Edited by Aelryinth
Zhang Che was far too deep into the beast world. He wouldn't be able to return to Mercury in just a day or two. So, he wasn't in a hurry.
When the sky gradually darkened, he found a huge mountain and had the Purple Crystal Tortoise dig out a large cave, hiding in there with the elemental queen and settling down for the night.
However, Zhang Che felt a little awkward about this. Was this considered going spelunking with a woman? {TLN: Sexual innuendo.}
Well, just from appearances alone, the elemental queen would be considered a woman...
Zhang Che had tried, but he couldn't let the elemental queen turn into a mass of light and enter his spiritual sea like his subdued beasts and pets. It was probably because they were a different type of lifeform.
With that, from now on the elemental queen would be permanently following Zhang Che by his side in that appearance.