After leaving Chechi Kingdom, Ao Tu headed west and soon arrived at the Western Liang Women's Kingdom.
[Entered mission area] [Current side quest: Meeting the Daughter Kingdom in the West] [Mission requirement: Hold the Pilgrim within the Daughter Kingdom's territory. Rewards will be calculated according to the length of the delay.] [Mission rewards: Three days/Fire Zhi, seven days/Nine-Heavens Black Iron, half a month/Holy Water, one month/Nine-Revolution Poison Pill, one season/Supernatural Ability: Creation, half a year/Ancestral Dragon's Broken Horn, one year/Congenital Spiritual Treasure: Black Origin Water-Control Banner, three years/ Congenital Spiritual Treasure: Hetu Luoshu, twelve years/Chaos Bell, sixty years-] [Current progress: Six hundred and seventy days]
Ao Tu rode the clouds along, surveying the waterways of the Western Liang Women's Kingdom and choosing a place to lay his formation. After traveling a little farther, he had the rough outlines of a plan.
Just then, he saw a Daoist in the valley below, riding the wind and clouds as he clambered about the mountainside gathering medicinal herbs.
Seeing that he had some cultivation, Ao Tu lowered his cloud and landed beside him. "Greetings, fellow Daoist."
The unexpected voice startled the Daoist so badly that his whole body jolted. His foot slipped, and he tumbled off the cliff.
Ao Tu reached out and pulled him back up.
Who would have thought the Daoist would show no gratitude at all? He looked Ao Tu up and down and snapped, "Where did you come from, demon dragon? How dare you come here and frighten me!"
"Fellow Daoist, there is no need to treat me as an enemy," Ao Tu said. "I did not mean to frighten you. I have only just arrived here and wished to ask you for directions."
"If you wanted directions, how could you be so rude?" the Daoist demanded.