Above the source of Tao

"Daddy..."

Yun Chang'an was stunned for a moment, and the little red fire lion suddenly crawled to his chest and called Yun Chang'an "daddy".

This red fire lion can speak human language since it was young? Yun Changan didn't believe it and felt that he had heard it wrong. The red fire lion he met before didn't speak. It was just a spiritual beast. But the little red fire lion in front of him could speak just after it hatched. This made him feel that there was something wrong with his ears.

So, he dragged the little red fire lion outside.

"I don't believe you've turned into a spirit! Scream again."

He spoke to the little guy in front of him. The little red fire lion seemed to feel threatened and lay on Yun Changan's body sobbing and trembling.

So Yun Changan took out a small pot of essence liquid and handed it to the little red fire lion.

After it smelled the essence liquid, it immediately opened its mouth and began to absorb it. After a while, the pot of essence liquid was empty. It started to hum again, as if to say that it had not had enough. He took another pot and gave it to it to eat.

"No way, you can eat more than that Xiao Xuan!"

"Hey! You little brat, you're asking for a beating for saying bad things about people behind their backs."

After saying that, he picked up the Chixiao sword and hit Yun Chang'an in the face. He was still lamenting how greedy this little red fire lion was, but he was knocked to the ground by Xiaoxuan without any preparation, with the mark of Chixiao's sword still on his face.

"You deserve it!"

"Hey, is this the Red Fire Lion? I never thought I could see the offspring of Chi Lixie."

Xiao Xuan's words attracted Yun Chang'an, and he asked without paying attention to the pain on his face.

"Do you know the Red Fire Lion?"

Xiao Xuan looked at Yun Changan as if he had never seen the world before.

I learned from Xiaoxuan that in the ancient times, the Red Fire Lion Clan was a large clan. At that time, there were several extremely powerful emperors in the Red Fire Lion Clan. The Red Fire Lion Clan looked down on all the demon clans, and many demon clans did not dare to compete with them.

One of them, also known as Chi Lixie by Xiao Xuan, is a top-notch existence among all the Hedao in the clan. He has led the Red Fire Lion clan for hundreds of thousands of years, making the Red Fire Lion clan rank among the top forces.

Afterwards, for unknown reasons, the emperor of the tribe mysteriously disappeared overnight. Ever since those emperors disappeared, there has been no emperor-like figures in the Red Fire Lion tribe again. Then the reputation of the Red Fire Lion tribe plummeted, and it disappeared from the eyes of all tribes of that period.

"Why can the emperors disappear overnight?"

Yun Changan asked in confusion.

"I don't know either. It may be related to the secrets of the Eternal Age. I don't know the details. At that time, my master and I were still your age and could not touch the secrets of the upper level at all."

Yun Chang'an felt a little lost. It seemed that the red fire lion in the ancient times must have inherited something and created an era.

The red fire lion in front of me can speak as soon as it is born, so it must be extraordinary.

However, this sword spirit and this Yuan beast are too greedy. My wealth is not enough to fill their teeth. Yun Changan looked at the two people in front of him, and he was full of criticism in his heart.

I'm afraid I need to work harder, otherwise, the surplus food at home won't be enough for these two to spend. They really are being treated like slaves. Looking at these two in front of me, it's like I'm seeing my future.

He sighed secretly.

After the little red fire lion drank several pots of Yuan Liquid, its stomach had swelled up and its mouth had stopped absorbing the Yuan Liquid.

Are you full?

When the little red fire lion saw Yun Chang'an coming, it grunted and climbed onto his body, dragging its round belly.

"Daddy...Daddy..."

"I'm not your father. Although your biological father is gone, I can raise you. When you grow up, you will be my little brother, so you have to call me big brother."

"Come and call and let me hear it."

"elder brother..."

What an obedient little puppy. No, it’s a little lion.

Yun Chang'an looked at him and always assumed that he was a dog.

"Since you have acknowledged me as your elder brother, I will grant you one, okay?"

Without waiting for it to agree, I started thinking about a name for it. What should I call it?

Naming was indeed a problem. Yun Changan racked his brains but couldn't think of a good name.

Before, he wanted to call it Goudan, because it was born from an egg and looked like a dog. But Yun Changan changed his mind and realized that it would be his little brother in the future. If he let others know its name, they would laugh at him and it would be a disgrace to him, Yun Changan.

"Since you were born in the Siyang Gourd Lamp, you should be called Little Gourd."

After a period of deep thought, Yun Chang'an finally came up with a name that satisfied him.

"Little Gourd, that's your name, did you hear me?"

When the little gourd heard his elder brother give it a name, it immediately stuck out its tongue to show its agreement. At least that’s what Yun Changan thought.

As he spoke, he picked up the small gourd and started playing with it. He held it above his head, then put it in the palm of his hand and started spinning it. It was really lively.

After a long time, Yun Chang'an was tired of playing, so he put him on the bed and thought it was time for him to practice.

He didn't care about it anymore and sat cross-legged on the bed, practicing his skills to suppress the vital energy in his body. At this moment, he really couldn't think of how to suppress the vital energy that was about to surge out, so he could only use the most brutal means to suppress it.

After a few days, Yun Chang'an was sitting cross-legged on the bed practicing, when he heard a voice enter his mind.

He was overjoyed, as he hadn't heard this long-lost voice for a long time.

"Yun boy..."

Then, he stopped practicing, and focused his mind into the Siyang Gourd Lamp. He saw that many new buds had appeared on the Netherworld Tree, and the long-lost figure came into his eyes, but his eyes were blurred by tears.

"Sister Shichen."

Yun Chang'an looked at the beautiful figure on the Nether Tree with tears in his eyes.

"Boy Yun, you have grown up a lot these days."

An hour later, Yun Changan told Sister Shichen all his experiences in the past two years. Only Yun Changan himself knew how difficult it was. When a person faces difficulties, he may hesitate, but he never retreats.

"Sister Shichen, what happened? Why did you fall into a deep sleep?"

He asked the question that had been bothering him for years, and learned from Sister Shichen that the Four Yang Gourd Lamp had always been ownerless. In the hands of most people who had passed through it, no one had ever recognized it as the owner, including Hua Shichen, who had not been recognized by the Four Yang Gourd Lamp. In the hands of so many people, it was used as a storage space.

But you are different. You are the first person who can enter the Siyang Gourd Lamp through the mind while still having a physical body. Before recognizing its master, this lamp can only allow the soul to enter, so you are the first.

Therefore, after encountering danger last time, he had no choice but to let Yun Chang'an try to recognize his master, but unexpectedly, this attempt was successful.

As he successfully recognized his master, a "force" appeared in the space, a force that wanted to repel all things that did not belong here. Helplessly, Hua Shichen could only fight desperately to preserve a trace of his soul, which was hidden in the drop of silver liquid.

To this end, Hua Shichen exhausted almost all of his soul, and falling into a deep sleep was the best result.