"Sorry!" Bexia didn't know how to talk to this unfamiliar girl, so she could only say these two words.

"Put me down!" Han Xue's face turned slightly red. Although she still looked serious, she now appeared more like a girl than before.

"Can you stop crying?" Bexia said.

"Put me down quick, or I'll send Hei Bai Wuchang to catch your soul in the mortal realm!" Han Xue angrily threatened.

"Alright! I'll put you down, just don't cry anymore!" After saying that, Bexia released Han Xue.

"What's your name?" Han Xue suddenly asked. Bexia unconsciously answered with her own name.

"Bexia, right! I'll remember you!" Yan Luo King Han Xue glared fiercely at him, then turned and ran towards the palace, leaving Bexia looking perplexed.

"I seem to have offended her..." Bexia muttered to himself, then shook his head. This seemed like a needless trouble, but he blamed himself for speaking out of turn.

After pondering for a moment, Bexia ascended the stairs leading to the palace of Mother Earth. However, a large door blocked his way, halting his progress.

"Come in..." a gentle female voice sounded near Bexia, and the door opened to allow a path for one person to pass through. Bexia immediately knew that the voice belonged to the mistress of this place, the most esteemed Mother Earth in the underworld.

"Thank you, Mother Earth!" Bexia expressed his gratitude towards the figure inside the door before walking in.

Before him lay a vast hall, with twelve stone pillars lining each side, each inscribed with different human figures. Bexia recognized these figures as the twelve ancestral shamans of the Wu Clan on the Panggu Continent. It was not surprising to see these patterns in Mother Earth's palace as she was one of the Twelve Ancestral Shamans.

In the middle of these twelve pillars, at the center of the palace, there was a pool of water emitting a unique energy. The pool water held a strange power that made Bexia feel like just by drinking from it, he could be elevated.

Apart from the water pool, there was nothing else inside the hall. Bexia's gaze followed forward, and he noticed Liu Yanxu and Yan Luo King Han Xue standing on either side of the throne. Seated on the throne was a woman dressed in palace attire, exuding grace and luxury that made one feel as if basking in a spring breeze. It was apparent that she was the mistress of this palace, the current ruler of the underworld, Mother Earth!

What caught the most attention about Mother Earth was the black fire wheel behind her, burning with the flames of the outside world.

"Mother Earth!" Bexia bowed respectfully as he approached her. Regardless of her strength, her kindness and virtue alone were enough to command respect.

"You must be the Bexia that Yanxu mentioned?" Mother Earth opened her lips lightly, her voice sounding just as it did in Bexia's ears, as if speaking directly to him.

"Yes, it is I, young one!"

"I hope you won't disappoint Yanxu's feelings for you!" Mother Earth surprisingly mentioned this matter first, bluntly in front of everyone, making Liu Yanxu a bit embarrassed.

"It goes without saying!" Bexia nodded without hesitation. If beauties show favor, one can only cherish and care for them!

"Yanxu has already informed me of your situation, and I have deduced the cause and effect of your arrival. Unexpectedly, you have a deep connection with the underworld!"

"I don't quite understand your meaning, Mother Earth..."

"I have instructed Yanxu, you will accompany her to the Old Hell, as the person you seek is there!" Mother Earth explained.

"Thank you, Mother Earth!" Bexia expressed his gratitude promptly. It must be about the Higan Flower, the most urgent matter on Bexia's mind right now.

"If there is nothing else, you may return with Yanxu for now."

"Well..." Bexia hesitated for a moment, debating whether to ask Mother Earth to borrow the Soul-Nurturing Wood.

"Do you have something else to say?"

"I... would like to borrow the Soul-Nurturing Wood from you, Mother Earth. A friend of mine is in urgent need of assistance!" Bexia requested.

"That matter can wait until you return!" Mother Earth replied, neither agreeing nor rejecting. Liu Yanxu then walked to his side, giving him a meaningful look, and pulled him out of Mother Earth's palace immediately.

"Don't worry, my husband, the matter of the Soul-Nurturing Wood can be discussed after returning from the Old Hell!" Liu Yanxu hugged Bexia's waist and whispered in his ear.

"Alright, I'll listen to you!" Feeling the soft body of Liu Yanxu and smelling the fragrance emanating from her, Bexia couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions. If the circumstances were different, he would have definitely "educated" this alluring little fairy properly.

"Hehe! Are you thinking of something naughty again, my husband?" Liu Yanxu mischievously smiled, then ran out of Bexia's embrace, only to be caught by Bexia in a tight embrace.

"I'm thinking of naughty things because of you, who made you so irresistibly tempting?" Bexia lowered his head and kissed Liu Yanxu, only releasing her after a long moment as if intoxicated.

"Why did I fall for such a rogue like you?" Liu Yanxu blushed, giving Bexia a disdainful look, her allure at this moment beyond description.

Liu Yanxu was truly a deadly poison, especially after transforming from a girl into a mature woman. It seemed like her charm had been fully unleashed, making it impossible for anyone to resist.

"Hehe! Isn't there a saying that men love bad girls?" Bexia chuckled mischievously.