Lan Caihe, however, was filled with regret.
He felt it was all because he had been useless, knocked out by Chun's fumes, that Ling Qing had lost White Peony.
White Peony could be considered half of Ling Qing's disciple. Not only had they failed to save his disciple, but they had instead saved deadweight like him.
He also felt deeply guilty toward Ling Qing.
Though everyone had intended to return White Peony to Lu Dongbin, there was a world of difference between Lu Dongbin taking her away and Chun's group snatching her away.
If it had been Lu Dongbin, it would have gone exactly according to everyone's plan.
But since Chun and the others had taken her, it meant he had been incompetent and lost a fellow Daoist.
He Xiangu had returned as well, but judging by her appearance, that trip had not yielded ideal results either.
Other than holding Pangolin back, she had failed to resolve the tribulation between the two sides.
Han Zhongli looked at Ling Qing and said, "What worries me now is whether Dongbin will be all right after joining the Tongtian Cult."
Ling Qing said, "From what I know of Martial Uncle, if he wanted to kill Third Brother, he wouldn't have gone through such trouble.
"Since he personally came to subdue Third Brother, he must be planning to turn Third Brother around and use him against the Eight Immortals.
"As for White Peony, if he wants Third Brother to obey him, he won't harm her."
Han Zhongli let out a breath. "That's good, then."
Then he sighed again. "I never expected Dongbin to fall completely into demonhood so quickly. We still underestimated this thousand-year love tribulation."
Ling Qing also recalled the time when his own love tribulation had become entwined with the thousand-year love