Although Shi Feiyang had told Tiger-Head Monk to bring Bai Guanhong and the Blood God Scripture to Zen Master Zunsheng, he himself had not gone to the Central Land. Instead, he had returned to Divine Dragon Island.
He wanted to have a proper talk with Immortal Granny Dongxuan. Though she was a Loose Immortal, her magical power was immense, and she possessed many life-bound gu and Substitute Gu. Killing her would be harder than scaling a thousand mountains, so negotiating was the best option.
Immortal Granny Dongxuan had failed to become an Earth Immortal and attain enduring life in this world. She had lived to such an advanced age entirely by borrowing life to prolong her own. Now she looked like an aged granny, her head full of silver hair, leaning on a walking stick.
At first glance, she looked somewhat like Cui Wugu. However, Cui Wugu had always retained a young maiden's appearance. When calamity had befallen her daughter, grief had pierced her to the bone and turned her hair white overnight, but her face and body had remained those of a maiden.
Immortal Granny Dongxuan was truly old, decrepit and tottering, her remaining years like a candle flickering in the wind. Leaning on the Gu God Staff, she trembled as she came to meet Shi Feiyang, looking as though she could barely walk any distance.
They met in a pavilion on a small hill. When Shi Feiyang saw her approach, he did not rise, but spoke from his seat. "I've long heard your great name, Fellow Daoist. Today I finally meet you in person, though I never expected it would be on this snake island overseas rather than in the Southern Border."
Immortal Granny Dongxuan wore a kindly smile, like a grandmother looking at a child. "Forgive this