Chapter 189: Young Lord's Lady, ah (second update)

A Jin?

Shen Qingli was astonished!

Before this, she merely had the idea of giving it a try, and she stored Di Jin in her space.

She hadn't expected it to actually work! But when she tried to put her father in as well, she couldn't.

As expected, no one else could do it—only Di Jin could, and Shen Qingli understood what that meant.

But even now, this situation still exceeded her imagination.

How should I put it?

The Fusang Divine Tree had, at some point, wrapped Di Jin up! It almost bound him in a cocoon, hanging him on the tree.

The Living Soil was like this, as if Di Jin were being nourished by the tree and the earth, as if born and raised by nature.

"Young Lord's Lady."

A gentle, soft voice came from the Lord of the Thick Earth Star.

Shen Qingli blinked, looked at her, and didn't understand.

The Lord of the Thick Earth Star, who had already risen, performed a great salute!

"Milady, please don't overwhelm me!"

Shen Qingli hurried to support her—she couldn't bear such courtesy.

The Lord of the Thick Earth Star's eyes softened with a smile: "I can bear it, Young Lord's Lady saved me."

"I'm not—" what Young Lord's Lady, what is this—

No, Shen Qingli pressed her lips together and pondered, asking, "Are you talking about A Jin? We haven't even married yet."

"Your Majesty has bestowed the Living Soil upon you, and you can revive the Living Soil—who else could be Young Lord's Lady but you?" the Lord of the Thick Earth Star asked with a smile.

Shen Qingli was bewildered; she could tell that in the Lady of the Thick Earth's words, "Young Lord" referred to Di Jin, "Dao Lord" to the Majesty, but——

The Living Soil was also given to her by A Jin.

So, did A Jin steal the Living Soil and secretly give it to her?

Moreover, the original form was merely the Living Soil of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cauldron—how could it be inside Mysterious Mountain?

"Young Lord's Lady."

"Huh?"

Shen Qingli responded instinctively.

The Lord of the Thick Earth Star apologized: "Although I have awakened, my divine power has not yet fully recovered; I may need to retreat for a period, and thus cannot yet relieve your and the Young Lord's worries—I am truly sorry."

"You just focus on your recovery." Shen Qingli could see her divine power was still unstable, likely due to her previous severe injuries.

Fortunately, the divine source has already recovered; with the Lord of the Thick Earth Star's own abilities, she can fully self-heal, with no further threat to her life.

Nevertheless, Shen Qingli offered a Spirit-Nourishing Pill: "This should help you recover faster; the Divine Court needs you."

The Lord of the Thick Earth Star, who had intended to refuse, paused, then accepted it and gave thanks: "Thank you for the medicine."

"Please don't stand on ceremony; just focus on your retreat." Shen Qingli did not want to disturb her.

The Lord of the Thick Earth Star still wanted to rise to see her off, but she stopped her.

Thus, Shen Qingli, stubbornly clutching the Nine Li as she went out, was met with three pairs of scorching gazes.

"How is it?" the Grand Supreme asked directly.

"All right, the Lady said she just needs to retreat and stabilize her divine power."

"Wonderful!" the Grand Supreme wept tears of joy; the Earth Mother had revived, and the Divine Court regained a hint of vitality.

This was of extraordinary significance to the entire Divine Court! The Grand Supreme was about to bow down to express gratitude——

But Shen Qingli, drawing on experience, grabbed his arm in one motion and pulled him up!

"Don't bow; I'm still young and hope to live a few more years." Shen Qingli truly couldn't stand these old immortals.

The Grand Supreme was bewildered in the wind: "This Young Emperor—wasn't it said he just ascended? How could she seize him and prevent him from bowing?"

Is it because he's too old?

Or is it that his recovery is still too weak?

Or perhaps, nowadays even newly ascended little immortal disciples are this strong?

Even if this person is a second-generation Vermilion Bird God with innate divine bones, at most they only have the power of a lower immortal—yet he is a god!

Although not a primordial god, he is still a god with a title……

"Your Majesty,"

"Just call me Tai Jin directly."

"How can that be?"

Shen Qingli had her own insistence: "I'm a bit tired; maybe let me rest nearby for a while before returning?"

"Of course!" Emperor Tai Jin immediately replied, "You may temporarily stay in the side hall—how does that sound?"

"Fine." Shen Qingli was not picky; she wasn't really intending to rest—she wanted to go around and "take a look".

Thus, after Emperor Tai Jin took the still-confused Grand Supreme away, Shen Qingli immediately took the Invisibility Grass.

"Uncle Jin, can you see me?" Shen Qingli sent a mental query.

Jin Wu looked around and replied via mental transmission, "Aren't you inside the house?"

Instinctively sensing the house, Jin Wu truly did not detect Shen Qingli!

"Not there, then it seems I can go out for a stroll—please, Uncle Jin, help me keep watch."

Having said that, Shen Qingli slipped away, leaving Jin Wu dazed in the wind! How—another willful master!

His Majesty is the same—when he wants to do something, no amount of persuasion works; he just does it. This little lord, too!

"Your Highness, you could learn His Majesty's decisiveness and efficiency; for this kind of thrill-seeking, heart-pounding affair, we have no choice but to learn it," Jin Wu almost sobbed.

"Don't worry! I'll be back soon." Shen Qingli's mental transmission, soothing in tone, sounded especially distant—clearly she had already walked some distance.

Jin Wu: "……

Otherwise he'd look old.

Even His Majesty had the young emperor call him "Uncle."

Worrying this much, how could he not be old?

Silence—the Jin Wu now looks ever more weathered.

And Shen Qingli had already slipped out of the Thick Earth Palace.

From her probing of the Golden Crow, she guessed that the so‑called primordial god must refer to a deity born in human form, a divine being engendered directly from the primal source of heaven and earth?

Uncertain, but dark matter could assist her in evading some threats and let her sense dangerous auras.

"A Li, where are we going?"

The Nine Li, whose mental transmissions were kept low, looked sneaky.

Shen Qingli stroked its fur, easing her tension.

"Uncertain, let's take a look first."

She needed to first find out what was going on in the Dao Palace; ideally she'd see the Dao Lord before considering sending A Jin back.

"Really won't be discovered?"

Nine Li clung nervously to Shen Qingli's arm with its claws—this daring sneak‑into‑the‑Dao‑Palace experience was something it had never tried before!

"No worries—if we're spotted later, we'll hide and toss the little infant out to take the blame." After sending that mental transmission, Nine Li relaxed.

Shen Qingli: "…People at least call you big brother, yet you're protecting the little brother like this?"

"Isn't the little brother just there to take the fall? If we can save it, it can save us." Nine Li took this for granted.

Shen Qingli fell completely silent, thinking it made sense! She had fallen…

"What if we can't rescue it?"

"Just chalk it up to bad luck."

Shen Qingli broke out in a sweat, embarrassed.

"Ah,"

"Shh."

Shen Qingli grew stern!

Because she could clearly sense a sharp thread of qi sweeping over.

To be safe, she immediately merged with dark matter and stuffed Nine Li into a space.

Almost at the same moment—

Deep within Shen Ting, a pair of eyes sharp as golden halberds was indeed looking in the direction where Shen Qingli was!

And it locked precisely onto "Shen Qingli" without the slightest deviation.

Thus, at this very moment Shen Qingli felt a creepy crawling sensation, obviously sensing that her invisibility technique had been seen through.

"Detected?"

Shen Qingli's heart leapt up to her throat!

But holding to the idea that as long as the other party didn't call her out, she would absolutely not self‑destruct, she stubbornly held on!

However, the other party's gaze was utterly overbearing!

"Huh?"