That evening, Lu Zheng cooked up a tableful of delicious dishes to entertain True Person Lin Yi and Li Lingyu, master and disciple. It was both a welcome feast and thanks for helping the Peach Blossom Heavenly Maidens out of their predicament.
Hiss—
True Person Lin Yi picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth, involuntarily sucking in a cold breath. He looked at Lu Zheng, then could not help looking at Si Lingxi. "This is..."
"Blackwater Dark Serpent," Lu Zheng said.
"Blackwater Dark Serpent Su Aojun?" True Person Lin Yi blurted out.
He was no newcomer to the martial world. The Blackwater Dark Serpent had shaken the East Sea for over a thousand years; of course he had heard the name of this great figure. But...
True Person Lin Yi looked at the chunk of snake meat held in his chopsticks, and even his hand trembled a little.
"She colluded with a celestial demon that descended to the mortal world and took the lives of several young dragons," Lu Zheng explained. "The Four Dragon Kings joined forces, and Ling Xi lent a little help as well, so..."
"I understand!" True Person Lin Yi nodded again and again, then swallowed the braised dark serpent in his chopsticks in one bite.
He reckoned this would be the only meal like this he would ever have in his life. He absolutely could not waste it. It would also give him material to brag to Liu Zong about in the future, so he firmly committed every detail of its color, aroma, and flavor to memory.
Saving the Peach Blossom Heavenly Maidens in passing had been no more difficult than turning over his palm. True Person Lin Yi had originally planned to come over, meet them,