Chongming was a bit tempted. "How can we get it back?"
The system explained, "Half of the demonic qi and half of the immortal qi are stored in the Primordial Pearl. As the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon, I know a way to summon the Primordial Pearl. You just need to perform the hand seals in front of Mu Hua, and then you can take back the pearl."
Seeing the two of them remaining silent, he put on a pitiful look. "Please, please let me stay. I can absorb the demonic qi in her body by myself and then plant grains and herbs in the space. Aren't you trying to relieve the victims of the disaster? I can be really useful!"
Finally, the two of them agreed to his plea.
The three of them returned to the Crimson Cleft Mountain together. Yaohua slapped her forehead. "Oh no! I forgot about the little phoenix."
The little phoenix had its own separate room. As soon as Yaohua opened the door, a small thing flew towards her and landed on her arm, crying in a childish voice, "Mother, mother~"
The room was in a complete mess, all tossed about by it. Yaohua cast a spell to tidy up the room.
The little phoenix stood on her arm and cried a few times, then jumped onto Chongming's shoulder. "Father, father~"
Finally, it jumped onto the system and rubbed against it affectionately.
The couple both looked at it in surprise. The little phoenix was close to them because they had raised it, but why was it so close to the system?
When Yaoyao had occupied this body before, the little phoenix had ignored it.
This strange phenomenon caught their attention.
"It's strange. This little phoenix makes me feel very familiar," the system said, quickly explaining himself when he saw the two of them looking at him.
At this moment, the formation set up outside suddenly fluctuated. It was the Divine Lord who had rushed over after getting the news. He pretended to be concerned. "Are you all right?"
Yaohua asked in surprise, "How did you get here so quickly after getting the news?"
The Divine Lord sighed. "You don't know. Now Mu Hua is using the Primordial Pearl to sow discord on a large scale. There is a looming trend of civil strife in the Celestial Realm."
"What's the benefit for him if there is civil strife in the Celestial Realm?" Yaohua was a bit puzzled. "Could it be that he is on the side of the Heavenly Demons?"
The Divine Lord sized up her expression. "Now the Celestial Realm is divided into two factions. One is me and the other immortals, and the other is the ancient gods. Which side do you want to stand on?"
He had originally thought that Chongming had given the Primordial Pearl to Mu Hua to show his allegiance to the ancient gods. But it turned out not to be the case. While this made him heave a sigh of relief, he also secretly had some other hopes.
"I won't stand on either side," Yaohua gave an unexpected answer.
The Divine Lord looked at Chongming. "The immortals on my side uphold the principle of putting the common people first, while the ancient gods want to use the common people to build their own merits. Are you sure you won't stop them?"
Chongming was a bit tempted and struggling, but finally he shook his head. "No matter which faction we stand on, we will only end up in endless political strife. Instead, we'd better do good deeds on our own and not worry about the future."
Then, he contacted Tu Yang and asked her to take the Divine Lord away directly.
After they left, Chongming looked into the distance at the horizon, looking worried. "The worst - case scenario has happened. Mu Hua actually used this thing to stir up political strife. Once the fight starts, it will only get worse."
"After we find the Primordial Pearl, let's go into seclusion with it," Yaohua suggested. "Since this thing will cause endless disputes, let's take it with us and retreat to a place where no one knows."
She looked at the system beside her and suddenly asked, "When the Divine Lord was talking about the Primordial Pearl just now, you didn't seem surprised at all."
The system asked blankly, "What?"
Yaohua saw that he was pretending to be stupid. "Do you actually know Mu Hua's whereabouts but deliberately keep silent?"
The system quickly said, "No, no. I..."
Before he could finish his words, Chongming directly took action and sealed him again.
After the system was sealed, Yaoyao's body immediately slumped to the ground. Yaohua tried to wake her up, but she couldn't succeed no matter what.
Chongming also tried all kinds of methods but failed. He pursed his lips and said, "Let's return your phoenix spiritual light first."
However, unexpectedly, as soon as the phoenix spiritual light was returned to Yaohua's body, the system detached from Yaoyao's body.
Yaohua was surprised. "Isn't the phoenix spiritual light supposed to suppress the demonic qi? Why is this happening?"
Chongming thought for a moment. "Probably the phoenix spiritual light suppressed the system in Yaoyao's body like a big mountain. Now that we've removed this mountain, the system below can naturally move more easily."
This explanation was quite reasonable. To prevent the spiritual light from being absorbed by Mu Hua again, Yaohua hid her own spiritual light.
The system still couldn't believe that it had detached from Yaoyao's body. It desperately tried to drill back into the body, but it was of no use.
It then tried to run away, but was attracted by Yaohua's body and couldn't run too far. It could only keep running in circles, looking really ridiculous.
It cursed angrily, "Yaohua, what kind of hero are you to catch me? If you have the guts, go and catch the Divine Lord and the other gods! It's them, not me, who caused the natural disasters and brought disaster to the world!"
"You really haven't brought disaster to the world," Chongming said calmly. "But that's because you haven't had the chance. Once you do, you will surely commit evil deeds."
Yaohua sealed it in a crystal ball.
At this time, Yaoyao slowly woke up. Memories flashed through her mind like a carousel. She covered her head in great pain. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I really didn't mean to! How could I do such a thing?"
Yaohua stroked her head and comforted her. "It's okay. It's Mu Hua who is too evil."
"Mother!" Yaoyao cried even louder after getting the comfort. "I'm so bad. Will you stop loving me?"
"Of course not," Yaohua hugged her in her arms and coaxed her gently. "You will always be the cutest in mother's heart."
With her comfort, Yaoyao's emotions gradually calmed down.
"The top priority now is to find the Primordial Pearl," Chongming said.
Yaohua thought for a while. "The Divine Lord just said that Mu Hua used the Primordial Pearl to stir people's hearts. Presumably he is in the Celestial Realm."
Yaoyao wiped away her tears. "No, I can sense that he didn't go to the Celestial Realm. He has been staying on the snowy plains."
"The snowy plains?" The couple thought for a moment and finally decided to follow her advice and go to the snowy plains.
Yaoyao led the way in front and soon found the place where Mu Hua was hiding.
They saw him sticking a talisman on himself and was about to leave. Chongming was quick - eyed and quick - handed. He tore off the talisman and threw it on the ground to prevent him from running away.
Mu Hua was a bit exasperated. "Let me go quickly. I'm going to find the Primordial Pearl."
"Isn't the pearl right here with you?" Yaohua asked warily.
Mu Hua's face was full of anxiety. "You're a step too late. Now the Primordial Pearl has been stolen by the Azure Sparrow!"