In the pool, lotus blossoms drifted, and Verdant Green Maiden reached out and poked one.
"You're telling me this is the Precious Lotus Lantern?"
Heaven nodded.
Verdant Green Maiden leaned back in surprise and furrowed her brow. "Wasn't the Precious Lotus Lantern an Innate Supreme Treasure passed down by Empress Nuwa? How could it be this lotus?"
"And why did He Xiangu give it to me?"
When Verdant Green Maiden asked this, Heaven sighed. "Isn't it all because of you, Jiao girl!"
"Tsk..."
Did he have to curse her as a Jiao every time they disagreed?
Heaven said to Verdant Green Maiden, "According to the original course of fate, He Qiong's only attachment, her grandmother, would die after this plague. Alone in the world, she would be driven out by the villagers and embark on the path of cultivation, ascending to immortality in this life."
"But ever since you changed her fate, everything has been thrown into chaos!"
"She won't become an Immortal in this life, and you're traveling the world with Pei Xiu. So you might as well have her give this lotus to you."
Verdant Green Maiden still didn't understand. "What does that have to do with the Precious Lotus Lantern?"
"You're so foolish!"
Heaven scolded her, then said, "Even the Yang Family Siblings haven't become Immortals. How could there be a Precious Lotus Lantern in this world? Take this lotus and refine it, then give it to Yang Chan."
"Perhaps one day, it really will become the Precious Lotus Lantern you speak of."
At this, Verdant Green Maiden seemed to realize something. "Who asked her to deliver the lotus?"
Heaven fell silent for a moment, then replied quietly, "Female Immortal Yunhua."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Verdant Green Maiden shook her head, wearing an expression that said, I knew