"Since you have broken no rules, remain on this planet and carry out your duties."
With that, the crow spread his wings and soared into the sky. Like a drop of ink dissolving into the night, he vanished into the enormous Phantom overhead.
Only Niu Douchong and the other Large Gods remained, bewildered and at a loss.
Silence.
The Succession Envoy's almost farcical admission of error and compensation had caught them completely off guard.
"I... I really am completely healed."
Li Qinghui leaped out of the water, sending spray flying everywhere. Feeling the surging vitality within her, she could scarcely believe it herself, her voice dazed.
Li Qingyi's mouth hung wide open. Only after a long while did she manage to say, "What... what was that all about? Even a Succession Envoy... can remember the rules wrong?"
Li Qingshang shook her head. "I don't know. This is my first time seeing anything like this, too... But we really have to thank Niu Douchong for helping Fourth Sister escape this calamity."
"That's right!" Tuo Heyan added. "Unbelievable! Niu Douchong, you usually seem so carefree. I never imagined you were so meticulous! After I got this [Evolutionary Contract], I glanced at it and put it away. Who would have thought you'd actually read it carefully? It really came in handy!"
Li Qinghui swam up to Niu Douchong, her voice full of gratitude at having survived. "Niu Douchong, I won't forget this kindness! If not for you, the Succession Envoy probably would have taken my life already."
"I don't deserve the credit."
Niu Douchong shook his head. "I remembered that before Feather Eagle left the Evolutionary Sequence Domain, she told me a little about Qin Siyang. She'd obtained some local minerals from him. She wasn't punished at all, so I thought Li Qinghui