Mingren saw Liu Ran and didn't bother to ask any more questions. He walked over worriedly and watched Wen Qi feed the elixir into Liu Ran's mouth before he breathed a sigh of relief.

The Emperor of Fengdu raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this.

After Liu Ran woke up, Wen Qi told him the current situation.

Unexpectedly, Mingren and Liu Ran’s first reaction was not to consider how to get home, but to look at each other in shock, and then look at Emperor Fengdu.

Mingren: "I actually had barbecue and drank beer with the Emperor of Fengdu."

Liu Ran: "My sister's husband is actually the Emperor of Fengdu!"

Obviously, they are more interested in Feng Ce's true identity.

"Barbecue? Beer?" Emperor Fengdu looked at Wen Qi in confusion, "Another thing that will only be available in the future?"

Wen Qi nodded, "Just some food." She didn't want to reveal too much about the future, especially about the development of the underworld. She was afraid that she would change something inadvertently.

The Emperor of Fengdu did not ask any further questions, but just said: "You can stay here first and slowly find a way to go back." He looked at Wen Qi, "You should be familiar with this place, right? Take them there."

Mingren was excited again, "I can actually live in the bedroom of Emperor Fengdu! I must be the pride of our sect!"

Liu Ran even hugged Wen Qi's arm and looked at the Emperor of Fengdu with shining eyes, "Can we take a look around?"

The Emperor of Fengdu nodded slightly.

Liu Ran shouted excitedly, "Let's go, let's go now!"

Wen Qi was pulled into the hall, and Mingren followed with great interest.

The Emperor of Fengdu glanced at their backs, turned around and left the hall, and went to the forging pool on the other side. He picked up the hammer out of habit, paused for two seconds, and put the hammer back.

Sitting down on the chair next to him, the King of Fengdu was in a daze. After a while, he let out an imperceptible sigh.

Originally, he thought he was living a good life, but when he compared himself to his future self, he suddenly felt miserable. His partner, friends, all kinds of delicious food, and colorful life did not belong to him. At least, not to him now.

The King of Fengdu felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that he would have to live this lonely life for nearly ten thousand years.

When life is stagnant, you won't feel sad, but as soon as there is a little disturbance, it will be difficult to tolerate the unchanging state.

The Emperor of Fengdu suddenly stood up. Instead of wasting time thinking about random things, he might as well feel it first before Wen Qi left.

In the evening, Wen Qi was very surprised to receive a notice from Emperor Fengdu that a dinner party would be held.

"What kind of dinner was it? Who was attending? Where was it held?"

The Emperor of Fengdu was stumped by the question. This was his first time hosting something like this and he really had no experience. He could only ask back, "What do you think?"

Wen Qi was a little confused and frowned, "What is the theme of this dinner?"

The Emperor of Fengdu pursed his lips and said, "Welcome friends from afar." After a pause, he explained in a rare caring way, "Don't worry about not being able to make it back in time. As long as you find a way, you can return to any time and space in the future."

Wen Qi nodded and said with a smile: "We discussed it this afternoon, and Sister Ran and Mingren said the same thing. We are not in a hurry."

Emperor Fengdu nodded, "So, what kind of banquet do you like?"

Emperor Fengdu nodded thoughtfully, "I understand. The dinner will be held tomorrow." He turned around and was about to prepare, but was stopped by Wen Qi.

Wen Qi looked a little more serious, "Do you have time now? I have something to ask you."

Emperor Fengdu said calmly: "Let's talk inside the palace."

Wen Qi followed him and said, "No need to bother. I just want to ask where in the underworld there is a treasure related to time travel."

The King of Fengdu completely ignored her.

Wen Qi puffed up her face, not very happy. Feng Ce usually didn't talk much, but every time she spoke to him, she would get a response, even if it was just a smile, it was a doting smile! They entered a side hall one after another, and the Emperor of Fengdu waved his hand at the table, and a set of teapots and a few red fruits suddenly appeared on the table.

The King of Fengdu sat down at the table and said, "Let's eat and talk."

Wen Qi sat down at the table with no expression on her face, picked up the fruit and took a bite. The next second, she spat it out with a sound of "Puh", her facial features wrinkled together, "What is this? It's too sour."

"This is a soul fruit. You can't eat the shell. You have to cut it open and eat the flesh inside." Fengdu Emperor obviously didn't expect this situation. He asked in confusion: "The soul fruit grows on the mountain. Didn't he let you eat it?"

Wen Qi hadn't recovered yet, and nodded and said, "No, when we met, Fengdu Mountain no longer existed."

The Emperor of Fengdu was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed and he asked in a deep voice: "Why?"

Wen Qi paused for two seconds before he said carefully: "You also know that I came from ten thousand years ago. Just think about it, how many things must have happened in ten thousand years? Even the Heaven Palace was destroyed. It's not surprising that Fengdu Mountain is gone, right?"

"The Heaven Palace was destroyed?" The expression of King Fengdu was blank for a moment.

Wen Qi showed a look of annoyance. The more he talked, the more mistakes he made! After a long silence, the Emperor of Fengdu seemed to accept it and his expression returned to normal, but he asked, "What will the underworld be like in the future?"

Wen Qi shook his head fiercely, "I can't tell you. What if I reveal it in advance and the future changes because of it?"

The King of Fengdu sneered, "Naive. Time is a huge cause and effect. As long as the cause and effect remain unchanged, the trivial things that happen in the middle are not important."

Wen Qi blinked, "Is that so?"

The Emperor of Fengdu said calmly, "I just need you to tell me the result, not to tell me what happened in the past ten thousand years. What changes could have happened? Even if there were changes, how do you know that it wasn't because of this change that created your future? After all, cause and effect is a cycle."

Wen Qi felt that he was about to be convinced, but he still felt a vague uneasiness in his heart.

The Emperor of Fengdu added: "The time-traveling treasure you want is only in the possession of the Ghost Emperor of the West. He will not lend such a treasure to others easily. Your arrival is bound to cause turmoil in the underworld."

Wen Qi sighed, "I should have guessed it earlier. Since he sent us here, he won't let us go back easily."

Fengdu Emperor understood and said, "Did the Western Ghost Emperor send you here?"

Wen Qi nodded, sorted out his thoughts, and started from the unification of the underworld, and talked about the creation of the underworld, the birth of hell, and the relationship between the underworld and the world of the living. Finally, he talked about how they and the Western Ghost Emperor became hostile.

After hearing this, the eyes of the King of Fengdu turned cold, "Since the underworld has been unified, why do we still need to keep the Ghost Emperor?" After saying this, he realized that it was probably to avoid affecting the future.

If the Western Ghost Emperor hadn't existed, Wen Qi wouldn't have come to his past, and he wouldn't have gone to war with the Western Ghost Emperor in order to find the treasure that could travel through time and space, and there would have been no opportunity to unify the underworld.

So, cause and effect is really a cycle, with the future and the past closely linked.