250: Exposure

Chen Yuan was slightly surprised in his heart, not expecting this cold and aloof Goddess Your Highness to be so direct.

His expression remained unchanged. He calmly took a step forward, bowed toward the main seat, and said in a steady voice:

“Tian Yuan, I respectfully obey Your Highness's decree.”

Star Glass said no more. She stood up and, surrounded by maids and guards, left the training grounds first, returning to the Moon-Embracing Pavilion where she was staying.

The performance ended hastily, but everyone's attention was already elsewhere.

Chen Yuan was led to the Moon-Embracing Pavilion by the beautiful maid who had announced the decree.

The Moon-Embracing Pavilion was an independent two-story building.

It featured flying eaves and upturned corners, constructed from Star-Patterned Black Wood.

Around the pavilion, several obscure yet powerful Auras were faintly lurking.

The maid led Chen Yuan to the door of a quiet room on the first floor and whispered:

“Young Master Tian Yuan, Your Highness is waiting inside. Please enter.”

After speaking, she did not enter but respectfully stood guard outside the door.

Chen Yuan composed himself, pushed the door open, and entered.

Inside, elegant Tranquilizing Incense was burning, and the lighting was soft.

Directly facing the door was a huge screen painted with Dragons and Phoenixes.

Behind the screen, a graceful, seated figure was vaguely visible—it was the Goddess Star Glass.

Besides her, there seemed to be no one else in the room; even the maid had not followed in.

“Tian Yuan greets Goddess Your Highness.” Chen Yuan stopped in front of the screen, bowed, and his voice was steady.

From behind the screen, Star Glass's cold voice drifted out, revealing no emotion:

“Dispense with the formalities. Tian Yuan is quite an imposing name. Sit.”

Chen Yuan obeyed and sat down on a nearby cushion.

“You, where do you come from?” Star Glass asked straightforwardly.

Chen Yuan had already prepared his excuse and answered calmly:

“Replying to Your Highness, I have cultivated in seclusion outside since childhood with my Revered Master. This current journey was also commanded by my Revered Master.”

“Cultivated in seclusion...” Star Glass's voice slightly trailed off.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, “Come forward, and let This Princess take a good look.”

Chen Yuan's heart stirred slightly, but he stood up as instructed and walked around the screen.

Behind the screen, Star Glass was not wearing a veil. Her stunningly beautiful face, cold as ice and snow, was fully revealed. Up close, it was even more breathtaking.

She sat upon a Star-Patterned Jade Couch, dressed in casual clothes, her dark hair unbound and scattered loosely.

Her starry eyes were clearly reflecting Chen Yuan's figure at this moment.

Chen Yuan met her gaze openly, then took out an invitation card.

“I have admired Goddess Your Highness for a long time, and I wish to invite the Goddess to tour the mountains with me. I wonder if Goddess Your Highness would grant me the honor?”

Star Glass looked at him for a few breaths, then took the invitation card and examined it.

After a moment, a playful curve suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.

“A decent performance,” she softly uttered the four words.

Chen Yuan's heart tightened, and he showed a confused expression:

“What does Your Highness mean by that? I don't understand.”

“Don't understand?”

Star Glass slowly stood up and took a step forward, closing the distance to Chen Yuan.

“This Princess possesses the Bloodline of the Starfall Demon Emperor, naturally granting an extraordinary perception of the Bloodlines of all spirits.”

Her voice suddenly turned cold: “You have Imperial Tiger Battle Blood within you, domineering and fierce, but...”

Pausing, she extended a slender, jade-white finger and pointed at Chen Yuan's chest through the air, her tone laced with undisguised mockery: “However, your Bloodline also hides a trace of Human Race Bloodline Aura.

Although it has been concealed and simulated by some secret technique, making it practically flawless, under the power of This Princess's Bloodline, it still has nowhere to hide!”

Boom!

It was as if a thunderclap had exploded in Chen Yuan's mind!

He never expected that this Goddess's Bloodline talent had reached such a terrifying level!

Even the ninth-tier 'Thousand Illusions Transformation Pill' produced by the System could not completely deceive her!

That's right. The Starfall Demon Emperor, named after the stars, sees through all things. It is not impossible for his Bloodline descendants to possess the ability to pierce through illusions!

“A mere Human Race dare to impersonate a Prodigy of my Imperial Tiger Clan, infiltrate the heartland of my Yao Race, and even sneak right in front of This Princess...”

Star Glass's voice grew colder and colder, and the temperature in the air seemed to be dropping,

“What incredible audacity! Speak, who are you? What is your purpose in infiltrating my Yao Race?!”

She looked at the Doomsday Dao Court Invitation Card in her hand.

“This card, that must be your goal, right?”

Star Glass clutched the card, her eyes filled with vigilance.

“This item is definitely not benevolent. I fear you planned this from the start, using the opportunity of the performance to approach This Princess and deliver this thing.

If This Princess is not mistaken, once my Divine Sense enters this object, at best my Divine Soul will be damaged, and at worst I will have a Restriction planted on me and be controlled by you! I have seen too many of your Human Race tricks!”

As she spoke, starlight gathered on her fingertips, about to utterly destroy the invitation card!

Chen Yuan's expression finally changed drastically!

The mission required Star Glass to accept the invitation card's information. If the card was destroyed, the mission would fail immediately!

In an instant, Chen Yuan held nothing back!

The majestic pressure of the Third Revolution Tribulation Crossing Stage erupted!

His figure moved like lightning, snatching the Dao Card from her hand.

“How dare you!”

The beautiful maid who had been guarding the door instantly sensed that something was wrong the moment Chen Yuan's pressure erupted. She let out a sharp cry and burst through the door!

A cold light flashed in her hand, and a thin sword, like a viper flicking its tongue, stabbed straight at Chen Yuan's back!

This maid surprisingly also possessed the cultivation of the Third Revolution Tribulation Crossing Stage!

Moreover, her swordsmanship was cunning and vicious, clearly that of a strictly trained death warrior!

Chen Yuan didn't turn his head. He reversed his hand, forming his fingers into a sword, and a Sword Qi slashed out, directly grazing her neck.

“Puchi!”

Instantly, the maid was decapitated.

Chen Yuan's thoughts raced. He took out the innate one qi human emperor banner and collected the maid's residual soul into it.

Cold light burst forth from Star Glass's eyes, but though surprised, she remained composed.

Before long, several guards clad in armor appeared, standing in front of Star Glass.

There were five people in total here. The leader was surprisingly a mighty expert of the Fifth Revolution Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

The other four were all at the Fourth Revolution Tribulation Transcension.

“Human Race beast! Why don't you quickly kneel and beg for mercy! Otherwise, you will surely face Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering today!” Star Glass shouted.

Chen Yuan paid no attention.

These four should be the ones secretly protecting Star Glass.

He had observed that the remaining maids and guards, apart from the one he just killed, were all in the Mahayana and Void Return Stages.

The leading armored guard unleashed his full Aura. In an instant, the surrounding walls cracked, and a powerful Qi wave swept out.

The entire Moon-Embracing Pavilion instantly shattered, and some surrounding buildings were also unable to escape harm.

Not to mention the Yao Race living nearby; they had already been crushed into powder when he fully unleashed his Aura.

The reason Chen Yuan hadn't acted was fear that Star Glass had even stronger experts protecting her. Therefore, he had to use the safest method. Since he was exposed, he might as well go all out.

“Prefect! Look in the direction of the Moon-Embracing Pavilion! Why are the Goddess's people fighting Young Master Tian Yuan?!”

“If you ask me, who should I ask?”

The Prefect was also completely dumbfounded, let alone the Patriarchs of the Four Great Families.

“Prefect, do you think Young Master Tian Yuan can match those guards of the Goddess?”

The Prefect looked at him as if he were an idiot. “Are you out of your mind? That leading guard is clearly at the Sixth Revolution Tribulation Transcendence Stage. If even I can't last a single round, how could Young Master Tian Yuan, who is only at the Third Revolution, possibly cope?”

The Prefect closed his eyes and sighed. It was likely that Young Master Tian Yuan had angered Goddess Your Highness.

He only hoped that Goddess Your Highness would not blame him.

“Holy crap! Prefect, look quickly! Young Master Tian Yuan seems to have won.”