Chapter 969

"Oh!"

Liu Mengyun nodded.

That's more like Su Yang's character.

"You can call me Sovereign Jiazi, Su Yang's captive, currently under his custody!"

Sovereign Jiazi gently distanced herself from Su Yang.

"Captive?"

Now it was Liu Mengyun's turn to look puzzled.

"We'll talk about Sovereign Jiazi later!" Su Yang interjected. "First, arrange lodging for her—she'll likely be staying at Mount Dajiao for now."

"Understood!" Liu Mengyun nodded, then called out, "Xia Na, come here."

"Coming, Deputy Liu!"

Xia Na ran over.

The moment Xia Na saw Su Yang, she exclaimed in delight: "My lord, you're back?"

"Mm."

Xia Na was naturally delighted.

While Su Yang was away, the Raven of Misfortune threatened to desert every day; she couldn't even sleep soundly.

Now that Su Yang was back, that little crow would finally be quiet!

The moment Xia Na saw Sovereign Jiazi beside Su Yang, her joy faded considerably.

She felt as if she were growing ever farther from Su Yang.

Xia Na's tone lost its courtesy: "My lord, who is she?"

"Sovereign Jiazi—she's sort of a friend," Su Yang said. "She'll likely be working beside me from now on. Don't underestimate her—she's young, but already a King-Rank Mid-Grade Beast Tamer."

"So powerful?"

Xia Na gasped.

One Liu Mengyun was already enough—now another Sovereign Jiazi?

She instantly felt overwhelming pressure.

"Mm."

Su Yang told Xia Na about Sovereign Jiazi's strength to encourage her to show a little more respect.

After all, Sovereign Jiazi, with King-Rank Mid-Grade power, deserved at least some courtesy.

"Xia Na, go prepare a guest room for Sovereign Jiazi!" Liu Mengyun asked tentatively, glancing at Su Yang. "Will she stay in our villa?"

"Yes, in the villa! We have plenty of rooms."

Officially, he was guarding Sovereign Jiazi—he couldn't let her stay anywhere else.

"Alright!" Liu Mengyun nodded. "Xia Na, get a room ready."

"Oh."

Xia Na was reluctant, but here, she had no power to resist.

"You should come along too, Sovereign Jiazi," Su Yang said. "See what you need, and have Xia Na prepare it."

"Understood!"

As soon as Sovereign Jiazi and Xia Na left, Liu Mengyun lowered his voice: "Does Sovereign Jiazi really have King-Rank Mid-Grade power?"

"Yes. Exceptional talent—Island Nation's top prodigy Beast Tamer."

"Island Nation? That country across the sea?"

Liu Mengyun came from a good family; he'd been properly educated and knew of the Island Nation, which had severed ties with Huaxia for three hundred years.

"Yes."

"Is this a mission targeting the Island Nation?"

"Yes."

"But why capture a woman? What's so important about her?"

Su Yang raised an eyebrow—as if many had misunderstood.

As if he specifically went around capturing beautiful women.

"I defeated the Island Nation. Sovereign Jiazi is its sovereign. She's a hostage in the surrender agreement. Her talent is immense—I can't leave her in the Island Nation. Do you understand?"

"Oh, I see."

Then Su Yang briefly recounted his actions over the past month against the Island Nation to Liu Mengyun.

This wasn't likely a secret—soon the entire Huaxia might know.

And even if it were, there was no reason to hide it from Liu Mengyun.

"You've advanced to King-Rank High-Grade? You defeated the Island Nation alone? Killed twenty or thirty King-Rank Beast Tamers? And you made Sovereign Jiazi suffer so badly?"

Even Liu Mengyun couldn't stay calm.

Su Yang's achievements were simply too outrageous!

Huaxia Federation hadn't seen a national war in three hundred years.

Su Yang had killed too many King-Rank experts!

It felt as if Su Yang could take down two Treasure Pavilions by himself.

Su Yang demurred: "Mm. They were careless."

They were careless?

You're just too monstrous.

But Liu Mengyun didn't say it aloud.

Liu Mengyun whispered, "Taking Sovereign Jiazi with you—aren't you afraid she'll turn against you?"

"I'm not afraid at all—you keep an eye on her too!"

"I understand!"

In Su Yang's villa, Xia Na arranged for servants to prepare a room for Sovereign Jiazi while subtly probing into her background.

Although Xia Na was shrewd, she still fell short of Sovereign Jiazi.

In the back-and-forth, it was she who ended up revealing more information.

After realizing this, Xia Na grew so frustrated she didn't even want to speak to her anymore.

"Xia Na, Xia Na, Su Yang brought back another beautiful woman—now you've got another rival! I think this woman is as powerful as Liu Mengyun… I think you're done for!"

Inside Xia Na, the Crow of Misfortune noticed Sovereign Jiazi too; it knew Xia Na's secret thoughts and seized the chance to sneer,

"You're the one who's done for—you and your whole family are done for!" Xia Na roared inwardly. "I'm not inferior at all! Sure, my face might be a tiny bit less beautiful than Sovereign Jiazi's and Liu Mengyun's, but I'm adorable! Su Yang might actually like me this way!"