Nine Nether Palace, a side hall of the main palace.
Tang Bing and Tang Rou withdrew to stand guard outside, leaving the space to Nine Nether and the black-robed youth she had brought.
"Everything taken care of?" Nine Nether asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Everything went smoothly." Mu Chen casually sat down opposite her and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Did you meet the Domain Lord? What does she actually look like?" Nine Nether was full of curiosity about the mysterious ruler of the Great Luo Heavenly Domain.
"I did," Mu Chen replied, taking a sip of tea.
"Well?" Nine Nether leaned forward slightly. Few had ever seen the Domain Lord's true appearance, and almost no information about it had leaked out.
Mu Chen set down his teacup and thought for a moment, seemingly searching for the right description. Finally, he said, "Pretty small."
"Small?" Nine Nether froze, momentarily unsure what he meant by that.
"Mm, short, and she looks young too." Mu Chen gestured at roughly the height of his stomach. "About eleven or twelve, with black hair and golden eyes. She's... pretty and cute."
Nine Nether's expression instantly became quite a sight.
Her purple-black eyes first blinked in bewilderment, then slowly widened, brimming with disbelief that plainly said, You've got to be messing with me.
"...Are you sure you met the Domain Lord? The supreme, mysterious, powerful ruler of the Great Luo Heavenly Domain whom even the emperors rarely get to see?" Nine Nether's voice rose unconsciously, every word steeped in doubt.
"At the bottom of Golden Pool Peak, on the central stone platform in the Great Luo Golden Pool, with Earthly Sovereign cultivation. Who else could it have been?" Mu Chen shrugged.
Nine Nether opened her mouth, at a loss for words.
The image she had envisioned