Gong Er smiled faintly as their eyes met.
With just one glance, she gave people the feeling of a spring breeze brushing across their faces.
Gong Qi suddenly felt that this was her true master!
"Master?!" she asked tentatively.
Gong Qing slowly raised her hand, her fingertips gently caressing Gong Qi's face. Even the smiling curve at the corners of her eyes was so similar. "Little Qi, you don't recognize me anymore?"
Gong Qi could not help smiling along with her.
It seemed her master was still here.
Just then, an indifferent voice sounded from beside them. "What, have you gone stupid?"
Gong Qi reined in her smile, shot Gong San a glance, and asked her master without the slightest concern for propriety, "Master, what exactly is your relationship with my Third Sister?"
This question was probably not something Gong Qi alone wanted to ask. Every cultivator in the Northern Territory wanted to know.
When she had first arrived in the Northern Territory and learned that Gong San had plotted against Gong Er and been suppressed in the Eighteenth Level Dungeon, Gong Qi had truly thought the two were mortal enemies, like fire and water.
But as the truth was uncovered piece by piece, Gong Qi found the relationship between Gong Er and Gong San increasingly interesting.
Gong Qing paused, then smiled. "That is a long story. Since you want to know, I will tell you slowly."
"But today, we still have some matters to attend to."
Gong Qi looked over curiously. "What matters?"
"Hua'er's battle with the Nether Sea Earth Dragon destroyed the entire Cold Water Domain, causing countless living beings to suffer calamity and burdening her with endless Karma for nothing," Gong Qing explained unhurriedly. "We must settle the matters of the Cold Water Domain before we can