But obviously, no one discovered what Qi Yu was thinking.
Li Yu asked in confusion, "It's not about money? Then what is it?"
Qi Yu struggled for a long time, finally managing to say, "It's because I'm too tired right now to calculate accurately, and I know your disciple. He's a congenital spiritual artifact, not within my five-element calculations."
"Is that so? Then we can only wait until the boy returns to discuss it. Ah." Li Yu didn't press the issue.
Qi Yu let out a sigh of relief and found a large rock behind her to sit on, unconsciously fiddling with a very shallow white wild flower beside her.
Suddenly, she thought that if one day she ascended and had to reincarnate into the human world for trials, she could choose to be a fortune teller.
This ability to speak nonsense with her eyes open was truly effortless.
"Pavilion Master Yu!"
At this moment, Sui You let out a sudden exclamation from not far away.
Qi Yu was startled by him and looked down, only then noticing that the white wild flower by her hand had inexplicably begun to emit a soft white light. The vines beside the petals also coiled around Qi Yu's fingertips as if trying to please her, and then bloomed with more small white flowers.
"This, this is a divine flower, isn't it?" Yu Zhen looked at the scene before him, his face filled with amazement.
"It seems so," Qi Yu subconsciously looked up and beckoned with her finger. "But what should I do now? It's wrapped around me and won't let me leave. Venerable Li Yu, do you have a solution? Venerable Li Yu?"
As Qi Yu spoke, she waved her hand in front of Li Yu.
Li Yu came back to his senses, nodded gently, and as if recalling something, said in a low voice:
"This divine flower is called Mu Ying Li, and it was formed from a drop of blood and tears shed by the High God Liu Yu after being separated from her children."
"This Mu Ying Li's flowering period is irregular. It only seeks a destined person. If it cannot find one, it will wither on its own and wait again when it blooms next time."
"Since you are its destined person, then dig up the soil beneath it and take the whole plant with you."
Li Yu said this casually, but his gaze remained fixed on Qi Yu.
"High God Liu Yu? Who is that?" Yue Zhiyin stroked his chin. "I don't seem to have heard of her."
Hearing this, Li Yu came back to his senses, looked at him, and said slowly with his hands behind his back:
"High God Liu Yu was the 'Prime Minister Zhuge' of the God Realm, originally the noblest deity. Because she fell in love with the Sacred Lord of Auspicious Beasts, the two deities became partners and gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins."
"This should have been a divinely ordained union."
"But who would have thought that just a few days after the birth of the dragon and phoenix twins, High God Liu Yu calculated that her eldest daughter was fated to be possessed by a soul from another world in the near future, while her younger son was destined to be a Divine Venerable, immensely noble."
"Thus, tragedy struck."
"To protect her daughter, High God Liu Yu began to place various restrictions on her, even attempting to hide her aura. She watched over her daughter constantly, fearing she would be possessed by a soul from another world. But despite all precautions, she could not prevent it. During an accident, High God Liu Yu's daughter was injured. When she woke up, her temperament had completely changed, and her divine body had been taken over by a soul from another world."
"...How could this happen?" Qi Yu felt a pang of pain. "Then, what happened later? What happened next?"
"Later..." Li Yu was silent for a moment, and then said in a steady, slow tone, devoid of emotion, "Later, High God Liu Yu and the Sacred Lord of Auspicious Beasts attempted to disperse the soul from another world. As a result, High God Liu Yu violated heavenly rules and was sealed in the God Realm's Han Gu Valley, her soul cast down to the mortal world to reincarnate. The Sacred Lord of Auspicious Beasts was sealed in his beast form and also punished by being sent to the mortal world."
"How could this happen!" Sui You exclaimed angrily, listening from the side. "What about the soul from another world that possessed High God Liu Yu's daughter? Was it not dealt with? And High God Liu Yu's daughter's original soul? Where was it pushed to?"
"Alright, alright, don't ask so many questions about these things. It's just a myth," Li Yu changed the subject. "Pavilion Master Yu, since the divine flower Mu Ying Li has a connection with you now, then take the whole thing back."
After speaking, Li Yu turned to Yu Zhen, Yue Zhiyin, and Sui You. "As for gifts for Qi Yu, we can choose other things later. Let's let this flower go. It is rumored that this divine flower was born from High God Liu Yu's lingering obsession for her children. It has rarely found a destined person, so let's fulfill its wish."
Yu Zhen nodded, lost in thought.
Yue Zhiyin and Sui You naturally had no objections, and even reminded Qi Yu not to sell Mu Ying Li.
Qi Yu nodded repeatedly, carefully lifting the flower and the soil into a flowerpot, her mind filled with contemplation. The rumors about the divine flower Mu Ying Li were probably fabricated.
Because before she became the Yan Zhen Mirror, she was just a piece of jade.
Born without parents, and even before entering the Bei Yuan Sect, she had never had anyone who loved her.
Why, then, would she become the destined person of the divine flower Mu Ying Li?
Qi Yu shook her head, unable to comprehend it at all.
Meanwhile.
On the Nine Heavens, within the Divine Palace.
A man in a dark blue robe embroidered with qilin and flowing cloud patterns, tall and graceful like an immortal, was seated on the main throne.
His aura was noble and ethereal, his appearance cold and handsome, with silver hair and eyes like glazed jade. His ink-black hair cascaded past his waist, and his hand holding a brush was as exquisite and flawless as jade.
Not far away, a celestial soldier in a white crane robe rushed in, knelt on one knee, and said to the man:
"Divine Venerable, we've found it! The Mu Ying Li divine flower on Mount Buzhou in the mortal realm has reacted!"