As he rode the clouds toward the Eastern Heavenly Gate, Li Changshou's feelings were somewhat complicated.
Speaking of Holy Mother Guiling, the Jie Teaching's Inner Disciple, Li Changshou had encountered her several times before.
To describe her with a "modern" term, Holy Mother Guiling was a very "Buddha-like" female mighty expert. She did everything at an unhurried pace, neither warm nor cold in temperament. A moment of distraction could pass into several centuries in the blink of an eye, and sometimes, even while speaking, she would drift off for a while.
What had left the deepest impression on Li Changshou regarding Guiling was her tragic end.
She had reverted to her original form as a mother turtle and been drained dry of flesh and blood by mosquitoes.
Li Changshou had carefully deduced this matter. There were several details that demanded attention, and from them, one could draw a very simple conclusion.
In the original Great Cataclysm of the Investiture of the Gods, the one who drained Holy Mother Guiling was not Daoist Wen Jing.
Leaving aside the fact that Daoist Wen Jing was somewhat greedy for life and fearful of death in all matters unrelated to the Great Mage, even if she had been ordered by the Western Saints to kill Guiling, she was unlikely to have used such a cruel method.
There was no other reason—she feared being wiped out by Lord Tongtian.
Though the mosquito usually looked like an infatuated fool who wanted nothing more than to swallow the Great Mage whole, she was exceedingly shrewd at heart.
The fact that she had climbed from the ancient Blood Sea to the upper ranks of the Western Teachings today was enough to prove her methods and capabilities.
Most likely, it had actually been a swarm of Blood-Winged Black Mosquitoes