464: Chapter 464 Why haven't you replied to me yet, Xuan Yin?!

After instructing Ai Wei, King Xuanyin returned to her own bedchamber.

With the door closed, the quietness of the entire room enveloped her once again.

She walked to the window and stood there for a moment.

Looking at the tree shadows swaying in the wind outside the courtyard window.

Only then did she withdraw her gaze and glance at the messages in her light computer.

Hundreds of unread messages were crowded in her inbox.

Most of them were routine reports from subordinates, interspersed with a few greetings from the Lingyuan Empire.

Her gaze quickly swept across those titles, finally stopping on one of them.

Jasmine.

She clicked into it.

Jasmine's messages had been sent back and forth over a dozen times.

At the beginning, they were daily greetings and banter, with a lively tone.

As it went on, the tone became increasingly hurried and irritated.

The last few messages even carried obvious exasperation.

[ Have you come out of seclusion yet! ]

[ When are you coming out of seclusion! ]

[ Answer me! ]

[ Damn Xuanyin, why aren't you replying to me! ]

King Xuanyin looked at those messages, the corners of her lips moving slightly, which could be considered a smile.

With a slight movement of her Divine Thought, her consciousness sank into the Virtual World.

...

Jasmine had just seen King Feiyun and Ziyi off.

She didn't rush to log out.

She just crouched on the palm of that giant collector's edition mecha, swinging her short little legs and daydreaming.

Her mind was filled with a mess of vexing thoughts, and the more she thought about it, the more listless she became.

Suddenly.

The prompt sound of the world barrier rang with a ding.

She glanced at the visitor's name, and her eyes lit up instantly.

Xuanyin!

This fellow who had been in closed-door cultivation for over a month was finally willing to come out!

Jasmine jumped three feet high.

She quickly waved her hand to open the world barrier.

Shouting from far away:

" Xuanyin! You've finally come out! "

" Come in, come in! I've been waiting for you for so long! "

She jumped down from the mecha and quickly went to greet her at the entrance.

King Xuanyin's figure slowly floated in.

Her pink hair hung down her shoulders, and nine fluffy fox tails gently swept behind her.

Her whole body still carried a bit of post-seclusion laziness.

Compared to her mesmerizing appearance during her time in Lingyuan, her temperament at this moment was much softer, yet between her brows and eyes hid an unfading fatigue.

Jasmine ran up to her, tilted her head back and looked at her for several breaths.

Confirming that she was indeed standing before her safe and sound, she let out a long breath.

" If you didn't come out any sooner, I would have thought your closed-door cultivation had driven you to Qi Deviation. "

King Xuanyin looked at her worried yet hard-mouthed little appearance, her tone carrying a hint of laziness:

" If I suffered Qi Deviation, who would listen to you complain? "

Jasmine snorted and pulled her sleeve to walk inside:

" Cut the nonsense, come in and sit. "

The two came beneath that giant collector's edition mecha.

Jasmine habitually flew up to sit on it and patted the spot next to her.

Signaling her to come up as well.

King Xuanyin looked at this bulky silver-white mecha.

And then looked at all the mechas of various sizes and shapes all over the world, unable to help saying:

" Your aesthetic... hasn't changed in thousands of years. "

" Facing a pile of iron lumps every day, aren't you bored to death? "

" What iron lumps! These are all limited-edition collector's mechas! "

Jasmine instantly bristled.

She had originally been quite worried about King Xuanyin, but upon hearing these words, that trace of worry instantly shattered completely:

" This is called personal style! What do you know! "

" Personal style is iron lumps all over the world? "

" You call these iron lumps? This is art! "

" You call this art? "

" Otherwise what! That Small World of yours filled with flowers and plants all over is what you call aesthetic fatigue! "

" Mine is the beauty of nature. "

" The beauty of nature is peach petals all over the ground? "

" At least it looks better than yours! "

Jasmine refused to be convinced:

" What's so good-looking about flowers and plants! Mechas are a woman's romance! "

" You're a woman? "

" I am a little loli! "

The two argued back and forth for quite a while.

King Xuanyin looked at her righteous appearance and finally chuckled softly.

That laugh was very faint, yet it dispelled the lingering fatigue between her brows.

She did not retort further, stepped with her feet, lightly leaped onto the mecha, and sat down beside Jasmine.

Jasmine eagerly leaned closer to her, her large eyes staring fixedly at her face:

" You've been in closed-door cultivation for so long, how are things after all? Did you find a solution? "

King Xuanyin did not answer immediately.

Looking at the iron lumps all over the world, she was silent for a few breaths.

Then she gently shook her head.

The anticipation on Jasmine's face instantly collapsed.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but King Xuanyin spoke up a step ahead:

" Judging by your look, you've also been hit. "

Jasmine's earlobes turned red at her words, and she turned her face away:

" I... I haven't. "

King Xuanyin looked at her obviously guilty appearance, her tone leisurely:

" Your ears turn red when you lie. "

Jasmine suddenly raised her hand to cover her ears, and realizing that this action exposed herself even more, she quickly lowered her hand, glaring at her with puffed cheeks:

" Stop trying to trick me! "

King Xuanyin did not answer, just quietly looked at her, her gaze carrying the composure of "see if I'm right or not".

Jasmine felt extremely uncomfortable under her gaze, finally deflated, and muttered:

" Fine... There is a little bit. "

King Xuanyin slightly raised an eyebrow:

" A little bit? "

Jasmine turned her head even further away:

" ... More than a little bit. "

" Alright, alright, why are you asking so much! You tell me first what you found out this past month! "

King Xuanyin smiled and did not continue to pursue the question.

She leaned her body back, resting against the cold palm surface of the mecha, and spoke leisurely:

" Found nothing at all. "

" Tried every method that could be tried, used every secret technique that could be used, and that thing didn't budge at all. "

" I can't do anything about it at all. "

She spoke very calmly, as if stating a fact unrelated to herself.

Jasmine listened, the expression on her face changing from anticipation to disappointment, and from disappointment to silence.

She lowered her head, looking at her dangling calves, and spoke after a good while:

" Then what do you plan to do? "

King Xuanyin did not answer.

She turned her head to look at Jasmine, her tone carrying a hint of inquiry:

" Tell me first, how have you been contacting him during this period? "

At this question from her, the expression on Jasmine's face instantly turned subtle.

Stuttering for a moment, her gaze began to wander:

" Just... just like that. "

" Just met a few times, said a few words. "

" Nothing special. "

King Xuanyin looked at her evasive appearance, her tone still calm:

" When you lie, not only do your ears turn red, but your eyeballs also turn to the right. "

Jasmine suddenly froze, like a thief caught on the spot.

She glared at King Xuanyin, holding it in for several breaths before unwillingly opening her mouth:

" Alright, alright, I'll talk. "

" I was just curious at first, wanting to see what was so special about him. "

" Then I instigated King Feiyun and Ziyi, letting them go see Lin Yun... "

" See what? "

Jasmine's voice grew smaller and smaller, as if she had done something conscience-stricken:

" ... See his bridal chamber. "