"So you came for my sake at the end of Senior Five Declines of Heaven and Man's battle, cleaned up the mess, and drove off that seal-attribute guy?"
After pressing him for quite a while, Feng Tang Meng Po summarized with a face full of suspicion, mixed with the tiniest trace of gratitude.
"Not exactly."
Water Ghost shook his head and said gravely, "Everything after that is right, but the key wasn't 'for your sake.'"
"Then what was it for?"
"For the bigger picture, the plan, and the entire game of blaspheming the Saint."
Feng Tang Meng Po: "..."
That tiny trace of gratitude in her heart vanished like smoke.
And because she owed too many favors, she had no way to repay them at all. She could only let herself be manipulated.
"Just say what you want... Hah, men!"
Feng Tang Meng Po spoke indifferently as she manifested clean water to wipe the blood from her face, while also working the spiritual essence in her sea of energy, trying to squeeze out the faintest shred of power from beneath the seal.
Unfortunately, she failed.
She had now become the only ordinary person in the Yunlun Mountain Range.
Probably any random trial-taker who came by could kill her in a single move.
Much less Water Ghost?
This man could not be moved by wealth or beauty, nor could power muddle his resolve.
Feng Tang Meng Po felt like a ridiculous doll. Other than being amusing and entertaining, she could not squeeze even the slightest worthwhile "benefit" out of herself before Water Ghost.
Water Ghost looked at the woman whose injuries had healed after taking medicinal pills, who had then washed her face with clear water to reveal a bewitching yet mature visage. Without a ripple in his expression, he said,