Above Yang Lake.
Amid ripples in the void like waves, a slender figure slowly emerged.
"Is that little girl Ge Xian'er?" The elderly woman from the Qingyang Sect remained calm.
With a flash, she appeared at the entrance to the grotto-heaven, seized Ge Xian'er, and instantly returned to the tower ship.
"Great-Uncle Ancestor!" Ge Xian'er immediately lowered her head, shame on her face.
"What... happened to you?" The elderly woman looked at Ge Xian'er, her eyes narrowing as her gaze flashed like lightning.
At this moment, Ge Xian'er's robes hung loose, her belt had vanished without a trace, and she kept covering her chest. Her clothes were torn, revealing most of her thin shoulders.
"Great-Uncle Ancestor, it's nothing. Someone merely stole the gains I obtained in the grotto-heaven!" Ge Xian'er said with lowered eyes.
"Your chastity wasn't violated, was it?" the elderly woman asked.
"No!" Ge Xian'er shook her head.
Just then.
Another figure appeared overhead.
The elderly woman glanced over and saw the unconscious Xu Ming.
"Put this on. Tell me later who you lost to!" She waved a hand at Ge Xian'er, and a cloak automatically draped itself over her.
"Thank you, Great-Uncle Ancestor!" Ge Xian'er thanked her, hurriedly fastening the cloak to cover the springtime splendor that was about to spill free.
Her slender body was soon completely wrapped in the cloak.
The elderly woman also descended onto the deck with Xu Ming.
Then she struck Xu Ming with her palm. Xu Ming immediately coughed up clotted blood and opened his eyes.
"Great-Uncle Ancestor!" Seeing the elderly woman, he spoke at once, shame written across his face.
"Swallow it!" She waved her hand, and a crimson blood-colored pill floated before Xu Ming.
"Thank you, Great-Uncle Ancestor!" Xu Ming said respectfully.
He then took the crimson pill floating