"Oh? How so?" Shao Chen asked.
"This Lord Wu Chengfeng is not only a wonder who can break seals, but he also has a second identity. You'll be even more surprised when I tell you!"
"What identity?" Shao Chen indeed asked with great interest. I just lowered my head, smiled, and drank tea. Letting others reveal such things made them seem more formidable. The Kunlun Pavilion.
"He's also Mu Jigesa Man's boyfriend!"
I glared at the fox demon. Damn it, I didn't tell you to say that!
"Oh my!" Shao Chen exclaimed upon hearing this and immediately stood up from his seat. "I had no idea you were connected to Mu Jigesa Man. Please accept my bow!"
"What is the meaning of this?" It was my turn to be bewildered. As Yao Yao's partner, why would she bow to me?
"You may not know this, but before I cultivated into human form, I was once saved by Mu Jigesa Man's master. Do you happen to know this person?"
"Li Chengfeng," I said.
"Yes, precisely, Immortal Master Li." Shao Chen's address for the Great Prince Li was very respectful. The demon race, at least the Bai Ze demon race, were almost all people of great loyalty and righteousness, especially when it came to a life-saving debt, which would be etched in their memories.
"By the time I cultivated into human form, Immortal Master Li had already ascended to immortality and departed with the wind (a euphemism for death). I made a vow to repay Immortal Master Li's descendants well in the future. However, I later learned that Immortal Master Li had never married and only had Mu Jigesa Man as his beloved disciple. So, I made a new vow: in this life and the next, I would only pledge allegiance to Mu Jigesa. Today, although I lost to Instructor Chu and, in front of outsiders, agreed to pledge allegiance to you for the reputation of my Shenfeng Sect, I was inwardly unconvinced. But now that I know you are Mu Jigesa Sa Man's partner, my allegiance to you is essentially my allegiance to Mu Jigesa Sa Man. Hence, this bow!"
The demon's speech was somewhat peculiar, her logic slightly different from humans' (the above is my edited version of her words). However, I still understood. I quickly helped her up and invited her to return to her host's seat.
But Shao Chen refused to sit down again and insisted that I take the host's seat. I found it difficult to refuse and swapped seats with her.
"Mu Jigesa Sa Man, can she come back?" Shao Chen asked again, possibly worried we were deceivers, as pledging allegiance was a very important matter for demons, akin to ancient vows.
"I'll give her a call," the fox demon said and did as she spoke. "Hello, Boss, we're at Fenghuang Terrace."
Fenghuang Terrace, such a beautiful name. Pity there were no phoenixes, only a snow leopard.
"...Mm-hmm, you can see us? That's great, please come over. We've met an old friend of your master."
"Ah, I wouldn't dare, wouldn't dare," Shao Chen whispered, glancing discreetly towards the door.
"Alright, be there in a moment," the fox demon hung up. "Our boss said she'll be here in ten minutes."
"...Didn't you see us just now?" Shao Chen looked towards the door again.
"Sect Master Shao," I said with a smile, "Do you know Immortal Master Li's most famous skill?"
"Naturally, it is the art of Qi Sensing."
I nodded. "Immortal Master Li could sense a person's Qi from a hundred miles away. Although Mu Jigesa isn't as profound as her master, she can still perceive up to twenty li. I... am also about there."
I could already do five kilometers, and Yao Yao a little over ten. Saying "about there" should be fine, right?
"Oh my, so you've also learned Immortal Master Li's divine skill! Impressive, impressive!"
In a short while, Yao Yao and Diana flew into the large courtyard. Shao Chen quickly rose to greet them.
These two were still chatting.
"Why are you running so fast? You're tiring me out. I almost couldn't keep up!" Yao Yao said plaintively, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"Hungry," Diana said concisely.
Even Shao Chen, as slow-witted as she was, could tell that Mu Jigesa, being a former princess, was definitely of East Asian descent. She knelt down in front of Yao Yao with a thud, startling Yao Yao.
Shao Chen re-introduced herself and her connection to Li Chengfeng. Yao Yao's Qi Sensing ability not only allowed her to see farther than I could, but also to discern the species of demons. Knowing the other party was a snow leopard demon, she thought for a moment: "Ah! I've heard my master mention you! That year, you came to Changbai Mountain to learn from a tiger demon, but encountered a bear demon and were almost torn to pieces, right?"