"Young Master Nan Xian knows about my fiancée?" Qing Yuan gritted his teeth as he compelled himself to ask.

"No, I don"t." Nan Xian gave Qing Yuan a cold glance. "But Long Ao Kingdom has offended me. What happens between you and Ziyan is none of my business. But if Fengyun Manor dares to defend Long Ao Kingdom…"

His lips curled up to reveal a cold, but soft smile.

"Then there will be no reason for Fengyun Manor to exist as well."

Qing Yuan"s heart skipped a beat.

He liked Ziyan, but only Ziyan herself. He did not like how Long Ao Kingdom carry themselves as well. He even gave clear reminders to both Shen Wu and his son several times before.

Who would have thought that that foolish pair of father and son would still be causing trouble outside? On top of that, they had offended Young Master Nan Xian!

Defend them? Ha! He was not that foolis.h.!.+

"Rest a.s.sured, Young Master Nan Xian!" Qing Yuan gritted his teeth. "The ruler of Long Ao Kingdom had it coming! I would never defend Long Ao Kingdom."

"Good."

Nan Xian"s tone was calm.

He turned away without even looking at Qing Yuan. He waved his sleeve and went down the valley.

Xiao Qing"s head popped out from Nan Xian"s sleeve. It asked in a concerned manner, "Master, your wounds are not fully recovered yet, why are you in such a hurry to warn Fengyun Manor? It wouldn"t have mattered if you waited for a few more days."

Nan Xian stopped in his tracks. He was fair as snow. His robe was gently moving in the breeze.

"I do not like anything that threatens her existence."

"Well Master, why don"t you just eliminate Fengyun Manor?"

Nan Xian paused for a moment. "Qing"er has a kind heart. She would not want me to start a ma.s.sacre and kill the innocent. If Fengyun Manor were to make their moves first, then it would be reasonable for me to wipe them out. But I will not let it come to that!"

Qing"er is not someone who would go down without a fight. Despite that, she had never killed an innocent person.

The people she had dealt with were always the ones who had hurt her in the first place!

Xiao Qing was surprised. "Master, do you really like the princess?"

Like her?

The corner of Nan Xian"s lips lightly curled up. His eyes were filled with a sense of gentleness. "Xiao Qing…"

"Xiao Qing… My name is Qing Zhu, not Xiao Qing! You"ve really changed, Master!"

"Xiao Qing." Nan Xian seemed to not notice Xiao Qing"s protest. It was as if the image of the beautiful young girl had appeared before his very eyes. "I knew her from a long time ago."

Xiao Qing blinked. "Well Master, it"s true that you had known her for some years."

"No, since I have come to know things, she had been appearing in my dreams."

The girl in his dreams; even though her face was blurry, her eyes had made a huge impression on his heart.

The young girl"s eyes were filled with agony and anguish as she held his corpse tightly, as if she would be devoured by an endless void.

He wanted to wipe off every drop of her tears. He wanted to give her a hug, and tell her that he will always be by her side…

But soon afterward, he would awake from his dreams. Only the pain felt real, so real that he would still feel them after he had woken up.

"To look for her, I have used my own blood from the chambers of my heart to revive the supreme treasure of our people—the Plate of Divinity.

Unfortunately…

The moment he saw Feng Ruqing, his heart was calm without a ripple.

Especially since Feng Ruqing was avoiding him and was even repulsed by him. His heart had remained serene and unruffled. Even when she had gotten married to someone else, he was not perturbed.

Until that day...