The recording clerk's eyes lit up. A hundred thousand Immortal Crystals—this was a major deal!
Her attitude became even more attentive. "May I ask the immortal maiden for the name of the person you seek, her race, and any distinguishing characteristics?"
Xu Chunniang thought for a moment. "Her name is Little Orange. She is of the Demon Race and carries the bloodlines of a peacock and Qiongqi. Her true form is a winged tiger, while in human form, she looks like a lively young girl of around eighteen or nineteen."
As she recorded the details, the clerk asked, "Does the immortal maiden know Little Orange's exact appearance? If so, please show it to me through divine sense."
Xu Chunniang understood and conveyed both Little Orange's human form and true form to the clerk through divine sense.
The clerk asked several more questions. After learning from Xu Chunniang that Little Orange had vanished before she even had the chance to enter the Immortal Realm, she frowned ever so slightly.
"If the immortal maiden's guess is correct, then Little Orange is most likely no longer in Zongdong Heaven."
Xu Chunniang had vaguely suspected as much, but she wanted even more to know what basis the clerk had used to reach such a conclusion.
"I would like to hear the details."
The clerk sat up straighter and habitually tapped her fingers against the table, speaking at an unhurried pace.
"The immortal maiden has presumably been in Zongdong Heaven for some time since ascending here. Have you noticed that for those who have become immortals, leaving the Immortal Realm through the Realm Lake is actually very difficult?"
Without waiting for Xu Chunniang's reply, the clerk gave the answer directly. "Because of the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao Law, it is extremely difficult for us