Ji Dong stared blankly, and Zhou Qing took out a mirror from the Gray Pouch, reflecting Ji Dong's head. "Have you never considered that this thing looks a little too much like a birthday crown?"
Thinking of what a birthday crown looked like, Ji Dong's face darkened. "Why can't it be a crown or a coronet?"
"By that logic, every Yin Yang Magic Master is a king. Where would the Five Elements Continent find so many kings?"
Zhou Qing had his own reasoning. "So it can't be a crown. It can only be a birthday crown. Besides, whose crown is designed so bizarrely, with flames decorating the peaks? Those are clearly candles lit to celebrate a birthday!"
Ji Dong: "..."
"And—"
Before Zhou Qing could finish, he continued, "Today is the day you acknowledge your Godmother. You're an orphan yourself and don't know what year or month you were born in. Since there's no time like the present, let's make today your Mother's Hardship Day."
For a moment, Ji Dong was utterly speechless.
Condensing the Yin Yang Crown should have been something worth celebrating, yet he simply could not feel happy. Was it because of the birthday crown on his head...?
"Damn it! You almost led me astray! This is a Yin Yang Crown! Not a crown, not a coronet, and definitely not some birthday crown!" Ji Dong panted heavily as he tried his best to correct Zhou Qing's understanding of the Yin Yang Crown.
But after Zhou Qing wiped the smile off his face, he said faintly, "I'm serious. In terms of its design, this Yin Yang Crown really does look more like a birthday crown than a European-style crown."
"What do you mean?"
Ji Dong did not understand.
"I mean that when you're not cultivating, you should look