Bai Yujun was awakened by a burst of knocking.
She slowly opened her eyes. It felt like she had only slept for two hours...
She discovered that it was not her room door being knocked on, but the courtyard gate. Zhen Bei stood outside with a cigarette in his mouth, his head lowered as he muttered to himself. She rubbed her face, got dressed, casually tied up her hair, and went out to take a look. Zhen Bei was usually quite busy; if he had suddenly come looking for her, something important must have happened.
When she stepped out of the room and stood before the courtyard gate, she realized he was not talking to himself. He had his head lowered, speaking to the monkey.
The monkey was short and had been blocked by the wall, so she had not seen it earlier.
She pushed open the gate, leaned against the gatepost, and yawned. She summoned a cup of well water to quench her thirst and clear her just-awakened mind.
There was no need for much ceremony among the three. With a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth, Zhen Bei spoke.
"My Emperor, shouldn't you give me a few more fighters? Those Ancient Desolate Fierce Beasts are quite useful—violent and ruthless. Send me a few dozen more, or a few hundred."
Hearing that, Bai Yujun rolled her eyes.
"Those old relics either died in battle during the Ancient Desolate Period or ran away. Most of them are hiding like razor clams in the sea. I spent so many years finding only a few. What, did your expansion run into some tough bones?"
The reason they had not dealt with the False Human Emperor was because the main force of the Snake Demon Army was competing with the various