By the time Lin Su returned to Changxing Residence, the sun was already setting in the west.
Changxing Residence beneath the sunset was incomparably quiet, incomparably peaceful.
At the entrance to Changxing Residence, a beauty slowly lifted her head. Her cheeks were flushed crimson. It was Ming Tianyan. A rosy glow that had not appeared on Ming Tianyan's face for eight hundred years bloomed for the first time beneath this beautiful sunset. As for the time it had bloomed in the dark night, that did not count, because no one but Lin Su had seen it.
"I received news—the news that the Chess Sage had manifested in the Southeast Buddhist Kingdom!" A thread of Ming Tianyan's voice slipped into Lin Su's ear.
This was the fundamental reason her entire face was flushed today.
Because she knew just how stirring this matter was.
The matters of the Southeast Buddhist Kingdom had originally been hers to report to him. But his rogue-like reward last night had sent her heart flying beyond the nine heavens, and she had forgotten all about it. Who would have thought that after he went up to the Third Heaven today, this news that thrilled her beyond measure would arrive almost instantly? The Chess Sage had manifested, using an utterly resolute stance to abolish the imperial seal of the Southeast Buddhist Kingdom. He was now running on the same track as them.
In the Great Dao Dispute, they had long walked alone. Yet today, they had gained a new fellow traveler—and a Sage at that.
How could Ming Tianyan possibly remain calm?
Lin Su's expression, however, remained unruffled. He answered with a smile, "I even helped draft that proclamation of his!"
So it really was him!
Countless thoughts crossed rivers and seas in Ming Tianyan's heart before turning