LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 3:
Chapter 3: Severing the Ties, Changing Strategies!:
“Master Ling Tian, please go up to the Moonview Tower.”
The maid Yue Han said, leading Ling Tian to the base of the tower before quietly taking her leave.
“Thank you, Miss Yue Han.”
Ling Tian nodded at her departing figure.
She hadn’t led him to Ye Ziyuan’s Heavenly Phoenix Courtyard, but instead to the Moonview Tower in the Heavenly Leaf Military Palace.
Could it be that Ye Ziyuan was on the tower?
For some reason, as he looked up at the tower’s peak, a sense of unease grew within him.
However, since he had come this far, he had no choice but to press on.
Time was slipping away, and he needed to complete the mission within the hour.
If not, his life would be in danger.
Shaking off his anxiety, Ling Tian began ascending the steps to the Moonview Tower.
…
In the Heavenly Leaf Military Palace, the Moonview Tower basked in the soft glow of the moonlight.
A redwood table sat there with a pot of freshly brewed tea, the moonlight casting a magical silver sheen over everything.
From this high vantage point, he could see the beautiful view of the Great Zhou capital below.
A woman sat at the redwood table.
Her icy-blue hair cascaded to her waist, and she wore a luxurious snow-white gown that brushed the floor.
A white silk sash wrapped around her waist, highlighting her slender figure perfectly.
The moonlight highlighted her ethereal beauty, giving her the appearance of an unattainable goddess.
Even with all his mental preparation, Ling Tian’s heart skipped a beat.
This wasn’t Ye Ziyuan, but rather, Ye Qingluo!
“You’ve come.”
Ye Qingluo’s elegant eyebrow raised slightly, her tone calm.
“Greetings, Miss Qingluo,”
Ling Tian replied, not addressing her as Palace Mistress or Senior, but simply as Miss Qingluo.
Although she was Ye Ziyuan’s adoptive mother, she was only nine years older than Ye Ziyuan and eight years older than him, so he had always called her Miss Qingluo, and today was no exception.
Hmm.
Ye Qingluo nodded, taking a sip of tea.
After a moment, she asked, “Ling Tian, you came today to see Ziyuan?”
Before he could respond, her eyes flashed with a piercing light, and her tone turned cold as she continued,
“Regardless, I need to remind you of something!”
“Ziyuan possesses the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Body.”
“At only nineteen, she has reached the peak Star Profound Realm,
and she commands the 300,000 troops I’ve entrusted to her. She’s a gifted woman, the hope and future of the Heavenly Leaf Military Palace.”
“So, Young Master Ling Tian…”
“You should leave.”
“She and you… you two aren’t from the same world.”
“It’s best you never return here.”
Hearing this, Ling Tian was momentarily stunned.
The message was clear: Ye Qingluo didn’t want him to have anything to do with her adopted daughter, Ye Ziyuan, and was warning him to stay away.
“Is she really cutting us off?” Ling Tian thought to himself.
But that was the least of his worries at the moment.
If he didn’t complete this beginner’s mission, he might end up dead in the Worry-Free Forest tonight!
His life was on the line.
So he needed to see Ye Ziyuan, no matter what!
Taking a deep breath, he asked, “Miss Qingluo, is Ziyuan in the palace?”
“Could I…”
“No.”
Ye Qingluo cut him off before he could finish.
Ling Tian’s heart sank at her immediate refusal.
In the past, he’d visited the Heavenly Leaf Military Palace ten times and never once encountered Ye Qingluo, yet here she was, blocking him at this critical moment.
What kind of luck was this?!
“What should I do now?”
Ling Tian clenched his fists, realizing that even if Ye Ziyuan were here, he wouldn’t be able to meet her.
And he only had an hour.
“Yue Han, show him out,”
Ye Qingluo said coldly, issuing her command.
“Master Ling, please leave,” Yue Han said softly, stepping in front of him.
Sighing, Ling Tian turned to leave, but then paused mid-step…
Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through his mind!
This idea rooted him to the spot, haunting him like a persistent specter.
“If Ye Ziyuan isn’t in the palace,”
“Then maybe…”
“Maybe I could change my approach!”
Ling Tian slowly raised his gaze, staring intently at Ye Qingluo, his eyes growing brighter by the second.
Thump, thump, thump!
His heart pounded wildly as this bold thought took hold in his mind.
Hmm?
Ye Qingluo’s elegant brow rose, her beautiful eyes observing Ling Tian with a hint of curiosity.
She sensed that something in his gaze had… shifted.