Yun Fei held the pale-faced Mu Lingxi in a princess carry, slowly descending from the air.
She looked coldly at the evil cultivator writhing and howling on the ground, then stomped hard on the wound of his severed arm!
“Yun Yi, Yun Er, I know you’re watching nearby. Do you want to take this person away? If not, I’ll just kill him!”
Yun Fei shouted towards the woods.
Within a few breaths, two figures in black appeared before Yun Fei and knelt in unison.
“Your Highness is truly sharp. Although we did not deliberately conceal our presence, you still managed to detect us!”
“Hmm~ Huh? Wait! Save the flattery… for later! Do you want this man or not?”
“…Your Highness, we will take him away immediately. Also, a reminder: this area is already within the Profane Realm’s territory. You just acted without concealing your demonic aura. It’s best to leave quickly. The peace negotiations between the two realms are nearing their conclusion. It’s best not to cause any disputes.”
After speaking, one person picked up the man on the ground, and the other retrieved the severed arm that had been flung away.
With a few great leaps through the forest, they vanished.
Seeing the two leave, Yun Fei placed Mu Lingxi under a tree.
She noticed the red strangulation marks on Mu Lingxi’s neck and the wounds covering almost her entire body.
A trace of helplessness flickered across her face.
‘Fine, since I’ve saved her, I might as well see it through and heal these injuries… Hey! Open your mouth!’
Mu Lingxi’s body trembled.
She looked up at the purple eyes behind the butterfly mask and obediently opened her mouth.
A simple healing pill was placed into Mu Lingxi’s mouth.
For a mortal like her, even the simplest pill could heal all these injuries.
“You… are you an immortal?”
“Huh? Me? An immortal? Please, if I were an immortal, I probably wouldn’t even glance at you! Also, I should be around your age. I just developed quickly and look like an adult. I’m only fifteen… Weird, why am I telling you this? Gotta go, gotta go~”
Yun Fei sensed several extremely powerful spiritual energy fluctuations to the south.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly ended the conversation, dashing off towards the Demon Realm.
Here, Yun Fei finally finished watching Mu Lingxi’s memory.
What followed was that among those spiritual energy fluctuations, one belonged to Jiang Jiang.
It was she who noticed Mu Lingxi’s talent and took her away.
The memory cut off there.
Yun Fei slowly opened her eyes to see the faint dawn light outside the window.
Unconsciously, it had already become morning.
Demonic power churned within her body.
It seemed she was just a short distance away from breaking through to the fifth stage of Shattering the Void.
Opposite her sat Mu Lingxi, who also slowly opened her eyes at that moment, a look of confirmation on her face.
“Mu Lingxi, care to explain what’s going on?”
This time, Yun Fei didn’t use the affectionate nickname “Xier” that she had made up.
Clearly, she was somewhat angry.
“I… I’m sorry, for doing it without your consent. Actually, this Secret Soul Technique can resonate with memories. I just wanted to confirm whether the person who saved me that night five years ago was really you… I saw from your perspective, and the answer was indeed as I expected.”
Yun Fei was still not appeased.
After all, this was sneaking a peek into her memories without the person’s permission.
“So what? What does confirming it change?”
Yun Fei, extremely irritated, stood up directly from the bed, crossed her arms, and looked down at Mu Lingxi.
“So… I like you even more now!”
“Huh?!”
Yun Fei almost lost her balance and fell off the bed!
Mu Lingxi’s answer was something Yun Fei truly hadn’t anticipated, and it also made her break out in a cold sweat.
‘Are people from the Profane Realm always this direct? The liking I idealize is something that settles over days and nights, polished by time, rising from a bit of muddled affection. Not this kind of sudden, straight pitch!’
For a moment, Yun Fei couldn’t find words.
She could only slowly sit back down.
For the first time, she began to seriously consider this matter.
Mu Lingxi liked her, but her own feelings for Mu Lingxi only stopped at finding her quite pleasing and having a slight crush.
That was the current state of their feelings.
Perhaps she should be honest, that she didn’t have that kind of liking for her.
Mu Lingxi’s feelings for her now, after this wave of nostalgic memories, seemed even more fervent.
This made Yun Fei feel a little scared.
“Um… actually…”
Yun Fei now regretted agreeing to Mu Lingxi’s request.
This kind of emotion, she couldn’t handle it!
“I know, you only agreed to me before because it seemed fun, right? It’s okay. We can start over. I’ll make you like me too!”
Mu Lingxi suddenly interrupted Yun Fei’s stammering words, instead grabbing Yun Fei’s hand, her eyes filled with sincerity.
Seeing the look in Mu Lingxi’s eyes, no matter how much Yun Fei regretted it, it was too late.
In the end, this was all the fault of her agreeing on a whim that night when her brain had short-circuited.
Just as Yun Fei was caught in a dilemma, the voice of the Magic Mirror, which had been guarding at her waist all night, suddenly sounded in her mind.
‘Your Highness, you could actually try to sincerely interact with her. Judging by the current state the Void is showing, the form of cooperation between the two realms to jointly resist the enemy probably won’t cease for less than a hundred years. The issue of disparity really isn’t something to worry about at all. Moreover, you’re already twenty. Your parents married in their twenties, though they were over a hundred when they had you. But in my opinion, Your Highness should also have a heart-to-heart a relationship now.’
After listening to the Magic Mirror’s words, Yun Fei fell silent.
‘Was this considered being urged to marry by an elder? Was this reasonable?’
‘Magic Mirror… your jurisdiction seems a bit too broad. You’re even rushing me now? Don’t think that just because your age could make you my ancestor, you can spout such nonsense!’
Although she said that, Yun Fei still, for once, carefully considered it.
‘Hmm… perhaps… I could give it a try? Since childhood, only during the time I became a girl did I experience kinship. I’m still quite curious about this novelty and want to experience it.’
Thinking this, Yun Fei suddenly felt she could accept it.
“Alright then. But my standards are very high. Making me like you will be very difficult~”
This was the second time Yun Fei agreed to Mu Lingxi, but her state of mind was quite different this time~
Hearing this, a visible gleam appeared in Mu Lingxi’s eyes, like a little hare seeing a carrot.
Seeing this, perhaps because her mindset was different, Yun Fei felt an itch in her heart, a strong impulse to tease Mu Lingxi.
“Of course~ If Xier chooses to use her beauty to tempt me, I might like you immediately~”
Taking advantage of the moment Mu Lingxi was dizzy with happiness, Yun Fei leaned close to her ear and exhaled a breath.
“Huh?”
Mu Lingxi was clearly stunned for a moment, then her face suddenly flushed, and she pushed Yun Fei away a little.
‘So she’s still easy to tease… I thought she had grown some ability~’
But just as this thought flashed through Yun Fei’s mind, Mu Lingxi suddenly said something that instantly broke her defence.
“Um… Yun Fei, let’s not talk about this topic. I just have another question. With your height five years ago, why is it still the same now? In the memory, you clearly said you developed quickly?”
Yun Fei didn’t expect Mu Lingxi to ask this question.
Her face instantly turned ashen.
She had also been puzzled by this question.
By age fifteen, she had grown to a height of just under 1.7 meters and then stopped.
For some unknown reason, this was still short of the average height for people in the Demon Realm!
However, although her male body stopped growing at that time, her female body… this lump on her chest seemed to be growing, huh?
Suddenly realizing this, Yun Fei suppressed the panic in her heart and hurriedly explained to Mu Lingxi, “That’s… that’s because of this! See? Quite a bit bigger than five years ago, right?”
Yun Fei used both hands to lift the soft candy on her chest, her face actually looking somewhat proud.
With just this one action, the Offense and defense situation reversed!
Now it was Mu Lingxi’s turn to feel uncomfortable!
Mu Lingxi dissatisfied looked down at herself.
Although she had some, the gap was still there.
She couldn’t help but pout, indignantly pinching the soft flesh at Yun Fei’s waist.
“Let’s go! We have a mission today. The seniors should all be up. We should head out too.”
“Got it.”
Yun Fei rubbed her waist. Hehe~ didn’t hurt~
Outside the door, Dong Qi and the others seemed to have been up for a while.
Liu Min and Jiang Luoqi were standing to the side waiting, while Dong Qi was practicing punching in the courtyard.
His punches carried Piercing wind of a fist, whistling loudly, quite fitting the style of a body cultivator.
“Ah, the two juniors are up? Do you have anything else to prepare? If not, let’s set off. Watching a body cultivator practice punching is interesting at first, but gets boring after a while.”
Seeing Yun Fei and Mu Lingxi come out of the room, Jiang Luoqi quickly came over to chat.
She really did seem Cloying.
“We have nothing else to prepare. Let’s go!”
Yun Fei stretched her limbs, looking full of drive.
Mu Lingxi also silently nodded, not showing any abnormality.
Just in case, Yun Fei distributed to each person a bottle of detoxification Pill, a bottle of healing pills, and a bottle of spiritual energy recovery pills.
After all, that baffling mist was still worth guarding against.
Bid farewell by the city lord, Yun Fei and the others left the city lord’s manor, heading towards the city gates.
However, as Yun Fei was leaving the city lord’s manor, she suddenly noticed that among the two guards stationed outside the manor gate, one had been replaced. The one replaced seemed to be the guy who had previously proposed going with them.
Having carried out many missions in the Demon Realm, she keenly smell a whiff of something suspicious in this!
As she stepped out of the manor gate, her footsteps paused slightly.
She looked at the new, unfamiliar face.
“Hey! I remember it wasn’t you guarding here yesterday. Where did that person go?”
The addressed guard was stunned, not expecting to be suddenly singled out.
Remembering the identity of the person before him, he instantly broke out in a cold sweat!
“Esteemed immortal, that colleague from yesterday suddenly fell seriously ill. He submitted a request for leave to the steward last night. This person was temporarily transferred up. He’s new to this job. Your sudden questioning inevitable make him nervous.”
The other guard helplessly glanced at his trembling, speechless colleague and explained to Yun Fei.
But Yun Fei’s expression did not relax because of his Smooth things over.
Instead, she still tightly frowned.