When Zhao Changhe returned to the Heavenly River, Piaomiao was meditating under a tree, Lady Three was napping atop the water’s surface, Huangfu Qing sat studying a flickering green flame in her palm, Yue Hongling was examining a severed arm, while Xia Chichi… Xia Chichi was speaking softly with Cui Yuanyang.0

Poor Yuanyang. She hardly made a handful of appearances in the jianghu, and each time, she ended up bickering with Xia Chichi. They bickered so much they somehow bickered themselves into a bond. If I want Yangyang to join the Demon Suppression Bureau someday, well, her relationship with the imperial family is looking pretty solid…0

The moment he appeared, he was subjected to an utterly inhumane round of gawking.0

“Well, well, if it isn’t our brave King Zhao!” Lady Three shot out of the water with a splash, circling him with a hand on her chin, giving him an appraising look. “In this world between the heaven above and the earth below, it’s not surprising to see someone pursue Piaomiao, but someone pursuing Ye Jiuyou? Tsk tsk…”0

Zhao Changhe retreated a step. “I never told you I was pursuing her… How did you—”0

“Do you even need to tell us?” Lady Three sneered. “We could tell just from how you spoke to her. Actually, we had a hunch long before that. Why do you think, when that lunatic White Tiger ambushed her, we all reacted and helped her without even a word of coordination?”0

Zhao Changhe was slightly taken aback. You had a hunch even earlier than that? But back then, even I considered her an enemy! I was on high alert around her! Ye Jiuyou’s nature was far too terrifying. If she hadn’t refrained from wreaking havoc with the Azure Dragon corpse puppet in the capital, who would’ve ever thought she could be won over?0

“Where in the world do you all get these uncanny hunches?”0

Huangfu Qing spoke lazily, “I’m the one who suggested your...0