Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent

Meng Yiran did not know whether to laugh or cry.

But looking into Xiao Wu's pink eyes, brimming with confidence, Meng Yiran said nothing more.

Two days later, at the entrance to the Exotic Beast Academy.

Leaning on her Snake-Head Cane, Chao Tianxiang studied the girl with pink hair and pink eyes before her.

Was this the Sister Xiao Wu Yiran had been talking about every day lately?

Chao Tianxiang had lived a long life and seen plenty of geniuses, but this girl gave her a very unusual impression.

A twelve-year-old Soul Elder—that talent was certainly astonishing. But...

What drew Chao Tianxiang's attention even more was the girl's indescribable air: the lively spirit of a human girl mingled with a natural wildness.

"You're Xiao Wu?" Chao Tianxiang asked, her voice gentle yet authoritative.

"Yes, Senior."

Xiao Wu bowed politely, though her pink eyes openly studied Chao Tianxiang.

Chao Tianxiang nodded inwardly.

Neither servile nor arrogant, with clear, honest eyes. She certainly had promise.

"Yiran told me you wanted to come with us to the Star Dou Great Forest for training?" Chao Tianxiang asked.

"Yes." Xiao Wu nodded.

"It's already hard for me to find an opponent at the academy. I want to see what the real wilderness is like."

The words were arrogant, but coming from Xiao Wu, they somehow sounded perfectly natural.

Chao Tianxiang recalled everything Yiran had been telling her over the past few days: how Xiao Wu had beaten her way through the entire Exotic Beast Academy in a month, and how she had made those proud Soul Elders wholeheartedly address her as Sister Xiao Wu.

If all that was true, the child certainly had the strength to back up her arrogance.

"Do you know how dangerous the Star Dou Great Forest is?" Chao Tianxiang asked again.