The mountains were green, the waters blue, and birds skimmed through the woods.
Though she had said they would simply wander about, Jiang Yuechu had not forgotten the Heavenly Court's reward.
After confirming that nothing in Great Marsh Township warranted lingering, the three headed toward the nearest commandery.
In truth, Jiang Yuechu knew what Xu Ming and the others were thinking... In their eyes, given her circumstances, the best course was to return to Cloud Province Prefecture as soon as possible, find a quiet spot in the Sky-Patrol Bureau, and lie low in secluded cultivation for thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of years.
Once the storm had passed and her wings had fully grown, there would still be time to venture out.
After all, under the Heavenly Court's protection, however arrogant the Buddhist Sect might be, it would not dare charge straight into the prefectural headquarters in Cloud Province Prefecture.
But only she understood her own circumstances.
If she truly did as Xu Ming envisioned and found somewhere to cultivate in peace, never mind thousands or tens of thousands of years-even if she sat there for a hundred thousand years.
Without any Dao Cultivation coming in, her cultivation realm would scarcely advance an inch.
Second.
After all these twists and turns, Jiang Yuechu had come to appreciate the wondrous uses of merit more and more.
Yet relying solely on the meager merit the Heavenly Court awarded for her deeds would hardly fill the ever-growing shortfall ahead.
Now that she held Taining Temple's Great Compassion Glazed Pearl, a precious treasure capable of actively absorbing Incense-Fire Power and merit, she naturally had to find another way to harvest merit.
She could hardly leave such a treasure gathering dust in her Storage Bag.
But Cloud Province was under the Heavenly Court's strict administration,