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When Ling Qing went to find Canglingzi, the other immortals had not been idle either.

Iron Crutch Li went to find Taishang Laojun, Han Zhongli went to borrow the Mountain-Stabilizing Divine Needle from the Queen Mother, Zhang Guolao went to investigate Pangolin's whereabouts, and Lan Caihe remained at Carefree Residence to guard He Xiangu's mortal body.

Meanwhile, Lu Dongbin happened to encounter Peony Fairy, who had descended to the mortal realm.

Peony Fairy had also heard about He Xiangu. Seeing Lu Dongbin so anxious, she could not help descending to offer her aid.

When Lu Dongbin saw her, he suddenly thought of borrowing her hand to take out the Mountain-Stabilizing Divine Needle for temporary use, intending to return it after Pangolin had been killed.

To that end, he even gave her a "cord knot" symbolizing the bond of hair tied together.

Peony Fairy looked at the cord knot in her hand, her heart filled with a hundred tangled emotions. "If I steal the divine needle, I'll never be able to return to the Heavenly Court again.

"Before the Queen Mother discovers me, I could flee down to the mortal world. Wouldn't that let me share with you the bond of husband and wife, our hair tied together?"

As she spoke, a trace of hope shone in her eyes as she looked at Lu Dongbin.

Back then, she had also said that she wished to spend a lifetime as husband and wife with Immortal Donghua in the mortal world and never return to the Heavenly Court, only for Immortal Donghua to reject her harshly.

But upon hearing this, Lu Dongbin suddenly regretted it. "I was being far too presumptuous. How could I do such a thing?

"I never meant that at all. I only wanted to use you, to have you