When Ling Qing came back to his senses, he was already standing before the Sun and Moon Palace in the Eight Immortals World.
At the sight of Nie Yinniang in fluttering red robes, he hurriedly bowed. "Thank you for saving me, Martial Aunt!"
Nie Yinniang looked somewhat dazed. Only after a long while did she say, "I merely brought you here. The one who acted was... Master?"
After a pause, she shook her head and muttered, "No. Master should not have acted so readily..."
With a gesture of her hand, Ling Qing felt the Immortal-Slaying Sword on him hum, yet it did not fly toward her.
Only when he willed it did the Immortal-Slaying Sword transform into a streak of cold light and land before Nie Yinniang.
Nie Yinniang glanced at him, then gently brushed her hand across the Immortal-Slaying Sword. The blade trembled lightly, letting out a series of hums.
She stroked it all the way to its tip before withdrawing her hand. With a casual wave, the Immortal-Slaying Sword returned to Ling Qing's side.
Ling Qing looked at Nie Yinniang before him. From the time of her reincarnation until now, only several hundred years had passed.
Yet even though he had now attained the celestial immortal realm, he still could not discern her cultivation.
He did not know whether her current state was unusual, or whether her realm was simply too lofty.
Nie Yinniang said nothing more. After examining the Immortal-Slaying Sword, she led Ling Qing into the Sun and Moon Palace.
She asked, "When I sent you into the tributary of time, how did you end up provoking such a figure?"
"Martial Aunt didn't know?" Ling Qing was somewhat surprised. He had thought Nie Yinniang could communicate with the infant girl Gui Ling had transformed into.
But