Tianmiao couldn’t help but chuckle softly again. This child is really thick-skinned; she almost died just now, but now her eyes are sparkling, looking as if she’s on fire with gossip.
"Who are you? Let me go!" The black shadow slammed to the ground by Tianmiao gradually revealed a human form. At the moment, she was in a miserable state, but her expression was ferocious.
Tianmiao merely flicked her fingers lightly, and a ball of red flame enveloped her.
"Ah——!!!" The black shadow let out an earth-shattering scream, evidently in great pain from the burning flames.
The next moment, she could no longer make any sound, only waving her hands wildly and opening her mouth wide, uttering a silent, frantic howl.
"Serves you right!" Cheng Luo watched the scene without any fear and spat out, "She must be that perverted new State Preceptor."
"Indeed," Tianmiao smiled, confirming Cheng Luo’s words as she watched her look silly and indignant.
"Who are you?" A majestic voice rang out. The King’s tone was already polite.
"Who are you really?" The old voice was full of questions. The old State Preceptor was both surprised and respectful.
Tianmiao ignored the two, and continued patting Cheng Luo’s head, casually narrating, "Let’s continue the story. Later, although the new State Preceptor died, her mana was indeed strong. She sacrificed her own body and soul, cursing the entire country. A storm hit, burying the entire Imperial City under the yellow sands. The whole Ancient Country thus disappeared. The old State Preceptor was filled with regret, imprisoning the new State Preceptor’s soul in a tomb, torturing her day and night, never allowing her to reincarnate. Later, two silly kids came, destroyed the old State Preceptor’s seal, and released the new State Preceptor’s soul. What happened afterward, you all know."
"Wow, so that’s how it is... That old State Preceptor was indeed a senile fool! Stubborn old man!" Cheng Luo indignantly condemned again.
"The new State Preceptor brutally killed the King’s lover and cursed the lover’s soul. So the lover’s soul has been asleep, unable to awaken." Tianmiao continued lazily telling the story, "Those two kids on the expedition disturbed the King’s slumber and released the new State Preceptor’s soul. The King was angry but moved by the feelings between the two fools, kept one of them, and let the other go. The other one, he’s your guide."
"Que Qiu!" Cheng Luo was surprised, then realized, "No wonder I thought he had a story. So he really does! He became our guide here to find his friend?"
"Very clever," Tianmiao praised.
"Tianmiao, you said I am a descendant of the old State Preceptor’s niece?" Cheng Luo said with amazement, "No wonder the old State Preceptor’s voice sounded so familiar. No wonder when I dreamt of returning to the Imperial City from a thousand years ago, it felt like home. Tianmiao, didn’t you also dream of returning to the Imperial City a thousand years ago? It was beautiful, so prosperous."
Tianmiao smiled but didn’t answer the question. Because she didn’t dream of returning to the Imperial City a thousand years ago, she actually went back to the Imperial City from a thousand years ago and toured that beautiful, exotic, flourishing ancient city not yet buried under sandstorms.
The King and the old State Preceptor hadn’t spoken again; they were quietly waiting.
The enigmatic woman before them was extremely powerful.
Not someone they could contend with.
So what they had to do was quietly wait. Wait for her to finish telling Cheng Luo the story.