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"Immortal Official Zhao! I've missed you to death! Why haven't you contacted me all this time?" Immortal Official Zhao's voice was delicate and rounded, making anyone who heard it feel as though they were bathing in a spring breeze. But it made my whole body break out in goosebumps. She used to be the male Great Immortal Mosquito! She had merely borrowed a woman's body to revive her soul. Her real name was Zhao Zhuoran, though the name was suitably gender-neutral.
"Immortal Official Zhao, long time no see!" My heart was bitter, but I didn't let it show. I merely smiled at her, which made Immortal Official Zhao very happy. She pulled the two old friends behind her forward, but when they saw me, their faces turned awkward. They called me the Xia Emperor, then began stammering, as though they were struggling to say something they couldn't bring themselves to voice.
"Immortal Official Zhou, Immortal Official Tu, I finally get to see you both. I'm very glad that you two are safe and sound." Seeing that Zhou Xianming and Immortal Official Tu had been rescued from the Heavenly Prison, I was genuinely delighted. After all, part of the reason I had conquered a portion of the Lesser Heavenly Court was for this very purpose. Now that I could see them standing here, I had also fulfilled the promise I made to Immortal Official Zhao.
Zhou Xianming and Immortal Official Tu were both Immortal Official Zhao's brothers and close friends. Their imprisonment in the Heavenly Prison was partly my fault as well. Fortunately, Zhao Mengnan of the Upper Clear Sect had helped rescue them both from the prison.
"We both know that Xia Emperor paid an unimaginable price for our sake. Since you've valued the two of us so highly,