That Heaven evening.
A dust-covered male Cultivator returned to the City Gate.
"Who goes there?"
The guard asked.
"Na Muluo. Here's my Waist Token!" The man tossed it over.
After a round of verification.
The Magic Array opened.
The man entered the city within the Torch Dragon Residence.
The third character in this many-sided affair had returned.
Na Muluo!
Na Muluo returned to the Torch Dragon Residence, first reporting in, updating his Waist Token, and recording his travels.
Then he went to the Academy to find the two sisters.
In short, everything happened naturally.
By rights, he would next meet the sisters at the Women's Dormitory in the Academy on the south side of the city.
That would make for an ordinary father-daughter reunion.
But something went wrong.
As Na Muluo walked along, two Cultivators stopped him.
"Na Muluo, something's happened to your daughters."
One of them spoke.
"What? What happened to them?" Na Muluo exclaimed in shock.
"Come with me," the other said.
Na Muluo had no choice but to follow them.
Deep underground, in a secluded residence.
Shangguan Hong quietly appeared.
"The young master is back."
Someone spoke.
Shangguan Hong ignored them and strode inside, passing through halls and corridors until he reached a plum garden.
Several men and women were admiring the blossoms there.
Shangguan Hong straightened his appearance, stepped forward, and said respectfully:
"Thank you for saving my life, Second Sister."
The woman in the center, dressed in a moon-white Daoist robe, said coldly, "So now you don't think I'm boosting someone else's prestige?"
"The people I sent never came back. Not a single one... You were right after all, Second Sister," Shangguan Hong said.
The woman froze, then burst out angrily:
"You still sent people to fight him? Why wouldn't you listen to me?"
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