"Is that you?"
Only now did Daisen Dazhi properly look at Mu Fan, narrowing his eyes as he sized him up.
That icy gaze resembled a vicious wolf on the plains.
After carefully scrutinizing Mu Fan, he gave a cold snort, then respectfully placed a hand over his chest and bowed to Yue Xi. "Princess, Daisen Dazhi will keep your admonition firmly in mind."
But after glancing back at Mu Fan, Daisen Dazhi said in a deep voice:
"Princess, the world outside is dangerous, and people's hearts are treacherous. Isn't this encounter far too convenient? This is New Moon City on Yunmei Star, more than twenty light-years away from Landu Star. To appear at the same place at the same time... Princess, how likely do you think that is?"
Though this weathered man was speaking, his words were watertight. Even Mu Fan, upon hearing them, felt as though he really had appeared here with some ulterior motive.
Yue Xi was momentarily at a loss for words, but determination flashed through her eyes. Her clear, lovely voice rang out. "He means no harm. I can feel it. The Wood God did not warn me!"
Hm?
Mu Fan sharply caught the word "Princess," and he noticed the term "Wood God" as well.
Could this graceful, ethereal blonde girl before him be a princess of the Bapang Principality?
Moreover, he noticed that the burly man actually fell into rare silence after hearing those words.
"People's hearts are unfathomable. Princess, have you forgotten our purpose?" Daisen Dazhi lowered his head and said in a muffled voice.
"I..." Yue Xi let out a sigh. The melancholy on her face was accompanied by the Bai Jiao Flower behind her, which had only just bloomed, beginning to wither once more.
The girl raised her head to look