The others laughed, saying, "The Divine Child's temperament is exactly the same as before!"
After exchanging a few pleasantries with a group of acquaintances, he rode the clouds alone back to his residence.
His divine form is a Spirit Rhinoceros Butterfly, which naturally loves water, flowers and plants. His dwelling is built in a flower forest, surrounded by a clear lake on two sides. It is filled with immortal energy, and many spirit beasts live by relying on his dwelling.
He landed by the lake, where a boy sat on the shore. The boy had a red mark on his forehead, just like him. He was holding a fishing rod and was fishing while dozing off.
The fishhook was caught by something in the water and moved a few times. The boy immediately woke up, reeled in the fishing rod and pulled it up, but the fishing line suddenly snapped, causing him to fall hard on his backside. "Ouch!"
The boy was rubbing his bottom and about to get up when a hand was stretched out in front of him, "A heavenly book."
The Heavenly Book stared blankly at the newcomer, then burst into tears of joy: "Divine Child!"
Tian Shu grabbed his hand and threw herself into his arms. "You're awake! Are your injuries all healed? I missed you so much!"
He touched the head of the celestial book. "How long have I been asleep?"
"Two hundred years! You slept for a full two hundred years!"
For a god, two hundred years is not a long time. He picked up the Heavenly Book and carried it into the room, gently comforting it. The Heavenly Book nestled in his arms, looking extremely attached.
Two divine senses simultaneously entered the room. The Heavenly Book patted him on the back, "They've arrived!"
He turned around, and Su Rou and Jun Tian were standing at the door. Su Rou ran in and hugged him tightly. "We rushed here as soon as we heard you woke up. We couldn't find you in the cave, so we thought you must have come back here..."
The celestial book squeezed among them, "Oh dear, you're going to flatten me..."
Juntian walked in, and their eyes met. Juntian's eyes seemed to hold a thousand unspoken words. He smiled and said, "Juntian, Surou, you two have safely survived your tribulation and returned."
His address sounded strange, but Su Rou and Jun Tian knew that he had drunk the water of the Styx River and forgotten everything that had happened when he was Lu Pianpian.
"Speak less." Jun Tian didn't mention his old name at all. "I heard that when I was undergoing tribulation in the mortal realm, you pleaded with the Heavenly Emperor on my behalf, asking the Underworld Emperor to write me a destiny of peace and happiness for the rest of my life. Thank you."
Su Rou quickly let go, "Yes... I heard you also pleaded for me, thank you."
Shao Yan said, "It was just a small favor."
Su Rou asked, "You've slept for two hundred years. Are you feeling unwell?"
"Thank you for your concern, everything is fine." Shao Yan paused for a moment, then continued, "When I woke up just now, I felt that my spiritual platform was showing signs of a breakthrough. Now, I need to go into seclusion."
Upon hearing this, Juntian and Surou dared not linger.
Jun Tian said, "Then you should close the hall and refine your essence first. We'll come back another day."
"good."
Tian Shu sat at the door to protect Shao Yan. He sat in meditation and soon felt a surge of power about to emerge. However, his mind was empty, with nothing to receive the power. Unable to find a place to release the power, it backfired and entered his body.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, touched the back of his shoulder, and discovered that the wings of his divine incarnation were gone.
Shao Yan wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and used magic to cleanse the room of the stench of blood. Just then, a voice came from outside: "This humble immortal is a celestial instructor at the Immortal Academy. Upon learning of the Divine Child's awakening, I have come to visit him!"
The Heavenly Book spoke up, urging people to leave: "The Divine Child is currently cultivating and cannot receive guests. Please come back another day!"
"this……"
The door was opened from the inside, and Shao Yan came out. "What do you want with me?"
The visitor bowed to him and then respectfully presented him with a letter. He opened it, quickly skimmed through the contents, and nodded, saying, "I understand. I will go to the Immortal Academy tomorrow."
"Thank you, Divine Child!"
Tian Shu was short and couldn't see the contents of the letter. He told him succinctly, "The school has invited me to teach tomorrow."
"They asked you to give lessons as soon as you woke up, how could you agree so easily?"
"It's alright."
The Immortal Academy teaches the children of immortals, and as a divine son, he has an unshirkable responsibility to enlighten everyone, so he was often invited to teach there in the past.
"By the way, Divine Child, weren't you about to break through? Why did you come out of seclusion so quickly?"
He hesitated for a moment, then said, "The opportunity has not yet arrived."
The Heavenly Book trusted him completely, believing everything he said without question.
The disciples of the Immortal Abode Academy learned that the Divine Child was coming to teach, and they arrived at the academy early the next morning to grab their spots.
Yong Qinxin was one of the disciples who went to the cave yesterday to welcome the birth of the divine child. He greatly admired the divine child and sat in the first seat early in the morning, respectfully waiting for the divine child to arrive.
The immortal master who taught them walked up to him and led an unfamiliar boy to him. "Qin Xin, this is a new student from the lower realm. He will be taking classes with you from now on. As his senior brother, you must help him out."
The young man was handsome, with exceptionally bright black eyes. A smile played on his lips as he greeted him, "Greetings, Senior Brother."
Yong Qinxin quickly smiled back, "Immortal Master, you must take good care of this new junior brother."
The immortal master left with peace of mind. Yong Qinxin said to the new junior brother, "My name is Yong Qinxin. New junior brother, what's your name?"
The boy's smile deepened. "My name is Lu Feng."
Yong Qinxin nodded. "Junior Brother Lu, the Divine Child will be here to give a lecture soon. Where will you sit?"
Lu Feng said, "I just arrived and haven't found a seat yet."
Yong Qinxin's seat was only big enough for one person. Normally, it would be fine to give it to this new junior brother, but since the Divine Child's teaching was a rare event that only happened once every few thousand years, he really couldn't bear to part with it.
Lu Feng seemed to sense his predicament and said understandingly, "Senior Brother Yong, there's no need to worry. I'll find a seat myself."
Yong Qinxin felt a little ashamed, "Then if you can't find a seat, remember to come and tell me..."
Lu Feng nodded in agreement, turned around and glanced around the crowded school. He walked to the very end, chose the most secluded corner to sit down, and the smile on his lips vanished instantly.
He went to the heavenly realm under false pretenses, not to listen to any nonsense lectures from divine beings.
He came to capture the King of the Underworld who had fled to the Heavenly Realm and bring him back to find the person he wanted to see.
Thinking of this, the lively and innocent eyes that Lu Feng had been filled with were now shrouded in gloom.
Suddenly, all the doors and windows of the school were closed, followed by a soft ringing of a bell, and the school was plunged into darkness.
The disciples cried out in panic, "What happened? Immortal Master, Immortal Master!"
"Please be patient." A gentle young voice came from the darkness. "This is today's lesson. Whoever can break this spell first and restore the school to its original state will be the one to teach."
They recognized the voice of the divine child, which calmed them somewhat. However, the place was so dark that they couldn't see their own hands in front of their faces, and they had no idea how to find a way to break the spell.
"Could the divine child give us a hint?"
Shao Yan, observing the entire situation from his vantage point, pondered for a moment and gave them a four-word hint: "Clear the clouds to see the sun."
Upon hearing this, Lu Feng inwardly scoffed, thinking it was nothing more than a deliberate illusion, a riddle, and a pretense of mystery.
His disciples, upon hearing the divine child's words, actually began to bury their heads in studying how to break the curse, which was utterly foolish.
His cultivation level was vastly different from these disciples; even though he couldn't see in the dark, he could still discern directions. Lu Feng didn't intend to step forward and undo the spell, knowing that the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, and if he were too conspicuous, he would inevitably attract attention.
He glanced at the disciples, each of them frowning and making no progress. He figured it would take some effort to break the illusion array. He could take this opportunity to sneak out through the array's core and search for the whereabouts of the Underworld Lord.
Lu Feng had a sword-shaped hairpin in his hair. He pulled the hairpin out and threw it into the air. The hairpin spun once in the air and then stopped in a certain place.
Lu Feng reached out and hooked the hairpin back into his hair. He stroked the hairpin and then strode away in the direction it pointed.
Just as he was about to emerge from the center of the formation, someone suddenly slammed into him from behind, knocking him down. Together, they broke through the center of the formation, and the illusionary formation vanished instantly, allowing the school to see the light again.
Yong Qinxin haphazardly tried out some spells and accidentally stumbled upon Lu Feng, which broke the formation. He groggily got up and saw the divine child standing very close to him, and froze in surprise.
Shao Yan nodded to him and said, "You saw through the formation's core; you did a great job."
Yong Qinxin blushed at the praise, "Replying to Shenzi, I just stumbled upon it by accident..."
Lu Feng was still pinned down by Yong Qinxin. Lu Feng gritted his teeth and pushed Yong Qinxin away, causing her to fall to the side with a thud, "Ouch..."
Lu Feng propped himself up on the ground, but his vision blurred. It turned out that when Yong Qinxin pushed him down, his head hit the ground hard, and the blood that flowed out rolled into his eyes.
Shao Yan looked down at the injured boy, feeling pity. She took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to the boy, saying, "Your forehead is injured."
He put down the handkerchief and withdrew his hand, but Lu Feng happened to smell a strange fragrance coming from him. The familiar scent made Lu Feng's blood boil; it was a scent that Lu Feng would never forget in his life.
Lu Feng suddenly reached out and grabbed Shao Yan's wrist. Shao Yan asked in confusion, "What is it?"
"Divine Child, please don't take it to heart! He's a disciple who just arrived today and doesn't know the rules!"
Yong Qinxin quickly interrupted Lu Feng's hand, and the strange fragrance instantly dissipated. Lu Feng desperately sniffed a few times, but he couldn't smell anything. There was no fragrance in the air, as if telling him that the strange fragrance was just an illusion caused by his deep longing.
"Let's go, let's go, we can't be disrespectful in front of the Divine Child!" Yong Qinxin pulled Lu Feng to say goodbye for the time being, "Divine Child, I'll take him down first."
"good."
As Yong Qinxin pulled Lu Feng out of the school, she warned him, "Lu Feng, what kind of person is the Divine Child? How could you possibly offend him so easily? If it weren't for the Divine Child's magnanimity and for not holding it against you, you might be in trouble right now..."
Lu Feng used a spell, and Yong Qinxin's eyes rolled back, causing her to faint.
Lu Feng wiped the blood from his forehead twice, held the handkerchief in his hand to his nose and sniffed it hard, only to smell an ordinary floral fragrance.
He angrily wiped the blood from the corner of his eye with the handkerchief, then crushed it to pieces.
Even the most ordinary and vulgar women can impersonate his butterfly.
He used a trick on Yong Qinxin, so that even if someone with a lower cultivation level passed by, they wouldn't be able to see Yong Qinxin.
Having dealt with the troublesome people, he then set out to find the whereabouts of the Underworld King.
That old ghost often resided in the underworld, and his body was filled with extremely heavy yin energy. Even though he hid in this place where immortals lived, he could not hide the aura of a corpse ghost on his body.
Following the scent, Lu Feng moved swiftly and elusively through the crowd. Soon, he found the person wearing the blue-faced, fanged mask on a pavilion.
Unaware of the danger, the Underworld King finally escaped the demon's clutches and fled to the Heavenly Realm for a few days of peace, enjoying tea and living a very pleasant life.
A hand suddenly grabbed his throat from behind. "The Underworld Lord is indeed carefree, but it was a hardship for me to come from the mortal realm to the celestial realm to capture him. It took me quite a bit of effort."
Upon hearing this voice, the Underworld Lord felt as if he were being pricked by thorns, and his teacup trembled. "The Demon Lord is truly all-powerful, even having connections to come to the Heavenly Realm."
"So please remember, Lord of the Underworld, no matter where you escape to, I will personally capture you."
The Underworld King inwardly groaned, but before he could speak, Lu Feng gripped his throat even tighter. "Go."
Hades had no choice but to leave with him.
On the banks of the River of the Underworld, wandering souls are everywhere.
Seeing Lu Feng burst in with a menacing aura, they scattered and fled in terror.
Lu Feng brought the King of the Underworld to his judgment table and forced him to turn over the Book of Life and Death.
But the Book of Life and Death had been thoroughly read by chance, and he had memorized the birth dates and times recorded on it by heart for all his reincarnations, but the name of the person in his heart was not recorded there.
The Underworld King sighed deeply, "Demon Lord, please don't make things difficult for me anymore. Lu Pianpian died two hundred years ago, and his name is no longer in the Book of Life and Death..."