“You do know how to behave…”
Yan Lin glanced at Xiao Fan with slight surprise. She had not expected this man to be so generous.
Although he had used her, the queen, as a spear, he did not forget to polish it afterward.
That made her feel a little more favorable toward him.
“I need to restore my cultivation and suppress the Fire Poison. I will take half of the spirit crystals and some fire-attribute spiritual herbs. You can handle the rest yourself.”
Yan Lin did not act coy. After taking half of the low-grade spirit crystals and several fire-attribute spiritual herbs from the storage rings, she returned them to Xiao Fan.
Xiao Fan was slightly surprised.
He had thought Yan Lin would take two-thirds, but she had only taken half.
After all, the spiritual energy contained within low-grade spirit crystals was rather ordinary. They were rare resources for cultivators below the King Martial Realm, but for Grandmaster Martial Realm experts, their effect was merely passable.
If she wished to recover her injuries and improve her cultivation, consuming over one hundred thousand, or even several hundred thousand low-grade spirit crystals at once would not be excessive.
Yet the Medusa Queen did not take more despite her absolute strength.
Instead, she left half for him.
It seemed that in her heart, she did consider him… cough, cough…
“If you keep looking at this queen with that kind of gaze, I won’t mind taking all the resources.”
Noticing Xiao Fan’s gaze shift from surprise to something unusual, Yan Lin felt uncomfortable and swept him with a cold look.
Xiao Fan’s lips twitched. He quickly withdrew his gaze and accepted the storage rings.
This Medusa truly did not understand romance. If he wanted to relive yesterday’s wild and heated Medusa, he still had a long road ahead.
“I will go freshen up again. Don’t forget, you promised to take this queen shopping for clothes and shoes.”
“If you dare fool me, see whether I won’t beat you to death.”
Without waiting for Xiao Fan’s reply, flames burst forth and Yan Lin disappeared, clearly returning to the back courtyard.
“Quite arrogant… Saying she’s going to freshen up, but she’s really just giving this heir time to comfort another woman.”
Xiao Fan muttered, then turned his gaze toward Lin Qingyan.
Holding the storage rings, he walked up to her.
“About earlier… thank you.”
Looking at the equally aloof Lin Qingyan, Xiao Fan spoke calmly.
Although she had not allowed him to touch her on their wedding night, hurting his pride somewhat, in front of outsiders she had fulfilled her role as a wife. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
When Lin Shiqi tried to attack him, she had stepped in without hesitation, worried he would not be able to withstand it. That did move him.
“I was merely protecting the dignity and face of Tranquil Radiance Prefecture.” Lin Qingyan replied lightly.
Xiao Fan’s lips twitched.
Right, right. The dignity and face of Tranquil Radiance Prefecture was essentially the dignity and face of the two of them as husband and wife. Each one so proud that they would rather be teased than admit it.
“Here. This storage ring is for you. It contains half of the remaining spirit crystals, as well as a fifth-grade ice-attribute pill and several ice-attribute heavenly treasures. I believe they will greatly help you improve your strength.”
After silently complaining in his heart, Xiao Fan tossed a storage ring to Lin Qingyan.
She caught it casually, her expression surprised. “You are giving me so many low-grade spirit crystals and these spiritual pills. Aren’t you afraid that your cultivation progress will fall behind mine?”
“Or…” she added, “Have you already foreseen that you will lose to me in three months and decided to give up?”
“Tch, stop overestimating yourself.”
Xiao Fan laughed disdainfully, confidence flashing across his face. “Woman, don’t think your husband is narrow-minded and lacking confidence. If I want to win against you, I will do so openly and honorably. I would not stoop to calculating over this. If giving you some resources makes me lose hope of defeating you, then what qualification would I have to be your man?”
Lin Qingyan froze slightly.
Ling Xing and Ling Yue looked at Xiao Fan with admiration, as if seeing his masculine charm for the first time.
“The Prince Consort is so handsome…”
“He actually dares to say he will be the princess’s man?!”
They exclaimed before quickly covering their mouths when Lin Qingyan shot them a look.
“Since you are so confident, then I will accept it.”
After glaring at Ling Xing and Ling Yue, Lin Qingyan accepted the storage ring without hesitation.
Then her tone shifted.
“Although you shifted Mu Ziyan’s death onto Lin Shiqi today, that man is vindictive and not someone to be taken lightly. Even if you control his life, you cannot guarantee he won’t bite back. In the future, when you and your queen enter or leave the Imperial City, be more cautious. Do not become someone else’s blade.”
Hearing this, Xiao Fan’s lips curved upward.
Why did it feel as if when she mentioned the Medusa Queen, there was a faint sourness in her words?
Could it be…
That the Frost Princess, a reborn female emperor, could also get jealous?
Seeing his strange gaze, Lin Qingyan added coldly.
Xiao Fan shrugged.
Two women. One a queen, one a female emperor. Each more arrogant than the other. Fortunately, his temperament was good, or he would not be able to survive on soft support.
“By the way, this is…”
After a few more exchanges, Xiao Fan turned toward Murong Yun and sized her up.
She was completely cloaked in robes, like an assassin lurking in the night.
A rather peculiar outfit.
Murong Yun merely glanced at him calmly, her expression indifferent and somewhat cold.
“She is my protector and also my aunt. Her name is Murong Yun.”
At Lin Qingyan’s introduction, Murong Yun only nodded slightly to Xiao Fan.
Xiao Fan frowned.
Why did this woman feel even colder than Lin Qingyan and Yan Lin?
She gave off an aura that strangers should not approach.
Curious, Xiao Fan activated the Eye of Insight and observed Murong Yun once more.
[Murong Yun: Originally the second young lady of the Murong family in Yunyang City. As a child, she witnessed her elder sister Murong Xue being violated by the Emperor of Great Qian, leaving an indelible psychological scar…]
[Later, she saw her family destroyed and her sister take her own life in the Great Qian Imperial Palace. She resolutely cultivated an incomplete ice-attribute demonic technique, causing Cold Blood Demonic Poison to accumulate in her body and forcing her to endure constant backlash…]
[In order to avoid walking the same path as her sister, Murong Yun willingly disfigured herself and became a protector hidden in the shadows, guarding Lin Qingyan’s growth…]
“…”
After reading the information, Xiao Fan immediately understood why this woman was so cold.
This was truly suffering stacked upon suffering.
“Xiao Fan, why are you staring at Aunt Yun like that?”
Seeing Xiao Fan’s gaze fixed on Murong Yun, shifting from surprise to complexity, Lin Qingyan sensed he had discovered something.
“Nothing. I just noticed that your aunt’s condition is rather complicated. There is Cold Blood Demonic Poison accumulated within her body, and she cultivates an incomplete ice-attribute demonic technique. Not only must she endure the poison’s backlash, but she also risks qi deviation at any time. In this state, forget protecting you in secret. Soon she may not even be able to protect herself.” Xiao Fan spoke calmly.
Hearing this, Murong Yun’s expression changed drastically.
She had never expected her condition to be seen through at a glance.
Was this really the so-called useless heir of the Southern Suppression King’s Manor?