Lola had not been deliberately teasing her man. She truly had heard of this key item for resurrecting the Water Elemental Monarch, seemingly back when they were in the Surface World. Unfortunately, she simply could not recall the exact circumstances.
Chen Rui knew there was no use rushing such a matter, so he could only let Miss Fairy Dragon think it over slowly. Still, the Surface World was an important clue—they could return to the human world through the Stellar Gate and search there.
At Lola and Isabella's unanimous and vehement insistence, Chen Rui did not expose Ben Hong's identity. He merely instructed Ben Hong in secret to show mercy and not beat the Poison Dragon to death.
And so, Miss "Shali" officially joined the training party.
Ben Hong, Lola, and Isabella had been acquainted before. Back in the Golden Radiance Territory, because Ben Hong had deliberately drawn close to them, the three had gotten along rather well. But after Chen Rui returned and exposed Ben Hong's identity, they had immediately become enemies. Later, at the Light Holy Mountain, the two women had remained on high alert against this terrifying foe. They could not help but sigh at the thought that they had now become comrades on the same side.
Ben Hong did not deliberately lower herself before Lola and the others because of the contract. Instead, she maintained an unassuming yet neither servile nor overbearing demeanor. In truth, she attached great importance to Lola and Catherine, the two goddesses of "that world." Catherine, the "Goddess of Wisdom," in particular gave Ben Hong a very peculiar feeling—perhaps because of her divine office.
Although ten years had passed since the decisive battle with Satan and the current crisis had temporarily been resolved, no one was willing to give up this opportunity