At that moment, Nuwa's expression was gentler than ever before, her words intoxicating to the soul.
At the sight, countless living beings wore looks of rapture.
"Oh no, oh no! Saint Nuwa actually has a side like this?!"
"I feel as though I'm about to drown in the Sage's grace, never to escape."
"Heh, you're truly dreaming."
"Even if Saint Nuwa has a tenderness like water, why would she ever show it to the likes of us?!"
"Hiss... fellow Daoist, are you saying Saint Nuwa has fallen for him?!"
"Never mind Saint Nuwa. If someone willingly faced a lightning tribulation head-on for me, I would have given them my heart long ago."
The living beings buzzed with discussion.
At that moment, the so-called dignity of a Sage had vanished without a trace.
There was even a teasing note in their words.
Countless female cultivators gazed at Gu Changqing with a new sparkle in their eyes.
Everyone had witnessed that lightning tribulation earlier.
That unparalleled terror had chilled quadrillions of living beings to the bone.
Yet Gu Changqing had stepped forward without hesitation, confronting the heavenly tribulation head-on for Nuwa.
Any woman in her place would probably have found it hard to keep her heart as still as water.
High in the heavens, Tongtian watched the scene with a look of gratification.
"Excellent, excellent!"
"My Disciple Changqing has finally caught on."
"If he could become Dao companions with Junior Sister Nuwa, they would make quite a fitting pair."
Tongtian murmured to himself with a smile.
Become Dao companions?!
Had the other living beings heard those words, they would have stared dumbfounded, their jaws dropping.
After all, what sort of being was Nuwa?
She was a mighty Sage. The four great treasures of cultivation-wealth, companions, methods, and land-hardly seemed relevant to a