The Queen Mother had never relaxed her divine sense's watch over the situation at Lake Bottom.
Had the cost not been so great, she would have considered destroying the entire Jade Pool. But of one thing she was certain: once she knew exactly what Shen Bing wanted, she would gather up every treasure of that kind from the bottom of the Jade Pool as quickly as possible.
The Mist-Ethereal Adept wanted a treasure? Then he could come beg her for it. Unless she tormented him to her heart's content, nothing would quell her resentment.
It was not that the Queen Mother had never considered destroying all such treasures, but what the Mist-Ethereal Adept had just said gave her pause.
If Shen Bing's objective truly concerned the fate of the Three Realms, she would have to treat it with caution.
Had anyone else said those words, the Queen Mother might still have doubted them, but the Mist-Ethereal Adept before her was no ordinary person.
He wielded Nine Heavens Divine Thunder. That alone was enough to make the Queen Mother take him seriously, as it might signify some connection between Shen Bing and the Heavenly Dao.
When a God like him claimed to have important business concerning the fate of the Three Realms, his words undoubtedly carried considerable weight.
If she destroyed the treasure Shen Bing sought and plunged the Three Realms into calamity, she would bear an enormous sin as a Venerable God of the Immortal Realm.
One could even say that the karmic retribution involved could drag her into eternal damnation.
As a Female Immortal, the Queen Mother could indeed be unreasonable at times, but she was no fool. Naturally, she knew what she should and should not do.
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