124: Are you making fun of us?

"Yuer, this is why you made them wait for three days, and what you helped them hide was their Spiritual Root?"

Shangguan Yuexi recalled what Nangong Yu had said three days ago and couldn't help but confirm.

Nangong Yu nodded slightly. "They previously swore allegiance to me, and Mother saw their attitude toward me when they came over this time, so I gave them a hand."

"It's fine to help them, but you shouldn't have said..."

Shangguan Yuexi shook her head slightly, then, thinking of something, pondered, "It seems it might not be impossible. I will go find them later and make up an excuse to gloss over it!"

"This way, they will be eternally grateful to you, and this matter won't pose a threat to you!"

Nangong Yu scratched his head. "Yuer was inconsiderate and troubled Mother!"

"What are you saying, child? Your mother is willing to do anything for you!"

Shangguan Yuexi scolded him playfully.

But her eyes were full of smiles; the worry that had plagued her heart seemed to have been resolved!

But remembering something, Shangguan Yuexi couldn't help but instruct him, "Yuer, just tell Mother what you need in the future. Please don't use Lifespan anymore, okay?"

Nangong Yu nodded, then shook his head. "Mother, after trading Lifespan reaches five thousand years, I can no longer use Lifespan for transactions. Yuer doesn't understand why, but from now on, all transactions must use Spirit Stones."

"Because of this, Yuer has no way to help maternal grandmother and Imperial Grandmother improve their cultivation either!"

Hearing this, Shangguan Yuexi looked thoughtful. "We don't need to worry about your maternal grandmother for now. But if you can't use Lifespan anymore, could it be that one person can only trade 5,000 years? Can you use other people's?"

"No, the Lifespan and Spirit Stones for transactions can only be mine. Others giving them to me is fine, but Lifespan might not be something that can be given away, right?"

Nangong Yu shook his head. "Moreover, if someone gives it to me, it becomes mine. No matter how much it increases, my Lifespan seems limited to these five thousand years for trading."

Shangguan Yuexi nodded, not intending to doubt him, or rather, she didn't want to doubt him!

Her Yuer would not lie to her!

Even if he was hiding something, he must have his reasons, and she didn't need to overthink it!

After Shangguan Yuexi nodded, she formed a hand seal, and then a mysterious rune was struck into her glabella.

"Mother, what are you doing?"

Nangong Yu's expression changed slightly, and he looked worriedly at Shangguan Yuexi, afraid she would do something foolish!

Shangguan Yuexi smiled faintly and explained, "This is a special Secret Technique. It can place a Restriction on a specific memory segment to ensure I cannot reveal the contents of that memory."

"If I am forced to speak it, or if someone forcibly probes my Divine Soul, the Restriction will detonate the small portion of the Divine Soul carrying that memory."

"Of course, once that part of the Divine Soul is detonated, I will completely forget that memory segment as well!"

Hearing this, Nangong Yu immediately hugged her tightly. "Mother, why are you so silly? If someone really forces you, just let them know. Doing this will injure your Divine Soul—how painful must that be!"

Since he dared to tell his mother, Shangguan Yuexi, this secret, it was naturally because Ying Mei and the others were already sufficient to protect them both.

He truly wasn't afraid of others knowing or coveting it!

Shangguan Yuexi patted his back and smiled, "Alright, don't worry. Mother will be fine!"

Hearing this, Nangong Yu hugged her tightly, his expression somewhat complex.

"Alright, you must be hungry. Let's go out first, and Mother will make you something to eat!"

Speaking up to here, Shangguan Yuexi suddenly remembered something and shook her head. "Look, Mother forgot. Yuer's cultivation is higher than Mother's now, so you won't get hungry."

But Nangong Yu shook his head and smiled. "Yuer just wants to eat the dishes Mother makes. Even if I never get hungry, I still want to eat them!"

"Moreover, even the strongest Cultivators have Seven Emotions and Six Desires. The desire for food is also a desire, and Yuer doesn't want to be someone devoid of emotion and desire. That's not what Yuer wants!"

"Yuer is right!"

Shangguan Yuexi smiled faintly, picked him up, and said, "Mother will go make you something delicious now."

...A hundred miles west of Qingyou Imperial City.

In a certain mountain valley, over three thousand tents were evenly distributed. Above the Central Military Tent in the center of the camp, a Vermilion Military Flag embroidered with a Golden Longsword fluttered without wind.

This place was none other than the encampment of the Zhenbei Army!

Inside the Central Military Tent, Nangong Wenxin and two others were seated cross-legged.

Nangong Lingyun was Cultivating nearby, while Nangong Wenxin and Qin Wuhui sat opposite each other, seemingly playing a game of chess.

Just then, Nangong Lingyun suddenly sensed something and his eyes widened slightly.

Immediately afterward, he closed his eyes again in disbelief.

After a few breaths, Nangong Lingyun opened his eyes, which held a trace of surprise. "Wenxin, you two stop playing for a moment. Something is wrong with my Cultivation."

Hearing this, Nangong Wenxin and the other turned to look, but seeing that Nangong Lingyun was perfectly fine, they couldn't help but look puzzled.

"Lingyun, what did you just say? You look perfectly normal. Are you pulling our leg?"

Since the three had a good relationship, Nangong Wenxin spoke directly, his tone leisurely.

Nangong Lingyun shook his head. "No, when I was Cultivating just now, the speed at which I absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and converted spiritual energy increased by several times. If that's not a problem, what is?"

As soon as he said this, the other two raised their eyebrows slightly, and Qin Wuhui's eyes were deep. "What did you say? Are you sure you're not pulling our leg?"

"I..."

Nangong Lingyun was about to say something when a voice sounded outside the tent.

"Three Generals, your subordinate has important matters to report."

"Enter!"

Nangong Wenxin spoke. All three looked at the person entering, who was a Guard Soldier.

Seeing the arrival, Nangong Wenxin asked, "Wang Wu, what is the matter?"

Wang Wu's expression was strange, but he quickly said, "Three Generals, many brothers in the army show signs of Breakthrough, and they are all those brothers at the Peak of the Deity Transformation Realm. Please go and take a look."

As soon as this was said, the eyebrows of Nangong Wenxin and the other two furrowed. "How could this be? They only have Medium Grade Talent. If one person happened to show signs of Breakthrough, that might be possible, but how could there be so many?"

"Three Generals, when we discovered it, we also felt it was strange, so we hurried to inform you."

As Wang Wu spoke, he frowned slightly; after all, he had never seen such a situation before.

Nangong Wenxin glanced at Nangong Lingyun. "Was what you said just now true?"

Nangong Lingyun nodded. "It's true, but why are you suddenly asking about that?"

Nangong Wenxin didn't answer him but said directly, "Let's go! Let's take a look!"

Immediately, he got up and walked outside.

Seeing this, Qin Wuhui and the other two quickly followed and arrived outside the tent.

Nangong Wenxin's Divine Thought instantly and silently swept across the entire camp, and he couldn't help but look surprised and doubtful.

Seeing this, Qin Wuhui and Nangong Lingyun also used their Divine Thought to investigate, and their brows furrowed slightly.

Qin Wuhui's brows were tightly locked. "Wenxin, all the brothers at the Peak of the Deity Transformation Realm who aren't on duty show signs of Breakthrough. This is too strange. Should we wake them up?"

But upon hearing this, Nangong Wenxin was about to answer when he suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed slightly.