Lily Bai paused for a moment, then said to Chacha, "Go brew some tea for us!"
"Okay!" Chacha bounced out of the room.
Lily Bai spun around and grabbed Sean Shaw by the collar: "You even know about me wetting the bed as a kid?"
"That time, I was the one who changed your diaper," Sean Shaw replied with a mischievous grin.
Lily Bai smacked him: "Sean Shaw!"
Sean Shaw easily caught her hand and said, "I used magic to do it, I didn’t see anything."
"Shut up! Tell me—since your Heartscale fused with my soul, does that mean you can feel everything that happens to me?"
Sean Shaw coughed and flashed a dimpled smile: "I can clearly sense anything physical, but not your thoughts!"
"Anything physical... you can feel all of it?"
"Yep, including..." Sean Shaw leaned in and whispered something in her ear.
Lily Bai lunged at him: "I'm going to strangle you!"
Later, when Chacha finished brewing the tea and tried to bring it to them, he found the room sealed by a barrier—he couldn't get in...
...
In the blink of an eye, it was Divine Lord Tanya Quinn's grand wedding day.
Lily Bai and Nine Li were set to travel to Cangwu with their master.
Right before leaving, Nine Li fussed endlessly over Baxa: "Baxa, you absolutely cannot wander off! Just stay in my courtyard! No one else can get in. Us Rune Masters can open our Heaven's Eyes! They'll see your true beast form..."
Baxa looked at Lily Bai: "Please take your junior brother with you! He nags like an old woman!"
"Like you've ever had a woman!" Lily Bai rolled her eyes and dragged Nine Li away.
Nine Li looked curious: "Senior Sister, has Baxa ever been married?"
"Nope! He's a lifelong bachelor."
"Why hasn't he ever gotten married?"
"Go ask him yourself!"
"If he was still young, maybe he's just busy cultivating and hasn't had time. But he's not exactly young anymore..." Nine Li suddenly blurted out, "I think maybe he just doesn't like girls!"
Lily Bai glanced at him: "If he doesn't like girls, then what? He likes boys?"
"Uh... hehe!" Nine Li giggled awkwardly.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I just think it's good that he doesn't like girls."
"Why is that good?" Lily Bai stared at him in shock. "Don't tell me you..."
"Once your best bro gets married, everything changes, you know? He can't just hang around the Sigil Sect teaching me all the time!" Nine Li explained.
"You like hanging out with him that much?"
"He's my lifesaver! And after spending time with him, I think he's really great—loyal, easygoing, open-minded, and we get along so well! I think Baxa—"
"Ugh! Can you stop calling him 'Brother Baxa' every two seconds? You're giving me goosebumps!" Lily Bai hugged her arms and shivered.
"If I don't call him Brother Baxa, what should I call him?"
"Just call him Big Bro!"
"But we're not sworn brothers, how can I call him Big Bro?"
"If he's that great, just go swear brotherhood with him!"
"That's true!" Nine Li's eyes lit up. "But I wonder if Baxa would want to be sworn brothers with me..."
"Here we go again... Shut up!"
...
As they flew near the Divine City, they saw festive clouds floating above all of Cangwu Palace.
The rooftops of Divine City were covered in flowers—seen from the sky, it was breathtaking.
"There are Spell Stones hidden among those flowers. The whole Divine City is wrapped in an array—it looks like Liam Leshan's handiwork," Lily Bai said.