Within the distant Jun Prince's Mansion, they were unaware of the fear gripping the Long family far away.
But today, a strange wind blew from an unknown source, carrying with it the snow. It lifted Li Yaowen's hair, her strands brushing against her serene aiful face. Her white clothes and pale plexion almost blended her into the wintry sery.
However, Feng Qingyang, the Soul Lore, felt the wind to be unusually cold today. He saw y in Li Yaowen before him. He even dared not meet her gaze directly.
Every time he g Li Yaowen, his eyes ached, as if a needle made of ice ierg his vision.
"In-w, you jest."
This was the first time Feng Qingyang had actively addressed a member of the Li family as "In-w." "What do you mean, 'chess pyer,' 'on'?" he asked.
...
Now, in front of the s, Li Wei, watg the versation within the Jun Prince's Mansion, had his hand on the mouse, his firembling. His eyes were bloodshot. He only felt this way when he was extremely excited, and he couldn't remember the st time he had experienced such a feeling.
It was like the thrill of pying in an iional petition, gradually defeating an oppo who initially seemed certain of victory!
He had sensed long ago that the pea the Azure Clion was unnatural.
He had beeing, iigating, and preparing to face the ing enemies with apprehension.
Fortunately, he wasn't the only one ary. Li Yaowen was as well.
He admitted that he wasn't as intelligent as Li Yaowen. He was only a young man, while Li Yaowen was almost a hundred years old. However, he still had his uses. If, in terms of intelligence, Li Yaowen plus Li Yaotie equaled Li Yaowen, then he plus Li Yaowen would at least equal 1.2 Li Yaowens!
They had pletely jumped off the chessboard!
In the game, Li Yaowen raised her head and looked at the falling snow, letting the snowfkes nd on her. "It's clear that Lord Feng has always cherished his daughter," she said, "but you should admit that you are someone who uands the importance of choices and sacrifices, unlike your outward appearance suggests."
"To outsiders, you appear to care for the people like your own children. It's said that you get furious whenever cultivators cause trouble. But let me tell you, my father is truly that kind of person. Wheruly angry, he will carry his coffin and go out to fight."
"You are different. You appear angry on the surface, but you remain unmoved."
"The Skyveil Sed Bck Tortoise Sect fought for many years, and Sky Jade region suffered a twenty-year drought, but you remained indifferent."
"My Li family sughtered over two million enemies, and you even..."
Seeing that Feng Qingyang was still frowning, seemingly angry, Li Yaoqing tinued, "You even offered your own daughter to my Li family."
Upon hearing these words...
Feng Qingyang finally smmed his hand oable in anger. "Li Yaowen!" he roared, "you specute about me all you want, but to say I personally offered up my precious daughter? Is your Li family even worthy?!"
Li Yaowen pletely ignored Feng Qingyang's oppressive aura.
"Lord Feng, you are right," she said calmly. "The Li family is not worthy. But if we bee the bde that helps you purge the major forces in the Azure Clion and allows your Feng family to pletely trol the region, then sacrifig a mere daughter is truly insignifit, to put it bluntly. As I said before, Lord Feng, you are someone who uands the importance of choices and sacrifices."
"Otherwise," she tinued, "your daughter, Feng Mi, is such a noble and cherished person. In this grand Jun Prince's Mansion, how could she have been exposed to the tales of my Li family day after day, to the point of admiration?"
"And how could she have gained your sent to go to a pce like Sky Jade region? Weren't you afraid that another battle with my Li family would cost Feng Mi her life?"
"And those Golden Cuards of yours are truly useless. They allowed Feng Mi and my Kuao have a tal enter and engage in i acts."
"I am fident that although the younger geion of my Li family be somewhat reckless, my elder brother did something simir in the past, Sihen, our desdants have been strictly warned by family precepts not to act recklessly without sent."
"My Kuangtu, even with a beautiful woman by his side, could resist temptation. If he, su immature youth, could do it, how much more so for the older and more mature Kuangren?"
She paused, a knowing smile spreading across her face. "Yed them, didn't you?"
He didn't answer, but his long, drawn-out breath said it all.
Li Yaowen tinued, "You were waiting, waiting for my Li family to discover this matter seemingly by ce. Lord Feng, you should be quite familiar with my Li family. You should know that ohis matter came to light, we would iably seek a marriage alliance."
As she spoke, she suddenly became curious. "Lord Feng," she asked, "since we've e this far, why not clear up my doubts? If my Li family had remained unaware of gsheng's birth, how long would you have waited before revealing it to us, so as not to appear deliberate? So that it would seem pletely natural and unsuspicious."
Feng Qingyang ched his jaw, his eyes closed.
"Then I uand," she said. "You would have waited until gsheng grew up, and you would have deliberately arranged for him to seek out his family."
"Knowing my Li family's nature, we would still have sought a marriage alliance."
"Because whether it's due to family precepts or for the sake of bes, having the Jun Prince's Mansion as in-ws would improve our Li family's situation."
"Therefore... my Li family would ultimately bee your on."
"All the fas will learn about the marriage alliaween our families. Just like now, with the martial arts petition at the Azure artial Pavilion, my Li Kuangren won, and you even deliberately brought him back to the Jun Prince's Mansion. This was all to let everyone know about our e."
"Furthermore, sidering your long-standing distance from these fas, they will be eager to eliminate my Li family, fearing that iure, your Jun Prince's Mansion will fully support us aroy them."
Li Yaowen's expression yful. "Lord Feng," she asked, "are you excited now that the first step of your pn has succeeded?"
At this moment, Feng Qingyang's expression finally ged. He was smiling, a gentler smile than he had ever shown the Li family before, as gentle as Li Yaowen's own smile!
"I am pleased," he said.
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