Eating Too Fast, the Swan Choked, Is This... Divine Retribution?

That indescribably fresh, fragrant, numbing, spicy flavor, combined with the uniquely springy chew of dragon tendon, exploded across Bi Ji's tongue.

In her hundreds of thousands of years of life, an ultimate delicacy she had never experienced before surged down her throat and straight to the top of her head!

Bi Ji slowly, mechanically turned her head to look at the dishes vanishing from the table at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then she looked at the two dainty little chopsticks in her hand.

Dignity?

How much was a soul beast's dignity worth? Could it be eaten?!

Smack!

A crisp sound rang out.

Bi Ji fiercely slapped the chopsticks in her hand onto the table.

Under everyone's dumbfounded stares.

The Emerald Swan who had just been gently lecturing her younger sister about proper manners stretched out her two pale, jade-like hands.

Like a starving tiger pouncing on prey, she grabbed a rib with one hand and nearly half a plate of stir-fried dragon tendon with the other, stuffing them into her mouth in a frenzy.

Zi Ji's hand froze halfway through picking up food when she saw Bi Ji acting like this.

Her chopsticks hung in midair, still holding a piece of dragon tendon sizzling with oil.

She stared at the woman with her mouth stuffed full, her face smeared with sauce, eating without a shred of grace.

This...

Was this still her gentle, demure, etiquette-conscious, elegant Sister Bi Ji?

Zi Ji's mind buzzed.

The next second.

A surge of fury at being deceived utterly overwhelmed her reason!

Smack!

She slammed her chopsticks onto the table, pointed at the other woman's nose, and started cursing.

"Bi Ji, you hypocrite!"

"You told me to use chopsticks, mind my image, and not disgrace the soul beast race!"

"But look at