Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Yao Ji watched the elder leave, having nothing else to ask, and then turned and walked into Jianmu.

The Heavenly Gate slowly opened, and a vine flew into Yao Ji's hand.

"Go and inform His Highness that it is time to return to the region to handle matters concerning the Buddhist Pure Land. The True Buddha is about to awaken."

......

Chu Mingkong felt a little melancholy.

It must be admitted that this was one of the more difficult times he had to cultivate, mainly because he had a hard time getting over the mental hurdle.

Even if it's really no different from playing with a doll, I just can't get over that psychological hurdle.

The way Bai Niang looked at him seemed to have become strange.

What's even more infuriating is that during this process, Chu Mingkong clearly felt the body of the Queen Mother of the West move... It was definitely his mother possessing him and teasing him!

It tightened inexplicably, subtly squeezing Chu Mingkong; this couldn't be a hallucination.

She could have shown herself and explained the situation to Bai Niang, but she insisted on "playing dead"!

This hurt him deeply.

However, this heart-wrenching feeling only lasted until the very beginning. After that, everyone became numb to it, and besides, the goddesses of each generation were indeed mature, beautiful, and radiant...

Chu Mingkong went through a process of resistance, defiance, and helplessness, followed by shame, self-blame, and numbness, before finally completing all his cultivation as if nothing had happened.

He even wants to go back to the Taoist sect and give that divine tree a good whack.

"Bai Niang, actually, all of these Queen Mothers of the West are still alive. One of them has been with me all along, but she's rather wicked and deliberately doesn't show herself..."

Chu Mingkong tried to explain, but Bai Niang was very relaxed and still hugged him without the slightest disgust.

She even comforted her, saying:

"It's alright, Bai Niang understands. It's all for the sake of cultivation. However, after we leave, we must not wander around other people's ancestral tombs and shrines. These Queen Mothers of the West have immortal bodies, so we can consider them as unconscious for now..."

Bai Niang, you'd be better off not offering any comfort at all.

Chu Mingkong felt even more melancholy despite being comforted, but he could only put the matter aside for the time being.

"Hey, let's leave the Abyss first. We can't stay here too long, or we'll make things worse."

Bai Niang nodded silently. In fact, she had wanted to ask Chu Mingkong to leave for a long time, but due to various reasons, she could only let him cultivate here.

At least, he did not set his sights on the three Corpse Immortals on the dome, nor did he target Mara Bodhidharma.

That's barely enough to be considered as sticking to one's bottom line.

Chu Mingkong, embraced by Bai Niang, walked out of the Goddess Square, his gaze unconsciously drifting toward the tomb-guarding Mara Bo Xun.

He meant to say goodbye, but Bai Niang silently turned his head into her arms, using her full, soft breasts to block his view.

Realizing Bai Niang's meaning, Chu Mingkong was even more hurt, feeling that any attempt to explain would be futile, and could only sigh inwardly.

This time, however, he didn't take the detour through the Xiling Ancient King's Mausoleum. Instead, Chu Mingkong flew directly out from the dome above the basin.

The invisible barrier no longer hindered him, allowing him to easily travel to the depths of the abyss.

He is an immortal fruit that grew on the divine tree, and the bodies of all the Queen Mothers of the West throughout history share the same power.

His roots are there, and his roots need to return there.

For him, that training was nothing more than a filial son returning to his hometown.

Having finished his cultivation, he hadn't felt anything particularly strong in the Goddess Square, but as soon as he entered the Abyss, he instantly felt his physical body's realm surpass itself once again, his physical strength surge, and his spiritual veins' thirst for the power of extreme yin was like a fish's yearning for a flowing river.

Furthermore, he could also sense the invisible connection between himself and the three Corpse Immortals, as if he had gained the ability to summon them.

The moment he returned to the Abyss, he devoured the power within it like a ravenous wolf.

For a time, the concentration of extreme Yin energy around the basin was even thinner than that around the outer edge of the Extreme Abyss.

Talent is the foundation, but resources are the key to reaching one's full potential.

Now, the entire Abyss is his resource, containing divine treasures from several collapsed eras, far exceeding the total spiritual energy in the present realm.

Even after leaving the Abyss and returning to the Heavenly Realm, he discovered that he could still communicate with the Abyss.

A deep and dark aura crossed the gap between the two realms and flowed into his body on its own.

"Things are really different now. Before, I had to work hard to cultivate and make a living in the Abyss, but now the Abyss is moving on its own..."

"Speaking of which, Bai Niang, what realm am I at now?"

He realized that he lacked a tangible understanding of power.

In fact, Chu Mingkong could feel that he had gained many new senses out of nowhere, but he had "shielded" them all because he didn't want his brain to receive too much information for no reason.

This "blocking" method is like how he used to complain that the sound of the filial piety ledger's points being credited was too noisy, so he asked the system for a way to turn off that sound.

It feels like the Queen Mother of the West taught him various techniques that only those at a higher level could use in advance.

With a new perspective, Chu Mingkong re-examined his system and discovered that, in addition to its inherent divine essence, the "rewards" were all created by the Queen Mother of the West using extreme yang power as a tool and filial piety points as raw materials.

As for those filial piety points, they really are a form of willpower.

By continuously helping her gather the power of her wishes, she will be able to utilize more resources, and even her manifestations will be inseparable from the help of this power.

This is probably what the saying "sincerity brings results" refers to.

Bai Niang's voice pulled him back from his thoughts:

“Mingkong, in terms of adapting to the Abyss, you are already above me. It’s hard to say exactly what level you are at, since there are no realm divisions in the Abyss. But you should know how to deal with those supreme beings.”

"It seems I do have a better idea now..."

Chu Mingkong smiled helplessly; even he found it hard to believe.

His senses probed towards the chaotic Star Tomb and the Holy Sun Flower Bridge, and he detected that the aura there was weakening, even receiving a signal that "they are not as good as me".

"This power feels really unreal."

Chu Mingkong made a self-deprecating remark, then quickly added, seeing the palace in the moonlit desolate river already within reach:

"Bai Niang, don't tell them what happened in Goddess Square..."

Chu Mingkong suppressed his aura to its original level and entered the palace.

......

Snow River Divine City.

The instant Chu Mingkong walked out of the Abyss and returned to the Heavenly Domain.

The three Holy Venerable maids noticed that their Palace Mistress suddenly looked towards Moonlight Wild River, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, her eyes serious, and a rare look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Palace Master, what happened?" Yu Xin asked softly.

"Try to sense the extremely yin energy over the Moonlight Arakawa River."

The words of the Lord of Snow River left the three Holy Maidens with bitterness. How could their perception reach such a level, directly sensing the Moonlight Wild River?

But they still tried it, and the three of them were immediately stunned.

Such a powerful aura flowed; even at such a great distance, they could still sense its presence. Although the aura vanished quickly, it had most likely concealed itself.

In the celestial realm, only the supreme beings could accomplish this!

Binglan seemed to realize something, and her pretty face was filled with disbelief:

"Palace Master, does this mean... that Lord Chu... has already advanced to the same realm as you during this short period of rest?!"

Chapter 285 Meeting at Jianmu

Not long after Chu Mingkong settled in, the women arrived as well.

Asura reacted the most strongly. She was the first to sense Chu Mingkong's presence and, in disbelief, transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed over, scrutinizing him with a complex expression.

She was starting to doubt her existence, and then turned to Yun Nongyu, who had caught up a step behind, to confirm the time:

"Miss Nongyu, how long has Chu... been in the Abyss?"

During these past few days, Asuluo also went into seclusion to refine her cultivation level and also refined a lot of the source of power.

But Chu Mingkong's actions made her wonder if she had accidentally been in seclusion for more than ten years.

Outrageous!

Yun Nongyu replied, "One month and ten days."

Chu Mingkong was also secretly shocked. He had always thought it would only be ten days at most, how could so much time have passed?

Thankfully, Bai Niang reminded me, otherwise things would have really been delayed.

Zuo Qiuchi also came out at this moment, with a little sheep on her head. Zuo Donglu next to her also had a little pig on her head. It seems that the babies really like these two stepmothers.

Zuo Qiuchi was equally amazed. Although she couldn't know for sure what level Chu Mingkong was at, she could tell a thing or two from his control over the Abyss.

Group walk ③⑧ Three bells 64 leek period

"Is your cultivation level inflated? How did it increase so much after just one trip to the Abyss? Did you find some ferocious beasts from the Abyss to cultivate with?"

Chu Mingkong's heart skipped a beat, but he wasn't guilty. Instead, he said firmly and forcefully:

“I didn’t do that kind of thing. No matter what, it wouldn’t be that serious. I just found a relatively complete Goddess’s essence under Bai Niang’s guidance.”

Fengying, with a cat and a baby nestled in her arms, handed the two little ones to Bai Niang and casually asked:

"Bai Niang, is that so? Ming Kong didn't do anything strange to the beings in the Abyss, did he?"

Bai Niang didn't really want to hide it from her child, but after thinking about it, she realized that Ming Kong hadn't actually attacked the old guys in the Abyss; he had only gone into the tomb of the Queen Mother of the West to cultivate.

"No, I led him to a goddess square."

Although the women found it unbelievable, they had no choice but to accept it.

Chu Mingkong felt that this kind of thing was highly likely to be exposed in the future, so it was better to reveal some things in advance.

“I have always been under the protection of a goddess. This time I went to her territory and benefited a lot. It’s just a pity that she refused to come out. She usually holds the babies quite often.”

The cat was very considerate this time, nodding repeatedly as a witness.

The kitten is no longer a toothless second-year-old this month; it has returned to the age of three or four, and says in a sweet, childlike voice: