"Oh?" Gao Lan Mei smiled brightly, "You really want me to be your wife?" she asked with surprise, as she played with the ring on her hand, twirling slightly.

Then her brows wrinkled, "But Li Huan will kill me if I marry you. Just like what she tried to do before." Gao Lan Mei stated stepping back to move away from Chen Yun Ming. "Jiayi will also not like that as well," she whispered under her breath, sadly.

Chen Yun Ming is delighted with Gao Lan Mei's response, seeing hope and ignoring the way Gao Lan Mei addressed Wei Jiayi with familiarity.

He did not even show or feel remorse, even pretend to be surprised after she mentioned that Li Huan tried to kill her before. That only confirms that he is aware of the incident in Mount Hua that caused the original Gao Lan Mei to die.

Chen Yun Ming can only think of getting closer to her. His hands are itching to get a hold of Gao Lan Mei, but whenever he reached out to her, for some reason he feels gooseb.u.mps because of dread. It is like staring at him with hostility, and if he made a wrong move, his life will be over.

The feeling is very familiar, as Wei Jiayi normally looks at him that way. However, the Wei Prince is not even in the Mortal Domain so it is impossible.

"Do not worry, I will be an emperor soon. Wei Jiayi cannot do anything against it." Chen Yun Ming a.s.sured Gao Lan Mei. "I will tell Li Huan to be lenient with you," he added.

Giving him a bemused smile before speaking, "You will be an emperor? How?" Gao Lan Mei asked curiously.

"We have plans." Chen Yun Ming stated but not providing more details. "I will take care of everything. Wei Jiayi and even the emperor cannot do anything against it," he added with confidence.

Chen Yun Ming continued, "There is a time limit in the challenge arena. Li Huan's spiritual element is fire. Though you cannot use any spiritual energy, still the judge will allow you to choose your own spiritual weapon." He added as he grabbed something from his sleeve.

"Here." Chen Yun Ming handed over a paper talisman to Gao Lan Mei, though he wants to at least touch her hand, his reach, of course, is deliberately avoided without him even noticing. "Place this on the spiritual weapon that you have chosen. You just need to run and defend."

The challenge arena, some call it the ritual challenge, is used for the royal family and killing is forbidden. If you lose the challenge though and the stakes are high, due to shame, the loser normally just ends up committing suicide.

Chen Yun Ming does not want to Gao Lan Mei to lose with sham, anyway. He can take care of the rest after the challenge as he is confident that he can easily persuade Li Huan to forgave Gao Lan Mei later.

Gao Lan Mei did not speak and just looked at Chen Yun Ming indifferently. That is the case until Gao Lan Mei was escorted out of the room by a royal guard.

She was escorted to a large open s.p.a.ce circular arena. Around the arena are rows of the seat designed for audiences where some beings are seated waiting for the good show.

Not all of them though, as there is a part of the seats where her family and the Wei retainers are seated and all of them are not happy with the current situation.

'I suppose, Li Shao's grumpy personality is contagious.' Gao Lan Mei thought to herself. 'Or it was Wei Jiayi's?' Her mind wondering what Wei Jiayi is up to at that moment.