"Familiar? Which part looks familiar?"
Seeing the Little Turtle rubbing its chin with a claw, Ouyang Ye found it quite amusing. She couldn't help but flick its head with her finger, laughing, "Little guy, are you trying to get close to me because you think I'm pretty? Hehe, what a cute and mischievous little thing!"
"Where exactly have I seen her? It feels so familiar! Why can't I remember?" The Little Turtle scratched its head, then suddenly seemed to remember something. It slapped its own head and shouted, "Empress! You're the Empress!"
"Empress?" Ouyang Ye instinctively touched her cheek. "What Empress? Do I look that old?"
"Empress! Yes, I remember now!" The Little Turtle shed its mischievous demeanor, its expression turning serious and seemingly excited. "Are you really the Empress?"
"Hey, little guy! Are you joking with me, or have you mistaken me for someone else?" Ouyang Ye crossed her arms, pretending to be angry. "If you're joking, I'm going to get mad."
"How could I... how could I dare joke with the Empress?"
"Then why are you calling me Empress?"
"Why?" Ouyang Ye's question seemed to stump the Little Turtle. The little creature muttered, "Yeah, why? Why did I suddenly call her Empress? And who is the Empress? Why can't I remember at all? Who is the Empress..."
"What a bunch of nonsense!" Ouyang Ye looked at Gu Qingfeng, her expression seeming to ask if the turtle he raised had something wrong with its brain.
Beside them, Gu Qingfeng was also staring at the Little Turtle. He initially thought the little guy was joking, but the more he looked, the less it seemed like a joke.
If it wasn't a joke, why did the Little Turtle suddenly find Ouyang Ye familiar? And why call her Empress? Could it be because of Yun Nishang?
Gu Qingfeng clearly remembered that the place where he originally found the Little Turtle was precisely within the cave abode opened by Yun Nishang. From this, he deduced that the Little Turtle and Yun Nishang should be acquainted.
And Yun Nishang's soul was buried within Ouyang Ye's bloodline. While Ouyang Ye wasn't exactly Yun Nishang's reincarnation, it was close. More importantly, Ouyang Ye also bore the Great Natural Order totem on her chest, transformed from Yun Nishang.
The Little Turtle was probably sensing Yun Nishang's aura from Ouyang Ye, hence the feeling of familiarity.
But why would the little guy call her Empress? What Empress?
Gu Qingfeng originally wanted to ask what was going on, but the Little Turtle itself seemed clueless. He didn't voice his question. With a wave of his hand, he sent the Little Turtle back into his Storage Bag.
"Hey! Why did you hide the little guy away?"
"Its brain has problems."
"Ah! Really? I thought it was just playing with me earlier. So its brain really is messed up? No wonder... how could a little turtle drink wine? The poor little thing..." Ouyang Ye pouted, feeling great sympathy for the Little Turtle.
Gu Qingfeng ignored Ouyang Ye, found a random excuse, and went back to his room to rest.
Although he had already abandoned karma, one matter still weighed on his mind.
That was Yun Nishang's identity.
Thinking back carefully, if he hadn't fused with the Flaming Sun Heart by chance back then, none of the subsequent events would have happened. And the so-called Flaming Sun Heart was originally Yun Nishang's possession.
Besides that, there was Yunxia Sect. Even the first woman he fell for in his youth, Hongxiu, was a reincarnation of Yun Nishang.
If it were only these things, it wouldn't have made him so frustrated.
But after awakening this time and returning to his homeland, he encountered Ouyang Ye, who was also connected to Yun Nishang.
Even more terrifying was that after Yun Nishang's soul was buried within Ouyang Ye's bloodline, a totem belonging to the Great Natural Order appeared on Ouyang Ye's chest. That totem was ever-renewing, to the point where Ouyang Ye's emotions could even cause changes in the Great Natural Order.
Anyone with half a brain could tell it was definitely a treasure of the Great Natural Order.
This inevitably made Gu Qingfeng think of another matter: Could the Great Nature Seed within his own Purple Palace also be related to Yun Nishang?
Suddenly, Gu Qingfeng seemed to remember something, then shook his head, dismissing the speculation in his heart.
He hoped his guess was wrong.
Otherwise, things would become extremely troublesome.
Just think: If the Great Nature Seed inside his body was really stuffed there by Yun Nishang, what would that imply? It would mean she could control the Great Natural Order.
Who could control the Great Natural Order? Throughout heaven and earth, there was only one person: the legendary Mother of All Things in the Great Natural Order, who hadn't shown her face for a very, very long time.
Then consider the ever-renewing totem on Ouyang Ye's chest that could cause changes in the Great Natural Order and was like a fountain of life... Could that thing be...
He didn't know.
He wasn't sure.
Since the Great Natural Order had completely vanished during the ancient era, Gu Qingfeng wasn't very familiar with its aspects. As for what exactly the totem on Ouyang Ye's chest was, he didn't dare to speculate recklessly.
He originally wanted to ask the Little Turtle to see if he could uncover something.
Unfortunately, that fellow didn't even know what it was itself. As for the so-called Empress, it knew nothing at all. It didn't even know why it thought Ouyang Ye resembled the Empress.
This truly left Gu Qingfeng feeling rather frustrated.
At noon that day, Gu Qingfeng was basking in the sun and drinking wine in the garden when Ouyang Ye hurried over, looking very anxious.
"Hey, Old Jiu, have you memorized everything in that booklet thoroughly?"
"What booklet?"
"Damn it! The booklet that records all of Gu Qingfeng's affairs! And do you remember the characteristics of all the people that guy Gu Qingfeng knew?"
"Oh, you mean that thing? Memorized it long ago. What's up?"
Hearing this, the stone hanging in Ouyang Ye's heart finally settled. "Then you should know who Little Jin'er is, right?"
"Little Jin'er?" Gu Qingfeng smiled. "Of course I know. What about her?"
"Good that you know! When you see Little Jin'er later, don't you dare slip up!"
"Oh? Is Little Jin'er coming?"
How could Gu Qingfeng not remember Little Jin'er? Not only did he remember, he missed that well-behaved and adorable little girl quite a bit. Come to think of it, it had been three or four years since he last saw her after parting at the Tai Xuan Monument. He'd heard from Huode that the little girl left with Su Hua back then. He wondered how she was doing now.
Thinking of Su Hua, Gu Qingfeng asked, "Who is Little Jin'er coming with?"
"With Qianshan. You should know Qianshan too, right? He's someone by Su Hua-jie's side."
Gu Qingfeng certainly knew. He still had a fairly vivid impression of that three-meter-tall figure who stood like a mountain peak. He asked again, "Is the great Immortal Su not coming?"
"Su Hua-jie still has matters to attend to. She'll come in a few days."
"Is that so..." Gu Qingfeng smiled meaningfully. "What a pity... Otherwise, I could have admired the peerless beauty and graceful figure of the Immortal..."