"Lord Ming Li, is that you!"
Ming Li: "..."
System: "...What?! Lord Li?! Why is this guy calling its host, 'Lord Li'?"
Before the system could react, the blinding light in the distance disappeared, and a young girl appeared in its place, clad in a pale blue, flowing gauze dress. She was like a divine maiden descending from the heavens, noble and peerless, meant to be admired from afar, not to be trifled with.
The girl's ink-black, long hair cascaded down to the ground, creating a stark contrast with the pristine white floor.
The system looked over and immediately noticed a complex, ancient floral pattern imprinted on the girl's forehead. The system found it somewhat familiar, as if it had seen it in some ancient text, but it couldn't recall for the life of it.
The girl slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of beautiful, sea-blue irises devoid of any emotion, indifferent to everything. When her gaze fell upon Ming Li's figure, the girl's expressionless face instantly became animated, and a ripple of emotion appeared in her beautiful eyes.
With excitement in her heart, the girl took a few steps forward. When she was exactly five meters away from Ming Li, the system watched in utter bewilderment as the girl suddenly knelt down with a thud and performed a grand bow to Ming Li.
The bewildered system: "...?!" Even more bewildered, what was going on? What was this turn of events?
Before the system could figure it out, it heard the girl, prostrate on the ground, excitedly speak to Ming Li: "Heavenly Dao Lan Yan greets Lord Ming Li!"
In a daze, hearing the words "Heavenly Dao" jolted the system awake: "...!!" What?! This creature is the Heavenly Dao!!
Just then, the system suddenly remembered the ancient pattern on Lan Yan's forehead, the mark of a Heavenly Dao from a higher plane. So, this creature was indeed the Heavenly Dao, and a Heavenly Dao from a higher plane at that!!
The system was so shocked by this discovery that it nearly crashed. It swallowed nervously, feeling as if it had overlooked something extremely important.
Over there.
Ming Li narrowed her beautiful eyes, casually produced a chaise lounge from her spatial dimension, and reclined on it, exuding an air of extreme laziness.
"You do not blame this seat? It was my appearance that invited that disaster back then."
Hearing this, Lan Yan's lowered gaze flickered, and a hint of sorrow flashed across her face. "That was their destined tribulation, it has nothing to do with you, my Lord."
Ming Li raised an eyebrow and extended her left hand forward, palm open. A deep blue orb of light suddenly appeared in her hand. "This seat sealed a portion of its divine power within your plane back then, so it did not vanish."
Lan Yan, still on the ground, suddenly raised her head, her gaze fixed on the deep blue orb in Ming Li's hand. A single tear escaped her eye without warning and fell to the ground, blooming into a pale blue lotus.
"Thank you, Lord Ming Li! Lan Yan, on behalf of countless beings, thanks you for the grace of rebirth, Lord Ming Li!!"
Ming Li retracted her hand, and the deep blue orb instantly disappeared.
The system, still bewildered, finally processed what had happened.
The system picked up its jaw that had fallen to the floor, its eyes sparkling with a brilliant light as it looked at Ming Li.
System: "...Damn it! What kind of overpowered host has it bound itself to! If it can appease this one, will it ever have to worry about future missions? Thinking this, the system's excitement grew even stronger."
"A golden thigh! Here I come!"
With this thought, the system lunged towards Ming Li, its four little paws tightly embracing one of Ming Li's legs.
The corner of Ming Li's mouth twitched slightly, her composed, authoritative demeanor almost shattered by the system's embrace.
As Ming Li lowered her head, she met the system's sparkling, bright eyes.
Ming Li: "..."