"I'm so miserable.
I already have to share one grass ring with the other six, and now I'm being dragged out to do this too. They even said I can't stay out for too long.
Nng..."
Upon the lush green slope, within the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, a grass ring slowly revolved. Little Ai, her body somewhat translucent, appeared beneath it. Heartbroken beyond the point of standing, she hugged herself in grievance.
The moment she spoke, pale blue ripples spread in every direction. The female commander of the demonic soldiers seated cross-legged on the slope, along with the other seven demonic soldiers, swiftly found their eyes reddening...
Li Changshou sat thirty yards away, recording the demonic soldiers' reactions in a book.
Just as he had expected, these old soldiers who had come from ancient times were the most susceptible to being infected by the emotion of "sorrow."
But there could not be too much sorrow, or it would give rise to negative thoughts.
At a slightly higher spot behind Li Changshou, Houtu gathered her skirts and sat down, watching with some curiosity as Li Changshou wrote and sketched. When Li Changshou asked to switch to the next one, she had Little Ai return and released the incarnation of anger among the Seven Emotions.
"Hey! You over there!
Go get that bastard in red in here! I'll kill him!"
Strands of crimson ripples spread outward from around her. Killing Intent surged over the eight demonic soldiers, each of them gritting their teeth as though ready to choose someone and devour them!
Before Li Changshou could say anything, Empress Houtu lightly tapped with her slender finger, forcibly sending the Seven Emotions' anger back into the grass ring and releasing the incarnation of fear to counterbalance that rage.
After that, the Seven Emotions