"The Heavenly Mystery Monastery?"
This was the first time Jiang Li had heard that name. Was it a Taoist monastery? One founded by human cultivators?
He gazed calmly at Bai Qingqing, sensing her unease and fear. A single Heavenly Mystery Monastery had reduced even the offspring of a First Grade Demon King to this state.
And the Extreme Heaven Demon King had even intended to send his own offspring there as a mount, a plaything?
That seemed a little extreme!
Some mutant beasts had little sense of familial affection, but that was mostly true of low-ranking mutant beasts whose instincts were dominated by their wild nature.
Once they developed consciousness, or even transformed into humans, their exposure to the world would awaken a measure of spiritual awareness.
They would also come to place great importance on family and blood ties.
In other words, the Extreme Heaven Demon King most likely had no choice... No, that wasn't right.
"You said you sneaked out of the Extreme Heaven Beast Lair?" Jiang Li asked.
"Yes!"
Jiang Li chuckled inwardly. A fifth-grade beast had escaped right under a Demon King's nose?
The Extreme Heaven Demon King must have let an entire river's worth of slack into his guard. In other words, he had deliberately let Bai Qingqing enter the human world.
He might even have considered Great Xia a relatively safe place, provided Bai Qingqing didn't go looking for death.
"All right, then. White Deer, aren't you afraid I'll kill her?" Jiang Li picked up a cup of hot tea and took a small sip.
Bai Qingqing grew even more nervous. She knew very little about Jiang Li.
"Martial Venerable... Qingqing has never killed anyone." White Deer was uneasy too, but she forced herself to speak. "Besides, she wants to live in Jiang Province.