At those words, Xia Changshan's expression changed drastically.
Leaving Jade Pool was more painful than killing her.
As one of the Four Seasons Valkyries, she possessed not only strength and resources, but also an incomparably noble status.
Within Jade Pool, the eighteen lineages restrained and balanced one another.
But outside Jade Pool, the Four Seasons Valkyries held even greater status. They were not governed by the eighteen lineages, but served as Queen Mother of the West's personal guards.
Other than Queen Mother of the West, no one in Jade Pool was qualified to command them. They stood on equal footing with everyone else.
It was precisely because of the Four Seasons Valkyries' special status that all eighteen lineages of Jade Pool wanted to win them over.
This made their position all the more uniquely favored.
Xia Changshan did not want to leave, because she could not imagine a future where she was no longer one of the Four Seasons Valkyries.
That was even more unbearable than death.
They even took pride in being Four Seasons Valkyries.
"Queen Mother, please spare me this once.
"I swear, this was the first time I accepted gifts. I will never do it again," Xia Changshan pleaded bitterly, kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down her face.
"Queen Mother, punish me. No matter how you punish me, I will accept it.
"I only beg you not to drive me away."
Xia Changshan looked utterly wretched. She had thought no one would know—she had merely accepted gifts and occasionally put in a good word for the Zhu He Lineage.
Little did she know that everything happening throughout Jade Pool, even across all of Kunlun Mountain, was watched through Queen Mother of the West's Sky Monitoring Mirror.
Queen Mother of the West showed no mercy.
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