Sun Mengmeng turned toward Yang Ze. "Didn't you encounter a king of the realm too?"

Yang Ze thought, "I did kill one, but he didn't seem all that strong..."

Sun Xiaowu replied, "Perhaps you met one of the weaker ones?"

Zhang Lie smiled as he listened to the hunters' conversation. Li Qianlin poured him tea, and he took a sip. He knew the answer to their conundrum, but he didn't intend on revealing it.

Dong Mingxing also ran into the room, enticed by the commotion she heard. "Ah, Zhang Lie, you're back! And there are so many people with you, too."

Dong Mingxing had a seat and began sipping at tea, her movements so natural it was almost as though she had made herself at home.

Li Qianlin began, "As far as I know,...