Yuan Heng introduced Duobao and Huanglong to exchange greetings.
As the saying goes, since they were already here, and Senior Sister Nuwa had extended such a warm invitation, Yuan Heng naturally had to visit Mount Fengqi.
The two adults and two little ones turned and flew toward Nuwa's Dao arena.
On the way, Yuan Heng looked at Nuwa, whose brow was knitted with worry, and asked curiously, “Senior Sister, is something troubling you?”
With how furrowed those brows were, Yuan Heng really couldn't bear to see such a great beauty unhappy.
Nuwa was quite pleased with her little junior sister's concern. Suppressing the thoughts in her eyes, she curled her lips slightly upward. “It is merely that I have run into a bottleneck while trying to comprehend the opportunity for sainthood.”
Oh my~
Yuan Heng nodded understandingly and comforted Nuwa. “Senior Sister, you must not worry too much. Your sainthood is only a matter of time. When I went to Kunlun earlier, there was still no sign of my three senior brothers of the Three Pure Ones achieving it either.”
Indeed. If Empress Nuwa didn't create humans, where would the Humanity Cult come from? And how could her three senior brothers establish their sects to achieve sainthood?
Sigh... Such is cultivation.
Hearing this, Nuwa immediately beamed. “Indeed. Then I shall take your auspicious words, Little Junior Sister.”
Yuan Heng nodded. Before long, the three people and one dragon arrived at Mount Fengqi.
A few colorful phoenixes nesting in the parasol trees noticed the Little Yellow Dragon on Yuan Heng's shoulder, and one by one... their gazes instantly landed on him.
This made the Little Yellow Dragon feel extremely uncomfortable. He squeezed his small body as much as possible, inching closer to Yuan Heng's neck.
Why were those phoenixes looking at him like that?
It was really scary for a dragon.
Seeing this, Yuan Heng gently stroked his little head in comfort. Sigh... The child still seems a bit shy around strangers.
What she saw on this visit was a starkly different scene from the last time, along with an utterly weary-looking Fellow Daoist Fuxi.
It was incredibly lively in front of the Palace of Empress Wa.
Yuan Heng looked at the strange, oddly shaped creatures before her and fell into deep thought.
Some had four floppy feet growing out of their bellies, some had two tiger heads on a single body, others had a human upper body but a horse's lower body... and still others were garishly multicolored, in an endless, chaotic variety.
Yuan Heng: “...”
Pardon me, but did Senior Sister Nuwa write the Classic of Mountains and Seas?
Isn't the species diversity on Mount Fengqi a bit too excessive...?
Seeing his younger sister return, Fuxi immediately rushed over. “Little Sister, you're back... Fellow Daoist Yuan Heng is here as well.”
Yuan Heng lightly raised her hand in greeting. “Fellow Daoist Fuxi.”
Duobao and the Little Yellow Dragon bowed. “Greetings, Senior Fuxi.”
Fuxi nodded slightly to them before casting a deeply resentful look at his sister. “Little Sister, did you gain anything from this trip?”
Shouldn't you do something about these bizarre, miscellaneous creatures, Little Sister?
Nuwa deliberately ignored the dark circles under her brother's eyes and casually tossed the creatures in front of the palace down the mountain.
Then, she shook her head slightly at Fuxi, a trace of disappointment in her voice. “No gain. I still cannot figure out what kind of living beings I am supposed to create.”
Her Dao of Creation was only a step away from great perfection. She had a premonition that this was her opportunity for sainthood, but she just couldn't grasp it.
She had originally gone out to clear her head and see if she could get some inspiration. She hadn't expected to run into her junior sister, Yuan Heng.
Remembering how her junior sister had pointed out the missing piece of her Grand Dao in a single sentence last time, Nuwa looked at Yuan Heng with an increasingly warm gaze.
“Little Junior Sister, I wonder what you think of these living beings I have created?”
Yuan Heng: “...”
To be completely honest, she felt that each one of them was more unique than the last. Well... if one stared at them long enough, they actually started to look somewhat 'pleasant-featured'.
“Senior Sister Nuwa, they... err... look quite unique.”
Yuan Heng hesitated. After a brief thought, even though her senior sister had asked her, this was ultimately her senior sister's own Dao. She might have read the script, but she couldn't just speak carelessly.
“Senior Sister Nuwa, although these creatures are 'unique', every single one of them seems to be cobbled together from parts of already existing creatures in the Primordial World...”
Humans! The innate Dao body, Your Ladyship! Something that has never existed in the Primordial World before~
For a moment, Yuan Heng felt extremely stifled from holding it in, but she had to restrain herself.
Listening to Yuan Heng's words, Nuwa fell into deep thought once more. “Cobbled-together creatures do not count... Every part of their body must be completely 'new'...”
“Not ferocious, not ignorant, in accord with the heavenly fate, aligned with the Dao... What could it be?”
The Grand Dao of Creation unfurled completely, constantly calculating and deducing. Nuwa fell into an even deeper state of sudden enlightenment.
Yuan Heng: “...”
No wonder Her Ladyship is the first to achieve the Dao. With this kind of dedication to cultivation, Senior Sister Nuwa, you would succeed in absolutely anything you do.
Yuan Heng and Fuxi shared a helpless look. Having been stimulated by a single hint, Senior Sister Nuwa had instantly transformed into a cultivation fanatic. Fellow Daoist Fuxi had no choice but to play host in her stead.
One hundred years, and another one hundred years...
Yuan Heng led the two little ones around Mount Fengqi over and over. As time passed, the Little Yellow Dragon and the colorful phoenixes in the trees seemed to have bonded and become fast friends.
They also played time and again with those remaining, strangely shaped creatures.
Eventually, she gave up. They had better leave first.
“Fellow Daoist Fuxi, we will not trouble you any further. We shall take our leave now.”
Fuxi glanced at Nuwa, who hadn't opened her eyes once in the past two hundred years, and could feel that his sister's cultivation had progressed yet again.
But... Little Sister, can you please do something about this habit of yours where you just can't stop once you start cultivating? Hey!
His old face flushed with embarrassment as he apologized once more. “Fellow Daoist Yuan Heng, forgive our lack of hospitality. My sister is...”
Yuan Heng casually waved her hand, not minding in the slightest. “Sigh, Fellow Daoist Fuxi, it is quite alright. I understand.”
“Were I in Senior Sister's place, I would likely do the same.”
To be honest, she had felt this sort of anxious, itch-inducing sensation of being just one step away when she took exams in her previous life.
She understood it all too well. Besides, one should never underestimate the deep connection of primordial beings to the Dao.
Falling into sudden enlightenment at any given moment was a common occurrence.
“Please pass on my words to Senior Sister Nuwa when she wakes up. Tell her I do not mind at all, and I wish her an early achievement of sainthood!”
Hearing this, Fuxi's expression filled with appreciation. “Then I shall thank Fellow Daoist Yuan Heng on my sister's behalf.”
“You are most welcome.”
Yuan Heng lightly cupped her hands. “Fellow Daoist, farewell.”
With that, she sped off with the two little ones.
Hehehe, time to go home~
It took them about three months to reach the territory of the East Sea. Feeling the familiar scent of home, Yuan Heng relaxed completely.
The moment she crossed the barrier of Fangzhang Island, a strong sense of happiness washed over her.
Ah, finally home.
She decided she would stay indoors with the two little ones, hunker down, and not step out until her three senior brothers of the Three Pure Ones finished their seclusion!
She couldn't even imagine what a happy girl she was going to be~
She landed at Lingheng Palace with Duobao and Huanglong. Ling Nü and Susu hurried over upon hearing them. “Daojun, you are back!”
Yuan Heng caught her two little ones. “Yes, yes! I'm back!”
She looked at the rat and the dragon behind her and spoke in a casual tone, “Duobao, you are familiar with my palace. Take the Little Yellow Dragon and settle yourselves in~”
Come to think of it, this was actually the first time Duobao had visited since he gifted her this palace.
Yuan Heng sat down lazily on the lounger in front of the palace and leaned back. With a deep sigh of relief, she gave some casual instructions.
“There is nowhere on my island that is off-limits. You two can go wherever you please.”
“Also, just go to the garden to find food, drinks, and things to play with. Do not be polite with your junior aunt.”
“Alright, the four of you can go and play now...”
She wanted to thoroughly enjoy some happy, quiet time of her own~
Duobao & Huanglong: “!!!”
“Okay~ Thank you, Junior Aunt.”
As for me, the little rat, I am about to be super happy again~
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