157: Each has his own thoughts and calculates against each other

Shen Mo and Nangong Lingyu, along with the others, returned to the capital city of Tianlong Kingdom.

During this process, Feng Qing and the others watched Nangong Lingyu like a thief, afraid that she might inadvertently charm Shen Mo away.

Seeing their expressions, Shen Mo was speechless. "Alright, quickly put away those looks on your faces. What do you look like?!"

Did he look like someone so desperate?

Someone who would go after any beautiful woman he saw?!

They were truly looking down on him!

Feng Qing and the others glanced at him, then muttered, "We are here to protect you under Ling Huang's orders…"

Therefore, protecting him from other women was also one of their duties.

Shen Mo was so angry he laughed.

"Alright, isn't she just a slightly better-looking woman? In my eyes, she's not even one hundred-thousandth as good as my wife!"

"Alright, all of you quiet down quickly, or don't blame me for turning hostile and disowning you!"

What Shen Mo said was true; in his eyes, no woman could compare to one hundred-thousandth of Feng Linghuang.

His wife had money, beauty, and strength. Most importantly, she was good to him!

Could any other woman achieve that?

Even if, by some remote chance, another woman could, it was only Feng Linghuang who stood by his side when he was at his lowest and most pathetic.

There is a type of man who is a wolf; he will only stand by the woman most loyal to him.

And now, Shen Mo was that wolf.

To put it bluntly, even if Feng Linghuang told him to marry someone else, he would still consider whether it would hurt Feng Linghuang.

In this world, there was only one Feng Linghuang who would stand by his side when he had nothing and was betrayed by everyone.

Besides her, who else could do it?

Even if they could, they wouldn't have been purely attracted to him as a person from the start.

Perhaps they saw his potential, or his value… or perhaps, they saw something unique about him.

But what did Feng Linghuang see in him?

Perhaps, only she would know.

Therefore, Shen Mo would never betray Feng Linghuang.

All other women in his eyes were merely pawns to be utilized, but Feng Linghuang was the exception.

She was the only woman in this world he wanted to protect.

"All of you, scram!"

Shen Mo's eyes turned cold.

A bunch of idiots, delaying his grand plan.

Even if he truly were a heartless man, what of it?

Could they stop him?

They might as well spend that time cultivating!

When Shen Mo spoke, Feng Qing and the others dared not argue and could only retreat silently.

It was only then that they realized Shen Mo was not someone they could control. Their so-called mission to help Feng Linghuang protect Shen Mo was nothing but a joke.

When Shen Mo was willing, they could naturally use Feng Linghuang's name to restrain him a bit.

But when he was unwilling, they didn't even have the authority to persuade him.

Some people, when they choose to give you face, that's when you have face!

And now, clearly, they had no face.

As Feng Qing and the others retreated, Min Hang and the others also dared not babble too much.

They had witnessed Shen Mo's recent temperament: extremely resolute and self-centered.

No one could change what he had decided.

Perhaps Feng Linghuang being here might have some effect.

But they, these people, absolutely could not do it.

And Shen Mo was different from other men; he truly held Feng Linghuang in his heart.

Therefore, everyone had no excessive worries about him truly abandoning Feng Linghuang or anything similar.

To be honest, a native woman he had just met truly wasn't worthy!

Feng Qing and the others were truly overly worried!

While Feng Qing and the others were discussing with Shen Mo, Nangong Lingyu, on the other side, after settling Shen Mo and the others, returned to her own palace with her entourage.

"What do you all think?"

She looked at the people around her with an indifferent expression.

At this moment, she was different from how she had been in front of Shen Mo earlier.

It seemed that her previous demeanor was also something she had deliberately feigned.

"The other party doesn't seem to be connected with those outsiders, but it's clear that their appearance is somewhat strange."

"The Saint's previous instruction was to gather all those foreign 'otherworlders'."

"Princess, you can try to probe him later."

"Anyway, those outsiders, in our view, have huge flaws and are bound to expose themselves."

One person respectfully replied.

"Indeed," someone else whispered in agreement, "Princess, you don't need to worry so much. If the other party is one of those outsiders, then they will naturally reveal their true colors. If not, it's a good opportunity to test out the arrangements of the Second Imperial Daughter and her group."

"Isn't that what you were thinking, Princess? Otherwise, you wouldn't have specifically tried to recruit these 'otherworlders'."

Hearing this, Nangong Lingyu immediately smiled.

"Exactly. I imagine my imperial sister's side has also had a very good harvest."

She slowly said, "However, if this Shen Mo truly isn't one of those foreign 'otherworlders', then we have truly profited this time."

When she said this, the others also started to laugh.

Indeed!

Three cultivators with extraordinary talent or above—their abilities were unmatched among the various imperial daughters.

"The information about Shen Mo is to be kept under wraps for now. No one is allowed to spread it without my command."

Nangong Lingyu said coldly.

She agreed to Shen Mo's proposal not because she was genuinely going along with his nonsense or was fooled.

It was purely because she felt it was beneficial to herself.

The probability of the other party being an outsider was very small.

Since that was the case, she wanted to first win him over to her side.

And her sisters loved to compete with her.

What could be better at retaining someone than for Shen Mo to be a useless pretty boy?

Of course, Shen Mo might not want to be a pure useless pretty boy, but Nangong Lingyu didn't take him in just to let him be a pure useless pretty boy.

Among other things, her dignity could not be lost.

Presumably, Shen Mo also knew this, otherwise he wouldn't have proposed the idea of "using him to test her imperial sisters."

Therefore, Nangong Lingyu was still very satisfied with Shen Mo's idea.

She just didn't know why the other party would suddenly propose such a reason?

Could it be that the other party also had some unavoidable reason for wanting to lie low in this Tianlong Kingdom?

Several thoughts spun in Nangong Lingyu's mind, and she quickly settled on one of them.

It was rumored that the Holy Temple intended to unite with several other regions this time. Perhaps, Shen Mo was someone sent by others to be an undercover agent here.

In short, as long as he wasn't an outsider, it was fine.