"!!"
"Croak~ Croak~ Croak~!!"
Several miles outside Qianyuan Mountain, in a dense forest, several birds were suddenly startled by something. They cried out and took flight, beating their wings as they flew toward the distant wilderness. Before long, they had vanished from sight...
"Qianyuan Mountain..."
(?╭╮?)
"This should be the place, right?"
o(′▽｀)o ?
A little girl had teleported to a spot not far from there. First, she curiously studied the mountain ahead, wreathed in immortal mist, its peak towering into the clouds and seemingly protected by a mountain-guarding formation. Only after spotting a few people she recognized on the mountain did she reluctantly confirm that this was the place she needed to find.
"How annoying!!"
s (??ˇεˇ??)ゞ
"There aren't any landmarks or boundary markers, not even a map. The letter just said Golden Light Cave of Mount Qianyuan. Who knows where that is?"
(lll￢ω￢)
Good thing she was the all-powerful Queen Annie. Anyone else would never have found the Qianyuan Mountain the little brat had mentioned, let alone the Golden Light Cave hidden somewhere on it.
So,
After carefully gazing for a while at the distant mountain, swirling with spiritual energy and shrouded in immortal mist, little Annie decided she probably wasn't late. After a few complaints, she simply flashed away, disappearing from where she stood.
(...)
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At that moment,
Inside the Golden Light Cave of Mount Qianyuan, Taiyi Zhenren sat calmly on a meditation cushion, explaining in detail to one of his disciples, Nezha, what he needed to know and keep in mind when reshaping his physical body. Nezha's spirit had gradually taken on a distinct form after receiving incense offerings for a long time.
His other disciple, the attendant boy Jinxia, who also looked like a child, waited off to the side. He held a