"Why do I feel a bit despicable?"
Chen Ye thought to himself, holding the girl in his arms who was clinging to him out of fear, an untimely notion unexpectedly arose in his mind.
He thought, first forcefully taking her away from her familiar environment, then using Sword Control Flight to let her experience extreme fear, and finally using a piece of black cloth to isolate her connection to the outside world, leaving her only dependent on himself, the "culprit."
Does this count as... an unconventional bridge effect?
Forget it.
As the saying goes, severe illness requires strong medicine...
To prevent Lin Jin from straying further down the wrong path, Chen Ye decided to break down this little girl’s defenses as soon as possible.
The flying sword sped through the air, and the bustling outlines of Peach Mountain District soon appeared beneath their feet.
Chen Ye didn’t land directly in the center of the market, but instead chose a secluded, deserted alley to land quietly.
He didn’t immediately remove the cloth blindfold from Lin Jin’s eyes.
He just held her, standing in the shadow of the alley, letting her first use her ears to feel the bustling sounds of human life.
Peddlers’ cries, cultivators’ conversations, the clanging of magical artifacts colliding...
The noisy sounds were like a tide crashing against her long-closed emotional guard.
The girl in his arms began to tremble slightly again.
"Don’t be afraid."
Chen Ye lowered his head and whispered softly in her ear,
"Your master is here."
As he spoke, he finally unwrapped the black cloth blindfold.
Light returned once more.
But this time, it was no longer the dizzying whirl of heaven and earth.
What appeared before her eyes was the close-up side profile of a man.
His tall figure perfectly blocked the glaring sunlight and the bustling human shadows at the alley entrance for her.
She could only glimpse a corner of the bluestone road and a small piece of clear blue sky through the gap beside his body.
It seemed as if he had carved out a safe but small space separate from the world.
The girl gasped for breath, her pale, delicate, and slender hands tightly clutching his clothing, her little face buried deeply in his collar, almost unwilling to lift her head.
Her soft black hair fell gently, clinging to her slightly heaving young back.
"How will you manage being so nervous? Later, your master still needs to take you to meet others." Chen Ye lightly patted the small head buried in his clothes.
Just as Chen Ye thought, when Lin Jin heard about meeting others, her small body tensed even more, and her breathing became more fragmented and rapid.
"However..."
Chen Ye shifted his tone,
"If you don’t want to, then your master will put the blindfold back on you, and you won’t need to interact with strangers. Hmm... maybe I should hide Jin’er somewhere no one knows."
The little girl was stunned; her mind went blank.
He said... if she didn’t want to, he wouldn’t force her?
Ever since he broke into her room, everything he did was so forceful and undeniable: treating her leg, feeding her pills, carrying her out, forcing her into sword control...
And indeed, she couldn’t resist him, he was an Immortal above all...
But now, he was considering her feelings?
After a moment of silence, she seemed to muster great courage as she moved her head slightly against his collar in response.
?
Chen Ye felt a bit strange; it seemed like this little girl was even a bit grateful to him?
He was just thinking it wouldn’t be good for her to witness the killing.
Besides, this would be better.
"Now, no one can see Jin’er," Chen Ye said softly.
Thanks to his experience in caring for his two disciples, he was always skillful at comforting people.
Though he found Jin’er’s reaction strange, his tone remained calm and gentle.
He gently placed the blindfold over her smooth, jade-like eyelids, then unfolded a large black robe, wrapping her entirely, hiding her in darkness that belonged only to him.
At this moment, just by parting his collar, Chen Ye could glimpse the scene inside:
A girl with a blindfold, her half-revealed, adorable face deeply buried in the folds of his collar, only her tender lips like budding flowers, and her sharply pointed chin as exquisite as pen strokes, faintly visible.
Uh...
There was a strange sense of guilt.
Chen Ye thought about it and added:
"Only your master can see Jin’er; and Jin’er can only feel the presence of your master."
The slender waist and shoulders wrapped under the black robe tensed slightly, then trembled like butterfly wings.
As he said.
Completely deprived of vision, immersed in endless darkness, her sole perception was the warmth transmitted through the man’s clothing beside her.
It seemed... reassuring.
...
Chen Ye held her and stepped out from the alley, merging into the busy crowd.
He had long prepared everything for this trip.
Days ago, he had already ordered Duan Ling to closely monitor Wei Cheng’s every move.
He knew precisely when and where Wei Cheng would meet someone today.
Chen Ye’s visit today was not a spontaneous act of anger, but a long-planned assassination!
He carried Lin Jin, crossed several streets, until finally stopping in front of a restaurant called Drunken Immortal House.
Chen Ye found a secluded corner, employed a Limit Break level Qi Concealment Technique, and with a gentle tap on the wall, he silently carried the weightless girl onto the roof of a small house along the street.
From here, they could just peek into the layout of the private room on the second floor of Drunken Immortal House.
"We’re here,"
Chen Ye found a comfortable corner, letting Lin Jin rest against him, and said softly.
Though her eyes were covered, the mixed sounds of alcohol and chatter from the street clearly reached Lin Jin’s ears.