Many descendants

After Aunt Hua entered the Northwest Prince's Mansion, she handed the skull lock and key to a girl who looked to be in her teens.

She put the key in the box, threw it into the well in the backyard, and left without looking back.

The box sank to the bottom of the well and drifted along with the stagnant water... A thousand years later, it drifted to this place and was finally retrieved by Su Yan.

[Where is that Northwest Prince's Mansion?] Su Yan held the key, lost in thought. What was this key locking away?

Judging from the girl's resolute expression as she threw away the key, she definitely didn't want the skull lock to be opened after it was used.

Xiao Mei was also curious. "Host, would you like to go and find that skull lock?"

Su Yan said, "More than a thousand years have passed; the Northwest Prince's Mansion might no longer exist."

Xiao Mei: [We can go take a look. Since we don't have any clues about finding Rong Ruo, let's just follow the path of this skull key.]

【Okay.】 Su Yan turned into a mouse again, swimming upstream along the river in the video.

Along the way, Su Yan encountered some ghosts. She picked the ones who seemed easier to talk to and inquired about the Northwest King's Mansion, but they didn't know anything about it either.

A month later.

Su Yan stopped in her tracks.

Ahead lay a dark and eerie forest of ghost vines. She said to Xiaomei, "I have a bad feeling about this."

Following the timeline, once you cross this forest of ghost vines and climb two more hills, you'll reach the Northwest Prince's Mansion. Xiao Mei showed Su Yan a very clear map route.

【Hmm.】 Su Yan took out a Rong Ruo communication talisman from her spatial ring, hoping to find him.

Although she was currently following Xiao Mei's curiosity, she had not forgotten her purpose in coming here and was constantly thinking about using the sound transmission talisman to find Rong Ruo.

The communication talisman, which had been silent until now, quickly flew into the Ghost Vine Forest.

Su Yan asked in surprise, "Is Rong Ruo here?"

"Host, follow." Xiao Mei replied.

【Wait a minute.】 Su Yan took out another defensive talisman from the system space and stuck it on her body, just in case.

This defensive talisman was made for her by Qing Linghuan; attacks weaker than his cannot harm her.

This was specially made for her by Qing Linghuan before she descended to the mortal realm. The other children followed his example and eventually gave her a bunch of defensive talismans... It has to be said that, regardless of their talent for making talismans, all of her children, through diligent study and practice, were able to make a good talisman.

It was more than enough for her and Xiao Fengning. Especially Xiao Fengning, who had a huge money bag that could hold anything he wanted, and the children would throw all sorts of talent talismans at him like waste paper.

Following Rong Ruo's communication talisman, Su Yan arrived at a hunting trap.

The entire trap was shrouded in a killing formation. The communication talisman stopped before the formation, unable to enter.

Su Yan put away the communication talisman and took out a Xiaomi Qi talisman, the latest interdimensional talisman she had developed, and easily entered the killing formation.

"Host, you see, having more children has many advantages. Each child's talents will eventually be passed on to you in filial piety," Xiao Mei said to Su Yan.

Su Yan nodded and solemnly said, "Believe in Xiao Mei, and you will gain eternal life!"

【…hehe~】 Xiao Mei laughed mischievously, like a lively little girl who had just received a compliment.

Su Yan suddenly thought of Xiao Lu'er and felt that if Xiao Mei could transform into a human, her personality would definitely be similar to Xiao Lu'er's.

Completely undetected, Su Yan was extremely satisfied with Xiaomi Qi's interdimensional talisman. [I absolutely adore this little angel; I'll have to give Fal another one someday.]

[Fal would be very happy to hear this.] Xiao Mei supports Su Yan having more children; she's just afraid she won't.

"Rong Ruo—Rong Ruo—are you here?" Su Yan whispered twice into the trap, then took out a sound transmission talisman.

The sound transmission talisman went into the trap.

Su Yan followed her downstairs.

She opened the system map, but the area was only four meters around her, and she couldn't see anything at the moment.

The downward trap, like a bottomless pit, kept flying for quite a while before stopping.

It wasn't that they had reached the bottom, but rather that there was a stone platform here where Su Yan could make temporary adjustments.

[Xiaomei, can you scan Rongruo now?]

[Unable to be scanned, you must continue. However, Xiaomei has marked the routes the host has taken, so you can teleport away at any time if you encounter danger.]

"Okay." Su Yan continued to fall.

The communication talisman had disappeared, so Su Yan took out another one. This time, she placed a bit of her divine sense on the talisman and moved quickly following that divine sense.

At the bottom of the trap lies a pool of stagnant, black water.

The sound transmission talisman continued its journey downstream through the stagnant water.

Su Yan thought of the bottom of the Azure Sea, the Deep Blue Abyss beyond the darkness... Could it not only connect to the Immortal Realm, but also to the Ghost Realm?

[Xiaomei, does the main system have any data about Deep Blue Abyss?]

[There's nothing about the sea areas; you'll need to explore them yourself. Xiao Mei will record everything.]

[Alright, I'm quite the special host, not only can I give birth, complete announcement tasks, but I also do exploration and observation. You'd better ask the main system to give me more points in the future.]

[Okay, host, no problem.]

Su Yan took out a deep-sea water-repelling talisman made by Xiao Qi and entered the dead water.

At first, it was completely dark, but with the system map, I wasn't completely in the dark.

Gradually... they passed through the darkness and arrived at a place where, although there was still death energy, it was greatly weakened, and there was also water spiritual energy.

A tall, slender figure rapidly approached her.

Su Yan looked at the familiar, vibrant figure, a smile gradually spreading across her face. She opened her mouth to scold, "Rong Ruo! What are you doing here?"

Rong Ruo hugged her tightly, overjoyed, and exclaimed, "Yan Yan, it really is you!"

"Of course it's me." Su Yan patted his back. "Be gentle...you're choking me."

Rong Ruo's strength not only didn't lessen, but actually tightened.

Su Yan had no choice but to become a guinea pig, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. "If I die, your Xiao Qi will definitely put righteousness above family ties!"

"Hehe." Rong Ruo held her in his arms, his icy blue eyes filled with deep affection. "This is the border between the Deep Blue Abyss and the Ghost Realm."

"Hmm, there's a lot of water elemental energy here, and it also has a faint scent of seawater. I think it might be related to the seabed of the Azure Sea." Su Yan transformed back into human form, looked him over, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was indeed alright.

"How did you get injured? Who hurt you?" Su Yan asked in a serious tone, with an air of wanting to eliminate the other party directly.

Rong Ruo looked at Su Yan in surprise, then slowly smiled, her eyes sparkling with starlight. "No one else, it was I who fed Rong Wu's soul some essence blood."

Su Yan was taken aback. "What happened to him?"