NOVPUBChapter 647: Chapter 645: Rong Ruo Disappears
Chapter 647: Chapter 645: Rong Ruo Disappears
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Eastern Immortal Palace.
Zi Qi stood on the roof of the palace, holding Xiaoba in his hand, feeling as if something had changed between heaven and earth.
Suddenly, a transmission light descended from the sky, landing in his arms.
As the light dissipated… it was a little white mouse, with glossy black eyes shimmering with aqua pearl light, enchanting and seductive.
“Yanyan.” Zi Qi smiled.
“Your Majesty, I’m back.” Sally smiled, and then glanced at Xiaoba, “Yo~ why hasn’t this one popped out yet?”
“It seems your reverse psychology didn’t work.” Zi Qi spoke about his son with a sense of helplessness.
Sally raised her little paw and patted it, “Good baby~ you must be an egg baby.”
Zi Qi chuckled, “Are you pregnant?”
Sally shook her head, “No. The Ancestral Dragon has sealed his heart and love; he’s not interested in females, though he’s quite fond of the little younglings, but he has no intention of having children, and he even wants to go to the Origin Realm. I’m afraid the dragon baby you want might not be possible for now.”
“No rush. He has lived for so long, making a decision probably takes him hundreds of years.” Zi Qi took her back inside the palace.
Sally was speechless, “Lazy dragon, so slow to react…”
Yu Yan entered the palace.
Seeing that Sally was back, he quickly said, “Sister Su is back.”
“Hey, have you found a wife yet?” Sally asked.
Yu Yan quickly shook his head, “No, no, I don’t plan to find a partner. It’s quite nice to cultivate alone.”
Sally looked at Zi Qi, “Look at his enlightenment, straight to the peak of the realm.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.” Zi Qi tapped her nose, then asked Yu Yan, “What’s the matter?”
Yu Yan glanced at Sally, “The former Beast Emperor Rong Ruo from the Southern District is missing.”
“Missing?” Sally was surprised.
“Yes.” Yu Yan replied, “After he passed the Ascension Divine Tribulation, he arranged matters for the Lower Realm and was preparing to reunite with Xiaoqi in the Divine Realm, but then he suddenly disappeared.”
“Could he have already ascended?” Sally asked.
Yu Yan replied, “The new Southern District Beast Emperor said no, because he prepared many gifts for Xiaoqi, which are still not put away, and Sound Transmission Talismans also can’t get through.”
Zi Qi immediately took out a Sound Transmission Talisman from the Spatial Ring, but activating it resulted in no response, “Yanyan, try the partner imprint.”
Because the imprint left by Rong Ruo was very clear, and also aesthetically pleasing, Sally rarely covered it up, and Zi Qi would often see it.
Sally transformed back into her human form, and Zi Qi handed her a fine needle, helping her pierce that fish-patterned imprint…
In the end, Sally shook her head, “No use. But the imprint is still intact, which means the person must be all right.”
If something happened to the partner, the imprint would show a warning signal. Since there was none until now, the person should be fine.
“Then where did he go?” Sally pondered, “Could he have really ascended?”
Sally sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Xiaoqi, who was in the Divine Realm—[Xiaoqi, baby, did your dad ascend to the Sea God Palace?]
Soon Xiaoqi responded—[Mom, dad hasn’t ascended. His Divine Status is still temporarily stored in the Sea God Palace, and he has not yet descended. The old ancestor checked it out, saying that my dad is currently in the Ghost Realm and there’s no danger. He might be dealing with something. Also, Mom, please tell Father Emperor that I love him very much, and to take care of his health. Once I get past the Divine King Realm, I’ll go down to play with him.]
Zi Qi put away the Sound Transmission Talisman, looking at Xiaoba who was placed on the table, “Your seventh sister is about to enter the Divine King Realm, and you’re still inside the eggshell.”
Sally laughed, “Leave him be. But, why would Rong Ruo go to the Ghost Realm?”
Yu Yan said, “Could it be related to Rong Wu’s death?”
“Rong Wu died?” Sally was astonished.
Zi Qi nodded, “Now the new Beast Emperors of the Eastern District and Southern District are the same person. One from the land, and one from the sea.”
“I know that. It’s just that Rong Wu died so fast, it really was unexpected,” Sally replied.
Suddenly, a streak of blood appeared on the fish pattern on Sally’s neck…
“Rong Ruo is in trouble,” Zi Qi said with a somewhat solemn expression.
“Ah?” Sally raised her hand to touch the fish pattern, and a smear of blood stained her fingertips, “It’s true you shouldn’t talk about these things, I’ll go have a look.”
“You can go to the Ghost Realm?”
“I can.” Sally embraced him, kissing the corner of his lips, “Wait for me to come back and keep you company.”
“Hurry up then,” Zi Qi said firmly, clasping her waist and urging her to leave.
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Ghost Realm — the final resting place for souls of beings that were not gods after death.
Similar to the current Asura Realm, with dim sun and moon, devoid of vitality, and everywhere filled with a heavy deathly aura that oppresses the soul.
But beneath the aura of death, there are cities and rivers.
A little white mouse stopped beside a river of flowing black water of death.
[Xiaomei, have you finished extracting the data?] Since arriving here, Xiaomei had become incredibly excited.
For her, the Ghost Realm was full of new data she had never touched before, and she wanted to thoroughly scan even a piece of stone from the Ghost Realm.
[Just a moment longer, Host.]
Sally could see the Offspring System’s data changing rapidly, much like Xiaomei’s current mood.
Never mind, as long as she’s happy.
Not having conceived the Baby Ancestral Dragon, Xiaomei was somewhat dispirited. Sally was still thinking about how to cheer her up. Since she liked it here, they could stay a few more days to let her collect good materials.
As for Rong Ruo, since the fish pattern healed after she arrived here, he must be out of danger, so she wasn’t in a hurry to find him.
After all, he was a Quasi-god, not that much of a newbie.
[Host, there seems to be something at the bottom of the river, why don’t you fish it out and have a look.] Xiaomei said to Sally.
Sally replied, [Okay.]
Transforming back into human form, she took a fishing net from the System Space and dipped it into the bottom of the river… then she pulled up the net.
In the net, there was a box.
Not sure how long it had been in the river, the corners were already corroded and rotten.
Sally shook the net, and the box fell to the ground.
The box shattered into pieces… inside was a key engraved with a skull pattern.
[What is this?] Sally picked up the Skull Key. [Can you trace its history?]
Xiaomei replied excitedly: [Yes, Host.]
Xiaomei had a particular fondness for this kind of treasure-seeking data. And this was the main reason why the young ones played the treasure-digging game so happily without going anywhere else.
A Ghost Craftsman held a forging axe, hammering a piece of metal again and again. After eighteen days of forging, a skull-shaped lock and this Skull Key were completed.
Latter, a very elegantly dressed and aristocratic ghost woman came. She paid a thousand Ghost Coins and took the Skull Lock and key.
The ghost woman finally arrived at a huge palace-like building. The Zhu Hong Liu Jin gate with a four-character golden plaque hung above it — Northwest Royal Mansion.
And the Ghost Soldiers guarding the entrance called out to the ghost woman as Nanny Hua.
Nanny Hua entered the Northwest Royal Mansion through a side gate.
Having seen this, Sally paused the tracing video, [Xiaomei, this Ghost Realm is really different from what I imagined. I thought that after the souls of beings die, they turn into Ethereal Undead, first go to the Ghost Gate Pass, then walk the Path of the Yellow Springs, reach the River of Oblivion, cross the river by boat, on which there’s either Granny Meng or Grandpa Meng to offer a bowl of Soup of Oblivion to forget one’s past, then ascend the Naihe Bridge, collect the account of merit from their past life’s cultivation, and finally go to the Reincarnation platform to be reborn based on their merits.]
[Host makes a lot of sense. Xiaomei has taken note of this,] Xiaomei replied.
