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Kairuot searched around using the Lightness Skill for a while but found no clues, feeling very disappointed.
At this time, dawn was breaking, and he realized he had arrived near the famous White Horse Temple in Luoyang. He performed a few flips and landed in front of the temple gate, startling the Little Monk who was cleaning the entrance.
The Little Monk dropped his broom and hurried into the temple to report to the Abbot. After a while, the Abbot came out with a group of monks to welcome Kairuot at the gate.
Upon seeing Kairuot, the Abbot greeted him with one hand and asked, "I apologize for not welcoming you properly, Great Immortal. May I ask what brings you to our humble temple?"
Understanding the situation, Kairuot knew that the Little Monk must have exaggerated his arrival when reporting to the Abbot. He clasped his hands together in front of his chest and said, "I have come to your temple in search of a missing girl named Belden, who also came from the heavens... I wonder if you, Abbot, have heard of or seen her?"
The Abbot paused for a moment before replying, "As a monk, I do not speak falsehoods. Indeed, we have had a visitor known as the Immortal Mistress... She is currently a distinguished guest at our temple."
Hearing this, Kairuot was overjoyed and asked, "May I meet her?"
"Of course," said the Abbot. "In fact, I just informed the Immortal Mistress of your arrival. She is waiting for you at the Cool Breeze Terrace."
The Abbot led Kairuot to the Cool Breeze Terrace. There, he saw a veiled Daoist Priestess sitting on a mat with her back to them. The Officiate respectfully bowed and said to the Daoist Priestess, "Immortal Mistress, I have brought your guest."
The Daoist Priestess waved her hand holding a whisk and said, "That's enough; you can go about your business now."
The Officiate bowed again and exited.
Once the Abbot left, the Daoist Priestess remained seated with her back turned and asked Kairuot, "This distant guest, may I ask what brings you to me?"
The voice of the Daoist Priestess was a bit hoarse, sounding strange, unlike the voice of a normal person.
Kairuot shook his head and said, "I'm not here to find you; I'm here to find my wife and my daughter."
"Your wife?"
"My wife's name is Belden... I have been searching for them on Earth for a long time. I finally found my daughter, but she went missing last night." As he spoke, Kairuot couldn't help but sigh.
"I heard that you don't really like your wife, Belden..." the Daoist Priestess said in her low, hoarse voice. She then asked, "You married her out of gratitude, am I right?"
Kairuot was silent for a moment before slowly saying, "What you said is not entirely correct. Belden is my wife, and of course I love her. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come all the way from Mars to find her. There are a thousand people with a thousand kinds of love; everyone loves differently. Although I was indeed uninterested in her at first, after we got married, I gradually realized that I had fallen in love with her. She is pure and uncalculating; she has risked her life for me multiple times. We are happy together, and I have a responsibility towards her. I will take good care of her for the rest of my life."
Upon hearing Kairuot's words, the Daoist Priestess trembled slightly. Her voice suddenly changed as she began to sing "Parting Sorrow" in a low, melodious tone that sounded heavenly: "The east wind fills the tower; it cannot hide the beauty of the moon. Longing thoughts linger as we depend on each other; do not waste our youthful days..."
Listening to the song, Kairuot remembered that she was the hostess who played the piano and sang on the Pleasure Boat. The voice was so sweet; what did it remind him of? Yes, it was the bonfire festival at Dragonfall Lodge when Belden sang love songs. At this moment, Kairuot already knew who was in front of him...
He couldn't help but call out to the Daoist Priestess: "You are Belden? ... I recognized you; you are Belden! You made me search so hard!"
Belden no longer hid her identity; she stood up and turned her face... At that moment, her face was filled with tears as she rushed forward and hugged Kairuot tightly...
They had not seen each other for a long time, and many words were hidden in their hearts without knowing where to start. Kairuot gently wiped away the tears on Belden's face and said, "Why are you crying? This isn't like you at all; the Belden I know is a girl who loves to laugh."
"I'm just happy..." Belden buried her head in his chest, smiling through her tears.
"How have you been all these years?" Kairuot continued to ask.
"Not bad."
"I heard we have a lovely daughter?"
"She's on Penglai Immortal Island, doing quite well."
"The daughter in Luoyang Palace is also ours, right?"
"No, she isn't!"
"Whose daughter is she?"
"She's a copy of our daughter."
"A copy?" Kairuot didn't understand. "Why would they make a copy of our daughter?"
"This is a scheme by Belche. The technology of the Capricornian is all-powerful. He wants to use the copy of our daughter to lure you out and eliminate you..."
Kairuot said, "Since it's a copy, I can also modify her."
"Don't be too naive. Belche has created many copies on Earth. Belzon and Long Er from the Great Prairie are also their copies. Can't you see? They have no martial arts skills at all, and their cognitive ability is extremely poor. They haven't even reached one-tenth of a normal cognitive ability value; they're no different from animals. Even if you could modify her, she'd just be a useless burden. Moreover, to modify her, you'd have to remove the Controller from her brain. Can you do that on Earth?"
Kairuot asked, "Then... I still want to save her. What should I do?"
Beldan told him, "Only I can take her to Penglai Immortal Island. There, we still have ways."
"You're the one who kidnapped the little princess, right?"
Beldan nodded in acknowledgment. She clapped her hands, and a sturdy young man stepped out from the shadows of the house. She asked Kairuot, "Do you still recognize him?"
Kairuot looked up and down at the young man before him and said, "You are... Long Er, yes, that's Long Er."
"You still have some memory," Long Er said, patting Kairuot on the shoulder. "My brother-in-law has good taste; he hasn't forgotten me, Long Er."
Kairuot stared at Long Er, remembering something, and asked, "That shadow above Jiuzhou Pool was you, right?"
Long Er replied proudly, "What's wrong? Is my brother-in-law still unconvinced? How about we go up in the air again and see who can fly faster?"
Kairuot turned to Beldan and asked, "You taught Long Er his skills, didn't you?"
"What do you think?" Beldan countered.
"So that means my daughter's replica, the little princess, is in your hands. Can I see her?"
"Sure," Beldan said. "Follow me."
They went together to the room where the little princess was held, only to find... the little princess had already escaped.
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