Ye Li Xing gave a contemptuous look to his subordinate; he was well aware that this flattering subordinate was just paying lip service, secretly harboring his own opinions about him.
But he did not care, after all, this Xia Feng would spend his entire life confined to the Garden and be nothing more than a passing visitor to the Holy Daughter.
As for himself, the youngest golden knight of the Black Moon Church and the strongest candidate for the position of arch-knight, in a few years he would become a Guardian Knight.
Only a Holy Knight was eligible to father the Black Moon Holy Bloodline with the Holy Daughter, and currently, he had the greatest chance of becoming a Holy Knight among those around Saintess Nai Xue.
He believed that as long as he was willing to strive and wait, he would eventually win over the Holy Daughter!
Sooner or later, the Holy Daughter would come around and realize who her true love was!
Ye Li Xing thought delightfully, his gaze firmly fixed on the Holy Daughter upstairs, her legs tightly pressed together, looking lost.
"How come the Holy Daughter... hasn't regained her senses yet?" His bitter heart felt somewhat annoyed; that bastard Xia Feng, why couldn't he be gentler with the Holy Daughter!
Cha Naixue straightened her back and sat upright on the couch, her lost gaze slowly gathering, her demeanor returning to its calm and graceful state, as if her previous loss of composure and pleading had never happened.
Her face was serene, her purple eyes fixedly staring at the Fibonacci spiral forming in the center of the tea.
The wave patterns continuously spread from the center, her rationality gradually restoring calm, her emotions placid, yet her small hands on her lap were still tightly clenched.
Whether considering her interests or from a practical standpoint, her situation just now did not allow her to continue resisting and contradicting Xia Feng.
Thus, she had humiliated herself by calling Xia Feng "master" once again, pleading for his mercy.
But this did not mean she would submit to this devil! Chapters first released on ⓝovelFire.net
"Cha Naixue, Master Hua just mentioned that you were looking for Star Bone Glass; what is that?" In the silence, Xia Feng's indifferent voice suddenly rang.
"!" Cha Naixue's shoulders tensed reflexively, her pupils dilating, but she quickly realized that Xia Feng was merely asking her a question.
Her expression slightly stiffened, her heart annoyed at her own fearfulness!
Xia Feng watched quietly as the woman in the snow dress took a long time to respond, and he frowned, "Not answering my question, eh? Seems you haven't learned your lesson yet."
Saying this, he was about to get up, but Cha Naixue, frightened, quickly grabbed Xia Feng's wrist, lifting her flushed face and spoke softly, biting her lip, "Xia... I'll tell, I'll tell everything!"
A momentary humiliation was nothing! This bastard would one day pay the price! Although Cha Naixue was fearful, there was a hidden darkness under her deferentially lowered eyelashes.
She knew she had completely lost her rationality, ignoring the general likelihood of a successful resistance, for indeed, the chances of resistance succeeding were extremely low, but she just couldn't accept it!
She couldn't accept her own misjudgment, couldn't accept Xia Feng's indifferent attitude... Since Xia Feng disliked her so much, she wanted to see—
When bonded with her, facing physiological desires, whether this guy could remain unchanged at heart and still love Mu Qingtong!
However, the prerequisite for humiliating Xia Feng was either cancelling the Guardian Slave Contract or possessing strength far surpassing Xia Feng's, both of which were exceedingly difficult to achieve.
To endure humiliation and bear heavy responsibilities!
"Then tell me, what is Star Bone Glass, and what is Green Bone Glass?"
Hearing Xia Feng's commanding tone from above, she slowly lifted her head; the darkness in her eyes had already retreated, replaced by a soft gaze shimmering with humiliated tears, she said helplessly:
"Green Bone Glass has many uses, agitating evil, causing hallucinations, recording..."
Cha Naixue listed a myriad of uses and then began to explain each, "Agitating evil means that in the domain formed by Green Bone Glass, if a higher life form harbors evil thoughts, these thoughts will be amplified to some degree. Of course, if one has high spiritual power or is protected by a Star God, they are immune."
"Causing hallucinations, within the domain, when the emotions of a higher life form reach a certain intensity, they will see hallucinations of what they wish to see."
"Recordings, within the domain, every scene exposed to sunlight will be recorded inside the Star Bone Pillar."
As she spoke, Cha Naixue pointed to the pillar outside the floor-to-ceiling window, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly, "See that pillar? That is the Star Bone Pillar. Everything that happens in this evil place is recorded within it."
Xia Feng raised his eyebrows, looking towards the first floor.
The outer walls and even the roof of this castle were made of semi-transparent glass, allowing the outside light to shine in without reservation.
Cha Naixue knew what Xia Feng was worried about and continued, "There are limitations to the recording range. The height cannot exceed four meters above the sea of flowers, and the second floor is eight meters tall."
Xia Feng nodded, roughly understanding; this was probably a method used by the garden's master to win over the nobility.
The nobles understood without explicit agreement, voluntarily or involuntarily offering leverage and then joining the garden's big family. As long as they protected the Star Bone Pillar properly, they could all thrive and be happy together.
And after the giving of leverage, some more 'conservative' nobles naturally did not want to continue to be watched. They wanted some private space.
The relatively private second floor and the secret rooms came into existence accordingly.
"You seem to know a lot," Xia Feng said, looking at Cha Naixue with confusion, "Do you come here often?"
"How could I! Xia Feng, what kind of person do you think I am!" Cha Naixue's tone was slightly raised, but she quickly realized her lapse and calmed her tone, "It's my first time in such a disgusting place, naturally, I had to investigate thoroughly!"
Xia Feng nodded, "Oh, then what about the Star Bone Glass?"
"Green Bone Glass flourishes once every twenty years, and after it blooms, it's called Star Bone Glass."
"Star Bone Glass also has many functions, but its main use is as the core material for Star God projections, and Star Bone Glass is very difficult to cultivate. In the entire Zone 51, only this place has it."
Star God projection? Xia Feng was somewhat surprised.
The Star Realm was different from the Human Realm and the Evil Realm as the latter two belong to the same dimensional world, whereas the Star Realm resides in a higher conceptual dimension, where the Star God is eternal.
Thus, summoning the Star God is much harder than summoning the Evil God, and most of the time, only the projection of the Star God can be summoned.
"Summoning God?" Xia Feng blinked in confusion, "Is your Church Court trying to summon the Black Moon Goddess?"
"It's a task given to me by the Archbishop," Cha Naixue shook her head, "Though I don't know what he intends to do, it's definitely not to summon the Black Moon Goddess."
"Because the Black Moon Goddess—" Cha Naixue paused, pursed her lips, "She has been corrupted."
"Ah? What do you mean?"
"I can't say more." Cha Naixue shook her head and, biting her lip, her eyes suddenly seemed a bit pitiful, "Little Feng, you don't need to force me to say this; it's of no use to you."
Xia Feng gave her a sharp look, nodded, and did not ask further. With a knowing look, he gazed out the floor-to-ceiling windows; guided by the candlelight of Miss Jianzhu, he could sense that the presence of the Holy Liquid was getting clearer—there indeed was a whole 50 milliliters!
If he could obtain it, it would be a significant leap towards the target of 100 milliliters.
Just then, knocking sounds arose, "Holy Daughter."
Cha Naixue's pitiful and humiliated gaze withdrew in an instant, turning cold and indifferent, sitting up straight, "Enter."
Ye Li Xing led three Silver-armored Knights into the room at a slow pace, disdainfully glancing at Xia Feng. With his left hand on his chest, he respectfully bowed to Cha Naixue and said solemnly,
"Holy Daughter, the blooming time for the Star Bone Glass is approaching."
"The Archbishop said the Star Bone Glass is vitally important and instructed us to find it, so please, my lady, stop indulging in some lowly man!"
"?" Xia Feng's face was expressionless; are you talking about me?
Cha Naixue gently placed her tea on the coffee table and looked up faintly, "Ye Li Xing, Knight, are you teaching me how to handle my duties?"