The Mysterious Woman used the blood on the ground as a medium to begin reshaping her body.

Because the woman's body was originally forged from her flesh and blood, now it was as if she was using the flesh and blood she had previously given away to reconstruct her own body, unable to achieve the same perfect integration as before.

The woman's blood did not flow much before it was stopped by a healing spiritual energy, and the Mysterious Woman's voice came through: "Young one, please wait in the outer hall, it is not convenient here."

Ye Fan nodded, knowing that when the Mysterious Woman first regained her human form, she would certainly be naked, and it wouldn't be right for a man like him to see it.

He walked out of the spirit energy-enclosed secret chamber, not returning to the main courtyard to find Lan Jing, but first looking at some calligraphy and paintings on the walls in the back hall. The themes of the paintings on the wall were all about the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman or the Nine Heavens Mystical Bird. Ye Fan could see the Mysterious Woman's appearance from before, which was similar to the woman he saw in the copper tomb mirror and looked much like Lan Jing.

After the time for a cup of tea, footsteps came from inside, and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman and her servant emerged one after the other.

Only to see the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman in a plain azure long dress, her hands gathered in front of her, her long hair flowing, unadorned yet with an enchanting smile. She was like a beautiful woman with an extraordinary charm, and her immortal presence seemed innate. Even though Ye Fan was used to seeing beauties, he was momentarily captivated by the Mysterious Woman's demeanor.

However, the Mysterious Woman's appearance differed from before. Ye Fan did not know whether the soul body's appearance he saw was her true appearance or that of the present.

"Aunt, congratulations." Ye Fan stepped forward, detecting no spiritual energy within the Mysterious Woman, suggesting one explanation only: her cultivation was far beyond his own.

The Mysterious Woman shook her head with a wry smile: "There is nothing to congratulate. I am no longer an ancient mighty power, nor do I possess the immortality of an immortal, merely a regular mortal woman, at most having achieved the ability of immortality."

Ye Fan used his spiritual energy to probe the Mysterious Woman and easily sensed that not only did she lack spiritual energy, she didn't even have a spirit root. Unable to form a Golden Core or a Nascent Soul, it meant the Mysterious Woman's regained body didn't even have the qualifications for cultivation, inferior even to ordinary mortal girls. While Lu Xiaoman and Tantai Wanrong were also mortal women, they at least had spirit roots, enabling them to form Golden Cores and Nascent Souls, thus achieving immortality.

"Aunt, sometimes being a mortal isn't a bad thing, is it? Lan Jing is outside waiting for you; perhaps she wants to see what her mother looks like too." Ye Fan consoled with a smile.

The Mysterious Woman felt a bit excited at the thought of meeting her daughter with a true human body, yet also hesitant and a bit afraid to face her daughter.

Meanwhile, the woman beside her seemed somewhat weak and walked over, directly kneeling before the Mysterious Woman, saying, "Under the Mysterious Mother's presence, your servant once promised, when sending Ye Shaoxia to search for you, that if he could find and bring you back, I would serve him as a servant. It was not my intent to betray you."

The Mysterious Woman helped the woman stand, saying, "Sang Yuan, you have waited thousands of years for me; I should have returned your freedom, freeing you from worldly ties. Yet you promised to be Ye Fan's servant, perhaps following him is also good for you. At least… you could live like a mortal woman, marrying and raising children."

Ye Fan then realized the woman's name was Sang Yuan, and to be precise, she was not a woman, just appeared more mature, and her life's purpose was to find the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman.

"Thank you for your generosity, Mysterious Mother." Sang Yuan stood and kneeled again in front of Ye Fan, saying, "Master Ye, you will now be your servant's master, and I will remain loyal forever. If I betray, let five thunders eradicate my spirit!"

After speaking, Sang Yuan used a drop of her blood to draw a small pattern on the ground. The Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman said, "Young one, I must thank you, for you helped me regain my human body. However, now I am bereft of possessions. Yet, even though I do not need to eat or rest like humans, I still require energy to sustain my body. Could you let Sang Yuan continue to help me?"

Ye Fan thought, you just agreed to let Sang Yuan be my servant, and now you want her back, that's quite a quick change of heart, isn't it?

However, Sang Yuan was originally the Mysterious Woman's maidservant, and keeping her by his side would not capture her heart. It is better to concede gracefully, as long as Sang Yuan could help him open the space-time gate whenever needed. He wasn't much concerned about the rest.

Really, should Sang Yuan serve him like the women by his side, allowing him to experience the most direct sense of conquest as a man?

Thinking this, Ye Fan glanced at Sang Yuan. If that were possible, it wouldn't be a bad thing. After all, even the Mysterious Woman herself said let Sang Yuan follow him, essentially allowing her to be like a mortal woman, marrying and raising children. Without the step of romance, how could Sang Yuan marry or bear children?

Ye Fan nodded, saying, "Let Sang Yuan continue to take care of aunt."

Sang Yuan kowtowed to Ye Fan, saying, "Thank you, master, for fulfilling this wish. But I will merely aid the Mysterious Mother in replenishing her inner strength and never disobey the master's command."

Perhaps intentionally distinguishing between her terms when addressing Ye Fan and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman, Sang Yuan directly referred to herself as "your servant" before Ye Fan. This term stirred some romantic thoughts in Ye Fan's mind because if she was a servant, she should be able to do anything.

He involuntarily smiled, feeling his thoughts a bit wicked, but after all the effort to help Sang Yuan find the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman, obtaining a small compensation seemed reasonable.

"Let's go," Ye Fan said, "Didn't aunt want to go see her daughter?"

The Mysterious Woman seemed hesitant in her steps, unsure of what to say upon meeting her daughter, but Ye Fan already led the way. The Mysterious Woman had to follow with Sang Yuan's support, walking out of the back hall.

Reaching the front courtyard, Lan Jing was looking at the flowers, her face filled with a purely beautiful smile. Sensing Ye Fan's return, she stood up and smiled, her smile extraordinarily bright under the sunlight, "You're back?"

As if a naive girl was waiting for her beloved to come from afar, seeing her beloved safe and sound, that kind of joy.

"Yes," Ye Fan nodded, looking at the Mysterious Woman who had her head bowed beside him, "See who I've brought?"

Lan Jing came over, curiously observing the Mysterious Woman but could not recognize her as her mother because the Mysterious Woman felt different, no longer offering the supreme care she once knew, and her appearance and body had some differences.

Lan Jing asked, "Who is she?"

Ye Fan was about to answer, but the Mysterious Woman interrupted, "Miss Lan Jing, I am a maid bought back by Master Ye. I will be by his and your side from now on, looking after you both."

This answer left Ye Fan a bit amused and helpless.

The Mysterious Woman communicated with Ye Fan using her soul body, relaying through the copper tome mirror to make Ye Fan understand: "Young one, I had no choice. I do not wish to destroy the most beautiful dream in my daughter's heart. From now on, let her believe I am dead. I am content to see her and see her happy regularly."

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