The Sage Emperor's eyes were the purest and most complex eyes Lin Ke had ever seen.
Like the snow on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, like the waters of Fuxian Lake, like the moon over Erhai Lake.
Clear to the very bottom.
In his previous life, Lin Ke had seen that purity in the eyes of many infants.
In the eyes of some elders over a hundred years old, cloudiness had given way to clarity again, revealing that same purity.
But mostly, only infants' eyes could be so pure.
Yet when Lin Ke looked more closely, he seemed to see a white-haired old man.
That cloudiness, and that detachment born of seeing through the mortal world, swept over him, bringing a sense of calm and leisure.
Then came shrewdness, justice, indifference, desire, self-interest, gentleness...
Countless expressions churned deep within the Sage Emperor's eyes, like the myriad colors in a great dye vat.
Like the world of mortal dust itself.
Lin Ke felt that if he simply kept looking, he could touch the very essence of the Dao and advance straight into the fifth realm as a Great Confucian.
"Do you like it?"
The Sage Emperor's intrigued voice rang out, warm and friendly.
"It's all right." Lin Ke nodded instinctively and spoke his mind. "Would be better if you were a woman."
Then, in less than a second, Lin Ke nearly drenched himself in cold sweat.
"This lowborn commoner, Lin Ke, pays his respects to Your Majesty!"
Lin Ke hastily stepped back, clasped his hands, and bowed.
At the same time, he grumbled inwardly.
The Sage Emperor and Princess Tian definitely share the same genes.
Brother and sister, all right!
Do you like it?
Do you like it?!
What kind of bullshit question was that?!
*In the Great Wei Sacred Dynasty as