Once Yang Jing realized that Si Taizhen's changes were likely triggered by the Innate Pure Yang Qi, he knew his false identity as Si Bing was in danger of being exposed.
He wasn't sure about the mechanism behind a Soaring Serpent's transformation, but betting everything on Danxia True Monarch and the Jade Poison Great Saint not thinking of the Innate Pure Yang Qi was too arrogant. It meant entrusting his life to the carelessness of others.
But leaving suddenly would directly expose his identity, likely attracting the immediate attention of Danxia True Monarch and the Jade Poison Great Saint. He had to find a suitable excuse to divert the gazes of these two Nascent Soul Stage beings.
So, Yang Jing concocted a reason to escape—refusing to be a male consort—and while he was at it, he would try to swindle an Alchemy inheritance out of Xu Qian and Yi Hongzheng.
