An Bulang was still very unconvinced.
He said seriously, "Can't we change the forms of address? You call me Daddy, and call him Mommy!"
The Heavenly God Treasure Tree tilted its branches. "Wouldn't that be even stranger?"
An Bulang looked at the furry Purple Locust Divine Venerable, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Whether he was Daddy or Mommy, it seemed he still had to be paired with Purple Locust?
The youth felt a deep sense of helplessness.
He could not be bothered to fuss over such a trivial matter, so he let the Heavenly God Treasure Tree call him whatever it wanted.
After so many years, the Heavenly God Treasure Tree had encountered the Purple Locust Divine Venerable once more. It was as though some karma had come full circle, making its Dao more complete. The entire tree seemed to glow with divine light, its aura full and abundant.
The Purple Locust Divine Venerable before them had been severely contaminated by the Heavenly Ghost Core. Even his physical body had undergone some sort of mutation. A divine aura and ghostly qi had fused together, forming an entirely new energy structure. Had the Langya Ghost Immortal not halted his research midway, the Purple Locust Divine Venerable might truly have become some new form of life by now.
Neither An Bulang nor Jin Yuexi knew how to handle him, so they temporarily stored him inside a storage ring.
"Alright, our exploration of Ghost God Mountain has come to a satisfactory end. You truly helped us a great deal. I'll keep my promise and find a way to free you from the Heavenly God Hall's restraints!" An Bulang said to the eighteen Deity Statues.
The Deity Statues were all so overjoyed that they wept.
"Freedom... We can finally be free!"
"Wuwuwu...