"Ninth Princess, you don't need to be afraid. This is my Brother Ding."
"With him here, no one can threaten our safety, including those Heavenly Human Supreme retainers within the Royal Palace."
"But now, you must make a choice as well."
"One choice is to give up everything you currently have, leave the Mysterious Moon Kingdom, and wander the ends of the earth."
"The other is to take up the burden of the Mysterious Moon Kingdom and become its next ruler."
Zhao Ziyue froze for a moment, then bowed to the arriving Ding Baisheng. "Purple Moon pays respects to Senior Ding."
Ding Baisheng waved a hand without saying a word.
Zhao Ziyue looked at Li Yun, her bright eyes shining as she asked sweetly, "Then which one do you hope I choose?"
"Me?"
Li Yun could not help but be startled as well. Instinctively, he wanted to say, What does your choice have to do with me?
But the words reached his lips.
Then he suddenly recalled how, at that critical moment, Zhao Ziyue had actually wanted to use her own body to block Zhao Yunzhu's strike for him. He could not bear to say it.
He thought it over seriously as well.
"Ninth Princess, to be honest, I have never liked involving myself in matters like succession to the throne within the Royal Clan. To me, such affairs are too complicated and too dark, far less interesting than cultivating the Martial Dao."
"But if you are asking for my opinion, I do hope you can become the next King of Xuanyue, after all..."
"Fine, then I choose the second!"
Before Li Yun could even finish, Zhao Ziyue decisively made her choice.
She did not even give Li Yun the chance to explain his reasons.
Li Yun's scalp went numb.