For Zou Jiufeng and Tian Zhongyu, being able to call things off now was naturally the best outcome.
"I'll be staying here for a while, occupying Snowgreen Peak for some time. I haven't decided exactly how long, but I'll leave when the time comes. These two friends of mine are rather unruly and may cause some trouble, so I hope you'll forgive them. But as long as you don't enter this area, they won't go out and cause trouble on their own. Before I leave, I don't want anyone else coming to disturb me. What do you think?" Xiang Qingcheng's projection said.
"Since you're meditating here, we wouldn't dream of being so tactless. If there's anything you need, Immortal Maiden, Fellow Daoist Zou and I can arrange for our people to deliver it as soon as possible," Tian Zhongyu said respectfully.
"There's no need. I have everything I need here. You two need only keep the others in line. Let those people go, and don't cause any more mischief in the future." Xiang Qingcheng then gave Little Fire Crow another instruction. Before Tian Zhongyu could ask anything else, her projection in the air gradually faded away.
Little Fire Crow cawed a few times, then left, looking rather bored. The little white dog shot Tian Zhongyu and Zou Jiufeng a warning glance before taking its leave as well.
Tian Zhongyu gazed at the image of Xiang Qingcheng, already vanished from the air, and couldn't help feeling a sense of loss.
"Hey, Fellow Daoist Tian, everyone's already gone. Or rather, that Immortal Maiden never showed herself in person at all. Stop standing there in a daze." Little Fire Crow had kept Zou Jiufeng pinned down, leaving him in a foul mood. Seeing Tian Zhongyu like this, he couldn't help calling out to