So many years had passed. Even the deepest feelings had faded, and little resentment remained.
When she thought back to when she had first taken human form, it felt like looking at the past of some other delinquent girl.
Jiang Ling had done it purely because she found it amusing.
While Jiang Ling kept Li Zi talking,
the Fifth Elder went to find the Second Elder.
There was no telling when they would emerge from the Secret Realm, so the Fifth Elder sought out the Second Elder, who had the most free time in the Sect.
With the Second Elder along, they would have a better chance of obtaining treasures.
Unexpectedly, the Second Elder flatly refused.
"All you do is shut yourselves away for Secluded Cultivation. You young people have no fun in your lives at all."
The Fifth Elder gave him a strange look, sizing him up and down.
"Senior Brother, I remember you once set your heart on becoming an Immortal."
The Second Elder suddenly lowered his voice mysteriously. "I found the woman who saved my life back then. Now all I want is to be with her. I don't care much about anything else."
As he spoke, the Second Elder's face glowed and his eyes shone.
"She's a Spirit Beast too. She's rather like you, actually. Oh, no—unlike you, I would never let her down."
The Fifth Elder was speechless.
Why drag up ancient history now?
The other Sect Masters arrived and reached an agreement with the two Spirit Beast lineages.
They would publicize this agreement far and wide.
From then on, if any Cultivator attacked a descendant of either lineage, the lineages could punish them as they saw fit, and the Sects would not interfere.
Before entering the Secret Realm, the Fifth Elder wanted to see