Fairy Ningxiang cast him an indifferent glance. "Are you questioning my decision?"
Yellow-Browed Old Daoist lowered his head at once and hurriedly said, "This subordinate would not dare."
Then he cautiously raised his head again and continued, "May I ask, my lady, when will the people from Heavenly Pavilion depart for Zhenhai City? Elder Su and the others have already set out from the sect and are awaiting word."
After pondering briefly, Fairy Ningxiang said, "In roughly half a year. I will use a secret art to notify Elder Su of the exact time then.
"To avoid alerting the snake with a mere rustle of grass during this period, do not contact me."
Yellow-Browed Old Daoist immediately nodded in assent, stroking his beard with a smile. "Tianyin Pavilion originally split off from our Demonic Sound Sect, yet now they have forgotten their roots and ancestors, even forgetting where their sect came from. This time, we must catch them all in one net."
With that, he cupped his hands to Fairy Ningxiang in salute, then flew away.
A trace of complexity flickered through Fairy Ningxiang's beautiful eyes, and she too drifted away.
In a corner of Hundred Flower Valley, a young woman carrying several cups of fine wine walked lightly in a certain direction.
At that moment, a figure blocked her path. It was Ji Minxiong.
His normally frivolous face was filled with gravity as he asked in a low voice, "Xiaoya, why do you not dare acknowledge me? And how did you become Chu Kai's concubine? I remember you returned with your father to the Main Family in Yu Kingdom, did you not?"
The flowerlike young woman immediately lowered her head and said tremblingly, "Senior, you have mistaken me for someone else. I am not Xiaoya..."
Ji Minxiong's brow