“No!” Lu Yun violently backed away and looked at the little girl in purple with alarm.

She didn’t say anything, just looked at him with a meaningful expression. The Redbud King smiled with resignation and didn’t say anything either.

“Ah, it’s you.” Lu Yun heaved a slight sigh and then frowned. “So your true spirit borrowed the Redbud Chrysalis to reincarnate into the world.”

“You recognize me?” The little girl blinked, then giggled. “Of course you recognize me.”

“You’re the big dragon inside this mountain,” Lu Yun said slowly. “Of course I recognize you. You’re a dragon spirit nurtured by the Hongmeng, but I hadn’t thought that you’d be so bold as to relinquish your dragon body and enter one of a Redbud Butterfly.”

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