Leaving aside the matter of the Blood Demon, two years had passed since the war against the demons.
On Flower-Fruit Mountain in the East Sea.
Whoosh! A streak of Shangqing Immortal Light shot over from afar and landed not far from the waterfall curtain, transforming into a dignified, elegant female immortal in a long black dress. She was none other than Tongtian's personal disciple-Holy Mother Wudang.
The ten-year period had ended. She had received a message from Gungun asking her to collect Bai Suzhen and point the monkey toward a renowned master.
"Divine Lord!" Wudang strode up to Soaring Serpent, who had taken the form of an Iron-Eating Beast, and greeted him with a curtsy.
"My greetings, Immortal Maiden. Thank you for taking such good care of my daughter," Soaring Serpent thanked Wudang.
"You're too kind, Divine Lord. Zhen'er is innocent and adorable. I'm very fond of her," Wudang said with a smile.
"As long as you like her. Now that you're here, I'll leave her to you. I've spent so long on this lousy mountain that I can barely stand another moment." As he spoke, Soaring Serpent rolled his shoulders, looking rather impatient to leave.
Wudang frowned at the sight. His behavior clearly rubbed her the wrong way.
She's your daughter! As her father, are you really that eager to dump her on me? You did a little something for her and spent a few years here, and now you can barely stand it? If you didn't want to care for this child, why did you have her in the first place? Just to make her suffer?
Wudang sighed inwardly, saddened that her disciple had such a father. Still, she dared not openly offend Soaring Serpent, so she kept a faint smile on her face. "Very well. I'll put