NOVGO.NET Chapter 456: Ch 456 - Are you one of her people?
Chapter 456: Ch 456 – Are you one of her people?
“Lady Chaerin, regardless of your speculations, let’s focus on the present.”
“Now, I can guarantee you two things”
“First, I can protect Ruoning safely in the secret realm. This is definitely more secure than you sending Ruoning alone to the Liuli Illusion Realm.”
“Second, I can guarantee Ruoning will break through to Nascent Soul stage in the Illusion Realm. Not only that, but the destiny also she encounters there will far exceed simple realm breakthrough!”
At the end, Yino smiled calmly, leaning back leisurely on the long chair.
Across from him, the long-dressed woman sat properly. She’d lost all initial levity and playfulness, now thoroughly flustered by Yino’s three-part argument.
After a hundred years, Ye Chaerin again felt that helplessness of being dominated by destiny.
Her original plan was indeed sending Ruoning to the Liuli Illusion Realm.
Now halfway through, Yino appeared. His plan perfectly aligned with hers – rather, he already knew Ye Chaerin’s plan, so he came with another Celestial Master’s mission to discuss cooperation.
But the problem was Ye Chaerin was in the light while Yino was in the dark.
Ideally, Ye Chaerin should definitely agree to Yino. But this was only benefit calculation, not Ye Chaerin’s true wish. She inevitably felt awkward being manipulated behind the scenes like a puppet.
“Easy words, but how can I trust you?”
Ye Chaerin was truly out of options.
Precisely because Ye Chaerin herself was a Celestial Master, she understood the ins and outs – some unspeakable heavenly secrets couldn’t be extracted even if she captured and interrogated Yino.
Rather than continuing this internal conflict with Yino, she might as well demand more convincing power from him.
“Trust…”
Yino pondered thoughtfully.
He first pulled out Ranmo Peak’s jade pendant from his chest.
Ye Chaerin said nothing.
Then Yino pulled out the He family’s token.
“If you want to use the He family’s reputation as proof, at least your family’s Grand Elder should personally come discuss with this lady.”
Ye Chaerin raised her eyebrows but kept her arms crossed, still dismissive.
“Alright, embarrassing…”
Yino shrugged, slowly putting those two tokens away.
“What, nothing left?”
Ye Chaerin snorted coldly, her patience wearing thin.
But just then, Yino only smiled meaningfully, reaching behind to untie the red cord around his neck.
The red cord fell. Yino lifted a white-gold jade token carved with a dragon totem.
“_?!!!!!!”
Almost instantly, Chaerin’s lazy eyes widened completely.
“Now, am I qualified enough?”
“Wait, this is Her Majesty’s… are you one of National Advisor’s people?”
“Hehe… hmm?”
Enjoying the shocked expression on Chaerin, Yino wanted to continue playing mysterious. But suddenly he noticed a strange detail.
The jade token he pulled out clearly bore Nina’s dragon totem. But Ye Chaerin’s response jumped directly past Nina to use the National Advisor as subject?!
It must be because Nina currently had no real power. So her jade token was directly interpreted as the National Advisor’s will!
Did this count as things getting out of hand…?
Yino’s lips twitched slightly. He felt somewhat uneasy.
But currently, he still kept a straight face and looked away:
“Sorry but… I can’t say anything more.”
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Achoo!
In the lamplit palace tower, the crimson beauty suddenly shivered.
She raised her hand tattooed with a vermillion bird totem to gently touch her nose. Then she curiously raised her eyebrows, vermillion eyes looking toward the Lin family elders sitting below, staring at each other.
Bang!
“The burden of proof lies with the accuser.”
“Since you all make such accusations, please provide evidence of Yino colluding with evil cults!”
Beside Changli on the main platform, the white dragon empress slammed the table coldly. Her icy voice threw the question back.
…..
Yino suspected he might have gone too far.
He wanted to create a mysterious feeling of having a master behind him. But after he showed that dragon token, Chaerin widened her eyes and mentioned the National Advisor. Then she suddenly seemed to understand everything. She raised her hand to her lips, muttering something softly to herself, becoming oddly respectful.
Chaerin had no objections now. But clearly her understanding was skewed!
What if Chaerin really went to find National Advisor to discuss this matter…
Wouldn’t Yino’s fox-borrowing-tiger’s-might deception be exposed?
Sigh… Things had come to this. Better sleep first.
The process doesn’t matter, at least the result was good.
After showing the dragon jade token, Ye Chaerin became much more polite to Yino. Even her gaze changed from suspicion to trust and warmth.
She was quite patriotic…
The conversation ended. It was already late night. Yino hadn’t entered the immortal realm after all. His mortal body began yawning. Chaerin, sitting by the bed, understood and gestured for Yino to rest on the other bed.
Thinking about it, this was probably Yino’s second time sleeping in a woman’s boudoir…
He’d grown tired of sleeping in Yuyan’s bed.
Now lying on Ye Chaerin’s bed, Yino deeply felt that cultivation truly brought different experiences!
Her bed…
Fragrant, warm, with some orchid scent. But it lacked Yuyan’s bone-deep coldness.
For winter, Ye Chaerin’s bed was obviously more comfortable.
However, Yino had just started appreciating this different bed’s feeling when he suddenly felt cold killing intent directed at the back of his head beside the bed.
Not daring to make noise, he turned over to face the ceiling and lay properly. He ended up lying stiff as a corpse.
Ye Chaerin…
Though she appeared gentle and kind to the world, after truly knowing her she became as fierce and cold as Yuyan. More unsettling was her higher cultivation and broader knowledge. She’d passed the age of youthful romance, had seen countless types of men, so she wouldn’t easily trust sweet words – a truly mature woman.
Because of this, Yino felt quite constrained before her. Just having her sit by the bed watching him sleep felt enormously stressful.
All night, Yino remained groggy, unable to sleep deeply.
Until dawn broke outside the window and Yino heard birdsong, he immediately sat up and rubbed his eyes.
“How was it? Did you sleep comfortably in this lady’s bed?”
The familiar beautiful voice rang out beside the bed again.
Yino looked back. She gently closed an ancient book in her arms. She put down her crossed legs. She looked at him with curiosity and slight amusement.
“Can, can I go now?”
Yino’s lips twitched. After holding back for so long, he could only create this sentence.
Ye Chaerin looked at him seriously for a moment. Then she seemed unable to maintain composure and laughed with a hand over her lips, curving her red lips as she said lightly: “This lady isn’t some tigress that would eat you.”
“Yesterday, we had all-night talks as kindred spirits…”
“Why must you still be so uneasy before this lady?”
Chaerin lightly brushed her hair, admiring Yino’s expression like admiring a work of art she’d personally carved.
Yino could only say it was hard to judge.
In his mind, Chaerin’s image was collapsing.
This woman was asking knowingly, just enjoying watching my uncomfortable expression…
Damn, she definitely had some twisted fetish!
“If we’re truly kindred spirits, why did you glare at me like guarding against thieves all night?”