Great Sage Zhou Yi gave a few more pointers, and County Princess Tianluo listened with solemn respect.
After a moment, Great Sage Zhou Yi continued asking, "You usually never come to me, for fear that the Dao-sound will wear you down. Why have you come this time?"
"Reporting to Ancestor, the Heavenly Demon Tribulation is approaching. The Daoist sects have issued talismans and edicts far and wide, and changed the assembly point to my Jinling... Ancestor already knew about this, but that Great Sage Fang Lang came knocking and took up residence in my household..."
County Princess Tianluo sighed.
"Fang Lang? That little fellow who became a Sage only a few years ago, then destroyed Yuan Yin Temple and sealed the Giant Sea Monster of the North Sea? How interesting. Truly, how interesting..."
Great Sage Zhou Yi exclaimed in surprise, then burst into helpless laughter. "If he had not rejected you before, I might have thought he had taken a fancy to you..."
"Ancestor..."
County Princess Tianluo stamped her foot, finally showing a little girlish shyness.
"He is a Great Sage of the unorthodox path, and can even seal a Great Fiend. His battle prowess is extraordinary, so you must carefully win him over..." After the joke, Great Sage Zhou Yi's tone turned solemn. "He found an excuse to stay with you. Could he have learned some other piece of information?"
"Please rest assured, Ancestor. Only a handful of people know about the matters concerning Xuanhai. Even if the outside world learns that we are collecting spiritual materials from the ocean, they will only assume that we intend to use them to nurture newcomers..."
County Princess Tianluo bowed.
"Of course I trust you to handle things, and once it is done, you will receive no shortage of benefits... But we