Huh?
Ruan Qingsu struggled to stand up and said, “Master, what do you mean?”
“Are you suggesting I seduce Jiang Fan or what?”
Lin Yuheng pressed her back down firmly into her seat.
With righteous conviction, he declared, “Raise a disciple for a thousand days, use them for a single moment.”
“It’s time for you to repay your master!”
Ruan Qingsu was speechless and said, “Master, you want to accept Jiang Fan as your disciple, I get that.”
“But couldn’t you just do it directly?”
“With your familiarity with Jiang Fan, as long as you ask him, he has no reason to refuse, right?”
“Why make me sacrifice myself? Isn’t that completely unnecessary?”
Lin Yuheng sighed and said, “No reason to refuse?”
“You’ve been in seclusion for too long; you don’t know what’s been happening outside.”
“Jiang Fan is no longer the Jiang Fan you knew.”
Ruan Qingsu sneered.
“Master, you’re worrying too much.”
“Even if he turned to ashes, I’d still recognize him!”
“Back when I accompanied you to Green Cloud Sect for some business, I took a wrong turn at night and was nearly beaten to death by him because he thought I was a thief.”
“That score—I haven’t forgotten.”
Lin Yuheng’s expression turned odd. “What, you’re still thinking about revenge?”
Ruan Qingsu tilted her chin slightly, saying, “After I returned, I’ve been in seclusion since then.”
“Now, I’ve reached the Fifth Level of Core Formation.”
“Teaching him a lesson shouldn’t be an issue, right?”
Lin Yuheng brushed her hair as he said:
“As your master, I support you.”
“But you must be careful. A few days ago, he took down the entire Giant Sect single-handedly.”
Ruan Qingsu’s delicate frame trembled violently.
After a long moment.
She regained her composure and, in a gentle tone, said, “Master, I’ve thought it through.”
“I’d rather get along peacefully with Junior Brother Jiang.”
At the center of Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.
Jiang Fan observed the palace complex, which spanned no more than about a mile.
He couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.
“The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion that governs the Nine-Sect, so it’s this small?”
“Any random peak from Green Cloud Sect wouldn’t be smaller than this, right?”
Liu Qingxian smiled faintly. The time had come for her to shine.
With an enigmatic smile, she asked:
“Fan, why does the name Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion include the character for ‘pavilion’?”
Jiang Fan raised his gaze.
In his field of vision, there were only a few palaces—none could truly qualify as a “pavilion.”
After thinking it over.
A bold idea sprouted in his mind.
He lowered his head to glance at the ground beneath him and said, “You’re not suggesting.”
“That the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion is actually a pavilion buried deep underground?”
“What we’re standing on is merely the topmost layer of it, right?”
Xu Youran and Chen Silin were both taken aback by Jiang Fan’s wild speculation.
They immediately turned their eyes to the ground beneath them.
Liu Qingxian froze momentarily and said, “Someone told you, didn’t they?”
Jiang Fan replied, “Just guessed.”
Having encountered numerous bizarre and fantastical things, his imagination had developed significantly.
Liu Qingxian looked shocked. “You guessed this too?”