"You don't need to pay attention to that guy. He's not targeting you. He hates everyone and sees everyone as someone who owes him a debt from several lifetimes ago," Feng Chu complained about Xie Chen.
Xu Mubai smiled.
He felt that his master was deliberately comforting him.
“Come on, I’ll take you somewhere,” Feng Chu said.
Xu Mubai nodded.
He followed Feng Chu forward. Ahead stood towering divine trees, covered in all sorts of strange flowers. Everywhere they looked, there were exotic plants and flowers, each one astonishing. Xu Mubai followed Feng Chu onward and found himself in front of a magnificent palace. This palace was supposed to be made of white jade, but it was now completely submerged by lush vines. The walls, pillars, and floors were all covered in flowers.
Although the palace is overrun by these flowers and plants, it possesses a kind of primitive beauty.
Its vibrant life force gives one a sense of burgeoning power.
Strands of pure spiritual energy floated in the air, and countless flowers released dazzling celestial light, vying for beauty. Just one breath of the air here allowed Su Mubai to break through the bottleneck of the Mahayana stage and enter the Tribulation Transcending stage. While Xu Mubai was still in astonishment, Feng Chu took his hand and ran into the palace.
"Master, where is this?"
Xu Mubai asked.
"This is the bedroom of my deadpan master," Feng Chu said with a smile.
The Grandmaster's bedroom?
Xu Mubai: "..."
Didn't you just tell me to avoid seeing my master? Now you've brought me to his palace. I hope I won't get a severe punishment from him later. I hope my master is reliable and can save him.
Xu Mubai felt that his grandmaster really disliked him.
Feng Chu led Xu Mubai to a grand hall. In the center of the hall was a spiritual spring, and within the spring grew a gigantic plant. This plant radiated a green light and possessed an enormous flower bud. The bud was white, its unopened petals pure and flawless. Inside the bud, something seemed to be gestating.
The astonishing spiritual energy released by this plant caused the nearby flowers and grasses to grow wildly, as if they were going crazy. Xu Mubai stared at the huge flower bud, then looked at his master with a puzzled expression.
"Master, what is this?" Xu Mubai asked.
Feng Chu said, "There is a Wood Spirit inside that flower bud."
The Holy Spirit of Wood?
What is that?
Xu Mubai was very puzzled.
"She wasn't originally meant to grow here; I transplanted her here. My detestable master, your deadpan grandmaster, didn't want me to plant her here. In the end, I took advantage of his seclusion and forced her to grow here. When he came out, he was so angry his face turned green. Hahahahahaha..."
Feng Chu said with a smile, hands on his hips.
Xu Mubai: "..."
Why do I feel like the relationship between my master and grandmaster is quite complicated?
"Why do you insist on planting it in your master's palace? Aren't you afraid he might get upset one day and pull it out?" Xu Mubai asked.
“He wouldn’t dare!” Feng Chu glared at him and said, “I planted it here so that he can take care of this wood spirit for me in the future. I’m not very good at taking care of flowers and plants.”
Xu Mubai: "..."
Wow! Master, your logic is amazing!
Well, it seems the relationship between Master and Grandmaster isn't complicated at all; in fact, it's closer than that of a typical master and disciple. Otherwise, Master wouldn't be so brazenly causing trouble in Grandmaster's palace, acting as if he's completely unconcerned.
"These flowers..."
Xu Mubai gazed at the enormous flower bud. Looking at it brought him a sense of peace, as if all his troubles had vanished. Xu Mubai looked at his master beside him and heard his master softly say:
"She was my mother a long, long time ago."
ah?
Xu Mubai was dumbfounded.
“That was a long, long time ago. She definitely won’t remember it when she’s born. Actually, I don’t remember it either; that’s what Feng Yao told me,” Feng Chu said.
"Feng Yao?" Xu Mubai trembled.
“Yes, Feng Yao.” Feng Chu looked at Xu Mubai.
Xu Mubai's breathing quickened: "Master, the Feng Yao you mentioned is...?"
"The Empress of the Phoenix Clan," Feng Chu said.
Xu Mubai's eyes dimmed. The Phoenix Clan's Empress—she was definitely not the one he was looking for. Over the past thousands of years, he had encountered more than one woman named Feng Yao, but none of them were her. Xu Mubai simply couldn't believe that the Phoenix Clan's Empress would condescend to cultivate with him. How could such a powerful figure, standing at the pinnacle of all realms, possibly come to toy with him?
Another case of the same name!
Xu Mubai had actually heard about A Yao before, but now everyone refers to her as "Phoenix Queen." Only big shots like Feng Chu dare to call her by her name directly. As a result, Xu Mubai never knew that the Phoenix Queen's name was Feng Yao. Of course, even if he had known earlier, he would have assumed it was just a coincidence of names.
“This wood spirit was originally supposed to take another 100,000 years to be born, but I went and plucked three Chaos Green Lotuses from Feng Yao to nourish the wood spirit and help her grow stronger. Look!” Feng Chu pointed.
Xu Mubai looked down at the Spirit Spring beneath the Wood Spirit and saw that there were indeed three lotus flowers. These three lotus flowers looked incredibly pure and released a rich chaotic aura, which continuously nourished the Wood Spirit.
"Is Master very familiar with Phoenix?" Xu Mubai asked.
"A friendship forged in life and death, a friendship that transcends life and death," Feng Chu said.
"What kind of person is she?" Xu Mubai asked curiously.
"That guy, sometimes he's awful, sometimes he's nice, but overall he's a good person," Feng Chu said. Looking at Xu Mubai, he guessed what Xu Mubai was thinking. He probably thought that the woman who had seduced and abandoned him was just a woman with the same name as Feng Huang.
Feng Chu did not explain.
Xu Mubai thought it sounded like A Yao, but then shook his head.
Don't overthink it, that's a phoenix! What celestial emperor would be so bored as to tease or play with him?
Xu Mubai's attention had shifted to the Wood Spirit. He asked Feng Chu, "Master, you said that this Wood Spirit was your mother a long, long time ago. What does that mean?"
"The literal meaning is that I was once her son. Later I died and was reincarnated, and she also died and was reincarnated. I don't remember anything. Oh right, your grandmaster, that guy was also my father. Feng Yao said that in many of my previous reincarnations, he was my father."
“I think he must have abused me in the past, otherwise, why can’t I get along with him in this lifetime?” Feng Chu said.
A storm raged in Xu Mubai's heart. Reincarnation?
"Does reincarnation really exist?" Xu Mubai asked.
“Yes. But after reincarnation, everyone is no longer the same person,” Feng Chu said, his eyes dimming slightly.
Xu Mubai gazed at Feng Chu's fair and tender face. He now roughly understood why his adorable master insisted on planting this wood-like creature in his grandmaster's palace. It was because he wanted his parents to be together. What a childish idea!
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