Yuan Jing swiftly arranged the temple's affairs, then flew back to White Cloud Mountain with Lu Zheng.
Together with Yuan Jing, he paid respects to Daoist Priest Mingzhang, met Yuan Lin and Yuan Ye, then went to pay respects to Sect Leader Perfected Person Mingyu and Dongyang Zi, reporting the death of Dark Sun Crossing Void True Emperor Demon Lord.
After quickly greeting his friends and seniors in the sect, Lu Zheng flew back to Tonglin County, finally making it back on the night before their departure.
"Actually, Lu Lang needn't have been in such a hurry. It would have been fine to stay at White Cloud Mountain for a few days."
"That won't do. If I said we'd leave tomorrow, then we leave tomorrow." Lu Zheng shrugged. "Blame my laziness before. I obviously could have made time to visit White Cloud Mountain, yet I insisted on staying home and lazing around."
Liu Qingyan laughed at that. "So Lu Lang is quite capable of recognizing his own problems."
Lu Zheng immediately widened his eyes. "It's fine when I say it myself, but you're making fun of me too? Watch me close the door and beat the fox!"
"Ah~~~" Liu Qingyan cried sweetly. "Lu Lang, be gentler~~~"
Early the next morning.
Lu Zheng, Si Lingxi, Shen Ying, the sisters Liu Qingyan and Liu Qingquan, Du YueYao, and Yang Caiyi gathered at the Lu Residence.
Oh, and Yue Honghai and Fan Boyu as well.
Other than the delighted Liu Qingquan, Yue Honghai was the most excited.
As a mere crocodile demon who had lived only a few hundred years, he had not only visited the East Sea Jade Dragon Palace, but was now about to spend the New Year at Phoenix Mountain in southern Xinjiang. This was simply a blessing and