Seeing that her words had had no effect whatsoever on Xu Lingyin, Deng Yici was puzzled.
Strange.
Why hadn't they had any effect at all?
She had spent ages at home devising that speech, even consulting a whole host of aunties about it. Yet this girl, barely in her early teens, hadn't been shaken in the slightest.
She should at least have gotten a little angry...
Unable to witness the amusement she had imagined, Deng Yici promptly lost interest.
In all fairness, Zhang Yuan did meet her standards. Her earlier suggestion that he marry into her clan hadn't been an idle remark, either. Compared with Zhang Yuan himself, however, she was more interested in the women around him.
Using Zhang Yuan to tease them was tremendous fun.
Unable to puzzle it out no matter how she tried, Deng Yici simply stopped thinking about it. She prepared to introduce her younger clanswoman instead. "Huansha, this is the renowned [Return to True Celestial Person], Zhang Yuan. Address him as Senior Zhang."
"Senior Zhang," Deng Huansha said respectfully.
"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Zhang. Huansha isn't from Ancestor [Shoulder the Mountain]'s line, either," Deng Yici added.
Zhang Yuan nodded slightly, unconcerned.
He wasn't actually a demon fiend. Why would he kill everyone he saw?
Deng Huansha had also come seeking [Canopy Heavenly Gang]. After bowing respectfully, she began stealing glances at Xu Lingyin, her eyes fixed covetously on the golden straw hat atop Xu Lingyin's head.
What a blessed life.
As a direct descendant of the Wen River Deng Clan, she still had to compete with others for heavenly gang. And this girl? She didn't need to do anything. All she had to do was follow along, and she could obtain a strand of [Canopy Heavenly Gang] without the slightest effort.
By comparison, the