Only after the two of them slowly rose into the air above the Underworld did Xie Yujiao ask, "May I ask where you intend to go?"
"The Jade Pool," Du Yu answered without hesitation.
"The Jade... Pool?" For a moment, Xie Yujiao failed to catch on. As far as she remembered, there was no such place in the Underworld. But she quickly realized something was wrong. "Do you mean the Jade Pool paradise on Kunlun Immortal Mountain?!"
"Yeah. Step on it, driver." Du Yu pursed his lips and told Xie Yujiao, "I'm a local, so don't take the scenic route. I won't pay if you do."
Confusion covered Xie Yujiao's face, and she couldn't help murmuring to herself:
"Strange... does the Jade Pool allow people to 'stay the night' now?"
"Huh? What did you say?"
"N-nothing..." Embarrassed, Xie Yujiao formed the hand seals for a spell, changed direction, and sent the flag hurtling into the sky.
Du Yu nearly fell over several times along the way, yet he always kept a certain distance from Xie Yujiao, neither too close nor too far. That distance made her feel even more awkward.
The man before her could clearly spout all those shameless, filthy remarks without batting an eye, yet now he acted timid and restrained, like a proper gentleman.
Was he all lustful intent and no courage to act on it?
"Hypocrite..." Xie Yujiao muttered.
"What?"
Du Yu kept getting the feeling that Xie Yujiao was talking, but she insisted she hadn't said a thing.
After an entire day, the two of them arrived at Kunlun Immortal Mountain.
Xie Yujiao was just about to lower the Magic Treasure and land when Du Yu stopped her.
"Wait!" Du Yu said. "Don't land yet. Let's fly straight to the Queen Mother of the West's