Under Tiantian's persuasion, Tang Xiaoling finally abandoned the idea of throwing away the Heavenly Book.
But since there was no writing inside and she had no patience to study it, she casually put it in her backpack.
Once they had finished all this, the two were about to leave with Callisto.
Just then, the Asura Ananya, who had remained there all along, suddenly walked over with a smile.
But his ugly face, coupled with that strange smile, made his expression look utterly sinister.
So the moment Tang Xiaoling saw him, she pointed at him and said to Tiantian:
"Tiantian, look! This bad guy wants to trick Lingling!"
At those words, Ananya stopped in his tracks, his expression turning stunned.
This little girl looks so dim. How did she suddenly become so clever?
I haven't even started fooling her, and she's already seen through me?
But what Tang Xiaoling and Tiantian said next left him speechless.
"Lingling is so clever. You could tell he was a bad guy with just one look."
Tiantian praised her generously while giving Ananya a provocative look.
Tang Xiaoling giggled at the praise and said happily:
"Of course! Didn't you just teach Lingling that anyone with a wicked smile is a bad person?"
Ananya: ...
So my smile really looks that wicked?
You little brat, aren't you just judging me by my looks?
"Ahem..." Ananya coughed twice to ease the awkwardness and said:
"Please don't misunderstand, you two. I mean nothing else."
"I am Ananya, a representative of the Asura clan."
"I only came over to establish friendly ties with Fengdu."
At that, Tiantian scoffed and said:
"The Asura tribe? Weren't you the ones who kept testing Fengdu's limits back then to seize territory?"
"Then, on the Ghost Emperor's orders, you were beaten so badly you