Heart-Grasping Self-Reflection

Miao Yu's gaze tightened, but it soon rippled away.

She was no longer embarrassed, no longer hesitant, no longer timid.

She was no longer that little mouse being toyed with by a cat.

She smiled—a smile that was natural, enchanting, and soul-stirring.

"Your Highness may be overthinking it. That is simply the name chosen by the Pavilion Master; perhaps it holds no particular meaning."

This reply neither allowed her to be stripped bare of her secrets nor appeared overly rigid. Moreover, by invoking the master of the Three-Part Fragrance Pavilion, she made it impossible to verify, which was quite clever.

For the first time since they met, Huang Jinmo smiled.

She leaned back, still high and mighty, but no longer quite so overbearing: "The Three-Part Fragrance Pavilion has seven Heavenly Fragrances and eleven Heart Fragrances. Which fragrance are you? What is your rank?"

Since she had already revealed a certain attitude, Miao Yu no longer bothered to play the part of a delicate young girl.

She even found a spot for herself and sat down opposite Huang Jinmo, smiling radiantly: "Meiyue has not been in the Three-Part Fragrance Pavilion long, so I am not yet qualified to enter the Heavenly or Heart Fragrances. However, Meiyue does have important business in the City of No Redemption. If Your Highness could facilitate this, perhaps Meiyue might manage to squeeze into the ranks of the Heavenly Fragrances, who knows?"

"Since the Three-Part Fragrance Pavilion values you so little, why not stay in the City of No Redemption? This Seat will grant you the position of a commander, equal in rank to Kuishan. How about it?"

Kuishan was the current commander of the Sin Guard, a martial powerhouse who specialized in the path of combat, possessing terrifying strength. Throughout the entire City of No