"Senior Bi Cang, you may come out now," the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat said respectfully.
Bi Cang nodded. With a light push of her four hooves, she leaped from the black water and landed steadily on the rim of the well.
A mass of green flame enveloped her. Within two or three breaths, Bi Cang transformed into a breathtaking woman dressed in a long green gown.
Seeing the familiar Senior Bi Cang, Chen Changming finally felt a great weight lift from his heart.
"Senior, you have suffered all these years," he said softly.
"It is nothing. Though I suffered, I did manage to uncover one thing." Bi Cang looked at him with a rather complicated expression.
Chen Changming's heart stirred, and he hurriedly asked, "Senior, have you learned where your true body is?"
Bi Cang nodded. "Although Little Snake King imprisoned me, I learned one thing from him: back then, the Mystic Scorpion King turned the Green Wood King against us and launched the battle of Bi Cang Mountain."
"So it was the Mystic Scorpion King!"
Chen Changming frowned, his expression turning cold.
His grudge with the Mystic Scorpion King had been forged long ago in the Illusion Star Sea of the Human Realm. Later, when he had first entered the Spirit Realm, the Mystic Scorpion King had hunted him down again. Fortunately, he had encountered Chu Qiushui and escaped danger for good.
"According to Little Snake King, my true body was indeed captured."
Bi Cang's eyes were deep as she analyzed in a grave voice, "Though the Mystic Scorpion King is no weakling, he is only at the upper tier of the Fusion Realm. With his strength, he was not qualified to breach Bi Cang Mountain and seize my true body!"
Chen Changming was shaken. "Senior, you mean..."
"There