Lu Chen solemnly nodded. "I understand, Father. Thank you."
"Good. Since that is so, this king shall take his leave."
"Farewell, Father!" Lu Chen clasped his hands and bowed deeply.
The divine radiance winding around the statue slowly faded away.
Lu Chen let out a breath and began pacing about the room, mentally sorting through every step that lay ahead.
The foremost matter was finding the Fetal-Separation Pavilion Master and resolving the predicament of this "child-sending granny."
Second, he had to conceal the heavenly secrets of that cypress tree and cut off Spirit Cypress Immortal's "eyes and ears."
Third, he needed to invite the Moon Goddess and secure her agreement to restrain Spirit Cypress Immortal.
Finally, he had to pull himself out from beneath this perilous wall.
As it happened, regarding Giant Spirit God's dealings with the four cypress generals, he could openly use the excuse of "raising military supplies" to tie those four generals down.
"But how am I supposed to smear that cypress tree?"
Lu Chen knew that he had no choice but to make this trip to Chang Residence.
Yet how he went was a problem.
If he contacted them first and showed up to offer birthday congratulations, it would seem far too deliberate.
"If I'd known this would happen, I should have agreed straight away during the day and waited for the Chang family to invite me themselves."
Lu Chen scratched his head. "I miscalculated a step."
Once he entered Chang Residence, he already had a ready-made excuse to fling "filth" at that cypress tree.
Right now, resentment soared into the heavens outside Chang Residence. This was the perfect opportunity to use it as a pretext to perform a rite to dispel resentment for the Chang family.
There were quite a few types of exorcism rites,