After the shadowy great cultivator's divine consciousness had perceived Fang Xi's background, he communicated a few sentences telepathically with the youthful-looking Nascent Soul True Monarch.
Regrettably, even with Fang Xi's current level of divine consciousness, he could only sense that they were conversing but couldn't eavesdrop on what exactly they were discussing.
At this moment, he greatly missed Nangong Li's Four-eared Marmoset Spiritual Beast.
"Mr. Yun Jiezi,"
Shui Lingxin said with relief, "Sir, you truly are a man of your word..."
"What I have promised, I naturally will fulfill,"
Fang Xi answered warmly, but in his heart, he rolled his eyes: 'The last one who praised my character, Cloud Minzi... seems to have already been burned to ashes by me.'
"Junior Sister, is this the Taoist Protector you've found?"
At this point, the youthful-looking Nascent Soul True Monarch spoke up: "To hide so much yet reveal so little, do you face some sort of difficulty?"