Chongming wiped away her tears and coaxed, "You're not a child anymore. Why do you still cry at the drop of a hat?"
He paused for a moment and then said, "This time when I return to the Celestial Realm, it's not for the position of the God - Lord but for all sentient beings."
Yaohua knew that in his heart, all sentient beings were of utmost importance. As gods, they wielded much greater power than ordinary people, so it was only natural for them to protect the mortal world.
However, her heart still couldn't help but ache. She lowered her eyes and shed tears, saying, "I'm sorry, Master. I've wasted all your years of teachings. At this moment, I'm so selfish that I just want you to stay and not face the danger."
Chongming looked at her tenderly. "When you love someone, you surely want to keep them safe. It's just like I didn't allow you to face the Demon Lord before."
Yaohua wiped away her tears and pouted. "Since you know I'm worried about you, you should take good care of your body and obediently practice dual cultivation with me."
Chongming shook his head. "I've thought of another way to get rid of the Demon Seed. I need Yaoyao's assistance."
"But she's just a spiritual beast. It may not be as effective as dual cultivation," Yaohua said worriedly.
Chongming sighed. "Dual cultivation may seem simple, but the principle behind it is to use the power of both parties during the process to completely refine the Demon Seed. Moreover..."
He looked at Yaohua, his eyes full of tenderness. "I don't want to take you just for this matter."
"But we've already worshipped heaven and earth. I'm your wife, and dual cultivation is a perfectly natural thing," Yaohua said anxiously. "How can you be so old - fashioned?"
Chongming had a complicated look on his face. "Yaoyao can suppress the Demon Seed. If she assists me, I might be able to refine or completely seal the Demon Seed. As for dual cultivation, let's talk about it after I've tried this method, okay?"
He paused for a moment and then said, "Moreover, Yaoyao is missing. We really should go look for her to prevent her from being in danger."
Speaking of this, Yaohua suddenly looked a bit melancholy. "Still no news of Yaoyao?"
Since last time, Yaoyao had been missing for many days. Not only were the people in the Cangling Hall searching everywhere, but after Yaohua regained her memory, she had also asked others to look for Yaoyao, but to no avail.
Chongming shook his head. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he took her hand. "Now, there's an even more important thing for us to do."
"What is it?" Yaohua asked in confusion.
He raised his hand, and hundreds of small paper cranes appeared in front of them. Each paper crane faintly exuded the aura of the Phoenix Clan.
"Are these letters from Father and my elder brothers?" Yaohua's mood instantly brightened.
She waved her hand, and dozens of small paper cranes also appeared. She asked curiously, "Why have I only exchanged dozens of letters with them, while you have so many?"
Chongming opened one of them, and Yaohua leaned over to look. It was a letter from Qingcang, scolding Chongming for being shameless and so on.
All these hundreds of letters were scolding Chongming.
Yaohua felt a bit embarrassed and quickly changed the subject. "Let's not talk about this for now."
"What I mean is, if you miss your family, you can go back and visit them first," Chongming said gently.
Since Yaohua regained her memory, she had exchanged letters with her family, but she still missed home. Unfortunately, the Phoenix Clan had moved far away and was in a hidden place. If she went back rashly, it would not only take a lot of time but also might attract the attention of the Demon Lord and expose the location of the Phoenix Clan.
So she hesitated for a moment and shook her head. "No, thanks."
After coming out of the Divine Tomb, Chongming had also tried to calculate Yaoyao's location but had achieved nothing.
Therefore, the two decided to return to the Divine Tomb to make another calculation.
After the great battle, the Divine Tomb looked a bit more desolate. Chongming sat cross - legged and muttered something.
Several red lights emerged from the ground and flew towards him. In the red lights were Yaoyao's feathers. They gathered together, spun a few times, and then pointed to the east.
"It's the Danxue Mountain!" Chongming suddenly opened his eyes and flew away with Yaohua on his sword.
The Danxue Mountain used to be the place where the Phoenix Clan lived. Why would the little yellow chicken go there? Yaohua was very puzzled.
At this time, the Danxue Mountain was extremely desolate, with no sign of human habitation. The crops that had been planted there before had all been packed up and taken away, leaving only the buildings standing there alone.
Yaohua shouted, "Yaoyao, where are you?"
The two searched everywhere but didn't find Yaoyao's trace.
Yaohua couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure she's on the Danxue Mountain?"
Chongming frowned slightly and was also very puzzled. "The divination technique has never been wrong. Yaoyao should be here."
After thinking for a long time, he asked, "Is there any secret realm here?"
Only then did Yaohua suddenly realize. "There's no secret realm, but there's a restricted area in the back mountain of my clan. Only with the token can one enter."
The restricted area in the back mountain was protected by a transparent light shield. From a distance, it looked like an inverted jade bowl.
Yaohua took out the sect - master token. Just as she was about to go in, her eyes suddenly fixed on something. There were clearly bloodstains on the ground and a few phoenix feathers.
After confirmation, these were all left by Yaohua.
Chongming preserved the blood - stained soil and the phoenix feathers and calculated again, but still couldn't figure out Yaoyao's exact location. It only showed that she was on the Danxue Mountain.
At this time, a surge of demonic qi suddenly emerged from his body. His face changed greatly, and he quickly sat down to meditate and regulate his breath.
The demonic qi churned as if it had a will of its own. Every time it escaped from his body, it would absorb the spiritual energy nearby, become stronger, and then drill back into his body.
Chongming had already sealed his spiritual energy and the Demon Seed. He had to be very careful when mobilizing his spiritual energy to prevent the seal from being broken.
However, that meager spiritual energy was simply not enough to fight against the demonic qi. His face was getting uglier and uglier, and Yaohua was also a bit anxious.
She released the Phoenix True Fire, trapped the escaped demonic qi, and burned it with the true fire. The demonic qi slowly dissipated.
Thanks to her help, Chongming felt much more relaxed.
At the same time, the system greedily absorbed the demonic qi and sighed, "The demonic qi in his body is the purest I've ever absorbed. He truly deserves to be a great god!"
"Pure?" Yaohua couldn't help but ask. "Does demonic qi have different grades?"
"Of course!" The system was in a good mood and leisurely explained, "Demonic qi is divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower. The upper - grade demonic qi is emitted by pure - blooded demon lords or fallen great gods. Both Zhaoyue and Chongming belong to this category."
"The middle - grade demonic qi is emitted by great demons or powerful immortals, demons, or humans who have fallen into demonhood. You and the Devouring Demon both belong to this category."
"The rest are collectively called lower - grade demonic qi."
After saying that, the system urged, "Come closer. I can help him absorb the demonic qi."
"Last time on the battlefield, the demonic qi you absorbed was already more than enough. Why do you still need to absorb it now?" Yaohua suddenly asked.
The system replied without thinking, "Naturally, it's for... uh, it's to store this demonic qi."