Teleportation

Aren't you going to call them out?

The prison was silent, save for the clear, melodious female voice that accompanied the gentle humming of the pendant, echoing quietly.

Aurenli looked at Xu Yuan, her beautiful blue eyes shimmering with light, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

Xu Yuan also looked at Aurenli, but made no move.

In the silent eye contact,

Aurenli let out a soft breath and smiled leisurely:

"So, your goal isn't just Xien's intelligence after all."

The scales floating in front of him blocked Xu Yuan's view, allowing him to see only the other person's smiling red lips:

"You seem to have anticipated this."

"When in dire straits, one must consider all possible scenarios in order to escape."

"If that's the case, why would you grant my wish?"

"Um"

Upon hearing this question, Aurenli suddenly fell silent, then smiled sweetly, "Because I didn't expect your purpose was the boundary pendant the emperor bestowed upon me."

"Hmph."

With a chuckle, Xu Yuan's eyes curved into a smile, "Now that you know, do you have anything to say?"

Aurenli tilted her head, pondered for a moment, then lightly tapped her cheek with her fingertip and said:

"Humans are truly insatiable creatures."

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Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

Aurenli smiled and said:

Don't you think so?

"In pursuit of fame, fortune, ideals, love, and other desires, everyone becomes like a hysterical gambler; those who lose want to win back their losses, and those who win want to win even more."

"Just like you now, you could have just taken a small bite and squeezed a return out of me in a low-risk or even risk-free way, but greed makes you want more, and for it you have to gamble more."

"Even life."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle.

"You think I'm going to die?"

"Possibly," Aurenli replied earnestly.

"It seems you're quite confident in the strength of the person who's about to be teleported here." Xu Yuan glanced at the constantly buzzing Realmspace Stone pendant in his arms.

"He is the strongest person in Xien." Aurenli's answer was rather casual, but there was a hint of barely perceptible apprehension in her eyes. "Oh no, he can no longer be considered human."

With a soft sigh, Xu Yuan shook his head:

"Aurenli, in the Great Yan, there's only a one-word difference between confidence and arrogance."

"No, I know that your Prime Minister's Mansion may indeed be able to defeat Him, but that would give me more options."

Aurenli glanced around and answered quite decisively, "I know very well that it would be difficult for me to escape from this Black Prison on my own. Even if I were lucky enough to escape, there's still the Great Yan prison waiting for me outside, so I should thank you for giving me this opportunity."

"A very self-aware judgment," Xu Yuan commented with a smile.

"Although it may seem sarcastic, I'll take it as a compliment."

Aurenli smiled sweetly, pointing her slender index finger at Xu Yuan and gently waving it. "But Xu Yuan, are you sure you don't move? If you don't move, you'll be torn apart by the power of space."

The trembling of the Realmspace Stone pendant continued to grow, and within a dozen breaths of conversation, it had become somewhat jarring.

Xu Yuan glanced down at it and smiled slightly:

"I just wanted to talk to you a little more."

Aurenli clicked her tongue twice, crossed her arms, and laughed:

"You regret it?"

Xu Yuan shrugged:

"Of course not, it's just a bit of a pity. With your background in the Great Yan, I could consider taking you in, whether as a concubine or as my top advisor, your abilities are more than sufficient."

A mocking smile curled at the corner of Aurenli's lips:

"If you had been born in Xien, I might have considered taking you in as a toy."

"Just a toy?" Xu Yuan, slightly dissatisfied.

I despise people like you.

You just said that I'm the same kind of person as you.

I despise myself too.

Aurenli casually waved her arms, which were crossed over her chest, and glanced sideways at him. "Compared to people like us, I prefer someone as pure as Huron. It's just a pity he's too weak."

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan scoffed, realizing the meaning behind her words:

"You won't fall for Changge and be doomed for life, will you?"

"Would you ruin your life because of a woman?"

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Suddenly silent, Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes and stared at Aurenli without saying a word.

Meeting his scrutinizing gaze, Aurenli smiled, her eyes crinkling.

Why did you suddenly stop talking?

Xu Yuan let out a soft breath:

"I suddenly understand why you don't like yourself."

Aurenli's eyes held a teasing glint:

"Is this the kind of anger and embarrassment that comes from having one's feelings exposed?"

"The person who was teleported here should be your father, right?" Xu Yuan shook his head, ignoring the other person.

"I can answer that for you, he is indeed my father."

"Emperor of the Xien Empire"

Xu Yuan frowned slightly, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes. He raised a finger and pointed to the other person's slender, naked figure, asking:

"Since he's your father, why don't you put on some clothes now?"

Aurenli was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting the other party to say such a thing under these circumstances, then burst out laughing and waved her hand:

"Pfft, He won't care."

"Don't you care?" Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes.

Aurenli twirled a strand of her smooth, golden hair with her slender index finger, glancing sideways at the ground:

"Well, how should I put it? Strictly speaking, my mother could also be considered my older sister."

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Xu Yuan paused for a moment, then, after clarifying the relationship, rubbed his temples.

"You Xien people really have no shame."

"Besides,

"It's not easy for you to be so beautiful."

Aurenli looked slightly puzzled, not understanding the last sentence:

"What's the meaning?"

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Xu Yuan shook his head, showing no intention of speaking further. He reached into his pocket, took the pendant out, tossed it aside, and turned to walk towards the prison door.

Aurenli is a clever and dangerous woman. Given the lack of information, she could very well escape using the Realmspace Stone pendant in a similar way to how he shattered the Kunwu Mirror.

However, that possibility has now disappeared.

Although the array patterns engraved on the Realmspace Stone may be different from those of the Great Yan, the teleportation array has reached such a level that it is impossible to cancel it.

Thinking this, Xu Yuan suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong with you?"

A cheerful voice came from behind her, Aurenli's bare, delicate feet made no sound as they touched the ground.

"Are you still not leaving now because you want to have an audience with the Emperor of my Xien Empire?"

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With his feet suspended in mid-air, unable to move an inch, Xu Yuan felt the person behind him approaching, feeling her gently place her hand on his shoulder. Her lowered eyes showed no panic, but rather a hint of relief.

That divination artifact called the Scales of Justice was indeed more than just a lie detector.

Aurenli wrapped her arms around Xu Yuan's neck from behind, stood on tiptoe, and whispered in his ear:

"In order to get back alive, I need more security, so I'm asking you..."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Yuan's figure suddenly disappeared from Aurenli's sight, but this disappearance didn't even last for a single frame before he reappeared in the same spot.

It was as if the disappearance just now was someone else's illusion.

Upon reappearing, Xu Yuan didn't turn around or say anything. He casually pulled Aurenli's hand away and continued walking towards the door.

"Clatter"

"Clatter"

"Clatter"

As the footsteps faded into the distance, Aurenli stood up gracefully, her expression showing no surprise, only a hint of regret.

Just as the Great Yan's magic-suppressing techniques were ineffective against her, the Scales of Justice was indeed unable to control the flow of Source Qi within these Yan people.

However, Xu Yuan's teleportation technique was somewhat strange.

Logically speaking, even if one is teleported away using a spatial magic ring, the function of the Scales of Justice should not be interrupted.

If it's not a spatial magic ring, then what is it?

"Buzz--"

His thoughts were interrupted by a loud buzzing sound, and a violent gust of wind swept up from behind him, causing the Realmspace Stone pendant, which had been thrown to the ground, to suddenly rise into the air.

Centered on the pendant, swirling ripples gradually condensed within the prison, with dazzling black, white, and purple orbs of light mixing together, eventually coalescing into a dazzling ring resembling a black hole.

Upon seeing this, Aurenli slowly turned around, lowered her head, and knelt in front of the circle.

After an unknown period of silence, a white boot, seemingly made of iron yet as fine as cloth, stepped silently out of the circle, followed by a figure shrouded in a purplish-black robe.

As the figure arrived, all the filth within the prison seemed to be instantly cleared away, and a holy radiance spread to every corner of it.

His face was hidden beneath a hood, from which strands of golden hair drifted out, shimmering as if divine light clung to them. As he moved, they seemed to swirl around him like stars, and countless intricate patterns appeared and disappeared around him.

He looked at the princess kneeling before him, his voice clear and calm:

"This is your first failure, Aurenli."

Aurenli knelt on the ground, without raising her head, and whispered:

"This place is the prison of the Prime Minister's residence in the Great Yan Dynasty. We need to leave as soon as possible, Your Majesty."

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After a moment of silence, the emperor did not give her a definite answer, but instead said softly:

I know why you failed.

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With a slight raise of her eyebrows, Aurenli subconsciously looked up at the "father" in front of her.

Then,

Behind her "father," Aurenli saw a man in a corner of the prison.

That corner seemed like a dark, forbidden zone where even the light could not penetrate.

The man seemed to have been standing there the whole time.

A figure could be vaguely seen wearing a snow-white robe, the upper body hidden in shadow, with only a pair of calm eyes gleaming with a cool light in the darkness.

He was watching them.

Oh no.

He was only looking at Him.

There will be one more chapter tonight.

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