The Queen Mother of the West lightly tapped Wushi on the head, her face full of affection. "Aren't you clever! You've even started fobbing off your Uncle Li!"
Wushi's face puckered like a bitter melon. He said gloomily, "Mother, I'm not fobbing Uncle Li off. He doesn't treat me like a human being! I cultivate so hard every day, but he's still never satisfied. He keeps driving me on all day long, until I don't even have time to visit you!"
Hesitation appeared on the Queen Mother of the West's rounded face. Her voice lowered a little. "Should I go have a word with your Uncle Li?"
Joy lit up Wushi's face. "No time like the present. Let's go right now!"
Clearly, the Great Emperor Wushi of this timeline had suffered no end of torment at Uncle Li's hands.
"Go where?"
A burly man approached, every bit Wushi's match in build. His skin was bronze, his muscles solid, and immense fluctuations of blood qi flickered around him, bringing a suffocating pressure with them.
Wushi hurriedly shot his mother a meaningful look. The Queen Mother of the West understood at once. "Fellow Daoist, Wushi forgot the assignment you gave him last month. He was planning to buy the corpse of an Ancient Species outside the holy land and pass it off as his work."
Confidently, Wushi said, "Exactly! Uncle Li, you..."
Halfway through, Wushi suddenly realized something was wrong. He frantically signaled his mother with his eyes. Mother, did you say the wrong thing? That wasn't what we just agreed on!
The Queen Mother of the West held her head high, revealing her flawless chin. Her gaze wandered somewhere far away, refusing to meet his.
Having witnessed this firsthand, how could Wushi not realize that his own beloved mother had sold