"Di Tian, did we really have to come all the way to a tiny place like this and disguise ourselves as humans?"
A rugged-looking man complained to a tall, handsome middle-aged man with black hair and golden eyes.
The beauty with long emerald hair beside them explained, "His Lordship couldn't possibly bring Chaofeng directly to the Star Dou Great Forest. We had to disguise ourselves somehow."
"Obviously, the two of you could have handled this. Why did you have to drag Zi Ji and me into it?" The speaker was Xiong Jun, his human form sporting a head of golden hair.
The black-haired, golden-eyed man was Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, while the one with emerald hair was Bi Ji.
Di Tian snapped irritably, "Were Bi Ji and I supposed to pretend to be His Lordship's parents? If you have the nerve, do it yourself."
Xiong Jun immediately fell silent. What a joke—pretending to be Gu Yuena's parents? No Soul Beast had the qualifications for that, nor would any dare.
Bi Ji consoled him, "Xiong Jun, Chaofeng may very well possess a means to ease, or even resolve, the conflict between us and humans. For the sake of our race, endure it for now."
The three Soul Beasts kept comforting themselves this way, but they were all miserable. Pretending to be human was truly a headache.
Of course, they were not the ones with the biggest headache, because another major role still needed to be played by a different Soul Beast.
Guided by Gu Yuena, Mu Xuanheng arrived at a small city on the outskirts.
Xuan Zi, who had been following them, was utterly useless. He had been easily lured away by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
It was an obvious trap, yet Xuan Zi had jumped right into