Villain: I Can See Destiny

52: Chapter 52 Xiao Ziming’s Scumbag Behavior”But the Dongyang Ancient Domain is the dowry Empress Ziwei gave you...” Nangong Yi wrinkled her delicate nose and said.

”She and I are merely in a political marriage; she is nowhere near as important as you.” Young Master Xiao Zimo looked at Nangong Yi affectionately and said.

”Young Master...” Nangong Yi felt moved in her heart, looking at Young Master Xiao Zimo with eyes full of affection.

”Young Master treats me so well, yet I actually doubted him just now. I really am a bad woman.”

”I must manage the Dongyang Ancient Domain well. Only then can I live up to Young Master’s affection for me,” Nangong Yi thought to herself.

”Xiao Yi, you should take that girl, Xia Yanran, with you as well. It will be good to have some company.” Young Master Xiao Zimo said, unaware of the thoughts running through Nangong Yi’s mind.

His main purpose in handing the management of the Dongyang Ancient Domain over to Nangong Yi was to send her away.

If she remained by his side, the difficulty of pursuing Xiao Xianyun would increase exponentially.

Although this behavior was a bit scummy, it was the best choice.

If it truly became impossible to win her heart, even if he already felt a trace of affection for Xiao Xianyun, he would have no choice but to painfully sever his attachment to his sister to achieve his Dao.

That’s right, he had known all along that Xiao Xianyun would head to the Heavenly Dao Academy.

Did his tsundere cousin really think she could escape from the palm of his hand?

When he left that night, he had planted a suggestion in Xiao Xianyun’s mind, compelling her to go to the Heavenly Dao Academy for her studies.

Looking at Nangong Yi, who was so deeply devoted to him, Young Master Xiao Zimo felt a bit guilty about leaving her alone in the Dongyang Ancient Domain.

It just so happened that there was a maid at home who could keep her company, and since Xia Yanran was a former Daughter of Luck, she might even prove unexpectedly useful.

”Young Master, if... if you feel lonely while Xiao Yi is not by your side, you can find Su Qingyan. Xiao Yi wouldn’t mind.” Nangong Yi said with a flushed face, seemingly embarrassed by what she had just said.

Upon hearing this, Young Master Xiao Zimo was stunned. ”What are you thinking about? Having you is enough for me.”

Although he said that, his thoughts inevitably drifted toward Su Qingyan.

Su Qingyan was one of Young Master Xiao Zimo’s followers at the Heavenly Dao Academy. She hailed from the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox lineage and was a legitimate, direct descendant of the Immortal Clan.

Generally speaking, members of the Immortal Clan would never follow anyone else; if they were to follow someone, it would be their own young clan head.

But Su Qingyan was an exception. When she first met Young Master Xiao Zimo, she had taken a liking to him.

She had even audaciously used the Celestial Immortal Art on Young Master Xiao Zimo, trying to charm him.

But she had underestimated Young Master Xiao Zimo’s strength and ended up suffering the backlash of the Celestial Immortal Art. From that moment on, she became deeply infatuated with Young Master Xiao Zimo.

However, the naturally suspicious Young Master Xiao Zimo, for the sake of insurance, had used the Slave Creation Technique to plant a slave mark on her.

Even after being branded with the slave mark, Su Qingyan held no resentment toward Young Master Xiao Zimo; instead, she was quite happy, believing herself to be the person Young Master Xiao Zimo trusted the most.

Thus, relying on her status as a female slave, she often tried to seduce Young Master Xiao Zimo at every opportunity.

Even though she was still somewhat immature at the time, there were several occasions where she almost caused Young Master Xiao Zimo to lose his primordial yang. Fortunately, Young Master Xiao Zimo’s Dao Heart was firm, and he managed to pull back from the brink in time.

Upon hearing Young Master Xiao Zimo’s words, Nangong Yi’s beautiful eyes glistened with emotion, and her resolve to manage the Dongyang Ancient Domain well for the Young Master became even firmer.

”That’s right, wear this war ring.” Young Master Xiao Zimo took off the black ring in his hand and personally placed it on Nangong Yi’s ring finger.

There were two main reasons for giving the ring to Nangong Yi.

Firstly, since Nangong Yi was already his woman, according to the customs of Blue Star, he wanted to personally place a wedding ring on her.

Secondly, he thought of what happened to Sikong Ruoyun in his previous life, and he did not want Nangong Yi to encounter any danger.

”What is this ring?” Nangong Yi was somewhat puzzled as to why the Young Master had suddenly given her a ring.

”I once visited a very miraculous Small World. The people there do not Cultivate, yet they have invented all sorts of interesting things.”

”There, if a man is with the woman he loves, he will personally place a ring on her ring finger.”

”Furthermore, I am worried about your safety while you are in the Dongyang Ancient Domain. This war ring contains a Small World where numerous Xiao Clan dead soldiers are kept. Should you encounter danger, they can protect you.”

”Young Master... Xiao Yi will definitely wear this ring forever.” After learning the significance of the ring, Nangong Yi was deeply moved, and the tenderness in her eyes was almost overflowing.

”In the future, if there is a chance, I must visit the Small World that Young Master mentioned.” Nangong Yi said, feeling incredibly happy.

”There will be a chance.” Young Master Xiao Zimo chuckled.

”But... but Young Master, you gave me such an important item. What about your own safety?” Nangong Yi’s voice was filled with worry.

”Rest assured, with Thirteenth Ancestor protecting me, who in the Upper Realm could harm me in the slightest?” ”Right, Thirteenth Ancestor?”

There was no response from the Void Realm.

Young Master Xiao Zimo looked at Nangong Yi and mumbled, ”Thirteenth Ancestor is just like that; she doesn’t like to talk much.”

Although he said this, Young Master Xiao Zimo’s heart was filled with doubts. Previously, although Thirteenth Ancestor didn’t speak much on her own initiative, she would basically answer whenever he spoke to her.

It was just that he didn’t know why Thirteenth Ancestor seemed to have become even colder lately. Even when he took the initiative to speak to her, she wouldn’t pay him any mind.

Was it because he had made her angry recently?

After collecting his thoughts, Young Master Xiao Zimo spoke indifferently to the war ring: ”Xiao Tian, Xiao Di, Xiao Long, Xiao Hu.”

Four wisps of light smoke emerged from the war ring, and the next moment, four burly men wearing golden battle armor appeared before Young Master Xiao Zimo.

”Greetings, Young Master.” The four men slightly bowed and saluted.

Young Master Xiao Zimo nodded slightly, then looked at Nangong Yi: ”These are the four great commanders from the war ring. All the dead soldiers within the war ring are under their command.”

”They are all existences at the Peak of the Great Saint Realm. Whenever you encounter difficulties in the Dongyang Ancient Domain that you cannot resolve, feel free to consult them.”

”If you truly cannot resolve them, you can send a message to the Heavenly Dao Academy to inform me.”

In truth, Young Master Xiao Zimo could have used his heavenly dao token to engrave Nangong Yi’s heavenly dao token to achieve information sharing, allowing them to send messages at any time.

However, the heavenly dao token did not have a message-blocking function, and for certain reasons, Young Master Xiao Zimo did not want to share information with her.

”The design team for the heavenly dao token is really too un-user-friendly! If I get the chance, I must make them add a blocking function.” Young Master Xiao Zimo pondered to himself.

”Nangong Yi greets you, Commanders. I will have to trouble you all to take care of me in the future.” Nangong Yi bowed slightly to the four commanders.

The commanders returned the salute one after another: ”Madame Nangong is too polite. Protecting you is our duty.”

... On his last night in the clan, Young Master Xiao Zimo still stayed at Nangong Yi’s sleeping quarters.