Ao Qing gritted her teeth. It's not like that, it's not like that, she thought. Great Immortal, don't blame me. I don't have any feelings for your Taoist couple. It was only to get rid of this senior's pestering.

Her Dragon's Horn blushed slightly. She lowered her head and gave a slight nod.

"That doesn't matter either," Mu Hongyuan laughed heartily. "In the future, this kid will also serve me. I don't differentiate between men and women. Since you two are a Taoist couple, that adds an even more interesting flavor."

"..." Ao Qing.

"..." Little Jiao Huo.

"..." Wang Mu.

Her words stunned them both.

Only Wang Mu was speechless. A Demoness's true nature, he thought.

The Immortal Boat slowly advanced, descending to the sea's surface. Its speed through the waves then quickened.

After a while, Wang Mu felt he could speak again and said in a deep voice, "Have you had enough fun?"

Ao Qing and Little Jiao Huo exchanged a bewildered glance.

Mu Hongyuan glanced at him, harrumphed, and waved her hand. "Enough. I was just joking with you. Don't take it seriously."

Seeing this, Ao Qing breathed an unconscious sigh of relief.

Her mind filled with strange thoughts. This Ascension senior... What kind of relationship does she have with Wang Mu? It seemed this senior was also someone Wang Mu had invited... Are they that close? Could it be that Wang Mu also has... a passion for men?

Ao Qing froze. Her head began to ache a little. With that ancestor as his Taoist couple, and very possibly the Great Immortal's Taoist couple... could he still be interested in men? Oh no... being liked by men? Truly dreadful... Are the preferences of Ascension Experts... all so peculiar?

Before long, the Immortal Boat arrived at the Dongling Dragon Palace.

"Lady Ao Qing, you can go back. Tell the Old Dragon King that I now owe your Dragon Palace nothing," Wang Mu said.

Ao Qing nodded.

Wang Mu walked over and knocked Little Jiao Huo on the head.

"Wang Mu, why did you hit me?"

"Huh, your head can feel pain? I thought your brain had grown elsewhere," Wang Mu glared at Little Jiao Huo.

After all these years, Little Jiao Huo's brain still hadn't seemed to grow much... Still so simple-minded.

"Wang Mu, you're calling me stupid!" Little Jiao Huo protested. "I could tell! The Great Immortal said I was very smart and quick on the uptake."

"If you were that smart, would you have been caught by me back then?" Wang Mu said. "Why weren't other fish caught by me, but you were?"

"..." Little Jiao Huo was stunned.

Hey, it seems like... 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Right, give that to me," Wang Mu suddenly said.

"What?"

"That secret item," Wang Mu said.

Little Jiao Huo said, "Oh," and quietly handed the Divine Light Mirror to Wang Mu.

The item had completely lost its energy and was shattered, no different from a mundane object.

Wang Mu gave Little Jiao Huo a meaningful look.

Little Jiao Huo understood. Wang Mu is saying he'll repair it for me!

Her eyes lit up, and she nodded fervently.

Wang Mu nodded and waved his hand, saying, "Cultivate diligently with Lady Ao Qing."

This Divine Light Mirror must be repaired. Then, in the future, I can frequently get news about Bi You from Little Jiao Huo. Or news about other developments...

Ao Qing, taking Little Jiao Huo with her, transformed into her dragon form and flew into the sea. But before parting, she gave Wang Mu one last glance...

"Such charm..." Once they were gone, Mu Hongyuan said slowly, "You really are impressive. I didn't expect Ao Qing to have taken a bit of a liking to you... Tell me, how did you hook up with her?"

"She's Bi You's personal disciple... Tsk..."

"Don't say that," Wang Mu said. "You should be able to see she has no interest in me. Just now, she was purely forced by you and had no choice but to act that way."

"And you?" Mu Hongyuan said meaningfully. "She's a Dragon Girl, after all. The experience must be much more flavorful than with us Fairies and Demonesses, right?"

"If you put it that way," Wang Mu said, "then there are many 'flavorful' women in this world."

"..." Mu Hongyuan.

Mu Hongyuan fell silent, seemingly not wanting to discuss it further.

She gazed into the distance. Her red dress swirled open, and she returned to her original form.

"Brother Mu, just now... when you stood in front of me, I felt as if I had returned to those days," Mu Hongyuan said softly. "Although this time, your strength is so much weaker, and you even schemed against your sister."

"But your sister doesn't mind."

Wang Mu's heart skipped a beat.

What does she mean by that? Is this Demoness also playing the sentimentality card?

"What are you trying to say?" Wang Mu asked.

"Your sister wants to say..."

Mu Hongyuan walked up to Wang Mu's ear. Her breath was soft, sweet, sultry, and alluring as she whispered, "It's time for us to go to the Sword Sect..."

Wang Mu suddenly remembered what the Moon God had said.

The two Emotional Threads on my body are intertwined, potentially leading to... a life-threatening danger!