Although Liu Changxu was deeply impatient with Xiao Zixia's meticulous, exhaustive questioning, he answered each question for Xiao Yu's sake.
When she learned that Liu Changxu came from the lower realm and had already taken six principal wives in the Immortal Realm, along with hundreds of other women, and had sixty children, the smile vanished from Xiao Zixia's face.
In truth, much like her younger cousin Xiao Ziwei, the mistress of the Purple Tenuity Immortal Palace, Xiao Zixia valued unwavering fidelity in a man above all else. This had made both their paths through love winding and difficult, leaving them alone to this day.
Yet despite their repeated setbacks in love, neither woman abandoned her pursuit of, or commitment to, an unswervingly faithful relationship.
Seeing the expressions of her Third Grand-Aunt and her beloved grow increasingly grim, Xiao Yu hurried forward, linked her arm through Xiao Zixia's, and pleaded in a soft, coaxing voice:
"Third Grand-Aunt, I came here primarily on the palace mistress's orders, to bring Changxu to select a cultivation method. If you have any questions, let me answer them!"
Seeing her younger relative defend her lover so fiercely, Xiao Zixia sighed inwardly and said no more.
Had she not once poured her whole heart into a relationship like this? Yet that love had ended miserably, becoming a heart demon she could never banish. Now, looking at the determination in Xiao Yu's eyes, she could only pray silently that this younger relative she had always cherished would avoid the winding road she herself had traveled and finally find a peaceful, fulfilling home.
Seeing that Xiao Zixia had stopped questioning him, Liu Changxu used his magic to send the white token bestowed upon him by Palace Mistress Xiao Ziwei before her and said:
"Elder Xiao, this is the token