Modern Cultivation : The Strongest Couple Bonded by Vampire System

Alex might have no emotion, but this didn't mean he didn't have priorities. MingYue's well-being was more important than informing Clara of the information.

He might not be able to empathize, but he could tell something was wrong from her expression and the connection between them.

Clara smiled, seeing his gaze. Without Alex saying anything, she already understood what he wanted. She was not in a hurry, so she said, "Go ahead. I will wait for you in my place. As for the location."

"As long as you don't completely hide your qi, I will be able to look for you." Alex cut her words with a lie. In reality, he could tell where she was as long as she was alive.

Even with all her qi sealed, he could still tell from the life force.

"Don't take too long; otherwise, I will get absorbed in my own research."

"It's fine, I will wait for you then," Alex replied.

He still needed some time for his army to make more progress. Based on his calculations, now should be the time they started facing resistance as their target should be upgraded to a larger city.

Clara then left as Alex went toward MingYue.

MingYue's expression changed a bit; she could tell Alex was coming without even looking back. "Why are you here? You should know I want to be alone now."

"I know, but I think you will feel better if I am here with you."

"No, I am not. If it's the past, then yes, but now you just annoy me further."

Alex put some thought into it; he reflected based on his memories on what would be the best way to cheer her up.

He walked to MingYue's side and then created a small prick from his finger. From it, blood seeped out and then turned into a small figurine.

"Want to fight? If we do it for real, it will be devastating for the Zephyr Clan, but with this blood puppet, it should be fine."

Seeing it reminded MingYue of their practice at Thalia's castle.

It hadn't been long, but for her, it felt like it happened a long time ago; so many events had occurred.

"I doubt that can make me feel better, but I might as well try it."

MingYue created her blood puppet. Alex then spread more of his blood, creating an arena for the blood puppets to fight.

The arena was squared with high walls surrounding it. They then started moving the puppets to fight. Since Alex's goal was to make MingYue feel better, he decided not to go all out.

He made sure it was a close match, so MingYue wouldn't suspect anything. With his current ability and knowledge of MingYue's movements, he could predict what she wanted to do beforehand, allowing him to completely control the match.

MingYue's blood puppet threw a flurry of kicks using her feet while Alex barely parried. It shot a few punches as a counter, but each one was dodged.

Alex's blood puppet then took a step back, but MingYue didn't give him the opportunity. She made her blood puppet dash forward, then threw a spin kick.

Alex's blood puppet was pushed down into the wall. Without any place to evade, MingYue threw the finishing move. Experience tales at empire

"It seems I still cannot win against you," Alex said as he took back the blood.

"Cut the crap, Alex. You are letting me win on purpose."

Alex looked at MingYue in confusion. He felt he had done everything perfectly. He didn't understand how MingYue could guess that.

Normally, he would deny the allegation and change the topic, but right now, with his current state, his curiosity easily took priority.

"How could you know?"

MingYue's eyes grew colder as her heart throbbed, "You're really asking me that? Fine, if you want to know, your movements should be better than that.

With your current capability, you should be able to predict my moves. Honestly, I had already anticipated this and prepared to switch styles in the middle of the fight.

But no! Unfortunately, I couldn't even do that!"

"We can do it again then; you can try your new move," Alex replied as he noted MingYue's explanation. He thought about how he could have done better.

"Are you thinking you should have lied better to me?" MingYue asked as she took a step closer to Alex.

They were so close that they could feel each other's breath.

"Yes," Alex replied monotonously.

MingYue's anger flared, "Enough! I cannot take this anymore. Being with you like this is so frustrating, Alex."

She moved her hand to Alex's head, making him turn alert. He wanted to dodge, but MingYue's words made him stop, "If you trust me, stay."

Her palm reached the back of his head, and she then pushed it forward, making their foreheads touch each other.

"Vesa, make sure no one disturbs us," MingYue ordered.

A red fog came out from both their bodies.

"Yes, Queen. Don't worry; no one will bother either of you."

Her hand moved skillfully, drawing runes in the air. It then covered both of them with an opaque barrier. Not only did it protect them, but it also made it so that no one could see through the barrier.

"Lower your defenses," MingYue said as she closed her eyes.

She sent her soul to Alex's inner world. In reality, she didn't need to touch their foreheads to do this, but she just did it to raise the chance of success.

MingYue remembered how often Alex's emotions fluctuated when they made physical contact.

The sky was reddish, with a green hue, without any clouds. Beneath it, a crimson lake sat still without a single wave.

MingYue was walking on top of the ocean, her eyes looking around the area. Part of the water then began to fluctuate, rising up and then changing form into Alex.

"I don't mind you coming to my inner world, but if your purpose is to look for what is sealing my emotions, then you won't find anything. I already tried to look for it."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"You haven't checked everything yet, Alex."

"You mean going into my innermost soul?"