Chapter 1721 - 1029: Is It Beautiful?

Sui Yi did not refuse and sat down.

The Dragon Queen looked at her briefly and said, "I called the Teacher here today to ask for a favor."

A favor?

Sui Yi’s expression remained unmoved, just waiting for the other party to clarify.

"Teacher, your great talent is not necessary to elaborate on, lest you modestly deflect again. What I want to ask you for help with is to become a teacher for someone."

Umm...

Sui Yi had expected to be called to decipher secret scripts but hadn’t considered becoming a teacher.

Originally meant to refuse, yet changed her mind and agreed.

"You don’t ask who?"

The Dragon Queen smiled, her dignified demeanor holding a trace of charm.

"If it requires the Dragon Queen’s concern, it must be a child... It’s probably the Crown Prince."

"Oh? Why can’t it be Ah Lih?"

Yin Li?

Sui Yi recalled the person she had just seen outside, not someone who looked like...

"Just a feeling."

"Actually, you think Ah Lih, who spends all day wielding swords, wouldn’t do such a thing, right?"

Sui Yi lowered her eyes and replied politely: "I wouldn’t dare."

The Dragon Queen shook her head with a smile, "The paperwork is ready and will be issued today... Jiao is over at the Crown Prince Pavilion, I’ll have someone take you there."

The Dragon Queen was straightforward, quickly arranging for someone to take Sui Yi to the Crown Prince Pavilion...

As Sui Yi turned to leave, she saw the Dragon Queen turn away from her again, and her back seemed rather lonely and melancholic, as if burdened with an unsolvable problem.

Walking down the path, Sui Yi turned her palm, the Witch Feather Disk rotating to pinpoint...

Pinpointing west?

Yet deviated from the Coiling Dragon Tower?

Sui Yi felt a sinking feeling, not good; the needle changed position occasionally, indicating the Ring of the Witch Emperor was in someone’s hand.

Moving with this person.

Ultimately, the qualification to wear it... the Dragon Emperor?

Quite troublesome.

Sui Yi felt a headache coming.

The Crown Prince Pavilion arrived.

People reside in houses that reflect them. Crown Prince Jiao was frail and gentle, so the house’s decor was simple, elegant, classical, yet exuded an indescribable melancholy.

It felt as if Sui Yi could see Crown Prince Jiao standing in the yard from afar. When he saw her, he gently smiled.

When she got closer.

He walked up to her.

"Teacher, Jiao is incompetent, weak and sickly. Mother fears for my melancholy and supported my habit of literature, saying that excelling in all fields can lead to enlightenment. This time, I invited the Teacher to teach Jiao in literary achievement. If it inconveniences the Teacher, Jiao first apologizes..."

As Crown Prince, his gentleness makes it unsurprising that the Dragon Faction doesn’t regard him highly.

Peaceful times call for such a Crown Prince, but in tense times, talents like Dragon Maiden Yin Li and Crown Prince Jing Sha are more fitting to inherit the throne.

Yet in Sui Yi’s view, she always took a liking to gentle, refined people.

"The Crown Prince is too polite. Sui Yi is not dissatisfied, besides, I’m a teacher by profession..."

Sui Yi figured being summoned meant surely the Ice Venerable had informed her, regarding the teacher duty at Ice Gleam Academy...

"The Teacher’s work at Ice Gleam Academy can continue. Jiao doesn’t dare claim all of the Teacher’s time, just once a week is enough. Of course, traveling back and forth can be troublesome, Jiao has a fine airship available for the Teacher, an hour round trip."

That airship is invaluable.

Sui Yi declined.

"Then let the Coiling Dragon Tower’s airship take the Teacher back and forth..."

Upon suggestion, Sui Yi replied: "Then I’d rather have the airship."

Crown Prince Jiao: "....."

The Teacher truly differs from ordinary people.

That same day, Sui Yi began teaching Crown Prince Jiao his first lesson, with the windows open, a cool breeze blowing in, bamboo leaves rustling, half the lesson in lecture, the later half was Crown Prince Jiao’s homework.

Actually, Crown Prince Jiao’s literary foundation was strong, comparable to those of literati, yet he was eager to learn, keen on improving his weaknesses, his thirst for knowledge reminiscent of a high school senior preparing for entrance exams, appearing reserved but insightful with questions.

Sui Yi felt his intellect must not be low.

——And this is just on the surface.

Moreover, the study room was vast, shelves lined with many books, Sui Yi’s glance easily discerned each one as rare editions difficult to find elsewhere, including some of ancient mysteries.

"Jiao heard Teacher likes reading and writing. I have some books collected over the years, my limited experience hindered parsing their essence, and I dared not skip parts. Thus, many remain unread, laughable to the Teacher."

"If the Teacher is ever bored, feel free to peruse, Jiao also hopes Teacher can guide on difficult issues in the future."

Sui Yi took a book that piqued her interest, leaned by the window to read for a while, occasionally glancing up to see fish swimming in the lake lake outside, not as regal as those raised by the Ice Venerable, yet ordinary and lifeless, but Sui Yi felt it was more genuine...

Suddenly, Sui Yi noticed a few pots of flowers on a patio across the yard... What was that?

Sui Yi stared at those flowers, somewhat lost in thought, her Magnetic Sensation easily flowing over, landing on those flowers...

Also falling on a few pots inside the glazed window...

Thanks to her good eyesight... she saw the real appearance of those flowers.

Yet thus she also saw the woman inside, removing her outer robe... Perhaps an ingrained habit from military campaigns, avoiding too many cumbersome garments, so when the robe came off, only a snow-white inner layer clung to neck and waist, Sui Yi could nearly see the bare back. Waist slender, back butterfly bones symmetrical like wings ready to fly, stunningly beautiful, yet what shocked Sui Yi most was the purple-silver dragon tattoo coiled on the back, a dragon revered and dominant, entwined around such back, giving off a soul-stealing allure.

The dragon’s eyes seemed to look at her...

Not good!

In a second, Sui Yi withdrew her gaze.

However, that woman was extremely formidable, and instantly sensed the Magnetic Sensation aura a few inches away, quickly detecting...

Nothing.

Not a single trace.

She was momentarily bewildered, thinking she had imagined it, but Yin Li was innately stubborn and bold, and would remember even the slightest awareness. So when she saw the person standing by the window of the Crown Prince Pavilion opposite, she was stunned.

—It’s you again.

Is this person everywhere?

After finishing her studies, Sui Yi took the airship, thanked the Crown Prince for seeing her off, but just after she left the Crown Prince Pavilion, she saw someone waiting on the path ahead.

Dragon Maiden Yin Li looked at her and didn’t approach, clearly waiting for her to come forward.

Of course, Sui Yi went up.

The two looked at each other.

Yin Li remained calm, Sui Yi was silent, and after a moment, Yin Li spoke: "Teacher, was it nice to look at?"

The certain teacher feigned ignorance seriously: "Hmm? I’m not nice to look at."

Yin Li’s gaze flickered briefly, was there a pause in my words?

"I wasn’t asking if you, Teacher, are nice to look at," Yin Li said flatly.

Sui Yi suddenly realized, so was she asking if you’re nice to look at?

"Although Your Highness wears a mask, with the Dragon Queen’s stunning beauty, I presume you are also nice to look at."

Have you become a professional at complimenting beauty?

Yin Li tilted her head slightly and said, "Teacher’s words are so deft, no wonder you’re surrounded by beautiful people."

Sui Yi couldn’t grasp the other’s intention, thinking she was picking a quarrel over the unintentional glance earlier, yet felt the other seemed to view her as a licentious, flirtatious person...

Perhaps both.

What virtue, what ability...

Sui Yi felt at a loss for words and chuckled bitterly inside,

"Maybe it’s because I’m so ugly, that the beautiful rarely see someone as ugly as me, they find it novel..."

Remembering the taunts from those guys last night, Sui Yi’s heart skipped, and she decided to self-deprecate.

It was Yin Li’s first time encountering someone so straightforward, temporarily at a loss for words, finally speaking after a moment: "Are you suggesting that most people who aren’t friends with you are unattractive? So, should I also be your friend?"

No, I really didn’t mean that.

What kind of logic is this?

Yin Li: I’m not even blaming you for talking nonsense.

Sui Yi shook her head: "No need."

Yin Li had always been curious yet wary of Sui Yi. This person was too mysterious, and along with the feeling from earlier, she was sure the other was not an ordinary person...

"Who are you?"

The sudden question made Sui Yi’s heart skip a beat.

"Sui Yi"

"Is this face real too?"

Yin Li, a Star Fall Level master, was incredibly fast, instantly appearing before Sui Yi, her palm hovering in front of Sui Yi’s cheek without touching it.

Just separated by an inch or two of distance.

"It doesn’t matter to me, so I won’t force you. I’m simply asking if you dare or not."

Can I refuse?

Sui Yi saw the flowing purple patterns on the other’s fingers. These patterns were specifically used to dismantle technique traces, particularly effective at removing the disguise type secret technique, but it also depended on the level of skill of those involved.

Yin Li’s skill was profound. Sui Yi wasn’t sure if she could see through her, but at least she knew the other was suspicious of her...

To be suspected by someone like this was a troublesome matter.

"If Your Highness doesn’t mind the impropriety between women, then go ahead."

Yin Li, an esteemed imperial princess, was genuinely taken aback by Sui Yi’s remark, which made her heart thump.

What does it mean by impropriety between women, and the words also carried her own name, sounding quite strange.

Moreover...

After all, it was because she accidentally saw the other’s bare back last time, so this reciprocation doesn’t matter.

"The nation’s author, knowing numerous mind arts, merely using a provocative approach, is Teacher treating Yin Li with courtesy... my apologies."

Yin Liming remained unmoved, placing her palm on Sui Yi’s face, her fingertips brushing over...

The skin under her fingers was delicate and smooth, slightly cool to the touch, like holding a milk-like substance, while the patterns flowed like a scanner...

Yet, Yin Li was neither in a hurry nor agitated, simply observing Sui Yi’s eyes. When four eyes lock, whoever takes it seriously loses, whoever gets nervous loses.

Moment by moment, the two remained motionless like mountains.

A pause.

"Li... what are you doing?"

The sudden soft voice made Yin Li turn her head, seeing the Dragon Queen’s entourage had already arrived, accompanied by two others.

Ice Venerable, and Yan Jingan.

Such masters, no wonder Sui Yi and Yin Li were caught off guard while confronting each other stupefied.

And now facing these three... along with a group of attendants, from their expressions and eyes...

What a troublesome character Yin Li was, and Sui Yi quickly had this impression enhanced — she actually continued! Without the slightest regard for the people over there...

Dragon Queen: "....."