Chapter 633 - Oblivious to the Fate of the Worlds (1/2)
Leng Jin Yu only smiled. ”So you've known since then. I thought it was strange how you looked at the teacup.”
Zhangsun Xun Yi nodded. ”I had my doubts. Although I do have to say that I never suspected anything until that day. It's just that … that tea set was much too distinct and the memory too clear to miss this. I wrote a message to the Liu He Alliance afterward, asking whether there was still one of those paintings around.”
”Ah.” Leng Jin Yu nodded. ”That's right. He loved to paint. And as strange as I thought it was, he always loved to paint me. I guess he kept them.”
”Mn, and since Hua Min knew how much his Master was attached to those paintings he kept him after his death. I feel honored that he would let a disciple bring one of them over here.”
”He probably knew that you wouldn't ask for one if it wasn't important. Since we've established how this conversation came about why don't you tell me what it is you wanted to ask?”
”That person … does he know?”
Leng Jin Yu nodded. ”We're married. Naturally, he knows.”
”Then … your —” He stopped himself and shook his head. ”Sect Master Yuchi, does he know?”
”No.”
”Do you intend to tell him?”
”No, I don't. And … I'd appreciate it if you didn't either.”
”So your goal for coming here …”
”It's not the sect. It wasn't, originally. It's just that … things happened.” He turned away and walked to the edge of the path, reaching up to the lowest branch hanging from the fringe tree. He rubbed the leave and sighed. ”Your disciple … You know who he is, don't you?”
”Mn. He is of the dragon race.”
”He isn't just any dragon though. He is … the dragon king. And the person he fell in love with is none other than the Son of Heaven, the Nine Heavens' crown prince.” He turned back to Zhang Xun Yi and smiled. ”You can imagine what it means for such a person to descend to the mortal realm. That kind of trial, it's necessary but dangerous. So after some things happened that put the Heavenly Emperor ill at ease, I was sent to look over him since I would know better about the mortal world than a trueborn god.”
Leng Jin Yu retracted his hand and the two of them fell silent.