Standing on top of the [Thunder Peak Mountain Tiger], the handsome man's face glowed with pride. His tiger, a Level 5 Mythical Beast Core Beast was a mount that many would kill for. Not only was it speedy, but its sturdy body made it a perfect battle companion.
Moreover, even when its defense was strong, the tiger's offensive ability was nothing to scoff at. Overall, everywhere he went, this mount remained the handsome man's most effective way to brag.
So, slightly bored after a long journey to Lan City, the man decided to get some local girls and have some fun. To his surprise, he didn't even have to wait to enter Lan City before he encountered the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
Sitting on a pitifully small but oddly beautiful Dragon, the woman's beauty seemed to drain the surroundings of color, making her gorgeous red eyes stand out even more. The man, naturally, didn't jump the gun. 'A woman that beautiful must have some strength to travel alone.'
Therefore, he tried assessing her strength, only to fail pitifully. 'Hm… I can't see through her strength; she might be wearing inhibitor treasures. It doesn't matter much. If I can't see through her strength, I can sense the dragon's realm.'
As a high-level Transcendence Realm cultivator, he quickly noticed that the dragon's strength was much higher than he had initially expected. 'No way, a Level 2 Mythical Core Realm Beast? Is this peculiar dragon's race one that doesn't grow with strength? A Level 2 Mythical Core Realm Dragon should be at least as large as a small mountain! Not slightly larger than a big horse!'
Thankfully, he noticed. Otherwise, he might've made a big mistake. 'Still, compared to my [Thunder Peak Mountain Tiger], a Divine Bloodline Level peerless beast, the exotic dragon is too lacking!'
So, feeling confident, he called the woman over. "Beautiful Lady over there. Would you like to mount my [Thunder Peak Mountain Tiger]? I can promise that it will be much more comfortable compared to your dragon."
The woman, who was smiling as she spoke and caressed her dragon, lost her smile a microsecond after he called. 'T-That's a quick change in expression.'
Contrary to his expectation, the red-eyed woman smiled faintly and answered. "Alright."
The man noticed the dragon show a puzzled expression, only to see the gorgeous goddess fly up to where he was, slowly descending onto the head of the giant tiger. The man snorted at the dragon. 'Did you think that with your beautiful appearance, you were enough? After all, strength is king!'
He smiled at the woman. "It is a pleasure to—"
During his speech, the woman's dainty foot finally tapped the tiger's head. In the next second, the man felt weightless.
BOOM!
A ridiculously strong shockwave blasted the man upward, while the tiger's head cratered into the ground below. As his vision spun around, the sky and earth exchanging places several times a second, the man's mind was full of question marks. 'W-What happened?'
With strenuous effort, he stopped himself and looked over, only to see the tiger twitching on the ground while having lost consciousness. "Y-You! What in Heaven's name do you think you are doing!?"
Tatyana showed a concerned expression and sighed. "Aish… To think that your tiger couldn't support even a single toe of mine. It's quite weak compared to my gorgeous dragon. It seems that we can't mount this beast together…" Her expression gained a cold and menacing smile. "Don't you think?"
The man knew it instantly. 'Crap, I kicked a steel plate.'
While sweating buckets, he nodded several times. "I-It is as you say, beautiful lady. Your dragon is truly unparalleled."
Tatyana's cold smile warmed up a few degrees. "Alright, since you said that, I won't kill you. Now, don't talk to me, don't look in my direction, and try not to mix your breath with the oxygen that I am breathing. Otherwise, my hand might twitch and slaughter you and this stupid tiger, am I clear?"
"Y-Yes, Ma'am."
The man wanted to cry but had no tears. 'What if my tears bother this beautiful monster? I dare not try my luck!'
Meanwhile, Yasenia saw Tatyana fly down and sit on her back once again. Feeling Tatyana's weight on her back again made her smile comfortably. She pouted cutely. "I thought you would truly mount that ugly tiger."
Tatyana laughed and pinched Yasenia's neck. "Little liar. I could see your eyes shining with curiosity once I flew over."
Cai Xue, walking right by Yasenia's side, asked, confused. "Lady Death Empress, why didn't you kill that bug? Isn't it better to get rid of him instead of what you did?"
Tatyana waved her hand. "We will be bothered less if I do it this way. If I killed him, our plans of entering Lan City peacefully would go down the drain."
Cai Xue blinked and nodded, her face thoughtful. "I understand."
After seeing how Tatyana dealt with the owner of that tiger, nobody else bothered them. The guards also had orders from Lan Ancestor to let them pass, so it took less than 20 minutes to enter the city.
Once inside, Tatyana and Yasenia looked around curiously. The buildings and architecture were a mix of ancient and modern, giving it a unique feeling. You could see pagodas and other temple-like structures, and on the other side of the street, there would be a complex building with windows several floors high.
Yasenia commented, slightly impressed. "This… works quite well together. I thought that a mix like this would look messy."
Tatyana rubbed her chin. "It's the colors. While those modern human buildings don't usually go well with colorful red and golden pagodas, once you tone down their colors, they mix seamlessly. It is an intelligent touch."
Being a city led by a human clan, most of the population was human. There would be an occasional Demon, Divine, or Beast Human walking on the streets. But it was rare.
Yasenia trotted forward while glancing at the wide streets. Unlike mortal cities, cultivation cities used streets several hundred meters wide. Otherwise, some of the large beasts would be unable to cross them without splattering some mortals with their steps.
"A good cultivation city is one where you can see mortals walk around with unconcerned faces," Yasenia commented as she looked at some non-cultivators entering and exiting some shops.
Tatyana chuckled. "That's right. I don't know the Lan Family's personality, but their ability to manage cities is top-notch. I personally couldn't have done it much better."
Yasenia harrumphed. "They are good at building cities and at robbing others! Today, we will get the Blazeflower back!"
Cai Xue chuckled at Yasenia's tone. It was clear that the dragon girl was not truly angry and was doing this just to be petty. 'Cute. It's really refreshing to see her like this. Before Lady Death Empress arrived, Young Miss was always serious and never relaxed fully. However, since Lady Death Empress arrived, the childishness she had been suppressing easily comes out from time to time.'
Yasenia and Tatyana approached some shops, entering them to see the items inside. Using some money that she took from the Astral Death Sect's vault, Yasenia bought a few new ingredients for her cooking.
"There are plenty of Alchemy Cauldrons and Anvils to buy for my dears. However, I don't know what they have right now… What if I buy something and it turns out to be useless?"
Tatyana heard Yasenia's words as she glanced at a beautiful Alchemy Cauldron and smiled. "Don't you also have many in your spatial ring? I don't believe you got nothing from the time you killed those people with my talisman."
The dragoness rolled her eyes. "All the spatial rings were destroyed together with their bodies. Have you been to the place where I used your talisman? You could've used the Death Law to kill all of them, yet you summoned some ungodly pillar and carved a hole in the continent!"
Tatyana laughed awkwardly. "Alright, next time, if the attackers are not too much, I will make sure to preserve the rings."
Yasenia nodded with a big smile. "Perfect!"
By their side, a mortal cultivator was sweating buckets. 'D-Death Law? Are the two ladies by my side Law Creators!?'
While Yasenia was still in her dragon form, she was speaking aloud, so anyone would recognize her as an individual and not a wild beast.
"Welcome to our shop, seniors. Excuse me, but I couldn't help but listen to your conversation. If it is for both seniors, we have some precious materials that you might be interested in."
Tatyana and Yasenia looked to the side and noticed a handsome man wearing the shop's uniform. His smile was polite, and his eyes were clear. So, neither of them reacted adversely.
His words sparked interest in Yasenia, though. 'Ho? He knows that Mom is in the Seventh Realm, and he still has some confidence? I am curious!'
With a gentle twist of her neck, Yasenia blinked her beautiful golden eyes. "Can we take a look?"
Tatyana smiled wryly. "There probably isn't anything valuable. Else, I would've noticed it."
Yasenia blinked twice more. "Mom also has the ability to smell treasures?"
"No, I have the ability to know the limits of a shop. This gentleman here has probably confused me for an average Law Creator."
The man was confused, and Tatyana smiled at him. "I am a Demigoddess, Junior. Not a Law Creator."
Once she spoke, the man's eyes widened and then he bowed ninety degrees. "Excuse me for being presumptuous, Lady Demigoddess. We, indeed, do not have merchandise that would interest someone of your stature."
Yasenia's curiosity immediately died down. "Alright then, don't worry. My mom might be murderous, but she wouldn't kill you for such a small thing."
Tatyana, who had previously killed people for such small matters: "..."
So, the three women walked around the shop for a bit longer and then went straight to the Lan Family house. It took around three hours of strolling. "It's already quite deep in the afternoon. Do you want to stay in an inn and go tomorrow morning?"
Yasenia glanced at the sky and nodded. "Alright. The Lan Family won't be angry that we arrived late, right?"
Tatyana told her about her small interaction with the Lan Family ancestor, so Yasenia asked to make sure. Tatyana smiled and patted her neck. "Don't worry, Little treasure. There are no problems at all."
With a nod, they quickly found a high-quality inn to stay for the night. After renting two rooms, one for Cai Xue and another for Tatyana and Yasenia, they went inside for the night.
During that night, Tatyana and Yasenia had some fun, with the dragoness never undoing her transformation. It seems that Tatyana got hooked on having Yasenia's large dragon body pressing her down.
The next morning, they took a bath and went straight to the Lan Family House.