[ Ding: The system has issued a mission: treat the Virtual-Real Sage, who is almost dead. Mission complete. The host's cultivation will break through to the Eternal Ninth Stage! ]
Li Zhōujūn had only just returned to Sunken Moon Valley when he received the system's mission.
After looking at the mission issued by the system, Li Zhōujūn pondered for a moment before heading to the western courtyard in Sunken Moon Valley, where Xue Zhi lived.
"You haven't come calling for more than half a year, yet you suddenly paid me a visit today. I imagine you must have something to ask." Xue Zhi sat in the pavilion in the courtyard, drinking tea. She gazed lazily at Li Zhōujūn as the breeze happened to lift her long white hair, its strands curling like clouds and mist over her snowy brow. The word "immortal" suited Xue Zhi perfectly at that moment.
Standing in the gentle breeze, Li Zhōujūn's clothes fluttered at the hem as he smiled and said, "I heard from Sunken Moon that Miss Xue Zhi is the Saintess of the Kirin Clan. I imagine Miss Xue Zhi must have heard of many of the powerhouses on the Eternal Continent."
Xue Zhi smiled, set down her teacup, and looked at Li Zhōujūn with keen interest. "Why should I tell you?"
"Consider it as Li Mou owing Miss Xue Zhi a favor," Li Zhōujūn said.
"Whether a favor is worth anything depends on what remarkable qualities the person who owes me possesses. Do you think you're worth this favor?
"If repaying the favor you owe me requires the Virtual-Real Sage to do it, then this favor means nothing to me." Xue Zhi smiled faintly, her red lips brimming with bewitching charm.
"Of course, the favor Li Mou owes Miss Xue