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"Rise!"

Yu Chen raised a hand, sweeping up a stream of clear qi that caught Matsya before he could kneel. "I do not care much for these worldly formalities. There is no need for this."

As he spoke, he looked at the Golden-Winged Great Peng. "You have already beaten him into this state, so why bring him back?"

Some of the clear qi that had just descended seeped into the Golden-Winged Great Peng's body, mending his injuries and keeping him from dying. However, he could no longer maintain his half-man, half-bird form and reverted to his original avian shape.

Taibai Jinxing pointed at the Golden-Winged Great Peng. "Though this fellow's divine power is mixed and impure, his sinews and bones are excellent, and his feathers are particularly splendid. Now that Your Majesty governs the Heavenly Palace, it would not do for it to remain as desolate as before. I thought of bringing him back. Whether as a rare exotic beast or by plucking his feathers to refine magical treasures, he would be quite useful."

"Decide as you see fit."

Yu Chen had little interest in the Golden-Winged Great Peng to begin with. After saying that casually, he turned to Matsya.

"Are you willing to remain in my Highest Purity Realm and cultivate?"

"May I know why you accepted me?"

"Do you truly wish to know the reason?"

Yu Chen's answer left Matsya somewhat puzzled. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Is there some taboo involved?"

"It concerns secrets of certain divine pantheons. If you truly wish to know, afterward you must choose either to remain in the Highest Purity Realm or to enter into an agreement with me."

"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

Seeing that Matsya had no intention of giving up, Yu Chen did not conceal much.

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