Li Ping'an returned with the first batch of Gongde and naturally had to continue with the second batch.
Moving more than two thousand loads back and forth indeed sounded intimidating;
but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; as long as the process, though troublesome, achieves the desired result, it is sufficient.
He secretly concealed himself and just as his chariot reached the grand entrance of the Holy Mother Palace, intending to glimpse at the reserve immortals of the Heavenly Court at the Heavenly Emperor Academy, he was invited away by Zuo Shishou, who had been waiting there.
Zuo Shishou had arranged a banquet in the hall where she resided, respectfully inviting Li Ping'an to the chief seat, and summoned several young women with human bodies and snake tails, as well as handsome men, to accompany them by the side.
This was the first time Li Ping'an had seen others of the Nüwa tribe besides Zuo Shishou.
