The cold wind blew on her face. Sang Luo opened her eyes again, and when she first saw the desolate and empty scenery of the God Realm, she was stunned for a moment, wondering if she had come to the wrong place.
The children, on the other hand, were very excited, running away in a puff of smoke. Some were even digging around on the ground, and soon their beastly shadows disappeared.
"Hey, stay with your mother, don't run too far!"
She couldn't call them back.
"Don't worry, nothing here can do anything to them. Let the children play as they please."
Sang Luo felt relieved when she heard Fei Yuan say this.
Not far away, there was a towering ancient tree, but unfortunately, all its branches and leaves had fallen off. However, Little Lucky Star seemed to have seen some rare treasure, flapping its gorgeous feathered wings and flying to the branches, hugging them tightly.
"This is the Parasol Tree, the young of the Phoenix clan love to sleep in trees."
Yan came over.
Sang Luo said to him, "Take me to see the Divine River."
"Okay."
Yan nodded and took her to the source of the Divine River.
Layer upon layer of mountains, towering glaciers reaching into the clouds, the purest snow on the mountain peaks melting into trickles, gathering in the dry riverbed. Countless stars falling from the sky were mixed into the Divine River, emitting a brilliant and beautiful light, flowing to the distance, winding endlessly.
Each drop of river water condensed thousands of concentrated spiritual energy. The cracked earth irrigated by the Divine River slowly sprouted new buds…
But it was far from enough for the divine tree nurtured by heaven and earth. Fei Yuan and Yan brought Sang Luo to a barren mountain thousands of feet high. The ground was also bare, with only a withered sapling, about the same height as her.
Sang Luo's mouth twitched slightly, "This is the divine tree you said that bears the Blood Lotus Fruit?"
"Yes, a few hundred years have passed, and it has only grown this little bit. I finally managed to raise it to this size, but I didn't expect it to wither again."
Fei Yuan was exasperated.
Sang Luo used her hand as a blade and cut open her left palm, letting the bright red blood flow down her palm onto the trunk.
The divine tree visibly recovered its vitality.
There was joy in the eyes of both Fei Yuan and Yan. It really worked.
When feeding blood, the divine tree frantically absorbed as much blood as possible. After each blood-sucking, the growth rate of the fruit tree would accelerate rapidly. If it weren't for Yan watching by the side, I'm afraid this divine tree would be even more unscrupulous.
Sang Luo didn't want to die from excessive blood loss, so she only fed it once every half month.
In a flash, more than ten years passed.
The ancient tree regained its vitality and successfully blossomed and bore fruit, bearing a Blood Lotus Fruit that was bigger and fuller than the one Sang Luo had eaten last time.
Fei Yuan flew to the highest point of the branches, took back the Blood Lotus Fruit, and placed it in Sang Luo's hands.
"Luo'er, eat this, it's very nourishing."
This was a good thing, and Sang Luo did not refuse, finishing the fruit in a few bites.
All the blood energy lost over the years was replenished. At the same time, a surge of majestic divine power rampaged into her limbs and bones. Her cultivation soared upwards, vaguely about to break through the Half-Step God Venerable!
"This… am I not dreaming?" Sang Luo said happily.
Yan smiled and said, "This is the first divine fruit borne after the divine tree was revived, also known as the Fruit of Life. It contains a trace of divine power from the divine tree's birth to the present millions of years. Now it has given this divine power to you. Go find a quiet place to refine the divine power, and Fei Yuan and I will protect you."
Sang Luo looked left and right, and felt that this place was pretty good, so she simply sat down on the spot to refine the divine power in her body.
After an unknown period, when Sang Luo was about to refine the divine power, suddenly a sharp pain came from her heart, almost making her breathless.
At the same time, she received two messages one after the other.
After reading the words in Minos's letter, Sang Luo froze, her mind blank, completely unable to think.
Little Stone's voice came—
"Mother, Father has passed away."
…
Ice Breaking City.
Different from the hustle and bustle before Sang Luo left, at this time, the shops of all sizes in the city were closed, and a lamp was lit in front of each door. The plaques of each household were covered with thick white cloth.
Sang Luo stumbled all the way back to the City Lord's Mansion, which was already filled with white silk inside and out.
There were faces she had seen, and faces she did not recognize, all dressed in white standing in front of the mourning hall.
Sang Luo walked into the mourning hall in despair.
Fei Yuan and Yan stopped outside the mourning hall.
Fei Yuan couldn't believe it, "… How could it be so sudden?"
Yan was not surprised, "He is not a long-lived person. This wolf beast's body had signs of decay in his early years."
He sighed regretfully, "He once asked me to help him see, but unfortunately, I couldn't find the root of his illness and couldn't treat the decay of his body."
"Perhaps… I shouldn't have called Luo'er away at that time."
Fei Yuan regretted.
"The fate of ordinary beasts is determined and cannot be changed. This day will come sooner or later."
…
Sang Luo came to the mourning hall.
The three children and Little Walnut had all returned.
Zhi Xin's eyes were red and swollen from crying. She tried to hold back her emotions, but tears were still streaming down her face. She couldn't believe that her father would suddenly pass away.
The two sons were slightly more stable, but they were just trying to maintain their composure. The corners of their eyes were red, obviously they had cried.
Little Stone said softly, "Mother, you're here."
"… I'm sorry, I'm late."
Sang Luo seemed to have lost all her strength, feeling dizzy in front of her eyes, and barely held back her emotions.
"You… Where's Father? Is he… still here?"
"Father left a letter before he left, telling us not to keep vigil for him. According to his wishes, we buried the coffin in the mausoleum. Also… there's this."
Stone took out a crystal core from his arms, "This is the crystal core from Father's heart. It was left with that suicide note. Father entrusted me to give it to you."
Sang Luo blankly took the gray crystal core, made into a necklace style.
There is an unwritten ritual in the Beast World. Some beasts, before they die, sense that their time is approaching and take out the crystal core to give to the most important person.
Or give the energy of the crystal core to the descendants to refine, or make it into necklaces, rings and other jewelry to give to their partners…
Sang Luo clenched the necklace in her hand, closed her eyes, and let the tears fall.
She was uneasy and filled with sorrow.
"Mother."
Stone called out to her worriedly. They had just lost their father and didn't want anything to happen to their mother.
"Mother is fine, just… very sad."
Sang Luo shook her head and wiped away the tears on her face.
She looked at the little stone in front of her, and gradually overlapped with a thin and tall figure in her memory. At that time, he was also so young.
Sang Luo asked Little Stone to come over and kissed him very lightly on the side of his face.
The boy was stunned, "Mother?"
"You and your father really look alike when you were young. If it weren't for the scar on your face, it would be almost exactly the same… When Mother first met your father in the tribe… he looked like you…"
Sang Luo didn't want to lose her composure in front of the children, but as she spoke, the tears flowed more and more, almost sobbing.
"But I didn't get to see him one last time."
I wrote another chapter, trying to finish this plot, but I didn't expect it to be on New Year's Day.
Let's spend the New Year with the babies.
Happy New Year ~
