Chapter 90 Cooperation (1/2)

Yu Wenmu smiled faintly and placed the brocade box in Luo Shangyan's hands. ”Sect Leader Liu is right. We don't need to stand on ceremony.” And then he said to Liu Yunzheng, ”Since Young Master Han is taking part in the Immortals League Competition this time, it's better for me not to. I am on the cusp of breaking through. My master has ordered me not to exert too much inner energy.”

”Oh?” Liu Yunzheng's face was wreathed with smiles. ”Your Highness is about to break into the Core Forming Realm? Congratulations!”

”I have to take my leave now.” Yu Wenmu seemed to be quite indifferent about things. He smiled faintly at Luo Shangyan with these words. With his chest and head held high, he strode out of the hall, his hands behind his back. He did not even deign a look at Xiao Chen while passing him by.

Beckoned gently with a whistle, the kirin clambered over. Yu Wenmu jumped onto its back with a light leap. The kirin raised its head and bellowed, striding out toward the horizon.

Xiao Chen turned and re-entered the hall. He returned the Fuxi Zither strings to Liu Yunzheng. Liu Yunzheng said to him, ”Han Chen, you'd better trained diligently in the coming days at the Wind-riding Pavilion. I will send a few disciples over to wait on you.”

Xiao Chen smiled gently. Was he sending men to guard him? He answered, ”Thank you, Master.”

Liu Fenghuang said with a titter, ”Junior Brother Han, you are so awesome just now! You scared His Highness's beast mount so much that it dared not get up.” Liu Yunzheng put on a cross face. ”Fenghuang, don't talk nonsense!”

Liu Fenghuang stuck out her tongue and spoke softly at Xiao Chen's ear. ”Although I don't like His Highness for his bit of haughtiness, he isn't weak in cultivation. He is ranked 26th on the Heaven List.”

Xiao Chen began to ponder a little. Ranked 26th on the Heaven List. And Ling Yingfeng was only 29th! It looked like this man was even more powerful in cultivation than Ling Yingfeng. It seemed that he spoke about his teacher too...

Liu Yunzheng coughed and said, ”Fenghuang, bring Miss Luo back to take a rest.” Liu Fenghuang nodded and pulled Luo Shangyan outside. Xiao Chen said, ”I shall take my leave too, sir.”

”Wait!” Liu Yunzheng called him back.

”Master, what other instructions do you have?” Xiao Chen turned back and addressed him.

Liu Yunzheng hesitated for some time. Actually, he was most worried that Luo Shangyan would develop feelings for Xiao Chen while helping him recover. The strange looks in their eyes gave him more reason to worry. One was an eccentric genius who could rouse the potential of the divine zither. The other was the Third Prince of the Zhou State.

He could only blame himself for letting Yu Wenmu see Luo Shangyan one month ago. And he should not have let Luo Shangyan treat Han Chen too, a month later.

”Nothing. Have a chat with me, won't you?” Liu Yunzheng knew it was too late to say anything else. He smiled and said this instead.

Liu Yunzheng only allowed him to leave when Liu Fenghuang returned. Returning to the Wind-riding Pavilion, Xiao Chen could only let off a quiet sigh. It would be even more difficult for him to see Luo Shangyan in the future. He cast a look in the direction of the courtyard she resided in. Then his figure shifted as he moved out.

Now that his inner strength had completely recovered, it was not difficult for him to circumvent the guards and penetrate the formation barrier. He disguised his aura and started to execute the Immortal-override Steps. His Divine Sense sweeping before him, he tried to locate the room where Luo Shangyan was. He approached its door lightly and knocked.

Normally, no one would knock at her door. Usually, the guards would be yelling outside if anything happened. Luo Shangyan immediately guessed it was Xiao Chen. She opened the door hurriedly and dragged him in.

”Why are you here? It's very dangerous.”

Xiao Chen was silent for a long time before letting off a gentle sigh. ”Leave with me. I'll bring you away during the Immortals League Competition.”

Luo Shangyan did not say anything. She watched herself quietly in the bronze mirror. After a long time, she answered softly, ”Go. Don't come and see me again.”

”Senior Sister Luo!” Xiao Chen could not believe his ears. Was the person before him that Senior Sister Luo of the past? It had only been three months. Why had she changed so much?

Luo Shangyan turned back her head and smiled gently at him. ”Junior Brother Xiao, many things are predestined. You can't change it. It's fate.”

Xiao Chen could not quite understand what she meant. Surely, she could not say it was fate which made her marry Yu Wenmu! He said, ”You are obviously unwilling. Why must you force yourself? The only thing that Yu Wenmu can give you is the title of a Princess Consort!”