"Not just back then. It's still like that now."
Her voice held a hint of playfulness.
Meng Chuan glanced at Ruthless. Hmph. Women.
"Come to think of it," Ruthless said, "what happened back then wasn't exactly fair."
"You already knew something about me, and when you came to visit, you went straight to a subject that interested me."
"I met you, but I knew very little about you."
"You were probably looking down on me when we spoke."
"How could I?" Meng Chuan said. "From the start, I looked up to you, Great Emperor. How could I have looked down on you?"
For some reason, their conversation felt much easier than before. There was a trace of cheer in it now, a greater closeness and ease.
"You know, Great Emperor, no matter which world I was in, I grew up hearing your legends and reading your stories."
Meng Chuan paused, then spoke in an exceedingly solemn, formal tone:
"You are the most astonishingly brilliant Great Emperor in history, the first Chaos Body ever transformed from a Houtian constitution, the most gifted woman since ancient times, and the most ruthless person of all ages."
"All your life, you stood proud above past and present. You fought Heaven, fought Earth, fought yourself. Though you had no extraordinary natural gifts, you relied on your own strength to cut down every king and stand alone above the Nine Heavens. Not even deities could block your path..."
"Enough," Ruthless cut in. "Stop talking."
"Hahahaha!"
Meng Chuan couldn't help laughing. He had heard something unusual in her voice.
Could hearing Meng Chuan recite the facts have made her a little embarrassed...?
Admittedly, praising someone so extravagantly to her face was rather mortifying.
If someone praised Meng Chuan like that, he would find it awkward too.
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