The next morning, Gu Tao bid farewell to Mr. Zheng and the others, taking Xiaoxue with him to Mount Kunlun. As the only non-Kunlun personnel allowed to move freely through the Great Array of Kunlun, he always attracted scornful glances from those Kunlun disciples who didn't know the details. Gu Tao didn't understand what he had done, and he was too afraid to ask...
Arriving at Shuiyang Palace, he saw Xiuling collecting petals under a peach blossom tree, with her sister crawling around as usual.
"What brings you here?" Xiuling looked up at Gu Tao, then sized up Xiaoxue, "Yo... where did this jade girl come from?"
"A student's child, a Five-Clawed," he explained.
Upon hearing 'Five-Clawed,' Xiuling was taken aback, "Are you sure it's Five-Clawed?"
"Come on, why would I lie to you?" Gu Tao set Xiaoxue down on the ground, patted her head, and pointed at Xiuling, saying, "From now on, she'll be your master."
Xiuling was stunned, "What?"
