After the spiritual energy was restored: Goddess girlfriends came knocking.

The women stared wide-eyed.

Jian Li spoke, her tone full of astonishment.

"What is meant by... the spirit of the Land of Nothingness?"

Ji Ning scratched her head, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Hmm...it's a spirit!"

"Oh dear! I can't quite explain it!"

She patted her head.

"Ask Xiaoling!"

Then Ji Ning seemed to suddenly remember this, her eyebrows furrowed and her lips pouted.

"Xiao Ling is too timid."

"Really."

Lin Chu didn't speak.

He had a bold guess in his mind, and now he could no longer suppress his curiosity.

With a wave of his hand, the phoenix carriage appeared before everyone.

"Let's go inside and talk."

Ji Ning cheered and, holding Gun Gun, climbed onto the phoenix carriage.

Qinglian hesitated for a moment, then stood still.

She glanced at Ji Ning, then at Lin Chu, unsure whether she should follow them.

Lin Chuchao nodded to her.

Qinglian breathed a sigh of relief and jogged after him.

Jian Li snorted and raised her chin.

Throughout the journey, her relationship with Qinglian was the best.

Now that they know the other party has been hiding a lot, they are naturally still angry.

Qinglian sighed, slowing her pace even further, falling behind like a little quail.

Lin Chu glanced at the two of them and shook her head.

He couldn't be bothered with the little squabbles between the girls.

Inside the phoenix carriage, Ji Ning pounced onto the soft couch, her short legs sticking out, sinking into it with a relaxed expression.

"It's so much more comfortable in here!"

Lin Chu felt a pang of heartache seeing her like this.

I don't know how this girl has managed these past few years.

Suppressing his turbulent thoughts, he walked over and sat down beside her, asking gently.

"Tell your brother what happened along the way."

"What's going on with Xiaoling?"

Ji Ning frowned, hugged Gun Gun, and thought seriously for a while.

"Xiaoling is my good friend."

"She's a very nice person, just extremely timid."

"She was even more frightened when she saw her brother."

Lin Chu's expression was strange.

Ji Ling?

timid?

Afraid of oneself?

He recalled a fragment of memory where he had blasted an old Taoist priest at the Immortal Emperor realm into a bloody mist with just a glance.

She recalled the look of terror in Cang Li's eyes when he mentioned her.

For a moment, his expression became even more complicated.

Qinglian stood to the side, unsure of what expression to wear.

Having listened for so long, she probably already has a pretty good idea of ​​what's going on.

Ji Ning is Lin Chu's younger sister.

And the Spirit Master is the Little Spirit that Ji Ning mentioned.

One body, two souls?

What is the relationship between the Spirit Master and Young Master Lin?

Qinglian was racking her brains, so she simply shut her eyes and pretended not to exist.

Ji Ning hesitated for a moment before speaking softly.

"Xiaoling said she did something wrong and upset her brother."

"So this time I specially found a sapling as a gift for my brother, as an apology."

Lin Chu asked in confusion, "What did I do wrong?"

Ji Ning lowered her head, her fingers unconsciously twisting the rolling fur.

"It's... Sister Lin Xiu."

Lin Chu suddenly realized.

"She didn't do it on purpose." Ji Ning looked up quickly. "Xiao Ling really didn't do it on purpose!"

His tone was urgent, as if he was afraid that Lin Chu would get angry.

Lin Chu smiled and shook her head.

"I didn't intend to pursue this matter."

Ji Ning leaned forward and carefully took Lin Chu's hand, gently grasping his fingertips.

"Brother, please don't blame Xiaoling, okay?"

"She really likes you."

Lin Chu reached out and gently pinched her cheek.

"it is good."

"My brother doesn't blame her."

Ji Ning's eyes lit up.

"real?"

"real."

The little girl seemed much lighter.

Lin Chu pondered for a moment, then asked again.

"So what's the current situation between you and Xiaoling?"

Ji Ning shook her head.

"I'm not quite sure either."

"Xiao Ling has always stayed inside my body."

"What I can see and hear, she can also see and hear."

"I'll stay inside once Xiaoling comes out."

Lin Chu and the other women exchanged glances.

Is it truly a body with two souls?

Or something else?

Lin Chu thought for a while, but had no clue.

"Can I talk to her?"

"able."

Ji Ning smiled.

"Let me ask her!"

As she spoke, she closed her eyes.

A moment later, he raised his head again, his eyes now bathed in gold, and his expression completely devoid of emotion.

Ji Ling has emerged.

Inside the imperial carriage, the atmosphere unconsciously tightened.

Seeing Lin Chu so close to her, Ji Ling subconsciously shrank back.

The baby in her arms was held a little tighter.

Gun Gun noticed the change, raised its head, blinked its dark eyes twice, and then quieted down, seemingly not opposed to it.

Seeing her like this, Lin Chu lowered her voice.

"do not be afraid."

Ji Ling then slowly raised her eyes.

His golden eyes were clear, like flowing amber.

After a long while, she finally spoke haltingly.

"Brother...brother."

Hearing "brother," Lin Chu's expression softened even more.

"It's okay."

"Brother doesn't blame you."

Ji Ling seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Although his face still didn't show much expression, his eyebrows and eyes were noticeably more relaxed.

Lin Chu hesitated for a moment, then reached out and gently rubbed her head.

Ji Ling did not dodge.

Instead, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

Like a young animal whose fur has been stroked.

Seeing this, Lin Chu felt relieved and asked the question that had been on her mind.

"What's going on between you and Xiao Ning?"

Ji Ling shook her head.

"I have no idea."

"It seems that Xiao Ning has been sleeping in this body all along."

"It wasn't until seventeen years ago that I truly woke up."

Lin Chu's heart stirred.

Seventeen years ago?

When I was first born in the spirit world.

Is it a coincidence?

He frowned, unable to come up with a solution for the moment.

"So, you are... the Spirit Lord?"

Ji Ling nodded slightly, then shook her head.

"Yes."

"However, I only started to feel things after Xiao Ning woke up."

"Things before that are all very blurry."

"It seems like I was always in a state of chaos before."

Lin Chu frowned and turned to look at Qing Lian.

Qinglian glanced at Ji Ling subconsciously.

Ji Ling nodded gently to Qing Lian.

Qinglian then spoke.

"The Spirit Lord disappeared seventeen years ago."

"Later, we tried everything we could, but we still couldn't find the whereabouts of the Spirit Lord."

"It wasn't until a few years ago that I was able to sense the Spirit Lord's presence again in the Spirit Realm of the Void."

She glanced quickly at Ji Ling, then lowered her head again.

"The Spirit Lord of the past was completely different from the one of now."

"How so?" Lin Chu pressed.

Qinglian swallowed hard and spoke nervously.

"The previous spirit masters did not have such rich emotions, nor would they allow people to get this close."

"No one dares to look directly into her eyes."

"It's even more impossible for anyone to touch it like that."

Lin Chu felt a headache coming on; things seemed to have gotten even more complicated.

These things are like a tangled mess, and there's no way to untangle them for the time being.

He turned his gaze back to Ji Ling.

"What happened to Lin Xiu?"

Ji Ling's face immediately tensed up.

"I...I didn't mean to."

She opened her mouth, but didn't know how to explain. In her haste, she turned to look at Qinglian.

Qinglian immediately understood and began to explain.

"Young Master Lin."

"The Spirit Lord's abilities are quite unique."

"According to the clan, the Spirit Lord only takes action against those who harbor ill intentions."

"There has never been an exception to this."

Lin Chu raised an eyebrow.

"How did you come to this conclusion?"

Qinglian remained silent for a moment, then lowered her voice.

"The tribe has conducted many experiments."

Lin Chu frowned slightly.

Are we going to risk human lives to test this?

He shook his head randomly.

It's none of his business to interfere in other people's affairs.

In any case, this explanation partially validates his own judgment.

According to Liu Ying's later investigation, Lin Xiu, the maid, was the one who led the gossip about Ji Ning behind her back.

Clues were pieced together little by little in my mind.

A general outline has emerged.

However, there are still many details that don't match up.

Lin Chu stopped thinking about it for the time being and looked down at the sapling in her hand.

"What exactly is this artifact spirit?"

Seeing that Lin Chu no longer mentioned Lin Xiu, Ji Ling's tense expression dissipated considerably.

He tilted his head back, and his voice became much clearer.

"This is the tree spirit of the little tree, um... also called the little tree."

Lin Chu's lips twitched.

"What do you mean by 'small tree'?"

Ji Ling raised her finger and pointed outside.

"It's this little tree."

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed.

The Towering Tree.

At the same time, he was sluggish.

Lin Chu swallowed.

"That artifact spirit is...?"

Ji Ling spoke up as a matter of course.

"It's the spirit of the Imperial Road that you've been talking about."

Then he seemed to realize what Lin Chu was wondering.

He explained earnestly, "The Emperor's Path is a Chaos Immortal Artifact."

Lin Chu's eyes slowly widened.

He looked down at the tender sapling in his hand, so juicy it looked like it could be squeezed for water.

After a long silence, he finally spoke.

"Does that mean I can take the Imperial Road with me?"

Ji Ling blinked, her expression matter-of-fact.

"Of course you can."