Bone-stripping and tendon-pulling? The reborn senior sister becomes the number one cultivator in the

"I have a daughter named Qingqiu Yu. She was only nine years old when I left. I was assassinated at that time and had no time or opportunity to find her. I don't know if Yu'er is still alive."

Qingqiu Ling recalled Yu'er's face and felt a piercing pain in her heart. Tears welled up uncontrollably, and her eyes were lifeless.

Three hundred years without news, three hundred years of bitter longing—in this desolate Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, where human life is treated like dirt, the only thing that kept Qingqiu Ling alive was her Yu'er.

Xie Wanning felt the oppressive and heavy atmosphere, and endless sorrow welled up in her heart.

The agonizing longing for loved ones whose fate is unknown is like a thorny vine coiling around the heart; the faster the heart beats, the deeper the thorns pierce. The longing never ceases, and the pain only intensifies with the passage of time, just like her and the Crimson Bird's experience.

"Senior, I will do my best to find your daughter, Qingqiu Yu." Xie Wanning's eyes were firm. She knew that Qingqiu Ling was dying, and she did not want Qingqiu Ling to die in pain.

"Thank you." Qingqiu Ling looked at Xie Wanning gratefully, then picked up a pendant. It was a felt pendant made of tufts of fox fur, shaped like a small brown fox, lifelike.

"This is a gift I made for Ling'er using the fur from my nine tails." Qingqiu Ling looked at the little fox with affection, as if she were looking at her daughter: "Demons have a keen sense of smell, and every scent is a word. I hope you can give this to her."

Xie Wanning carefully took the little fox pendant and put it into her storage bag.

"Ling'er has a small mole on the corner of her right eye. If you meet her, just say 'I am a fox spirit.' This is an ancient fox saying that means 'I wish you health and happiness.' I say this to Ling'er every time before she goes to sleep. It's our little secret."

Qingqiu Ling's tone was gentle, her eyes were full of love, and her bloodless face regained a touch of color.

She changed her self-reference from "this emperor" to "I," making her seem less like a high and mighty demon emperor and more like an ordinary mother missing her daughter.

“If Ling’er is still alive, please give her the pendant. As expected, she is not…” Qingqiu Ling paused slightly, unable to hide her sorrow: “Then burn the pendant on the territory of the demon race.”

"Don't worry, senior. I believe Her Highness the Princess will be safe and sound," Xie Wanning comforted her.

"Thank you for your kind words," Qingqiu Ling said with a smile, then looked up at Xie Wanning and hesitated for a moment.

“You…look a lot like your mother,” Qingqiu Ling said calmly.

Xie Wanning could not hide her excitement and leaned forward slightly: "Senior, do you know my mother?"

"Yes. You and she are both phoenixes. I have met your mother. Four hundred years ago, your mother came to the territory of the demon race and said she wanted to challenge the most powerful demon in the demon race. At that time, I was the eldest princess of the demon race and stepped forward to fight your mother."

"She was very strong. She singed several tufts of my hair. However, we fought for three days and three nights and finally it was declared a draw. Your mother went home satisfied."

"Your mother is a strong, never-give-up demon, possessing the courage and unwavering perseverance that demons admire. She is a worthy opponent."

Xie Wanning looked at Qingqiu Ling with anticipation: "Senior, is there anything else about my mother? What is her name? I have been an orphan since I was a child and have never met my mother."

Qingqiu Ling looked at Xie Wanning with a hint of sympathy and regret: "Your mother only came to the demon realm once, and when I asked her name, she only said, 'A phoenix is ​​a phoenix, it doesn't need a name,' so I don't know her name."

Qingqiu Ling shook her head, then looked at Xie Wanning: "However, as the Demon Emperor, I can sense that you have a seal on your body. Only the Phoenix has five layers of seals, but one layer of the seal has been broken."

Xie Wanning nodded gently. She was able to escape the control of the Demon Lords because of the sudden burst of Phoenix Power.

"Senior, how can I break the seal, and how can I use the Phoenix's unique secret techniques?"

Every demon race has its own unique secret techniques, and the phoenix is ​​no exception.

Qingqiu Ling shook her head: "I don't know how to break the Phoenix's seal, but there seem to be books that record the Phoenix's secret techniques. You can go and look for them."

Xie Wanning suddenly remembered that when she was wandering in hell, she had read a few rare books about phoenixes in a daze, which seemed to contain the secrets of phoenixes.

So much has happened since she was reborn that she only just remembered this matter.

Xie Wanning's eyes flashed with joy, and she bowed respectfully: "Thank you for your guidance, Senior."

"Please give this to your masters." Qingqiu Ling handed over a phonograph.

"Yes." Xie Wanning accepted it.

"Cough cough cough!" Qingqiu Ling suddenly coughed violently, and blood gushed from the corner of her mouth.

"Senior!" Xie Wanning helped Qingqiu Ling up and tried to channel her spiritual energy into her body, but found that she couldn't.

"Cough cough, it was indeed too much to bear. I was already dying, this body is just an empty shell, I've reached my limit by the time I've lasted this long." Qingqiu Ling looked up, her eyes vacant: "I want to, I want to go back to Qingqiu so much!"

Xie Wan Ning's tears had already soaked her clothes, and her throat felt like it was blocked by a stone, making it impossible for her to speak. She could feel Qing Qiu Ling's breath gradually fading away, her body growing colder, and a life about to end.

Many images flashed through Qingqiu Ling's mind: when she was still a little fox, running freely on the vast grasslands of Qingqiu; when she became the Demon Queen, watching her ministers bow down in worship; when she was imprisoned in the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, struggling against hundreds of demonic beasts. Finally, a face appeared before her eyes: little Qingqiu Yu smiling at her, sweetly calling her "Mother Queen."

Qingqiu Ling closed her eyes, gently called out "Yu'er," and then she came back to life.

Xie Wanning watched as the surrounding magic arrays activated, and Qingqiu Ling's corpse turned into specks of light that floated out of the cave.

Perhaps a few glimmers of light will drift out of the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, drift to the world of cultivation, and drift back to Qingqiu, the place Qingqiu Ling longs for, so that she may see her daughter.

Xie Wanning carefully placed the phonograph into her storage bag, bowed deeply towards the cave, and then left the cave, heading towards the camp where her masters were.

Back at the camp, we saw five or six masters and mistresses circling around the entrance, craning their necks to look into the distance.

"Master! Mistress! I'm back!" Xie Wanning waved excitedly.

Yu Song and the others, who had been frowning, came out to greet Xie Wanning with beaming smiles when they saw her return.

"Disciple, are you alright?"

"My disciple, let your master take a look. You've lost weight."

"My disciple, I have prepared your favorite peach blossom pastries for you. You haven't had them in a long time, have you? Come, come, eat as much as you like today."

……

Xie Wanning replied happily; she really enjoyed the lively atmosphere.

"Disciple, why is your source power damaged? What happened?" Song Ning used his spiritual power to examine Xie Wanning's body and found that Xie Wanning's source power had decreased and most of her spiritual power had been used up.

Xie Wanning then told her master and mistress what had happened, and at the same time handed over the sound-receiving talisman given to her by Qingqiu Ling.

Song Ning took the sound-collecting talisman, inputted spiritual power into it, and the talisman emitted a sound: "The spiritual power of the entire cultivation world is rapidly decreasing."

Yu Song, Song Ning, and the others became serious and hurriedly returned to their room to discuss the matter.

All that remained was a bewildered Xie Wanning and a table full of peach blossom pastries.