The Phoenix Palace attendant and the Black Tortoise deputy envoy scolded Han Qianling almost simultaneously. However, Han Qianling simply glanced back at the deputy envoy with a nonchalant look at the barrage of questions. "If I hadn't let the air out of him just now, he would have died immediately. This method may be extreme, but haven't you used it before?"
Deputy Envoy Xuanwu was speechless.
He was a thin young man, as frail as a bamboo pole, a thin layer of flesh stretched tightly over his bones. His face was as pale as if he had never seen the sun since birth. Even when Nu Zi was at his most out of control, he had dared to tug at Nu Zi's elbow. Unfortunately, his own cultivation was insufficient, and he was the first to be blown away by the first wave of airflow during the duel between Han Qianling and Nu Zi.
After hearing Han Qianling's reply, Deputy Envoy Xuanwu remained silent, his face as gloomy as water.
What Han Qianling called "letting out the air" was actually just poking a hole in Nuzi's lung.
The alien species' healing abilities were exceptional. If their spiritual energy wasn't contaminated by anything else, a penetrating wound like this would heal in just half an hour. Furthermore, if it weren't for the sudden intervention of the Palace Master of Shenxue, Nuzi might have died from this nameless anger.
But how did he know?
The Lord of Shenxue Palace who suddenly appeared in the Suzaku Realm is simply a mystery.
For the first time since setting foot on Suzaku Realm soil, Deputy Envoy Xuanwu felt that the situation was out of his control. He simply hoped that Nuzi, that troublemaker, would stop causing trouble, so that he could quickly settle down with his team and discuss the current situation with everyone else.
He struggled to maintain his composure and said to the attendant beside him, "Please forgive us, we are very tired after the long journey and have lost our composure. After meeting with Master Suzaku, we will go to rest. I would like to ask this fellow Taoist if someone can show us the way."
"Lord Suzaku is in seclusion and is unable to summon you." The Phoenix Palace attendant quickly returned the greeting, then looked a bit embarrassed when he looked up again: "If you want to lead the way, I wonder if I can—"
"Shouldn't I be the one to receive the envoy?" Han Qianling casually took over the topic. He raised his hand, his etiquette impeccable, even the slightest wrinkle on his clothes being up to standard. "I am Han Qianling, honored to be the host. Please, Xuanwu Envoy, follow me."
"I dare not trouble you—"
"Okay." Nuzi said quickly, "I'm Ni Kui."
Xuanwu Deputy Envoy: “…”
He had a real feeling that the situation was getting out of control.
During the short journey that followed, Nu Zi revealed almost all of his family's assets, and Palace Master Shenxue answered every question. Although his words were brief and cold, he was far from the image of a taciturn person as rumored.
"I didn't expect you to recognize me as Nuzi right away. Is this my first time out, and I'm already this famous? Or were those seniors before me already notorious..."
"Someone once mistook me for you, so I could recognize you. You're not famous. As far as secular ethics are concerned, we need to be more respectful to our 'predecessors'."
Ni Kui laughed self-deprecatingly: "Because the predecessors laid a 'good foundation'?"
"Because the previous Nuzi-senpai was your father."
Ni Kui stopped dead in his tracks. A furious, blood-curdling red tinged his eyes once again, while Han Qianling's expression remained calm. "And the senior before you, Nuzi, is your grandfather, so courtesy is advised. Please turn right and follow me. This section of the palace wall, inscribed with a water-inspired technique, is truly calming, a rare sight in the fire-dominated Phoenix Palace."
The dark water wall didn't calm Ni Kui down. He was silent for a moment, barely suppressing the anger surging in his eyes. When he spoke again, his voice was filled with complexity: "...You know a lot. Has Lord Suzaku ever used me as an example before you? If I were Nuzi, then you are..."
"You misunderstood. I wasn't created by Suzaku." Han Qianling gestured for the group to continue forward. "I simply made a reasonable guess. Everyone has a father, and your father had one too. You're young, yet your anger is already strong, almost to the point of being on the verge of exploding. It seems more like it's inherited from your ancestors."
"..." He said this in such a polite tone that Ni Kui couldn't tell whether it was an unintentional joke or a sarcastic retort.
But this didn't stop Ni Kui from being filled with anger: "Oh, our ancestors have been driven around for generations..."
The Xuanwu deputy envoy tugged hard at his elbow, and Han Qianling turned to gaze at him silently. The Palace Master of Shenxue's eyes held a faint blue hue, as cold as the sky after a snowfall.
Being stared at in this way, Nuzi's anger disappeared as if a basin of ice water was poured on his head in winter.
"You're so calm." Ni Kui came back to his senses and spoke in a gruff voice, not without jealousy. "You told me to hold it in and not go crazy, but how did you do it?"
"I have an anchor. As long as he's still in this world, Han Qianling will never be lost." Han Qianling didn't hide anything, "But it doesn't apply to you."
"Why?"
"You have very little self-control." Han Qianling said bluntly: "You need a chewing stick more than an anchor."
"..." His still aching lungs reminded Ni Kui not to just lunge and bite. He took a few deep breaths, muttered a curse, and changed the subject: "Alright. Alright. But the Suzaku Realm is truly full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers—"
"You're too kind. I'm just a glutton." Han Qianling responded politely, "But I'm also very curious, my alien friend in the corner, why are you here?"
"...Don't call me that." The two girls, hand in hand, slowly stood up from the shadows of the palace wall. The taller girl said gloomily, "I'm here to see you on behalf of your anchor point. If I had known you were selling out your teammates, I wouldn't have come."
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