While Thirteen was still deep in her thoughts, the young Fourteen had already moved on from her previous encounter, and continued to use her extremely limited amount of time carefully, not wasting even a little bit.

...

Looking at the female cultivator who had just appeared in front of her, Cao Ling couldn't help but let out a faint sigh.

"I guess It's time for us to meet again, but I really didn't expect you to come meet me, I was planning to come to you," said the Grass Spirit as she stared at the female cultivator who had just appeared in front of her.

Hearing the words of the little grass spirit, who was not very surprised by her appearing here, Xu Yue couldn't help but let out a faint chuckle.

"You were much more cute back when you were just a young little grass spirit," mumbled Xu Yue as she looked at the female cultivator in front of her.

Although Xu Yue had never acknowledged her relationship with Cao Ling in the past, technically, the Grass Spirit could be considered one of her daughters, as she had been born from her blood.

Hearing Xu Yue's words, Cao Ling couldn't help but faintly smile before snapping her fingers, causing a plant pot to appear in her hands.

"It's not that I'm not cute, the problem is that these young little guys are just too cute, so much so that not even you could bear to leave me alone without anything," said Cao Ling as she touched the little blade of grass within the pot, which had become a Grass Spirit not too long ago.

Hearing that, Xu Yue shook her head.

"I must admit, these little guys are a bit cute, but that's not the reason why I gave you that help back then," said Xu Yue as she stretched out her finger and touch the blade of grass in the pot.

Interestingly, upon being touched by Xu Yue's finger, the little blade of grass did not become scared in the slightest, in fact, it even actually coiled tightly around Xu Yue's fingers, causing Cao Ling's smile to further increase in size.

"It looks like Grass Spirits really like you..." said Cao Ling as she looked at Xu Yue, causing her to suddenly freeze and shake her head.

"You should put those thoughts of yours back into your mind, you can be considered one of my daughters," said Xu Yue as she slightly frowned, her spiritual sense having just discovered Cao Ling's Dao Companion, who looked a lot like her, and who was incidentally standing at the entrance of the cave abode the two of them were in.

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"Tch, I guess that's true, It's a pity..." mumbled the experienced Grass Spirit as she waved her hand, allowing her Dao Companion, Xing Hua, who was originally a Red Lotus, to enter.

Seeing that Xing Hua had entered the Cave Abode, Cao Ling finally returned the conversation to its natural course.

"So why have you come here to meet me, o 'mother' of mine?" asked Cao Ling with a faint smile on her face, her emphasis of the word 'mother' sending a faint chill through Xu Yue's spine.

"In truth, there's no reason, but I felt it would be quite a pity for me to ascend without meeting you at least once," said Xu Yue as she looked at Cao Ling, causing Xing Hua, who had just entered the room the two of them were in, to just freeze.

"That's quite fortunate, back when I was young, I had to struggle on my own, and I've been malnourished since then, how about you fulfill your motherly duties and feed me?"

"How interesting... You inherited more of my shamelessness than I originally expected..." mumbled Xu Yue as she touched her chin.

...

Several days later,

As she looked at the empty seat in front of her, Xing Hua, who was currently sitting next to Cao Ling, couldn't help but finally voice her doubts.

"Ling'er, is she really your mother?" asked Xing Hua, having clearly not expected that Cao Ling had such a hidden background.

"She can technically be considered so, but our relationship isn't that deep..." mumbled Cao Ling as she stared at the empty seat in front of her with a bit of loss in her heart.

Hearing that, a sly smile appeared on Xing Hua's face.

"Since that's it, why did you chase her away so fast now, she was clearly willing to stay and talk with you for much longer," asked Xing Hua, causing Cao Ling to grit her teeth.

"There's no particular reason..." said Cao Ling as she continued gritting her teeth.

"You wouldn't have felt attracted to your own mother, would you?" asked Xing Hua, who had a figure similar to Xu Yue.

But as soon as she saw that the usually shameless Cao Ling did not respond, Xing Hua froze.

A moment later, a small blush, that would not be noticed by other people, appeared on Cao Ling's face, causing Xing Hua to suddenly become pale.

"You..."

As she pointed her finger at Cao Ling, Xing Hua couldn't help but feel like a Low-Rank Spiritual Stone.

Looking at Xing Hua, who after seeing a High-Rank Spiritual Stone which she could not obtain, went after the Low-Rank Spiritual Stone, Xing Hua didn't know whether to feel happy or sad.

After all, for Cao Ling to deem her a suitable replacement for a True Immortal was something to be proud of, wasn't it.

...

"Even though I wasn't here, I can guess that little girl caused senior a lot of trouble, did she not?" asked Xu Yue as she looked at the old man in front of her.

"You don't have to call me senior, little girl, I'm just a bit old, I can't afford to have a True Immortal call me that, you can just call me what Old Man Tree, it's what everyone else does," said Old Man Tree as he wiped a bead of sweat off his forehead.

"As for that Cao Ling, although she did become a little lecherous after getting becoming Dao Companions with that Red Lotus, she did not cause much trouble," continued Old Man Tree.

"That's good..." mumbled Xu Yue, her motherly instincts having been slightly tingled by her interactions with Xu Yanmei and Xu Chang'er, which caused her to come here.

Although this daughter of hers seemed to have some desires to her, which stopped her from truly accepting the status quo, Xu Yue felt relieved that she had finally spoken face to face with her final daughter.