On the surface, she eats, drinks and has fun, but in reality, she is saving all living beings.
I was originally an abandoned child doomed to die, but was saved and raised by Jiujun, who taught me Taoism and built this Taoist temple for me to live in.
From then on, whenever the Ninth Lord traveled the mortal world, he would come here to rest and settle down every three to five years."
When Taoist Master Qingchen reached this point, he choked up and could not continue.
After a while, he calmed down and continued his story.
“For many years, Jiu Jun has not appeared again.
I was panicked and kept traveling to places she had been to, looking for Jiujun's whereabouts.
Until one day, near the border of Beiyue, I accidentally came across the Demon-Snatching Bell, the magic weapon used by Jiujun to exorcise demons, and then I guessed that something had happened to Jiujun.
I wanted to ascend to heaven to find Jiujun, but my disciple begged me to stay, saying that he would go to find him.
Until the night before last, Tiandao came down personally and told me to stay with Jiujun in the mortal world for a few more decades, and when Jiujun returned to heaven after completing her merits, I would go to heaven with her.
Tiandao said that the Demon King started a war between gods and demons, and after being defeated by the Nine Kings, he became furious and released the red lotus fire that could destroy the world.
In order to save the lives of both humans and immortals, Jiujun sacrificed the red lotus fire.
Tiandao and her brothers expended their cultivation and used their own flesh and blood to gather her scattered soul and allow her to reincarnate in the mortal world..."
The Taoist master with white hair and beard burst into tears.
Nangong Yunxue trembled all over after hearing this, covering her face and crying bitterly: "Being burned by fire, how painful must it be..."
It was unknown how long it took for Nangong Yunxue to calm down.
"Master, are you saying that once she remembers that great battle, she will experience the phantom pain of being burned by the crimson lotus fire?"
"Yes, that's why I beg you two to keep your mouths shut until you die."
Nangong Yunxue wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief, tidied herself up, and stood up: "Master, don't worry, for Jiuer's sake, we know nothing."
North Moon Border.
Wuwang searched for a long time in the place where the Demon-Catching Bell had appeared, but to no avail.
That day, he packed his luggage, bowed in the direction of Lingyin Temple, and prepared to go to the magical forest thousands of miles away to look for clues.
"Master, I have searched everywhere for my master but to no avail. I feel I have failed to live up to your trust.
Since the master's magic weapon was left in the Magic Forest, I decided to go there and take a look."
Just as he finished kneeling and stood up with a determined look on his face, about to set off, the spirit tablet in his arms moved strangely.
Wuwang quickly took it out, used his spiritual power to point his finger at the spirit tablet, and a line of words appeared on the spirit tablet.
"Master has arrived at Lingyin Temple, return quickly!"
Wuwang was overjoyed. He cried and laughed, jumped and danced for a while, then flew back to Lingyin Temple on his sword.
The back mountain of Lingyin Temple.
In the afternoon, Nangong Jiu suddenly had an idea.
[Mother, I want to go to the back mountain for a walk.]
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