Daochen watched Nüwa without saying a word, then simply widened his eyes. If she was going to play dumb, so would he.
Having a woman of such breathtaking beauty as Nüwa sitting before him, drinking wine, was a pleasure in itself.
Delicate but not coquettish, alluring but not bewitching.
Such a beauty was hard to find even across the ages.
"..."
Under Daochen's unabashed gaze, an enticing blush immediately spread across Nüwa's lovely face, but inwardly, she was utterly furious.
What does he take me for, staring at me like that?
I really want to gouge your eyes out!!!!
Her lovely face gradually darkened from its blush, and all her nervousness and unease were thoroughly worn away.
"Fellow Daoist, I have already visited the Purple Heavens Palace in person. My teacher sent me here, so I imagine the items I need to attain the Dao are in your possession. I hope you will give them to me. Once I have attained the Dao, I will certainly come to thank you in person. What do you say?"
Nüwa had completely run out of patience. She wanted only to lay her cards on the table, flip it over, and leave.
So, without worrying whether it sounded too abrupt, she spoke directly.
"This?"
"Or this?"
"Or perhaps this?"
Mystic light flashed repeatedly in Daochen's hand, shifting from the nine heavens breath soil to the Xiantian Gourd Vine, then to the Heaven-Earth Cauldron. The treasures kept changing in his hand like a revolving lantern.
"Fellow Daoist, you...?"
Seeing all three treasures Hongjun had mentioned in Daochen's hands, Nüwa felt her heart pound so hard it nearly leaped out of her chest.
Originally, she had intended to obtain the breath soil and the Xiantian Gourd Vine from Daochen first. As for Ancestor Heaven-Earth's Heaven-Earth Cauldron,