Chapter 46: Zhang Xuan
Chapter 46: Zhang Xuan
Xiang Ling almost forgot how to breathe as she stared into the man’s beautiful eyes that seemed to be pulling her into their depths. It was almost impossible for her to pull her eyes away from those emerald orbs and take a look at his entire face.
And heavenly stars! Was he insanely handsome? Oh, he was. Just as good-looking and ethereal as the other men filled in her life. Just when did the world get loaded with so many good-looking men? First her husbands and now this mysterious man.
Her eyes landed on his lips and she watched their corners curve into a smile right before he spoke. "I know that I can be really tempting but as an Immortal deity, you should try to keep your true thoughts hidden."
"..."
Xiang Ling was pulled out of her thoughts by the absurd words she just heard. Clearing her throat, she schooled her expressions just like he advised her and returned her attention to the man’s face. "This isn’t the answer to my question."
The man smiled again before he whispered, "You can think of me as what you like. My identity barely matters. As for my name, I’m Zhang Xuan."
Zhang Xuan?
Xiang Ling tried to recall if the name sounded familiar but even after thinking for several long moments, she was unable to recall ever hearing that name before. She observed him closely as she asked her next question. "Then what are you doing here in my space? Most importantly, how did you enter?"
Ever since she found Little Pink and this mysterious man in her space, their uninvited presence had been troubling her. An immortal’s spatial realm was like a sacred place only accessible to him/her. Unless they allowed anyone else to enter, no one could step inside their space. Yet, not only one but two beings had been able to invade her space within the last few days.
But after finding out Little Pink’s secret behind how it first entered her space, she was now only worried about the mysterious man. It was not until this early morning when that little creature finally revealed all its secrets.
The truth was, it could neither enter nor leave her space at its will. Its way of communication with the Heavenly Empress was through a spirit mirror that the latter gave it for conveying information.
As for how it entered the space in the first place, it was on the first day when Xiang Ling came to the Mortal Realm and entered her space, Little Pink stuck to her clothes and entered the space with her. Since then, it had been staying inside the space.
The man remained silent for a while before he finally answered - "I just wanted to check how my creations are doing after all this time. If I have to be honest, I’m impressed with how well you have cultivated this spatial realm."
Xiang Ling processed his words and it took her a few precious moments to decipher the meaning behind them. "Your creations?" She asked as if to make sure that she didn’t misheard.
"Mmhm." The man hummed in a positive response.
"This spatial realm...? "
The wheels were turning in her mind and after pondering for a few more moments on what could those words mean, Xiang Ling finally came to a conclusion.
"You created this spatial realm?" She asked and couldn’t help but feel just how absurd her question was. But if she thought about it, she had never wondered how these spatial realms came into existence.
She received her spatial realm at her birth as it was a spatial realm that belonged to the Blue Star family. Her ancestors carried this exact spatial realm before it was passed on to her. Every time the spatial realm got a new master, it went through a reset that destroyed all the previous resources within it, so that the new master could start from the very beginning.
The little space rings used by the mortals, demons, and fairies were all man-made. They were small in size and provided little to no resources except for space for storing items and other things.
All the space rings varied in size. Some could be as small as a closet while some could as as huge as a big manor. However, there were certain people in the five realms who carried spatial realms that were far more powerful compared to spatial rings. But no one knew who created these spatial realms.
As Xiang Ling stared at Zhang Xuan in shock, the man didn’t reply and just smiled in response to her question.
"No way." Xiang Ling was having a hard time believing the man. Could he really be that powerful to create a spatial realm this big? From what she heard, even the Heavenly Emperor couldn’t create a spatial realm. Just how powerful Zhang Xuan was then?
"Why are you here?" She found herself repeating the question. Her heart had started beating rapidly as her thoughts were giving her body a hard time.
Zhang Xuan’s smile only became wider at her question. "Didn’t I just answer? I’m here to take a look at my creation. And I’m very impressed with how you have been taking care of it. I feel like staying here for a little bit longer. I think I have found something of interest here."
As he spoke these words, he looked straight into Xiang Ling’s eyes who was unable to voice out a single word. She just wondered what could have picked the interest of such a powerful person. If he was indeed that powerful, she was no match for him in her current state.
She watched as his gaze left her eyes and started traveling south. They finally stopped somewhere near her collarbone and she heard him speaking in a barely audible voice. "If you were trying to get my attention, you have succeeded with flying colors."
Confused by his words, Xiang Ling followed the line of his sight and almost screamed in pure horror when she noticed half of her left breast peeking out through the robe that had opened up at her collarbone.
She pulled out from his hands and hurriedly covered her chest with the robe and her hands, looking anywhere but at him.
"Have a good sleep tonight. We will meet again very soon." And with these words, he was gone.