What made Feng Yuqin even more exasperated next was that the inn room the man took her to after leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion was her new lodging place.
"Who on earth are you? Why do you keep haunting me?" Feng Yuqin asked warily, looking at the masked man in front of her.
Seeing her so on guard against him, an inexplicable sense of annoyance welled up in the man's heart. "Woman, it was me who saved you just now. Otherwise, you might be dead by now."
"You're overthinking. Even if you hadn't saved me, I wouldn't have died." Feng Yuqin said icily.
The man let out a soft chuckle. "Are you saying that your trump - card divine beast would have saved you?"
Feng Yuqin's heart skipped a beat. This man really knew she had a divine beast.
Just now, she had harbored a glimmer of hope, thinking that the man couldn't be sure that the aura he detected from the Gold - Devouring Beast was that of a divine beast. But now, that hope was completely gone.
The man noticed that her expression hardly changed when he mentioned the divine beast. A mischievous thought suddenly popped up in his mind. He was eager to see other expressions on this woman's face.
Thinking like this, he recalled the feeling of accidentally touching her hands before. The sensation was still fresh in his memory.
Suddenly, he stepped forward...
Feng Yuqin had been standing in front of the table. She instinctively took a step back, but there was a wall behind her. She had nowhere else to retreat.
Then Feng Yuqin found herself being pinned against the wall. Her face instantly flushed red.
This sudden turn of events caught her completely off - guard. Although she had used the beauty trap when she was a killer, it was always when she was mentally prepared. But now, she was completely unprepared.
When the man lowered his head, he saw the woman in his arms blushing. Her neck and ears soon turned red as well. The faint fragrance of the woman made his deep and cold eyes turn even darker, and his Adam's apple bobbed.
"Get out of the way, or I'll be rude to you!" Feng Yuqin shouted angrily.
She wanted to fight back, but the man was too powerful. He directly used his soul power to restrain her, leaving only her mouth able to move.
But Feng Yuqin never expected that soon even her mouth would lose its function. As if not wanting to hear words he disliked from her mouth, the man directly lowered his head and covered her delicate lips with his thin ones.
The moment their lips touched, both of their bodies stiffened.
It was the man's first time kissing a woman. The feeling was addictive, making him crave more. This unfamiliar feeling brought a flash of pleasure to the man's heart. It was a feeling he had never experienced before, and he liked it very much.
The consequence of his liking was that he kept ravaging her delicate lips.
When he finally let go, the first thing the little woman in his arms said was, "Lecher! I'll kill you!"
The scarlet eyes of the woman made the man's heart tremble. "I'll marry you."
He had originally planned to marry her. If she hadn't encountered the killers, she would already be his princess by now.
"Get out!" Feng Yuqin said icily, her eyes filled with coldness.
The man looked at her deeply and said, "I know you want to save your mother. I can help you."
"I don't need your help." Feng Yuqin said coldly.
"Yes, you do!" The man's voice carried an unquestionable domineering tone. "Your current strength is not enough. Feng Pingqiu has set up so many traps, and your divine beast can't be discovered. You can only count on me."
Just as Feng Yuqin was about to coldly refuse again, the man added, "You can wait, but your mother can't."
Feng Yuqin felt a pang in her heart. She knew that this damned man was telling the truth. Because she had just seen that the water in the water dungeon was the dead water that specifically damaged the foundation of soul power. If this continued, even if her mother was rescued, she would be useless.
"I can go to my maternal grandfather's family." Feng Yuqin didn't want to get involved with this man.
Mo Xuanye noticed the wavering in her tone and slightly raised the corner of his mouth. "You're so smart. You should have guessed that the traps tonight were aimed at your maternal grandfather's family. If your maternal grandfather's family had the ability, your mother wouldn't have been locked in the water dungeon for so long without being rescued."
Feng Yuqin frowned. This damned man was completely right.
She looked at him and said coldly, "What's the condition?"
Was this a sign of agreement? Mo Xuanye hooked his lips, and a smile appeared on his face under the mask.
Feng Yuqin saw the lower part of his face and the smile on his lips made her feel annoyed.
"I haven't thought it through yet." Mo Xuanye's words made Feng Yuqin grind her teeth in anger. If she had the strength now, she would surely smash the man in front of her into mincemeat.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to kill him in her heart, and said coldly again, "I want my mother out of the water dungeon tomorrow, and it must be done openly."
"What about you? Will you go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion or stay in the inn?" Mo Xuanye didn't think this woman would let it go so easily.
Just from the fact that she dared to break into the Prime Minister's Mansion tonight, he thought this woman was definitely of the same kind as him.
Feng Yuqin looked at him mockingly and sneered, "Since you know my identity, don't you know that I'm a princess for the marriage alliance? Do you think a princess for the marriage alliance can go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion openly?"
"What if I can make it happen?" Mo Xuanye said. "Will you marry me in return?"
"Dream on!" Feng Yuqin said icily.
"Dream on?" The man's voice was seductive. "Do you plan to go through with the marriage alliance after rescuing your mother?"
Feng Yuqin scoffed. "I just managed to escape. Do you think I'll go through with the marriage alliance? What's so great about Mo Xuanye of the Dongyuan Kingdom? Is he worthy of me?"
The air... suddenly fell silent.
The man let out a low laugh, but the laugh made Feng Yuqin inexplicably feel a sense of danger.
"Mo Xuanye is not worthy of you? Then who in this Tianyuan Continent is worthy of you?" The man's tone was extremely cold, with a deadly sense of danger in it.
Sensing the man's danger, Feng Yuqin instinctively replied, "Who's worthy of me has nothing to do with me. I just want to practice and become powerful, and then wander the world with my sword."
Hearing her words, the dangerous aura around the man dissipated, and his voice carried a hint of temptation. "Well, I'll accompany you on your wandering adventures with the sword."
Feng Yuqin: "..." Was this man too full of himself?
Moreover, he called himself "King". There were quite a few princes of this age in the Xisong Kingdom. She began to wonder which prince he was.
The man spoke again, interrupting her train of thought. "I'll send someone to make arrangements first. Tomorrow, not only will your mother be rescued, but you can also go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Without waiting for Feng Yuqin's reply, the man left.
"Mas... master, wuwuwu, it's not that I didn't want to save you. It's just that that man is too powerful. I couldn't get out at all." The Gold - Devouring Beast said tremblingly.
He had to become stronger quickly. The next time that man bullied his master, he would be able to save her. Little did he know that even if he became stronger, he would still have no power to resist that man.
"It's okay. Just think of it as being bitten by a dog." Feng Yuqin said indifferently as she wiped her lips hard.