Inside his cultivation grounds, Xu Tong froze for a moment when he heard those voices.
"Nuwa and Houtu? Why have those two come again?"
To be perfectly honest, Xu Tong really did not want to see either of them.
Every time he met them, it seemed to end in an enormous headache.
Still, he had only just earned merit for supporting the heavens. Killing the donkey as soon as it had finished turning the mill seemed rather unkind.
After some thought, Xu Tong had no choice but to open the gates to his cultivation grounds again.
"Ah, what can I do? I was born kindhearted."
When Nuwa and Houtu saw the gates open, a trace of delight appeared on their faces.
Neither stood on ceremony, and they walked straight inside.
By then, Xu Tong had already brewed some tea and was waiting quietly for them.
Houtu had now become a Sage, yet when she saw Xu Tong again, she still felt that she could not see through him.
As expected, Fellow Daoist Tongtian's cultivation is definitely far beyond ours.
Before becoming a Sage, Houtu had only thought that Xu Tong's cultivation might be somewhere around the Sage realm.
But now that she had become a Sage herself, another look revealed that his cultivation was nothing of the sort.
That realization deepened her respect for Xu Tong.
"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, do you already know what happened outside?"
Xu Tong nodded without offering a reply.
Gratitude showed on Nuwa's face, mingled with a hint of embarrassment.
"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, to be frank, I came here for two reasons. First, I wanted to thank you for giving the Heavenly Pillar to us and allowing us to take part in this matter. I even earned some merit because of it."
Although Nuwa had merely