To be honest.
When she had first taken in this group of demons, it had more or less been for her own interests and calculations.
Take Old Red Flood Dragon, for instance. Back then, she had merely needed a guide at the Dragon-Ascending Platform, so she had spared its life in passing.
But at this moment.
Having not seen them for so long, listening to these few blockheads bicker and make a racket actually gave Jiang Yuechu a long-lost sense of ease.
The murderous aura that had accumulated on her after days of fighting Painting-Realm Demon cultivators quietly faded away.
It was as though a thousand-pound burden had been lifted from her shoulders. Within the Princess Residence in Chang'an, she no longer needed to keep herself tense over anything... She only needed to be Li Guyue, Princess Zhaoyue of the Great Tang.
However.
That faint sentiment lingered in her mind for only an instant.
Jiang Yuechu swiftly suppressed the thoughts rising in her heart, and not a ripple of emotion remained on her cool, detached face.
She looked over in puzzlement. "Why are there only four of you?"
"Where is Xuan Yuanming?"
At the mention of that name, the atmosphere in the courtyard immediately turned somewhat stiff.
The four demons exchanged glances, their expressions all turning unnatural.
It was not really their fault.
To demons like them, Xuan Yuanming was a genuine Chessmaster Realm Great Demon.
Why would he have any interest in hanging around idle layabouts like them? Ever since coming to the Great Tang to stand guard, no one knew whether he was truly loyal to the Great Tang or had some other purpose, but he had genuinely fulfilled his duties with utmost diligence. Every day, he patrolled the Great Tang's territory, personally inspecting every inch of land.