Ch183 - Father will beat my suitors back out the door (1/2)

13.12 – Father will beat my suitors back out the door

translators: xiin

editors: alamerysl & Macabre

They were two very exquisite ornaments. Yin Jia simply looked at these two items for a long time. As a Marshal for the Empire, what he wanted and needed were SSS Grade energy crystals, and that was what he was often provided with. As the King of the battlefield, the importance of energy crystals to him was obvious.

In other words, he wanted for nothing and thus never wanted anything.

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Yin Jia had a special team of Senior Sculptors, whose daily purpose was to sculpt energy crystals for him. Helan Jiuyun’s mother used to be a member of this team.

Yin Jia did not like jewelry. In fact, he did not even have any requirements regarding the appearance of his energy crystals. As long as it was an energy crystal with a high utilization rate and purity, and he could make use of them; it did not matter what shape they came in because when he had to make a move, it turned into nothing but a piece of high grade energy crystal that he would consume.

Yin Jia had experienced hundreds of battles in his life, and supported the entire Empire’s sky. There was even a special place within the Marshal’s Palace for him to store empty energy crystal shells, which was filled with the energy crystals that had been emptied out by Yin Jia’s use. Those things were master-level sculptures that would be worth a lot of money if sold, even if they were completely empty and devoid of even the slightest bit of energy.

This was the first time that Yin Jia found himself caring about what an energy crystal looked like, and the first time he had felt any desire to wear such a thing as an accessory. He even felt that using the energy inside these energy crystals would be a blasphemy to these sculptures, and he should put them on display to be appreciated by the world.

From a design and aesthetics point of view, these sculptures that Xue Ling made still had room for improvement, but in Yin Jia’s eyes, they were unique works of art.

There was probably only one reason for this – the man who had sculpted these ornaments.

Thinking of Xue Ling, who had just been nestled in his embrace, rubbing against his chest sweetly as he slept, and then looking at the youth who was smiling innocently as he offered up the two accessories to him, Yin Jia felt himself soften in a way he rarely did. “For me?”

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“Yes.” Xue Ling sat down beside him, opened the ring box, and carefully brought out the ring contained inside. It was entirely carved from a single piece of energy crystal; Xue Ling had carved the ring as an ink-colored black dragon based on the unique color of the energy crystal. It looked very delicate. Although it looked like a small piece of sculpture, this contained the core energy of the entire energy crystal after it had been purified and concentrated. As long as he wore it, he would be able to use and absorb the energy contained within at will. “I designed this for half a month, wanting to surprise father with it.” Having said that, he very naturally lifted Yin Jia’s hand, thoughtfully selected a finger, and then pushed the ring on.

This action was very casual, and natural to the point that even after he had released Yin Jia’s hand, Yin Jia hadn’t recovered his wits and waved his hand absently.

Xue Ling then pressed the brooch into his hand. The brooch and the ring were part of a matching set; the brooch was also a black dragon that looked very dignified. Xue Ling had used many things as embellishments, and it looked very good when placed inside the box. It would be even better when worn on his body.

Yin Jia nodded and decided to put the brooch aside properly. After all, this was an expression of this child’s thoughtfulness towards him.

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He hadn’t been happy for long when Mu Xi came back and leaned over to speak to Xue Ling, “Yunyun, come and help Sister Mu put on this phoenix crown~” She had specifically changed her clothes, dressing in a cheongsam with a pair of matching earrings, and pulled on a new pair of shoes with 7-inch heels.

Xue Ling agreed and stepped forward, asking oddly, “Why is Sister Mu calling me Yunyun now?”

Mu Xi said, “They all call you Little Yun, and if I also address you that way, it won’t be as intimae. The Marshal calls you Yun’er, and I can’t call you the same way as he does, so I picked Yunyun. Isn’t it cute?”

Xue Ling’s lips twitched. If it weren’t for the fact that nurturers indeed had this kind of role in this world’s society, he would definitely strangle those who were calling him these kinds of messy names to death. They made him sound so soft and weak; they clearly had no clue about his ferocious side at all.

Xue Ling also made use of the hair clips as he helped Mu Xi put on the phoenix crown, then eyed Mu Xi for a short while before saying, “Sister Mu, this dress doesn’t match very well. I’ll design a better one for you tonight, and you can have others make it for you.”

Mu Xi nodded in delight, and then noticed that their Marshal’s facial expression had turned ugly at some unknown point in time. She stood up rather resentfully, and returned back to her room to amuse herself there.

Xue Ling sat down beside Yin Jia again and brought out the ear stud, which was also part of the set; a smaller version of the ink dragon. Xue Ling pulled the hair next to his ear to one side.

Yin Jia stared at the stretch of tender, white neck that was exposed after Xue Ling lifted his hair. For some reason, he felt his mouth go a little dry, and the scene that followed made him feel that there was a fire burning inside his body.

A needle that came from who knew where appeared in Xue Ling’s hand. It seemed that he had crafted it out of the remnants of the energy crystal. He pinched his own earlobe, then used a single push to pierce a hole in his ear.

Even before Yin Jia could respond, the youth’s fingertips had brushed across his earlobe, and swept up a tiny bead of blood. He looked as though nothing untoward had happened as he raised his head to look at the bead of blood on his fingertip, then stretched out the tip of his tongue to lick the blood away.

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The tip of the youth’s tongue was just like his beautiful lips, a relatively pale pink, moving slowly as it swept across his fingertip. That little tongue curled slightly, then Xue Ling licked the corner of his lips. As though noticing that Yin Jia’s gaze had fallen on him, he turned his head and gave Yin Jia a beautiful smile.

In that instant, Yin Jia’s heart began to beat out of control. He could hear the sound of his own heartbeat in his ears, fast and loud, and Yin Jia felt as though he had fallen into a trance.

Xue Ling ignored his rare hesitation. He used his spiritual powers to disinfect his ear, then pushed the ear stud through.

Using his nano-computer, he looked at his own ear in satisfaction, took a picture of himself, and posted it on the Star Net.

His personal homepage had been dug out by the netizens from the previous wave of news. The original body had not made use of the site before, so it was mostly empty with only some reposted learning materials. Ever since Xue Ling had taken over, he would occasionally send some updates, such as books he was studying, or pictures of food he had enjoyed with Mu Xi when they snuck out to eat.