Mo Qing's eyes were tightly shut, showing no sign of regaining consciousness. However, the voice they'd just heard was no hallucination of Yaohua's.
The brothers standing beside them looked utterly stunned, for they'd heard Mo Qing's voice too.
"The person bewitched by the Soul - Seizing Mask loses their self - awareness. Who would've thought this young god would still retain a shred of willpower," the False Goddess mused as she sent out a wisp of spiritual energy, attempting to approach Mo Qing.
Yaohua immediately summoned the Phoenix Fire, dissipating all of her spiritual energy.
"If you dare to pull any more tricks, we won't let you off!"
Her childish voice still carried a trace of unshed sobs. Instead of sounding intimidating, it made one want to tease her.
However, having learned her lesson from Chongming, the False Goddess, despite her ill intentions, didn't dare to show them.
"Your Highness, rest assured. Now the young god's life is tied to mine. How dare I cause any trouble?"
Yaohua scrutinized her expression carefully. Finding nothing amiss, she reluctantly stepped aside.
Chongming stood to one side, his cold gaze piercing through the crowd and landing on the False Goddess.
Despite the warm climate of Mount Danxue all year round, the False Goddess shivered.
Under everyone's anxious gazes, the False Goddess carefully examined Mo Qing's condition.
"The Soul - Seizing Mask is fully formed. To remove it, we must find a part of the young god's original form. I'll use it as the eye of the formation to summon his true self. Then, if the young god destroys the mask himself, he'll be fine."
It sounded simple enough, but where on earth could they find a part of Mo Qing's original form?
Yan Ling's eyes sparkled. "When the sixth brother was a child, he lost a baby tooth. Father kept it. I don't know if we can still find it."
Qingcang, who was dealing with the little insects in the Immortal Peach Garden, was found by Yaohua.
"Mo Qing's baby tooth?" Qingcang frowned, then with a wave of his big hand, a small pouch landed in Yaohua's hand. "All your brothers' baby teeth are in here. I can't tell which one belongs to Mo Qing. How about letting that demoness try them one by one?"
Yaohua quickly grabbed the bag of baby teeth and rushed back.
"Your Highness, you overestimate me," the False Goddess said. She was about to flare up, but at the sight of Chongming, she immediately cowered. "There are over thirty baby teeth here. If I try them all, I'll die of spiritual energy exhaustion before I find the young god's tooth."
She had a point. If she had such abilities, she wouldn't have been hiding in Henan Prefecture.
Just as they were feeling distressed, Yaohua suddenly remembered the Spirit - Gathering Formation that her master had set up when the Dragon King was making it rain when she was a child.
"Master..."
As soon as she spoke, Chongming knew what she was going to say.
"No. Our immortal powers are not of the same origin as the demons'. If we use the Spirit - Gathering Formation, without me lifting a finger, she'll suffocate in the immortal energy."
Yaohua's bright eyes dimmed. "Then is there no other way?"
The False Goddess watched coldly, her eyes full of schadenfreude.
She gradually felt her body getting colder. She secretly glanced at Chongming and saw that his eyes were dark, as if he was brewing a killing intent.
"Actually, there's another way!" she quickly said.
"What way?" Yaohua looked at her eagerly.
"The phoenix is reborn every five hundred years. By then, the Soul - Seizing Mask will be burned by the Phoenix Fire."
The sixth brother had just come of age, but his next rebirth was still a long way off.
The False Goddess's idea was as good as no idea at all.
But at this moment, Chongming spoke up. "Since the rebirth fire can break the Soul - Seizing Mask, there's no use keeping you."
In an instant, a chilling killing intent that belied Chongming's appearance filled the entire room.
"Great God, spare my life!" The False Goddess didn't want to experience that pain again. She quickly lowered her head and admitted her mistake. "I remembered wrong. Besides these, there's another way."
Yaohua was extremely angry. "Can't you just tell us all the ways at once?"
Fearing Chongming, the False Goddess didn't dare to spout nonsense anymore. "An item that has been in close contact with the young god. As long as we find something he's been wearing since birth, we can summon his true self."
Yaohua quickly looked at her brothers. She was the youngest, so she naturally didn't know if the sixth brother had such an item. She could only pin her hopes on them.
"I remember that when the sixth brother was just born, Father was so happy that he put a jade pendant with him. After that, the sixth brother always wore it," Yan Ling said uncertainly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the brothers rushed to Mo Qing and rummaged through his clothes.
A moment later, they shook their heads dejectedly.
"Eldest brother, did you remember wrong?"
"Let's think of something else."
Yan Ling was in a dilemma.
Just then, someone came to report from outside.
"A pheasant has come to find the young god!"
Yaohua looked out curiously and saw a gorgeously dressed maiden striding in against the light without waiting for their response.
"Where's Mo Qing? He promised to marry me when he came of age. Why hasn't he come yet?"
The brothers looked at each other, all showing confused expressions.
Yaohua had never heard Mo Qing mention this either. For a moment, everyone was stunned.
"What, are you going back on your word now?"
Seeing that they didn't say a word, the pheasant maiden threw out something in her hand. "This is the token he gave me himself. If you don't admit it, I'll go to the Nine Heavens and ask Great God Chongming to judge for me!"
Yaohua secretly glanced at Chongming. So her master also took care of such matters.
"Isn't this jade pendant the one Father gave to the sixth brother?" In the silence, Yan Ling said uncertainly.
Yaohua didn't care about anything else. She quickly picked up the jade pendant and handed it to the False Goddess.
"Try it quickly. See if it works."
The False Goddess held the jade pendant and slowly said, "It'll work. You all go out first."
"Why should we go out?" Yaohua suspected that she was up to no good again.
"This formation is extremely important and can't be disturbed. If you're here and I get distracted or something else happens, your young brother might die young. Your Highness, how could you bear it?"
Since it concerned Mo Qing, Yaohua didn't dare to take the risk. But the False Goddess had a long record of misdeeds, and Yaohua really couldn't trust her. Hesitating, she could only look at Chongming.
However, before Chongming could speak, the False Goddess continued, "Great God Chongming's words are law. I wouldn't dare to defy them. But this matter is truly as I've said. I'm sure the Great God doesn't want anything to go wrong either."
Chongming's face darkened, and his gaze stabbed at the False Goddess like ice.
The False Goddess shrank her neck. "Please rest assured, Great God. I won't do anything that harms the young god again."
She looked so afraid of her master that she probably wouldn't do anything self - defeating. Thinking this way, Yaohua began to waver.
Seeing her wavering, Chongming slowly stepped out. But just in case, he still set up a restriction outside the house.
"You took my jade pendant. Why aren't you giving me an explanation?"
The pheasant maiden was getting anxious when she saw them walking out silently. "Where are you going?"