Indeed!
Zi Linling thought to herself, it seems the one controlling the strange stones and battling the giant hand in the picture is Feng Liqi.
She gave a wry smile and said, "Huang Yi, thank you for telling me so much, but I am truly sorry, I am not your master Feng Liqi."
Huang Yi shook her head vigorously, "Impossible! We spirit beasts are very sensitive to aura and bloodline. I couldn't possibly have sensed it wrong."
"But I really am not your master, my name is Zi Linling! Besides, have you ever seen a guardian as useless as me?"
"This..."
Huang Yi was instantly at a loss for words. The difference in names could be explained, after all, everyone takes different names in each lifetime, but how to explain being useless?
Right!
Huang Yi's eyes suddenly lit up, "Master fought a very powerful person for his duty and was severely injured, affecting his very essence. He had no choice but to re-enter reincarnation. Didn't Master say that once the Body Sculpting Pill and Marrow Cleansing Pill are refined, he could begin cultivating?"
Zi Linling was somewhat speechless. Huang Yi's explanation left her with no room to refute.
She frowned and said, "Huang Yi, let's put aside whether I am your master for now. Tell me, how can I get out of here?"
Huang Yi didn't even think before replying, "Have the Goddess's Hall recognize you as its master again, and you can leave?"
A flicker of joy crossed Zi Linling's eyes. Xue Ying was still outside. If she found herself suddenly gone, she didn't know how sad she would be. What if she did something foolish, how could that be?
So, she grabbed Huang Yi and eagerly asked, "How do I acknowledge it as my master?"
As Huang Yi was about to speak, a voice echoed from the sky.
"The Goddess's Hall cannot recognize you as its master at this time!"
As the voice faded, a cold and proud woman in pink appeared before Zi Linling.
The woman in pink clearly became excited upon seeing Zi Linling.
She knelt on the ground and said, "Master, Yiran was delayed after escorting you in to handle some matters. I apologize for my lateness. Please forgive me."
Zi Linling quickly stood up and helped her up, "Please get up quickly. I cannot accept such a grand courtesy!"
Yiran looked at Zi Linling, tears welling up in her eyes, "Does Master dislike Yiran now?"
Zi Linling was taken aback and shook her head in a flustered manner. For some reason, she didn't want Yiran to misunderstand.
"That's not true, I'm just not used to people kneeling to me."
Yiran's tears flowed even more fiercely, "Master, you are truly heartless, leaving for a hundred thousand years. If not for the Goddess's statue suddenly sensing you, who shares the same lineage, I don't know when I would have waited for you."
"This..."
Zi Linling was at a loss for words again.
Huang Yi wiped away tears from the corner of her eye and said, "Sister Yiran, Master is back now, isn't she? Stop crying, it's making me sad."
Yiran glared resentfully at Zi Linling and stomped her foot, "You're back but you don't want to acknowledge us?"
She wasn't truly resentful of Zi Linling, but the hundred thousand years of waiting had finally yielded results, and she didn't know how to face it.
"I'm not..."
Zi Linling was about to explain. Although she disliked explaining to others, Yiran was an exception.
"Not what? Not eager to leave?"
Yiran's demeanor was clearly one of playful complaint. A hundred thousand years, she had missed Zi Linling dearly.
"I truly didn't mean that, it's just that you sent me in, and my maid Xue Ying was left outside. I'm a bit worried about her."