After sending off the East Sea cultivators who showered him with profuse expressions of gratitude, Zhenyuanzi was asked to stay behind. Seeing him hesitate and stop himself several times, Daoist Qingling felt a slight sense of confusion.
"Are you growing distant from me, Daoist Friend? If you have something to say, please speak your mind openly. With the friendship we share across hundreds of millions of years, there is no need to stand on ceremony."
Daoist Qingling spoke the initiative, which made Zhenyuanzi suddenly realize that he was indeed feeling somewhat constrained in Qingling's presence. Ever since he came out of Daoist Qingling's Lesser Chiliocosm and met him again, he always had the sensation of facing Ancestor Hongjun.
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