Bibi Dong folded the letter, sealed it with wax, and summoned Yue Guan. She ordered him to personally take men to Notting City and bring Yu Xiaogang back, while also delivering the letter to Heaven Dou City.
Though Yue Guan was somewhat surprised, he accepted the order and left without daring to delay in the slightest.
Bibi Dong stood alone in the vast, empty hall, watching the setting sun beyond the doors slowly sink below the horizon. Suppressed for more than twenty years, hatred churned in her violet eyes.
Qian Xunji was already dead.
But that bastard child was still alive. And now he even dared to use Yu Xiaogang to threaten her.
She would not tolerate it any longer.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy, by the lakeside.
Several days had passed since they had run into Xue Beng by the lake.
Xiao Wu had ultimately chosen her simulated cultivation environment. As expected, it was this lakeshore, where emerald waves rippled across the water.
At that moment, she sat cross-legged beneath a willow tree, breathing in and out as wisps of spiritual energy rose from the lake and flowed into her body.
Under another willow tree not far away, Ye Lingling was also cultivating with her eyes closed. Each occupied a tree, neither disturbing the other.
Since their chance encounter in the sea of flowers, Nezha and Xiao Wu had run into Ye Lingling several more times. Before long, they had become familiar with one another.
Xiao Wu was naturally outgoing and loved making friends. Once she discovered that this seemingly icy Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Master was merely quiet and not a bad person, she began drifting over to Ye Lingling whenever she had nothing to do.
One day, she would bring food. The next, something to drink. The day