Jade Dragon City.
After spending a night at home, Zhou Hao was carrying a basin of Zhilong Meat as he strolled toward the military camp in the inner city.
When he'd returned to his quarters yesterday, Xiangcao had been delighted to see him safe and sound.
But when Zhou Hao tried to return the jade pendant to her, she refused to take it back. She even said that since he'd held on to it for so long, who knew whether he'd been fondling it.
That left Zhou Hao speechless.
He really had examined it.
Not because it was something Xiangcao wore close to her body, but because ever since the Ou Huang Statue he'd bought let him enter the Red Dust Immortal Mansion, he'd grown curious about the jade pendant, which also gave off fluctuations of magical power.
Although he hadn't figured out a thing, he had, in the end, fondled the pendant.
That made things even more awkward between them.
Fortunately, the little kids, Iron Pillar and the others, came running over when they saw Zhou Hao back, eager to show off how much they'd improved at horse stance and the Visualization Technique. That rescued him.
Early that morning, not wanting to face another awkward moment with Xiangcao, Zhou Hao told his two sisters-in-law he was heading out, then left the courtyard early. He planned to visit Master Jingzhi before returning to Crouching Ox Island.
When he arrived at the Martial Repository in the military camp, Master Jingzhi saw him carrying another basin of Zhilong Meat and couldn't help sighing.
"Didn't you just raid those fiends' den in Niehai Gorge? You must've gotten quite a haul. Why are you still trying to fob me off with cheap stuff?"
"Didn't you say last time that this was exactly what you