"Senior Sister, we're back!" The two of them returned to the Ask Dao Sect and immediately reported that they were safe.
More importantly, they were reporting that the Ancestor was safe, proving that they had completed the task Senior Sister had assigned them.
"You came back ten days later than I expected. Did something unexpected happen on the way?"
Yun Zhi was somewhat puzzled. She had heard from her master that the matter concerning the Ancestor had already been explained to the officials of Ye City, and that he had been released long ago.
How had it taken the two junior brothers another ten days to safely escort the Ancestor back to the Ask Dao Sect?
Lu Yang was too embarrassed to say that the Ancestor really had been released, but the two of them had not.
"Yes, something unexpected happened on the way."
Yun Zhi nodded and did not dwell on the matter. After all, something unexpected happening on the way back was quite in line with her junior brother's luck.
"You came back at just the right time. Senior Immortal, please come out for a moment."
"What is it?" The Immortal Fairy poked her head out, coming to rest right on Lu Yang's shoulder. It made Lu Yang look as though he had grown two heads.
Yun Zhi opened a wooden box. Inside lay a cyan peach with a section of branch still attached. Rather than a peach, it looked more like a flawless work of art.
"Is this peach the fruit borne by the peach tree-shaped heavenly spirit root you mentioned, Fairy?"
The Immortal Fairy was astonished when she saw the peach. "You really found it. I thought it would take eight hundred or a thousand years to find."
"What is this?" Meng Jingzhou asked in a