After some thought, Huang Xiaolong politely declined Guo Jie’s kind offer. He didn’t want to involve her in this matter.

Guo Jie did not insist any further as she respected Huang Xiaolong’ decision. Some time passed and the meal ended. Before they separated at the restaurant’s entrance, Guo Jie told Huang Xiaolong to contact her if he needed her help.

Huang Xiaolong then found a courtyard for his group and they stayed there for the night.

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Silvery moonlight shone down on the courtyard.

Huang Xiaolong sat cross-legged in his room. A half-meter long Eidolon Crystalline Rock hovered in front of him, exuding ripples of frigid qi that was tempering his True Dragon Physique. 

As he circulated the Grandmist Parasitic Medium, the Moon Jade Heavenly Spiral Shell’s moon essence energy rain fell onto his three supreme godheads. 

Soon, Huang Xiaolong entered into an ethereal...