Moonlight Fairy entered the courtyard with several disciples, including Feather Fairy, Silver Fairy, Feather Fairy, and Ink Fairy, and found Fang Qianyuan already standing there to welcome them.
He wore black robes, their hems fluttering, and his long, jet-black hair was tied loosely with a single silk ribbon. More than half of it still cascaded down like a waterfall, reaching his legs and feet.
His hair had grown longer again in the time since they had last met. It was frequently nourished by spirit essence, and hair, being external to the body, was especially prone to mutation.
Still, he was only an Earth Rank Expert. For him to exhibit mutations comparable to those of a Heaven Tier Spirit Tamer of the transformation Dao so soon left the female cultivators clicking their tongues in wonder. For a moment, they even forgot to greet him.
"Aunt Moon, Immortal Maidens, please come in." Fang Qianyuan nodded slightly to them.
Moonlight Fairy murmured her assent and took her seat opposite him as his guest, while the Immortal Maidens remained standing below, watching.
Gratitude appeared on Moonlight Fairy's beautiful, captivating face, mingled with concern. "Qianyuan, I truly owe you for this. Without you, I wouldn't have known what to do. By the way, were you hurt in that fierce battle with Golden Toad True Person?"
"It was nothing," Fang Qianyuan replied calmly. "No more than lifting a hand."
He truly had not meant to boast; he simply did not know what else to say. Surely he could not claim that he had exhausted the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, narrowly escaping death before finally killing Golden Toad True Person?
Ink Fairy cut in with a grin. "If Golden Toad True Person heard that, he'd be so furious he'd come back to life."
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