"What!"
Another earth-shaking roar thundered out.
Jian Tongyao covered her ears and quickly found somewhere far from Senior Sacred Beast to crouch down. "Seventh Sister, why does Senior Sacred Beast turn back into beast form whenever he gets excited?" she asked quietly.
Qian Wanyu couldn't help pressing a hand to her forehead. She wanted to know why this sacred beast's human transformation was so unstable, too. He had interrupted the same conversation three times. "Perhaps he's too innocent."
Jian Tongyao automatically translated "innocent" into "simple-minded," "naive," and so on. She nodded as though enlightened. "So Senior is the one who truly keeps his mountains and waters hidden..." The moment he fucking revealed himself, his sweet, innocent, airheaded nature came spilling out.
"Ahem, Seventh Sister, where were we?"
Qian Wanyu's face darkened. The first drumbeat roused the spirit, the second weakened it, and the third exhausted it. This sacred beast had repeatedly interrupted the speech she'd spent so long preparing, and she could no longer recover her earlier tactful tone.
"Senior, have you finished digging your pit?"
"Ahem-" Little Light's father smiled apologetically, looking deeply embarrassed. "It's a habit, a habit... please continue."
Qian Wanyu had given up on tact. She felt she had to make a long story short; otherwise, Little Light's father might fail to take it and turn back into his beast form again. "I want to use the Sacred Beast Burial Mound to lure Sheng Wenze inside."
Jian Tongyao's eyes widened in disbelief, a huge question looming in her mind.
"Isn't that a rather bad idea?"
"Senior, we have no intention of disrespecting the seniors who sacrificed themselves for the sacred beast race. But if you don't want your people to keep sacrificing themselves, this is our best option right now. If you and I join forces-"