Nalan Yanran's punishment came to an end.
After that excessively painful experience, Nalan Yanran immediately changed out of the outfit she loathed with every fiber of her being. The moment she took it off, she had originally wanted to burn the thing to ashes.
It should have been burned...
"So? How did Nalan deal with it?"
Yao Wan asked curiously.
"I burned it. Did you expect me to keep it?"
Nalan Yanran lowered her head and sipped her tea as she answered flatly.
"Really? That's rather a pity."
Resting her chin on her hand, Yao Wan picked up a piece of tea pastry from the table and popped it into her mouth, nearly making Nalan Yanran choke. A series of gurgling sounds gradually subsided after a moment.
"What's so pitiful about it? Were you expecting me to keep that filthy thing?"
"No, it was rather precious. When we went to the Demon Realm before, the Lord of the Demon Realm gave it to us as a gift. Dou Saint-level magical beast hide isn't so easy to come by, not to mention that there weren't many Dou Saint magical beasts left on the Dou Qi Continent at the time..."
Yao Wan murmured unconsciously, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she paused as well.
"Oh, it's been about ten years now. Maybe Dou Saint magical beasts aren't so rare anymore?"
"You'd be better off asking your Little Phoenix about that."
"Little Phoenix..."
Reminded by Nalan Yanran, Yao Wan could not help recalling Feng Qing'er, whom she had once thoroughly trained into obedience. "Come to think of it, before we left, I told her to take good care of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. I wonder how things are now."
"She's a decent Clan Leader, I suppose?"
Nalan Yanran tucked