"What are you trying to say?" Huang Xiao asked.
"At first, I thought you were acting that way because you saw the Li lad, but then I realized that wasn't it. His strength is certainly impressive, but with your current internal power, you wouldn't be too afraid of him. Besides, he probably thinks much as you do: at least until the Ranking Contest, he doesn't want to fight anyone of comparable strength. So something else disturbed your mind. What could it be? Naturally, I don't really know. I know nothing about your past, after all. But I suspect you know that little girl, don't you? Hmm, or rather, she knows you without your disguise," Demon Phoenix said.
Huang Xiao was rather speechless. A divine beast was a divine beast indeed. That tiny fluctuation in his emotions had let Demon Phoenix spot flaws in his behavior.
His emotions had stirred, naturally, because he had seen Zhangsun Youyue. She was an acquaintance, after all, and he worried she might notice something.
Hadn't he hurried away from the wine shop and returned here precisely to escape Zhangsun Youyue's gaze?
When Huang Xiao remained silent, Demon Phoenix laughed again through voice transmission. "You really do have quite a way with beautiful women, lad."
"What are you trying to say now?" Huang Xiao asked with a wry chuckle.
"Oh, oh, so you're admitting it?" Demon Phoenix laughed.
"I admit I knew Miss Changsun before," Huang Xiao said.
"That girl must have quite a background too, right?" Demon Phoenix asked.
"She is the most outstanding disciple of Bishui Palace's younger generation," Huang Xiao said.
"So that's it." Demon Phoenix nodded.
Demon Phoenix did know about Li Bai's relationship with Bishui Palace. Such matters were not hard for people in the Jianghu to learn, and quite a