"Heh, you know I'm not human?" the woman sneered. The title "Xian Zun" was generally a term of respect for demon races, especially those who had achieved significant cultivation.
"Shan Hai, Bai Ze?" I seized the opportunity to ask.
"Shan Hai," the female demon admitted readily.
"Then you must know what the name 'Wu Chengfeng' signifies, right?" I chuckled.
"Reincarnation of Bai Ze."
"And you still dare to follow me?"
The woman removed her sunglasses and put them in her pocket. She then pulled the brim of her white felt hat further up, revealing a broad forehead. By human standards, she would have been considered a girl possessing both intelligence and beauty. Unfortunately, such methods of physiognomy were meaningless for demons; their appearances were random. Kuai Shu Ge.
"Follow? Not at all. I merely came to see what kind of person you are." The woman remained unhurried, showing no signs of urgency to attack.
I rose from the stone base, stamped out the cigarette butt, and walked two steps towards her, testing if she would be intimidated.
There was no reaction. She stood like a statue, her aura showing no fluctuations. After all, a Great Demon of the Azure level had experienced far more than I had.
"May I ask your esteemed name, Xian Zun?" I cupped my hands in a salute.
At this moment, the fox demon and Diana had already taken their positions, waiting in the woods about twenty meters behind me to my left and right.
"My humble name is not worth mentioning. You may call me Xiao Sima."
"Xiao Sima, is Sima your surname?" I inquired.
The woman nodded: "Sima Xing Kong."
"A fine name, powerful!" I gave a thumbs-up. While holding the pose, my index finger slowly extended, pointing towards her body, secretly accumulating my true energy, ready to launch a qi bullet attack at any moment.
The woman's expression was peculiar. She smiled faintly, "What gesture is this?"
"The index finger represents you, and the thumb represents a thumbs-up. Combined, this gesture is to give you a thumbs-up," I replied with a smile.
"Heh, this is the first time I've seen someone give a thumbs-up like this." The woman actually took two steps to the side. I was momentarily put on the spot and couldn't continue pointing at her. I had no choice but to withdraw my true energy and abandon the surprise attack.
The woman stopped, turned back to face me, and asked, "Do you play chess?"
"Hmm?"
"Xiangqi. Since you are the leader of Bai Ze, the one controlling the game in half a month should be you, correct?" the woman asked.
"...It is me. So what?" I admitted first, as we hadn't yet decided who would play the game.
"Sima's primary purpose in coming here is to spar with you in chess."
"Oh?" I narrowed my eyes. "Could it be that you are the one controlling the chess game for the Shan Hai demon race?"
The woman nodded: "Indeed, it is I."
Are the Shan Hai demons this casual? entrusting the entire chess game to an ordinary demon of the Azure level?
"Well?" the woman pressed.
"There's no place to play here, nor are there any pieces," I said.
"No rush. It's daytime now, and you possess a pure Yin constitution. At midnight, your energy will be at its peak. I've only come to arrange a game with you. Tonight, you pick a location, and we'll have a match," the woman said. She then took out her phone from her pocket and showed me her WeChat QR code.
I couldn't back down, so I scanned the code with my phone and added her as a WeChat friend.
Her WeChat name was "Tian Ma Xing Kong," and her profile picture was a cloud that resembled a horse against a blue sky. Was she this straightforward?
"Then, I'll await your message later. Goodbye," the woman said, then turned and left, heading down the mountain!
After she had gone far, the fox demon and Diana approached.
"What's going on?" the fox demon asked, puzzled. I had prepared for a fight, but she just left?
"I could sense that she detected us both," Diana whispered.
"How could you sense that?" I asked.
Diana shook her head: "It's hard to say. This person's demonic aura is extremely strong. Even from twenty meters away, it overlapped with mine."
Whale God couldn't perform Qi Sensing techniques, but she had a similar, albeit more vague, ability to gauge an opponent's strength through their demonic aura. Yet, she was only at the Azure level. Her Qi Sensing vision showed her aura was not even as high as the fox demon's. How could she be that powerful?
"Let's go. We'll talk about it when we get back," I said. All that fanfare was for nothing, as she wasn't here for violence.