The long wind fell silent. Yun Huang stared wordlessly at the path to the Netherworld, along which he had taken only two steps. His deep, imposing golden pupils widened slightly for once, growing somewhat round.
Somewhat stunned, he murmured, "Mother, you don't want to see me?"
The one barring Yun Huang from entering the Ghost Realm was none other than his birth mother, Yun Si.
The passage to the Netherworld, unfurled for some time now, disappeared into the distant void. Ghostly energy hung heavily at its far end. Yun Huang gazed into the distance with a complicated expression.
Qing Kitty and Little Radiant Chick crouched side by side. Little Radiant Chick stared at Yun Huang without blinking its beady eyes. Hm? Did this man's face just twitch?
"Chirp?" Little Radiant Chick turned its head.
"Meow~" Qing Kitty nodded cheerfully.
A vein at Yun Huang's temple had indeed throbbed abruptly. All his pent-up frustration, impossible to articulate, had been concealed in that momentary twitch.
Then Yun Huang gritted his teeth, silently lifted his leg, and took his third step.
Boom!
Sure enough, the instant his foot landed, boundless memories came rolling over him like a tide again.
Yun Huang: "..."
"Very good. Very. Good."
"As. Long. As. You're. Happy, Mother."
Heaven Beyond Heaven abruptly receded before his eyes, and scenes from Ten Thousand Ages ago once again filled his vision.
"Meow?" Qing Kitty looked up in confusion. Why had it sounded as though it had just heard the noise it usually made when grinding its teeth?
If the brotherly relationship between Yun Qing and Ji Huang during this period had to be described, it could probably be summed up as: zero.
It hadn't fallen into negative numbers, but it couldn't be rated any higher, either.
Yun Si had personally declared