“There are definitely Surveillance Institute moles within our Imperial City Bureau; otherwise, we wouldn't have been beaten so badly this time. Our identities are no longer safe. After this, it’s time for a change of identity!”
Qing Ya said coldly.
Xiao Lian also had a serious expression and nodded.
After speaking, the two of them glanced at Xia Chen, who was sound asleep on the bed, and Xiao Lian couldn't help but speak.
“Miss, what should we do next? Should we directly use illusion to give him some clues? But even if he knows the clues, will he investigate?”
Xiao Lian was a bit worried. Spy work was basically managed by the Lantern Bearers, and Xia Chen was just an Imperial Guard captain. Would he really be useful?
“For meritorious children like them, entering officialdom means wanting to make great achievements and show off. From the information, he definitely didn't join the Imperial Guard to idle away. Regardless of whether it’s effective or not, let’s try it first. We must take the initiative; we can't be led by the nose by the Surveillance Institute people!”
Qing Ya walked to the bedside as she spoke, her eyes rippling like water, containing a strange energy.
“I'll first pull him into a dream, subtly influencing him in the dream, making him go to Chunhua House tomorrow. He will discover some clues at Chunhua House, and he will think it's because he’s exceptionally clever that he noticed these details. Little does he know, he has already become a tool in our hands!”
A faint smile appeared on Qing Ya’s face. If it weren't for needing this identity to collect intelligence, she would never let a stinky man enter her room. As for letting a man touch her body, that was even more impossible.
No matter who it was, once they entered the room, she would pull them into a dream, and this dream was incredibly realistic, enough to be indistinguishable from reality, and could even influence a person's thoughts and ideas.
Qing Ya’s whole body was covered in a shimmering light, especially her eyes, where spiritual light rippled. Two ethereal butterflies flew out from her eyes, drifting and flying into Xia Chen’s body.
But as soon as they entered, Qing Ya’s expression changed. In her field of vision, she suddenly saw a pair of eyes looking down at her, high above, devoid of any emotion, like a god.
And these eyes had four pupils, as if they contained the Dao and reason, the ultimate mysteries of the world.
Qing Ya, who had transformed into a butterfly, felt her soul tremble, frozen.
The next moment, the two ethereal blue butterflies that had invaded Xia Chen’s sea of consciousness shattered. Everything was an illusion!
Qing Ya opened her eyes, her face pale, with a hint of fear deep in her gaze. She was about to retreat.
But her slender, jade-like arm was firmly grasped by a large hand. A huge force came from the arm, and Qing Ya lost her balance, falling directly onto the bed.
By the time Qing Ya reacted, she found herself lying in Xia Chen’s arms, and he was looking at her with a half-smile.
Vaguely, Qing Ya seemed to see two pupils in Xia Chen’s eye sockets merging into one, as deep as a black hole that could devour a person's heart.
“Let go of my Miss!”
This sudden change happened too quickly. By the time Xiao Lian reacted, she found her Miss’s neck was already being choked.
But deep down, she was also puzzled. Hadn't Xia Chen already fallen into an illusion and passed out?
With a beauty in his arms, the warm and smooth touch should have been extremely intimate, but neither of the two on the bed had any interest in further communication at this moment.
“I didn’t expect the famous Qing Ya Guniang to also be a powerful spellcaster, forcibly pulling people into illusions. I wonder if she can kill people in dreams!”
Xia Chen asked with interest, gently pinching Qing Ya’s smooth, fair chin with one hand, like a rich young master teasing a respectable woman, lifting her delicate and perfect face, and gazing at her sapphire-like pupils that were still emitting a faint blue light.
Their bodies were pressed tightly together, so close that their breaths brushed against each other’s cheeks.
Instantly, the fine hairs on Qing Ya’s body stood up, her body reacted, goosebumps began to appear, and her cheeks flushed, as if she had drunk too much.
Xiao Lian in the room saw that Xia Chen completely ignored her and instead was getting handsy with her Miss, and she immediately became anxious.
Her aura erupted, her blood surged like a rainbow, and her body tensed, like a small female beast, ready to pounce at any moment.
“A spellcaster, a seventh-rank martial artist… Imperial City Bureau. I didn’t expect the small Qingya Abode to be so hidden!”
Xia Chen was not flustered at all. He more brazenly stroked Qing Ya’s flawless face with his fingers, his fingers tracing her fair, jade-like skin, causing Qing Ya’s face to flush. She felt the places where Xia Chen’s fingers passed were extremely hot, as if his fingers had some kind of magic. This was an experience she had never had before.
“You weren’t unconscious the whole time; you heard all our conversation. Impossible! You clearly drank the tea and wine; I put sleeping powder in them!”
Qing Ya, in Xia Chen’s arms, began to force herself to calm down. She realized that things were getting out of her control. She was a little afraid that Xia Chen would actually do something to her, causing her innocence to truly be ruined by this man. She quickly spoke, trying to distract Xia Chen.
Tonight, to ensure nothing went wrong, she had not only added an extra physical measure by putting the colorless sleeping powder developed by their Imperial City Bureau into the tea and wine, but also used her pupil technique. Yet, it was ineffective against this man.
“Perhaps I’m just stronger; you put too little medicine!”
Xia Chen said casually. He had a system; any unknown substance entering his body would first be scanned, and if it was harmful to the human body, it would be blocked by the system.
It could be said that his body was impervious to all poisons!
Qing Ya was stunned. What the hell? Too little medicine?
“The courtyard is full of our people. You can’t get out. Be smart and let go of our Miss, otherwise…”
“Otherwise, you’ll attack me? But do you have the confidence to subdue me instantly in this situation? Just with your seventh-rank realm?”
Xia Chen looked up, sizing up Xiao Lian. A maid, who didn’t look very old, but was at the seventh-rank Spirit Refining stage. It seemed that this Qing Ya in his arms had a bigger background than he had imagined. Even if she disappeared in the Imperial City, she probably wouldn’t be an unknown person. Tonight, he might have caught a big fish!
He continued, “You can try to make a move, or you can call those people in the courtyard. Maybe there are sixth-rank or even fifth-rank masters in the courtyard who can subdue me. But I’ll remind you of two things.”
“First, those people should also be from the Imperial City Bureau, not your family servants. If they see your Miss lying with me like this and it gets out, don’t blame me!”
“Second, it’s already curfew time, and there are Lantern Bearers and Imperial Guards patrolling nearby. If a fight breaks out here, do you think the masters among the Lantern Bearers and Imperial Guards will be able to sense it immediately?”
Xia Chen smiled somewhat brazenly, then pinched Qing Ya’s soft, delicate cheek in his arms again.
The reason he dared to let Xia Qian and Li Xi go back and stay alone was his confidence in his own skills and the security of the capital.
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