By Imperial Decree, Establish a Religion

"Tell me, could it be because you didn't attend Chu Yuan's Supreme Ceremony, and he's held a grudge against you?" Xifeng let his imagination run wild.

He had gone himself, though he had been anything but conspicuous.

He had merely made up the numbers for a while before returning straight to the Elf Clan...

"My Lord is joking. Chu Yuan isn't that kind of person..." Ivy forced a smile, yet unease stirred in her heart as well. Could Chu Yuan really have come to demand an explanation?

Given her friendship with Chu Yuan, when he advanced, she should have gone to offer her congratulations, whether out of reason or sentiment.

But Ivy had feared that once she saw Chu Yuan, she would not be able to stop herself from asking him to help revive her mother...

Chu Yuan had never told her that the Elf Queen's soul had not yet dispersed...

"Then what do you think... it could be?"

Before the words had even faded, before Ivy could answer, a teasing voice sounded from outside the hall. "Well, well, Xifeng. I've only just arrived, and I hear you speaking ill of me!

What crime should you be charged with?"

Xifeng jolted, and then the hall doors were pushed open.

"Greetings, Supreme... Queen!?"

"Mother... Mother!?"

Ivy stared at the figure beside Chu Yuan in delighted disbelief, then flung herself forward.

The Queen pinched Ivy's cheek, her eyes crinkling with laughter. "You've grown this strong already. Well done..."

Chu Yuan and Xifeng exchanged a glance, then silently withdrew.

Leaving the space to the mother and daughter, reunited after so long...

"Disciple Yi Meng pays respects to Patriarch!"

In the blink of an eye, three years had passed since the Supreme Ceremony ended. Yi Meng came as promised to pay her respects