Zhao Zhao stared at the divine seal of the Chongming Bird on the jade pendant, her pupils constricting. This was... the seal bestowed by Master?
This was the second time she had encountered something related to Master today. Zhao Zhao thought of the woman she had met at the elevator entrance, and her heart sank.
Her Master, the Chongming Bird, was a divine bird with a divine personality, just like the Phoenix, Vermilion Bird, and the Golden-Winged Great Roc. It could bestow blessings upon mortals.
However, Zhao Zhao clearly remembered that when she was very young, she had asked Master about the matter of bestowing blessings. Master had said at that time that he never interfered in mortal affairs, let alone bestowed blessings upon mortals.
But she was absolutely certain that she had not misidentified the divine bird's blessing on that elder sister. What was going on?
"Zhao Zhao? What are you daydreaming about?" Song Yao waved her hand in front of Zhao Zhao's eyes and asked curiously.
Zhao Zhao blinked and looked up at Song Yao. "Cousin, where did you get this jade pendant?"
"My father gave it to me when I was born. He said it was a thing from an old acquaintance. That acquaintance had high magical powers, and there was a trace of that acquaintance's divine power in this jade pendant. He said it could save my life in a critical moment."
Zhao Zhao rubbed the mark on the jade pendant. She thought to herself that no wonder Master could send her to the Song family. So it was because he knew Cousin's father?
Song Yao squatted down to be at the same eye level as Zhao Zhao. Rarely, she looked a bit gentle. "Zhao Zhao, I'm giving you this jade pendant today. You must wear it well, okay?"
Hearing this, Zhao Zhao immediately returned the jade pendant to Song Yao and shook her head in refusal. "I don't want it. Didn't you say Uncle gave it to you? You should keep it well. It can save your life." Such an important thing, Zhao Zhao couldn't take it.
Song Yao ruffled her hair and put the jade pendant on her by herself, scolding her at the same time. "Are you stupid? That's exactly why I'm giving it to you. You're such an innocent and naive girl. You could be easily deceived and fall into a pit with just a few words. Of course, you should have it."
After Song Yao put the jade pendant on Zhao Zhao, she raised her hand and said seriously. "I'm such a heartless person. I won't show mercy to anyone. I, Song Yao, will never put myself in danger for anyone. But you might not be the same."
Zhao Zhao still wanted to say something, but Song Yao frowned and scolded her back. "Wear it well! If you refuse again, Cousin will get angry!"
Only then did Zhao Zhao hesitantly accept it.
After she received Song Yao's jade pendant, her desire to be good to Song Yao became even stronger.
Zhao Zhao's mind raced. She pretended to casually detect Song Yao's cultivation level and found that the spiritual fruit she had given to Cousin last time had indeed taken effect.
Cousin's spiritual power was now beginning to gather in her body.
Spiritual power was the essence of heaven and earth. Most mortal cultivators relied on talismans, formations, and various magical tools and treasures. There were very few people who could borrow the spiritual power of heaven and earth.
The Xuanmen had been devoting themselves to researching this difficult problem for many years. However, with the environmental pollution in the human world and the large-scale destruction of nature, there was even less spiritual energy in heaven and earth. So it wasn't that easy.
Song Yao was quite talented among those in the Xuanmen. But she could only borrow the spiritual power and couldn't integrate it into her cultivation. Moreover, there wasn't enough spiritual power for her to practice.
However, spiritual power, which was extremely precious to others, was a bit insignificant to Zhao Zhao because she herself had an endless supply of spiritual power.
She didn't know what her original form was, but she was like a spiritual power generator. Sometimes, the spiritual power in her body would even overflow. This was also one of the reasons why she couldn't always control her tree demon characteristics well.
She wanted to use the spiritual power in her body to help her cousin. Song Yao was so proud, and she wanted to see her always be proud.
After making up her mind, the two sisters chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms.
Although Song Yao really wanted to live with her soft and sweet younger sister, unfortunately, Zhao Zhao firmly refused.
After Zhao Zhao returned to her room, she took out her little conch and called out to her senior sister.
Master had come so many times but never told her how to contact him. For now, she could only find Master through her senior sister.
But this time, the voice that came from the conch wasn't her second senior sister's but her third senior brother, Jian Yun.
"Hey, little girl, I caught you! You're secretly looking for your senior sister. You've forgotten about me, your senior brother, right!" Jian Yun poured out a bunch of words into the conch.
Zhao Zhao moved the conch away a bit. "Third senior brother? Why do you have the conch?"
Jian Yun said unhappily. "What? Are you unhappy that it's me? If I hadn't taken the conch from senior sister, I wouldn't even be able to say a word to you now, would I? You ungrateful little thing. Why do you only miss senior sister after going down the mountain? Have you forgotten who secretly went down the mountain to buy delicious food for you? Now you—"
"Stop!" Hearing Jian Yun getting further and further off the topic, Zhao Zhao quickly stopped him. "Senior brother, I haven't forgotten you! Really! Every time I see the pills you gave me, I miss you so much."
Jian Yun was satisfied. "Humph, that's more like it."
"Then, senior brother, can you give the conch to Master? I need to talk to Master about something very important." Zhao Zhao lay on the bed and asked softly.
Jian Yun picked at the medicine juice on his hand and said in his usual annoying tone. "Haha, you really picked a bad time. Master is not on Wutong Mountain recently. Well, let me say first, don't ask me where he went. I don't know, and no one on Wutong Mountain knows."
"Oh..." Zhao Zhao was a bit disappointed.
Jian Yun was still giggling. "But he might have gone to find the Queen Mother of the West. I saw him with the Queen Mother of the West when I came back from the mountain last time."
Zhao Zhao's focus shifted. "You went down the mountain?!"
"Yeah. A certain little stupid tree has aroused suspicion. Master asked me to go down the mountain to plant a substitute little red maple for you. It's short, just like you were on the mountain back then."
"Senior brother! I'm not short!" Zhao Zhao was hit on her height sore spot and was unhappy.
Jian Yun stopped teasing her and brought the topic back. "What do you want to talk to Master about? Can you tell senior brother? I'll convey it to him when he comes back."
Zhao Zhao didn't hesitate and told him. "I want to ask if Master has ever bestowed blessings on humans. I saw his divine seal today, and also the totem hanging in Master's study."
"Totem? The one with a bunch of raging fires surrounding a tree?" Jian Yun asked instantly.
"Yeah. Master said that totem was very important. I want to tell him."
Jian Yun smiled. "Okay, I got it. I'll convey it for you. But about the blessing you mentioned, it should not be from Master. With Master's personality, how could he bestow blessings on humans? It should be from Uncle."
"Uncle?" Zhao Zhao was very confused. Why didn't she know there was an uncle?
"Oh, it's like this. Master has a sister."
"Then why have I never seen Uncle?"
Jian Yun suddenly fell silent. After a long time, he said softly. "You've seen him. It's the lamp in the back cave."
"Senior brother..." Zhao Zhao suddenly felt a chill. "What do you mean?"