Chapter 109
Chapter 109
“No, no! Absolutely not!”
Ye Piaoling denied it flatly. “He and I have a very pure relationship of mutual benefit! There is nothing else between us! Really, nothing!”
Only then did Granny Li breathe a sigh of relief. “I’ve always heard the Regent King is moody, cold-blooded, and heartless. A man like that is hardly someone you can entrust your life to. Grandma was just afraid you might fall for him all on your own…”
Ye Piaoling said, “I didn’t! I haven’t!”
“Ali, you’re overthinking it,” Gu Liuxian said, equally unconcerned. “What kind of man is the Regent King? How could he possibly take a fancy to our granddaughter?”
“…What?!”
Ye Piaoling and Granny Li both glared viciously at him at the same time.
Gu Liuxian said, “I mean, our granddaughter would never take a fancy to the Regent King. Definitely not!”
…
The day of departure.
The five-person team gathered at Chonghua Palace.
Xiao Changye did not particularly want to keep teaming up with Ye Piaoling, but unfortunately, he could not defy his master’s orders. On top of that, his master had instructed him to continue joining the team under an alias, which meant he was not allowed to put on airs as the emperor…
Helpless, Xiao Changye could only switch into obedient pretty-boy mode.
When he saw Ye Piaoling arrive on her electric scooter, Xiao Changye immediately went up to her in curiosity. “Pretty big sister, you’re finally here! What is that thing you’re riding?”
Ye Piaoling said, “This is my mount, the Ancient Divine Donkey.”
“Divine Donkey?” It was Xiao Changye’s first time seeing a Divine Donkey, and he could not help sizing it up from top to bottom. Excited, he said, “This Divine Donkey looks like it can carry two people. Big sister, take me for a spin!”
As he spoke, he was about to climb onto the back seat.
A low cough suddenly sounded from behind him.
Xiao Changye turned around and met his master’s death stare. “…”
“…”
The leg Xiao Changye had just lifted was silently lowered again in dejection.
He scratched his head and said shyly, “I was just kidding… Anyway, we should be setting off now, right?”
Lu Yin held his sword in silence, waiting for the team leader’s orders.
Hua Wuhuang also looked at the electric scooter. “Xiao Yezi, we’re supposed to ride the Great Roc in the canyon. Why are you bringing that?”
Ye Piaoling smiled. “My family’s Divine Donkey is fast too! I’ve already discussed it with the Regent King. When the time comes, you can ride the Roc in the sky, and I’ll ride the Divine Donkey on the ground. That way, we can still look out for each other!”
Di Xiulan gave a slight nod.
Everyone prepared to set out. They stepped directly into Chonghua Palace’s spatial formation, and in the blink of an eye, the five people and one scooter were transported to the outskirts of a canyon a thousand miles away.
There, a hidden guard from Chonghua Palace was already waiting with a Great Roc spirit bird.
The Great Roc was covered in gorgeous feathers. It looked majestic and proud, and its broad back was large enough to seat more than a dozen people.
Before them stretched an endless plain. From here to the center of the canyon, they still needed roughly another day’s travel.
In order to charge her electric scooter in time, Ye Piaoling proactively invited her portable power bank onto the vehicle. “Your Highness, why don’t you ride the Divine Donkey with me too?”
Di Xiulan frowned. He had always felt that this contraption was not particularly reliable…
Seeing that his master did not want to ride it, Xiao Changye could not help saying, “If no one else is willing to sit there, then I can-”
“This king will do it,” Di Xiulan cut him off coldly. “You go ride the Great Roc.”
Xiao Changye sighed, feeling as if he had been rejected.
He had no choice but to walk toward the Great Roc.
Lu Yin and Hua Wuhuang were already standing on the Great Roc’s back. Hua Wuhuang’s face remained tense the entire time, while Lu Yin looked perfectly at ease, the corner of his mouth carrying a faintly smug smile.
Xiao Changye: “…”
All of a sudden, he felt like he was superfluous no matter where he went!
If he remembered correctly, Lu Yin and Hua Wuhuang were engaged. One was dressed in red, the other in green robes, and standing together, they looked especially well matched. Though the Roc was huge, it somehow seemed as if there was no place for him at all!
Xiao Changye was so angry his teeth itched!
We are the emperor. The emperor!
Above ten thousand men, the Son of Heaven himself! Yet right now, he seemed to have become an unwanted burden…
Was there any justice left in the world?!
Seeing the resentment written all over his face, Hua Wuhuang could not help curving his lips into a smile and took the initiative to make room for him. “Come on up. We’re leaving.”
Xiao Changye snorted, then jumped up with a proud little tilt of his chin.
The Great Roc spread its wings and soared into the sky.
On the ground, Ye Piaoling was already carrying her portable power bank and speeding off in a cloud of dust.
Before them, green fields and seas of flowers stretched all the way to the horizon. The electric scooter raced across the open wilderness at high speed, the cool wind mingling with the fragrance of flowers as it rushed toward them. It felt incredible!
Di Xiulan was even considerate enough to cast a spell, adding a sunshade Barrier over their heads. The electric scooter instantly became a convertible electric scooter, and its comfort level rose by another grade!
Ye Piaoling whistled, enjoying the thrill of speeding across the plain. The only thing that made her a little uneasy was that the man behind her was holding her far too tightly…
“Babe, you don’t have to hold on that tight. Relax, you won’t fall off.”
“No. I’m scared.”
The man’s thin lips curved into a low laugh by her ear, his warm breath spilling over her skin.
Ye Piaoling’s back stiffened.
She felt more and more like something was wrong…
With her driving and him riding behind her, it was basically the same as being held in his arms the entire time. The scooter was moving too fast, and the road was bumpy every now and then, so the two of them were practically rubbing temples and cheeks the whole way, pressed intimately against each other!
“Screech-”
With that thought, Ye Piaoling abruptly slammed on the brakes.
Their bodies flew forward at the same time from the force of inertia!