Soon, in less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Hou Yi returned with a glittering golden Dragon Pearl to Gungun, who was still sleeping soundly.
Tongtian had captured the Golden Flood Dragon guarding the Dragon Pearl, and with a Treasure Map marking its precise location in hand, obtaining it with Hou Yi's Quasi-Saint strength could not have been easier.
Actually, never mind Hou Yi-even if Gungun had gone himself, it probably would not have taken long. Two cups of tea's worth of time at most, but...
Would this bear listen if anyone tried to reason with him?
"Brother Gungun, I have the Dragon Pearl. Let's head back," Hou Yi said to Gungun, who lay sprawled on the cloud before him, snoring away.
"Hrr, hrr, hrr~" Gungun kept snoring, lying there without any response. Seeing this, Hou Yi shook his head helplessly, bent down, and gave him a firm shove.
"Hmm?" His sweet dream interrupted by an outside force, Gungun stopped snoring and let out an adorably dazed sound. Then his eyes opened a crack, and he saw Hou Yi.
"Brother Gungun, wake up. We should head back."
"Oh, okay... haa~" Gungun answered quietly with a yawn. Then he rolled halfway over on the cloud, turning from his stomach onto his back, scratched his belly, and raised his furry arm, opening his paw.
Hou Yi: "..."
You bear really do whatever you please!
"Ah!" Hou Yi sighed, then placed the Golden Dragon Pearl in his palm.
Once he had the Dragon Pearl, Gungun closed his paw around it, then groggily sat up on the cloud.
Meanwhile, inside Pangu Hall on Mount Buzhou.
The twelve Ancestral Witches had gathered.
"While surveying the river of time, I saw a tremendous upheaval occur at the East Sea Dragon