"Your Majesty."
Satongtian shook his head and said solemnly, "He's different from this old man. By rights, he's already ascended and shouldn't have to come back at all... It's only because of his promise to Your Majesty that he had no choice but to return."
"This is the world between heaven and earth, not the Southern Border or the Northern Lands. I'm afraid he paid a tremendous price to get back here..."
"This old man won't be leaving anytime soon, and neither will Wan'er. We can cultivate together... The treasures Wang Xian had are already with Your Majesty."
"Perhaps one day, you'll be reunited in the Ninth Heaven."
"Huh?" Hu Keke was taken aback.
The words slipped out before she could stop them. "Teacher, your cultivation is astonishing, and Wan'er is incredibly powerful too. I'm the weakest of us all... I'm afraid I'll still be struggling when the day you leave comes."
Satongtian laughed, unconcerned. "Your Majesty, don't sell yourself short. Your constitution has undergone a complete transformation in Moon City. It's beyond anything I can compare with."
At the mention of Moon City, Hu Keke froze.
She thought of Feng Yanran and Mingyue Lake.
Her teacher was right. The moment they found those lotus seeds by the lake and swallowed them, even the crow had transformed into human form, let alone her.
Thinking back, if Wang Xian hadn't happened to return, she and the others would probably have been tricked to death by the blind man long ago.
She had thought that when Wang Xian went back this time, he and her royal uncle would fight until both sides were battered and broken, leaving corpses everywhere and blood flowing for a thousand miles.
The battlefield where the two nations clashed was destined to become a historic ruin.
But she