"Huh?" Aili's eyes widened as she listened to Fu Hua's reply.
"Hua, this should be your home, right? Why don't you know what to do?"
"I don't know. Perhaps, it's just to see an old friend?" Fu Hua said uncertainly.
"But is there really anyone alive in this place?" Aili felt a chill in her heart.
After all, the young girl in that illusion just now said that she had been dead for a very long time!
She hadn't felt anything in the illusion, but now, Aili was starting to feel a little scared.
There wouldn't really be ghosts, would there?
"Oh, right, Hua, just now, I entered an illusion." Aili said to Fu Hua.
"An illusion?" Fu Hua frowned. Hadn't Aili been following her all this time?
That is to say, within Mount Taixu, there is her Feather Crossing the Dust?
"Yes, in the illusion, Aili met a young girl who said she was your disciple."
"And she stood in the middle of that platform, wanting to have a fight with me to see what you had taught me." Aili pointed to the middle of the platform.
"My… disciple?" Fu Hua murmured. Fu Hua didn't have many memories of a disciple.
In fact, regarding Shenzhou, she only knew that she had to protect Shenzhou.
This was the deepest thing in her memory.
"Yes, she's a very beautiful young girl, just looks a bit cold, very much like you, Hua." Aili nodded.
"Is that so?" Fu Hua looked towards the platform.
Fu Hua walked towards the platform.
The weeds around her were gradually disappearing.
By the time Fu Hua stood in the middle of the platform, there were no weeds left on the entire platform; in fact, the entire platform had become smooth again.
"Hua, how… how did you do this!" Aili looked at the flattened platform.
She curiously ran up and jumped a couple of times, making sure she hadn't entered an illusion again.
"It's just the application of Honkai Energy." Hua said, extending her hand. In her hand, there was a crimson flame.
"Can Honkai Energy be used like this?" Aili extended her hand and looked at her palm.
"When you Master the fist techniques, I'll teach you." Fu Hua nodded.
"Fist techniques?" Aili struck a pose. "Is it this? If so, I've already learned it."
"Did Feather Crossing the Dust teach you?"
"Yes, but Hua, can you talk about her? Don't teach me every time I'm sleeping. Poor Aili hasn't had a comfortable night's sleep in ages." Aili said pitifully.
"That depends on you." Fu Hua shook her head and continued walking deeper into Mount Taixu.
"Oh, right, Hua, I heard you lost some memories, but Feather Crossing the Dust still has your memories, doesn't she? Why don't you let her help you?" Aili was a bit confused. If she could recover her memories, why wouldn't she?
"Because she said I've been separated from the crowd for too long." Fu Hua said.
She herself didn't understand why Feather Crossing the Dust wanted her to integrate into the crowd, when she only needed to silently guard from the side.
"There are two methods for controlling Honkai Energy." Fu Hua told Aili about the methods of Honkai Energy control as they walked.
Of the two methods, the first is the simplest and quickest: Stigmata.
Whether it's innate Stigmata or Artificial Stigmata, both work.
Most Valkyries of Schicksal have Artificial Stigmata.
However, the flaws of Artificial Stigmata are also very obvious: they have a severe impact on lifespan.
The other method is the control method used here in Shenzhou, but it requires more talent and accumulation over time.
Regardless of the method, one needs to have a certain resistance to Honkai Energy.
If one is completely Corruption by Honkai Energy, then there is no saving them.
Therefore, there is the saying, "Demonization must be purged."
"When we go back, I will teach you Heart Rhyme. Once Heart Rhyme matures, you can use Honkai Energy to assist you with the set of fist techniques you are learning."
As she spoke, Fu Hua and Aili arrived at a dilapidated small courtyard.
This was already deep within Mount Taixu.
Ever since Aili emerged from the illusion, she had been closely following Fu Hua and hadn't entered an illusion again.
"We're here." Hua stopped in front of a house within the small courtyard.
"Hua, is this your destination?" Aili looked at the tightly closed door in front of her.
"Yes, this is it." Fu Hua walked up and pushed the door open.
The door, which had been unopened for years, instantly stirred up a large cloud of dust when it was pushed open.
"Please wait outside for a moment." After saying that, Fu Hua walked inside.
Once inside, Fu Hua stood in the middle of the room and gently stomped her foot.
Aili felt the entire house shake.
Then Aili saw all the dust in the room instantly float up.
Fu Hua stood in the middle of the dust and struck a pose.
As her arms drew a circle, the dust in the room seemed to find its destination, quickly gathering in front of Fu Hua.
Soon, all the dust from the entire room was contained within a small sphere in front of Fu Hua.
The small sphere floated in Fu Hua's hand.
After Fu Hua walked out of the room, she directly threw the small sphere onto an empty patch of ground nearby.
"All right, you can go in now."
Following Fu Hua into the room, the first thing Aili saw were three small statues, one of which looked very much like Fu Hua.
"Hua, these three statues are…?"
"Me, and two of my old friends." Fu Hua reached out and wiped the statues.
"Cangxuan and Danzhu?" Aili walked over and said softly.
"Hmm, you already know?" Fu Hua said.
"Yes, after all, Hua, you are Red Kite Immortal." As she spoke, Aili picked up the small statue of Red Kite Immortal.
"But Hua, are you sure your statue isn't misleading?" Aili held the statue and compared it to Fu Hua.
"I don't know. I don't even know when these statues were carved." Hua took the statue from Aili's hand, looked at it, and then gently placed it back in its original spot.
"Seeing that these statues are still here, I feel relieved." A slight smile touched Fu Hua's lips.
When she saw these statues, she knew why she had come to Mount Taixu.
Perhaps, it was just to bring Aili to see the statues of her old friends.
"Then Hua, is there anything else you need to take?"
"No, now we can leave."
After Fu Hua walked out of the room, she looked at the weeds in the courtyard and merely shook her head. After all, she didn't live here, and it seemed no one could come up here anyway.
Within Fu Hua's line of sight, she could clearly see a feather on the roof of the house.
This place seemed to be very well protected.
After waving her hand at the feather, Fu Hua left the place with Aili.
Unlike what Fu Hua saw, Aili saw the young girl she had seen in the pavilion at the foot of the mountain; that young girl was sitting on the rooftop.
She was smiling at both her and Fu Hua.
Aili, who had originally wanted to tell Fu Hua about it, saw Fu Hua's waving gesture and knew that she had also seen it.
She just hadn't expected that the scenes they saw were completely different.
After walking out, Aili still looked back at the house. She had originally thought that Fu Hua intended to come up and take Master out.
She hadn't expected it was truly just a visit.
But that statue of Red Kite Immortal… thinking of this, Aili's lips curved upwards.
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