Even after becoming a True Lord, Chen Xinqiao still failed to escape the large hand of the [Return to True Celestial Person].
"Mm."
Chen Xinqiao murmured her assent and raised her eyes to meet Zhang Yuan's. Her gaze, usually as still as an ancient well, now rippled faintly.
They had not seen each other for so long, and their reunion had come two years after her death. She simply disliked showing her feelings on her face; it was not that she had none. There was no way she had not missed him.
But the Immortal Master clearly had not followed what she had written in the letter she left him. Not only had he brought her back to life, he refused to say what price he had paid. That was all right. If he would not tell her, she would investigate it herself.
Karma was not something to take lightly.
Especially when it involved the Eastern Bian Li Clan's [Dark-Heaven World-Annihilating True Lord]. Although True Person Qingxu's memories contained no mention of this True Lord, bringing her back from the dead without the slightest impediment was clearly beyond what an ordinary True Lord could do.
The Immortal Master had a karmic tie to this [Dark-Heaven World-Annihilating True Lord]. They could not simply leave it at that. She still had to find a way to erase this tie; otherwise, the [Dark-Heaven World-Annihilating True Lord] might someday use it to turn the Immortal Master into a puppet on strings, a pawn.
Zhang Yuan said nothing more.
After all, even if he told her the price he had paid, Chen Xinqiao probably could not do much about it, despite having become a True Lord. With a Marriage Contract as proof, it was all perfectly legitimate. Surely he could not send Chen Xinqiao to