The Reason Why

"What do you mean, 'not bad'?"

"I thought that since you were a Taiyi cultivator of the same realm as me, you would know better how to appreciate beauty. But now it seems you have even worse taste than Little Qing did back then. What a pity Little Qing was killed by that stinking toad. Hmph!"

Shen Gui was utterly baffled as he listened to Shang Yang ramble on.

What kind of logic was that?

Why did having a higher cultivation mean he had to be better at appreciating things?

Shen Gui could more or less guess that the "stinking toad" was likely the Huoyun Toad who had fallen at Shang Yang's hands. But who was Little Qing?

As though realizing Shen Gui did not understand what she was talking about, Shang Yang gave an irritated huff and lazily explained, "The stinking toad was that Demon General from Huoyun City whom I killed some time ago. Little Qing was formerly the Tribe Leader of the Qingniao Clan, and he was also the one who understood my aesthetic sense best. Other than Little Qing, no one in this vast Qingmang Mountain understood me. Only Little Qing thought my palace was the most beautiful in the world. Sigh, now that Little Qing is dead, I have one less kindred spirit. It is all that stinking toad's fault, and that whatever Demon Country!"

Seeing Shang Yang's indignant expression, Shen Gui recalled her earlier behavior and could not help but form a terrifying thought—could it be that the reason Shang Yang had protected the Qingniao Clan, and even dared oppose the Demon Country after breaking through to Taiyi and directly slaughtering Huoyun City, was simply because the Tribe Leader of the Qingniao Clan thought her palace was the most beautiful in the world?

What Shen Gui did not know was that his inward mockery had come infinitely close to the truth.

Although Qing Feng, the Tribe Leader of the Qingniao Clan, was not particularly strong, he naturally had his own strengths to have led the Qingniao Clan into occupying the former Huoyun City.

And what Qing Feng was best at was flattering others.

Thus, after Shang Yang met Qing Feng, her palace became, in Qing Feng's words, the most beautiful palace in the world, while Shang Yang herself was Pangu's finest creation and the most beautiful woman in the world.

Shang Yang wholeheartedly agreed, believing she had finally found a kindred spirit—because she herself firmly believed the very same thing.

Therefore, when the Qingniao Clan led by Qing Feng was pursued by the Huoyun Toad, Shang Yang intervened.

Unfortunately, she had acted too late. Qing Feng had already fallen.

Though he had a somewhat fawning personality, Qing Feng was undoubtedly a qualified Tribe Leader.

Thus, when the Huoyun Toad led his forces in a massacre of the Qingniao Clan, Qing Feng, as their Tribe Leader, chose to fight to the death to cover his clansmen's retreat.

And it was precisely because such a kindred spirit had died at the Huoyun Toad's hands that Shang Yang exterminated Huoyun City after breaking through to Taiyi.

If history had not changed, the reason Shang Yang would later join Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and become one of the Ten Great Demon Sages was—he looked ridiculously handsome shining in golden light!

So, when Shang Yang saw Eastern Emperor Tai Yi gleaming with golden light as he channeled his magic power, she immediately felt that she had found a new pursuit in life and surrendered.

Luckily, the Primordial Wilderness did not have the concept of Gilgamesh.

Of course, Shen Gui knew none of this at present. Earlier, he had merely mocked her inwardly.

After Shang Yang finished explaining, she turned her gaze back to Shen Gui.

However, Shang Yang clearly had little interest in Shen Gui, who lacked sufficient aesthetic sense—at least in her eyes.

"Who are you? Why have you come to find me? With cultivation at the Taiyi realm, you cannot be some nobody. But as far as I know, there is no one like you around here."