When Yuan Muying looked at me, her eyes were wide open. I knew she had probably feared that I was going to force myself on her, but later she discovered that I had only carved a karmic mark into the core of the meridians in her chest, so the disparity inevitably left her feeling rather lost.
"What? My household is full of beauties. Do you really think I'd be so lustful as to force myself on you?" I looked at her with interest. Teasing her occasionally was harmless enough. Besides, I had infected her with the Entangling Immortal Cloud just now partly to drain and absorb her energy, making it easier for me to inscribe the mark, and partly to restore the Entangling Immortal Cloud.
Yuan Muying's face immediately flushed red, and she hurriedly shook her head. "No... It's just..."
"Just what?" I asked. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Indeed... back then, Muying... thought you would..."
"If that had really happened, would you have resisted?" I asked, laughing in astonishment.
My question left Yuan Muying stunned again. She looked at me for a long while before saying, "This... I wouldn't have been able to keep my life. Even if you forced yourself on me, I couldn't have resisted..."
I gave a light snort. "If it hadn't been me and had been someone else, they should have done exactly that to you!"
Yuan Muying lowered her head. Then she silently recited a spell to restore her clothes, before falling silent as well and recovering her magical power atop the Flower of Worldforce.
I had no intention of continuing to pursue Mu Yixin. That woman was cunning by nature and certainly wouldn't obey Yuan Muying completely. After finding a way to contact Xia Ruize, she had decisively activated the Ascending