Seeing that Yao Wan had finally caught him by the tail today, Yao Emperor knew this little brat would never accept a casual brush-off. After a helpless sigh, she spoke.
"An old acquaintance you've remembered for tens of thousands of years?"
Yao Wan raised a brow. That made things rather complicated.
"Sorry, but your ancestor here only has this much memory. If I couldn't even remember something like that, I'd truly be an idiot."
"Cough, cough..."
Xiao Yan could not help lowering his head and coughing. Even he could sense the barbs in Yao Emperor's words.
"So, can't you explain it a little more clearly?"
"Explain it clearly?"
Yao Emperor frowned. It was impossible to tell whether she was annoyed or trying to recall more details as she fell silent for a moment.
Before Yao Wan could lose patience and speak again, however, she continued.
"There was nothing particularly special about it. I merely happened to meet him while traveling back then."
"He had yet to grow strong at the time and was only a Supreme alchemist. When the Eight Emperors and I were traveling, we saved his life from the Evil Race."
"Later, he recommended that we visit the Dan God Clan. That was when we first had some dealings with them."
"Back then, he wanted me to stay in the Dan God Clan. He said that with my talent, I might even be able to go a step further there."
"So Progenitor Lord...?"
"...rejected him, right?"
Xiao Yan guessed. It was easy enough to infer—if Yao Emperor had chosen to join the Dan God Clan back then, she naturally would not have eventually died in battle alongside the Eight Emperors.
"Yes. I refused."
Yao Emperor said blandly, "We came up together. None of us could do without any