Mr. Tian did not keep his eyes on the latter; beneath the ordinary face hidden by the bamboo hat were a pair of calm eyes looking at the ground.
"Why not?"
The woman paused before saying, "Such a secret technique is critical. Knowing its vulnerabilities, only then can one control the Watchers in the future. You must teach it hands-on. So, don't you want to?"
"Continue!"
With those words, the woman narrowed her eyes, staring at him. Her flawless complexion seed to take on a light shade of red, perhaps due to the rouge.
However, Mr. Tian suddenly shook off the woman's hand and said in a deep voice, "Sorry, there is a distinction between sovereign and servant. I cannot do this."
After speaking, Mr. Tian tossed out an anatomical chart and handed it to her, saying, "This is what I ntioned before, a chart of the body's acupoints drawn for Your Highness. The areas marked in red are the vulnerable points."
"Your Highness should destroy it imdiately after viewing."
After throwing down the chart, Mr. Tian turned and left.
The woman was left slightly stunned, just narrowing her eyes at his retreating figure.
"To this extent, I didn't expect you would still reject..." A trace of an almost imperceptible smile curved the corners of the woman's mouth. "It seems..."
...
In the Second Layer Heaven, while dismantling the military array's twelve vulnerable points, Wang Mu recalled a past storyline.
This storyline, he rembered extrely well. It was because this storyline was prone to mistakes, and in the end, one could die.
In the story, to demonstrate his loyalty, after revealing the vulnerable points of the Watchers' cultivation secret technique, the protagonist had to pass this secret to Xiao Li, this ruler of the future.
At this point, the ruler would engage the protagonist in a seemingly alluring yet actually probing, ambiguous plot.
Yes, a test. Imperial Princess Xiao Li is not as simple as one imagines... The future Empress of the Li Dynasty, the ruler of the world, the Sovereign of Shenzhou, will test him on many occasions early on... The slightest carelessness, and I might not perish at the hands of an enemy but could be killed by Xiao Li instead...
Wang Mu felt sowhat emotional.
Imperial Princess Xiao Li is a complex character in the ga. She isn't like other female leads, such as Heroine Yan, who is relatively straightforward. Her life experience was filled with hardships. As a princess of the forr Dynasty, she grew up surrounded by various political battles and human conflicts. Her wariness of every single person was exceedingly high.
Her mother was a renowned beauty in the Li Dynasty and also the child of the wealthiest family in the Capital City, known for being astute and capable. She later fell in Llove with the son of another wealthy rchant. However, it wasn't long before her family was implicated in producing banned items and their assets were seized. When her family fortune declined, the rchant's son did not scorn her and still married her. Little did she know, after marrying, she discovered the rchant's son was actually a prince, and she beca his concubine. That prince was also later known as Emperor Wu Ming of the Li Dynasty.
At that ti, the prince was not favored by the emperor and had little power. Moreover, he was always marginalized in the Capital City and nearly unable to get by, having neither money nor support. It was only after discovering her mother and her family in the background that he, under a different identity and through certain maneuvers, not only seized the family's wealth but also ensnared the people. Through this, he gradually rose to power. After becoming Emperor, he was surrounded by nurous young and beautiful concubines. In comparison, Xiao Li's mother had grown old and was no longer competitive; to be precise, she had no practical value and lacked a strong background, so she naturally beca just an ordinary concubine. Even Xiao Li, the Imperial Princess born of this union, was not favored by Emperor Wu Ming.
Most importantly, Xiao Li grew up in such an environnt and from a young age understood how to disguise herself. To avoid becoming a political tool of the Dynasty, she learned how to apply makeup from childhood, using it to significantly diminish her appearance. Then, at an early age, she took the initiative to request leave from the Capital City, that hotbed of intrigue, and went to Great Wilderness City, a very remote and mundane Northwest City. That place was so undesirable that not even officials, let alone princes, were willing to go there.
Because of her mother's experiences and her own birth, Xiao Li is extrely wary of n. Especially after becoming the ruler of Great Wilderness City, when she even possessed the capability to contend for the world. This was right after the Ancient River battle, and she had developed feelings for the ga's protagonist. When she returned to Great Wilderness City from Holy Mountain and reflected, she felt a sense of panic. She had developed feelings for a man, even unknowingly started relying on him years ago. She understood all too well what this ant.
So, she began to suspect the protagonist. She doubted that Mr. Tian was not what he appeared to be. She even suspected he had co specifically for her, possibly as a spy sent by an opposing force, deliberately placed to lurk by her side, seemingly helping her, but actually waiting for a crucial mont to deliver a fatal blow! She even suspected Mr. Tian might be a prominent figure in disguise, much like the prince who had deceived her mother, soone who had adopted a false identity to get close to her and trick her, just waiting for the final battle for the world to easily control and crush her. This suspicion would lead her to start testing the protagonist in a variety of ways. Even from the Ancient River battle, the storyline on Holy Mountain had already been the beginning of her tests.
Wang Mu reviewed the past missteps he had taken. If I really couldn't hold back and tried anything rash... I rember the consequence was usually being slowly isolated by Xiao Li, then alienated from Great Wilderness City... In the end, she would simply eliminate outright.
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