Chapter 200: Relieving Worries
Wen Qing froze, finally noticing the two people standing nearby. His face lit up with sheer joy.
“Little junior niece! Wonderful! I’m back at last — I finally get to see you again!”
Tears of pent-up frustration welled up as he scrambled to his feet and started toward them. “Little—”
He didn’t finish before the two of them simultaneously covered their noses and stepped back in perfect synchronization.
The smell of winter melon was overpowering.
Wen Qing: “…”
So much for family affection!
“Uncle, how did you end up inside a winter melon?” Yun Jiao asked solemnly — not a hint of expression leaking through her disgust. “Weren’t you supposed to be with Senior Brother Han in the Underworld?”
“Don’t even mention it!” Wen Qing fumed, brushing several Dust-Dispelling Charms over himself until he looked halfway like an immortal again. “I just thought, since my eldest brother was busy, I’d sneak— er, take the chance to come check on you. But right after I crossed the boundary gate, I sensed some strange surge of life force behind your mountain. Before I could investigate, I got sealed inside that damned melon! I tried everything to get out — but whoever set that sealing spell outside was a real piece of work. I couldn’t break it from the inside. Nearly suffocated in there!”