While people admire her words some even show respect, but Zhao li Xin feel different feeling it was pained a very painful and excruciating pain he can barely breathe, he closed his eyes to calmed himself. He wonders if that's words she said is not just for Ming Yue Yin but it's also for her, he can see pride, determination, and sorrow merged into a sparkling light within her eyes.
'She had no other choice'
Is that what happened to her?
At night like always after he cultivated inside his rings he looking for her, he knew she rarely at her room he walks to the garden he knew exactly where to find her, just like he thought she is in the same bench, she covers herself from head to toe with fur quilt, only her head peeks from the quilt.
Zhao Li Xin stifles, he takes a seat next to her "What are you thinking?" he whispers softly on her ear.
His hot breath tickles her, she giggled while moving her ear away from him "Nothing…"
His handsome face frowned with disbelieved "So why you still here, even your cheeks are cold now"
Zhao Li Xin rubs both of his hand then he pressed it to both her cheeks, the sudden warmed engulf her make her pale cheeks tainted with a faint blush.
"It's a beautiful night and I don't want to sleep…."
Zhao Li Xin turns her back against his chest, she makes her lay against him while embracing him from behind. The heat from him slowly creeping from her back engulf her whole body make her feel warmer "If you are not sleeping you will get sick"
"Only one day, people won't get sick just because they not sleep for a day" Lory refuted.
"Why you so stubborn" Zhao Li Xin sighs while rests his chin on the top of her head.
"It's my charmed!" she said proudly.
"I can't deny that…" Zhao Li Xin faintly smiles.
Lory lean her head on Zhao Li Xin chest then she gazes up to him "About your plan to the Emperor….you know, it's surprised me"
"You don't like it?" Zhao Li Xin tightens his embrace.
"No, it's not like that, it just too…dramatic" Lory tilted her head.
"Is it?" Zhao Li Xin amused when he heard her honest opinion.
"But I don't hate it, It seems like it's gonna be a great show in a few days" Lory giggles softly make Zhao Li Xin heart itchy. He does change a little bit since he met her, the old him would never interfere this much in other people much less make a scheme like this but because of her, he is more than willing to do anything.
"How about heavenly Jade pavilion? I hear they want to give you a beautiful woman, it's a pity you refused her.....you don't regret it?" Lory teased him, Zhao Li Xin's faces become dark even he knew she's joking it still give a bad taste on his mouth.
"You dare send me a woman!" he bites her neck lightly, Lory feel tickles her body unconsciously jolted her clear laughter sound like a small bell who only make him excited.
"So….sory, I won't dare! I won't dare" she laughs while shifting her neck away from him, but Zhao Li Xin still annoyed so he wrapped his hand around her waist while taking advantage of the helpless woman in his arms.
"You dare what?" his whisper on her ear while nimble her earlobe, she feel itchy and warmed at the same time she wants to break away from his embraces but his hand feel like iron shackle it's not moving even an inch.
"No women! I won't send you any woman...ever!" she ticklish and embarrassed at the same time, she tries to hold her voice, she scared someone might caught them again, but unbeknown by her all the shadow guard already run in full swing the moment they saw their Lorry cozy up with his woman and the four King also remind themself not to bother their Lord sweet times.
Zhao Li Xin smirk "Good….Let see if you dare make another joke like that" his warning fill with teasing.
She limp on her chest tiredly after too much laughing, Zhao Li Xin fixed the fur quilt back on her shoulder "I give a warning to heavenly Jade pavilion, if they're smart they would answer my 'small' request but if they not…..well"
"I heard what you asked to them, there's no way they would fulfill that" Lory sighs, she knew he just make a reason to ruin them all.
"Then they must bear the consequences," he said with a gentle tone.
"The Liangzu emperor, Jiang Wei emperor, Heavenly jade Sect…" Lory count it with her finger "You really like to mess thing up"
Zhao Li Xin smiles "It's good to keep busy, isn't it…?"
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Somewhere at Jing An city, inside the lavish villa, four elder man gather around a big wooden table all of them look anxious they all overwrought by the news they got, the news is Long Ming not just burned the offering he even threatened to kill Huang Ning Yun too if they dare to make her as offering, Zu Gong is underestimated Zhao Li Xin character.
He thought because he has fiancée now, he stop pretending to live as a monk and start eating meat now so why not make an alliance by sending a woman for him but he forgot, this is the man who killed Huang Ni Yang one of the most beautiful ladies from Heavenly jade Pavilion without batting his eyes, think just got escalated when Long Ming warned them to make Huang Si Yun apologize personally to his fiancée.
"What should we do master Zu?" one of the elders with a grey beard and small slanted eyes looks worried.
"What sect master had said?" the other elder asking impatiently.
Zu Gong leans his back on his arms chair "He infuriated, but Hei Shen is not a power we can underestimate, we can just against them without full understanding about the situation"
"What should we do, Huang Zi Feng is death, the first princess is gone and they even lost the sacred tree, our plan has gone haywire and now even Hei Shen sect is on our tail!" the elder who has grey beard slam the table loudly.
Suddenly a man with white robes enter the room, he kneel on the floor while cupping his fist "Honorable elder we found out where Long ming has stayed"
"Is that true!" Zu gong elated, a few days ago he doesn't know where Hei Shen sect place is so he just spread the words about offering to pacified Hei Shen sect anger and if their lucky they would make alliance with them but unfortunately the Hei Shen sect members burn their offering even threat them at the ends, they want to retaliate but they don't know where they're location is, so this is a good news, they can't surprise the Hei Shen Sect when they less expected.
"That's good news" the grey beard elder stroke his beard with a pleased expression, at last, there some good news for them.
"Are we gonna attack them?" another elder seem hesitated.
"If we want to, this is the best time, they haven't noticed we know where their place is" Zu Gong nod his head.
"Right, perhaps tomorrow Hei Shen sect people would know we have located their place if we want to do anything we must do this fast or it will be too late!"
"Then I will go with you!" suddenly a woman barged in, the woman looks like in the late forty but her appearance like a woman who barely thirty, she has alluring appearance that can stop a man heart, she looks ravishing and delicate at the same time it so contrasts with her bloodthirsty gaze.
"Mis Huang Yi Yi!" Zu Gong stunned and so the other elders, all of them immediately cupped their fist respectfully towards her.
"If you want to kill Long Ming, I will come with you!" she gnash her teeth, her Son killed by Long Ming her dignified position as an emperor dowager is gone, her sacrifices for decades become useless, and now she become old spinsters for nothing how could she's not furious, it's all because Long Ming fault!
"First Miss Huang, killing Long Ming is dangerous task we must not acted recklessly without plan" Zu Gong try to calmed her down, he knew Huang Yi Yi temperament, she is a vicious and cruel woman through and through if she wants to kill someone no one can stop her.
"What else need to think about" she waved her hand then a creature with dark skin have a strong body like a bear and face like lizard with long sharp teeth and thick long tongue, their eyes are small without pupil only white eyes, their feet is long and muscular cover with muscle and big claw.
"That….is Lo Tie monster!" Zu Gong shriek with shock, that is one of the most ferocious beasts in the continent, this creature is aggressive, bloodthirsty, and also quite intelligent, this creature favorite is human especially women and children meat, how could Huang Yi Yi subdue this creature.
"Don't be afraid, Father already give me an amulet to control this beast so none of you need to be worried" she shows a green bracelet with glowing red pearl on the center, the same pearl implant on the monster head, so that's how the monster subdues is, the elders rejoice for the arrival of the ferocious beast.
"With this we have no problem to kill Long Ming" she smiles viciously.
Lo Tie is a saint level beast, the elders confidence they can win against Hei shen sect, even if they can't kill Long Ming they still can created havoc in Hei shen sect, if this news spread to outsider the name of heavenly jade pavilion will raise to the sky at that time who dare to messed with their sect ever again.
Huang Yi Yi make a sinister smile, she can't wait to kill Long Ming and his woman, she will make Lo Tie eat his woman right on his place, let's see how the great Long Ming would beg on her feet.