"I pay my respects, Empress."
Jiang Yi spoke, his voice carrying throughout the great hall. Profound Mystery True Person, sprawled on the Jade Platform, suddenly started.
It pricked up both ears and rolled its round body over, thinking:
Why had Little Jiang come so early? He hadn't heard what I just said, had he?
For some inexplicable reason, Profound Mystery True Person felt a little panicked, as though it had been "caught in an affair."
Lady Mysterious Maiden gently brushed a hand over the cat and smiled.
"It's time you returned to your master."
Profound Mystery True Person felt a gentle force wrap around it, carrying it between the four great Sun Wheel pillars and through layers of deep, curtainlike presences before setting it lightly down before Jiang Yi.
It looked up, meeting the gaze of the youth in Daoist robes, whose brows held even greater spiritual grace than before and whose bearing was as steadfast as a mountain and profound as a deep pool.
Profound Mystery True Person's whiskers quivered. It spread its forepaws and threw itself into his arms.
"Little Jiang! Thank goodness you're all right! This Original Truth has been worried sick about you all this time!"
Who knew whom this cat had taken after, changing its tune so quickly?
Jiang Yi reached out to catch Profound Mystery True Person and tucked it into his robes.
Its substantial weight let him breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed Miss Xiao Qiao had been right: Cat Master really was none the worse for wear. Had it even put on a few pounds? "Surviving nine bolts of Mysterious Thunder was no easy feat. Throughout the Jambudvipa Vast Land, aside from the Eastern Victory Continent, everyone is discussing Young Lord Jiang's feat of slaying a True Lord while still at