As Yin Lian offered his greetings, Hui Mian crawled out of Yi Shuyuan's clothes and stood on his shoulder, grinning at Yin Lian.
"Fellow Daoist Yin, how have you been? You really shouldn't have accepted that Dragon Scale I delivered back then. It spelled disaster for your old Dragon Lord!"
Almost no one in the world would dare make such an outrageously bold joke, but Hui Mian dared say it now.
Yin Lian and all the Dragonkind around him felt their hearts jolt. Yin Lian hurriedly bowed to Hui Mian as well.
"Please say no more, Fellow Daoist Hui. This was Heaven's will. All we wish now is to find the Dragon Lord. We beg the Immortal Venerable and Fellow Daoist Hui to lend us a hand and help us find him!"
Hui Mian cupped his paws in return, merely smiling without a word.
Yin Lian cautiously checked Yi Shuyuan's reaction. Hui Mian's words had suddenly made him realize something-or rather, given him a suspicion.
Fellow Daoist Hui's visit to the North Sea Dragon Palace back then had been deliberate all along. Perhaps Immortal Venerable Danxuan Daomiao had already known about the previous Dragon Lord's sordid deeds and understood every thread of cause and effect.
The Dragon Lord's successful transformation and vengeance for his blood feud had probably owed an immeasurable amount to Yi Daozi's help!
When Hui Mian, the guardian immortal beast of Yi Daozi's household, had visited the North Sea, Yin Lian had suspected that Yi Daozi might also be there. Yet however he considered it then, Yi Daozi should still have been in the Southern Sea.
Of course, none of that mattered now. Meeting Yi Daozi was the greatest surprise they could have hoped for.
Yi Shuyuan did not immediately refuse Yin Lian's request. He glanced thoughtfully