"Come into the house first."
Yun Ruoqian stepped forward.
She pushed open the door of her small hut.
The furnishings inside were very simple. There was only a bamboo - woven bed.
There weren't even quilts on it.
"Senior?"
"Don't be in a hurry. I know what you're here for. Just follow me."
Yun Ruoqian gently tapped her finger in the air.
A light - blue whirlpool appeared in front of them.
Before Rong Yan could even let out an exclamation,
she saw Yun Ruoqian step into it.
Although she was quite confused,
she had no choice but to follow.
Once she stepped in,
the scene in front of her completely changed.
"What is this?"
"A secret realm."
Rong Yan had heard of the secret realm when she became the mistress of the black market. It was said that only supreme powerhouses could create it by exhausting all their life - long strength. She always thought it only existed in legends.
Unexpectedly,
she saw one today.
Moreover,
this senior didn't seem to have used all her strength. It seemed as if she could do it effortlessly.
"Don't look at me like that. This is all I can do."
If it weren't for this,
in that great battle,
she would have been able to stop it earlier.
She wouldn't have let her old friend go to such great lengths and plan everything to make that junior of the Feng family make such a great sacrifice.
"Please forgive me, senior. It's my lack of knowledge that made you laugh."
Yun Ruoqian gently shook her head.
She walked forward.
"The person you want to see should be her, right?"
Yun Ruoqian waved her sleeve gently.
A cold jade bed made of jade, emitting a cold air, appeared in front of the two of them.
On the cold jade bed,
lay a woman.
The woman was dressed in a crimson dress.
There was a flower of the other shore printed between her eyebrows.
Her hands were placed on her waist.
Her face was flawless. She was lying quietly and gracefully on the cold bed.
She was extremely beautiful.
However,
there was not a trace of vitality in her.
Rong Yan didn't recognize this person.
She just asked, "Senior, who is this?"
Yun Ruoqian smiled gently.
"I forgot. You probably don't recognize her in this state."
"Ah?"
"She is Zhao Shuning."
"Little Ning'er?"
Rong Yan looked at the cold bed again.
Was this Little Ning'er? How could she be so incredibly beautiful?
"The Mistress is right. With you, senior, there's still hope."
Yun Ruoqian replied, "I'm not entirely sure. When that little girl came to me and asked for my help, I knew it would be a tough task. The chance of success was less than one - tenth."
If there had been even the slightest mistake in the process,
Zhao Shuning wouldn't be here now.
Her fate was originally destined to wither in the void of space.
"Doing this goes against the Heavenly Dao."
Going against the Heavenly Dao.
Yun Ruoqian smiled.
"The Heavenly Dao has its own cycle. This is also something I owe them."
Rong Yan was puzzled,
but Yun Ruoqian didn't continue.
She gave the pink lotus in her hand to Rong Yan.
She said, "Just do as Ge'er taught you."
"Thank you, senior. I understand."
Rong Yan stepped forward.
Yun Ruoqian looked at Rong Yan's back.
She couldn't help but sigh.
If she hadn't been so willful back then, perhaps Ah Cha, the judge, the Hades, and Shi San of the Underworld, would have had more siblings.
The Eternal Great Emperor was a being from the beginning of all things.
And Yun Ruoqian,
came right after.
She was the Mother of the Earth,
but she didn't deserve this title.
It could be said that Nian Nian, the spiritual girl of the Underworld, who was later known as Yu Ge,
as well as Ah Cha,
Shi San,
Shi Jiu and the others,
were all Yun Ruoqian's children.
If she hadn't been so unstable - minded back then, these children wouldn't have been nurtured by the heaven and earth, and the number of those who survived would have been much larger.
Rong Yan approached the cold bed.
She got closer to Zhao Shuning.
Every inch of her skin was so fair. It didn't look like she was pieced together from thousands of fragments.
Rong Yan looked at Zhao Shuning in front of her.
She murmured, "Maybe it's really fate."
Rong Yan took out a purple bead from her hand.
With this bead,
it could well repair every inch of Zhao Shuning's skin.
"Although Zhao Huai isn't your elder brother, he left his most important thing for you."
Rong Yan had also gone to the great battle on the Divine Mountain.
However,
she didn't go up the mountain.
She just watched from afar.
The reason she came was just to take one more look at that man from afar.
That Zhao Huai, who had left an indelible mark on her life.
The Zhao Huai she saw,
had extremely beautiful wings behind him. His expression was unrestrained and free. He truly deserved to be the supreme of the strange beasts. Even in human form, he was still so handsome.
Rong Yan saw Zhao Huai.
She also saw a peerlessly handsome young man in white appear and talk to Zhao Huai.
She didn't know what they were talking about.
But she could tell that
Zhao Huai's expression was very serious at first.
Finally,
it became relaxed.
He shrugged.
Following the direction the young man in white pointed, he saw Rong Yan.
Rong Yan wanted to hide,
but Zhao Huai reached out his hand to her.
He motioned for her to come over.
Although embarrassed,
Rong Yan still walked over.
When she got closer,
she recognized the peerlessly handsome young man in white beside Zhao Huai. She had seen him before, on a painting. He was the husband of the former Mistress.
Now,
this was their first face - to - face meeting.
The young man in white seemed to know Rong Yan's identity. Seeing Zhao Huai's expression,
he walked away consciously.
After the young man in white left,
Zhao Huai looked at Rong Yan.
He said, "Mistress, you should recognize me."
Rong Yan stammered.
"I - I - I know. You are Zhao Huai." He was the ghost - faced Hades of the black market, the man she had been searching for for a long time. But this man was destined to be high in the sky. How could she, a mere charming girl, be qualified to pull him down from the sky?
Rong Yan originally thought Zhao Huai was dead. For so many years, she had even thought about avenging him.
If Zhao Huai hadn't left some clues in Cangwu Country, Rong Yan wouldn't have been able to find him and follow him until now.
Zhao Huai smiled.
His smile was as warm as when he was a disciple in the sect meeting.
"I'm leaving."
"I - I know." The husband of the Mistress should be here to pick him up.
"I'd like to ask the Mistress to do me a favor."
"What favor?"
Zhao Huai took out a purple bead with cracks on it. It was obvious that it had been repaired.
"What is this?"
It seemed that a long time ago, she had seen this bead on Zhao Shuning's wrist.
"This is the Soul - Condensing Pearl."
The Soul - Condensing Pearl?
"It's my Soul - Condensing Pearl. I've injected new power into it. I'd like to entrust you. If you have the chance, please help me complete a task."
How could Rong Yan refuse Zhao Huai's proposal?
After hearing what the Soul - Condensing Pearl was for,
Rong Yan was shocked and said, "But, what about Little Ning'er?"
She was already dead. Could this bead still have an effect on her?
"The Lord of the Feng family is here. They will find a way. I only hope that you can personally give this Soul - Condensing Pearl to that girl, Little Ning'er."
"Do you trust me?"
"Trust."
"Okay."
Rong Yan took the bead. After receiving Zhao Huai's thanks, he left.
Maybe.
They would never see each other again.
But as long as there was a chance, she would definitely do what Zhao Huai asked her to do.