You really can't have fun.
Yan Rugui: “…”
As soon as the people left, the indifference on his face disappeared immediately, and he rolled his eyes speechlessly. He turned to glance at the girl next to him, and suddenly saw the corners of her mouth curl up.
“???!!!”
They said he couldn't be killed, yet you're still here?! With a swish, Yan Rugui drew his sword, his dark eyes darkening into a cold gloom.
Once or twice is fine, but if it happens more than once, it will become annoying. It turns out that you still need to beat someone into submission before you can talk to him properly...
However, the girl in white didn't even glance at him, but just walked past him calmly.
"......?" Yan Rugui was stunned for a moment, then slowly put away his sword with a complicated expression. He was sure that Jiang Jingyuan must have done it on purpose, probably to retaliate for his previous attempt to watch her fun.
But as long as we can communicate well, that's all... Yan Rugui turned sideways to look at the girl in white walking on the water, smiled politely, and said, "Your Highness Changsheng, can we... go into the hall and talk in detail now?"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but speak with a hint of gnashing of teeth.
The wind blew up the sleeves and skirt embroidered with delicate patterns. The girl stood on the lake, and ripples spread outward from her toes. The sky was high and the water was vast. She stood there with a calm expression, as if she was isolated from the world.
However, the next moment, the girl's dark eyes turned and looked at him. The corners of her mouth moved slightly, and she let out a soft mocking sound. Her little face was slightly raised, and she said confidently: "You are so pretentious."
“???”
The smile on Yan Rugui's face broke. He looked coldly at the girl in white and said, "So what does His Highness Changsheng want?"
Jiang Jingyuan glanced at him, his eyes revealing a strong sense of "You are really not worth playing with" and said lightly: "Lead the way."
It was intentional, absolutely intentional... Yan Rugui smiled and took a deep breath silently, then honestly led the way and shut up without saying anything more.
Walking past the ruins sunk into the lake, two figures in white, one in front and one behind, walked on the crystal clear lake surface, stepping on the ripples, and walked slowly towards the distance.
…………
In a white jade palace shrouded in light mist, two figures in white sat facing each other.
Yan Rugui opened her mouth.
Jiang Jingyuan in front of him glanced at him and spoke first, "You just wasted my talismans and pills."
"......?" Yan Rugui changed the words he was about to say, paused, and said, "You started it first."
Jiang Jingyuan's eyes showed contempt, and he didn't even say "you spoke first", but just stared at him quietly.
Yan Rugui was silent for a moment, and the expression on his face twisted uncontrollably, "Poor bastard."
Jiang Jingyuan nodded calmly and said in a very natural tone: "If you are not willing to compensate, then just think of it as a poor guy robbing you."
"Oh, right." Jiang Jingyuan seemed to have remembered something and said calmly, "Give me back the money I earned back then."
Yan Rugui: "...You are so stingy."
Jiang Jingyuan nodded and gave him an affirmation: "You are right."
Yan Rugui immediately rolled his eyes at her, casually threw out a brocade box, snorted coldly, and said, "Your Highness Changsheng, calm down."
Jiang Jingyuan took the brocade box, scanned it with her spiritual sense, and immediately placed it in her storage bracelet with satisfaction. Hearing this, she raised her eyes, her gaze roaming over his bloodstained neck for a while, her expression seriously pondering.
"I told you, you didn't look like you were going to die, so I didn't bother getting involved. No one else knew about it. But now that things have developed to this point, no matter how I look at it, I can't see any clues - it's the same no matter who comes along."
Yan Rugui felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at by her. He immediately said, "But that thing can still be seen, especially by someone holding the blood seal. This attraction is like the only light in the darkness, it's very obvious."
Jiang Jingyuan raised his gaze to look at his face, not surprised at all—
The same thing happened when she approached the blood seal.
Seeing that she didn't take action directly or show that cold yet excited smile that seemed to be staring at prey, Yan Rugui knew that this meant that they could communicate. He looked at the girl in front of him seriously and said:
"The Blood Seal is something everyone wants. This is no secret, and we can work together—the Blood Seal is yours, and the secret of immortality within it is mine."
Jiang Jingyuan listened and nodded thoughtfully.
Yan Rugui's lips curled up immediately when he saw this. He was about to say something when he heard the girl in front of him say expressionlessly, "Calm down."
"???" Yan Rugui's lips straightened, and he was speechless. "Are you calming down now? This child is still quite impatient... Should I thank you for not taking advantage of the situation again?"
Yan Rugui stopped smiling and asked indifferently, "Our goals don't conflict. How about we each get what we need?"
Jiang Jingyuan glanced at him, without commenting. Instead, he asked, "If you can't get the Blood Seal with your status, how can I do it? Is it necessary for you to cooperate with me?"
Yan Rugui shook his head, looked into her dark eyes, and said seriously, "You know more about this than I do, don't you?"
Jiang Jingyuan said calmly, "This doesn't mean anything."
"Then I am even less suitable." Yan Rugui said frankly without much concern, "The emperor... the old emperor secretly summoned me two years ago and asked me to leave Yuan Kingdom as soon as possible."
Jiang Jingyuan's eyes fixed, but he didn't ask why. Yan Rugui himself was probably not clear about this matter, but just the old emperor's behavior gave people a sense of foreshadowing of impending storm.
Jiang Jingyuan suddenly said, "I once saw someone in the palace."
Yan Rugui narrowed his eyes slightly, raised the corners of his mouth, and said, "I have seen him... I even saw his appearance."
After a pause, he looked at Jiang Jingyuan meaningfully and said, "Sure enough, it was right for me to come to you."
"His appearance... If it wasn't important, Yan Rugui wouldn't have mentioned it specifically. In fact, just because I didn't mention the man's appearance, Yan Rugui guessed that I hadn't seen him... Otherwise, would I have mentioned it...?"
Jiang Jingyuan's eyes moved slightly as he thought quickly in his mind.
Jiang Jingyuan asked directly: "Who is he?"
Yan Rugui raised her teacup and took a sip. She shook her head gently and said, "I don't know who he is, but I know he has Jiang family blood."
"???" Jiang Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly calmed down and asked curiously, "Is this unusual?"
Is it a rare and strange thing to be a bloodline that is scattered outside, or simply a member of the royal family in the family tree?
"But what if I say... the old emperor is very afraid of him?"
Yan Rugui asked with a curl of his lips.
It is fear, it is terror, not dread.
Jiang Jingyuan was silent.
She seemed to have a lot of thoughts in her mind, but when she thought about it carefully, she couldn't grasp the fleeting inspiration.
"'Seeker'?"
Jiang Jingyuan asked this, but she already had the answer in her heart. The black shadow in the dark lake seemed to appear in front of her eyes, and the person covered in a black robe was standing in the corner of the palace with golden light.
Yan Rugui nodded, "Yes."
"The Blood Seal is in the hands of 'Xun Dao Ren'." Jiang Jingyuan's face was calm. He lowered his eyes and said softly, "I saw him at the palace banquet three years ago."
Although Yan Rugui did not see the blood seal in that person's hand, he had a premonition and was not surprised at all by what Jiang Jingyuan said.
"How was he able to obtain the Blood Seal?" Jiang Jingyuan's eyes were calm and indifferent, and his tone did not even hint at any doubt. He calmly stated his doubts, "Even though he is of the Jiang family's bloodline and has enormous power, how was he able to obtain the Blood Seal in the first place?"
Fight for it?
Thousands of years ago, when the Blood Seal descended, heroes emerged, and cultivators from all over the world displayed their magical powers, starting a chaotic war that turbulently brought about the times.
At that time, no one could get the blood seal. It was a struggle between people. Even after fighting for a hundred years, no one could get the blood seal.
But until three hundred years ago, things were completely different.
No matter how powerful the enemy is, can he be stronger than the Blood Seal? No matter how powerful the "Seeker" is, can he be more powerful than the Jiang family ancestor who holds the Blood Seal?
Jiang Jingyuan didn't understand how the blood seal fell into the hands of others and in turn put the Jiang royal family under the control of others.
Yan Rugui nodded slightly, he also had the same question.
The biggest problem is that Jiang Zi. He doesn't seem to be controlled by others. Instead, he moves freely and even seems to have a special status among the "seekers".
Jiang Jingyuan knew that the Blood Seal was in the hands of the "Xun Dao Ren". She knew that the "Xun Dao Ren" was not alone, but she was not sure whether the person holding the Blood Seal was the Jiang family member.
After all, at the palace banquet three years ago, she only saw the blood seal and the "seeker" who greeted her, but did not directly see who took the blood seal.
That being said, it's even weirder...
Jiang Jingyuan's mind was suddenly filled with countless doubts, but they all came back to the same question: "Why did that Jiang family member and 'Xun Dao Ren' tolerate what I did all these years and even helped me?"
It was not until Yan Rugui brought it up that she realized that this indulgence had already become known to everyone.
Especially since there is an unidentified Jiang clan member among the "seekers", shouldn't we suppress her in every possible way so that she can be more easily controlled?
It happened for no reason, so strange... Jiang Jingyuan felt a little uneasy, but it was suppressed forcefully the next moment. She raised her eyes, opened her mouth, and was about to say something, but suddenly stopped.
Jiang Jingyuan looked at the smiling face of the person in front of him, pursed his lips, and asked, "How do you want to cooperate?"
Yan Rugui curved her eyes and mouth, and said frankly: "You are the master and I am the assistant. I will provide you with information and clues, and..."
Yan Rugui's smile widened. "Your Highness the Crown Prince should be in great need of my help and protection. I can guarantee your safety in the capital."
Jiang Jingyuan remained silent.
Yan Rugui suppressed his smile, snorted softly, glanced at her, and said, "Don't think that the help I provide is not enough. I also take little, okay..."
"...You're right." Jiang Jingyuan's expression became complicated.
After a pause, Jiang Jingyuan said seriously, "Tell me about the information and clues you can provide now, and what the next step in the plan is."
"You don't have to worry about what's happening in the capital or the Crown Prince's affairs." Yan Rugui said generously.
He turned his face to be serious, looked at the girl in front of him and said:
"I wish you could go to sea."
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