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Yan Zhu thought for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know what my level is. Now I can't switch forms freely. I can't beat them, and there will be backlash. Unless there are special circumstances, it's better not to take action."
The woman strode directly into the house, her steps even a little hurried.
The nine-tailed fox opposite: "..."
——
Qingxuan noticed something was wrong with Yanzhu and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I found the nine-tailed fox."
Jinhuang and Guizang could not hide their surprise.
Qingxuan half-closed his eyes and looked at her, then said, "Stay away next time you see her. Your cultivation isn't good enough yet."
Yan Zhu: "I know, I will inform you immediately."
Jin Huang: "The fox demon is really too bold."
Qingxuan tapped the table with his fingers and narrowed his eyes: "I don't think so. It's possible that he deliberately lured Yanzhu over."
Yan Zhu sighed softly: "I still need to practice well."
Gui Zang completely relaxed, leaning back in his chair, and asked, "The prophecy stone can predict dangers in the divine realm and even the six realms in advance. Your Black Crow clan has guarded it for generations. I wonder what signs it will have?"
Qingxuan: "No."
"If I remember correctly, the last time the prophecy stone moved was five hundred years ago, when the first Ancient God fell."
Jin Huang propped up her chin, her eyebrows casual. "To cultivate the Great Dao, all living things built sects and established schools, banding together to suppress those who dissent. Tens of thousands of species have disappeared. Coupled with the wanton abuse of spiritual power, the balance of spiritual turbidity has been disrupted. The ancient god's spiritual spring is no longer adapted to the environment, and its fall is inevitable."
"When I die one day, Yanzhu, remember to miss me."
Such tragic words were spoken lightly by Jinhuang, and Yanzhu felt powerless in her heart.
However, as long as the spiritual energy continues to decline, the fall of the ancient gods is inevitable...
It is beyond human control, yet it is the cause of all living beings.
Gui Zang: "Everyone's spiritual spring is born fixed and cannot be changed, but it evolves over time to adapt to the environment."
Yan Zhu pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that the person behind the scenes wants to evolve the spiritual spring to adapt to the current trend, or speed up the spiritual spring's evolution?"
In this case, the person behind this may be... an ancient god!
Yan Zhu was startled and withdrew his thoughts.
Qing Xuan withdrew his gaze from Yan Zhu's face and spoke, "Now that the turbid energy is rising, it is suppressing the spiritual energy and cannot coexist with the spiritual spring. Whether the spiritual spring is evolving truly or not, we should not disregard the innocent for the sake of Bai Hua and others."
"Even more so, we must not use the name of evolution to pursue selfish desires."
Jin Huang chuckled softly, "That's the truth, but the most complicated thing in the world is people, not logic."
Yan Zhu was chewing a pastry. Hearing this, he seemed to be thinking about it. He said seriously, "If that's the case, then we should just fight back."
Qing Xuan nodded: "The person behind the scenes will make the next move, we will wait and see what happens, but Yan Zhu,"
Hearing this, Yanzhu swallowed the food in her mouth and looked at Qingxuan. She heard him say, "Your danger is temporarily over, but your divine power is special. If the purpose behind this is to evolve the spiritual spring, you will be an obvious target."
"knew."
Yan Zhu turned around and picked up a piece of dragon and phoenix cake with chopsticks. Suddenly, a thought occurred to him, "Have you resolved the issues within your clan?"
Gui Zang raised his eyes towards Qingxuan.
Qingxuan said casually: "There is nothing happening in the clan for now."
Yanzhu nodded.
Gui Zang uttered an "eh," with a curious look on his face. He glanced at Yan Zhu quietly and lowered his voice, "I heard that the Lord of the Underworld gave you a drop of Xuanming True Water?"
After saying that, Jinhuang also looked at Yanzhu with curiosity in her eyes.
Yan Zhu asked cautiously, "You've heard about this too? Where did you hear it from?"
There was no one around at the time?
Excluding Qingxuan, then it would be the Heavenly Lord and the Divine Servant...
Her silence was interrupted by Gui Zang: "Don't forget what I do. I am in charge of the Divine Law Temple. No matter what disturbance occurs in any corner of the Divine Realm, it will not escape my discerning eyes."
Yan Zhu's mouth twitched, and she had no choice but to answer honestly: "I do have this thing. It was given to me by the Lord of the Underworld a year ago."
Gui Zang rubbed his hands excitedly and blinked. "I've finally seen the Xuanming True Water, passed down from Gonggong, which can freeze time and space and seal countless illusions! Look! We're one of them!"
Gui Zang, a grown man, gave Yan Zhu a look of expectation like a child. Yan Zhu turned his head away, unable to bear to look at him. At the same time, he took off the pendant and handed it to Gui Zang.
Jinhuang followed Guizang's hand and looked at the small pendant in his palm, which contained a drop of liquid that was emitting sparkling light.
Gui Zang raised the pendant slightly, reflecting the light beside him, and rubbed it lightly with his thumb. A faint flash of light could be seen in the Xuanming True Water.
"Within the radiant light, all things can come to life. It is truly the Mysterious True Water."
After saying this, Gui Zang handed the pendant to Yan Zhu and said, "I think everyone has almost finished eating. Shall we go?"
Qingxuan agreed: "Alright, it's a good opportunity for Yanzhu to practice for another hour."
Three people: "..."
You are so strict. You have to squeeze out even this little effort?
In other words, this is normal operation.
Yan Zhu's smiling face suddenly turned bitter.
Wujiu sent a message: This is really not something a human can do.
——
The crowd flew in the air, overlooking the bright lights of the human world. Above their heads was a bright moon hanging high in the sky, with circles of halos around it, but no stars were visible.
"The moon of old shines on us today."
Jin Huang's red dress rustled in the night wind, and she laughed freely, "Every time I travel, I always stay for a while in this bustling human world. Their lifespan may not exceed a hundred years, but for them, it's enough. Their joys and sorrows don't lie in the length of their lives, but in whether they truly put their heart and soul into the process."
Gui Zang suddenly realized, "No wonder you always drag Jiuli to travel around the four seas and eight wildernesses. It turns out you don't like the desolate world of the gods."
Jin Huang sneered, "That group of people only care about cultivating immortality. They are aloof and heartless. They have extremely high divinity, but they are dull and unkind. What's so fun about them? Yanzhu, even if you reach the pinnacle of cultivation in the future, don't forget your humanity."
The pinnacle of cultivation? Did Jin Huang have any misunderstandings about her?
Yan Zhu: "I've made a note of it."
Qingxuan smiled faintly: "The God of Chaos once said that divinity is built on humanity, but now this sentence has been forgotten. Everyone says that cause and effect have returns and the great way is ruthless, and the original compassion has been forgotten."
Jin Huang glanced back at Qing Xuan in surprise. "Younger gods nowadays rarely have such awareness. No wonder I was attracted to you the first time I saw you. It turns out you share the same ideals."
The four of them passed through the divine gate while chatting, and after returning to the divine realm, they each went home.
——
In this lonely place, the moonlight is bright.
There is still one hour left until the end of the daily practice at 11:30 am.
In the courtyard, Yan Zhusheng stared at the stone bench in front of him with despair, muttering, "It's exactly one hour, to the minute. Using your fortune-telling hand for this is a waste of talent."
Qingxuan raised his eyelids and said, "Meditate."
Yan Zhu concentrated her mind into Qixue, and then noticed that the man who was supposed to supervise her practice had returned to the house?
Before leaving, he said, "You can go to sleep in an hour."
"?"
Yan Zhu frowned in confusion and sent a message to Wu Jiu: Isn't he afraid that I'll take a nap? Or leave early?
Wu Jiuhui: Maybe he is testing his master. Wow, he has such a deep mind.
Yanzhu: Not really, is Qingxuan so boring?
Wujiu: Generally speaking, fortune tellers are meticulous, not to mention that Qingxuan is a fortune teller chosen by heaven and certified by heaven, so it is even more difficult for him to guess.
Considering the incident of the broken mirror, Yan Zhu nodded in agreement: "When the lights go out, we'll go to bed. It's very cold here at night."
As soon as he finished speaking, the lights went out.
Yan Zhu was about to run away when a scene from Wangju Tower flashed through her mind. Jin Huang, who had fallen not long after, was hiding behind the scenes...
She suddenly felt not so sleepy anymore.
Wujiu: Master?
Yan Zhu sat upright and made a gesture: I need to practice well, it’s just one hour, right?
At this moment, it was the internal motivation that prompted Yanzhu to practice, rather than external forces pushing her forward.
——
An hour later, Yan Zhu dragged herself back to the east room, lay down on the bed, hugged Mimi and planned to fall asleep directly.
"I'm so sleepy, but I have to say it, the sense of accomplishment from this hard training is quite high."
Yan Zhu muttered to herself in a low voice, her eyelashes slowly closed, and just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly opened her eyes, pulled off the pendant from her neck, and threw it on the quilt.
"I'm so hot, what's going on?"
Yan Zhu was puzzled as to why the Xuanming True Water was moving so strangely in the middle of the night. She nervously looked at the pendant, and saw that when the pendant fell on the quilt, it projected a palm-sized picture, and a faint sound could be heard.
Extremely subtle.
Qingxuan and Rongshang, judging from the background, it should be the day when the Broken Mirror crisis was resolved, they were drinking tea in the courtyard.
Yan Zhu took the lanyard and took a closer look. She could clearly hear the conversation between the two people inside.
Rong Shang said calmly, "It sounds like you know A Yan very well?"
Qingxuan smiled nonchalantly: "After spending a year together, we've figured out everything we need to know..."
Yanzhu was stunned when she heard Qingxuan's tone. Why did it sound so strange?
What does it mean to touch something? Can he be precise in his words?
She continued to listen attentively—
Rong Shang: "What about you? Have you been happy with Ah Yan these past year?" "Do you treat him with sincerity?"
After he finished speaking, Yan Zhu clearly felt his heart skip a beat.
Yanzhu moved the pendant closer, she wanted to see Qingxuan's expression in the picture.
Her heart was beating like a drum. She saw that man had a smile on his face and a calm expression, without any trace of romance.
Rong Shang continued in the pendant, "No one approaches without a reason. Everything in this world has its cause and effect... With Lord Bai Ri's words, combined with the fact that your cultivation has long since recovered, I now know... you have another purpose. I suspect it's related to the prophecy stone."
Qingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not refute.
Yan Zhu's hand froze instantly, and the pendant fell onto the quilt. Rong Shang's voice continued to penetrate her ears:
"What secret is it that has drawn you into this situation... Sooner or later, you'll be discovered..."
Then the screen disappeared...
Yan Zhu shook her head, trying to get rid of the man's nonchalant look, but those calm eyes seemed to be deeply engraved in her mind and could not be shaken off.
"So, he approached me because of the prophecy stone..."
"I was like, why would someone stay here for no reason?"
"His excuse for repaying a favor is really poor."
"He's really patient, even though he's acting every day."
Yanzhu clenched the quilt with both hands, and the scene of their first meeting flashed through her mind. Thinking of Qingxuan's identity, could it be... that was also a design?
What about the Broken Mirror Crisis? Was his rescue also a ploy to win her heart?
Once the seeds of doubt germinate, they are unpredictable.
Suddenly, I felt a slight warmth and numbness on the back of my hand. It was Mimi licking it with her tongue, as if to comfort me.
"Meow."
Yan Zhu gathered his thoughts, patted the cat's head, chuckled softly, then hugged Mimi and lay down directly, "Sleep!"
But when she closed her eyes, she saw Qingxuan's face, which was sometimes gentle and calm, and sometimes paranoid and dangerous. Yanzhu was so angry that she covered her head with the quilt and cursed in a low voice: "Who is this person..."
"I'll drive you away tomorrow!"
Then she thought, she still needs to practice, and with Qingxuan she will avoid many detours.
"Then wait until I achieve enlightenment, and then I'll chase them away!"
Yan Zhu cursed and swore until dawn, and then she fell asleep.
At one o'clock in the morning, Yanzhi made a "Ga" sound, then opened his big black eyes and stared at the man and cat on the bed. As agreed, he did not make any more sounds.
In her drowsiness, Yanzhu recalled the bet she had made with Yanzhi, and sighed inwardly, thinking that she had to fill the hole she had dug herself even if she had to get up.
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