Mingye clasped his hands in a fist salute towards Fengrong, smiling kindly and politely, "My name is Mingye. May I ask how you should address me, Divine Lord?"
Feng Rong had never had a good impression of other gods, let alone gods and humans, but she still replied, "Feng Rong!"
"Phoenix?" Mingye's smile deepened. "So it's the ancient Phoenix clan!"
He was clearly interested in Feng Rong, but seeing that she didn't seem to want to talk to him, he didn't try to get closer. His gaze then turned to You You beside him. "This young lady, is she the celestial maiden who just ascended to the upper realm?"
"Ascension?" Youyou frowned. She didn't ascend!
“Your Majesty the Heavenly Maiden…” Mingye suddenly spoke seriously, in a businesslike manner, “I have come here on the orders of Emperor Hongfei of the Seventh Heaven to escort you to the Seventh Heaven. From now on, you will be my Immortal Maiden of the Seventh Heaven.”
"..." What the hell? Youyou subconsciously turned to look at the Ancestor Yuan, and seeing that he also looked confused, she quickly explained, "Divine Lord, I think you've misunderstood. I'm not a newly ascended female immortal. I want to see the Seventh Emperor, but I just want to ask her permission to use the water from the Huanze Sacred Pool."
“You jest, Heavenly Maiden. How can one reach the Immortal Realm without ascending to immortality?” Mingye seemed uninterested in her explanation and said directly, “The Emperor is still waiting for my report. If you have nothing urgent, Heavenly Maiden, please come with me now!”
“But I don’t want to be a female immortal in the Seventh Heaven,” Youyou said.
“All female immortals who ascend to heaven must go to the Seventh Heaven,” Mingye continued. “The same goes for celestial maidens. You are not the only celestial maiden in my Seventh Heaven. Please do not delay and come with me.” After saying that, he stepped forward and made a move to pull her up.
"What are you doing?!" Feng Rong immediately flew into a rage, slapped his hand away, shielded You You behind her, and looked at him warily.
Mingye was taken aback, glanced at Fengrong with some surprise, and his expression immediately turned somewhat unpleasant.
“Lord Mingye, I do indeed have something very important to do in the upper realm this time,” Youyou continued to explain. “Several celestial maidens in the lower realm are afflicted by the Love Curse, and only the water of the Huanze Sacred Pool can break it.”
The other party seemed to have just come to their senses, glanced at Feng Rong again, and then replied, "I was only ordered to pick up people. As for the matter of the Sacred Pool, the Emperor did not mention it. If the Heavenly Maiden wants the water of the Sacred Pool, even if she does not want to stay in the Seventh Heaven, she must come with me to the Upper Realm to personally report to the Emperor!"
Youyou thought about it and it made sense! Although she didn't know which link went wrong, the ancestor clearly reported the matter of the Holy Pool water, but the Seven Heavens thought that a female immortal had ascended to heaven, and instead sent people down to pick her up, thinking that she was the ascended female immortal.
But once they see the Seventh Emperor, they should be able to explain it clearly, and it's not much different from their purpose.
So he didn't explain further, but simply nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll trouble you, Divine Lord."
The other party nodded in satisfaction, and without lingering for even a moment, turned around and summoned a flying magical artifact.
Youyou and Fengrong were about to follow.
"Phoenix Goddess, please wait!" Mingye suddenly stopped Feng Rong and said with a light laugh, "Only female immortals are allowed to enter the Seventh Heaven. Even the Phoenix Goddess cannot go there at will without the Emperor's order. Please forgive me, Phoenix Goddess!"
"What did you say?!" Feng Rong was furious and grabbed You You, saying, "If I'm not going, then she won't go either!" This person looks suspicious; how could he let You You go alone?
"Feng Rong!" You You grabbed her arm. "Never mind, I'll go by myself. You wait for me here."
"No!" Feng Rong was still uneasy.
You You sighed and said seriously, "Even if there is real danger, do you think I will be alright?"
Feng Rong was taken aback and suddenly felt that she could not refute it. Youyou's cultivation level had always been an unknown, but she did have the ability to contend with gods, as evidenced by Qiu Yue's case.
“Listen to me…” Youyou squeezed his hand and said, “I’ll be back in the upper realm in three days at most.”
Feng Rong gritted her teeth, and after a moment, said with some hesitation, "Fine, I'll wait for you here for three days. If I don't see you after three days, I'll attack!"
You nodded, then turned and followed Mingye into the sky.
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Although the sixth and seventh heavens are only separated by one heaven realm, the seventh heaven and above are considered the upper heavens. The group flew for a full half hour without reaching their destination, with only wisps of white clouds drifting by.
Youyou felt that this god-king named Mingye seemed to have some kind of problem with her. Although he came specifically to pick her up to the upper realm, he didn't seem to want to talk to her at all. He wasn't as enthusiastic towards her as he was towards Fengrong, and his attitude was extremely perfunctory, with an arrogant air about him.
You You asked a few questions about the Seventh Heaven, but the other party ignored him, so he didn't bother to reply. He turned to look at the two female immortals behind him, and saw that they also had indifferent expressions, staring straight ahead without moving, appearing a bit too proper, and their expressions were even somewhat...wooden?
She glanced at the monotonous blue sky and white clouds before her, and for a moment she couldn't bear the silence any longer. She couldn't help but tug at the white-clad female immortal to her right and asked, "Fellow Daoist, how much longer do we have to fly to reach the Seventh Heaven?"
The female immortal remained standing upright. Upon hearing her question, she slowly turned her head to look at her, still with that indifferent gaze, but did not answer her question. After a while, she turned back.
Youyou: "..." Is she really that aloof?
"Why is the Heavenly Maiden in such a hurry?" Mingye, who was in front, suddenly spoke up, still with that tone of disdain and impatience. "The Seventh Heaven is the Upper Heaven Realm, a place with abundant pure energy. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the filthy Middle Heaven. It is normal that it is farther away."
"..." Youyou frowned subconsciously. Does regional discrimination still exist in the Immortal Realm?
She didn't ask any further questions, and was about to suggest that flying on a sword might be faster when a commotion suddenly arose beside her. The previously aloof female immortal suddenly changed her expression for some reason, letting out a painful cry.
His face, which had just been as aloof as ice, was now contorted in pain. He even lost his balance and collapsed, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood. He clutched his stomach and curled up in a ball.
"Girl, what's wrong?!" Youyou was startled and quickly bent down to help her, only to find that the girl's expression was becoming increasingly painful, her immortal aura was showing signs of dissipating, and blood was constantly gushing from her mouth, staining Youyou's clothes. "What happened? Don't scare me!"
The other female fairy seemed to be frightened by the sudden situation as well, her face turning deathly pale.
"What's the panic!" Mingye was surprisingly calm. He frowned, a hint of annoyance flashing across his face, and glanced at Youyou, who was instinctively trying to feed the female immortal pills. He said, "She's an immortal. How could your mortal pills possibly work!"
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