Bei Yuan looked quietly at Meng Qingying, offering no answer for a long while.
Meng Qingying did not press him. She had never expected him to answer outright—if he meant to hide it, how could one question possibly make him tell the truth?
She merely felt that they could talk.
First, after their battle, Heavenly Being had swooped in and plucked the peach. They should not remain deadlocked, but seek the possibility of cooperation elsewhere.
Second... her relationship with this old monk was rather subtle.
She was E'Zhuo. E'Zhuo was a new form born after the Phoenix Emperor had degenerated and become steeped in Netherworld Intent over a long period.
Why had she degenerated?
According to Liusu, if the Phoenix Emperor wished to evolve the six paths of reincarnation, she would have needed to personally merge with the six paths. The Phoenix Emperor had not gone to such extremes, but she had still stripped away her own laws of reincarnation, blended several innate treasures together, and created the Reincarnation Disk in the hope of evolving the six paths through it.
After the Netherworld collapsed, the Reincarnation Disk shattered and fell to the bottom of Kunlun. After remaining beside the World Evolution Lotus for so long, it unexpectedly awakened its own spirituality and transformed into human form.
Strictly speaking, Bei Yuan could almost be considered a life created by Meng Qingying in her previous life...
Setting that aside, merely speaking of Bei Yuan's abilities, the foundation of Buddhism's path of reincarnation had originated from the Phoenix Emperor's gift. E'Zhuo, having lost the laws of reincarnation, could no longer be reborn directly through fire. She had needed the aid of those phoenix feathers to reincarnate as a human and cultivate anew, becoming the Meng Qingying of today.
If Bei Yuan returned the