Chapter 26: Two Creation God Lotuses, Jiuyou Ao Entrusts His Child

Although the profound words of the two were very cryptic, Mengchen was able to discern some meaning between the lines.

Though he did not know the specifics, those words were absolutely related to the dark memories in his own mind.

Having experienced darkness, the Vajra Pestle also roughly understood that this youth beside him might, in the future, put an end to the darkness and restore peace to later generations.

At one moment, Jiuyou Ao and Jin Fu simultaneously summoned the divine lotuses beneath them into their hands, cast respectful gazes, and said in unison: "We each hold a Creation God Lotus; today we bestow them upon you to help you achieve your future potential."

Combining their previous deductions, they had witnessed the future Mengchen with their own eyes: he would hold six Creation God Lotuses, fight into the darkness, and display an invincible demeanor.

Among them were the very divine lotuses they each possessed.

Therefore, they all concluded that today's meeting was perhaps destined in the unseen.

This divine lotus would eventually bloom with its due radiance in Mengchen's hands.

Jiuyou Ao: "What I bestow is the World-Extinguishing Black Lotus!"

Jin Fu: "This lotus is the Meritorious Golden Lotus!"

Having said this, the black lotus and golden lotus in their hands drifted over slowly.

Mengchen was left somewhat bewildered by their sudden change; just moments ago, he was an enemy targeted by Jiuyou Ao, yet now they were proactively offering him a great opportunity.

This change was, inevitably, a bit caught-off-guard.

The two divine lotuses hovered before his eyes, their most holy aura lingering and flowing.

Two transcendent existences that did not belong to this world placed such an opportunity before him; for a moment, Mengchen even felt as if he did not know how to reach out his hand.

Subsequently, Jin Fu revealed a faint smile and said: "Vajra, I am very satisfied with the successor you have found. You must protect him as he grows, do not be negligent. Remember! Remember!"

Vajra—this was the name Jin Fu used for the Vajra Pestle.

"Vajra will remember; even if I am shattered to pieces, I will not fail the trust!" the Vajra Pestle responded solemnly.

From their words, Mengchen could tell that this Jin Fu, whom Jiuyou Ao called Zang, was the "he" previously mentioned by the Vajra Pestle.

He had not expected that the "he" in the Vajra Pestle's words would be so transcendent, an existence capable of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Ten Fiends.

"How much longer can you remain!"

The Vajra Pestle flew close to Jin Fu, its voice becoming deep. Jin Fu maintained his faint smile and replied: "I am about to dissipate! I have already fallen; my lingering thought will eventually fade."

"My unfinished business can only be entrusted to you. It will be hard on you from now on, Vajra."

The Vajra Pestle sighed deeply, its voice becoming pained:

"Across the vast Heaven Domain and Earth Domain, I searched for ten thousand years without a glimpse. I did not expect that upon our first meeting in this life and day, it would not even last for a single moment."

Jin Fu's calm voice echoed in this space.

"I have felt your longing, but the separation of life and death transcends time and space; it cannot be changed."

"So many years have passed; what is gone should be let go. Go! Go and create a brand-new brilliance, go and welcome the glory of the future."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Mengchen knew deeply that although they had been separated for a long time, they both lived in each other's inner worlds—it was eternal and had never changed.

They had transcended the relationship between a cultivator and an artifact, possessing a deep bond.

Jiuyou Ao was also deeply moved, looking back at its child.

It and Jin Fu had exhausted their power performing the deduction earlier, and now this lingering thought was also about to dissipate.

"Child, Father does not have much time left. I truly cannot bear to leave you to wander alone from now on." Jiuyou Ao's fierce eyes were filled with tenderness, and its worry was thick.

"No, I don't want you to go. I have only just seen you; I don't want you to leave me again." The Jiuyou Ao cub nestled beneath it, acting like a human child throwing a tantrum, its crying already audible. Before this, like the Vajra Pestle, it had thought its father was completely gone and could never be seen again. It had not expected that today, at the moment it was being controlled, he would manifest.

So Father was always here, always here accompanying me.

The Jiuyou Ao cub's eyes were tearful, hot tears streaming down.

"A man does not shed tears easily! Child, let's not cry." Jiuyou Ao rubbed its massive head against its child's head, comforting it.

"Only family affection is the most moving!" Seeing the father and child like this, Jin Fu became melancholy.

He had an idea. But after what had just happened, he did not know if the other party would agree.

"Brother Ao, you and I are about to dissipate. If you leave the child here alone, I fear it is not safe. Why not let it follow Vajra and that junior to wander the outside world!"

"According to the results of our deduction, this junior will not be bad. You should be able to rest easy entrusting the child to him."

Hearing what Jin Fu said, Jiuyou Ao raised its head, its gaze locking onto Mengchen.

After a long while, it said to Mengchen: "Junior, I am about to dissipate into the Heaven Domain and Earth Domain. Can you look after my child for me?"

Before Mengchen could speak, the Jiuyou Ao cub refused first: "No, Father, I don't want to go with him. Are you asking me to be his mount?"

"Child! Father can no longer protect you in the future. Your living is Father's greatest hope." Jiuyou Ao's voice became low, and it closed its eyes, unable to bear it.

At this moment, Mengchen felt a father's love for his child, and also felt a father's helplessness and desolation.

Mengchen understood clearly; although Jiuyou Ao did not say it explicitly, the meaning was obvious: he only wanted his child to live well, and as for anything else, he dared not hope.

"Senior, please rest assured! I swear here that I will no longer have the thought of using your child as a mount. In the future, I will look after it well and help it grow." Mengchen's gaze was sincere, his attitude showing complete earnestness.

The opportunity of the divine lotus bestowed by Jiuyou Ao already made Mengchen extremely grateful; how could he possibly have designs on its child?

"Good! Good! Child, did you hear that? You should be able to rest easy now!" Jiuyou Ao's strange, happy voice echoed, sounding as if it were about to cry.

"No... I don't believe him. I want you, Father, to stay with me, forever, forever!" The Jiuyou Ao cub shook its head violently, a hundred times unwilling.

Rather than saying it was unwilling, it was actually the deep longing it had accumulated over these years being ignited in the instant its father's lingering thought appeared.

Now that it heard its father was going to leave it again, it could no longer hold back, and its heart had instantly broken.

"Vajra, I! Am leaving."

Jin Fu's voice lingered, that illusory body already dissipating, and finally, he smiled at Mengchen, smiling very brightly.

"Child, I'm sorry, Father cannot stay with you." Having said this, Jiuyou Ao looked at Mengchen again and said: "My child is entrusted to you."

Finally, Jiuyou Ao looked back at its child and exhorted: "Child, you must be obedient from now on, do not be willful again, and grow up safely."

Finally, Jiuyou Ao and Jin Fu looked at each other, each revealing a faint smile and sorrow, their illusory bodies gradually dissipating and vanishing.

"Go well," the Vajra Pestle said very deeply.

"No, Father... I don't want you to leave me." The Jiuyou Ao cub washed its face with tears, extremely sorrowful.

Mengchen watched them dissipate, his thoughts very calm, as he silently recited in his heart: "Two seniors, go well on your journey!"

"For your great kindness, I have no way to repay you!"

"But Senior Jiuyou Ao, I will certainly look after your child well and will not let them suffer harm from others."

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