While General Crab's heart surged with excitement, Stoneborn and Du Xiaolin were already cheering and leaping for joy.
"Wonderful! I've wanted to see the Heavenly Palace for ages!" "Me too, and we even get to visit the Demon-Subduing Palace! Weaver sisters, you're divine maidens of the Celestial Court. What's the Demon-Subduing Palace like?"
Recovering from their shock, the two weaving maidens exchanged a glance and shook their heads.
"The Demon-Subduing Palace lies in the north of the Heavenly Realm. Ever since the Divine Artificers built it on the Heavenly Emperor's orders, it has remained shrouded in mystery. We've never heard of anyone visiting it, and those of us in the Celestial Weaving Bureau know even less..."
The other maiden chimed in.
"The Demon-Subduing Palace isn't somewhere outsiders can simply approach. They say that because of the Demon-Subduing Sacred Venerable..."
"You don't know either? Now I'm looking forward to it even more!"
Stoneborn looked at Hui Mian as he spoke. Leaving aside his master's relationship with the Manifest Holiness True Lord, they had Great God Yunlai right here. Getting into the Demon-Subduing Palace would be no problem.
Du Xiaolin also instinctively looked at Hui Mian. Was Senior Gray really Mist-Hidden Yunlai?
"Immortal Zhuo, if you agree, when can we leave for the Celestial Weaving Palace?"
"Immortal, please hurry as much as you can. Every day sooner means one less day of worry for us. The flow of Star Power waits for no one..."
Seeing how anxious the two weaving maidens were, Zhuo Qing looked toward Yi Shuyuan, who in turn looked toward the horizon. A day had passed, and although darkness had yet to fall, the outline of the Celestial River was already visible to his Dharma Eye.
"Then let us set out now. We can enjoy a night excursion along