As the two left the ancestral hall, Jiang Yuan's feelings were extremely complicated. He never expected Mi Tan'er to cooperate with him so much, nor did he expect to obtain the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror so easily.
"Hold hands first, otherwise my grandfather and the others will get suspicious."
Jiang Yuan nodded, and Mi Tan'er, after receiving his consent, took his arm and led him back to her boudoir.
When are you leaving?
Back in the room, the two sat on opposite sides of the bed, but there was no longer the intimacy they had shown before.
"Tomorrow morning!" Jiang Yuan replied. They would be embarking on the pilgrimage the day after tomorrow, and they definitely needed to prepare in advance tomorrow.
"oh."
Mi Tan'er responded softly and then fell silent, the two of them sitting there in complete awkwardness.
"By the way, if this is discovered, you'll be in trouble, won't you?" Jiang Yuan won't be back for several months this time, and if he fails his tribulation, he might even lose his life, not to mention whether the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror can be returned to the Fuxi clan.
"It's alright, the ancestral artifacts never had a chance to be used. They were usually left unused for hundreds of years," Mi Tan'er explained, trying to dispel Jiang Yuan's concerns.
“These are turbulent times, and we might need to use the Divine Emperor's artifact at any moment. If we are discovered, you…” Jiang Yuan bit his lip and frowned as he thought.
"It's alright. As the only legitimate daughter, the Fuxi clan will at most punish me and confine me. Besides, it's not like you're not coming back. I'll wait for you to return and everything will be fine," Mi Tan'er said with a forced smile.
She knew very well that once the theft of the Divine Emperor's artifact was discovered, she would face far more than just a minor punishment.
"I promise you, I will definitely come back," Jiang Yuan assured him.
After that, the two fell silent again. Mi Tan'er seemed to have something on her mind. She took off her wedding dress, wrapped herself in a thick layer of blankets, and crawled into bed.
"Um, you can sleep outside, I..." Mi Tan'er thought for a moment and then covered her face with the blanket.
"good."
Jiang Yuan got up and walked out of the room, which he naturally understood as the outside of the room.
Mi Tan'er waited a long time for Jiang Yuan to appear. When she poked her head out, she saw Jiang Yuan already opening the door. She whispered, "What are you doing outside?"
"Didn't you tell me to sleep outside?" Jiang Yuan asked, also confused.
"I meant outside the bed!" Mi Tan'er even patted the spot next to her.
"ha!"
Jiang Yuan was both amused and exasperated, but considering that he had obtained the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror today, he had no intention of turning against Mi Tan'er now. He closed the door, retreated to the bedside, and said, "Fine, I'll just sit here until dawn!"
Mi Tan'er hesitated for a long time, but after considering it for a long time, she said, "Jiang Yuan, why don't you try the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror first and see if you can use it?"
"Should we try it here?" Jiang Yuan became wary.
"Don't misunderstand. I heard my grandfather say before that outsiders can't use our ancestral artifacts, so I'm not sure if you can use them. It would be troublesome if you couldn't activate the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror when you undergo tribulation," Mi Tan'er immediately explained.
"I don't think so. I used your ancestral artifact phantom last time, and it was usable."
"The phantom is merely a projection of power, not the true ancestral artifact; their natures are fundamentally different."
Mi Tan'er corrected Jiang Yuan's statement, saying that the illusory ancestral artifact was not the real ancestral artifact, and the two had completely different meanings.
"Okay, I'll give it a try!"
Jiang Yuan's consciousness sank into his personal space and began to adjust the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror, but the result greatly disappointed him.
Seeing the change in Jiang Yuan's expression, Mi Tan'er tentatively asked, "Is it useless?"
"I don't know why, but it seems like the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror is resisting me." Jiang Yuan was completely baffled. The level of this magical artifact had already exceeded the detection range of the Heavenly Eye.
Just as Jiang Yuan was wondering, the Eye of All Heavens descended and enlightened him, saying, "Fuxi set up a bloodline seal in his magic weapon, which can only be used by members of the Fuxi clan."
"What should we do then?" Jiang Yuan asked through mental communication.
"That's easy. Didn't you just say you were going to sit until dawn? Just sit until dawn!" the Eye of All Heavens teased.
"What a terrible idea! You think you can activate it by sitting for one night? The seal left by the God Emperor isn't so easy to break!" Jiang Yuan wondered.
"Heh, figure it out yourself!"
The Eye of All Heavens left behind a meaningful smile before disappearing.
"Why don't we go to sleep first? Maybe it will be resolved by tomorrow morning." Mi Tan'er was ultimately too shy to be too explicit about the matter, so she could only vaguely use the word "sleep" to describe it.
"How can I possibly sleep now!"
Jiang Yuan sighed and shook his head. He couldn't accept that something he had planned for so long had failed because of a small incident.
Mi Tan'er bit her lip, extremely conflicted, but after thinking it over, she said, "Let's go to sleep first. I'll teach you how to use the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror."
"You understand?" A glimmer of hope appeared in Jiang Yuan's eyes.
"Come on up!"
Mi Tan'er nodded. She didn't understand, but at this moment she could only teach him with her body.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan was about to step forward to ask for advice without even taking off his clothes, but was stopped by Mi Tan'er, who said, "Take off your clothes and shoes, otherwise it will be difficult to teach you."
Jiang Yuan suddenly realized that this action was not the same as the sitting posture; Mi Tan'er truly intended to teach by example, without any ambiguity.
"So, the prerequisite for using the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Mirror is that you..." Jiang Yuan's meaning was already very clear; now it was up to Mi Tan'er to react.
As he expected, Mi Tan'er closed her eyes and nodded gently.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it would turn out like this!" Jiang Yuan apologized. No one had ever told him that one had to be a descendant of the Divine Emperor to use a Divine Emperor's artifact. This was completely beyond his plans.
"It's okay, it's my own fault. Besides, I'll get married sooner or later, and it's always better to give myself to someone I love than someone I don't."
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