0p0 Chapter 274 Alienation
Chapter 274 Alienation
After giving his affirmation, Demon Lord Chongguang changed the subject: "Your soul power is weak, and your movement technique is also ruined. You must not have been cultivating properly."
The Demon Lord suddenly raised his voice and scolded, "Have you been too busy playing around and not taken the inheritance mission to heart? Have you not seriously practiced any of the cultivation techniques?!"
The Demon Lord Chongguang was so fierce. Shen Yao had never encountered such a strict elder before. She stood up straight, lowered her eyes, and acted obediently, answering honestly, "Aside from the six years I spent cultivating in the deep mountains, I haven't really cultivated properly since then."
"You're quite honest." Demon Lord Chongguang stared at her, pondering for a moment: "How long have you been cultivating?"
Shen Yao: "Reporting to the Demon Lord, this disciple has been cultivating for twenty years."
Only twenty years? Demon Lord Chongguang was somewhat surprised: "How old are you?"
Shen Yao: "Thirty-seven years old."
Demon Lord Chongguang: "You only awakened your spiritual root at seventeen?"
Actually, the Harasu body that transmigrated from was seventeen years old, but it was pretty much the same age. Shen Yao nodded in agreement: "Yes."
"Good, good!" Demon Lord Chongguang looked pleased: "It's a bit late to awaken, but to be able to cultivate to this level in twenty years is still a rare talent."
"I have wronged you. I thought you were a playful and lazy playboy."
The Demon Lord Chongguang was right. If Shen Yao, with her lazy and irresponsible attitude, hadn't been pushed along by fate, she would definitely have become a playful, lazy, and dissolute playboy.
Shen Yao felt guilty and remained silent.
The Demon Lord Chongguang stretched out his right hand, and a long spear materialized in his hand: "Since you are a genius, you should not be wasted. You will stay here and cultivate your soul power to the mid-stage of Earth Condensation before you go out."
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Two days and one night later, Shen Yao still hadn't come out.
Feng Yu felt a chill run down her spine. The seal wasn't responding, which meant she was alright, but it just wouldn't come out.
The immortal lord began to reflect: Had he been too eager for pleasure lately, and was his wife deliberately avoiding him, not wanting to come back?
But he just couldn't help wanting to control her, and he couldn't help wanting to express his jealousy.
Tu Xiaoxiao could fall asleep sitting up. The fox tail wrapped around the fairy was no different from sleeping while holding her. However, the chill that occasionally wafted into the fox tail would always wake him up from his dream.
Huo Die wasn't worried at all. He calculated with his fingers and knew his daughter was safe and sound. There was no need for him to be restless or fearful.
Sitting on the roof of the greenhouse, absorbing natural energy, Huo Die silently shook his head. Even without any danger of separation, his son-in-law was so uneasy.
He couldn't even imagine that Ruogui's soul would return to its rightful place, becoming the Ningyao Goddess, devoid of desire and passion...
Alas... what a tragedy! If only I had stopped my daughter from cruelly destroying the flower back at the Feng family's villa.
There is no day or night in the Spirit Seal Space; time seems to stand still, yet it is endlessly long.
Demon Lord Chongguang's teaching style was extremely rigorous, and Shen Yao made rapid progress under his tutelage.
He's been beaten up quite a few times.
However, compared to Huo Die's divine power, it still hurts more when the divine power hits you.
When Shen Yao first arrived, her soul power was only at the early stage of the Profound Condensation realm, barely enough to control objects.
Now, after continuous cultivation of the Soul Condensation, he has finally reached the late stage of Profound Condensation, and has successfully broken through to the early stage of Earth Condensation, entering the middle stage of Earth Condensation, thus meeting the requirements of the Demon Lord Chongguang.
When refining the soul core of the Demon Lord Chongguang, Shen Yao felt extremely reluctant.
She estimated that although she didn't know how much time had passed outside, at least several decades had passed inside the Spirit Seal Space. After teaching her for so long, she had long regarded Demon Lord Chongguang as her mentor.
However, Demon Lord Chongguang refused to acknowledge her as his disciple. He said, "You will receive my master's inheritance in the future. At most, we will be called fellow disciples."
The Demon Lord also said, "But I do not wish to be your fellow disciple. I am going to reincarnate. Don't even think about adding more karmic ties to my life."
Well, every extra karmic connection leads to more karma, and these connections may become obstacles to cultivation in the future, which Shen Yao can understand.
Curious about the cycle of reincarnation, she asked more questions and learned that the soul threads of the Venerables remained in the Spirit Seal Space. Because their souls were missing soul threads, they were trapped in the Reincarnation Palace and unable to reincarnate.
However, the Samsara Palace has an infinite independent space and its speed can be controlled automatically, so their souls did not stay in the Samsara Palace for too long.
Shen Yao's guilt lessened considerably; thankfully, she hadn't arrived too late.
This time, when she came out of the Spirit Seal Space, she was actually kicked directly into her physical body.
Half-asleep, Tu Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a warmth rising from the fox tail, and before she even opened her eyes, she sensed that Shen Yao had returned.
With a flick of his fox tail, he calmly pulled Feng Yu into his arms.
Seeing Tu Xiaoxiao's actions, Feng Yu knew that Shen Yao had returned. She raised her hand, clenched her fist, and made a move to snatch it.
Shen Yao woke up to a scene of carnage.
The moment her soul merged with her body, she heard the sounds of fighting. She quickly opened her eyes a crack and saw Feng Yu holding Tu Xiaoxiao's tail, about to cut it off with a sword!
You can't cut that!
Seeing herself wake up in that position, she knew what had happened without even thinking. A clever idea struck her; she clutched her chest and pretended, "It hurts..."
The celestial lord and the demon lord, who were on the verge of war, indeed stopped fighting.
Tu Xiaoxiao hurriedly put her back on the bed and ran out to find Huo Die to check on her. Feng Yu used his wood spirit power to examine her heart, and his brows were furrowed like colliding mountains.
"I'm fine." She hadn't really wanted them to worry, so Shen Yao stopped pretending after a brief moment: "I must have been scared when I came out and saw you guys fighting."
Feng Yu understood the meaning behind her words; his wife was blaming him. He felt even more frustrated: "Yanzhou, you're protecting him."
The immortal lord had only been outside for a few days, while the fairy had been in the Spirit Seal Space for countless years.
For Shen Yao, it was a bit annoying that her husband, whom she hadn't seen for decades, wanted to settle a lawsuit as soon as they met. She didn't want to indulge him: "You're overthinking it. How long have you been here?"
Feng Yu heard a sense of estrangement in her tone, and her brows furrowed even more, feeling somewhat uneasy: "Four days have passed since you first went in."
"It's only been four days." Shen Yao stared at his brows, feeling that her husband looked so melancholy. "I'm fine now, why are you so worried?"
Feng Yu was speechless; she didn't know how much he suffered every time they separated like this.
It's so painful. His Yanzhou seems to have figured things out, yet it also seems like he hasn't.
There's also this sense of alienation. Why is it that after four days apart, the way she looks at him has become somewhat unfamiliar?
Thinking about the speed of space, Feng Yu asked her, "Yanzhou, how long have you been inside?"
Tu Xiaoxiao and Huo Die came in from the door. Shen Yao sat up and answered Feng Yu first: "A very long time, at least several decades."
Feng Yu immediately understood where her sense of estrangement came from, and felt even more heartbroken. Yan Zhou had been away from him for decades, and their feelings had faded when they met again. If he had been away from Yan Zhou for decades, he didn't know how much he would miss her.
Huo Die walked to the bedside, reached out to take his daughter's pulse. She was full of energy; what could be wrong with her? But when he looked up and saw the look in his daughter's eyes, he knew she was lying again.
Huo Die loosened his grip: "Decoct Cen Lian, take it three times a day for a month."
Tu Xiaoxiao expressed her deep sympathy.
Shen Yao's peach blossom eyes widened in disbelief. Cen Lian! The most miserable spiritual plant in the world!
Huo Die's lips curled up for a moment. Hmph, the habit of lying needs to be cured.