Volume 2: Feng Xiang Wu Yin Chapter 35: Return Home

  Time flies like flowing water, unknowingly. The wind changes from cool and cold to warm and cozy, the white snow covering everything turns into lush green forests, green mountains and blue seas, and the grass grows with flying swallows. In less than a month, I traveled from north to east, but it feels like I've gone through an entire season.

  All the way, apart from using Yuanshu to stay and eat, Tang Nian relied on Greeny's perception of rare treasures to occasionally take some precious herbs from other people's homes and plant them in Greeny's inner world. The entire inner world also changed from its initial emptiness and monotony to a completely new look.

  The lush inner world and the space inside the Qiankun bag that can only hold dead objects are different, but rather like a separate small world, which has now merged with Tang Nian's spiritual sea. In the several acres of medicinal fields in the inner world, spiritual medicine flowers and grasses are being cultivated. On the left is a small mountain, where there are the seeds of Shiliu Jing and Shiliu Tan that Tang Nian obtained from Hanmei Jiuju. On the right is a bamboo house, with a body of green and blue, as if there is a spiritual light flowing around it, its shape elegant and delicate.

  The green jade floated in the central void of the inner realm, with a certain complementary rule to the entire inner realm. There was a weak airflow pouring into the jade from the medicine field and the stone milk essence, and the jade also emitted another breath to them.

  Tang Nian took advantage of her sleep to enter the inner world with her spiritual consciousness, and found that the green jade had undergone some changes. The surrounding jade was surrounded by a faint halo, which was still very weak, but it vaguely revealed a blurry figure. It looked like a soul, and its facial features couldn't be seen clearly, but from its vague outline, it could be seen that it was a child of about four or five years old.

  "Master..." The misty figure moved slightly, and a soft, gentle voice came out.

  Tang Nian looked at the fog figure in surprise, "Lu Lu, is that you?"

  "En en......" The misty figure wriggled its body, as if it was jumping for joy, and a happy voice came out, "The more good things the master puts in, the faster Greenie can condense her yuan spirit...and then she can go out with the master!"

  Compared with when I first saw him, Lingshi's intelligence has obviously increased a lot now.

  Tang Nian's eyes widened in surprise for a moment before a joyful smile spread across her face, "So, Lu Lu is saying that she can come out of the Spiritual Sea and accompany me to the outside world?"

  "En en!" The misty figure of Qing'er dimmed slightly, her voice excited but with a hint of fatigue. "Uh... Qing'er has just condensed her yuan spirit and can't keep it up for too long... Master should find many good things to come, Qing'er wants to go out and play..."

  "Good!" Tang Nian replied with pleasure.

  The green, green aura brought a joyful breath, and then the misty figure was seen sitting cross-legged on the emerald jade again. The voice became increasingly vague and soft as it spoke, "Hmmm... Green must work hard to cultivate... can go out with Master later, Master promised... things that must be done..."

  Tang Nian saw its inadequacy, this state cannot last for too long, it will probably go dormant again.

  Knowing that the more treasures in the inner world are better for Green, Tang Nian's determination to collect the world's treasures has become even stronger. No longer disturbing Green, Tang Nian's consciousness had just exited from the spiritual sea's inner world, and a hint of joyful smile still lingered at the corner of her mouth. Feeling the warmth of the person lying beside her, the smoothness of the clothes, and that refreshing and pleasant scent, she couldn't help but snuggle in closer, not hurrying to get up.

  The dazed and unresponsive habit when getting up and opening her eyes had slowly disappeared with the improvement of her cultivation. Nowadays, Tang Nian's half-asleep state upon waking was just due to her innate laziness; after all, that person would take care of everything, so she didn't need to lift a finger, even if she were wide awake it wouldn't make a difference.

  After a while, Si Ling Gu's voice sounded moist and close to his ear: "Nian Nian."

  Tang Nian opened her eyes, "En?"

  "We're here." Cui Ling Yu picked her up and walked. When she pushed open the car door, her sleeves blocked out the sudden sunlight outside, and stepped down from the white off-road vehicle.

  Tang Nian felt the natural and refreshing scent of green grass carried by the gentle breeze, followed by a rich spiritual energy. This place had an even more abundant spiritual energy compared to Beiyuan Xueyue Mountain. The white sleeves spread out before her also allowed Tang Nian, who was accustomed to the sunlight, to see the scene in front of her with perfect clarity.

  Mountains, layer upon layer, stretching endlessly; waters, like a celestial river, winding and boundless. Towering trees, evergreen, reaching for the sky, their trunks as wide as six or seven men embracing, branches lush, shading out the sun. A high wall stands in the mountains, its beginning and end unseen, following it with one's gaze, thinking it has ended, only to see it reappear elsewhere, concealing what lies within, blocking all view.

  "Hong——" a deep and thick voice, like Qin Zhong's clear and elegant voice, was like a drop of water falling into a pond, stirring up ripples that lingered on for a long time.

  The iron gate creaked open with a loud "rumble", and eight men in black robes, recommended by the emperor, knelt down on one knee, their bodies stiff and straight, their heads bowed to the ground, as if they were rocks, showing utmost respect.

  "Welcome, young master!"

  One stone sets off a thousand ripples, eight men rise, behind them the reverberating sound of welcome echoes to the sky, like thunder, uniform and not differing by a single thread. As far as the eye can see, inside the grand gate, rows upon rows of people kneel on the ground, their momentum like a rainbow.

  Tang Nian's eyes widened in shock, she had never seen such a formation before. She glanced at Si Ling Gu Yun, only to see his face calm and unruffled, his eyes cast downward, gazing into the distance, the dark eyelashes casting a pale shadow, like a moonlit night on a snowy mountain, extremely beautiful and serene yet also extremely cold, at the same time eerily quiet and making one's heart inexplicably clench.

  He stands like a god on the snowy mountain peak, making people feel high and unattainable. The lonely breath also makes people want to dedicate everything to wipe away his chill.

  A dark golden carriage was moving forward with several people surrounding it, behind the dark-colored silk curtains and screens, a tall and slender figure sat upright inside. On both sides of the carriage followed several men and women who were exceptionally good-looking, with elegant manners and obviously not ordinary slaves.

  The carriage stopped in front of the gate, and the curtains fluttered as a man emerged from the high-backed chair upholstered with soft silk cushions. The man wore a dark robe with a python pattern, so dark that it seemed to absorb all the sunlight around him. His face, backlit by the sun, looked six parts similar to Si Ling's at first glance, except that he lacked

  The lonely goose of Si Ling had a more profound and solemn spirit, his skin was less radiant, and the corners of his eyes showed signs of aging with wrinkles, and there were some white hairs on his temples. Despite this, the man standing in front of him still had an impressive demeanor, exuding an aura that commanded respect, and although he wasn't particularly tall, he seemed to be looking down at people from a superior height.

  "Welcome home, Hong Er." The man's voice was hoarse, like a seventy-year-old man. His warm and gentle smile reduced the fierce aura around him, and he sighed, "It's been years since we last met, Hong Er has grown up." His gaze fell on Tang Nian's body in his arms, and a smile also appeared on his face, with a hint of teasing, "You've even found a wife, you're really all grown up, haha."

  "Yes, I'm back." Si Ling Gu answered, his voice devoid of any emotion, like an unconscious murmur.

  Tang Nian looked up at him with a gaze that didn't blink, and there was no trace in his clear eyes.

  Sui Ling's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, for this young woman showed no fear towards him, calm and unruffled, truly extraordinary. He swept his sleeve and ordered the carriage to be withdrawn, smiling softly at the two as he said, "Hong Er hasn't returned in years, Nian Nian is also new here, today let's take a stroll with your father."

  At this time, Si Ling's laughter suddenly cut in, "Dad is still so biased, brother just came back and you've already cooled me down to one side."

  Only to see Si Ling return goose come to three people, although speaking of Si Ling Huai Ren's partiality, the face is full of smiling intention, how can it be seen that it doesn't seem like real dissatisfaction, but rather more like casual joking.

  Siling Huairou let out a hoarse laugh and said, "You're not young anymore but still have the heart of a child. It's rare for us to gather as a family, so if you don't mind the boredom, come along with us."

  "Hehe, with Dad and brother and sister-in-law together, how can it be boring!" Si Ling Guiyan smiled, still a bit of a childish little brother.

  It was a good scene of fatherly love and filial piety, but Tang Nian didn't feel any warmth at all. Si Ling Huai's body had a thick aura of evil and malevolence that couldn't be seen on the surface, but it couldn't deceive Tang Nian. This person must have cultivated some kind of dark and evil magic, and he hadn't done few things to kill people and shed blood.

  Tang Nian buried his head in Cui Lingsong's arms and took a deep sniff of the clear scent on him.

  The lonely goose swept past her beautiful hair and comforted her, saying: "Don't worry."

  Sui Ling Huairen's smile slightly stopped, looking at Tang Nian in his arms, and suddenly realized: "It's father who didn't think it through, the boat and car are tired, Nian is also tired. Since that's the case, you can go back and rest first, this family can be visited anytime."

  Cui Ling nodded slightly and turned around, seemingly without noticing the endless kneeling figures on the ground, his steps were like walking in the wind, slow yet swift, heading off in one direction.

  The gentle breeze blew in, and Si Ling's solitary goose lowered its head to say to Tang Nian somewhat listlessly: "I'll go cook for you."

  Tang Nian immediately lifted her head from his arms, her eyes sparkling brightly, a smile already unknowingly hanging on her face: "En!"

  Perhaps the son of heaven is like him, learning everything quickly. I don't know where he got a bunch of cookbooks from, but his cooking skills are getting better day by day, and they're not much worse than Master Zeng's. It won't be long before he surpasses everyone.

  Seeing her recover her mood, a warm expression also appeared on Si Ling Gu's face.

  Digression

  The water is actually very transparent, I don't know if you've noticed or not, hey!