Tang Shuo shifted slightly, avoiding her hand.
"Your Excellency still hasn't said why you summoned me here."
The woman was not angered. She withdrew her hand, the interest in her purple eyes growing ever stronger.
"The aura around you feels familiar to me."
She watched Tang Shuo.
"Release your martial soul. Let me see it."
Tang Shuo fell silent for a moment.
He could sense that the woman before him bore him no ill will.
With a thought, he summoned it.
Buzz—
An ancient bronze bell silently appeared behind him.
The Eastern Emperor Bell!
The instant she saw the Eastern Emperor Bell, the silver-haired woman's pupils abruptly contracted!
For the first time, emotion appeared upon her peerlessly beautiful face, which had always worn a faint smile.
"This power..."
She murmured to herself and reached out, lightly touching the bell's body.
A warm, boundless force flowed from the bell.
At the same time, a power of the same origin—but nobler and far more ancient—within her body resonated with it!
Her body trembled slightly.
A mist of tears actually welled up in those violet eyes.
"It has the scent of the beginning..."
"There's no mistake... it has the scent of the beginning!"
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Tang Shuo, her gaze blazing.
"Why does your martial soul possess Primordial Qi?"
Tang Shuo's heart tightened.
Chaos Qi was his greatest secret.
He had never expected this woman to see through it at a glance!
"I don't know what you're talking about."
He answered without changing expression.
Yet the silver-haired woman smiled.
She laughed so hard that her body swayed, as though she had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"You don't know?"
"Little one, lying before me is not a good habit."
Her smile faded, and her purple eyes