"Really?" Nie Lanzhi asked.
"Really!" Nie Lanxin nodded, sounding somewhat impatient.
Nie Lanzhi slowly lowered the short sword. It transformed into profound energy and merged into her body. She asked cautiously, "Sister, why did you bring us to the Southern Wilderness? How about we go back?"
Nie Lanxin gazed southward, a distant air in her eyes. "Once we pass this border city, we will have completely left the borders of the Yulan Empire. Travel farther south through twelve Low-Level Civilizations, and we will enter the boundless Southern Wilderness. In the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen's memories, there is an ancient Secret Cave hidden in that wilderness, concealing an immense secret."
Nie Lanzhi was somewhat startled. "Why have I never heard the Sect Master mention it?"
A cold expression entered Nie Lanxin's eyes. "That was the Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen's greatest secret, because she emerged from that Secret Cave herself. If I can find it, perhaps I might find an opportunity within to break through to the Heaven-Man Realm. Come on! We continue our journey!"
"Xiao Ling'er, let's go too!" Nie Lanzhi took Xiao Ling'er's hand and continued following behind Nie Lanxin.
Xiao Ling'er was barefoot. She raised her head, her round eyes fixed on Nie Lanzhi. "Can I call you Little Mother?"
"Call me Sister!" Nie Lanzhi lightly pursed her lips, finding that form of address rather strange.
"Then I'll still call you Little Mother," Xiao Ling'er said.
Nie Lanzhi was rather helpless. "Why?"
"Because you are younger than my mother," Xiao Ling'er said.
Nie Lanzhi stammered, "There are simply far too many women in the world younger than your mother. Wouldn't that mean you have countless Little Mothers?"
"There are countless women in the world younger than my mother, but only one Little Mother treats Xiao Ling'er well