Chapter 580 - Worry About Personal Gains and Losses (1/2)
Yu Xiaocao rubbed at her forehead, which was faintly sore, and rolled her eyes at him. She continued to converse with the little divine stone, [This divine stone also cannot guarantee whether he’ll change or not. The only thing I am certain about is that he is solely preoccupied with you. Couldn’t you tell that he’s been helping you hide everything that you’ve been secretly doing at the stud farm ah? He even said that he got the special herbs for the horse bait from the western hemisphere. Just watch. This time, when we get back, he will definitely say something to take suspicions off of you about the wild horses being willing to come to the ranch. In fact, he might even take on that responsibility himself.]
Yu Xiaocao touched her nose and smiled in embarra.s.sment, “I’m the one who’s thinking too much. I can’t, for the sake of some unknown future, relinquish the happiness I have in front of me now. Wouldn’t that be too stupid of me?”
[However, if you’re truly worried that his heart will change in the future, this divine stone has a ‘constant til death’ talisman. At the time, I had stolen it from the G.o.d of Talismans in the heavens. That fellow even chased me to G.o.ddess Nuwa’s palace and wanted to complain to her about me ah! Fortunately, G.o.ddess Nuwa was in closed-door cultivation then and I was the highest ranked ent.i.ty in the palace. The G.o.d of Talismans could only helplessly leave, ahahahahahaha…] The little divine stone let out a joyfully satisfied laugh.
“No wonder the G.o.ddess of Spirits ended up sealing your powers and banished you to the mundane world! You’re so naughty. Did G.o.ddess Nuwa know about any of this?” Yu Xiaocao lowered her head to look at a piece of yellowing paper with weird symbols written on it that had suddenly appeared in her hands. She inspected it excitedly, mostly because she had never seen a talisman before and was incredibly curious about them. She had no intention of using it on Zhu Junyang though.
The little divine stone immediately stopped laughing and became unhappy, [Can’t you just converse with me normally? Mocking someone is uncouth; it’s better to use your mouth to acc.u.mulate virtue ah! Forget it, this divine stone is generous and magnanimous, and I won’t lower myself to your level. You can keep this talisman. If there’s ever a day that he changes his mind, you can slap this talisman on his back. That way, you will never have to worry about him betraying you!]
If that day really did come, perhaps it meant that their fate together had come to an end, right? If he was only loyal towards her because of the effects of the talisman and not of his own will, was it even worth it to keep such a person by her side ah?
Zhu Junyang had also noticed that a piece of yellowing paper had suddenly appeared in her hands. The paper even had some odd-looking designs on it painted on with red ink. His intuition told him that this wasn’t something that was going to be good for people. Furthermore, the little la.s.s was looking at it intently with a quite serious expression on her face.
“What is that? Did that rock give it to you? Will it be dangerous to you? How about...you give to this prince for safekeeping. I have a healthy body and I’m not afraid of anything!” Zhu Junyang was the most worried about her safety and always considered her perspective.
Yu Xiaocao picked up the paper talisman and waved it a couple of times in his direction. She lightly laughed and asked him in a probing manner, “If I told you that this paper talisman will make you loyal to me for the rest of your life, such that you will never change your mind, do you think I should paste it on you or not?”
“This prince has no intention of ever changing my mind. There’s no difference whether or not you put it on me. If you really are feeling insecure, then put it on ah! However…” Zhu Junyang revealed a slightly worried expression.
Yu Xiaocao felt her heart fall and she inhaled sharply before she asked, “But what? Do you regret what you’ve said in the past?”
“Of course not! La.s.s, you just like to overthink things too much!” Zhu Junyang rubbed her head gently and laughed, “This prince is only worried about whether such a thing is reliable or not, okay? What if it turns me into an idiot or an unthinking puppet? At that time, you can only cry until you have no tears left in you!”
“It’s definitely reliable. It’s an item from the world of immortals, so its effects are guaranteed!” Yu Xiaocao was linked to the little divine stone, so they were in the same boat together. The little divine stone absolutely wouldn't lie to her.
“An item from the world of immortals?” Zhu Junyang promptly viewed this piece of paper in a whole other light, “From what you're saying, then that piece of stone you hang around with is also from the world of immortals and you just happened to come across it?”
“Mhm! Its cultivation and powers were sealed by a G.o.d and it was sent down to our mundane world of mortals to temper itself and acc.u.mulate virtue. Only then will it be able to break out from its shackles and return to its true form!” Didn’t all of the cultivation novels say something like this ah? Yu Xiaocao gave the prince a half-false and half-truthful explanation.
The little divine stone, on the other hand, fell into thoughtful contemplation. Was that truly the intention of the G.o.ddess of Spirits? The G.o.ddess of Spirits had always been close to G.o.ddess Nuwa like a pair of true sisters. All those years ago, it had caused quite a bit of trouble for G.o.ddess Nuwa and offended many people. The other immortals often came charging over to tattle-tale on it and ended up impacting G.o.ddess Nuwa’s cultivation progress. After it had been kicked out of the world of immortals, it had been stuck in a bottleneck for a long time.
The G.o.ddess of Spirits must have seen everything clearly, which was probably why she sent it, who was stubborn and mule-headed, down to the mundane world to temper its heart and spirit. Was it possible that only after it learned these hard lessons, its cultivation would increase by bounds and it could return back as a high-leveled G.o.d? Aiya, even a mere mortal was able to see through to the truth yet it had held a grudge against the G.o.ddess of Spirits for all these years. No wonder its recent cultivation progress had been so slow and tortuous ah!
Once it understood its situation better with Xiaocao’s ‘advice’ and realized the G.o.ddess of Spirits' true intentions, it began to reflect on itself. Suddenly, it felt that, out of the three shackles suppressing it, one of them had been broken. The energy that the G.o.ddess of Spirits had imbued into that shackle began to harmonize with its own and began to stimulate its stagnant cultivation. In a split second, it felt its energy increase by leaps and bounds. It didn’t even have the time to say a parting word to Xiaocao when it jumped back into its separate s.p.a.ce to begin earnestly cultivating again. It could tell that, once it finished this episode of closed-door cultivation, it would be able to return to almost half of its previous strength!