"I heard that lately, you've applied to Shendao for quite a few letters of challenge and swept the areas around the Divine Treasury Star System nearly clean? I never expected that not long ago, you could only borrow momentum to conquer the Little Divine Treasury Star System, yet now both you and your army have grown this strong?" Nine Phoenix sized up Li Tianming as though she were getting to know him all over again.
"Most of those star systems were insignificant. They were merely minor skirmishes, all for the sake of Imperial Dao cultivation." Li Tianming smiled faintly.
At that moment, Wei Shendao's autumn eyes brimmed with water, and the way she looked at Li Tianming was exceedingly tender.
She looked at Li Tianming, yet seemed to be speaking to Nine Phoenix. "Saying that, are you trying to poach this great general from under my hand?"
"If you're willing to give him to me, of course I wouldn't mind." Nine Phoenix's red lips curved slightly, and the look she gave Li Tianming was somewhat fiery as well.
Faced with the gazes of these two women, one blazing like fire and the other gentle as water, Li Tianming met them calmly, without betraying a hint of emotion.
"Governor Nine Phoenix, please do not joke. Governor Wei has treated me well; I cannot commit such an improper act. However, as the Heavenly Emperor Sect's publicly acknowledged 'War Phoenix Empress,' Governor Nine Phoenix is someone I greatly admire as well. But I met Governor Wei first. All I can say is that fate is written in the stars." Li Tianming said helplessly.
Yet it seemed that both Li Tianming and Wei Shendao understood perfectly well that these were merely polite words.
Still, some matters remained top secret, and even Nine Phoenix had