She became a god

After the treasures were distributed, Xuanyuan Yi was not very satisfied and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ye, you said I was in the midst of good fortune, so why did the largest soft-twig yellow cicada fall into the hands of that woman?"

In response, Ye Qingzhou said calmly, "If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Nuxi, we might not have been able to find the Soft Branch Yellow Cicada so quickly, that's one point. Secondly, even if you don't acknowledge this sister in your heart, the two of you are indeed blood relatives, and your good fortune will naturally extend to her."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuan Yi's face twisted for a moment, and he said in a deep voice, "I wonder if Fellow Daoist Ye can calculate where her biological father is?"

The cultivators knew that Xuanyuan Yi no longer wanted to care about Nuxi and wanted to send her away casually to sever ties and prevent her from benefiting from him.

“This female Daoist is extraordinary; she has only a mother and no father.”

Xuanyuan Yi immediately flew into a rage, "I knew she was a monster!"

In the Yunying Continent, there are generally two reasons why a woman gives birth to a child who is only related to her by blood: one is parthenogenesis; the other is pregnancy through gestation.

Yao Dan is not a parthenogenetic species, but just an ordinary human being.

If a woman conceives through a premonition, Heaven will bestow merit upon her, and it is impossible for the mother to die and the child to die.

Seeing Xuanyuan glare angrily, Nuxi retorted, "If I'm a monster, then you're a little monster born of a monster mother!"

Xuanyuan shouted sternly, "You are not allowed to insult my mother."

Nuwa pouted, "If I could choose to be reincarnated, I certainly wouldn't choose you two, a widowed mother and an orphan, as my relatives!"

"If it weren't for you, my mother wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't be an orphan. How dare you look down on us?"

Seeing the two siblings arguing incessantly, everyone tacitly left first.

Time is precious; who has the time to listen to their gossip and trivial matters?

Ye Qingzhou slipped away after replying; her divination skills were not meant for settling family disputes.

This innate spiritual root, the soft-branched yellow cicada, has seven leaves. Ye Qingzhou decisively consumed three leaves, perfectly merging his own aura with the creatures in the Nine Netherworld Secret Realm, transforming into an ordinary fallen leaf. He then used the evergreen tree within his sea of ​​consciousness to sense the existence of the Nine Netherworld Tree.

After drifting for an unknown amount of time, Ye Qingzhou finally saw the Nine Nether Tree.

The Nine Nether Tree, one of the ten innate spiritual roots, takes 100,000 years to grow leaves, 100,000 years to bloom, and 100,000 years to bear fruit, producing nine fruits.

As one of the oldest species on the Yunying Continent, the Nine Nether Tree, even though it cannot take human form, still possesses a power that is no less than that of a cultivator who has attained immortality.

Ye Qingzhou had no choice but to reveal her true form, but fortunately, her base was a red panda, which was naturally good at climbing trees.

It's unclear how long Ye Qingzhou climbed, but he finally reached the very top of the Nine Nether Tree.

Then, Ye Qingzhou made a crazy decision.

She no longer suppressed her spiritual power, and her cultivation level rapidly increased. The heavenly tribulation that belonged to Nascent Soul cultivators soon descended.

Even though the Nine Netherworld Secret Realm is uniquely endowed with the ability to block communication artifacts such as jade slips, it cannot prevent the tribulation lightning strikes down by the Heavenly Dao.

The lightning tribulation is based on the cultivator's aptitude, and Ye Qingzhou's Nascent Soul lightning tribulation was already extraordinary, and it was doubled within the Nine Netherworld Secret Realm.

Under the lightning tribulation, Ye Qingzhou's originally soft and smooth hair stood on end.

To make matters worse, the gods' test has arrived.

Ye Qingzhou had to resist the lightning tribulation, participate in the assessment, and also subdue the Nine Nether Tree.

In an instant, thunder roared and wind and rain raged in the Nine Netherworld Secret Realm. All things held their breath, fearing that they would die under this strange lightning tribulation.

Shi Jing stretched her hand into the rain, feeling the burning sensation on her skin. She frowned slightly. What on earth had happened in the Nine Netherworld Secret Realm? How could there be a rainstorm even more terrifying than the one that brought her back to the city?

However, the most urgent task is to make arrangements for his own group of cultivators.

Apart from Shi Jing, the other factions also sought shelter from the rain or used their magical artifacts to withstand the wind and rain.

This thunderstorm lasted for three whole years. During this time, cultivators outside could not get in, and cultivators inside could not get out.

Three years later, Ye Qingzhou felt the abundant spiritual energy within his body and commanded the Nine Nether Tree, which was of one mind with him, finding it quite interesting.

It was already a stroke of luck to obtain the Nine Nether Tree, but I never imagined that the Nine Nether Tree would be the foundation of the Nine Nether Secret Realm.

After that, there was no more Nine Netherworld Secret Realm in the world, only Ye Qingzhou's Nine Netherworld Garden.

Ye Qingzhou's thoughts stirred slightly, and the cultivators in the secret realm suddenly felt a kind of repulsion. When they opened their eyes again, there was no thick fog around them, only ordinary spiritual energy.

Yunxiao frowned. "The sudden thunderstorm, and the sudden appearance of it, is too strange."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Shi Jing seemed to be deep in thought. "I once heard the clan leader say that the spiritual energy in the Yunying Continent is becoming increasingly scarce, and some secret realms will gradually disappear as a result."

"If that's the case, it makes sense. The Nine Netherworld Secret Realm has existed for nearly a million years, nurturing countless rare and precious materials, all of which require a vast amount of spiritual energy to support them. If the spiritual energy is insufficient, the secret realm will naturally be difficult to maintain."

Xuanyuan Yi did not entirely agree with Miaozhu's analysis. He asked, "When we went in, the Nine Netherworld Secret Realm was still intact, wasn't it? It couldn't be because we picked that innate spiritual treasure, the Soft Branch Yellow Cicada?"

Shi Jing nodded. "It's possible. That innate soft-branch yellow cicada can be considered a low-grade Heavenly Treasure. It must have been nurtured by countless amounts of spiritual energy from the Nine Netherworld. If we take it, the Nine Netherworld will dissipate."

"The timing is also right. The thunderstorm appeared shortly after we distributed the treasures. It's just a pity that we will never get to see the legendary Nine Nether Tree and Nine Nether Fruit."

Miaozhu, a Buddhist practitioner, saw things most clearly: "It's good if this trip yields some results; don't bite off more than you can chew."

Seeing that everyone was automatically making up their own interpretations, Ye Qingzhou chimed in with a few words.

As the discussion grew more heated, she beckoned and found a place to talk with Yuantong.

"Brother, open your mouth."

Yuantong knew that Ye Qingzhou rarely called him "brother," and when he did, it meant he needed something. He subconsciously opened his mouth and felt a spiritual fruit enter his mouth, containing boundless vitality.

He was filled with doubt and wanted to say something, but Ye Qingzhou was too quick and stuffed several more spiritual fruits into his mouth that looked almost identical to the first one.

Although these spiritual fruits lacked the vitality of the first one, they were juicy and full of spiritual energy.

Yuantong said with shame, "I originally wanted to retrieve it for you, but you have to come and rescue me instead."

Ye Qingzhou held up the quarter-key fragment in her hand, satisfied, and said, "You've found the best for me."

It turned out that the prize for successfully clearing the small world that Yuantong had fallen into was a quarter of the Yingdu Key, which Yuantong had secretly slipped to Ye Qingzhou during their conversation that day.

Yuantong smiled slightly, "It is the duty of a clansman to retrieve this item for the clan leader."

Ye Qingzhou said awkwardly, "There's no need to mention a clan leader with only three members."

"You didn't witness me win the fortune teller competition, but in a few years it will be my 100th birthday celebration, so don't miss it."

Yuantong readily agreed and promised, "After I inform Senior Sister Miaozhu, I will set off with you. I will return to the Buddhist realm for seclusion after your coming-of-age ceremony."