"Then how did you cultivate?" Fairy Xingyue asked sympathetically.
"When I was eighteen, I obtained the Punishment Immortal Artifact of the Immortal Realm..." Xu Zhi's gaze seemed to pass through time and space, falling upon another distant realm!
Xu Zhi's story was not particularly long, and there were some parts he did not explain clearly. Yet under Fairy Xingyue's persistent questioning, Xu Zhi spoke for a full half hour. Xiao Hua listened beside them with great interest; after all, this was the cultivation world of another immortal. But in the end, Xiao Hua could not help sighing. Xu Zhi had his homeworld Earth, and Fairy Xingyue had her homeworld, the Nixia Star System. Where, then, was his own homeland? The Three Great Continents? Xiaoyu Continent? Perhaps only when his memories returned would he know.
"Xu Zhi, for you to become the Punishment Envoy of the Punishment Palace... it truly was not easy!" Fairy Xingyue was deeply sympathetic. "Compared to you, my cultivation journey was practically a smooth road!"
"Everyone has their own path. There is no need to compare," Xu Zhi still said calmly. "Just like the Law Palace and the Punishment Palace—why fuss over each other's gains and losses? Just do your own work well!"
"Hehe, exactly!" Fairy Xingyue nodded. "If not for the Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate and the Punishment Heavenly Venerate... how could the Punishment Palace and the Law Palace be as incompatible as fire and water?"
At this point, Xu Zhi looked up at the barrier and said, "Daylight has fully broken, and the torrential rain has stopped. Shall we head for the Chidi River now?"
"N-No need to be in such a hurry, right?" Fairy Xingyue seemed to greatly enjoy the time she spent with Xu Zhi and replied somewhat reluctantly.
Xiao Hua hurriedly said