Dense forest outside the city.
"Brother Ling, stay here and don't move. In a moment, I'll be using a secret art to retrieve something from afar..."
"Why am I the only one staying behind?"
"Taking you along would be inconvenient."
"No, I mean, why can your wife go?" Ling Xuan pointed at Long E Ying.
"I told you, it's a secret art. Other than my wife, no one else can watch. Besides, if I went alone and left my wife here with you, a lone man and a lone woman, wouldn't that be inappropriate?"
"..."
He twisted and turned every which way, yet never answered why having one extra person, Ling Xuan, was "inconvenient," while having one extra person, Long E Ying, was "convenient." Ling Xuan stopped bothering with him, dropped into the canopy, crossed his legs, and meditated motionlessly, concealing his qi so the Southern Border's gu insects would not detect him.
"Let's go."
Glittering light flowed. Donning [Vortex Divine Armor], Liang Qu grabbed the smiling Long E Ying and returned outside Qin Prefecture City. He removed the Flesh Kasaya and handed both the Bloodfiend Divine Technique and the corpse to E Ying.
"A Fei!"
The Fat Catfish poked out its head, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed Long E Ying and the Heavenly God's corpse together.
"Is Frog Duke ready?"
The Fat Catfish curled its Long Whiskers into a circle.
"Good! Let's make this quick."
Transforming back into a strange fish, Liang Qu used [Vortex Divine Armor] to enter Qin Prefecture City once more.
Vortex Palace.
Fluorescent jellyfish shone brightly. Blue Cat and Brown Rat played across the Dragon Spirit Silk; instruments of all sizes never ceased, while Little River Otter sang, played, and danced. With a sudden clang of the gong, he pinched his throat and shouted.