"This noodle...well...tastes...not bad."
"Have you ever tasted delicious food?! How dare you dislike the mutton soup noodles made by my aunt!"
"I... little fox, please don't accuse me unfairly. Which of your eyes can see that I dislike you!"
The noises and voices were far and near, louder and softer. Yu Wan felt vaguely that the pain on his body was getting lighter and lighter, until his whole body felt lighter, and the pain dissipated, leaving only a warm envelope, and he slowly opened his eyes. .
This is……
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a vast expanse of white. As my vision became clearer, my eyes were still filled with endless white.
Are you still in the fog? Why are you lying here?
Many questions flashed through her mind, and she stared blankly into the void for a long time. It wasn't until the noise in her ears reappeared that she stood up, sat up and looked towards where the sound came from.
"You're such a glutton, you don't think you can eat so much noodles from my mother-in-law, huh!"
"Little fox...Hu Fuwei, just shut up. How many times have I said this thing over and over again."
"Let me tell you. Who made you look so ugly when you just ate..."
"I was burned! It was too hot!"
Listening to the quarrel in the fog but still no one was seen, Yu Wan frowned and couldn't help but wonder if he was still in the illusion.
Now that he has woken up, Yu Wan knows that the person before was probably the illusion in the mist, and not her mother herself.
At that time, because I was about to see my mother, she was distracted and nervous. Unexpectedly, she was easily deceived and even almost died.
Yu Wan's heartbeat quickened again when he thought of the fierce fight before, but he soon regained his composure and breathed a sigh of relief as if he had survived the disaster.
Fortunately, those were all fake...but that last look, she must have been real.
Thinking of this, Yu Wan became nervous all over. When he heard the conversation in the fog, his breathing could not help but stagnated for a short time.
"Don't think about this bowl, it's what I left for my sister."
"Who would have thought! I'm worried about getting cold, so I want to put it in the storage space!"
"Okay, Fu Wei continues to watch here. Your sister should be awake soon. I'll go in and take a look."
As soon as this gentle female voice fell, the surrounding area immediately became quiet.
In less than a moment, Yu Wan heard footsteps approaching from far away.
"woke up."
A soft voice with a hint of laughter rang in Yu Wan's ears, and then she felt the mattress beneath her sink, and he actually sat directly next to her.
When Kong Jinyu stepped in, what he saw was Yu Wan looking at him with wide eyes. The familiar look of anticipation mixed with nervousness was exactly the same as when he was a child and wanted to go out and play with others.
This child, whom I haven’t seen for so long...should definitely be nervous.
I left too early...
The moment she saw Yu Wan, Kong Jinyu's heart was filled with thoughts, but she soon regained her composure when she walked in front of Yu Wan.
"Don't worry, this is how the spirits in the fog barrier create illusions."
Knowing Yu Wan's confusion at this moment, Kong Jinyu sat down and explained.
"Once you enter the illusion, your eyes will gradually be wrapped in layers of white satin-like mist, making it impossible to see. The longer you are trapped in the illusion, the longer the fog will stay after you escape."
"Don't worry, Wan'er. With my mother here, I will definitely get you out of this white mist as soon as possible."
After saying that, Kong Jinyu put his free right hand on Yu Wan's head and comforted her softly.
Hearing this sentence, Yu Wan's heart was touched, and she suddenly thought of her mother touching her head and saying this every time she was scared as a child.
Now, many years later, she has grown into a foundation-building monk who can intimidate anyone. She never expected to receive such care from her mother.
Kong Jinyu looked at Yu Wan's stunned and surprised look, and felt sad at the same time, but couldn't help being happy.
After missing each other for so many years, they finally met again.
I think there was a rumor in the village that Shanhai died after falling from the mountain, but how could I, who had formed a bond with him, not know whether he was dead or alive.
Thinking of the traces she had found in the area where he disappeared, Kong Jinyu couldn't help but lower her eyes, and her long eyelashes covered her murderous eyes.
"Mother...mother, where are we now?"
Just after Kong Jinyu finished explaining, the room fell into silence. Yu Wan, who thought carefully about the situation, did not notice her change. She just called out this name that she had never called before after being mentally prepared.
"Don't worry, we have come out. Now we are in the cave not far from the cold pool."
Cold pool?
Seeing the confusion on Yu Wan's face, Kong Jinyu thought to himself that the little guy has become less candid as he grows up, and then continued to explain.
"This place was opened during my stay. It was originally intended to be close to the cold pool for convenient healing..."
There was a pause here, and then Yu Wan heard Kong Jinyu's gentle whisper again.
"The cold pool here is quite special. Although the pool is very cold, just staying in the pool for a while can quickly remove the yin energy and white mist from the body..."
Kong Jinyu said it easily, but Yu Wan knew that her time in the underworld must be very difficult.
Listening to Kong Jinyu's in-depth description, Yu Wan tightly grasped the cloak covering her body with both hands, feeling very distressed.
"Alright, the mutton soup noodles are almost cold after talking so much. Let's eat them while they're hot."
Yu Wan felt the warmth on the back of her hands, nodded her head, then stubbornly insisted on taking the bowls and chopsticks, and started eating.
Kong Jinyu's eyebrows were gentle, and the corners of his slightly raised mouth never dropped. He looked at Yu Wan with a good look, as if he wanted to make up for what he had missed over the years.
The taste of the mutton noodle soup was the same as that in the cave that day. It was light but mellow. It could not be said to be rich in taste, and the spiritual energy contained in it was also very thin, but it was the most delicious food she had ever tasted.
After finishing the noodles quickly, Yu Wan started drinking soup, and drank it all in a short time.
"...Mother, since the cold pool can dispel the Yin Qi and the mist, can my eyes also do the same?"
"Of course you can, but the coldness of the pool is overbearing. Even with my half-step Nascent Soul body, I can't hold on for long..."
"With your current level of cultivation, even being a hundred feet away from the cold pool will be unbearable. But if you want to get rid of it, you can only enter the pool. Later, you..."
Kong Jinyu wanted to persuade, but stopped midway and directly changed the direction of his persuasion.
"If we don't rely on the power of the cold pool water, and I help pull it out every day, we can recover in as soon as half a year. Late, I think."
"Mother, the pond will be faster, won't it?"
Yu Wan directly interrupted Kong Jinyu's persuasion.
"What's more, we are in the underworld now, and we cannot waste all our spiritual power at will."
"This is not a waste..."
"Mom, I want to go, is that okay?"
Kong Jinyu, who wanted to continue persuading, was interrupted by Yu Wan's plea.
Is this kid acting coquettishly to me?
Kong Jinyu looked at Yu Wan's aggrieved look and couldn't help but think that she had acted like this in the past whenever she disagreed with something. Before she could say anything else, her father interrupted her and she compromised and agreed.
I thought it would take a long time to get back to the childhood relationship with Wan'er after so many years, but I didn't expect...
That's all, she's just here. What's more, practitioners should be so unafraid of difficulties in their practice, so they can't delay themselves because of this.
Knowing that Yu Wan could not see with his eyes, his heart softened to the point of turning into a puddle of water after being looked at Kong Jinyu like this all the time.
"Okay, Wan'er, please refine the spiritual energy in your belly first, and then I will take you there. But I have agreed beforehand that you must not be pushy in anything. If you can't hold on, you will call me immediately."
"Don't worry, mother. But we can go now. The technique I practice is special and I am constantly refining it while eating."
"In that case, go out and call them two, and let's go."
Kong Jinyu laughed softly, raised his hand and scraped Yu Wan's nose, then got up and put on Yu Wan's white fur cloak, and took her straight to the outside.
