Publicizing the Secret Technique, Three More Updates

Inside the cave, Chen Xia had just finished a round of breathing regulation, and the powerful aura swirling around him was slowly subsiding.

Seeing Jiang Xinglan enter, he smiled. "Xinglan, you're here. Good timing—I was looking for you."

Jiang Xinglan held a report in her hands.

She walked over to Chen Xia and placed the document on the table. Quite naturally, she poured him a cup of hot tea, but her eyes swept meaningfully over his clothes. Finding them as usual, she thought of the disheveled woman who had just walked out and still asked softly, "A moment ago... I seemed to see the Snow Kingdom's queen leaving this place. She looked hurried and disheveled. Could it be that she encountered some difficulty in her cultivation and came to ask my husband for advice?"

Chen Xia understood the implication in Jiang Xinglan's words.

He took the teacup, cast her a glance, and smiled. "Do you think there's something unspeakable going on between Ye Xueqing and me?"

Jiang Xinglan's thoughts had been exposed. Her face warmed slightly, but she did not retreat. Instead, she met Chen Xia's gaze, her tone tinged with sourness. "I'm not exactly suspicious. It's just that Her Majesty the queen has peerless looks and a noble status, and she's been so... attentive to you, even offering a dance. Now that she was alone with you in the cave, it's hard not to let one's imagination run wild."

"Let one's imagination run wild?" Chen Xia chuckled and shook his head. "You're overthinking it. Ye Xueqing is meticulous and calculating. Everything she does is merely for the sake of the Snow Kingdom and her own interests."

Chen Xia recounted what had happened earlier.

"A moment ago, for the sake of revenge, she did indeed intend to offer herself..." He