The Sword Cultivator left without continuing to pester him.
Daoist Tianfeng had finally escaped punishment, but he did not feel he had won. Instead, it felt as though he had fallen into some sort of pit.
Whatever the case, the immediate trouble was resolved, and he had this unfamiliar woman, so perceptive and gracious, to thank for it. He had meant to leave just like that, but something in his nature would not let him simply walk away. Besides, that bastard had said he would be coming to the child's Full-Moon Banquet!
He did not think it was a joke. With that cur's rotten character, he was certainly capable of it. If Tianfeng was absent from the Full-Moon Banquet, stories would inevitably spread through the Anhe Daoist Sect about a visitor from Shangqing who had seduced a woman only to cast her aside, abandoning his wife and child. That man was absolutely capable of such a thing!
Now that he had fallen into this pit, it seemed he would not be climbing out anytime soon.
Then he could only... He glanced at the woman and said gently, "I have nothing to do anyway. Is there anything I can help you with right now?"
...Hou Du left Jade Grove Town in a cheerful mood. He was delighted to have forced a proud Upper Realm Envoy into such a position.
This trick would not work on a villain. Only a true gentleman would fall for it. Of course, it was still too early to know whether this Daoist Tianfeng was a true gentleman or a hypocrite.
There was no hurry. He could take his time. After the Full-Moon Banquet came the First-Birthday Grabbing Ceremony, then early lessons, then enrollment at a Daoist academy, and much, much more. Since Tianfeng liked putting on