After the two men in black left, Ao Tingxin sat down on a stone bench beside her, supporting her forehead with one hand. Her head felt dizzy and muddled.
She did not know why, but in any case, her body and mind both felt unwell. She sat there for quite a while before recovering somewhat.
After a while longer, the Fourth Princess finally recovered completely, more or less returning to normal.
Yet Ao Tingxin showed no sign of relief. Though she did not know what those two men in black had done to her, she knew it could not have been anything good.
Just as she stood up, intending to look around elsewhere, Ao Tingxin suddenly heard a commotion outside. Urgent footsteps followed, and a group of demons arrived.
The demons stood in the courtyard, staring at Ao Tingxin as they sized her up. Then they took a sheet of paper from their robes, bearing a portrait of Ao Tingxin.
"Are you the Fourth Princess of the East Blue?" one of the demons stepped forward and asked with a respectful smile.
"I am."
"Greetings, Your Highness, Fourth Princess!" The demons all knelt and respectfully saluted Ao Tingxin.
"No need for formalities. Hurry and get up," Ao Tingxin said with a smile. She now knew these demons had come to fetch her.
Following the group of demons, Ao Tingxin left that nameless mountain and returned to the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.
Ao Tingxin's safe return filled Uchiha Shin and the others with joy. She was finally all right.
Uchiha Shin naturally rewarded the demons who had found Ao Tingxin generously.
"Are you all right?" Uchiha Shin walked over and asked.
Ao Tingxin shook her head. "I'm fine. They merely kept me in a courtyard deep in the mountains. I lived in