"Qiu'er."
"Ahh!" Yun Jingqiu yelped as she jumped in surprise. "You startled me, Father."
Ling Yun raised an eyebrow as he saw a beast core in his daughter's hand. "Is that a beast core? From its quality, I can guess it came from a powerful beast with strength in the Three Immortal Realms, so you couldn't possibly have killed the beast yourself. Yue Lian is strong, but I doubt she can kill the beast with her current strength."
"Father, this beast core was a gift from Senior Brother Zhao Chengxuan." Yun Jingqiu replied haltingly. "He got it from his father, and he gave it to me as a gift."
"Hmm?" Ling Yun approached his daughter and took the beast core from her hand. "An Immortal Emperor Rank Beast, huh? Does Zhao Chengxuan know your identity as the dark phoenix?"
Yun Jingqiu shook her head. "He knew I was a female beast, but I never told him that I was a dark phoenix. You often told me not to tell others about my beast identity, so I kept it to myself."
