The two returned to Heaven Dou City and found an inn, where they booked two rooms. After bringing Bibi Dong to her room, Ning Bei took out another jade bottle and tossed it to her.
"This is a Calamity Breaking Pill. It can undo the seal in your body, but how effective it'll be depends on you."
Bibi Dong seemed not to have recovered from the blow yet. With a gloomy expression, she accepted the pill and nodded at Ning Bei.
"I'll head off to rest, then. See you tomorrow."
With that, Ning Bei walked toward the door, intending to return to his own room. It was too late, so he decided to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next day.
Bibi Dong watched Ning Bei's retreating back, a trace of complicated emotion flashing through her eyes. Once he had left, she swallowed the Calamity Breaking Pill and began attempting to break through the seal within her body.
Early the next morning, when the sky had only just begun to brighten, Ning Bei was awakened by a knock on the door.
"Damn it, why is there wake-up service even when I'm not at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"
"Who is it?"
Grumbling to himself, he got up and opened the door.
Bibi Dong's breathtakingly beautiful face came into view.
"You're really lazy. What time is it already, and you're still asleep?"
Ning Bei rolled his eyes as he listened to her scolding.
"You're the Pope of Spirit Hall. The moment you open your eyes every day, millions of people are waiting on you to make a living. Of course you don't get to sleep in. How can a young sect master like me compare to you?"
"Old? You think I'm old?"
Bibi Dong's face immediately darkened