The two women Hu Yao had mentioned were Hu Ting and Hu Han, members of the current generation of the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Clan. Hu Ting was gentle and charming, with the fox clan's characteristic alluring grace. Hu Han, on the other hand, was much colder and was a born warrior. She preferred to dress in fitted clothes, giving her a bold, valiant air.
After watching Nangong Yunlong and Ling Tian's battle, both women had been eager to go with Hu Yao to Lingxiao Pavilion. Of course, one of them wanted to go for fun, while the other wanted to find someone to spar with.
Perhaps she knew what Hu Ting and Hu Han were like; perhaps Hu Yao's "success" had set a precedent. In any case, Jade Fox Demon Immortal nodded. "All right, you two can go to Lingxiao Pavilion with Yao'er. But you have to listen to her and cultivate diligently. You must make it into the top sixteen at this Cultivator Assembly, or I'll suppress you for a thousand years."
"Waaah, Sister Hu Yao didn't try hard enough at the last Cultivator Assembly. Why are you putting all that responsibility on us?" Hu Ting pouted and muttered under her breath.
"Grandma, I was unlucky last time and ran into Wen Jian. Otherwise, I could've easily made the top sixteen, all right?" Hu Yao protested, looking at Xuan Ci and the others. "I'm no weaker than Xuan Ci or Shi Ao. I was just terribly unlucky."
Jade Fox Demon Immortal smiled. She knew Hu Yao's strength; she had only said that to put some pressure on Hu Ting and Hu Han. Seeing Hu Yao object, she chided her with a laugh. "You little rascal. You know perfectly well I was trying to motivate Ting'er and Han'er, yet you