Hearing this, Jiang Jingyi's expression immediately turned subtle.
This show-off really was shameless.
His inner thoughts just now had not mentioned any of that at all. It was clearly something she had thought of, yet he was pretending he had thought of it too.
"Hehe, since that's the case, leave the remaining work to Lin Sizhu!"
"Sure, no problem."
Lin Heng patted his chest and accepted the task. He had just heard that Lingyu from the Jade Fox Clan had arrived as well.
A big red fox!
Now that was a genuine fox enchantress.
Just then, Mu Li lightly nudged Jiang Jingyi, seemingly reminding her of something.
"Oh, I nearly forgot the important matter." The two of them had come here to take the show-off away.
As for what they intended to take him away for, that was anyone's guess.
Jiang Jingyi stood up and suddenly looked at Dugu Qingyang.
"Fellow Daoist Dugu, earlier you asked this Empress to take responsibility for your grandson. This Empress has already done what she needed to do. You can see that there are some Dao traces on him and likely know perfectly well how they came to be. Since that is so, shouldn't he return them to me now?"
Dugu Qingyang froze for a moment. A strange glint flashed through his old eyes as he asked doubtfully,
"This thing can be returned?"
"Don't forget, his Dragon Qi is still with this Empress."
She meant to exchange it for the Dragon Qi.
Lin Heng looked utterly bewildered and hurriedly cut in.
"No, Female Emperor, what do you mean? You'll return the Dragon Qi to me, and I'll return the Dao to you?"
"That is exactly it. So, Lin Sizhu, come with this Empress."
Their conversation sounded like a riddle, leaving Dugu Feng, Shen Yeting,