A golden streak of light illuminated Pingkang Ward as it descended in a straight line. With a bang, it embedded itself before Zhang Yuanqing, cracking the blue bricks and sending tiny shards of stone spraying out, stinging his face with fiery pain.
As the golden light faded, a Brass Pestle half an arm long appeared before them. Its handle was engraved with incantations and decorative patterns, exquisitely crafted, while its triangular pestle head was sharp and pointed.
It was the Demon Subduing Pestle, from which he had been separated for years—no, for merely a few months.
A pale golden glow drifted out from the Demon Subduing Pestle and condensed into a tall goddess clad in colorful robes. Her features were breathtakingly beautiful and refined, her bearing cool and otherworldly, her lips full and alluring.
She hovered above the Demon Subduing Pestle, her embroidered shoes lightly resting on its head. Looking down at Zhang Yuanqing, she frowned. "I told you, I wouldn't save you in an instance dungeon."
Lady, you're being tsundere already. Your words say no, but your actions are so honest. Zhang Yuanqing was delighted and moved. He called out loudly, "Lady, one day apart feels like three autumns. I haven't seen you for three months, yet it feels like three lifetimes. Before I die, I just wanted to see you one last time~"
Princess Yinyao quietly patted the Cat King Speaker, instructing it to record this shameless scene so she could use it to humiliate Yuanshi Tianzun in the future.
Lady of Three Paths Mountain snorted. "Smooth-tongued. Hm? Your realm has risen so quickly?"
A flicker of astonishment appeared in Lady of Three Paths Mountain's beautiful eyes.
Zhang Yuanqing immediately said, "Naturally, I cannot disgrace you, Lady. Thinking of you day and night has given me motivation to