Neither Ye Xishui nor Long Xiaoyao spoke as they flew.
In the end, Long Xiaoyao could not hold back. He asked her directly.
"Xishui, why did you never tell me about Yan Shaozhe?"
"Because..."
Ye Xishui fell silent for a moment, then decided to explain.
"I didn't want our child to become an Evil Soul Master everyone would hound."
At that, it was Long Xiaoyao's turn to fall silent.
He asked, puzzled, "Was he the result of that time?"
"Yes. That time."
Ye Xishui did not hide it. She nodded without hesitation.
Long Xiaoyao knew now, so there was no reason to keep it from him.
On the way to Star Luo City, she told him everything.
By the time she gave birth to their child, she had become the Leader of the Holy Spirit Cult.
If the child's parentage came to light, her identity as an Evil Soul Master would weigh on him. Worse, it would ruin Long Xiaoyao's reputation.
So she kept him secret from everyone and entrusted him to different families. Mother and son never saw each other again.
Out of guilt toward Ye Xishui, Mu En watched over the child in secret.
The child lived an ordinary life and married a woman from an ordinary family.
They loved each other all their lives and had Yan Shaozhe, who later entered Shrek Academy.
Yan Shaozhe awakened his Martial Soul, inheriting Ye Xishui's Bright Phoenix Martial Soul.
His talent earned him admission to Shrek Academy, and Mu En took him as a disciple.
When she reached this point, Ye Xishui brought up two more people: Zhongli Wu, Leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, and Vice Leader Feng Ling.
When Yan Shaozhe was young, he had met Feng Ling, whose Martial Soul was the Evil Phoenix, by chance.
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