Zi Xuan, however, was different. In order to pursue her own love, she sealed away her daughter Lin Qing'er, who was still an infant, for sixty years, preventing her from growing up.
Because the descendants of Nuwa all share a common characteristic.
Once their children reach full maturity, they will gradually absorb their spiritual power, causing them to become like mortals, losing their spiritual power and slowly aging until death.
Zi Xuan sealed her daughter away so that she could be with Xu Changqing.
Xu Changqing was her lover in her third life, and also the reincarnation of Lin Qing'er's father, Lin Yeping.
Lin Yeping was her lover in her second life, and at the same time, Lin Yeping was the reincarnation of her lover in her first life.
Her love story spanning three lifetimes has touched countless people.
Her stubbornness and persistence in believing that "my fate is in my own hands," as well as her unwavering spirit in pursuing love, are unforgettable.
Unfortunately, fate played a cruel trick on her. Faced with the destiny of the Nuwa clan to sacrifice their lives for the sake of all living beings, she had no choice but to submit. She transferred the inner core she had cultivated with the Water Spirit Pearl to Xu Changqing so that he could become an immortal. In the end, she sacrificed her life to seal the Demon Locking Tower.
"Qing'er, I've come to take you back to the palace. Let's go!"
The Witch King walked towards Lin Qing'er, gently took her arm, and took the initiative to show that he wanted to reconcile with her.
Lin Qing'er, being rather naive, immediately forgave the Witch King and, holding her daughter Zhao Ling'er's hand, left the prison together.
When she walked out of the cell, she saw many familiar faces and greeted them one by one.
Finally, her gaze fell on Li Yao and Xiao Bai, and she asked in confusion, "Who are you?"
"Oh, let me introduce you."
"This is Young Hero Li, and this is his wife. They are the ones who exposed Baiyue's conspiracy, eliminated Baiyue, and even helped us solve the flood problem."
The Witch King quickly gave a brief explanation.
"Bai Yue is dead?"
"The flood problem has been resolved?"
Lin Qing'er was surprised.
Bai Yue's magical power is extremely strong, and even she is very wary of it.
Moreover, Baiyue also kept a water demon beast.
In fact, Lin Qing'er's cultivation level was not particularly high; compared to her mother Zi Xuan, the gap was too great.
This may be related to the fact that she was sealed away by her mother for sixty years.
If it weren't for the bloodline of Nuwa within her, she would probably have died at Baiyue's hands long ago, and it would have been impossible for her to seal the Water Demon Beast.
Now, even though she didn't turn into a stone statue like in the original story.
However, once Zhao Ling'er's mind matures, her spiritual power will be absorbed by Zhao Ling'er, turning her into a mortal, and ultimately she will not escape death.
"That's right, I've already killed Baiyue, and as for the water demon beast that caused this great flood, I've also killed it."
Li Yao nodded and said.
He concealed the fact that he had kidnapped the water monster.
"Mother, Big Brother is really amazing. He has promised Ling'er that he will take Ling'er as his disciple and teach Ling'er magic."
Little Zhao Ling'er said with a look of admiration.
"And Anu, Big Brother also agreed to take Anu as his apprentice."
Little Anu quickly shouted.
Lin Qing'er glanced at the Witch King, seemingly seeking confirmation of this matter from him.
The Witch King nodded and said, "Young Master Li has indeed agreed to take Ling'er and Anu as his disciples."
"In that case, I'll trouble you, young hero Li."
Lin Qing'er said gratefully.
The fact that Li Yao was able to eliminate Baiyue and kill the Water Demon Beast demonstrates that his magical power was extremely profound.
With Li Yao teaching Ling'er magic, Ling'er's cultivation will definitely surpass hers in the future.
Later, when Ling'er grows up, she will be able to protect herself.
She no longer needs to worry about Ling'er!
After leaving the dungeon, the group returned to the palace.
To thank Li Yao and Xiao Bai, the Witch King held a grand banquet in the palace to entertain them.
Li Yao and Xiao Bai did not refuse.
At the banquet, Li Yao and Xiao Bai received the highest level of treatment.
Because Li Yao agreed to take Xiao Zhao Ling'er and Xiao Anu as his disciples.
Therefore, he and Xiaobai temporarily stayed in the palace of the King of Nanzhao, teaching Xiao Zhao Ling'er and Xiao Anu magic.
Like Liu Jinyuan and Lin Yueru, the martial arts technique that Li Yao taught Zhao Ling'er and Anu was also his own creation, "Wuji Maha".
This "Wuji Maha" has been further optimized by him, making it even more powerful.
In addition, Zhao Ling'er and Anu are both exceptionally intelligent, especially Zhao Ling'er, who, as a descendant of Nuwa, is more precocious than ordinary people.
Moreover, he also received personal guidance from Li Yao.
Therefore, their cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds, and they soon became some of the top experts in the Southern Shao Kingdom.
Chapter 557 Gathering the Five Elemental Pearls
During their temporary stay at the Nanzhao Royal Palace, Li Yao and Xiao Bai received the highest level of treatment from the Nanzhao Kingdom.
From the sorcerer king of Nanzhao to the ordinary people of Nanzhao, everyone held Li Yao and Xiaobai in high esteem and regarded them as gods.
While Li Yao was training Xiao Zhao Ling'er and Xiao Anu, he and Xiao Bai traveled around Nanzhao Kingdom, experiencing the local customs and culture of the southern frontier.
Of course, he did not forget the purpose of his trip to southern Xinjiang.
During this time, he and Xiaobai took a trip to Dali City.
In the Sacred Tree Forest, they obtained the Wind Spirit Orb from the Golden-Winged Phoenix.
Incidentally, he also tricked the Golden-Winged Phoenix out of a phoenix egg.
He used his spiritual power to hatch a phoenix from the phoenix egg and placed it in his ring space to raise it.
In the Qilin Cave, he defeated the Qilin Elder and snatched the Fire Spirit Orb from the Qilin Elder's hand.
At this point, he had obtained all five elemental pearls.
First, he made a copy of the Wind Spirit Orb and then disassembled it.
Spiritual energy +9999!
Divine Soul +9999!
Sweeping away the clouds*1!
Wind Spirit Orb Soul *1!
Like other spirit orbs, it not only contains a large amount of spiritual energy and divine soul, but also comes with a wind-type spell called "Wind Sweeping Away Clouds".
Then, he made a copy of the Fire Spirit Orb and disassembled it.
Spiritual energy +9999!
Divine Soul +9999!
Wildfire*1!
Fire Spirit Orb Soul *1!
The Fire Spirit Orb comes with a fire-type spell called "Wildfire".
Now that Li Yao has gathered the souls of the five spirit pearls, he can integrate them into the ring space.
So he began to merge according to the system's prompts.
A moment later, he opened his eyes and a smile appeared on his face.
"Finally, the souls of the Five Elemental Pearls have been integrated into the ring space!"
At this moment, he could sense that a new rule of heaven and earth had been added to the ring space.
Moreover, he could sense that there were changes in five places in the space.
In a mountain where earth-elemental spiritual energy is particularly abundant, earth-elemental spiritual energy is constantly gathering together and condensing into a tiny bead.
In a body of water with a high concentration of water-based spiritual energy, the water-based spiritual energy is constantly gathering together and condensing into a small bead.
...
According to the system's prompts, ten years later, these five small beads will absorb a large amount of the five kinds of spiritual energy in the space and form the Five Spirit Beads.
At that time, Li Yao can take out the Five Elemental Pearls and absorb them to quickly improve his cultivation.
In this way, he can save a lot of cultivation time.
After these five spirit orbs are taken away, the ring space will automatically generate five more spirit orbs.
This cycle repeats itself!
This is equivalent to providing Li Yao with a continuous supply of rare and precious natural resources.
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Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhao Ling'er is now sixteen years old, and has grown from a cute little girl into a graceful young woman.
Anu is fourteen years old!
Over the past decade, under Li Yao's tutelage, their cultivation has far surpassed that of Baiyue and the Witch Queen at their peak.
Moreover, because the Witch Queen Lin Qing'er's daughter was mentally mature, all of her Nuwa spiritual power was absorbed by Zhao Ling'er.
Therefore, Lin Qing'er is now just like an ordinary person, and no longer possesses any of Nuwa's spiritual power.