Chapter 36
"What? This is impossible, it's impossible." Song Ruohai's eyes suddenly lost focus. Song Chaoyun was the successor he had painstakingly cultivated, but now they were saying his son was dead?
Tian Yuelan, after looking around without finding her daughter, became anxious as well. She first inquired with several Tian family disciples who had entered the secret realm, and they all said they hadn't seen anything. Then her gaze shifted to Song Zhixia. Her son had gone to the secret realm to get close to Song Zhixia, so she asked, "Did Brother Song's daughter see my son and daughter?"
Song Ruohai's gaze slightly regained focus. "Zhixia, did you see the son of Head Tian?"
Song Zhixia cast a cold glance at Song Ruohai. "I haven't seen him."
Tian Yuelan immediately became anxious. "It's impossible. Why did you all come out? Where are my son and daughter? Also, I and Head Song agreed that our children should cultivate their relationship. How could they not be together?"
"We don't know. The secret realm is vast, and even the Song family has lost many disciples this time. It's normal to have casualties." Song Weizhi, holding Song Zhixia's hand, said indifferently.
"What's your attitude? It seems I need to teach you a lesson on behalf of Head Song." With that, Tian Yuelan unexpectedly slapped towards Song Weizhi.
Song Weizhi pushed Song Zhixia away with one hand and effortlessly delivered a palm strike with the other.
Song Weizhi's lips curled up in a smile. She had easily dealt with the palm strike. After receiving it, she looked mockingly at Tian Yuelan, who had a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth.
Seeing Tian Yuelan spitting blood, Song Weizhi raised an eyebrow. "Apologies, Head Tian. I might have used a bit too much force." However, there was no hint of apology in her tone.
Tian Yuelan had used full strength in that palm strike, but she hadn't expected Song Weizhi to make her spit blood. She touched her chest and said, "Head Song has indeed taught an excellent disciple."
Song Ruohai's mind was in chaos at the moment. He originally wanted to have a double celebration, but now everything was messed up. His son's life or death was uncertain, and the son and daughter of the Tian family were also missing.
"Head Tian, our top priority is to find the people. Let's talk about other matters later." Song Ruohai regained some composure at this moment. As long as he didn't see Song Chaoyun's body, he would continue searching.
Tian Yuelan thought for a moment and agreed. Besides, she couldn't defeat Song Weizhi in a fight anyway. It was better to find her daughter and son first. "Humph, disciples of the Tian Family, quickly go and search together."
"Yes, disciples obey." The disciples of the Tian Family, along with those of the Song Family, began to search the back mountain. Zhao Fei also instructed his disciples to help in the search.
Zhao Xuankun instructed two Song Family disciples, Xu Wenyuan, and Liang Qin that the matters inside the secret realm should be kept secret. Everyone understood.
Seeing that there was nothing for them to do, Song Weizhi said to Song Ruohai, "Head, we'll go back and rest."
Song Ruohai felt a headache looking at her. Since he couldn't deal with Song Weizhi, he decided to ignore her. Song Weizhi was delighted with this and, holding Song Zhixia's hand flew back to her courtyard on the sword.
As if sensing something, Wei Zhao had been waiting at the entrance of the courtyard. When she saw Song Weizhi, she immediately said, "Mistress, you're finally back."
Song Weizhi smiled and said, "Aren't I standing well here? Look, I returned intact." While they were joking, Wei Zhao felt a bit cold and noticed that Song Zhixia, the future Dao Companion, was staring at her. She took two steps back before speaking, "Miss Song, hello."
Song Zhixia responded with a smile, as if she hadn't been staring at Wei Zhao just now.
Wei Zhao felt that it was better not to stay here. "Um, Mistress, you and Miss Song should go back to the room and rest. I won't disturb you. It's good to see you both safe." After saying that, she ran back to her room.
Song Weizhi followed Song Zhixia back to her room. When Song Weizhi entered the room, she had already set up a barrier. But now, seeing Song Zhixia blush, Song Weizhi knew that the little girl was thinking in the wrong direction again. Unable to resist teasing her, she said, "Why is Xia Xia's face red? Let Senior Sister take a look."
Song Weizhi stepped forward with a smile.
Song Zhixia's peach blossom eyes trembled, and when she looked up at Song Weizhi, her ears were almost bleeding. "No, not red. Um, Senior Sister, why didn't you go back to your room?"
"Isn't it because Xia Xia felt that we weren't close enough in the secret realm?" Song Weizhi said, taking another step forward. Song Zhixia's back was against the table, and she nervously gripped the edge of the table with both hands.
"I didn't say it wasn't close enough?" Song Zhixia's heart was pounding. She secretly glanced at Song Weizhi's expression. Could it be that her Senior Sister wanted to kiss her again?
"Then who was crying in my arms in the secret realm?" Song Weizhi said and even used the back of her finger to scrape Song Zhixia's cheek.
The peachy color on Song Zhixia's face deepened. She tightened the hand gripping the edge of the table behind her, feeling both shy and faintly anticipating that Song Weizhi would do something more.
Seeing that the little girl was too shy to speak, Song Weizhi naturally let her go. She chuckled and said, "Alright, I was just teasing you. This is what I found on that dead dragon. Take a look."
Saying this, she handed the dragon-shaped jade pendant to Song Zhixia. Song Zhixia took the jade pendant and examined it. She couldn't see anything special compared to an ordinary jade pendant and asked with some confusion, "Senior Sister, what kind of spiritual treasure is this? I can't see anything."
Taking the jade pendant from her hand, Song Weizhi said, "It contains fragments of your Soul. The little chick is not just an ordinary chick."
Song Zhixia was puzzled. "Then what is the little chick?"
"When you collect all your Soul Fragment, the little chick will transform into the ancient divine beast, the Nine-Tailed Profound Phoenix. The reason your spirit root was half-spirit root before might be closely related to the incomplete Soul Fragments." Song Weizhi explained.
"But what if these fall into someone else's hands?"
"This thing can not only enhance your strength, but if someone else refines the fragments into their Soul, their cultivation speed will soar, and the Soul will also undergo a significant improvement. So, it's better to be safe than sorry. I plan to refine these Soul Fragments into your Soul now." Song Weizhi smiled and said.
Song Zhixia, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, stared straight at Song Weizhi. "But, Senior Sister, you obtained this at great risk, and it also helps in your cultivation. I can't accept it. You should refine it yourself."
"I found this for you. Are you trying to make me give it to another girl?" Song Weizhi said playfully.
"Senior Sister, I'm not joking with you. This precious thing, I can't accept it. Keep it for yourself." Song Zhixia looked at Song Weizhi seriously.
Song Weizhi said softly, "I'm also serious with Xia Xia. I found these Soul Fragments for you. Xia Xia, just accept them, okay?" As she spoke, she also touched the little girl's head.
"But, but…" Song Zhixia was at a loss for words for a moment. Senior Sister giving her such a precious thing directly? She owed Senior Sister too much; how could she ever repay her?
"Don't say 'but.' I'm giving it to my little girl. Xia Xia, you're not allowed to refuse. Xia Xia, sit down. I'll integrate the Soul Fragments into your body." Saying this, Song Weizhi pressed the little girl's shoulders and made her sit down.
Song Weizhi raised her right hand and used a finger technique to infuse spiritual qi into the jade pendant. She then extracted the Soul Fragments from the jade pendant and slowly transferred them into Song Zhixia's consciousness. Song Weizhi gradually used spiritual qi to merge these fragments with Song Zhixia's previous Soul. After half an hour, Song Weizhi withdrew her spiritual qi.
"How do you feel now, Xia Xia?" Song Weizhi smiled at the well-behaved girl sitting on the stool.
At this moment, Song Zhixia felt that the spiritual qi in her body seemed more vigorous, and her body also felt lighter than before.
"Let the little chick out and see." Song Weizhi smiled and suggested. She was also curious about what the clown chick looked like after finding a Soul Fragment.
Following her suggestion, Song Zhixia released the chick. The chick, which was originally the size of a fist, had now doubled in size. Its virtual feathers were also slightly lighter than before.
The chick was a bit stunned when it was suddenly released. It immediately ran to Song Zhixia's feet, rubbing its chicken head against Song Zhixia's shins. Song Zhixia, amused, crouched down and touched the chicken's head.
"Senior Sister, the little chick has doubled in size." Song Zhixia joyfully said. Not only had its body grown larger, but even its previously slender chicken legs had become more robust.
"Well, let's see what skills the chick can use now. Little chick, breathe fire." Song Weizhi smiled and poked the clown chick's cheek.
The clown chick, which had gotten used to seeing Song Weizhi and was treated well by her, had already regarded Song Weizhi as its own. It obediently sprayed out a flame. Although it wasn't very large, it was much stronger than the tiny flame it could produce before.
"The chick is amazing." Song Weizhi praised while holding the clown chick and playing with it.
The chick didn't get angry and allowed Song Weizhi to play with it. From time to time, it would use its little head to rub against Song Weizhi's fingers.
Watching all this, Song Zhixia felt a bit sour. Why didn't her Senior Sister touch her? Thinking of her jealousy towards the clown chick, Song Zhixia quickly shook her head, trying to drive these messy thoughts out of her mind.