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Xiang Siyu chuckled. "Saint Ji must be hard to deal with. And then there's Zui Cang."
Lu Yin nodded. "If I hadn't caused so much trouble in Outer Heaven, I never would've beaten Saint Ji."
"Yeah, that clone of yours, Chen, really caused quite a stir. Even I thought it was over the top." Xiang Siyu paused, then, without waiting for Lu Yin to reply, smiled at him. "You stole someone's fiancée. I can't believe you actually did that."
Lu Yin was speechless. "She came to me on her own."
"So if someone comes to you, you just take them?" Xiang Siyu teased.
Lu Yin's heart skipped a beat. That way of speaking... He stared at Xiang Siyu, and she met his gaze. In each other's pupils, they saw their own reflections.
"Are you really her?" Lu Yin couldn't help asking.
The corners of Xiang Siyu's lips curled upward, and her eyes turned cold. The whole world seemed to rise around her, placing her high above everything as she looked down on it all. "What do you think?"
Lu Yin stared at her. She had changed. What was this woman thinking? Had she done that on purpose just now?
"Though I already gave you a reward, you did so well that you caused significant losses to the Dao of Karma. You went above and beyond, so I can give you a chance to earn an extra reward."
"Three breaths. One chance."
Lu Yin didn't need three breaths. He answered at once. "The reward I want is a chance to try to break free of you."
Xiang Siyu's eyes gleamed, and the corners of her lips curved into a captivating smile. "Break free of me? Sure. You've got one chance. Give it a try."
Lu Yin took a deep breath