"Yes!" Yuan Fang accepted the order.
Aque was streaming with tears as she kowtowed, sobbing, "Thank you, Daoist Master."
The women all sighed. As women themselves, they all pursued beauty; only today did they understand what it meant for excess to be worse than deficiency.
After the others withdrew, Xia Hua, Zheng Jiuxiao, and Fei Changliu gathered around Niu Youdao, speaking respectfully and fawning over him.
Niu Youdao had no interest in further chatter and told them to return and prepare for the migration.
The three naturally obeyed, but before leaving, Fei Changliu still asked, "The children of those three traitorous disciples are still under the control of our three sects. Does Daoist Master have any instructions?"
Had this not been mentioned, Niu Youdao would nearly have forgotten. He recalled the three who had betrayed him in the Tiandu Secret Realm. When he had taken control of them, he had intended to use them to meddle in Xiaoyao Palace and Spirit Sword Mountain. But later changes had taken matters out of his hands; he had been thrown into the Sacred Realm and had no time to spare for Xiaoyao Palace and Spirit Sword Mountain.
Originally, the three sects had taken the opportunity to curry favor with Purple Gold Cave and wanted Purple Gold Cave to deal with them.
But Gong Lince learned that Niu Youdao was still alive, and Purple Gold Cave had never acted on his behalf. Thus, the matter had simply been left hanging.
"Give them their freedom." Niu Youdao waved it off with a generous word. They no longer had any value to him, so there was no need.
Yuan Fang took Aque away. Shang Chaozong also returned to Southern Prefecture. When he learned that Feng Ruonan had privately made the decision to send Aque to Thatched