"This isn't something you need to worry about."
"This old mother and her three daughters all find you gentlemen handsome and dashing."
[VOCAL.] [Monkey Brother is the only one with a hairy face and thunder god's beak.] [That makes it sound like Monkey Brother is the only one being disliked.]
"..."
The Heavenly Venerates in the Three Pure Ones Hall were utterly speechless.
And this wasn't even their disciples' fault.
The Preaching Squad had originally been a bona fide zoo lineup, but Qingqing had changed their Fate long ago.
They were still Marshal Heavenly Canopy and General Curtain-Lifting, and even Little White Dragon was no longer a horse now. Naturally, they could be considered handsome and dashing.
"I see that you are still hesitant."
"To be honest, my daughters and I truly are willing to become Dao companions with you. Any one of you will do."
Little White Dragon Ao Lie raised his eyes to examine everyone's emotions. Seeing the red hearts floating above their heads, he gave the others a meaningful look.
Everyone in the Preaching Squad now knew what Little White Dragon Ao Lie's system did.
Seeing his signal, every one of them was deeply shaken.
They had not yet fully processed that revelation.
Then they heard the old mother add, "How about this? Let us have a heavenly marriage collision. As long as any of my daughters catches any one of you, or I catch any one of you, it will count as a proper match, all right?"
"That way, everyone will be treated fairly."
"If none of us catches you, then it will count as us having fate but no affinity. We will send you on your way to spread the Dao. How about it?"
``` [Well, this is great. Originally, only Old Pig