"Ah-"
Hearing this, Lingsi and Xiao He exchanged a glance, then both lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Song Yan drew his neck in as well.
None of them were fools. The Divine Lord must have found an opportunity earlier to quietly lodge himself in that little wooden figure.
In that case, he had probably heard all their discussions about the sham marriage over the past few days.
A sham marriage was no small matter. They had no idea whether their fooling around like this would earn them a reprimand.
Of course, Divine Lord Yangsu knew about the sham marriage, as well as the reasons behind it.
Judging by Elder Mirage Dragon's temperament, he reckoned that doing this would probably prove futile in the end.
But whatever the case, both girls had kept Xiao Jiu's safety in their hearts.
They were both good children.
Since that was so, why should he, as their master, expose it?
Now that he was already here, he might as well help them make the performance convincing.
Having a cup of wedding wine would round things off nicely.
While Lingsi and Xiao He fretted, over by the Spirit Contract, Kui's body had already been carefully gathered up.
He was, after all, the Lord of the Sea Kingdom, well accustomed to life and death.
When he had watched Kui breathe his last beneath the pavilion just now, desolation had shown in his eyes, but only for an instant.
Once the yao corpse had gone completely cold, he personally placed Kui's remains inside an aqua-colored pearl, then fetched a square of plain white merfolk silk, covered it, and carefully put it away.
Then he rose into the air again and came to his daughter Lingsi's side.
First, following the etiquette of Human Race cultivators, he solemnly cupped his