"Of course. The entire God Tomb Cult was talking about it. Our relationship with you had been brought up too; by now, no one in the God Tomb Cult didn't know. Everyone knew we were once your 'wives who shared your hardships'!" Zi Zhen said.
"That really was impressive." Li Tianming laughed.
Compared to when the God Tomb Cult had once thrown him out like trash, it truly was a slap in the face.
"Impressive, sure, but quite a few people hate you," Zi Zhen said.
"Because I now represent Xuanting, and I once defiled the little goddess in their hearts?" Li Tianming chuckled.
"Get lost. Nothing good ever comes out of a dog's mouth," Zi Zhen said speechlessly.
"What was the attitude of the God Tomb Cult's upper echelon? Your master, for example, or people like Mu Dongli?" Li Tianming asked.
"I don't know about the others, but just now, my master specifically asked about what was between you and me," Zi Zhen said softly.
"How did he ask?"
"He asked whether things between us had been cut off."
"How did you answer?"
Zi Zhen rolled her eyes at him. "Of course I said they had been cut off—thoroughly and completely.
"Otherwise, could you have thrown yourself into someone else's arms in your grief and married into the An Clan?"
"You even helped me make it sound reasonable." Li Tianming was moved, then asked, "What was his reaction when he heard that answer?"
Zi Zhen said, "He didn't say anything, but by my intuition, he was fairly satisfied with that answer. After all, you're now deeply tied to the An Clan, and tied together through marriage at that. It wouldn't be appropriate for us to keep a husband-and-wife relationship with you. The God Tomb Cult's higher-ups probably wouldn't want