"Do you go outside of the mountain?"
"Rarely."
"So you practice all day long?"
"Nope. I'll take Little Daze for a walk in the morning then some other chores and studying. I practice in the afternoon and cultivate at night."
"Little Daze?"
"A beast that I picked up. Looks a bit like a horse, and now it's my mount."
"I see…."
Hearing the laughter from the main seats, Jiayan bit harder into her food. What's so funny? All she knows is studying and practicing. Is she a dummy? What does cousin see in her anyway?
Crack!
She bit into something hard and her teeth felt numb. "Ah!" She let out a shriek of pain.
"What happened?" This shriek attracted the attention of the queen and king.
State Master Jiayan spit out an item. Seeing that there was blood on it, she held her cheek and started crying.
"Sister bit the clam's shell!" the prince turned back to his parents.