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After sending Luo Dongjun on his way, the three of us continued toward the Inner Immortal Sea. Along the way, I imagined Luo Dongjun taking my car key to the treasure vault in Carefree Immortal Valley to unlock the door, and I burst out laughing several times. Xiaomeng Tong, however, wore a worried frown the whole way, blaming me for being too softhearted. Long Yue didn't care much, but she also didn't want that fellow with a face like an enemy's to get his way, so she wasn't very happy either.
Seeing the accusing looks on both their faces, I told them the whole story.
After hearing my explanation, Xiaomeng Tong's sour mood suddenly cleared like clouds parting to reveal the sun. She couldn't help punching me several times with her little fists. "Hmph, you're so bad! You tricked him like that, but when he gets back and can't open the lock with that so-called key, he'll definitely turn around and come after us!"
Long Yue's gloomy mood also improved considerably. She couldn't help letting out a laugh and covering her mouth, a trace of admiration in her eyes.
"But that was close. If you'd swapped it for something from our realm, he would've recognized it at a glance. It was lucky that even I had never seen the thing you brought out." Xiaomeng Tong smiled.
"Of course. In our lower realm, keys have been made more and more over-the-top these days. How could the upper realm compare?" I shrugged and sat down atop the Coffin of the Swift-Walking Ghost, continuing to chat with the two women.
Luo Dongjun definitely wouldn't be back for a while. He had to verify whether the key was real or fake. That left us free to take things easy, and the journey became