"When I arrived at the address on the letter, I found the body of Houtu Niangniang. At first, I thought someone had killed her, but then I noticed a suicide note next to her."
"Hou Tu committed suicide?" I was somewhat surprised.
You frowned. "I guess so."
"What did the suicide note say?" I observed You's expression and secretly guessed that it might have mentioned You's past life identity. The more I thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
"The Goddess Houtu said, 'If you can understand your mind and resolve your doubts, and forget your past, I am willing to be reincarnated again.'" As You spoke, she slowly walked to Houtu's corpse, bowed to Houtu, and then reached into the coffin to take out an envelope.
"Is this the suicide note?" I stepped forward to examine the pure white envelope in You's hand.
"Mmm." You nodded gently and handed it to me.
"This is the will left to you by the Goddess Houtu. It's not appropriate for you to show it to me like this." I picked up the envelope, looked it over, and then handed it back to You.
"You don't want to watch?" You asked, raising an eyebrow.
I shook my head. "I don't want to see it. You tell me instead."
You smiled, took my hand, and led me to another room. The other room had some simple tables and chairs. You sat in the chair and then put his arm around me and let me sit in his lap.
"What's wrong?"
“If you don’t want to read it, I’ll read it to you,” You said, opening the envelope and reading aloud in a gentle voice, as soft as a breeze, “You Yuan, seeing this is like seeing you in person. There is something that has troubled me for a long time. In order to find clarity and resolve this, I am willing to re-enter the cycle of reincarnation, forgetting all my past lives. You need not be sad or worried, do not think about it. Furthermore, I will seal all my cultivation in my dantian and bestow it upon you.” After reading, You folded the envelope back up.
Houtu left all her cultivation to You? No wonder You is so powerful; Houtu is a renowned deity. "So you came to Taihui Palace to cultivate?"
You shook her head. "No, I only come here to cultivate after I finish handling government affairs."
"Did you take all of Houtu's cultivation?" I asked, looking up.
You shook her head, "Not yet. The Empress Houtu has profound cultivation, and I cannot fully comprehend it in a short time."
"So, you came back this time and were in such a hurry to come to Taihui Palace?"
You nodded gently, "I was still too weak in this battle against the Witch Ancestor, so I wanted to improve my cultivation."
You, you are still weak. You defeated the Witch Ancestor all by yourself! Your combat power is almost on par with Di Jun at his peak.
"Then the body of the Goddess Houtu can't just stay in the Taihui Palace forever, can it?" I glanced at the next room. Although I knew it was just a lifeless corpse and couldn't do anything, and now I was a renowned god, I still had a strange fear of the corpse.
"I plan to preserve the Empress's body in the Lingyan Pavilion after I have fully comprehended it, and take good care of it, until the Empress returns in the future." His deep gaze turned towards the cubicle.
"Place it in the Spirit Smoke Pavilion? That's fine." I nodded. The corpse of a Golden Immortal like Houtu Niangniang can exist forever. "But when will you be able to finish comprehending it?"
"It'll be ready in the next couple of days," You said with a smile, stroking my head.
These past two days, I hadn't grasped the myriad principles for so long, so why did I do it all at once? Seeing my somewhat puzzled expression, You explained, "Before, I always had to go back to be with you after a short while, so I didn't spend much time here."
"I see." I scratched my head a little embarrassedly. It turned out that I had been disturbing You's cultivation.
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