Who Dares Pinch Di Qiuyan's Cheek (1)

Fang Tianzhao was a hero of his generation.

Clearly.

The significance of this investiture ceremony had likely exceeded all normal bounds.

Its impact was beyond description.

The Son of Heaven fought the tiger, and the Liberated Human Dragon emerged; meanwhile, Di Qiuyan, who should have been the main character, had instead become a supporting figure.

However, Di Qiuyan did not care in the slightest.

She had been running herself ragged lately—first killing the Azure Dragon, then capturing the White Tiger.

Every achievement had been fought for with her life on the line.

Naturally, Fang Tianzhao's rewards included a large quantity of medicine for treating disease transformations.

Di Qiuyan needed them to suppress the two residual disease transformations within her: [Hyperuricemia] and [Glaucoma].

[Gout] was manageable; it had little effect on female Plague Exterminators.

But Glaucoma greatly restricted Di Qiuyan's ophthalmological Plague Extermination Art.

Jiang Wulong had originally wanted to invite Di Qiuyan to dinner, but she gently shook her head and declined.

Likewise, she turned down the many invitations around her.

She paid them no mind at all.

Di Qiuyan, who had slain two of the Four Beasts in succession, seemed somewhat short of breath, but there was no doubting her strength!

The current Xiao Qiu no longer needed to curry favor with anyone.

She did not need to watch anyone's mood.

It was just that...

Clad in blood-red Plague Armor, Di Qiuyan walked slowly onward.

Her figure vanished amid the gazes of those around her.

She simply walked on in silence.

Ever since Zhou Zhi and Lan Xin died, Di Qiuyan had rarely allowed herself to be so quiet.

Whenever things grew quiet, she would recall the sight of her teacher, Lan Xin, dying before her eyes.

And... Zhou Zhi's severed hand.

That feeling of helplessness still remained even