After drawing the jade pendant over, Li Yuanjiu gave it a glance and, right before Luo Hong, slipped it into his right sleeve.
"Alright."
Seeing this, Luo Hong immediately guessed what Li Yuanjiu intended to do. As he put away the Blood God Statue, he said to him,
"You may investigate it, Senior, but be careful not to alert the enemy."
"I know my limits."
Li Yuanjiu said with a grave expression.
Hearing this, Luo Hong said no more and flew straight toward the golden passage.
Only a moment later, he arrived above a Teleportation Array. With a flash of spiritual light, he returned to Nine Yuan Pavilion.
Daoist Chun Jun and the two women, Miaofa and Chi Meng, had not left. Yet when they looked at Luo Hong again, the expressions in their eyes were completely different from before.
"Fellow Daoist Chun Jun, my business here is concluded. I shall take my leave."
Luo Hong cupped his hands toward Daoist Chun Jun, who sat at the head of the hall.
"Very well. I will see you down the mountain."
Though Daoist Chun Jun was filled with curiosity, he did not dare ask too many questions at this moment and immediately offered to escort him personally.
"Thank you for the trouble, Fellow Daoist."
Luo Hong gave another polite salute while transmitting his voice to Chi Meng:
"If Fellow Daoist Chi Meng is willing to do Luo a favor, the wager may end here."
"Can you persuade Miaofa?"
Chi Meng naturally wished for nothing more, but she knew that Immortal Venerable Miaofa would surely not agree.
"Hehe, you have wronged Fellow Daoist Miaofa in this regard. She never intended to make you serve as a maid for the full month, so she had agreed with Luo beforehand that the terms of