Chapter 203 Before the Transformation
The crowd gathered at the cave entrance, chanting Xuanhe's name merrily, slowly dispersed. Langzhi finally had some free time and hurriedly went to look for Xuanmiao's shadow.
Xuanhe is too distant, it's hard to feel affection for him. Little kids are much more endearing! Hmm? Where's the little one?
There was none inside the cave, none outside the cave, none by the fire, and not even by the barbecue grill!
Langzhi glanced at Ruixue and Baier, who were snuggling together, and called out, "Baier! Where's the little one?"
"Huh?" Bai Er was exchanging loving glances with Rui Xue when she suddenly heard Lang Zhi's shout. She snapped back to reality, "Oh right! Where's Miao'er?!"
Bai Er hurriedly pushed Rui Xue away, and while fixing her hair, replied, "Lord Langzhi! Miao'er... was taken away by Ren Shen!"
"What about Renshen?!" Langzhi asked, his eyes wide.
"Renshin..." Bai Er stood at the cave entrance and looked around, but couldn't find Renshin anywhere. She muttered guiltily, "Where did he go?"
"Where did you go?! You're asking me?!" Langzhi, seeing Bai Er's guilty look, suppressed her anger and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "You, you should go back and take care of my daughter..."
"Lord Langzhi... Miao'er... will be fine following Renshen..." Bai Er said cautiously, slowly retreating.
Seeing Langzhi's pale face, Ruixue quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, saying, "Renshin is such an unreliable person! He took Ling'er out to play without saying a word..."
Langzhi squinted at Ruixue, "You think you're reliable? I'm asking you, where are the people from Longjing?!"
"Huh?" Ruixue glanced at the empty cave entrance, swallowed hard, "Ah... Longjing? Could it be... it ran away?"
Langzhi grabbed Ruixue by the neck, pulled her close, and whispered in her ear, "Ruixue, I'm asking you, that half-dead tea dregs tree went to great lengths to reach the snow mountain in order to see my daughter, why did it run away?"
Ruixue was being pulled so tight by Langzhi that she couldn't breathe, but she didn't dare to break free. She could only blush and ponder, "For...what?"
"Fool! He's been tortured to the point where he's barely clinging to life, and even his original form is almost dead. Something must have happened to the Nevernight Lodge!" Langzhi glanced warily at the surrounding crowd celebrating with drinks and whispered, "And the fact that he didn't go to the Heavenly Palace for help means that the person who did this to him is there! That's why he had no choice but to come all the way here! It seems... the situation at the Heavenly Palace is dire!"
Ruixue also gasped and said worriedly, "Ningbao just gave birth, we absolutely can't tell her about this, lest she worry!"
"I f***ing know!" Lang Zhi said angrily, his voice low. "I didn't say a word when I went in! But saying nothing doesn't mean doing nothing! The important thing now is to find Longjing and find out the situation before making a decision!"
"I understand!" Ruixue struggled slightly, finally breaking free from Langzhi's grasp, and patted her chest, saying, "I'm going to find Longjing!"
"Let's find Renshen first!" Langzhi tapped Ruixue on the head and said, "Longjing was so badly injured and was stuffed in a leather bag, he was probably taken away by Renshen. Let's find Renshen first!"
"Yes!" Ruixue scratched her head sheepishly, leaped into wolf form, sniffed the air with her nose, and then rushed into the darkness!
Langzhi was well aware of the chaotic situation within the Heavenly Palace. If even the Nevernight Chamber had been affected, those people had probably already begun to target Xuanfeng! And there was still no news of Lady Yimu…
Oh dear... what if something happens to Xuanfeng? What will happen to my daughter?!
Seeing Langzhi's anxious, worried, and dejected expression, the Lady Rat grabbed a jar of warm liquor, walked over, and cheerfully called out, "Lord Langzhi! Come and try our family's fine brew!"
As she spoke, she shoved the wine jar into Langzhi's arms. "Don't worry, Young Master Renshen never takes Ling'er to play far away! Don't you know Ling'er's temper? If she's not done playing, she definitely won't come back! You should come and join us for some fun, drink and eat meat while you wait, otherwise you'll waste the good atmosphere for drinking!"
After saying that, the woman helped Langzhi up by the arm and pulled him into the crowd. She then gave a signal to the people around her, and several burly men with flushed faces immediately stood up, put their arms around Langzhi, and urged him to drink.
Langzhi felt embarrassed to refuse, so she could only awkwardly smile and respond politely.
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In the stinking dung heap, a tea tree, nearly withered, stood trembling. Xuanmiao squatted beside the tea tree, carefully digging through the dung with his bones and burying it back into the roots.
Ren Shen didn't stop her, but stood silently to the side watching Xuan Miao, who was covered in excrement. He pondered whether to carry her back like this or secretly wash her first. If he carried her back like this, she would probably be tortured; if he secretly washed her... Just thinking about it made the wound on his chest, pierced by thousands of spider silk chains, start to ache again. The crisscrossing spider silk chains gradually appeared on his grayish-white skin. He decided to just carry her back like this...
Xuanmiao used his bone to firmly tap the tree roots and tugged at the branches to make sure the tea tree wouldn't fall. Only then did he stand up unsteadily and stretch out his arms to Renshen, "Agan! Hug!"
Ren Shen thought for a moment, then reached out and grabbed Xuan Miao by the back of her neck, lifting her up.
"No! Ah Gan, hug me!" Xuanmiao puffed out her cheeks and twisted her body in protest. "Hug me!"
"Too smelly, I won't hug you," Renshen replied softly.
He glanced at the stunted tea tree growing on the manure heap, then slightly spread his palm. A gust of black qi suddenly burst forth from his palm, firmly protecting the roots of the tea tree.
Hmm? That's... Ren Shen frowned slightly.
In the dark blue sky, a golden dot stumbled closer, and a golden-winged butterfly with a broken wing fell down, scattering golden dust...
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Ruixue lowered her head and sniffed, then raised her head and looked in the direction of the faint stench of feces. Her firm gaze gradually turned to doubt, and a tall, thin figure slowly emerged in her doubtful eyes.
"Young Master Renshen!" Ruixue hurriedly stepped forward, looked at Renshen's ashen face and Xuanmiao covered in dirt, snorted, and said, "Ling'er, why... this smell?! And where did you take the Longjing tea?!"
Ren Shen didn't explain, but instead raised his hand and stuffed Xuan Miao into Rui Xue's arms, his voice low and urgent, "Help her get ready, I have something important to report to Miss Yao'er!"
After saying that, he quickly ran towards Guangyu Hanyao by circulating his Qi.
As Ruixue brushed the excrement off Xuanmiao, she chased after Renshen and asked, "Where is Young Master Longjing?"
"It's nothing," Renshen replied calmly, his brow furrowed.
"Nothing wrong? Where is he?!" Ruixue continued to ask.
Ren Shen had neither the mood nor the time to explain to Rui Xue. He added Qi to his feet and quickly distanced himself from Rui Xue.
He stared intently at the approaching flickering lights, his eyes flashing slightly, and soon spotted Lang Zhi, who was drinking heartily from a jar, among the crowd.
Langzhi was tilting his head back and gulping down wine when, out of the corner of his eye, Renshen's ashen face and his irritating, half-dead voice suddenly appeared: "Lord Langzhi, I wish to see Miss Yao'er."
Langzhi put down the wine jar, looked at Renshen, then at Ruixue who was rushing after him with Xuanmiao in her arms. He quickly stepped aside, stood up, and took Xuanmiao from Ruixue, carefully holding her in his arms.
“Grandpa…” Xuanmiao rubbed her eyes wearily, yawned, and snuggled into Langzhi’s arms before falling asleep.
Langzhi carefully released a spider web to wrap Xuanmiao, hanging it around her neck. She rolled her eyes at Renshen and said irritably, "Tell me what's wrong first!"
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In the narrow cave, a faint firelight flickered on the cave walls, vaguely illuminating a burly figure and a tall, thin shadow sitting cross-legged opposite each other. Langzhi, while pondering the mystery, glanced at the golden-winged butterfly with its broken wing in Renshen's hand and asked in a low voice, "You mean... the golden-winged butterfly sent a message?"
Ren Shen lowered his eyelids and nodded slightly.
"But..." Langzhi continued in a low voice, "The Goldenwing Butterfly was severely damaged, so you didn't receive any information?"
Ren Shen nodded again.
Langzhi glared, stuck out her butt, and kicked Renshen hard, cursing, "You damned bastard! What news did you have? Why did you go to see my daughter?!"
Ren Shen slightly turned his body, raised his arm to block Lang Zhi's large foot, and said, "Lord Lang Zhi, although I don't know what message the Golden-Winged Butterfly sent back, it's not unusual for the Golden-Winged Butterfly to suffer such severe damage. Something major must have happened in the Heavenly Palace..."
"Idiot!" Langzhi kicked Renshen's arm and cursed in a low voice, "Even a fool knows that something big has happened in the Heavenly Palace! Otherwise, why would they send me here?! Don't try to upset my daughter with such uncertain things during this special time!"
Ren Shen, unusually anxious, said, "The Golden-Winged Butterfly is a manifestation of the spirit of the Mother Goddess, and now even the Golden-Winged Butterfly... that Mother Goddess..."
"That's why my daughter absolutely mustn't know!" Langzhi glared, her voice low and menacing. "Don't forget! Our mission is to protect the snow mountain! Don't interfere in anything else!"
"Hmm..." Xuanmiao twisted her body in Langzhi's spider web, murmuring, "Mother..."
Langzhi quickly and carefully shielded Xuanmiao, coaxing her softly in a low voice, "Did Grandpa wake the little one up?"
"Hmm..." Xuanmiao shook his big head slightly and fell asleep again.
Langzhi reassured Xuanmiao, then looked up at Renshen and said in a low voice, "Watch your mouth! If I find out you're talking nonsense, be careful... I'll..."
Looking at Renshin, who was now as lifeless as a corpse, Langzhi racked her brains trying to think of a way to threaten him, but she couldn't find any leverage. So she lifted up the Xuanmiao on her chest and said, "I won't let you see the little baby!"
Ren Shen nodded helplessly. He knew that his mother had left him with Su Yuyao as a precaution, to ensure the continuation of Xuanfeng's bloodline. And now... all he could do was try his best to protect Xuanmiao, oh, and Yu Chen as well...
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The bedroom of Su Yuyao was filled with the warm scent of milk, and Xuanhe was slowly sucking on her breasts in Su Yuyao's arms with hazy eyes.
“Miss, Xuanhe and Miao’er are really different!” Bai’er stood by the bed, smiling as she watched Xuanhe nursing, and said softly, “Miao’er nurses with such vigor, making all those fussing noises! But Xuanhe nurses with such gentleness… so refined! Just like Lord Xuanfeng!”
Su Yuyao smiled, gently patted Xuanhe's little bottom, and said, "Miao'er was chubby and plump when she was born, so of course she can eat a lot! Although Yuchen is not light, she is just skin and bones, and she doesn't get enough milk, so she probably won't be as strong as Miao'er! Tell Aunt Hu that there's no need to go to the trouble of making new clothes for Yuchen, just alter Miao'er's old clothes!"
"Miss!" Bai Er was very puzzled. "Although we are in the snow mountain and there are indeed inconveniences in terms of food and clothing, we should not mistreat Xuan... Yu Chen! He is Lord Xuan Feng's flesh and blood!"
"Precisely because he is Xuanfeng's flesh and blood, we must keep a low profile!" Su Yuyao looked at Xuanhe in her arms with pity, a trace of worry gradually creeping onto her brow. The situation in the Heavenly Palace was dire; even with Yi Mu and Xuanfeng joining forces, it was uncertain whether they could survive this crisis. If they found out that Xuanfeng had a successor, I'm afraid...
Su Yuyao dared not think any further. She and Xuanmiao had already become Xuanfeng's Achilles' heel, but because Xuanmiao was a girl, she still had a chance to survive and wouldn't be completely wiped out. However, now with Xuanhe added to the mix, their Achilles' heel was even weaker—this was truly ominous!
Bai Er understood Su Yuyao's worries. Seeing Su Yuyao's anxious expression, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her and could only comfort her, "Miss, Yu Chen is Lord Xuanfeng's son and also the young master of our Snow Mountain Wolf Clan! Even if someone wants to do something harmful, they will have to consider the power of our wolf clan!"
Su Yuyao slowly raised her head to look at Bai Er, and said leisurely, "Bai Er, if they don't even care about Lady Yi Mu and Xuan Feng, how could the wolf clan be a threat to them? Do you really think my father came here to look after my child?"
Bai Er looked at Su Yuyao, who used to try so hard to go out and play and make her take the blame, but now she seemed more and more mature and tired. The young lady who used to drag her around the mountains and get scolded every day... was gone forever...
A wave of tears welled up in Bai Er's eyes, and she could only hold back her tears as she knelt down, gently picked up the sleeping Xuan He, and carefully placed him in the small wooden bed. She quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes before turning around to straighten Su Yu Yao's clothes and saying softly, "Miss, Yu Chen is asleep. You should rest now!"
Su Yuyao noticed Bai Er's emotions, smiled, took Bai Er's hand, and looked up at her, saying, "Bai Er, don't worry! Although the situation is a bit complicated now, I've survived several close calls, and I'm sure I'll turn misfortune into good fortune this time too!"
Bai Er's eyes suddenly reddened, her two white ears popped out with a thud, and she covered her red eyes, sobbing, "Miss...you...have suffered so much..."
"How am I suffering?" Su Yuyao pulled Bai Er to her side, gently brushed aside Bai Er's wet ears, and looked into Bai Er's red eyes, saying, "I have you, Xuan Feng, Miao Er, Yu Chen, my parents, the snow mountain, and the wolf clan! How could I be suffering? It's just that the current situation is a bit bad, so I have to take a chance. If I can get a good result, that would be best. If not... then I'll leave this place and live a peaceful life! Okay?"
Bai Er nodded with tears in her eyes and tucked her ears in.
Su Yuyao smiled as she tidied Bai Er's hair and said, "Help me bring Miao'er in. This girl has been playing outside for several days and hasn't even looked for me since she came back. She's been too wild!"
Bai Er wiped away her tears, helped Su Yuyao lie down, and gently covered her with a blanket. "Miss, it's already this late, Miao'er should be asleep. I'll bring Miao'er over tomorrow morning. You should get some rest, Yu Chen will need to get up to nurse soon!"
"Then bring Miao'er here early tomorrow morning, I miss her..." Su Yuyao fell into a deep sleep before she could finish speaking...
Over the past few months, Su Yuyao, heavily pregnant, led the wolf clan to clear the road to Sangong City. She also personally explored the snow mountain despite her heavy body. In addition, she analyzed intelligence from all sides and weighed the situation every day, daring not to slack off in the slightest!
The appearance of Langzhi finally confirmed Su Yuyao's guesses and worries—sure enough, the other party had already made a move!
Langzhi's arrival does not mean the snow mountain is safer, but rather foreshadows that the snow mountain has fallen into a dangerous situation! If the snow mountain is in danger, the immortal mountain will be uneasy; if the immortal mountain is uneasy, Xuanfeng will have no support!
If Xuanfeng loses his backing, how can Yimu, who is currently struggling to protect herself, possibly turn the tide?
Su Yuyao was asleep when she was awakened again by a familiar worry. She groggily turned to her side, but a sudden drop jolted her awake!
Su Yuyao suddenly opened her eyes, only to find a murky cloud of smoke with flickering flames before her! She quickly released her Qi to steady her falling body, but to her surprise, she couldn't sense her body's existence, or rather, her body had disappeared!
What's going on?! Could it be... that I've transmigrated to another life?! Su Yuyao steadied herself and suddenly used her red pupils to scan her surroundings...
How is that possible?!
Su Yuyao was shocked to discover that there was absolutely nothing around her! Not only could she not detect any signs of life, but she couldn't even discern the shape of the land, trees, or mountains! Only the relentlessly rolling heatwaves, like frightened beasts, constantly assaulted her body! And she, like a shattered wave, was scattered in the emptiness…
Su Yuyao withdrew her red pupils, closed her eyes tightly, and focused her breath to circulate her Qi...
Her black hair billowed, her feathered robes fluttered, and golden Qi, like flames gradually igniting, shimmered around Su Yuyao. The Qi flames expanded infinitely, from slow to fast, from nothing to something, from dense to sparse, intertwining and extending infinitely, slowly gathering and weaving into a boundless, infinitely expanding spider silk ball!
The spider silk ball slowly rotated, silently immersing itself in the heatwave. The surging heat was gradually dissipated within the dense spider silk. Gradually, the scorching heatwave transformed into ripples, and eventually, the ripples subsided, becoming a sweltering, silent void…
After an unknown amount of time, the entire Void Realm finally calmed down!
Su Yuyao couldn't describe her feelings. Although she still couldn't feel her own body, she could clearly sense an endless, burning emptiness swirling around her!
The scorching sensation gradually restored Su Yuyao's senses! She tentatively opened her eyes, and before her was a complex world woven from golden spider silk.
She looked up and saw a dark red aura emanating from the orange-red dome, like a piece of rotting flesh, drained of blood. She looked ahead and saw a dim, oily aura shimmering in the swirling firelight. Beyond the oily aura was a bluish-purple aura, like bruises, followed by a vast expanse of misty white aura, within which mingled the oily, dim yellow. She frowned and looked down at her feet, finding only a lifeless blackish-gray hue, similar to Ren Shen's complexion.
Su Yuyao calmly observed the colorful yet eerie Qi field, pondering to herself, "There's no sign of life here, yet there's such a dense Qi field. Could it be... a world before life existed? But can such a Qi field truly give rise to all things?"
Su Yuyao carefully observed the surrounding Qi vortex. Although the rolling heat waves were gone, as the temperature within the Qi vortex increased, each strange Qi field was slowly growing stronger. The oiliness became even oilier, the purple turned bluish, the white mist condensed, the dark red became filthy, and the gray-black permeated the air...
The spider silk ball grew larger and hotter, and Su Yuyao found herself struggling. What was happening? What should I do...?
"Mom!" A childish cry startled Su Yuyao!
The spinning spider silk ball suddenly accelerated its rotation speed, like a python mixed with various Qi fields, and drilled towards Su Yuyao's dantian!
Ouch! That hurts!
The pain of having her abdomen ripped open instantly sent a chill down Su Yuyao's spine!
Su Yuyao gritted her teeth and tried to circulate her internal energy to resist, but she couldn't muster any strength at all! She could only watch helplessly as the strange flower python endlessly burrowed into her body...
My stomach... hurts so much... my chest... hurts so much... my legs... hurt so much...
Su Yuyao finally regained her senses, but what she felt was tangible pain and endless sorrow!
She was in so much pain that she lost all her strength and couldn't even open her eyelids anymore...
I'm so tired... I might as well just go to sleep...
Su Yuyao stopped resisting, letting the searing pain slowly take over her body, slowly filling her...
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