The Su family's southern courtyard.
An Ruyi carried a plate of pastries to Ji Ling's main room.
An Ruyi gently knocked on the door and called out to Ji Ling. A moment later, the door opened and Ji Ling appeared in front of her.
"I brought you some pastries."
An Ruyi handed over the pastries in her hand and said gently.
"Thank you, Sister An."
Ji Ling smiled as he took the pastries.
"Aren't you going to invite me in?"
An Ruyi looked at Ji Ling with a faint smile.
Ji Ling raised his eyebrows. An Ruyi had ulterior motives. If he was not wrong, she was most likely here to find out more about him.
However, he did not panic. If he wanted to find out the truth, then so be it. He had already exposed so much. Even if he told An Ruyi the truth now, she would probably be able to accept it.
Moreover, it was necessary to tell An Ruyi the truth now.
"Sister An, come in and sit."
Out of habit, Ji Ling grabbed An Ruyi's hand and pulled her into the room. Then, he pulled her to the bedside and sat down.
"You bad boy, you always pull me to sit on your bed. Is there no other place to sit? What if others see it?"
An Ruyi's beautiful face revealed a tinge of reproach. It was one thing for Ji Ling to pull her to sit by the bed when he was young, but he was still like this now that he was already so old. What kind of behavior was that? However, this kid did not have any awareness at all and did not know how to avoid suspicion.
"Where else is more comfortable than sitting on a bed? Since Sister An is here, of course I have to find the most comfortable place for you to sit.”
Ji Ling smiled mischievously.
"You can only lie to that silly girl Ning 'er with your mouth. I won't fall for your trick!”
An Ruyi's eyes were like torches as she saw through Ji Ling's true nature at a glance.
"Sister An, you're framing me. I, Ji Ling, am a pure and honest person. How could I lie?”
"You still dare to say that you won't lie? Ning 'er, that girl, has been deceived by you to such an extent. I'm afraid that even after she was sold by you, she would still be happily helping you count the silver!”
Ji Ling was sweating profusely. Even though he had always sweet-talked Su Ruoning, it could not be considered a lie, right? How could flowery words be called cheating?
"There's more!"
An Ruyi's expression suddenly changed. She put on a serious expression and said,"Are you hiding something from me?”
They finally got to the main topic.
Ji Ling also restrained his frivolous expression and simply laid his cards on the table with An Ruyi."Sister An, since you asked me, I'll tell you the truth. Actually, Lin Ji is me. I'm Lin Ji!”
He had originally planned to tell An Ruyi about this matter when the time was ripe. However, the matter of the Third Prince had disrupted his plans, forcing him to take action against the Great Yan's Imperial Family ahead of time. The Third Prince's death had completely disrupted the original situation, causing the battle for the throne to be settled ahead of time. Therefore, the Imperial Family would definitely do their best to take revenge on the Third Prince and take the initiative to attack him.
He was not a person who liked to be passive. Since the royal family was going to take the initiative to attack, he naturally could not be passive and take a beating.
There was another reason, and that was the royal law enforcement team!
He also knew about the Saint-limiting Order. Earlier, the Royal Law Enforcement Team had sent a Half-Saint to Tiandao Sect to find Xiaomeng and tell her about the Saint-limiting Order. They also warned Xiaomeng not to come out again after she became a Half-Saint and asked her to go to a secret place.
After that, Xiao Meng told him about the Saint-Limiting Order and the Royal Law Enforcement Team.
Therefore, he had long known that there were many Half-Saint experts in the world. He also knew that the Royal Family had a Royal Law Enforcement Team made up of Half-Saint experts.
In fact.
The reason why he chose not to reveal his strength was related to the Saint-Limiting Token and the imperial law enforcement team. It wasn't because he was afraid of them. With his Saint-level strength, no matter how many Half-Saint experts the imperial family had, they would be nothing to him.
This was because the royal law enforcement team and the Half-Saint experts who were forced by the Saint-limiting Order to not appear in the world were not in this world!
He had asked Night to investigate the whereabouts of these Half-Saints and Zhang Liang to use secret means to investigate in the Imperial Palace, but he couldn't find any clues. He even searched around the Imperial City himself, but he couldn't find the whereabouts of a Half-Saint.
It wasn't until he became a Saint and obtained the Soul Searching Technique that he sneaked into the palace. Without the Emperor noticing, he used the Soul Searching Technique to find out the truth from the Emperor's memories.
It turned out that these Half-Saints had all gone to a place outside this world. That place was called the Sealed Land!
Ji Ling had always wanted to go to the sealed land to take a look, but he had never been able to do so. This was because there were no fixed coordinates in that place. Moreover, unless there were some extremely special circumstances, one could only open a passage from the inside and not enter from the outside. Even if the Emperor of Great Yan wanted to enter that place, he would have to use the power of his bloodline to contact the experts of the Imperial Family in the sealed land before he could have the chance to enter.
Ji Ling had thought of using the Emperor of Great Yan to enter the sealed land, but unfortunately, he could not do so. Even the Emperor of Great Yan could not enter the sealed land at will unless there was a very important event, such as the change of the throne, which required the new Emperor to know of the existence of the sealed land…
It was precisely because of this that Ji Ling did not immediately reveal his strength and destroy Great Yan's imperial family. The imperial family's experts in the sealed land were the greatest hidden danger!
Even though the experts of the royal family could not pose a threat to him, if they attacked the people around him, it would be impossible to guard against them. After all, he was in the open while the enemy was in the dark. The enemy could come out and launch a sneak attack at any time, but he could not guard the people around him at all times.
Therefore, before he destroyed the imperial family's experts in the sealed land, he could not reveal his full strength and destroy Great Yan's imperial family.
However, the situation had changed.
Because he had killed in the Third Prince's mansion, he had already revealed his strength above the grandmaster level. This meant that the royal law enforcement team would send a Half-Saint expert to deal with him.
His original plan was to push the royal family to a dead end step by step, but he did not reveal his strength that could crush a Half-Saint. He created the illusion that the royal family could turn the tables, and then he would lure out all the royal family experts in the sealed land and wipe them out.
However, now that the royal law enforcement team had been lured out, he had no choice but to change his strategy. This was because once he fought with the royal law enforcement team, the situation would develop at a high speed. There would be no time for him to slowly advance his plan.
Therefore, he had to cut the Gordian knot quickly!
This was also the reason why he told An Ruyi Lin Ji's true identity now. Next, Lin Ji's incarnation was bound to set off a terrifying storm that would involve everyone around him. If he did not tell An Ruyi the truth in advance, not only would An Ruyi not be mentally prepared, but it would also hurt her heart.
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