Time flew, day and night taking turns.
Two days later, at dusk.
In a secluded alley deep within Su City's Old Town.
A streak of rainbow light invisible to ordinary mortals flew in from the horizon. Against the rosy clouds and setting sun, it looked like a rainbow bridge stretching down to the alley, where it landed and transformed into a young woman of about twenty with long, deep-red hair.
It was none other than the Golden Crow Girl, Little Eleven.
This time, however, she wore thoroughly modern clothes: beige trousers and a blue shirt, with the crystal bracelet Little Snake had chosen around her wrist and a dangling earring in one ear. Her long, deep-red hair fell loose over her shoulders, making her look like a slightly rebellious college girl.
Father... uh, Dad runs his shop here? the Golden Crow Girl muttered to herself.
She was used to calling him Father Emperor, but after spending two days in Qing City learning how modern people lived, she had found that ordinary mortals seemed to call their fathers Dad. "Father Emperor" might give her away.
Is this the Tree Demon Father Emperor awakened? The Golden Crow Girl studied the little pine tree.
Although she had only reached the Second Heavenly Pass, Father Emperor had personally awakened her. In Ancient Times, that would have made her a close retainer of the Primordial Imperial Clan, personally appointed by the Heavenly Emperor. They were quite closely connected.
Suddenly remembering the item Sword Immortal Lu had asked her to deliver, she turned her hand over and took out a jade gourd.
According to Sword Immortal Lu, this was a mass of essence left behind after a reincarnated primordial unity great golden immortal named Azure Lord had used a supreme divine treasure. It contained Azure Lord's