When Jiang Mingyang said he wanted to know where the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were, Xiao Wu could no longer hold back.
Before coming to the Imperial Palace, Xiao Wu had thought Jiang Mingyang only wanted to know why Zhu Zhuqing had not come.
But no... so that was what he had been waiting to ask her. It was absurd!
What angered Xiao Wu even more was that Jiang Mingyang had asked her, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, where the other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were. Was he asking her to betray her own kind?
Faced with Xiao Wu's furious outcry, Jiang Mingyang narrowed his eyes. Her reaction did not surprise him; he had expected it.
After all, Xiao Wu had lived long enough to become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
But her temperament had developed only during her years as a young girl. Because Tang San had always doted on her, she was less mature than even an ordinary prodigy. Her abilities rested entirely on the foundation she had built over a hundred thousand years as a Soul Beast.
While Jiang Mingyang remained as steady as Mount Tai, Tang San grew flustered. He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is Xiao Wu's first visit to the capital. She isn't used to it yet. Please forgive her!"
Jiang Mingyang smiled as though he did not mind at all and said gently:
"The capital of my Mysterious Heaven Empire is rather different from the Heaven Dou Empire Capital. Xiao Wu and I have known each other for years, and I know her character. She has always been lively, so it's perfectly natural for her to feel out of place.
"So... Xiao Wu, do you know anything about the whereabouts of other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?
"This matter is rather important to me. If you