Chapter 2636

The Immortal Emperor said nothing more. He simply pulled Ding Chengpei along, saying, "I am truly jealous of your master. Look how steady you are at such a young age. I wonder what kind of luck your master had to find such a good disciple."

"It is my good luck to have met Master and Mistress," Ding Chengpei said, still protective of his masters. "Without them, I would have been buried alive like my parents."

Ding Chengpei was deeply grateful to her masters. Although Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi had passed by that place by coincidence, and saving her was also a coincidence, to her, it was an absolute debt of gratitude. No matter what, she had etched this kindness into her heart.

The Immortal Emperor looked at Ding Chengpei and nodded slightly. "You are a grateful child. Study hard under your master, and you will surely have a bright future."

Ding Chengpei hummed in agreement. "My first wish was to find my enemy and destroy him. Now that the enemy is gone, that wish is fulfilled. So, it is my second wish. I wish to study and cultivate diligently under my master, to become a useful person in the future."

"Hmm, I believe you can do it." The Immortal Emperor rubbed Ding Chengpei’s head. "Now I am even more jealous of your master. How can there be such an obedient child? What kind of luck did your master have to meet such a good child?"

Ding Chengpei was slightly stunned. "It should be my good luck to have met Master, right?"

"I think it is your master’s luck. Come, let’s go ask your master for a gift." The Immortal Emperor said directly.

Ding Chengpei blinked, surprised. Was this reason for asking for a gift a bit strange?

The Immortal Emperor brought Ding Chengpei back to the thatched hut and really did ask Yan Aohan for a gift. Of course, he asked for Meng Po's soup.

Yan Aohan looked expressionlessly at the Immortal Emperor, who stretched out his hand with a sense of entitlement. He said nothing. Since he had plenty of Meng Po's soup anyway, he simply tossed two boxes to him.

"Your wife gave me ten boxes last time, and you only give two? That’s too stingy," the Immortal Emperor said, looking at Yan Aohan.

"Your reason for asking for a gift is too bizarre. If it weren’t for our past friendship, do you think I would give you two boxes? I wouldn’t give you a single bottle," Yan Aohan said calmly.

The Immortal Emperor thought about his reason. It was indeed a bit strange, but he said nothing. After all, even if it was less, every little bit helped. So, he accepted it directly.

Yan Aohan then looked at Ding Chengpei. "Now that the Daoist is dead, your enemy is gone. Do you still have any regrets in your heart?"

Ding Chengpei thought for a moment. "Master, can I say goodbye to my parents?"

Yan Aohan paused for a moment. "Yes. Tonight, I will send them into reincarnation. You can come and say goodbye to them."

"Thank you, Master." Ding Chengpei bowed deeply.

Zhu Yanyi came out with a tray. "Come, everyone is done with their work, so come eat small wontons. One bowl per person, no extras."

When Ding Chengpei saw Zhu Yanyi, she took out the seeds of the Longevity Wood and handed them to her. "Mistress, these are the seeds from that old tree. I don’t know how to cultivate it. Uncle said you understand, so I give them to you."

Zhu Yanyi took them and looked at the seeds. "Longevity Wood? You mean that old tree is actually Longevity Wood?"

"Yes." Ding Chengpei answered seriously.

Zhu Yanyi put them away. "Longevity Wood is indeed helpful to cultivators. No wonder that Daoist targeted your Ding Family Village. However, unless the Longevity Wood itself agrees, even if she stole it, it would be useless."

The Immortal Emperor added from the side, "Exactly. One must swallow the karma one creates. This Daoist harmed the entire Ding Family Village because of the Longevity Wood, forcing the innocent Longevity Wood to bear karma. It could only choose this way to start over. Fortunately, the Longevity Wood has now ended this segment of karma. Otherwise, even with this method, it would have been struck down by lightning tribulation in the end."

Any plant that becomes spiritual will face tribulation clouds. The power of these clouds increases or decreases based on their karma.

Although the incident in Ding Family Village was not directly caused by the Longevity Wood, it was triggered by it. Therefore, it had borne karma. If it had chosen to start over without resolving this karma, the Heavenly Dao would have intensified the power of the tribulation clouds during its spiritual transformation. The likely result would have been failing to pass the tribulation and vanishing into nothingness.

Fortunately, the Longevity Wood had now resolved this karma. Most importantly, the resolution was very clean, and it knew that the people of Ding Family Village had descendants. Thus, its karma became minimal, allowing it to start over properly.

Zhu Yanyi naturally understood that the Longevity Wood had innocently borne this karma. After thinking for a moment, she placed it in her Ruyi Space. In the space, it could at least grow up successfully. Moreover, with Zhu Yanyi’s care, the Heavenly Dao would show some leniency, reducing the power of the tribulation lightning slightly.

They had just finished talking about the Daoist when Yu Yinuo and Zhu Zhibin entered with a person.

Without introduction, Zhu Yanyi could guess this person must be the City Lord of Tianpu City.

The City Lord of Tianpu City looked quite clear-headed now. Zhu Zhibin came in and said, "Sister, I have brought the person. Please help cure the City Lord."

Zhu Yanyi glanced at Zhu Zhibin. "I thought you would be a few days late. I didn’t expect you to bring her so quickly. It seems you worked hard this time."

Zhu Zhibin replied, "Sister, this time it was really a coincidence."

Originally, Zhu Zhibin and the others didn’t know what to do. After thinking it over, they decided to check the kitchen first. They happened to see soup being stewed there. Hearing the chefs’ tone, they realized the soup was for the City Lord of Tianpu City. So, they found an opportunity to throw the Soul-Stealing Pill Zhu Yanyi had given them into the soup. Then, they carefully followed behind until they saw the City Lord drink the soup and wake up. Only then did they appear.

Of course, the process wasn’t complicated to describe. The main challenge was controlling the timing and waiting. Fortunately, everything developed in a good direction.

After the City Lord heard the news brought by Zhu Zhibin and the others, he voluntarily came here with them.

After taking the City Lord’s pulse, Zhu Yanyi said, "That evil cultivator was likely a Gu cultivator. There is an evil Gu in your body, simply named Puppet Gu. It turns you into their puppet. To be honest, you are lucky, City Lord. According to the Gu worm’s plan, in forty days, you would have become a puppet with no thoughts of your own. They could use your appearance and identity to do whatever they wanted."

Hearing this, anger flashed in the eyes of the City Lord of Tianpu City. "If I had known, I shouldn’t have saved that woman back then."