Junior Brother White Tiger was polite and well-behaved. Junior Brother White Tiger honestly greeted Senior Sister White Phoenix, and it brought back memories, as if he were meeting Senior Sister White Dragon for the first time all over again.
Back then, Xiang Yuan had been nothing but a little nobody. Mistaking Xiao Lingyue for "her," Fengxian and Xiang Yuan had both drifted through half a lifetime on the spot, offering up the gold beneath their knees and begging to take her as their godmother.
In cultivation, there was nothing shameful about that!
Once the misunderstanding was cleared up, Xiang Yuan learned that he had knelt before the wrong person. Secretly, he swore that today's humiliation would be repaid a hundredfold someday.
When that day came, he would keep kneeling without end.
Later, that vow came true. It really did make him kneel.
His first meeting with Xiao Lingyue had carried a touch of farce. Afterward, they entered the Unborn Realm—also known as "Xiang Yuan's Happy Realm." With a man and woman paired up, work never felt tiring; the two of them formed a team and slaughtered their way through everything with crisp efficiency. Their first collaboration had been quite pleasant.
At any rate, Xiang Yuan had been very happy.
His first meeting with Bai Wuyan had not been nearly so pleasant. This woman was icy cold, with an arrogance that seeped from her very bones. Her gaze barely brushed over him, her eyes slanted as she looked at others, and even her tone seemed to float high in the heavens.
"No need for further words. Open Jambu Gate and follow me inside to seek the relic."
"Senior Sister White Phoenix, you mean the Reincarnation Relic, right?"
"Oh, you already know?"
Bai Wuyan gave Xiang Yuan a direct look and said