He Li immediately felt relieved when he got all of that out. Maybe it was his imagination, but he could feel the looks of respect and fear in Zu An and the emperor’s eyes.

He was a cultivator at the peak of the ninth rank after all, someone who received respect wherever he went. Even in a place like the capital where cultivators were more widespread, his presence still carried considerable weight.

And yet it was precisely his arrogant self who had constantly been overshadowed by these two ridiculous existences, turning him into a wretched yes-man. Only now had he recovered his usual dignity.

He gave the trembling Bi Linglong a look. Even though your hair is a bit too white, your face really is pretty. Your weak appearance right now makes you look more ladylike than your usual high and mighty appearance.

I’ll kill the men and leave this extraordinary beauty alive. Who’ll even be able to find me once I leave and live incognito? 

I’ll just spend some time with the crown princess...