I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1180 - Chapter 1180 Chapter 474

Chapter 1180: Chapter 474: Chapter 1180: Chapter 474: “Of course I know that Xiling City is gone,” Yun Xiu rolled her lovely eyes and chided, “But the noble families of Xiling are still very much alive.”

“It’s indeed a miracle. Under such a sudden disaster, when the Longjiang breached its banks and changed course, the Tang family in Xiling was not only unshaken, but they also rose against the tide and established the Longxi Alliance, becoming the strongest force in the western territories, which is truly extraordinary!”

“Is… is that so?”

“So, an aunt intent on mastering the intelligence of Longzhou’s western territories would never miss such a big fish. Just go around the Lingjiang Seven Cities, and surely you will find traces of aunt!”

Miss Yun Xiu, brimming with confidence after formulating her aunt-seeking strategy, was about to seek praise from Tang Luo, but she found that the person she was looking to for affirmation had a truly unpleasant expression on his face.

And how could he not look upset? The young lady seemed dead set on burrowing into Longxi, which was spelling doom for me!

General Tang Luo knew that he couldn’t stop Yun Xiu from leaving just by being passive aggressive, so he had to resort to some tactics!

Within just a short while, the general, whose face had turned strikingly pale, succeeded in drawing the young lady’s attention.

“What’s wrong with you, you look terrible!” Yun Xiu asked with concern.

“It’s nothing,” General Tang Luo said weakly yet resiliently, airy as a cloud, “It might be a bit of a cold caught from the alternating heat and chill. It’ll be gone in a while.”

“It’s all my fault.”

Seeing Tang Luo’s lips turn deathly pale, Yun Xiu blamed herself with remorse, “Considering your condition, I shouldn’t have kept you talking outside. It was inappropriate of me.”

“It’s nothing serious, just a slight discomfort,” the general pressed on his advantage, “If I could have a bowl of love-filled soup under the eaves during this cold rain, it might just cure the illness!”

Hoping that by showing his weakness along with a diversionary strategy, he would be able to shift Yun Xiu’s focus and buy some time to come up with a strategy, he never expected that his unusual request for food would catch her attention.

Even when he was completely incapacitated and lying in an East Market villa, Tang Luo had never asked her to bring him food. After spending some time together, Yun Xiu realized that Tang Luo was someone who didn’t like to trouble others.

She looked up at the sky, which seemed as if it were a leaking dark canopy. To make such a request in the dead of the night was really against common sense.

The long-dormant instincts of Wind Media and a woman’s sixth sense were both activated, prompting Yun Xiu to probe the deeper meaning behind the request, so she said with a narrowed smile, “Before we make soup, aren’t you going to explain why the mention of Xiling and the Longxi Alliance made you so nervous?”

Wrapped in the warm, heart-comforting clay pot was Miss Yun Xiu’s sudden sharpness. Faced with this abrupt question and totally unprepared, Tang Luo could only fall silent.

Not sure whether to laugh or cry, Yun Xiu’s sudden sharpness had cornered Tang Luo. His seemingly answerless silence exposed his true feelings entirely.

“Thunder rumbled”

In the pouring rain, a brilliant flash illuminated under the dark eaves with piercing clarity.

“Don’t you want to say something?” Yun Xiu asked.

She had only felt it strange and thus spoke out on a whim to probe, yet unexpectedly, she stumbled upon hidden matters. Now, she only wanted to dig deeper and see what secrets the person who professed his love for her was hiding!

“I really am nervous,”

The serene-faced General Tang Luo opened up and confirmed Yun Xiu’s suspicion, and then counter-questioned, “Aren’t you nervous?”

Unaware of being led by the rhythm, Yun Xiu asked without a hint of self-awareness, “What do I have to be nervous about?”

“Truly the bravery of one who has never faced a tiger! The banks of Lingjiang, that’s Longxi Alliance territory!” Tang Luo praised with a complex expression, then added with a heavy heart, “You don’t think that the Lingjiang Seven Cities are like Chaochang, do you?”

“Here, you’re sheltered by the Spirit World Passage, a gate that covers the whole of Chaochang, so even if you make a mistake or a slip-up, as long as you hide inside, you’ll be able to turn danger into safety. Even grandmasters can’t do anything to you. But the Lingjiang Seven Cities are different.”

“There, you’ll have no allies, no intelligence, no Spirit World Passage; one mistake and you could be trapped dead in the city!”

“If I hadn’t been seriously injured, the banks of Lingjiang naturally wouldn’t be any dragon’s den or tiger’s lair, but now…”

He paused, and Tang Luo slightly opened his hands, like a small beast showing its soft belly to someone it trusts, earnest and sincere, and said word by word, “If anything happens to you in Longxi, I would never forgive myself for the rest of my life!”

Rarity confers value, and the infrequent tenderness of a tough guy is always more precious than the sweet nothings of a playboy. Facing death with no fear, this man of steel becomes anxious for one’s safety, only because he is hopelessly in love.

This sudden confession left Yun Xiu somewhat at a loss. Tang Luo’s passionate gaze was enough to throw her into confusion, and even turning her head away, she could still feel the two intense beams of scrutiny fixated on her cheeks, almost setting ablaze the cold rainy night.

The young lady, having never experienced such a thing, could no longer think calmly and turned to flee toward the kitchen, leaving behind only the words, “I’ll go make some soup.”

Watching Yun Xiu’s frightened-deer-like light footsteps, Tang Luo let out a breath of relief, knowing that for now, he had survived!

The soup, made by the cooking-savvy lady, was taking unusually long, while Tang Luo wished Yun Xiu would stay in the kitchen until morning, giving him enough time to ponder how to get through this predicament!

From the current situation, Yun Piaopiao’s death could likely become a blade that splits his relationship with Yun Xiu.

This blade hung over his head, yet he could not just cast it far away, because eventually, Tang Luo would need to reveal his identity to Yun Xiu.

Frankly, if it weren’t for the matter of Yun Piaopiao, unveiling his identity now and taking her back to Longxi wouldn’t matter.

But now it wasn’t feasible, and he couldn’t despicably seal away the information that Yun Piaopiao died at the hands of Tang Clan, because such unshareable secrets would eventually come to light.

And this self-perceived cleverness would become incredibly foolish after the exposure.

There are no walls in the world that don’t leak. Once the truth is out, there would be no trust left between him and Yun Xiu, and a relationship without trust is akin to having lost everything.

“What a sin I’ve committed!”

Lowly roaring into the pitch-dark rainy night, Tang Luo slumped into a chair with an expression as if he had lost his nation.

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South Sea Cultivation Field

Xiang Yan, with the Immortal Cloud Whisk Soul in hand, kept iterating the combination of Spirit Arts and Divine Artifacts on the training field, and as the research deepened, he became increasingly aware of the unfathomable depths of Yun Zu.

Relying on Yun Qi, nearly all types of cloud techniques could be enhanced by the Immortal Cloud Whisk Soul. Besides this evident advantage, he could faintly perceive that within the Immortal Cloud Whisk Soul, there were still some deeply hidden pieces of information.

This discovery made him put aside all clan affairs and come to the South Sea Cultivation Field, focusing solely on the research of the Divine Artifact.