Far away, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong covered their mouths, their shoulders heaving violently as they struggled to hold back their laughter.
Hu Liena's fair, lovely face flushed red all the way to her ears. She wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"Ahem... well, since your hospitality is so hard to refuse, I suppose this Holy Maiden will reluctantly do you the honor."
To hide her embarrassment, Hu Liena closed her eyes, snatched a skewer from the plate without looking, opened her little crimson mouth, and took a fierce bite.
She chewed twice.
The next second, Hu Liena froze.
An indescribably terrifying spiciness shot straight into her head like an erupting volcano.
It was the special "insane devil-spicy" edition Xiong Shaoqing had grilled specifically for himself.
"Hiss, hah!"
Tears instantly streamed from Hu Liena's eyes.
She covered her mouth and hopped on the spot from the heat, her exquisite face as red as a boiled crab.
In her frantic attempt to cool down, she actually released her Sky Fox Martial Soul instinctively.
A large, fluffy pink tail sprang out behind her and furiously fanned her mouth.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
The fox tail whipped up a gale.
That gust knocked over the spare seasoning bowls of cumin powder and white flour a maid was holding nearby.
"Clatter."
White powder showered down from above, landing with perfect accuracy all over Hu Liena's face and hair.
The wind stopped.
A deathly silence fell over the camp.
There stood Hu Liena, the illustrious Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall, a peerless beauty, her face now completely white. Only her spice-reddened lips and tearful foxlike eyes remained exposed.
A tuft of white flour sat on her head, making her look exactly like a white-furred fox that had just crawled out