Ice Domain, Virtual Universe:
"Junior brother, aside from that one visit three years ago, you haven't come here at all these past few years."
"Come, try some of the fine wine I've been saving!"
Venerable Shi Yuan took out a wine jug and poured Li Xin a cup. "Although I don't know what this wine is, it burns through your whole body like fire when it goes down your throat, then leaves you freezing all over. It's like being caught between two heavens of ice and fire. It's the best wine I've ever had."
Li Xin praised it.
"That's high praise, junior brother. This wine is called Ice and Fire Between Two Heavens."
Venerable Shi Yuan smiled in satisfaction.
"Second senior brother, I've come to ask a favor..."
Li Xin explained what had happened between him and Ai Chen. If it hadn't concerned their safety, he wouldn't have wanted to trouble Venerable Shi Yuan over something like this.
"It's a trivial matter. Your identity simply can't be made public yet. Otherwise, even if they had ten times the nerve, they wouldn't dare fight you over a woman!"
"Besides, that young lady from the Mengluo Wing Race only awakened her talent because of the Bright-Eyed Heavenly Light you gave her. I'll have someone warn them. I guarantee they won't dare entertain any more ideas."
Venerable Shi Yuan smiled. This was effortless for him; a single mass email would settle it. No Immortal Level expert would dare disregard him.
"Thank you, senior brother!"
Only with Venerable Shi Yuan's assurance did Li Xin finally feel at ease.
This incident also made him realize that he hadn't thought things through carefully enough, which had brought Ai Chen so much trouble.
He could easily have waited until they reached the Initial Universe before giving Ai