After leaving Xu Tong's cultivation grounds, Nuwa went straight to Laozi's.
"What brings you here, Daoist Companion?"
Laozi looked at Nuwa, who had appeared before him, with a faint smile on his face.
His eyes, however, were full of confusion.
"Daoist Companion, I wonder why you Three Pure Ones have parted ways again?"
Nuwa made up an excuse at random and secretly used the single-use enhanced Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin on Laozi.
She selected the Kongtong Seal as her target.
Although Laozi possessed quite a few Magic Treasures that Nuwa wanted, none of them mattered as much to her as the Kongtong Seal did now.
"This is an internal matter among us Three Pure Ones. It has nothing to do with you."
Laozi's expression instantly darkened.
He thought Xu Tong had sent Nuwa over to get his and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's fortune and merit.
"In that case, Daoist Companion, I hope you won't regret it later."
With that, Nuwa turned and left.
The Kongtong Seal had fallen into her hands without a hitch!
As Nuwa left, Laozi felt as though he had lost something.
Laozi carefully worked his fingers through a divination, but could not divine anything at all.
Yet that feeling persisted.
"Could it be because of what Nuwa just said?"
Laozi's brows remained tightly furrowed. He could not make heads or tails of it.
Could the separation of us Three Pure Ones have some effect on me?
Surely not?
If our fortunes remained connected, my losses would be far too great.
Better to sever our ties immediately, just as we have now!
It definitely couldn't be because of that!
Although Laozi felt a vague sense of loss, his Dao heart was firm enough that he did not take it to heart.
No matter how he looked at it, severing