Chapter 397 Hope
Sang Luo asked suspiciously, "Where's Yan? Where did he go?"
"Does Xiaoluo'er miss him so much?" Fei Yuan lowered his head and took a deep sniff at her neck, frowning fiercely. "Humph! You're covered in that old fox's scent!"
Sang Luo slapped his hand away. "Don't interrupt. I'm serious. I haven't seen him since I woke up this morning, and I feel a little stuffy in my chest..."
"Don't think so much. The old fox comes and goes without a trace. No one can figure out what he's thinking. Maybe he's busy with other things. When he's done, he'll naturally come to see you."
Sang Luo nodded, not thinking too much about it.
Yan didn't give her a mate mark, but she wouldn't be too suspicious of him. She was just a little resentful. "He left in such a hurry, without even saying a word in advance, so that people can rest assured."
"Anubis is with the children at Phoenix Palace. Aren't you going back to see them quickly?"
"Right, I almost forgot the important thing. Let's go back quickly. I have to give the God Lotus Fruit to Little Spider!" Sang Luo immediately threw Yan to the back of her mind.
"Now you know to be anxious~" Fei Yuan chuckled, masking a hint of sorrow in his eyes.
...
The two returned to Phoenix Palace.
Anubis had been waiting for a long time.
He had been trying to find ways to treat Little Spider for the past few years, but with little success. Compared to his high-spirited self of the past, he looked much more haggard. When he saw Sang Luo return, a rare smile bloomed on his handsome face, but his mouth was still as cheeky as ever. "You heartless female, you're finally willing to come back."
"I went to do serious business. My child's illness can be cured."
"Mother! Is Younger Brother really going to be saved!"
Three little butterflies of different colors fluttered their bright little wings and flew to Sang Luo's head, nose, and fingers... The scene was like a dreamy fairy tale.
Sang Luo chuckled and touched their beautiful little wings. "Good babies, did you miss Mother?"
The environment of the Star Swirl Insect Nest was more suitable for the growth and development of the insect cubs. Anubis really wanted to stay by Sang Luo's side and compete for her favor, but for the sake of the children, he spent most of his time in the Star Swirl Insect Nest.
He and the children also had few opportunities to meet Sang Luo, and hadn't seen her many times.
The black little flash butterfly made a clear boyish voice, "Mother, my name is Taiya~"
"My name is Moss! Mother must remember!" The silver-gray butterfly flew from Sang Luo's nose to the back of her hand, patted its wings, and a layer of faint scale powder fell.
Sang Luo couldn't help but yawn. A faint red appeared instantly on the back of her hand stained with butterfly powder. The corners of her lips twitched slightly. She almost forgot! These children were poisonous butterflies!
Soon, the red disappeared again.
She never thought that one day the greatest use of the [Divine Poison Body] would be to "live peacefully" with these children.
"Beautiful little baby, what's your name?" Sang Luo looked at the platinum little flash butterfly in the other palm.
The little female butterfly was much more delicate than her two butterfly brothers. Her beautiful light-colored wings were a little transparent, refracting the light, and glittering golden sequins sparkled on her wings.
A soft, milky voice of a girl came, "My name is Senchuan~"
"Little Senchuan is so cute!" Sang Luo touched her two white little antennae.
Little Senchuan shyly shrank her antennae back.
"Mother~ I... I am Yolanda..." A weak child's voice came expectantly, with a hint of apprehension.
Sang Luo turned her head to look at the black-gold little spider lying in Anubis's palm.
When Little Spider saw Sang Luo return, it also happily wanted to stick close to its mother, but its body was too weak. It trembled and tried to stand up several times, but it fell back into the palm, panting softly, and covered its face with its front pair of spider legs in grievance and shame.
It was so weak, wuwu.
It wasn't as good-looking as its older brothers and sisters, its strength was low, and its body was weak.
Mother would definitely dislike it.
"Yolanda, my poor child..." Sang Luo stepped forward, took the little spider from Anubis's hand, and gently touched its little body with a forefinger, her voice filled with pity.
Noticing that its mother didn't dislike it, Little Spider mustered its strength again, and its little body gently rubbed against her finger.
With a hint of flattery.
Sang Luo felt even more distressed and took out the God Lotus Fruit. After smelling the aura of the fruit, Little Spider's spirits were obviously lifted.
"Good baby, eat this fruit and your illness will be cured."
"Thank, thank you, Mother!" Little Spider carefully hugged the fruit with its eight legs, and gently bit off a piece, then another.
It took a full half an hour to finish the fruit that was bigger than it.
Then Little Spider closed its eyes, motionless, and fell into a deep sleep.
A faint three-colored phantom light emanated from its body.
Not only Sang Luo and Anubis held their breath, but Fei Yuan also held his breath, squinting his narrow phoenix eyes, staring at the three-colored phantom light slowly gathering, as if waiting for something...
After an unknown amount of time, the three-colored phantom light condensed into a solid form, a... seed!?
Sang Luo reached out and took the seed, looking left and right, but couldn't see any mystery.
Fei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately!"
"What do you mean 'fortunately'? Is this seed the seed of that God Lotus Fruit?" Sang Luo turned her head to look at him.
Fei Yuan smiled and nodded. "Xiaoluo'er guessed correctly. Can you give me this seed? I have other uses for it."
Sang Luo gave him the seed.
Fei Yuan explained, "After the God Lotus Tree used its last life force to bear this lotus fruit, it died out. Now that a new God Lotus Fruit tree seed has been born, it means that the God Lotus Tree still has hope of revival. If the God Lotus Tree can be revived, perhaps the other creatures in the Barren Domain can also be revived."
Although the hope was slim, at least they saw the hope and vitality of the future.
"The Barren Domain you mentioned... is it the legendary Celestial Realm?"
"Oh? Luo'er even knows this?"
"I heard it from Minos. He was just guessing. Yan successfully brought the God Lotus Fruit back, which means that the Celestial Realm does indeed still exist."
Anubis didn't know much about the beast world. He was a little confused by the conversation between the two, so he simply didn't bother to listen and focused his attention on his son.
Three full days passed.
None of them could fall asleep.
Little Spider slowly woke up from its sleep, blinking blankly. "Mother, Father, Uncle Phoenix..."
"Little Yolanda, how does your body feel?" Sang Luo asked gently.
"Light and airy~ My body is full of strength." Little Spider tried to climb up, took a crooked step forward, then another. It walked too fast and accidentally fell on the table. The next second, it climbed up from the table again and continued to practice walking, walking more and more skillfully.
Sang Luo stretched out a trace of green energy from her fingertip and probed into its body. The crystal core was almost grown.
Its body was still a little weak and needed to be slowly nursed back to health.
Sang Luo felt much more relieved.
She rubbed her forehead, drowsiness sweeping over her. "I should go back and get a good night's sleep too."
Anubis grabbed one of Sang Luo's hands, kissed her on the face, and was reluctant to part. "I should take the children back first too. I'll come back to find you next time."
Fei Yuan grabbed Sang Luo's other hand and pulled her towards him, with a smile that was not a smile. "Don't bother running back and forth if you're far away. Anyway, it's the same whether you're here or not. I'll take good care of Luo'er."
Anubis's face darkened, and he clenched his fists tightly. If it weren't for the fact that this phoenix had helped his son, he would have fought him on the spot!
Sang Luo yawned and warned the two, "I'm going to sleep. You two behave yourselves. Whoever disturbs my rest, I'll peel your skins off!"
The two immediately became well-behaved.
After Sang Luo left.
Anubis asked Fei Yuan, "Where's that God? Didn't he come back with Luoluo?"
