I nudged You beside me and whispered, "You, a gift, a gift."
You Liaoran took out a pile of rare treasures from his sleeve and placed them in front of Wuxian. "This is a small token of our appreciation from Emperor Xin. Take good care of your injuries."
"Thank you for the generous gift from Emperor You and Emperor Xin." The witch glanced at us and then thanked us without further ado.
"Yes, your injury has healed. Come to Taihui Palace as soon as possible."
I picked at my ear. "Is this even human language? Pressuring someone to go to work before they're even ready—that's the epitome of a heartless boss in modern times."
"Don't listen to You, just focus on getting better and fully recovered before you go. There's no rush," I quickly added.
The witch nodded gently.
"Then you should take good care of your injuries. You and I will be leaving now." After saying that, I grabbed You and fled like the wind. I didn't know what You would say if I stayed any longer.
"Xin'er." After leaving the witch's residence, You kept pestering me to go to Taihui Palace.
"Hey, why are you going to Taihui Palace again?" I turned around and yelled, hands on my hips, annoyed.
You was startled by me and stood still, looking at me obediently, just like a primary school student being scolded by a teacher. "I have to go and take care of something."
"Hmm?" I stared at You suspiciously. There weren't that many things going on in the Heavenly Court. Luo handled everything perfectly and even came to my palace every morning to report to You. What else could You possibly be worried about?
You looked at me, sighed, and said, "Alright, actually, I mainly want to go to Taihui Palace to cultivate."
“Cultivation? If you want to cultivate, you can do so in my palace. We can even cultivate together.”
You looked at me, biting her lip in hesitation.
"What exactly happened?" I pressed.
“Come with me, and you’ll find out,” You finally said after struggling for a while.
"Okay." I nodded. Did You have some secret she was hiding?
This... This is...
When I followed You to Taihui Palace, You led me into an unusually cold and dark secret room, in the middle of which was a transparent ice coffin suspended in mid-air.
Through the ice coffin, I saw a kind-faced woman lying inside. Her peaceful and beautiful expression made it seem as if she were simply asleep.
This is... I looked at the woman's face and felt a strange sense of familiarity.
This is Houtu Niangniang. I remember her. I was the one who asked Houtu to appoint You as the mountain god.
But how did her body end up here in You? The book doesn't describe Houtu much, just mentions her briefly, and then she disappears without a trace. Was she dead?
I remember that Houtu always took good care of You. When I was reading the book, I even suspected that Houtu was one of the people who knew You's true identity. Otherwise, why would such a noble goddess as Houtu take care of a little demon who was cultivating in a small swamp?
It can be said that You was able to participate in the great war and even face Nü Xin directly without Hou Tu's years of cultivation. You would not have been able to achieve this. However, the original heroine was unaware of this.
"Houtu, how did she end up here? How did she die?"
You lowered her eyes, looking somewhat dejected. "I don't know either."
"How did the body end up with you?"
"At that time, I had just obtained the Creation Cauldron and taken control of the Heavenly Court when Houtu suddenly sent me a message, asking me to meet her." You looked at Houtu's corpse, her face filled with sorrow, and she fell into memories.
You must have a special feeling for Houtu Niangniang. Houtu is like a mother and teacher to You.
I patted You's back comfortingly and whispered, "And then?"
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