Gift
Tap, tap, tap!
Lifting her skirts, Su Ya hurried over to Zheng Qing at a trot.
"Wow! I finally found you!"
The Little Fox Girl was so anxious that her tail was practically about to slip out from beneath her skirt. Tugging urgently at the hem of the wizard's robe, she rattled on, "—Miss said it's time for the blessing ceremony... Where's your gift? Did you prepare a gift for Dongdong?"
Colmar gracefully stepped aside, clearing a path for the wizard to leave.
Zheng Qing set down his wineglass.
He took a soft breath, touched his Gray Cloth Bag, and a trace of confidence appeared on his face.
"—Of course I did."
The gift he had prepared for Poseidon was a jade pendant bearing only the simple words "Peace and Safety." Yet the four gemstones arranged around those words in the formation of the Four Symbols Array contained four different Legendary protective spells—Taiyi, Yuanshi, Yellow Flower Cat, and the Little Azure Dragon. Zheng Qing believed that with such a pendant hanging from her body, most High-level Wizards within and beyond the Alliance would keep their distance, while the magic of Low-level Wizards would be utterly incapable of breaking through its passive protection.
But the moment he saw the Little Fox, that confidence gave way to a flicker of unease.
"Tsk."
Su Shijun had clearly spotted the jade pendant clenched in his hand as well. She pursed her lips, unable to hide her disappointment. "—Another pendant? I finally get it. You Legendary Wizards are all stingy as hell."
She had a point.
Because as she spoke, Zheng Qing noticed the stack of colorful jade pendants hanging around Poseidon's neck. Though he was not currently borrowing Taiyi's power, years of exposure had made him highly sensitive to the auras of the