Chapter 128: Is This… My Daughter-in-Law? p2
Phoenix Venerable picked up her teacup, blew on it gently, and took a sip.
“Master…”
Su Yiyao thought she had done something wrong again and lowered her head, not daring to speak.
Luo Xue sighed softly, glancing at Su Yiyao with a complicated expression.
She picked up her teacup and drank it all in one gulp, then stood up unsteadily, supporting her weak body.
“You’re human, yet you drink tea like this… such a waste.” Phoenix Venerable narrowed her eyes slightly, as if scolding her.
“Not all humans understand tea.” Luo Xue shook her head. “I’m just a crude person.”
If Senior Sister were here, she would probably cherish this opportunity. After all, not everyone could drink tea brewed by a Saint close to the Great Emperor Realm.
“Eh, what’s wrong? What’s wrong?”
The confused Su Yiyao blinked her beautiful eyes, looking at Master, then at Luo Xue.
Why did it suddenly feel like… she didn’t even know what happened, but Master and Ah Xue had changed, as if they shared a secret.
“It’s nothing.”
Luo Xue smiled faintly and rubbed Su Yiyao’s hair.
“Let’s put this coffin away first. It looks creepy.”
Although she had lain in it several times.
“But your body… won’t something happen if you leave the coffin?”
Su Yiyao looked at Luo Xue worriedly. Ah Xue could barely even stand…
“It’s fine.” Luo Xue shook her head and said softly, “Phoenix Venerable has already solved the problem for me. I don’t need to stay near the coffin anymore.”
“Really?”
Su Yiyao’s face lit up with joy, looking at Phoenix Venerable expectantly.
Phoenix Venerable’s expression didn’t change, and she said faintly,
“…She’s right.”
As for Luo Xue’s own situation, when and how to tell Su Yiyao was up to her.
Since Luo Xue didn’t intend to reveal everything now, Phoenix Venerable wouldn’t interfere.
“Thank you, Master!”
Su Yiyao was overjoyed.
“Drink your tea first, before it gets cold.” Phoenix Venerable pointed to the tea in front of Su Yiyao. “I don’t want to use my power and ruin the experience of tea.”
Su Yiyao didn’t say a word and, like Luo Xue, drank it all in one gulp, making Phoenix Venerable frown and sigh.
“Another one wasted.”
“Hee hee, I’m a crude person, just like Ah Xue!”
Although she said that, Su Yiyao’s cheerful expression clearly showed that she cared more about being “like Ah Xue.”
“You… just go, just go…”
Phoenix Venerable waved her hand, an expression of helplessness on her face.
“Master…”
The excitement on Su Yiyao’s face faded, replaced by a hint of anxiety.
She couldn’t understand what Master was thinking…
Could it be that she was too happy about Ah Xue’s return, and Master was… jealous?
Phoenix Venerable seemed to see through Su Yiyao’s thoughts and rolled her eyes.
“Or should I, the one ruining the mood, leave?”
“No, no… How could Master ruin the mood…”
Su Yiyao quickly waved her hands. She still respected her master very much.
But even so, Su Yiyao subconsciously moved closer to Luo Xue, as if afraid she would run away.
Seeing this, Phoenix Venerable snorted softly and stood up.
Her blood-red dress swayed gently in the wind, and along with the pavilion, her figure slowly dissipated, as if she had never been there.
Phoenix Venerable chose to leave, no longer watching their affectionate display.
“Mmm, Master…”
Su Yiyao was melancholic for a moment, then happily snuggled up to Luo Xue.
“Let’s go for a walk, Xiao Yao.”
Luo Xue’s soft voice made Su Yiyao sense something was wrong.
She looked up and saw that Luo Xue’s expression had dimmed slightly.
“A’Xue, what… what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to lie down in the coffin?”
As she spoke, she opened the coffin lid, as if the immortal coffin possessed some life-saving power.
Indeed, the immortal coffin did have the power to preserve life force, effective on cultivators below Soul Transformation.
Phoenix Venerable had originally created this coffin to preserve the True Phoenix Inheritance, but it had inadvertently become one of Su Yiyao’s magical treasures.
…It was quite useful.
“It’s fine, I’m just a bit weak.” Luo Xue looked at Su Yiyao, her eyelids heavy. “I promised you I wouldn’t lie to you again… So, walk with me for a bit, okay?”
Su Yiyao was silent for a moment, the excitement on her face gradually fading.
She wanted to say something, but in the end, she just nodded firmly.
“Okay! Wherever A’Xue wants to go, I’ll go with you!”
She didn’t ask further, because she trusted Luo Xue.
Ah Xue… would tell her. If she didn’t say it now, it must be because the time wasn’t right.
“Don’t be like this, be happy,” Luo Xue smiled and leaned lightly against Su Yiyao’s shoulder. “We still have… a long time ahead of us.”
Su Yiyao awkwardly put her arm around Luo Xue. It was usually Luo Xue who hugged her like this. This was the first time she felt Luo Xue’s weakness, the first time she felt that Ah Xue needed her protection.
Ah Xue… was soft.
Even when facing the four forbidden area lords at the Blood Sea, she hadn’t felt this way.
It gave her an indescribable heartache, like her experience in the nameless swamp, quiet and profound.
Ah Xue leaned against her, just like she had once leaned against Ah Xue.
“A’Xue, where do you want to go?”
Su Yiyao placed Luo Xue on her lap and carefully combed her long, white hair.
For some reason, Ah Xue’s usually snow-white hair seemed to have dimmed, as if covered in a layer of dust.
“I… want to see this world,” Luo Xue looked up at Su Yiyao’s downcast eyes, sensing the sadness within. “With you, Xiao Yao.”
“Okay.” Su Yiyao replied softly, a faint smile appearing on her lips. “We’ll… see the entire world together.”
…
No one noticed that amidst the churning Blood Sea, a small boat drifted upwards.
Looking closely, this small boat was actually a coffin.
Two young girls sat on the coffin, leaning against each other as they left the Blood Sea.
Unlike the commotion caused last time, this time… they didn’t disturb anyone, not even the forbidden area lords noticed their return.
Luo Xue and Su Yiyao went straight to the nameless swamp, settling down on Mount Fengyin, a place countless people searched for but couldn’t find.
They embraced each other and spent the night in the courtyard, just like before.
The next day, Luo Xue and Su Yiyao arrived at the Peerless Summit Sect, walking into Falling Flower Peak unnoticed.
Luo Xue went to the simple courtyard deep within Falling Flower Peak, the place she had lived for twelve years in this life.
She didn’t disturb Bai Zhanying, just silently looked at Senior Sister’s haggard face, sighed softly, and left a strand of white hair on the desk.
Bai Zhanying, sensing something, looked up, but only saw a familiar strand of white hair on the desk.
She picked it up, looked towards the sky, and tears slowly rolled down her cheeks.
“Little Junior Sister…”
At the same time, Luo Xue’s soul lamp in the Peerless Summit Sect quietly extinguished.
This meant that the Peerless Summit Sect disciple named “Luo Xue” was dead, no longer in this world.
Soon, Luo Xue and Su Yiyao arrived at Ghost Demon Pass. The once Ghost Demon Pass was now renamed Iron Sea Pass, completely controlled by the Iron Sea Sect. The Medicine Gang had lost the battle and retreated.
The Sha sisters were still diligently running their intelligence network. With funds from an unknown source, they had already recruited a group of talented individuals.
And, taking advantage of the ongoing Immortal-Demon War, their network had spread throughout the nine provinces and four domains.
But Luo Xue could tell that the force behind all of this was probably the Treasure Pavilion, the organization created by Shangguan Yu through Liu Lian, independent of the nine provinces and four domains, silently observing this caged world.
Their next stop was to meet Nangong Mengxiang, who had been cultivating with Shangguan Yu since parting ways with Luo Xue at the Blood Sea.
After reaching Enlightenment Core Formation, Nangong Mengxiang’s combat power at the early stage of Core Formation was comparable to the late stage, her progress extremely rapid.
Perhaps, soon, she would achieve the legendary feat of defeating a Nascent Soul cultivator at the Core Formation Realm.
Seeing that Nangong Mengxiang was doing well, Luo Xue was relieved.
This silly woman was always a bit clueless; Luo Xue was afraid she would be tricked by someone.
At the end of their journey, Luo Xue and Su Yiyao arrived at the Temple of the Nether Spirit, standing before the somewhat desolate Holy Maiden’s Temple, and entered.
Inside, they saw the person they expected, and also someone unexpected.
The former was the Zither Witch, and the latter was…
Luo Huaxin.
A pair of sly eyes winked at her playfully, a wine gourd hanging at her side. It was indeed her convenient mother.
“Mother, Mother?” Luo Xue’s expression was filled with disbelief. “Why are you here…”
“Why can’t I be here?”
Luo Huaxin swayed her hips and tilted her head, looking at Su Yiyao.
“Is this… my daughter-in-law?”
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