With Tang Si driving the Imperial Carriage, Lu Yin and Ming Yan couldn't speak freely. Yet a strange atmosphere enveloped them. Even amid the noise all around, all Lu Yin could hear was Ming Yan's heartbeat, and all he could smell was her natural fragrance.
The feeling was so beautiful, so intoxicating.
"Your heart's beating faster. Are you poisoned?" Ghost Marquis spoke up, startling Lu Yin and bringing him back to his senses.
"No, you aren't poisoned. Strange. Why is your heartbeat abnormal? And so many other things about your body are abnormal too. Strange."
Lu Yin had no time to explain this feeling to a monkey, but Ghost Marquis's interruption had certainly brought him back to his senses. He couldn't lose himself in this feeling. Ming Yan was King Mu's daughter, a County Princess of the Shenwu Continent, while he was a Trial Taker. Their statuses were too different, and the thousand-year blood feud between their worlds was hard to resolve. They were like trees on opposite sides of a road: always in sight, yet forever beyond reach.
This feeling could only be a beautiful illusion.
Thinking of this was like having a bucket of ice water poured over him. The cold pierced to the bone.
He was just a student, with no power or influence. He couldn't affect the Dark Mist Territory, let alone the Shenwu Continent. Ming Zhaoshu alone could keep him from getting anywhere near Ming Yan. This budding feeling was destined to come to nothing.
Lu Yin knew how important feelings were to a woman, especially to someone like Ming Yan, who was clever but inexperienced in the ways of the world. She could easily fall too deep to pull herself out, and if things came to nothing, the hurt would be far worse than