After having breakfast and saying goodbye to Chen Xuan, Qin Xuan went to the garage alone.
With the New Year's Day martial arts competition approaching, Yuan Mengqi and the others had started training diligently.
Wan Lingqiu insisted on accompanying Qin Xuan, but he managed to stop her with all his might.
This was a rare opportunity for him to go out alone; how could he let this little girl ruin it?
Driving his long-unseen Apollo ie, Qin Xuan's journey became smooth.
After all, this was a supercar; who would dare to scratch it?
Arriving at Yaqin, he took a brief look and saw that the Douyin department was already expanding its operations in an orderly manner.
The development of the primordial spirit was also progressing smoothly.
This brought Qin Xuan a slight sense of relief.
After all, Tang Junlin's true intentions had yet to be revealed.
His small internet company needed to remain vigilant.
After inspecting Yaqin and confirming there were no issues, Qin Xuan went up to the nineteenth floor.
Xiao Ya was still busy in her office. Seeing Qin Xuan arrive, the frown on her brow slightly eased.
"You're here."
Qin Xuan nodded, walked gently behind Xiao Ya, and placed his fingers on her brow. "What's wrong, Boss Xiao? You look so worried; you'll get wrinkles."
Hearing Qin Xuan's teasing, Xiao Ya rolled her eyes at him.
She closed her eyes, enjoying Qin Xuan's therapeutic massage.
"I've been thinking about the organization."
"Ever since Qi Feiyang visited last time, my memories of the organization have become even more vivid."
"I don't want to recall them, but those bloody scenes always flash through my mind."
As she spoke, she suddenly broke free from Qin Xuan's fingers and stood up abruptly.
She pushed her chair away, then stood on her tiptoes and kissed Qin Xuan on the cheek.
"I don't care what I've been through, nor do I care if the organization finds me again."
"I'm just worried they might come after you."
"I'm afraid they might threaten your safety..."
"Silly girl..."
Seeing Xiao Ya so flustered, Qin Xuan felt her vulnerability for the first time.
Someone who came from a dark organization, who had scrambled through piles of dead bodies, was now like this because of him.
While Qin Xuan felt heartache, he also felt a bit of happiness.
He reached out and pulled her into his embrace, gently stroking Xiao Ya's hair. "This is Longguo. No matter how powerful that organization is, they can't just come to Longguo and cause trouble."
"Besides, your man is the eldest disciple of a Divine-level Supreme, a young Grandmaster who became a General in Longguo at the mere age of twenty-six! Me!"
"Even if they wanted to target me, they'd have to consider if they're strong enough!"
"Hmph, whose man are you?"
With a light tap of her fist, Xiao Ya softly chided him, her mood improving slightly.
But this didn't last long.
As her shyness faded, her brow furrowed once more.
"However, the organization's strength is far greater than you imagine."
"Before I left, there were already over a dozen Grandmasters in the organization."
"And countless Martial Dao Masters."
"This was just those teaching us newcomers at the base; those on missions, those at other bases, were not included."
"And I'm almost certain there was a Divine-level Supreme at the base I was in."
"Because before I left the organization, I saw a very mysterious black-robed figure there."
"He was completely wrapped in a black cloak, with only a pair of strange eyes exposed."
"Unlike our East Asian black pupils, his eyes were pure black, more like an animal's than a human's!"
"And his way of walking was also very strange, silent, almost like gliding."
"Thinking about it now, it must have been the aerial flight only Divine-level Supremes could perform!"
A black-robed figure...
Hearing Xiao Ya's description, Qin Xuan fell into thought.
An organization that used over a dozen Grandmasters just to teach newcomers, and had Divine-level Supremes in their bases.
Could such a powerful organization truly exist freely on Blue Star?
If nothing else, their actions in Longguo alone were already extremely heinous.
He couldn't believe Longguo would remain indifferent to this.
It seemed that this trip to the imperial capital had given him another question to ask his masters.
Gently smoothing Xiao Ya's furrowed brow again, Qin Xuan gently pushed the beauty in his arms away.
He extended his right index finger and waved it proudly in front of Xiao Ya.
"Don't be unhappy anymore, I'll show you something good."
"A ring?" Xiao Ya asked curiously.
"Yes and no."
Qin Xuan deliberately played coy, and Xiao Ya obligingly rolled her eyes at him.
"Behold!"
With a chuckle, Qin Xuan spun his right hand in the air.
When he stopped it at his chest, a large bouquet of red roses, symbolizing love, suddenly appeared in his hand.
"For you, my dear princess."
Presenting the roses with his left hand behind his back, Qin Xuan's gesture was like that of a noble gentleman.
Xiao Ya's eyes lit up at the sight, and a faint blush once again appeared on her fair, delicate face.
"Thank you, my prince!"
Taking the flowers with both hands, she examined the bouquet with great curiosity.
They were dewy and incredibly fresh.
Most astonishingly, they were still covered in the morning dew from that day!
"These are real roses!"
"How did you do that?!"
She had thought Qin Xuan was showing her a magic trick he had just learned, and that the roses were specially made mechanical ones.
To her surprise, not only were the roses real, but there was no mechanism at all.
The bouquet was a single entity; it was impossible to shrink or fold it!
Since Xiao Ya had asked, Qin Xuan saw no reason to keep it a secret.
He waved his right hand in front of Xiao Ya again, explaining, "Of course, it's because of this~"
"It looks like a ring on the surface, but it's actually a shape-shifting divine artifact."
"The reason I could 'conjure' this bouquet out of thin air is because it transformed into a storage ring."
"A storage ring, a shape-shifting divine artifact?"
"Are you writing a novel?"
Xiao Ya was stunned by Qin Xuan's words, but Qin Xuan didn't elaborate. Instead, he directly transformed the shape-shifting divine artifact into another bouquet of flowers.
Aside from the lack of artificial dew sprayed by florists, both in appearance and touch, they were identical to real flowers.
"Still a magic trick?"
"Did you hide the ring in the flowers?" Xiao Ya was still unconvinced, believing Qin Xuan was still performing magic.
Qin Xuan smiled and shook his head, handing the bouquet directly to Xiao Ya.
With a thought, the flowers instantly disappeared.
In Xiao Ya's palm, they transformed back into a ring.
"Well, do you believe me now?"
Seeing Xiao Ya's incredulous expression, Qin Xuan couldn't help but feel a little smug.
It was like showing off a very cool toy to an intimate companion.