The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Yun Yici's whereabouts have been a mystery for the past century; no one has ever seen her, yet speculation about her has been rampant.

Pei Heng was hurriedly summoned, thinking that some cultivator had suddenly undergone tribulation on the front line.

These past few days, due to the changes in the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, the Demon Realm has been in turmoil, and even he, who was focused on studying medicine in the rear of the Demon Palace, had heard about it.

Not to mention the strange phenomenon of the lightning tribulation just now.

Pei Heng was overjoyed to see his old friend and explained, "I had some delusions before and almost harmed Fellow Daoist Meng. Fortunately, I met Fellow Daoist Yun who helped me resolve my obsession."

"After I returned to the Valley of Medicine, I accepted a ten-year punishment. Later, I heard that a lineage of human cultivators in the Demon Realm had been infected with demonic energy and needed medical treatment, so I came here."

In other words, Pei Heng didn't give up his research on the demon race and directly formed a cooperation agreement with the human cultivators in the Demon Palace.

Fortunately, this was a good collaboration; he was trying to find a way to treat the human cultivators infected with demonic energy.

As Pei Heng spoke, his subordinate took out a specially made elixir from his sleeve and handed it to Yun Yici.

"This is a Spirit Gathering Pill. Take three pills orally, one pill once a day."

Yun Yici reached out and took it without asking any questions, swallowing one without hesitation.

As soon as the Spirit Gathering Pill was swallowed, the pain that had been plaguing her like a leech was instantly relieved.

She was not fatally injured; her skin was simply charred black from the lightning strike.

Moreover, under the gentle rain, some of the crusted areas have fallen off, revealing the snow-white new skin underneath.

It was patchy white and black, looking rather pathetic.

Pei Heng had someone fetch some warm water and left behind a white porcelain jar containing medicine for applying to external injuries.

The paste in the porcelain jar was a clear, light green color and had a pleasant fragrance.

The group temporarily moved to the outside of the sleeping quarters, where Zhujian helped them clean up and apply the medicine.

Yun Yici buried her head in the pillow, still mumbling, "Thank you, Senior Zhujian."

Zhu Jian gently wiped the dirt off Yun Yici's back with warm water and then carefully applied medicine to her back.

"Good friends don't need to say thank you."

"I was very worried about you when you couldn't wake up."

Yun Yici said guiltily, "I'm sorry, I didn't know what was going on at first. Later, when I figured it out, I couldn't go back into my body."

"It was all by chance this time; I was back as soon as I opened my eyes."

While in the Ghost Realm, she, Shen Huaichuan, and Yue Niang were still searching for a way to return to the Human Realm without a direct confrontation.

Unexpectedly, the exit was on the commandment book they had been going in and out of all along.

Yun Yici recalled seeing Shen Huaichuan rush in before she was sucked away, and secretly prayed that he would discover the anomaly in the Book of Commandments.

Zhu Jian stroked Yun Yici's long, loose hair and sighed, "I don't mean to blame you. Whether it's good or bad, it's all part of my experience."

"I consider you a friend I would entrust my life to, so don't thank me, and certainly don't apologize to me."

Zhulong possessed a pure and innocent heart; she was sealed underground in the demon realm for far more than a hundred years.

She had long since laughed off these minor setbacks.

Zhu Jian was actually glad that he had gone down with Yun Yici, because that way he could help her.

Zhu Jian quickly applied medicine to Yun Yi Ci's wounds, then suddenly remembered something.

"Xiao Ci, do you still remember Xiao Ba? He slept for a long time just like you, he must have been transforming into human form."

Oh, right, Xiao Ba!

Startled, Yun Yici quickly sat up in bed, changed her clothes, and hurriedly searched for her storage bag.

Xiao Ba is still in the painting.

Fortunately, she had anticipated this when she was undergoing her tribulation, and her storage bag was still intact.

Yun Yici quickly summoned the painting, and then—a beautiful little baby fell from the painting onto her bedding.

Startled awake from her sweet dream, the little baby opened her round eyes wide and made a sound at her: "Chirp?"

Yun Yici almost didn't react: "This is Xiao Ba?"

Zhu Jian affectionately patted Xiao Ba's head: "The situation is different for each clan, but I always feel that this child is a little slow in development."

In short, he's not very smart.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have pecked at her like an earthworm the moment they met.

Xiao Ba recognized Yun Yici by her scent and immediately snuggled happily into her arms.

Yun Yici picked him up and said, "Now that you've taken human form, you can't just snuggle into a woman's arms."

"I will slowly teach you how to speak and how to be a good person."

Xiao Ba: "Chirp?"

Yun Yici said with a headache, "Now that he has taken human form, we can't keep calling him Xiao Ba, Xiao Ba. We need to give him a proper name first. I originally thought I would wait until he grew up and choose one himself."

Zhu Jian laughed: "There's no rush. Xiao Ba is a simple and unpretentious name. He's not mentally sound right now, and if we change his name, he'll just get confused again."

While the two were talking, Xiao Ba sat quietly on the bed, as obedient as a jade doll.

To avoid making the Emperor and Wen Fuyue outside wait too long and worry, Zhu Jian went out first to call them in.

As soon as Wen Fuyue and the others entered, they saw the little baby sitting by Yun Yici's bed, and they all showed surprised expressions.

"This is?"

The Emperor had already sensed the aura of the same kind emanating from the cub.

He said knowingly, "It should be that Kunpeng bird named Xiao Ba."

When Hachi heard its name called, it chirped happily in response.

The emperor asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

"This little guy must be a hundred years old by now, why does he still only chirp?"

Back when he was less than a hundred years old, he was invincible throughout the demon realm, stepping on the Demon Lord and punching the Demon Venerable.

After a hundred years of hard evolution, the little baby that Hachi transformed into looked no more than two or three years old and couldn't even speak human language.

Yun Yici said apologetically, "He and I stayed in the abyss for a hundred years, and I never woke up, so there were many things I didn't have time to teach him."

The emperor decreed, "How can you blame yourself? I lived a perfectly fine life back then without anyone to teach me."

Wen Fuyue took out a handful of pine nuts from her storage bag and held them out to Xiao Ba. Xiao Ba glanced at her, chirped, but didn't reach out.

Wen Fuyue smiled, peeled some pine nuts for him, and handed them to him.

This time, Xiao Ba finally accepted it. After finishing eating, he chirped contentedly and urged Wen Fuyue to continue peeling for him.

Rong Xuan naturally took the pine nuts from Wen Fuyue's hand, half-squatted in front of Xiao Ba, and patiently said, "Come on, I'll teach you how to peel them."

Wen Fuyue smiled and said, "The Kunpeng lineage may grow slowly, but I don't think he's stupid. If he's taught properly, he'll surely become a great talent in time."

When a mature Kunpeng spreads its wings, it can blot out the sky and the sun and moon, and they must avoid its sharp edge.

Putting Xiao Ba's matter aside for the time being, everyone's eyes were fixed on him, and Yun Yici knew they had countless questions.

She took a deep breath, concealing her true identity as Yue Niang and the tragic destruction of the Lingwei Sect, and began to recount her experiences over the past hundred years...

"After I was absorbed into the Book of Commandments, I woke up and returned to my own body. Because my soul and body had both been cultivated to perfection and were in harmony with each other, I was able to advance three major realms at once."

"Right now, I just want to get in touch with Senior Shen and Yue Niang."

The emperor, having held back his anger for a long time, finally snapped, "Do you still remember who personally threw you into the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons?"