# 1691
Chapter 1684: Are You Lin Qiye's Beloved Wife?
Looking at Jialan's ashen face as she kept muttering to herself, Lin Qiye sighed helplessly.
"There's no need to be so nervous. With me here, no one can take you away."
"Waahhh... stop talking!" Jialan was almost in tears. "Let me think... let me think... the only way now is to go back and ask the Queen Mother of the West to see if she can take out the Immortal Pill... if that doesn't work, the only option is to refine me into a pill... but that would hurt so much, I'd rather just die..."
Before Jialan could finish speaking, that bright yellow oil-paper umbrella appeared above her head again, shielding her from the endless falling snow.
"I said, there's no need to be nervous." Lin Qiye wore blue robes, his voice completely calm. "Whether it's Migo, the Key to the Gate, or the Queen Mother of the West... with me here, no one can hurt you, let alone refine you into a pill, understood?"
Jialan was slightly stunned.
Looking at that face so close to her own, Jialan blinked. Perhaps it was because Lin Qiye's figure, sword in hand, slaying Migo, had left too deep an impression on her. Standing beneath his umbrella, she felt an inexplicable sense of safety.
"Who... who are you? Why are you helping me?" After a moment, Jialan couldn't help but ask.
"My name is Lin Qiye." He answered calmly. "I'm the one holding the umbrella for you."
Snowflakes as large as goose feathers drifted down from the gray sky, yet not one fell into Jialan's hair. The faint sunlight filtering through the bright yellow umbrella surface was like brilliant sunshine, casting over the two of them, completely sealed off from the storm outside.
Jialan stared at that face, momentarily at a loss for words.
Clatter clatter—
Two carriages emerged from Qingshan County, cutting through the snow and heading directly toward the hill where the two stood.
Seeing the carriages, Jialan seemed to remember something.
"You're the legendary General of the Stars reincarnated, the Marquis of Champions?"
Yes, only the divine Marquis of Champions the old woman had mentioned could possess such terrifying battle prowess.
"No." Lin Qiye smiled. "I'm just me. But I do know the Marquis of Champions you mentioned—he's my... friend?"
As the two carriages stopped before the hill, Yan Zhong, Zhan Yuwu, Hu Jia, Gongyang Wan and others climbed out one after another. Seeing the blood-soaked earth around them, shock appeared in their eyes—they couldn't imagine what had happened here.
"Why did you all come?" Lin Qiye asked.
"This Marquis sensed your battle aura in the city and thought you might have run into trouble, so I brought them here immediately." Huo Qubing's voice came from inside the carriage. "It seems... we were too late."
"Who is this...?"
Yan Zhong saw the unfamiliar woman beside Lin Qiye and asked, puzzled.
"Jialan." As Lin Qiye was about to introduce everyone, he suddenly froze—because he didn't know how to explain his relationship with Jialan...
A future lover? His teammate? The owner of the Third King's Ruins?
Jialan hesitated for a moment, then spoke:
"Jialan, attendant of the Jade Pool."
Hearing this, shock appeared on everyone's faces.
Attendant of the Jade Pool?
So, she was someone from that divine dwelling?
In the mortal world's understanding, whether attendants or otherwise, anyone from the Jade Pool was collectively called deities or immortals. And now they were seeing a living person from the Jade Pool.
"You're an attendant of the Jade Pool?" Lin Qiye asked in surprise.
"Yes."
"Then why did the Queen Mother of the West back then..."
Lin Qiye's mind flashed back to when he had faced the Queen Mother of the West at Kunlun Ruins and had asked her to help Jialan... The expression on her face had been somewhat subtle—saying nothing, she simply turned and left.
Could something have happened between Jialan and the Queen Mother of the West?
Lin Qiye didn't press further. Instead, he introduced everyone to Jialan one by one. Looking at this group of incredibly powerful humans, Jialan gaped in shock...
This was completely different from what she had imagined the mortal world to be!
When had the mortal world acquired so many powerful individuals with abilities?
"Excellent! With an attendant of the Jade Pool leading the way, this journey should be much easier." Joy appeared on Zhan Yuwu's face. "The horses and supplies are all ready. Shall we set off now?"
"Set off?" Gongyang Wan冷笑一声. She glanced at the disheveled, poorly dressed Jialan. "What, the people of the Bureau of Evil Suppression enjoy treating others like prisoners? Lin Qiye, aren't you going to take her to change clothes and clean up properly?"
Gongyang Wan herself had been dragged into Chang'an in this wretched state, so naturally she couldn't stand to see another woman, Jialan, suffer the same hardship.
"I was planning to do exactly that." Lin Qiye nodded and turned to the carriage where Huo Qubing sat. "Marquis, please wait a moment. I'll be right back."
"Take your time."
With those words, Lin Qiye directly took Jialan's wrist and hurried toward Qingshan County.
Before Jialan could react, she was already being pulled away by Lin Qiye. She couldn't help but say:
"It's so urgent, why bother with these things? It's fine not to change clothes..."
"Why worry so much? Just pick whatever you like."
Soon after, Lin Qiye brought Jialan back near the carriages.
Seeing the girl before them, dressed in a deep blue Han robe, beautiful as a celestial being, everyone gaped in shock. They simply couldn't connect this person with the disheveled figure from before.
They had thought Gongyang Wan's transformation after changing was already striking enough, but Jialan's change was even more dramatic.
Under everyone's gazes, Jialan seemed a bit embarrassed. She instinctively hid behind Lin Qiye, her cheeks slightly flushed.
The clothes she wore, the hair ornaments—Lin Qiye had bought them all for her. Being new to walking among mortals, she knew nothing about such things. She was like a doll, wearing whatever Lin Qiye bought for her.
In truth, Lin Qiye wasn't particularly skilled at matching clothes for a girl either. He had simply walked into that clothing shop and seen the Han robe that Jialan wore in his memories, so he bought it, along with a few pretty hair ornaments... But his choices seemed to suit Jialan's taste perfectly.
When the two figures—one in blue, one in green—returned to the carriages beneath the oil-paper umbrella, everyone's gazes were somewhat nuanced.
These two looked so well-suited together.
Although they all knew these two were meeting for the first time, for some reason, the two of them together simply had an inexplicable harmony.
"It's getting late. We should get moving."
Huo Qubing's voice came from inside the carriage. Everyone returned to their respective vehicles, and under Lin Qiye's guidance, Jialan boarded the same carriage as him.
Seeing Jialan come aboard, Chloe blinked and, being quite perceptive, shifted slightly to the side, leaving enough space between herself and Lin Qiye. But to her surprise, after Jialan smiled politely, she quietly sat in the farthest corner of the carriage.
"That..."
Chloe opened her mouth to offer some advice, but Jialan stood up proactively and bowed slightly to her.
"You're Lin Qiye's beloved wife, right? Please don't misunderstand—I simply happen to be traveling the same direction as him, I have no other intentions... I'll just sit here! I won't disturb you two!"