Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1168 539: I'll Date on Behalf of My Husband

Little Dun Fairy blinked her eyes, thinking to herself, "That Miss Niu must have mistaken me for my husband."

When she was still Little Dun, Wen Wuyu and Chen Shi were with Miss Niu in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, and she hid in Chen Shi's small temple, witnessing it all. Later, because of this, she even collided heads with Chen Shi, knocking him out. Therefore, she has a deep memory of Miss Niu.

Wen Wuyu's fair face grew redder, the blush spreading down to her neck, which became pink and red as well. She lowered her head and whispered, "These days, these days I've also..."

She stood on the clouds, absentmindedly kicking at the vapors, dispersing small clouds with her feet, and inadvertently kicked a passing Jiao Long.

The Jiao Long was enraged, turning its head back to glare fiercely at her.

Wen Wuyu crossed her arms behind her back and kicked the Jiao Long away, becoming more bashful, and summoned the courage to say, "I've missed you too!"

Little Dun Fairy was somewhat bewildered, thinking, "This girl likes my husband. How should I respond? According to Great Shang laws, stealing a princess's consort is punishable by dismemberment or execution. But, Great Shang has fallen, and now that I'm married to him, my husband is the Great Ming True King, and by Great Ming laws, it seems I cannot intervene."

Wen Wuyu, red-faced, ran off as soon as she finished speaking.

Little Dun Fairy pondered for a moment, then chose not to pursue her, thinking, "My husband is in closed meditation; I should take this opportunity to find grandfather and the others."

She looked towards the Cangyun Barrier, whispering to herself, "Then, the place they went must be beyond this Cangyun. How should I pass through this Cangyun Barrier?"

"Hey!"

Wen Wuyu came back, her face still blushing but looking calm and composed, crisply saying, "Despair Slope is very dangerous. If you venture in recklessly, your identity could easily be discovered, and you could lose your life!"

Little Dun Fairy opened her mouth, hesitating to speak.

Wen Wuyu approached her with a smile, "But with me around, you don't have to worry so much. You know, I am now a Heavenly Dao Practitioner. I've gained a higher status in Despair Slope and can now take in disciples. Recently a lot of people have died here, said to be slain by the Demon Emperor. My master was promoted to Heavenly Dao Immortal, and I became a Heavenly Dao Practitioner. From now on, you are my disciple; follow me well, understand?"

Little Dun Fairy gently nodded.

Wen Wuyu softly said, "I'm so glad you came to Despair Slope to see me..."

Little Dun Fairy felt conflicted, thinking, "Should I transform into Miss Niu and knock her out? No, I should stay calm and let her show me around to familiarize myself with the place."

Wen Wuyu said, "Since we parted last time, much has happened in Despair Slope. I haven't had time to go out... Why haven't you said anything?"

Little Dun Fairy finally spoke, "Since we parted at the Heavenly Pond Country, I've thought of you often too..."

She felt awkward saying this, wondering, "Am I acting as though I'm courting on behalf of my husband now?"

Suddenly, Wen Wuyu became alert, her previously warm tone turning cold, placing a short sword at Little Dun Fairy's neck, coldly asking, "Are you really Little Ten Brother?"

Little Dun Fairy, with some difficulty, softly responded, "Topping Cow... Wuyu little sister, I certainly am your Little Ten Brother."

Wen Wuyu snorted, "You're lying! Your tone is wrong! Little Ten Brother would never speak to me so gently! Who are you exactly? How do you know about Topping Cow? Do you realize that with just one word I could make sure you die without a place to be buried?"

Little Dun Fairy displayed her Harmonization Small World—Chen Shi's small temple—and smiled, "Look at this temple behind my head, and you'll know whether I'm real or not."

Wen Wuyu felt her heart melt, retracting the short sword and embracing Little Dun Fairy's arm sweetly, "Little Ten Brother, I knew you'd come to see me. Why are you in disguise as a girl?"

Little Dun was not used to such intimacy with a woman, coughed, and tried to pull her arm away, but couldn't, "This way no one will know I'm the True King."

Wen Wuyu laughed, "That's a great idea! You came to Despair Slope, not just to see me, right?"

Little Dun Fairy imitated Chen Shi's tone, laughing heartily, "You've seen through me, little sister. To be honest, I came to see you, risking my life to do so, as well as to investigate Despair Slope. Despair Slope plans to attack me and Lady Houtu. Though I cannot match them, I cannot just sit by either."

Her mind became unusually clear, her face resolute, "Wuyu little sister, I knew this journey would be extremely perilous, but if I can see you at Despair Slope, I would die without regret."

Wen Wuyu's heart blossomed at her words, "Oh you, stirring my Dao Heart again. How should I deal with you, you rascal? I am still a Heavenly Dao Practitioner in Despair Slope and cannot betray it..."

Little Dun Fairy somberly said, "Wuyu, I won't make things difficult for you. Seeing you once, I'm at peace. If it is my fate to die at the hands of someone from Despair Slope, I hope it is you..."

"Stop this!"

Wen Wuyu covered her mouth, saying, "Little Ten Brother, please stop, I've already agreed to you!"

This girl was naturally straightforward and clever, suddenly remembering something and once again becoming wary, thinking, "Although Little Ten Brother and I have an intimate relationship, it isn't enough to entrust our lives to each other. This is fishy!"

"Little Ten Brother, show me the small temple once more." Wen Wuyu said.

Little Dun Fairy summoned the small temple again, Wen Wuyu examining it carefully from all sides, confirming it really was Chen Shi's small temple.

"Could it be that my relationship with Little Ten Brother has progressed this far?" The girl was somewhat puzzled.

But soon, under Little Dun Fairy's sweet words, she lost her reasoning.

"Little Ten Brother, this is just the outskirts of Despair Slope; the true core is beyond this Cangyun Barrier." Wen Wuyu said.

"Disciples of a Heavenly Dao Practitioner cannot cross the Cangyun Barrier, but as a Practitioner, I can take you over," Wen Wuyu continued.

Little Dun Fairy felt deeply touched, "Wuyu, you shouldn't risk betraying Despair Slope for me..."

Wen Wuyu activated the practitioner's token, taking her into the Cangyun Barrier. As the token's radiance spread, the clouds parted, and the thunder and lightning receded to the sides.

The further they went, the more the path opened up, revealing a landscape that resembled an utopian paradise.

The nature's spiritual energy here bore no hint of evil, with a Great Dao Spring suspended in the air. Normally, a spring emerges from the earth, but this one hung above, twisting down like the roots of a plant.

These roots spanned the air, absorbing the spiritual energy and the power of the Great Dao to transform into spring water, which splashed down into a jade pool below, each droplet making a clear sound as it hit the water.

This was the Dao Spring of Despair Slope.

The water of this spring, apart from the Ancestor Qi at Qianyang Mountain's Heaven Measuring Cliff, contains the finest spiritual energy, rich in Dao Power, greatly benefitting one's cultivation!

Not far from the Dao Spring, on an immortal mountain, stood a magnificent Immortal Palace, resplendent and dazzling, piercing the sky with its divine aura, truly astounding!

"That is the Eternal Immortal Pavilion, the place where Despair Slope stores its Immortal Magical Treasures."

Wen Wuyu whispered, "All of Despair Slope's magic treasures are kept within the Eternal Immortal Pavilion. Over the years, it has amassed several hundred Immortal Artifacts, with over forty from Great Ming. The other artifacts are relics from the Great Shang Era."

Little Dun Fairy was stunned, several hundred Immortal Artifacts!

Currently, his True Dynasty Court, after subduing the Thirteen Families, possessed barely a dozen such artifacts, which included the Treasure Money from Heavenly Pond Country!

The foundation of the True Dynasty Court was far inferior to Despair Slope.

At this moment, a series of buzzing sounds resonated, making heads spin and chests vibrate with the sound.

Little Dun Fairy turned towards the sound, which came from behind the Eternal Immortal Pavilion, nestled within the mountains. However, the high immortal mountain obstructed his view, leaving him unsure of the source of the sound.

"That sound emanates from the Qiankun Rebuilding Furnace."

Wen Wuyu held her hand, flying toward the mountains, saying, "I'll take you to see... Little Ten brother, your hands are so soft!"

Little Dun Fairy laughed, "My mother always said, a man's soft hands hint at a soft heart, kind to girls."

"Your mother was right," Wen Wuyu said happily.

The two were about to fly over one of the immortal mountains when Little Dun Fairy suddenly spotted a distant jade platform, where large copper mirrors floated, and asked, "What place is that?"

"It's the place to worship the True God."

Wen Wuyu said, "Last time, when Despair Slope awakened the True God, it was done there."

Little Dun Fairy remembered how Chen Shi had seen from afar Chen Yindou activating that altar, offering the Sun and Moon of the Upper Realm to awaken the True God, feeling a surge of emotion and a strong desire to see it.

She wanted nothing more than to catch a glimpse of her father's face again.

When the altar is activated, the sky would crack open, revealing the true form of the Outer Heaven True God. Back then, outside the Bronze Great Wall, she didn't get a clear look, and now she wanted to see more clearly.

Yet she held herself back, continuing to fly forward with Wen Wuyu.

After a while, a colossal Immortal Furnace appeared between the mountains before them.

This Immortal Furnace was many times larger than the immortal mountain, grand and imposing. Around the furnace were over a dozen Heavenly Dao immortals and several dozen Heavenly Dao Practitioners, all with formidable cultivation, each summoning their Primordial Spirit to suspend the furnace in the air.

Their Primordial Spirits, some a thousand zhang tall, some ten thousand zhang, immense yet seemingly small in comparison to the Immortal Furnace.

Under their sacrificial refinement, flames roared within the furnace, which alternated in size, exuding a peculiar Great Dao aura.

"It feels somewhat similar to the aura on my grandfather," Little Dun Fairy thought.

Wen Wuyu said, "Little Ten brother, it's Fairy Gong overseeing the Qiankun Rebuilding Furnace. Gong Wanqing Fairy is refining this treasure to forge Heavenly Soldiers, whose power matches that of Harmonization-level immortals, immensely powerful."

Her expression darkened, gazing at Little Dun Fairy with teary eyes, "Little Ten brother, you can't possibly rival Despair Slope, just surrender..."

Little Dun Fairy chuckled, "A true man in the world, facing trouble, shouldn't retreat or fear for his life, isn't that a disservice to this masculine form I have? Wuyu, don't try to persuade me. Which one is Fairy Gong?"

Inspired by her bold ambition, Wen Wuyu felt even more fond of her, watching the immortals by the furnace, she noted with surprise, "Fairy Gong has been by the furnace all this time, but she's not there now. I know her residence, named Luohua Palace, taken from 'An unexpected visitor in the middle of the night, leisurely tapping the chess pieces by the lamplight.' It's said in Despair Slope's tales that Fairy Gong named it so while waiting for a man who never came at midnight."

She led Little Dun Fairy to Luohua Palace, only to find it deserted, without a single Daoist boy or maid in attendance.

Wen Wuyu was startled as Little Dun Fairy entered the palace, quickly following and messaging her, "This is the residence of a Heavenly Dao immortal; we shouldn't enter rashly!"

Little Dun Fairy motioned for silence, taking the lead to delve deeper into Luohua Palace.

Ahead, a series of white curtains hung, layer upon layer, swaying in the breeze. They tiptoed silently through these curtains, until the voice of Fairy Gong reached their ears from further in.

"Chen Lang, oh Chen Lang, I thought you'd never return, and yet here you are again at Despair Slope. How heartless you were to abandon me then, and did you know you'd fall into my hands today?"

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