Mu Feng's voice made the boy's body stiffen instantly, while his own eyes filled with a tangled swirl of emotions.
He would never forget how, back then, he had been nothing more than an ordinary, down-on-his-luck hunter in the Northern Spirit Realm. Just as he was about to die in the jaws of a Spirit Beast, that figure, like an immortal descended to earth, had saved him with ease.
Afterward, Qing Yanjing had even given him some guidance, allowing an unremarkable Spirit Wheel Realm cultivator like him to reach the Divine Soul Realm in just a few days. Later, it was only through the few resources Qing Yanjing had left behind that Mu Feng had managed to cultivate to the Heaven-Merging Realm, become one of the foremost experts in the Northern Spirit Realm, and build a substantial estate.
Although they had spent only a few short days together, this woman's peerless grace had been branded into Mu Feng's heart, never to fade for the rest of his life. But when he saw the Black-Clad Youth standing beside the fairy he had yearned for day and night, a sense of loss instantly flooded his entire body. Despite being a Heaven-Merging Realm cultivator, he suddenly felt as though all his strength had been drained away.
"M-my mother..."
The boy stood rooted to the spot, his body stiff and his eyes reddening, as the Woman in Blue, like an immortal descended to earth, slowly approached him.
"Chen'er, I'm your mother. You've suffered so much all these years!"
Qing Yanjing's beautiful eyes reddened as she reached out a slender, delicate hand and gently stroked the boy's head.
"A-are you really my mother?"
Disbelief appeared on the boy's face, but the familiar resonance in his blood told him clearly that the gentle, graceful woman before