She slowly woke, knowing Yu Rong had healed her.
Grievously wounded, Bai Yujun could no longer maintain human form and reverted to her snake body, coiling into a motionless spiral. Fortunately, Chunyang Palace had sturdy enough backing and plenty of medicine, and her injuries quickly healed.
Qi Yun took the demonic artifact away. No one dared step forward to demand it.
After Yu Rong stopped him, Guo Lian of the Demon Subjugation Sect did not make another move. Yu Rong could not exactly kill him outright either. Before leaving, that old man glared fixedly at Bai Yujun as though she had murdered his son. Gan Wu utterly scorned this—if he wanted to fight, he should draw his sword. What was the point of holding a grudge?
Yu Rong did not return to Mount Hua with Bai Yujun and Qi Yun. Instead, she flew an unknown number of thousands of li to Longze County.
"You were badly injured. I'll take you somewhere that can speed up your recovery."
Longze County.
Yu Rong concealed herself and Bai Yujun, who had only just regained the ability to assume human form, and looked down at Dragon Girl Temple from the sky.
Below them, Dragon Girl Temple, converted from Chunyang Palace's former temporary encampment, brimmed with incense and worshippers. Faithful men and women streamed endlessly through the city, while wisps of blue smoke drifted above Dragon Girl Temple. She was more prosperous than the nearby temples by who knew how much. More pitiful still was City God Temple. In past years, people had at least been willing to burn incense there and offer fruits, but now it had become a nest for beggars.
Many people had recognized that the one guarding the entrance to City God Temple that day had been the Dragon Girl. Thus,