Scorpion Granny accepted the jade slip. After glancing at Xu Chunniang, she could not help tightening her grip around it.
"What about you, my lady? Are you leaving?"
Xu Chunniang answered tactfully, "I have some matters to attend to, and you have your own path to walk."
Although she had long prepared herself and knew this day would come, when the moment truly arrived, Scorpion Granny felt deeply reluctant to part.
She had known her lady for several centuries. Faced with such a sudden separation, she felt at a loss.
Yet she knew that once her lady had made a decision, she would not easily change it.
Besides, her lady was right. It was time for her to walk her own path as well.
Suppressing the bitterness in her heart, Scorpion Granny asked, "After you leave, my lady, will we still have a chance to meet again?"
Xu Chunniang sighed softly. "Even if we meet again, it will only be one more meeting."
Scorpion Granny understood something. She hurriedly lowered her head, hiding the glimmer of tears in her eyes.
"Then I wish you a smooth journey, my lady."
Xu Chunniang nodded slightly and took out a mustard-seed space she had prepared long ago, handing it to Scorpion Granny.
"Take it. There are some spiritual artifacts and spirit crystals inside. You will always find them useful when traveling through the Spirit Realm in the future."
Scorpion Granny hurriedly tried to refuse. "How could I take your things, my lady?"
"I have no use for these things now. Since I am giving them to you, take them. There are array disks I personally refined inside. Set them up where you enter seclusion, and no one else will detect your demonic aura."
"Yes. Thank you, my lady."
Scorpion Granny accepted the mustard-seed