One of my fairy-like friends

From this perspective, it turns out that the Empress actually brought Feng Shiyi to her, and the "she" Feng Shiyi mentioned refers to the Empress.

The Empress summoned a part of Feng Shiyi to her side, and it seems she even told Feng Shiyi that she would die if she left her...

It's unlikely that the Empress would plot anything against him; she has already reached the pinnacle of power. The only reason Ming Yan could think of for sending Feng Shiyi to his side was to protect himself.

The thought of Feng Shiyi becoming his Daoist partner in that future gave Ming Yan a headache. Feng Shiyi was the Empress. Was the Feng Shiyi that Bai Ze was talking about the crybaby in front of him, or the Empress herself?

This is a bit scary...

“It seems that Young Master Ming has found the answer.” Seeing Ming Yan approach with a somewhat strange expression, Yu Mudan smiled and said, “Does Young Master Ming wish to depart immediately? If so, I will escort you down the mountain.”

Mingyan shook his head. "Senior Bai Ze asked me to stay here for a while, and also said that something big is about to happen in the Southern Continent."

“In that case, I’ll make arrangements for accommodations.” Yu Mudan nodded and settled in with Ming Yan, Huang Feiyan, and Feng Shiyi.

Afterwards, Huang Feiyan came to find Mingyan, "What did you talk about with the Demon King?"

Ming Yan's expression was complicated. He spoke softly, looking at Feng Shiyi, who was sleeping with her arm around his shoulder. He said softly, "It seems we need to keep Feng Shiyi by our side. Her identity is beyond my imagination... Fei Yan, she may be a part of the Empress, or even the Empress herself."

Huang Feiyan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Feng Shiyi, who was fast asleep with her arm around Ming Yan's shoulder, incredulously. "She...?! She...?! Sigh... Is it really true?!"

Clearly, Huang Feiyan also found it extremely difficult to believe this fact. She also found it hard to believe that this woman who ate and slept, or who kept saying "Mingyan Mingyan Mingyan," was actually an empress.

This is outrageous...

“It’s very likely true…” Mingyan sighed. “Even if it’s not the Empress herself, it’s something like an avatar of the Empress. The fact that she wants to stay by my side is probably at the Empress’s request.”

Chapter Fifty-Six: I Am Different From Her

"..." Huang Feiyan was speechless.

She originally thought that once they reached the sacred mountain of the demon race, they would be able to get rid of Feng Shiyi, and Yu Mudan would not leave with them. At that time, it would be just her and Ming Yan's world... Well, maybe there would be another Huang Junyi, but that doesn't matter. After all, her second aunt is a member of the Huang family.

But now it seems they can't get rid of Feng Shiyi. How can they? If this is truly the Empress's will, they can't escape her. It means that no matter what they do in the future, Feng Shiyi will stay by Mingyan's side until the Empress decides it's time for her to leave...

Huang Feiyan was extremely frustrated. Feng Shiyi's presence would slow down the progress of her relationship with Mingyan...

"We can't think of it that way entirely," Huang Feiyan sighed. After all, if Feng Shiyi was truly a part of the Empress or even the Empress herself, then staying by Mingyan's side was unlikely to be for any ulterior motive. It was more likely to be to protect Mingyan and ensure that he could grow up.

In this way, at least Mingyan's safety is no longer a concern, right?

Thinking about it this way, Huang Feiyan finally felt a little better.

"What are your plans after that?"

"Let's rest here for a while. Bai Ze said something is about to happen in Nanzhou, and he wants us to stay here so we don't miss it," Ming Yan said. "It's also a good opportunity to stop and rest for a bit."

Huang Feiyan nodded and then said, "Give me the carriage."

"Ok?"

"What do you mean? Give it to me now." Huang Feiyan pouted. She couldn't let the carriage stay with Mingyan. What if her second aunt suddenly appeared and did something?

Upon hearing this, Ming Yan came to his senses. He had simply misheard, not that he was unwilling. He took out the shrunken carriage and handed it to Huang Feiyan.

Huang Feiyan breathed a sigh of relief after accepting it.

Afterwards, Huang Feiyan went back. Mingyan stayed in the room for a while. Feng Shiyi didn't come to find him, which surprised him and made him feel a little uneasy.

He walked out of his room, and outside, snow was falling heavily.

The foot of the sacred mountain was covered in snow, white and white, with almost no other color. On the other side of the mountain, there was a dense forest. The green forest and the snow mountain formed a sharp contrast. The boundary was so obvious that if you walked to the boundary, you could probably experience the wonderful feeling of being in a snowy world one second and walking into a dense primeval forest the next.

Mingyan wandered around the courtyard. It was a bit far from where Bai Ze lived, and they weren't together. They were relatively independent, but it seemed that Yu Mudan lived here.

Mingyan wanted to talk to Yu Mudan to learn about the situation here.

The courtyard and the outside world are like two different worlds. Outside it is a world of ice and snow, but inside the courtyard it is like spring. There is a flower field with bright flowers of many kinds planted in it. It seems that it has not been taken care of, but even so, it is already very beautiful.

Mingyan also spotted Feng Shiyi in the garden. She was squatting beside the flower field, resting her chin on her hand, admiring the flowers.

So that's where it was...

Mingyan walked over to Feng Shiyi and squatted down, turning his head to look at her.

To be honest, he felt a bit conflicted right now. The thought of Feng Shiyi beside him, who was the Empress, was a very subtle feeling.

"Mingyan!" Feng Shiyi heard the noise, turned around and saw him. She chuckled and stood up. "I was just about to go find Mingyan."

"You said before that someone sent you to find me. That person wasn't Bai Ze, but the Empress, right?" Ming Yan stood up and asked.

"Um... Mingyan already knows..." Feng Shiyi said somewhat embarrassedly, "She told me not to tell..."

"Are you the Empress herself, or a part of her?" Mingyan asked. Although he couldn't bring himself to ask the question in front of the Empress with her overwhelming imperial power, he found it difficult to feel any awe towards Feng Shiyi, who had fallen asleep on his shoulder many times and cried many times.

“...I am her, and I am a part of her.” Feng Shiyi paused, raised her hands, pressed her index fingers together, and pouted, “But I am also different from her…”

"I can see that," Mingyan smiled slightly. "But why does she want you to stay by my side?"

“I don’t know either. She just said that I can’t leave you.” Feng Shiyi shook her head, took Mingyan’s hand, and said coquettishly, “Please don’t make me stay here. I want to be with Mingyan. I like the feeling of being with Mingyan.”

“…” Mingyan is not so resistant to having Feng Shiyi by his side now, because the main reason before was that Feng Shiyi was always by his side and he needed to pay attention to her safety at all times. But now, there is probably no one in this world that can threaten her for the time being.

If this concern were eliminated, Mingyan would be willing to bring her along, both for public and private reasons.

Why do you like being with me?

"I don't know, I just feel very safe with Mingyan..." Feng Shiyi tilted her head and answered subconsciously, but soon she realized something and her face lit up with a smile, "Is Mingyan not planning to abandon me?"

"Um..."

Is the word "abandon" not quite right? You're not mine, so how can I use the word "abandon"?

Feng Shiyi was so excited that she jumped onto Mingyan and wrapped her arms around his neck, "That's great! That's great!"

Feng Shiyi was worried that Mingyan would abandon her here, which wouldn't do. That woman had said she would die if she didn't stay with Mingyan...

She didn't want to die, nor did she want to leave Mingyan. Mingyan would cook for her, and being near Mingyan made her feel safer than being near that woman.

At this moment, Yu Mudan appeared nearby. She looked over from a distance, and Mingyan quickly spotted her.

Mingyan had something he wanted to talk to Yu Mudan about, so he asked Feng Shiyi to go back first.

"Can I...live with Mingyan?" Feng Shiyi hesitated. After confirming that Mingyan wouldn't abandon her, she became less clingy. You see, even if Mingyan left her before, she couldn't help but cry.

Feng Shiyi's beautiful eyes were filled with anticipation and vulnerability. If you rejected her, she would probably cry again.

This empress... or rather, a part of the empress, is it the empress's weakness? It makes one feel pity for her.

Mingyan nodded and ultimately did not refuse. Feng Shiyi then let go of Mingyan and happily skipped and hopped towards Mingyan's room.

With an innocent and carefree demeanor like a little girl, it's hard to imagine that this is actually the supreme emperor who has ruled the world for over a thousand years...

Ming Yan let out a long sigh, unsure of what to say.

Chapter Fifty-Seven Ancient History

After Feng Shiyi left, Yu Mudan came over.

With her hands behind her back and her steps light, she removed her veil, revealing a face of unparalleled beauty.

Yu Mudan always had a smile on her face, which made it easy for people to like her. Compared to Gu Hanshuang, Mingyan really preferred to befriend Yu Mudan, even though he knew that this woman was definitely not as simple as she seemed.

"Did Young Master Ming get the answer you wanted?" Yu Mudan's hair fluttered gently as she walked into the flower field and followed the path through it.

She was a flower fairy, standing in the flower field, outshining all the other flowers, making them pale in comparison.

Yu Mudan was so beautiful. Unlike other women Mingyan had known before, her features exuded a natural elegance and nobility. Her unique cherry-colored eyes left a deep impression and were hard to forget.

She strolled gracefully through the flower field and walked towards him. Mingyan couldn't deny that his heart had involuntarily quickened a few beats.

But Mingyan was a man of great experience, and he quickly suppressed the ripples in his heart. "Jade Fairy actually knows this too, right?"

“Well, however, I cannot reveal Miss Feng Shiyi’s identity through my own words.” A faint apology appeared on Yu Mudan’s face. “I am willing to apologize to Fellow Daoist Mingyan for this.”

Yu Mudan's voice was gentle, making people feel like they were bathed in a spring breeze. In this respect, she was somewhat similar to Ning Mengru, the Queen Mother of the West in Yaochi.

“Jade Fairy has her own difficulties and doesn’t need to apologize.” Ming Yan shook his head. “The Empress should have personally descended here, shouldn’t she?”

"Yes, I was fortunate enough to see the Empress in person." Yu Mudan walked out of the flower field, not a single petal clinging to her, and she carried a rich peony fragrance that was refreshing and pleasant. "The Empress and my master talked about some things, but I don't know the details. Even if I did, I wouldn't be able to say it."

Mingyan nodded. "Fairy Jade, I would like to ask you about the Holy Mountain. I am quite curious about the Lijing Holy Mountain."

"Really?" Yu Mudan walked to Mingyan's side and invited him to take a walk with her. Then she began to tell Mingyan about the Holy Mountain.

The origin of Mount Lijing, the sacred mountain of the demon race, is extremely ancient, and its roots cannot be found in the records of the demon race.

The first demon descended from the mountain peak, and for tens of thousands of years thereafter, demons continued to come down from the mountain. Later, these demons multiplied and thrived here, and as the demon race gradually grew stronger, no more demons came down from the sacred mountain.

Yao Guang Star is not the homeland of the demon race; the demon race must have come from elsewhere.

This reminded Mingyan of the legends surrounding Yaochi Jade Mountain, a place said to be one of the origins of humankind, where some of humanity's ancestors were born...

Is their so-called birth a case of humans appearing out of thin air, or of humans completing some kind of evolution here? If it's the former, did they also come from other places like the demon race?

Yu Mudan revealed several pieces of information: according to the records of the demon race, the demon race appeared in this place before the human race.

When the demon race took root, the human race had not yet appeared in this place.

However, there is a rather vague period of history after that, and the records of that period are very unclear, with not many relevant records surviving.

When records were made again, the human race had already appeared and unified the laws of cultivation, which is the initial form of the current cultivation laws.

Mingyan's heart skipped a beat. Was this "Mother"? Mother appeared in this era.

Is "Mother" the first human form of the royal body?

There has never been any major conflict between the demon race and the human race. When humans are in trouble, the demon race will even help. However, the demon race has always been arrogant, and even when they help, they do so with an air of superiority.

Such an adjective, spoken by Yu Mudan, who is a demon, sounds rather subtle. Could it be that Yu Mudan is also quite dissatisfied with this?

Humans have certainly helped the demon race. It is said that the human cultivator who unified the cultivation system also solved some problems for the demon race, allowing them to cultivate immortality smoothly as well.

However, Yu Mudan didn't say much about the demon race and the human race, since Mingyan wanted to know about the Holy Mountain.

Years later, some members of the demon race naturally wanted to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors and find their origins. Therefore, at certain times, the demon race conducted some investigations on the sacred mountain.

However, each investigation would be interrupted by various events halfway through, making it impossible to continue. Moreover, those who participated in the investigation would always encounter some ominous events in their later years. There are also many legends about this matter within the demon race, the kind that can scare children to tears at night.

So as time went on, no one tried to investigate the Holy Mountain or the origins of the demon race anymore.

Until the demon race gave birth to its first demon emperor.

Who is the Great Emperor?