Huo Qubing's surging Mental Power gradually subsided, and he slowly opened his eyes.
"Marquis! You're awake?" Zhan Yuwu asked in delighted surprise. "How do you feel?"
Huo Qubing rose from the ground and gave his sleeves a light shake. Dust fluttered from the hem of his marquis's robes as he stood tall and straight, like a sturdy pine.
"Much better." Huo Qubing lowered his head to look at his palm, his eyes exceptionally bright.
"Where's Lin Qiye?"
"He went to find the Queen Mother of the West... Oh, isn't he back already?"
Everyone turned to look, only to see Lin Qiye approaching slowly from afar with a Hardwood Bow on his back.
"The Marquis is awake?" Lin Qiye raised a brow. "Perfect. It's time for us to set out too."
"To find the Heavenly Court?"
"We can't find the Heavenly Court, but we must kill Cthulhu's true body. Its offspring took several days to reach the outskirts of Chang'an, which means its true body isn't moving very quickly. It should still be within Kunlun Mountain."
The others nodded and immediately headed toward the exit of the Jade Pool.
"Jialan, Her Majesty asked me to give this to you." Lin Qiye removed the Hardwood Bow from his back and handed it to Jialan.
Jialan had only just managed to stop crying, but the moment she saw the Hardwood Bow, her eyes reddened again. She held it against her chest, her fingertips gently stroking its surface.
"When I had only just been born, Her Majesty made this bow for me from an evergreen branch..." Jialan said softly. "It will not rot or decay even after ten thousand years. But though it does not decay, it is not sturdy, so we never used this bow when shooting arrows later on. I never thought