Tian Xuan knew that someone protected him because the system kept saying that the beasts around him were killed by someone. Back then, he doesn't know why he is protected. Now, he knows.
Watching as the memory passed, he finally knows why he was brought by Long Zhang into the lake and why he was protected.
The lake is similar to how his spiritual lake works in the small world. It can heal outer injuries and recover the energy that the cultivator has lost. However, it cannot produce spiritual stones because the lake is connected to Long Zhang's soul.
The reason he, Tian Xuan was brought into the lake is to confirm that he is related to Long Zhang's soul.
After Long Zhang died, he reincarnated at the place where he is born at and he could no longer enter the place where he met the silver grass. No matter how he walks or crosses the land where he was able to enter the Celestial White Forest, there's no trace of that forest anymore. It was as if the place never exists, to begin with.
No one is around to tell him about his feeling toward the grass.
What he knew is that he could no longer be around the grass and he is undeniably frustrated about it from the bottom of his heart.
He worried that the grass will be harmed by the beasts or by other things yet he could do nothing but worry. Hence, Long Zhang decided to travel around the world and learn more about the world.
He also tried to search for the method to re-enter the Celestial White Forest and at the same time, he searched the elder that has taken care of him. Only after reaching the Conferred Empire Xu, he found out that the elder has entered the place called the Void Battleground.
He may have stopped looking for the elder that took care of him but he doesn't forget about the elder.
After staying with the grass for a long time, he has finally calmed down. The elder is the one that created him, thus, Long Zhang should be able to sense the elder presence.
His heart and mind were too messed up so he could not sense the elder presence but when he was with the grass, his mind has cleared up. He has finally able to sense the elder presence even though the sense is weak.
The reason the presence of the elder is weak but still can be felt because the elder is in the middle world, the Void Battleground. Although the place is dangerous for even an immortal, as long as the presences are not on the verge of disappearing, he could still calm down.
As he traveled across the Broad Continent, he met various people and finally knew that the feeling he had toward the grass at that time is what the master that created him told him about.
The little silver grass is his soul mate.
In this world, there is a theory where everything has their soul mate. When they form their soul, a part of their soul will be separated and form into another full soul.
When Long Zhang's soul was created, the universe took a part of his soul and gave it to Tian Xuan as a blessing for him to combine with his own soul to improve his luck.
Which is why, while Tian Xuan couldn't really sense anything familiar toward Long Zhang, the man felt something toward Tian Xuan because it is part of his soul not the otherwise. And that is also the reason why Tian Xuan becomes submissive toward Long Zhang because the man is equivalent to the master of his soul.
A soulmate is different from lifelong love.
If the owner of the soul decided to take his part of the soul back, there are many advantages such as a sick person will become healthy, an unlucky person will be lucky as such.
Other than that method, the owner of the soul could only bring the soul mate to wherever he went so that the owner of the soul will feel complete and receive similar advantage as become healthy and lucky.
A soulmate doesn't necessarily have to be in love but most soul mate will be in love with each other and the owner of the soul usually man and the one that holds the part of the soul would be a woman. The one that holds the part of the soul will always be submissive toward the owner of the soul.
The soul mate will have to give birth to a child at least one so that the owner of the soul will complete his or her soul while the soul mate could stay alive.
"..." Tian Xuan was rendered speechless after learning that he is someone's soulmate.
Tian Xuan has confirmed long time ago that he can be both man and woman according to what Tian Qiu said.
He has no private part to indicate his gender but his appearance resembled male more than female.
He has no 'qp' [a symbol for pen**] because he is a demonic plant, his reproductive system is different from human.
Tian Qiu said that he could accept a male seed through his butt and he will be cultivating the seed into a bud form. Then, the bud could be planted anywhere and it will slowly grow, then, the baby will come out when the flower blossom under the ray of the moonlight.
At first, when Tian Qiu elaborated the process in detail, Tian Xuan was just as nonchalance as he usually is. But after knowing that he is a soul mate and it is possible for him to give birth, he doesn't know how to respond to his current situation.
Which is why, right now, he is in conflict.
If there's no other option, he rather fights Long Zhang to death but his principle is to measure things by pros and cons as well as taking the least aftermath consequence to settle everything.
He is thinking whether to return Long Zhang's soul or to stay by the man side.
If he returns the soul, he could not be so sure that he will remain alive and even if he remained alive, his luck will be bad like before.
Previously, he has no one to care for so he doesn't care if he died but now, he has Tian Qiu, Wu Xian, Li Yiyuan and everyone else. He doesn't want to die.
If by chance he remains alive, his bad luck will bring misfortune to everyone around him so he also doesn't want that to happen.
After thinking for a long time, Tian Xuan decided to negotiate with the owner of the soul first and decide anything later.
Tian Xuan opened his eyes and noticed that he was in a small house as he lied on someone's bed. He went out of the house and saw someone was bathing in the lake. His cyan eyes met with Long Zhang's clear like glass black eyes.
"…" Tian Xuan stared at the man silently and the man also stares at him. Tian Xuan lowered his eyes and saw the man's huge member. Although it is in limp condition, it is incredibly huge that Tian Xuan eyes bulged out of its socket.
Then, the manly deep voice rang in his ear. "I will take care of you… Even though they say that it will be hurt for you, I will try to be gentle."
PANG!