Hongjun traveled at high speed and soon arrived outside Long Yuanyuan’s immortal cave. He stood before the entrance, hesitating for a moment, before ultimately turning to leave. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to knock; it was because the perimeter of Long Yuanyuan’s immortal cave was protected by the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array. This particular array was different from the one he was familiar with, and he had no way to force his way through.
Left with no other choice, he sat cross-legged to cultivate in a spot just outside the cave. As for why he didn't simply leave, he didn't know; he only felt a compulsion to stay and wait for Fairy Long. He needed to explain clearly to her that there was nothing between him and that Hualing.
What he didn't know was that Long Yuanyuan was not inside her cave at that moment. Not far away, there was a hidden natural spring shielded by a natural formation. If not for the System alerting her, she never would have discovered it herself. Since Long Yuanyuan had arrived, her original body—that of a beautiful dragon—had remained in human form; she hadn't submerged herself or swum in her true dragon form for so long that she had nearly forgotten the feeling of moving through water.
Chapter 92