Xu Jiujiu's chest heaved violently. Her lovely face twisted as she gritted her silver teeth and enunciated each word.
"Prin!ce!ss! Please! Kill! The! Soul! Beast!"
"Fine."
Ling Bai watched as the woman's fair earlobes gradually turned red, then wisely stopped while he was ahead.
This was not some twisted hobby. He was deliberately planting a seed in her heart, leaving behind a profound memory.
Relationships between people were an art. Building a good relationship with Xu Jiujiu was certainly important, but one had to know when enough was enough. If he turned into a bootlicker and worked for free, she would look down on him. Asking for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as payment made it seem like they had completed a fair transaction, with neither owing the other anything.
"Princess, please kill the soul beast" was like being punished to recite cringeworthy lines after losing a game at a gathering of friends. Xu Jiujiu would definitely remember it deeply, and she would understand that she owed Ling Bai a favor. That would let him make bolder demands of her in the future.
Having achieved his goal, Ling Bai charged toward the Radiant Star Silver Wolf like a phantom. Xu Jiujiu remained where she was, the flush on her cheeks not yet faded. Her little fists hung at her sides, clenching and loosening from time to time as veins appeared and vanished.
The embarrassment from saying "Princess, please kill the soul beast" was overwhelming!
"For my martial soul... for my soul ring... it was only one sentence... what was the big deal... a woman like an eagle can bend and stretch..."
Xu Jiujiu tried to convince herself, but in the end, she slammed a heavy fist into a tree trunk.
No, a woman like an eagle could not swallow