"Feng Wanxi of the Phoenix Race greets Fellow Daoist He!"
"You are the finest Human Race prodigy Wanxi has ever met, bar none!"
Feng Wanxi still held her hands cupped in salute, her face sincere.
The woman's expression was perfectly measured, looking sincere and pure, her beautiful eyes clear and captivating, like a pool of autumn water.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Feng!" He Pingsheng naturally observed the courtesies as well. He cupped his hands toward Feng Wanxi in greeting. "You flatter me. Compared with the Phoenix Race's prodigies, I am but the light of a firefly or a candle."
"I truly do not deserve such praise from the holy maiden!"
Feng Wanxi did not continue exchanging these pleasantries with He Pingsheng. Instead, she watched him serenely until he finished speaking, then said, "Wanxi has a favor to ask!"
He Pingsheng said, "Let's hear it!"
The moment those words left his mouth, countless people around them murmured in astonishment.
Was he joking? At a time like this, shouldn't he have said something like "I would not refuse even at the cost of ten thousand deaths," "I shall wash my ears and listen," or "Immortal Maiden Wanxi, please give me your instructions"?
Let's hear it?
This...
Wasn't that far too perfunctory?
Never mind everyone else-even Feng Wanxi, who had grown up hearing her clansmen's flattery, felt slightly uncomfortable upon hearing He Pingsheng's words.
She drew a gentle breath and said, "I heard that Fellow Daoist He keeps an Immortal Pet of our Phoenix Race. Is that true?"
"Or could it be..." Feng Wanxi shifted her gaze from He Pingsheng to Little Phoenix. "That you have taken a prodigy of our Phoenix Race as your servant?"
Ting Tong's little body shrank back, and she quickly hid behind He Pingsheng.
She seemed to sense a