Li Yun was no fool.
Li Qingyan had never truly trusted him. Everything she had said was merely another test.
If he looked overjoyed and impatient the moment she offered to take him to the Wanli Great House's Secluded Land, she would immediately raise her guard.
Then she would find another excuse to put him off.
He had even thought of the words for her.
Except...
But...
However...
It would be one of those, no matter what.
Besides, although Li Yun had spent all this time spinning tales with Li Qingyan precisely because he wanted to reach the Wanli Great House, he had always been cautious.
Even if he wanted to visit the Wanli Great House, he would never go right now.
He still had no clear understanding of its circumstances. Judging by Li Qingyan, the strength the Wanli Great House kept hidden was definitely formidable.
If he rushed headlong into the Wanli Great House's world without understanding anything, what would he do if he encountered someone he could not defeat?
Being unable to defeat them was a minor matter. If it ruined his grand plan of gathering authorities through the Myriad Wonders World to expand the All Wonders Divine Kingdom, that would be a devastating loss!
So Li Yun's refusal really was not an act.
At least eighty percent of it was sincere, almost an instinctive reaction of resistance.
In Li Qingyan's eyes, that reaction was highly convincing.
"How can you say that?"
"Since you regard the Wanli Great House as the rightful lineage and consider yourself one of its disciples, isn't returning with me to its Secluded Land only natural?"
"What's more, once you reach the Wanli Great House's Secluded Land, you can obtain even more powerful cultivation techniques and secret scriptures, along with all kinds of rare