Lin Qiye took a white piece from his robes and placed it before Lingbao Tianzun.
"What is this?"
"Something that will conceal your existence in the future... and also a token of the agreement between us."
"A token? Interesting." Lingbao Tianzun turned the white piece over in his hand. He seemed to sense the aura of karma within it, and his brows rose slightly.
"She is Jialan, isn't she?" Lingbao Tianzun lifted his teacup and took a careful sip, his gaze falling on the well-behaved Jialan beside them. "You were the one who fed her the Immortal Pill... so she is one of your chess pieces as well?"
"You honor me too much, Celestial Venerable. How could someone like this junior possibly use people like you as chess pieces? This junior is merely one piece among them..." Lin Qiye immediately corrected him. Yet after hesitating for a moment, he still added vaguely, "Though she... may perhaps become my wife in the future."
Jialan did not notice the difference in tone between chess piece and wife, but Lingbao Tianzun's expression became subtly strange. His gaze swept over the two of them, and he chuckled.
"You are a Primordial Spirit Embryo, with a lifespan equal to heaven and earth. She has also swallowed the Immortal Pill... the two of you are quite well matched."
At those words, Jialan first froze, then her entire face instantly turned scarlet!
She secretly glanced at Lin Qiye. Seeing him smile openly, without the slightest intention of denying it, the blush on her face deepened even further.
He... doesn't really like me, does he??
Jialan's inexperienced and not particularly quick-witted mind immediately turned into a pot of porridge. Every thought she had was written across her face, and the smile on Lingbao Tianzun's face grew even broader.