Untouchable Lovers

Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Overturning the Worldview (Lifted Ban)

The golden hairpin slipped from her hand, and as the sharp hairpin fell to the ground, it plunged silently into the soil, burying a small portion of itself as if piercing soft tofu.

Her body seemed to be floating face-up in midair when suddenly the view changed. Tian Rujing instantly vanished from sight, replaced by a vast expanse of sky. The captivating blue, crystallized in her gaze, shocked her with its splendor in an instant.

It took a while after her body fell amidst the flowers and trees before Chu Yu, lying on the lush foliage, realized what had happened. The dense and soft branches and leaves beneath her had protected her from any harm.

In the azure sky above, a cluster of pure white clouds formed the shape of an eye, as if the eye of the sky was gazing down at Chu Yu.

Lying there in a daze for a while, Chu Yu slowly got up and said, “You really didn’t hold back…” Speaking to Tian Rujing, her words abruptly ceased when she saw his current state, and Chu Yu fell into even greater astonishment.

At this moment, Tian Rujing…

At this moment, Tian Rujing was standing still, but outside his body was a translucent spherical Light Shield that enveloped him completely. It seemed that it was this barrier that had forcibly repelled Chu Yu just now.

The Light Shield was a very light blue, as if the color of the sky had been diluted countless times. Within its radiant glow, Tian Rujing’s features were serene and ethereal, his clothing fluttering as if he was a celestial being separate from the mortal world.

What is that?!

Seeing this, Chu Yu was on the verge of collapse. Despite having transcended time and space, despite the absurdity of her soul taking over another body, fundamentally, Chu Yu was still a staunch atheist and materialist. She interpreted her being here as a result of space-time rifts and electromagnetic wave transfer, disbelieving any supernatural existence.@@novelbin@@

But now, her beliefs were thoroughly shattered by the scene before her.

What is this?

Feeling utterly at a loss, Chu Yu kept questioning herself, recalling the eunuch’s fanatic worship of Tian Rujing, Rong Zhi’s regard for him, and Liu Ziyue’s belief in him. She even remembered how the old woman used her, the “bad Princess”, alongside the terrifying demon master to scare children the first time she left the Princess Mansion…

Then, Chu Yu thought of Tian Rujing’s composure, his honest admission that he could not perform Exorcism, and his lack of fear that she might use this to threaten him. It wasn’t because he was so loyal and honest that he’d rather face execution than lie, but because he had nothing to fear at all.

Not able to perform Exorcism? So what? Just by revealing this spectacle in front of everyone, no one would doubt that he was a genuine Spell-caster. Even Chu Yu, who didn’t believe in ghosts and deities at all, was greatly shaken.

After staring at Tian Rujing for a long time, Chu Yu slowly asked, “So, you really can cast spells? Was what you said about Energy Fortune not just empty talk?” Although her tone was still laced with strong skepticism, at this point, Chu Yu was somewhat willing to believe.

No matter how much she held onto materialism, she couldn’t deceive herself into thinking that the Light Shield outside Tian Rujing was a refraction of light or that her eyes were playing tricks on her.

And due to Chu Yu’s own origins, she knew that this dynasty was about to topple, which coincidentally perfectly matched Tian Rujing’s comments about the waning Energy Fortune.

Clutching at a last thread of hope, Chu Yu extended a finger to touch the light blue Light Shield, but halfway through, she remembered the potential danger and pulled out the golden hairpin embedded in the ground to use instead of her finger. After picking up the hairpin, she worried it might not be long enough, so she broke off a thin branch about two feet long from a nearby tree.

Chu Yu casually removed the twigs, leaving only two tiny leaves at the tip. The branch slowly reached forward while Tian Rujing stood still, allowing her to make her attempt.

As the tender tips of the branch came within about a foot and a half of the Light Shield, Chu Yu felt a resistance transmitted through the branch. It wasn’t as if it had hit something solid, but as though it had sunk into a highly viscous liquid — as if that layer of air had been extremely compressed, creating a strong tension.

Despite her efforts to push further, the tip of the branch couldn’t advance and was immobilized by that dense pressure.

Chu Yu guessed in her heart that this might have been the force that had repelled her just a moment ago, confirming her thoughts. She abandoned the tree branch and didn’t try again, while Tian Rujing also removed the Light Shield at this moment. The thin branches, lacking the force that had supported them, fell to the ground listlessly.

With a soft sigh, Chu Yu lowered her head, stretching out her hand to touch her own forehead, feeling the movement to be so powerless. Not knowing how much time had passed, she gave a bitter smile and said, “I really made a fuss over nothing, to be frightened into such an unseemly state, making you laugh at me, I’m truly sorry.”

As she lowered her hand, the expression on Chu Yu’s face had already regained its calm, not only that, but there was little respect on her elegant visage for Tian Rujing before her.

Seeing Chu Yu like this, Tian Rujing felt a slight surprise, because everyone who had seen him and his master in this state, after being shocked, almost invariably worshipped them as divine beings. He had never seen someone who could still look at him so directly, like Chu Yu.

Yet this surprise was fleeting, and Tian Rujing quickly returned to his original state of a heart as still as water.

At this time, Chu Yu felt again the sense of powerlessness she had faced with Rong Zhi a few days earlier. Rong Zhi was completely inscrutable, his thoughts deeper than the abyss, his methods intricately interwoven, pulling one thread in fear of affecting the whole. On the other hand, Tian Rujing was the complete opposite. He laid everything out in front of you, with no ulterior motives, as pure and clear as a pool of water, yet he possessed a power not of this world, walking fearlessly through what was called the mundane world.

Chu Yu spoke softly, “If I wanted to do something, would you stop me?”

Tian Rujing replied indifferently, “No, whatever you do would be in vain.” The Energy Fortune of a dynasty was not something a single person could influence, and he didn’t believe Chu Yu had much capability. To put it more bluntly, he didn’t take Chu Yu seriously at all.

“Very well,” Chu Yu said, and turned to leave.

With the situation taking an unexpected turn, her strategy had to be revised on the fly, and she needed to consider everything from the beginning. Staying here now was utterly pointless.

She had originally thought Tian Rujing was just a charlatan, able to be tempted with profit or convinced with reason, without realizing that he truly possessed supernatural powers, this made her recognize that Tian Rujing was not someone she could control completely with her own authority. In fact, he was entirely uncontrollable, so her original plan had to be completely overturned.

Even though she discovered Tian Rujing had supernatural powers, Chu Yu was not troubled. Tian Rujing was different from Rong Zhi. He was the kind of person who, if you didn’t bother him, wouldn’t bother with you. The worst-case scenario would be that she couldn’t make him do things as she wished, which didn’t impact her main goals.

Though he possessed extraordinary powers, he didn’t care about her actions.

This was just fine, she would rather Tian Rujing underestimate her, so she could act without obstruction. With Tian Rujing’s influential energy, if he were to intervene, it would put great pressure on her.

What was the goal, what did she want? Chu Yu’s mind was as clear as a mirror, aware and calm, even the shocking discovery of Tian Rujing’s inhuman powers would not cause her to lose her direction.

She wanted to change her destined demise, to slow the decline of this dynasty, and even if Tian Rujing called it delusional, she didn’t care.

After leaving the courtyard, Chu Yu went to find Yue Jiefei, whom she had left behind, and together they returned to the Princess Mansion. There was nothing amiss when they faced each other, but when Chu Yu turned her back to walk outside the palace, Yue Jiefei saw the dust, and the disheveled flower and leaf petals on the back of her clothes.

When Chu Yu was thrown by Tian Rujing and then got up, she was so shocked that she forgot to tidy up her appearance, and later on, she never thought of it. As she walked through the palace, all the Palace Attendants who saw the back of her clothes thought it odd, but no one dared to come forward and remind her, so Chu Yu went on her way like this.

What kind of circumstances would lead to dust and leaves on someone’s back? As Yue Jiefei thought about it, his face turned pale with shock!

He decided that tonight he would sneak out to ask Tian Rujing properly if he had suffered at Chu Yu’s hand. If… if… what’s done was done, he couldn’t do anything to the Princess…

Junior brother, it’s all because your senior brother didn’t protect you well.

Yue Jiefei thought with sorrow.