Yet strangely enough, Su Ziji felt not the slightest fear. Lowering his eyes, he looked indifferently at the Great Demons bowing before him and waved a hand. "Rise!"
This bearing was like that of a sovereign toward his ministers. Looking closely, one of the Great Demons had a somewhat familiar face. Had he returned to the illusion again? Then what was his identity now?
"Your Majesty." At that moment, another figure came down from the jade steps. Before she arrived, her clear, melodious voice had already reached him, sounding somewhat familiar. Su Ziji lifted his gaze to meet her. A young girl approached, her cloudlike hair piled high, jade pendants hanging from her sash, clothed in brocade like drifting clouds. Her features were exquisite, and judging by her rank, she seemed to stand above the Great Demons who had just bowed.
"It's the Green Hill Fox."
With a sweep of the Dragon Eyes, he knew. Yet this Green Hill Fox was different from the one he had seen before. She was faintly similar, but her appearance seemed to have changed somewhat—somewhat familiar, yet somewhat strange.
Looking more closely, her initially unfamiliar face blurred for a moment. When it became clear again, he remembered.
Her hanging temples were adorned with green jade. She came toward him with graceful steps, like an immortal maiden. Wasn't this girl Miss Hu Xiyan, whom Su Ziji had met in that small city long ago?
"One meeting before; now we meet again."
It was not strange that she was a fox demon, but for her to be deeply connected to the Green Hill Fox in the illusion made Su Ziji take greater notice.
This Fox's true form seemed to have been exposed beneath the Dragon Eyes. Su Ziji looked her over, but seeing that "Miss Hu"