Li Tianming nodded along.
Then, all of a sudden, Yue Li Lian looked at Li Tianming suspiciously and widened her eyes. "You little rascal! You had such a skill, yet you never told me before!"
Li Tianming said sheepishly, "Teacher, you've truly misunderstood. Please hear me out."
He paused, then whispered, "Actually, this was all thanks to Teacher Weisheng's work. She's incredible. She had long since altered some special structures in these star puppets, allowing them to wield my power. That was how they barely passed the interoperability test. I spend every day fighting and killing—where would I find the time to study this?"
"Pfft!"
Hearing this "truth," Yue Li Lian truly did not know whether to laugh or cry.
In the end, she could only praise, "Then Miss Weisheng truly is a peerless genius in the art of barrier divine patterns, one without equal in the world. Star puppets and barriers were interconnected to begin with—no wonder!"
The matter now made sense to her.
"But you must never leak this truth. If people learn that you cost sixty million to make, not only will you have to spit out the money, you'll have to hand over your life too. Understand?" Yue Li Lian warned.
"Understood, understood." Li Tianming nodded repeatedly.
"Speaking of sixty million..."
He raised the Tai Yu Imperial Ring on his hand and said, "Isn't this the protective talisman bestowed on me by the Tai Yu imperial prince? With this thing on me, would anyone still dare assassinate me?"
"Are you stupid? This thing only has deterrent power in the open. It makes people afraid to touch you openly and offend His Highness. But who cares about that in an assassination? You and His Highness are far from familiar, let alone close confidants. Even if he appreciates