After Han Xin presented the dried meat to Verdant Green Maiden, he headed for the Bell Chamber in Changle Palace.
As he passed through the palace gate, his vision went black.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself amid pavilions and terraces. He rose and looked outside, where vast clouds and mist stretched into the distance.
Not far away, a girl in a red-and-green gauze dress was turning over the soil.
"Little Girl, where is this...?"
Han Xin had only just begun to speak when the girl stood up and kicked a tree stump out of the way. It flew more than thirty yards.
She glanced back at Han Xin and said, "Mount Tai Jade Emperor Peak!"
Mount Tai?
How had he ended up on Mount Tai?
Hong Luan walked over and studied Han Xin for a long while, her eyes growing colder by the moment. "I never wanted her to save you! You were supposed to die, but... that Stupid Snake said she had to repay you after eating your dried meat."
"One piece of dried meat for one life. Han Xin, you're in luck!"
"Did Little Immortal Aunt save me?"
Han Xin's expression froze, and his eyes filled with astonishment.
Before he could ask anything else, someone shouted from the side, "Hong Luan! Help me carry these!"
At the sound of that, Hong Luan glared at Han Xin once more, then hurried away.
Behind Verdant Green Maiden trailed two wild deer, a tiger, and five wild oxen as she came up the steps. Even Hong Luan, who had run over to help, was left rooted to the spot.
She leaned back slightly and asked, "Why'd you hunt so much? Can we even eat all that?"
"Didn't we have a guest coming?"
Verdant Green Maiden glanced over