Feng Shenâs got some good eyes there. This girl is no ordinary personâ¦..
Ye Ling Yue did not know it at the time but Cong Luâs mission into Da Xia wasnât as simple as protecting the princess or hunting for that matter. His main goal was to meet her and to evaluate Feng Shenâs future prospect.
Of course, the fact that he ended up bumping into the girl after getting lost in the black fog was a complete accident. He only knew Ling Yue was in the Northwest but not where.
Coming was a must for the man, after all, he and Feng Shen were practically real brothers due to their past history together. Therefore, to hear the younger lad claiming heâs found a sweetheart in Da Xia and wish to pass on the second piece of the Phoenix Manorâs family heirloom too, its only natural someone must come in person to verify whether the girl was worthy or not.
To be clear, this family heirloom didnât simply symbolize the future head of the Phoenix Manor, it also held absolute authority over all of the assets under its name. To see the Phoenix Edict (heirloom) was equivalent to seeing the family chief, thatâs the absolute rule every subordinate working under the House must follow.
Furthermore, itâs been said that the two identical Phoenix Edict (heirloom) also carried a miraculous power. Whether or not this story was true was up for debate, but one things clear, Feng Shen has already made his intent very clear to Cong Lu: he intends to marry the girl for real!
Sadly this trip into Da Xia to meet his future sister-in-law wasnât without its hurdles though. Cong Lu already bypassed Ling Yue once outside the royal study room, a serious blunder for him, then now he was welcomed by the scene of the lass hugging it up with another boy!
This undoubtedly left the man quite displeased inside at first because his brother was worrying for the girlâs safety back in North Qing while this one was philandering around with another boy back here, anyone would be annoyed by this fact.
Fortunately his misconception was quickly corrected after further assessment. Cong Lu was a third element reincarnation master, he can easily discern the expressions made by a person on the surface. Thatâs why he can tell there were no happiness in the lassâs eye, but rather itâs an indifferent coldness like itâs a bother.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
I hope this time the Phoenix Edict can bring happiness to Feng Shenâ¦. Secretly sighing at what occurred to the former Phoenix Lord, Cong Lu kicks his horse to catch up to the main party.
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A day later.
âYour Highness, Captain Cong Lu has tasked us to bring you a message: your gifts have been sent,â the soldiers finally arrive in North Qing after riding for a full day and full night.
In response to that wonderful news, the man in white currently standing inside the study room definitely had a fluctuation in his eyes.
âDao Nu, reward them.â
While this undoubtedly delighted the soldier who was following Dao Nu (Feng Shenâs body guard) out for his prize, Housekeeper Mu on the other hand was rather confused by the report.
âYoung Master, when did Cong Lu send a gift? From what I heard heâs currently out hunting with the Fifth Princess isnât he?â
Feng Shen and Cong Lu were both raised under the watchful eye of this elder. But unlike the always sickly boy here, the latter was much more brilliant in his achievements and quickly met his fatherâs expectation.
âYes heâs out hunting, but heâs also out sending a gift for me. Teacher, donât you think our North Qingâs fifth princess is a good match for Da Xiaâs sixth prince?â Though he didnât make his emotions perfectly clear, but that inexplicable grin had gave him away.
If my calculations are correct then that Xia Hou Qi should be having quite a headache over the pestering of that unruly girl by now.
âYoung Master, are you talking about Princess Qing Bi? But Her Highnessâs temperament isnât something the average man can handle.â The elder didnât even need to think much to image the chaotic scene. As such, a sense of unease and pity quickly takes hold and starts blooming.
âIf she didnât have such a temperament then how can the wedding happen? Oh Teacher, itâs been a long time since North Qingâs royal family held a wedding donât you think?â Closing the ledger in his hands, Feng Shen didnât even bother to hide his scheme anymore.
Sure enough, Mr. Mu only needed one glance to understand the ladâs intent.
Unlike everyone else in the public, only this elder truly knew what his young lordâs personality was. Though on the surface Feng Shen can appear to be very gentle and easy to talk to, but in reality heâs super stingy, especially when someone else was conniving after his stuff.
Aiya, Prince Hou Qi ah Prince Hou Qi, of all the people you can provoke out there why must you provoke our young lord here. You better pray to the heavens for your own blessing this time. Shaking his old head, the elder reveals a look of sympathy thatâs unbefitting of his old age.
While all of this was going on in one end, Ling Yue on the other hand was having a blast. Sheâs now able to wield a greater degree of freedom due to Qingâs Biâs presence, which was a godsend for the lass to test out her new black spirit smoke on the black fog.
Now, aside from the inner reaches of the Black Valley, she has now scoured all of the nearby areas and devoured everything to her heartâs content. And just like how it was back when she was growing her white spirit smoke, her black one was also growing bigger at incredible speed and revealing his destructive powers in kind.
To put it into perspective of how wonderful her newfound ability was, anything below the eighth rank for the wild spirit beasts are no longer a threat. She can literally tear them apart at will, which has also indirectly brought her a little fortune of beast cores from all the hunting sheâs been doing.
During the day she would go hunting and improve her black spirit smoke, at night she would return to Underground City #9 with Jin Wu Monster to earn some more Illumination pills. This was definitely the most ideal training ground she can hope for.
Then perhaps itâs due to their excessive outings at night, even Lan Caier and Aâbone too had caught wind of the Underground Cityâs existence. With them four together, the group has now officially formed a new team for the night: Ling Yue specialized in the Novice area, Lan Caier and Aâbone for the intermediate area, and Jin Wu Monster had the high level area all to himself.
True to her style, Ling Yue was scoring in her business of scamming her victims to death. It was so bad that the name âRed Thirteenâ has become a household name for the participants, thus pushing her existence into the position of being both awed and feared at the same time.
âMaybe I should change my place of operations soon.â After obtaining her much needed five hundred Illumination pills after three days of extortion, Ling Yue felt like its time she moved on due to the limits of this area.
But before then, she must make another trip to the exchange office.