The moment Dong Mugong finished speaking, a heavenly soldier outside Sea God Mansion broke from the ranks and leaped through the gates in two steps.
The heavenly soldier kept her head lowered as she walked quickly. She wore a silver helmet and chainmail battle skirt, and from afar looked no different from a man, save for being slightly shorter.
When she reached them, she cupped her fists to Li Changshou and Dong Mugong in greeting. Only then did she slowly raise her lowered head, revealing a neat, delicate little face still carrying a trace of youthful innocence.
She looked like a maiden in the bloom of early youth; among mortals, she would have appeared only thirteen or fourteen.
When she spoke, her voice was crisp and clear:
"Longji pays respects to Wood Duke and Sea God!"
"Your Highness is too courteous," Li Changshou said with a smile, returning a Daoist salute.
Though Longji was the daughter of the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, and a Heavenly Court Princess, she held no corresponding divine office within the Heavenly Court. She counted as Your Majesty Jade Emperor's "family," so such formal courtesy was only proper.
Yet Li Changshou felt many emotions stir in his heart.
Longji—the Red Luan Star Lord after the Great Cataclysm of the Investiture of the Gods. Another person connected to that calamity.
His ties with the Great Cataclysm of the Investiture of the Gods truly could not be cut, nor could they be sorted out...
As Li Changshou's thoughts turned, scattered memories concerning Longji came flooding in. With a little deduction, he organized all the information he knew.
In the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, Longji had been a minor expert with considerable magical power. She stood with the Chan Teaching faction and voluntarily went to aid King