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Su Tingtong... her name is Su Tingtong.

The Old Mother of Mount Li gave a helpless smile, shook her head, and said, "It's the same name as the person who saved you. That person saved your life, after all; shouldn't you at least remember her name correctly?"

Upon hearing this, the Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity rubbed his head.

"It's not that my memory is poor... it's just that I feel the memories of my time with her are gradually blurring. Even though I am getting on in years, it should be impossible for me to forget people I met or things that happened so recently."

The Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity frowned, falling silent for a moment. Then, as if he had realized something, his brow smoothed out, and he said, "I'm afraid... before long, I truly will have forgotten that woman entirely."

Hearing this, the Old Mother of Mount Li's willow-leaf brows also furrowed.

This situation was far too strange.

One had to understand that tampering with someone's memory was difficult, especially when it came to the Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity. He was among the elite standing at the very pinnacle of this world!

If his memories could be tampered with at will, the implications would be terrifying.

"How is that possible? I was only teasing you just now. Have you really forgotten that woman's name?"

The Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity nodded and said, "Yes. But it's not quite that I've forgotten; it's more that the memory has become blurred. If I force myself to recall it, I still can."

"Don't you find it strange?"

"There's nothing strange about it. The fact that she could save me proves her strength is not below mine, and perhaps even above it... With such power, it would be all too easy for her to do something to my memories of that time."

The Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity was remarkably calm. He looked at the Old Mother of Mount Li and said tonelessly, "You don't need to react so strongly. My gradual forgetting of her is likely her own doing. Perhaps she doesn't want too many people to know of her existence, or specifically doesn't want someone like me to know. Besides, her methods are quite gentle... I can even slightly sense them."

Seeing how calm he was, the Old Mother of Mount Li didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a brief silence, she finally nodded. "Fine, as long as you don't feel there's a problem! But are you coming to the Full Moon Banquet?"

"I'll go! I'll go! If I don't, I suspect I won't be able to step out of this door today." The Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity gave a helpless smile and nodded. "It just so happens I want to see what kind of talent this little girl has, sharing a name with that woman. For you to consider her talent excellent..."

The Old Mother of Mount Li chuckled. "If you didn't want to go, could I really force you?"

The Emperor shook his head, smiling without a word.

'Whether you'd force me or not—don't you know the answer in your own heart?'

"Alright, since you've said you're going, let's set out early!" the Old Mother of Mount Li said with a beaming smile.

The Emperor nodded, and the two set off together.

Meanwhile.

On the other side.

Far away in Xingyang City, Su Qing's clone rose early.

But even though she had risen early, she was still not as early as Ao Yiyi.

Ao Yiyi recited sutras every day and was always the first to wake. There were very few exceptions.

"Ao Yiyi~".

Su Qing walked to Ao Yiyi's side and said, "Stop for a moment, I have something to tell you!"

Hearing this, Ao Yiyi paused her chanting and looked up at Su Qing. "Sister Qing, what is it?"

Su Qing smilingly told Ao Yiyi about the Full Moon Banquet and said she would take her there.

Indeed, Su Qing planned to invite Ao Yiyi to the drinks as well.

Though she certainly wouldn't drink alcohol, attending the feast was no problem. This was a happy day, and it was only right for all her friends to be present.

As for why she hadn't mentioned it before, it was naturally to provide a surprise.

Another reason was that Ao Yiyi and the others were right beside Su Qing's clone; she could call on them at any time, so there was no rush.

"A Full Moon Banquet? Going... is fine. But... someone has to stay here, right?"

Ao Yiyi looked at Su Qing and said helplessly, "Even if the clinic is closed, if all the adults in the house suddenly vanish, those little ones will get suspicious, won't they?"

Ao Yiyi naturally had no objection to attending the feast. She was simply worried about whether the people left behind would become suspicious once all the immortals and demons departed.

After all, Su Qing hadn't revealed much of her supernatural nature here. In the eyes of most in the household, everyone was just an ordinary person.

So, if all the immortals and demons left at once, even a fool would realize something was wrong.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing nodded and said, "Don't worry, I've made preparations. After I send you there, I'll come back! After all, I won't be drinking. I'm just a clone—it doesn't matter if I drink or not! The point is just to get you there."

Ao Yiyi was stunned for a moment. She opened her mouth to argue, but found she really couldn't refute her. The Su Qing before her was indeed just a clone; the main body was still in the Northern Continent!

After a moment of silence, she nodded and asked, "Then what excuse will you use to explain it to the others?"

"Mhm, don't worry about that! I'll explain it clearly," Su Qing said with a smile. "Just rest easy; I'm quite skilled at hoodwinking people!"

"Indeed... Sister Qing, you are very good at hoodwinking." Ao Yiyi sighed, then asked, "When do we leave?"

"We're going now! I'll go call the others," Su Qing said with a laugh.

Seeing this, Ao Yiyi said no more. She simply nodded and sat to the side to wait.

At this moment, she was also somewhat curious—curious whether she would see her master.

Logically speaking, even if Su Qing had some friction with her master, she should still invite her master on such a day.

"Well, I'll leave it to fate!" Ao Yiyi thought for a while before giving up on the thought.

On the other end, Su Qing quickly gathered everyone she intended to invite. No one refused to go to the Northern Continent for the banquet, so almost everyone was present.

With everyone gathered, it was time to depart.

Su Qing formed a hand seal, and then she carried several people toward the Northern Continent.

Within the domain in the Northern Continent.

Su Qing watched the busy crowd and breathed a small sigh of relief.

Liu Xixi had arranged everything perfectly. Every stage was proceeding without a hitch, much to Su Qing's satisfaction.

Since Liu Xixi had handled the details, there wasn't much for Su Qing to do. Now, the only thing Su Qing needed to do was perform the duties of a host and welcome the important guests.

Of course, no guests had arrived yet. It was still early, and not everyone could fly as fast as she could.

Just as Su Qing was watching the busy workers with nothing to do, two auspicious clouds descended at the entrance of the main hall.

Seeing this, Su Qing's eyebrows rose. Once she saw clearly who had arrived, she stepped forward to greet them.

The arrivals were none other than Bai Suzhen's master, the Old Mother of Mount Li, and her friend, the Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity.

Su Qing approached the two and hurriedly performed a formal bow.

Both were incredible seniors; as a junior, Su Qing naturally had to observe proper etiquette.

Seeing this, the Old Mother of Mount Li chuckled and patted her shoulder. "There's no need for such formality. You are my disciple's 'female husband,' so we are essentially family. There's no need to be so polite. Besides, even putting aside the matter of Bai Suzhen, you and I are cross-generational friends; there's even less reason for such etiquette."

Hearing this, Su Qing knew the elder truly didn't care for such things and spoke this way because she didn't want Su Qing to be too stiff.

"Isn't the Emperor here as well?" Su Qing said with a chuckle.

The Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity before her looked a bit older, and his spirit seemed slightly diminished compared to their last meeting. It seemed that going to the Thirty-Sixth Heaven had cost even him a significant price.

Upon hearing her, the Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity said tonelessly, "I care even less about these pointless things than she does. I value strength and character more."

Su Qing gave a helpless smile.

Fine, it seemed the seniors really didn't care much for etiquette. It was she who was used to being the junior and habitually tried to be as polite as possible.

"Alright, enough of that," the Old Mother of Mount Li said. "Where is Suzhen? And where is that little girl? Take me to see them!"

Besides coming for the drinks, the Old Mother of Mount Li had come primarily to see her grand-disciple... and to show her off.

Since the Old Mother wanted to see Su Tingtong and Bai Suzhen, Su Qing naturally had no reason to refuse.

To Bai Suzhen, the Old Mother of Mount Li was like a mother and her only elder. Why would Su Qing stop her from seeing her daughter and granddaughter?

Thus, she smilingly led the two to the bedchamber, where they found Bai Suzhen playing with Su Tingtong.

"Master!?"

Bai Suzhen had been teasing the child, but seeing Su Qing and her master arrive, she immediately stopped and stood up in excitement.

As for the other senior? She didn't recognize him. She didn't care. Sister Qing and her master were more important.

Seeing the girl so excited, the Old Mother of Mount Li nodded with a chuckle. It seemed she hadn't doted on her disciple in vain; she hadn't forgotten her master just because she had moved out.

"How have you been lately?" the Old Mother of Mount Li asked softly, looking at Bai Suzhen. "Are you used to living here?"

At this moment, the Old Mother's demeanor was hard to distinguish between a master and a mother; in short, she was very concerned for Bai Suzhen.

Bai Suzhen smiled and said, "I'm used to it, of course. And the two sisters are very good to me."

"That's good, that's good."

The Old Mother of Mount Li nodded in satisfaction. She could naturally tell if her disciple was lying. "As long as you're comfortable, that's what matters."

"How could I not be? The only thing I'm not used to is that I can't just burn some incense to see you whenever I want, like I used to," Bai Suzhen said with a smile after a moment's thought.

"If you miss me, just light three sticks of incense and silently recite my name. I will naturally hear it and come to see you. This method doesn't only work on Li Shan; I can sense it from anywhere."

Seeing that Bai Suzhen missed her, the Old Mother of Mount Li became even happier, the smile on her face impossible to suppress. An elder's heart is easy to read, especially for someone as beloved as Bai Suzhen. A few simple words were enough to make her incredibly happy.

The Old Mother didn't even care to judge if the words were true or false; as long as they made her happy to hear, that was enough. Besides, she knew that Bai Suzhen's words were true.

Bai Suzhen was momentarily stunned by the Old Mother's words, then said with delight, "I didn't know it could be used even after leaving Li Shan... In the future, if I miss Master, I'll light three sticks of incense and ask for Master's incense avatar to come and see me~"

Although an incense avatar was just a clone, it was personally controlled by the Old Mother of Mount Li... so in a sense, it really was like meeting in person.

"Good, good, good!" The Old Mother of Mount Li nodded with a smile. "Let me hold my granddaughter?"

Bai Suzhen naturally nodded. She had no objection to her master holding her daughter and smilingly handed her over.

The Old Mother of Mount Li looked at the little girl in her arms, her face beaming with joy. Then she carried her over to the Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity and said with a chuckle, "Well? Isn't my disciple's daughter adorable? And her talent is exceptional... though her body hasn't fully set yet, one can already see her superb potential."

The Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity hadn't intended to look, but since the Old Mother kept swaying the child in front of him, he finally took a glance.

After just one look, he was stunned.

It wasn't Su Tingtong's talent that surprised him. It was her eyes.

They were a pair of cyan-colored eyes...

Those eyes were very special... because they looked exactly like that woman's eyes.

The same color. The same strangeness.

He froze for a long time, countless thoughts flashing through his mind... but in the end, they all vanished into nothingness.

He simply stared at the little girl for a long while.

Finally, he exhaled a breath of turbid air and said, "She is indeed an interesting little one. In the future, she will surely have quite a unique set of achievements!"

The person before him was still an infant... while that woman was already a being with strength equal to his own, perhaps even stronger. Therefore, the person before him certainly couldn't be that woman.

Unless... that woman was from the future.