Chapter 15 Rebirth
Qimen and Qingyue stood in front of the palace gate of the Female Mother Palace, watching Baiyan lead Feihua, who was crying her eyes out, away, and then watching Xuanfeng, who was covered in dust, chase after them.
Qi Men quickly stepped forward and pulled Xuan Feng back, "My lord, things have come to this. Let's go back and tidy things up first! Although you are no longer the Heavenly Lord of the Dao, you are still... a Heavenly Lord!"
Xuanfeng closed his eyes and sighed deeply, "Immortal Master, I was wrong after all... Perhaps, I shouldn't have handed over the Boundless Dao..."
A butterfly fluttered in and landed on Qingyue's ear.
"What?!" Qingyue exclaimed in shock.
"Your Majesty, what has happened?" Qi Men asked.
Seeing Xuanfeng's dejected state, Qingyue couldn't bear to tell him the truth, so she said, "Oh, it's nothing... he just asked when I'll return. You all go back to Fuguang Palace first, let Xuanfeng get some rest, I have to go back."
Qimen bowed deeply in farewell, saying, "Your subject Qimen respectfully sees off Lady Qingyue."
Qingyue nodded and quickly signaled to Su'e, who was in the distance, to return immediately.
"Oh, right! Please trouble Your Highness to take care of Yao'er for a while longer. Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid we can't pick her up right away."
"Oh, okay, I understand." Qingyue glanced at Xuanfeng's expression. If she told him now that Yao'er was missing, wouldn't that be another blow to him?
...
In Xuanhuang Valley, a heavy snow began to fall again, completely burying Su Yuyao's bloodstains and the marks left by the sled.
"Madam, what kind of injury is this child? Is there any hope?" Sahan asked, sipping her warm wine.
His wife was not fair-skinned and slender-waisted, but rather a woman with wheat-colored skin, broad shoulders, thick back, large hands, and long legs.
She examined Su Yuyao's wounds, applied some hemostatic herbs, and turned to say, "Sir, this child was stabbed in the chest and fell off the cliff. Her internal organs are damaged. To save this child, we can't start by treating the external wounds. We must rebuild her life. I'm afraid it will require a thousand-year-old snow lotus. Are you willing to do that?"
"A thousand-year-old snow lotus? You mean, to bring her back to life?" Sa Han asked, frowning.
“Yes, sir! Although the child is still breathing, her soul has already scattered. If it weren’t for this,” Madam Sa handed over a collar with a twisted and pierced longevity lock hanging from it, and continued, “I’m afraid she would have been completely dead by the time you saw her!”
"Snow lotus..." Sahan rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "Wouldn't something else work?"
“As for the rest… this child can only wait to die!” Mrs. Sa picked up the necklace again, gazing at the four characters “Long Live to a Hundred Years” on it, and sighed, “Whose precious daughter is this? Her parents even bought her a longevity lock… Sir, when will we be able to have a child…”
“Madam… don’t worry, I’m taking my medicine. Once I’m strong and healthy again, why should I worry about not having children?” Sahan said, holding his wife’s hand tenderly.
"My lord, you are already very strong and healthy, it's my fault..." Madam Sa covered her face and sobbed, "We want to save other people's children but we can't, and we want to save other people's children but we can't..."
"Who says she can't be saved?!" Sahan was heartbroken to see his wife crying, and quickly said, "Ruixue! Ruixue! Go and get a thousand-year-old snow lotus!"
"Yes, sir!" The robust snow wolf transformed into a handsome young man and replied.
The thousand-year-old snow lotus, with its bluish-white flowers and green supporting leaves, looked like a delicate little steamed bun in Mrs. Sa's hands.
Mrs. Sa carefully placed the snow lotus in the pot and simmered it over a low flame. Before long, the snow lotus was soft and tender.
Madam Sa helped Su Yuyao up and used a small spoon to feed her snow lotus, bite by bite.
Su Yuyao remained asleep. She felt no pain, heard no sound, and saw nothing; it was as if her entire body had melted away with her consciousness…
Hmm? What's this smell? A crisp, sweet scent mixed with a faint herbal aroma. The fragrance gradually awakens the sleeping body, and the various body fragments slowly come back together.
I'm still so sleepy... I really want to sleep...
After eating a snow lotus, the bleeding from the wound stopped, and Su Yuyao finally regained some color. Although her internal organs had not fully recovered, they had stabilized.
Mrs. Sa helped Su Yuyao change her dressings and wipe her body every day. As Su Yuyao's complexion improved day by day, she also began to look forward to when the child would wake up.
...
“Brother! What you’re doing is so unfair!” Ze Yuan said to Xuan Feng in the main hall.
"Zeyuan, I was unaware of this matter."
"You didn't know?! All eight Heavenly Gate Generals of the Wuji Dao resigned within a few days, and you say you didn't know?!" Ze Yuan questioned angrily.
"Xuanfeng, have you inquired about this matter?" Mother Yi asked, her eyes lowered.
“Your Majesty, I know nothing about this matter, so how could I possibly inquire about it?” Xuanfeng replied, bowing his head.
"Since you don't know, go and investigate. Give Zeyuan an explanation." Mother Yi said slowly. "Zeyuan, don't worry. Your father, Lord Chaoxi, is helping you coordinate. The new Heavenly Gate General will be in place soon!"
Emerging from the main hall, Zeyuan was still indignant. "Brother! If you didn't want to hand over the Wuji Dao, then don't! After handing it over, you took everyone away. Wasn't that just setting me up for a fool?!"
“Zeyuan, when I returned Wuji Dao, I already spoke with the eight generals and asked them to assist you properly…” Xuanfeng tried his best to comfort Zeyuan.
"Brother! No matter what, all eight Heavenly Gates of the Wuji Path are now empty! How can you expect me to trust you?" After saying this, Ze Yuan angrily flung his hand and left.
Xuanfeng was also puzzled. They had clearly explained everything, so why did these generals suddenly change their minds, catching him off guard?
"Immortal Master Qimen, do you have any news from your side? Why did the Eight Generals suddenly resign?"
"I'm not entirely sure either, but I've already sent a flying eagle to investigate. Please be patient, my lord," Qimen replied.
“Alright.” Xuanfeng nodded and said, “I’ll go check on Feihua. You should go back to Fuguang Palace first.”
"My lord, you've been going to see the Fairy of Flying Flowers every day these past few days. Have you seen her?" Qi Men asked.
“No…” Xuanfeng looked dejected.
"Then... did Fairy Baiyan allow you to enter the gates of Wancu Garden?"
“No…” Xuanfeng’s expression became even more dejected.
"My lord, do you really like Fairy Flying Flowers that much?" Qi Men asked, puzzled.
“I… In the past, whenever I felt like giving up, I would think of my engagement with Feihua. It was because of this engagement that I have come this far…” Xuanfeng said in a low voice.
"Was it the flying flowers that brought you to where you are today, or was it this marriage contract?" Qi Men continued to ask.
"Immortal Master, why do you ask that? Without Fei Hua, how could there be a marriage agreement?" Xuan Feng asked, puzzled.
“Hehe,” Qimen stroked his beard and smiled, “My lord, we’ve been to all the places we needed to go. It’s time to go back to the Immortal Mountain.”
“Alright,” Xuanfeng nodded and said, “I’ll go check on Feihua first…”
"When are we going to pick up Yao'er?" Qi Men asked.
"Oh, right, and the girl too." Xuanfeng finally remembered the forgotten Su Yuyao. "I'll go tell Feihua that we'll set off immediately to pick her up, then return to the Immortal Mountain. We also need to investigate the Eight Generals to find out what's going on..."
In the Wanzu Garden, dandelions covered the sky and earth. Fairy Baiyan rolled her eyes in anger, while Feihua caught them one by one with tears in her eyes and held them to her ear.
"Xuanfeng...you're leaving again?" Feihua was extremely disappointed and released another dandelion. "Why are you leaving again? Can't you stay by my side? Can't you hold on a little longer for our marriage?"
Bai Yan glared at her and said, "Fei Hua, wake up! Xuan Feng is no longer in the Wuji Dao Sect. In order to improve his cultivation, he will have to travel back and forth between the Immortal Mountain and various halls. In that time, it will be common for you to be alone in an empty room. Do you still expect him to stay by your side?"
Feihua, tears streaming down her face, said reluctantly, "I'm willing to go through all the hardships with him, I'm not afraid of suffering..."
"Silly child! Look at how he looked when he first came back, all dusty and disheveled. Do you think you can handle it?!" Bai Yan admired the flying flowers she had created over thousands of years. "You must prove yourself! Don't be fooled by the fact that Mother Yi is still so elegant; she's getting old and can't even have children anymore! How can she continue to keep Shiyuan running?"
“Tide Lord is made of coral and is favored by Mother Yi! Ze Yuan must be just as good! I’m thinking of you!” Bai Yan said, clapping Fei Hua’s hand.
Feihua's face flushed red, and she lowered her head shyly, "Mother..."
...
Looking at the soundly sleeping Su Yuyao, Madam Sa said softly, "My lord, this child is so adorable! So fair and chubby! And so cute! I wish we could have such a chubby baby!"
“Madam,” Sahan said, putting his arm around his wife’s waist, “we’ll try a few more times, it’ll definitely work!”
"Sir, how about... you take another concubine..." Mrs. Sa said hesitantly.
"Madam! Don't talk nonsense! Our wolf clan has always practiced monogamy! How could I possibly be?!"
Su Yuyao gradually heard sounds. What werewolves? She tried hard to recall, her last memory being a black veil... and then, suffocation... and intense pain...
"Madam, perhaps this child is a gift from heaven. If we can save her, let's adopt her as our daughter. After all, no one else wants her, so let's raise her!"
Huh? Save her? Nobody wants her? Are you talking about me? Su Yuyao tried to open her eyes and move her hands and feet.
"Sir! Look! Isn't the child moving?!"
"Huh? Who... are you..." Su Yuyao finally woke up, her eyes glazed over.
Sa Han and Mrs. Sa were overjoyed, and Mrs. Sa quickly and gently held Su Yuyao in her arms.
Su Yuyao looked at the rugged, dark-skinned couple, then at the cave filled with torches. "I'm actually living in a cave?!"
“Child,” Mrs. Sa looked at the bewildered Su Yuyao and asked cautiously, “You… fell off the cliff… do you remember?”
I fell off the cliff? Oh... that man in the veil, he killed me and threw me off the cliff?
"It seems you don't remember," Mrs. Sa said with heartache as she looked at Su Yuyao, who was trying hard to think.
"Child, what is your name?" Sahan asked again.
Why was I silenced? Was it because I'm Su Yuan's daughter? Or because I'm someone close to Xuan Feng? Either way, it all comes down to my name, Su Yuyao...
"It seems she doesn't remember either!" Mrs. Sa's tone revealed excitement.
“Child, what do you remember?” Sahan asked softly.
"I..." Su Yuyao's mind raced. What should I remember? Or rather, what should I let them know about me? It seemed like she couldn't easily reveal anything.
"I really don't remember anything!" Mrs. Sa became completely excited.
“Child, here’s what happened. You fell off the cliff, and I saved you. Since you don’t remember anything and no one has come looking for you all these days, why don’t you become our daughter?” Sahan said with a smile.
"Nobody's looking for me?" Su Yuyao asked, somewhat disappointed. "How long...have I been lying here?"
“You’ve been lying here for quite some time, and no one has come looking for you. How about this: we’ll take care of you, and if your family comes looking for you, you can go back with them!”
"Where is this place?"
“Xuanhuang Valley! We are the Wolf Clan, responsible for guarding Xuanhuang Valley!” Sahan said.
Xuanhuang Valley Path? Wuji Path? Su Yuyao's mind was a little blank.
"Gurgle, gurgle..." Su Yuyao's stomach was growling with hunger as soon as she woke up.
Mrs. Sa asked with a smile, "Are you hungry? What would you like to eat?"
"I...want to eat meat..." Anyway, I'll eat my fill first!
Sahan laughed and said, "You can eat meat, but not today. You just woke up, so you need something soft and tender..."
"Then...wouldn't it be fine to just cook the meat until it's very tender?" Su Yuyao had been eating vegetarian food at the Ice Wheel Palace for several days and really didn't want to see vegetable leaves again.
"Hahahahahahahahaha!" Sahan laughed heartily and said, "Okay!"
Sahan smiled indulgently as he looked at his wife, who was clinging to Su Yuyao and refusing to let go. He stood up, walked to the cave entrance, and called out, "Grandma Tashuang! Stew some meat! Make it extra tender!"
Su Yuyao looked up at Madam Sa, who was still holding her, and asked, "Why are you holding me like this, Madam? Aren't you tired?"
Looking at Su Yuyao's adorable little face, Mrs. Sa said with delight, "I'm not tired, child. Since you can't remember your name, shall I give you one?"
Su Yuyao blinked and asked, "What's your name?"
"Ningbao! How about it?"
"Ningbao?" Su Yuyao said with a smile, "That's a beautiful voice!"
Su Yuyao accepted everything with a smile. She couldn't show herself yet. If others found out she was still alive, those who wanted her dead would kill her again! So... disappearing completely for a while was the safest thing to do!
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