"Heavenly Lord..."
Amid Madam Xia's gentle, courteous address, the two met face-to-face. Yu Ci immediately felt that the woman before him did not look like a pregnant woman; rather, she seemed somewhat wan.
He did not avoid looking, letting his gaze circle Madam Xia's lower abdomen several times. Yet there was already a seal there, blocking divine sense from probing through, and he could make neither head nor tail of it.
Sensing where his gaze rested, Madam Xia neither angered nor resented him. She merely sighed softly. "The affairs of the world change; as one rises, another falls. I have made Heavenly Lord laugh at me."
Madam Xia still retained her bearing, but compared to the Clear Sky Discourse, her very presence had become utterly different.
Thinking back, the Clear Sky Discourse had been her zenith. After that, she had fallen step by step, until now she no longer possessed the majesty of sitting high in crimson finery and commanding generals with a jade-white hand. Even what little remained meant nothing to Yu Ci.
In the end, it was because most of her foundation was tied to You Can, as well as the power structure of Flying Soul City and even the shaman sect. Her own cultivation was still far from the level where she could command the heroes and make all obey.
Had this been the Rakshasa Ghost King, what would it matter even if the whole world stood against him?
Though Yu Ci felt some emotion, he stated his position first. "Madam invited me, so I came. But if we are truly discussing the reincarnation of the Shaman God, the stance of my Shangqing lineage is also clear. Some things need not be said."
Madam Xia sighed, then smiled. "Heavenly Lord believes such talk as well?"
"There is