NOVEL NEXT Chapter 415: Little Wuya's Confession
"How could the boss be gone? Both the boss and Little Zhiyo are here. If you miss them, you can talk to them." Little Wuya was feeling depressed, thinking, why are these adults so complicated? She didn't listen to the boss's words and returned the Phoenix Token to him, and yet he's still so sad. It's really no fun.
I wonder if the boss will be mad at her when she finds out.
"Little Wuya, what are you talking about?" After hearing Little Wuya's words, Feng Xun was stunned and couldn't help but ask.
"Inside the Phoenix Token, there's a Sound Transmission Array from the Phoenix Clan." Little Wuya emphasized. "A few days ago, I still heard the boss and Little Zhiyo's voices. They came from this jade token, the boss and Little Zhiyo told me that they're both fine, it's just that they can't come back for now, and they told me to take good care of myself."
Feng Xun furrowed his brows, unsure of what Little Wuya meant.
He held the Phoenix Token in his hand until it became warm.
Although it seemed very unlikely, Feng Xun still felt he should carefully examine the Phoenix Token.
From afternoon to night, Feng Xun did not notice anything unusual about the Phoenix Token. Just as he was becoming disheartened, he casually placed the Phoenix Token on the pillow.
Having not eaten or rested properly in the past few days, his body finally couldn't hold up anymore, and Feng Xun leaned on the couch and closed his eyes.
Around midnight, Feng Xun, who usually slept lightly, heard a mosquito-sized voice.
"Little Zhiyo, don't be lazy. If we want to get out sooner, we must cultivate day and night."
That voice, was none other than Ye Lingyue's!
Feng Xun's spirits lifted, and he stared at the Phoenix Token in disbelief.
In the night, the Phoenix Token in Feng Xun's hands emitted a luminous glow, like the light of fireflies. The intermittent voices of Ye Lingyue and Little Zhiyo were indeed coming from inside it.
"Ling Yue?"
Feng Xun called out softly, his voice slightly trembling, but it felt as if it had traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers, quietly reaching the bottom of Ye Lingyue's heart.
"Hey, that seems like Feng Xun's voice."
Ye Lingyue and Little Zhiyo had been cultivating during the day and hadn't noticed that Little Wuya had returned the Phoenix Token to Feng Xun.
"Zhiyo~" Little Zhiyo also heard it and called out excitedly twice.
In the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array, this ghastly place, Little Zhiyo was sick of staying. When it thought of Miss Feng and the delicious roasted chicken legs and various nuts in the Feng Residence, it couldn't help but tear up. Holding the Phoenix Token that emitted sound, it felt like seeing a birth mother, almost wanting to nibble on it.
Inside the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array, Ye Lingyue, after a day of strenuous cultivation, was also exhausted. Upon hearing Feng Xun's voice, she thought it was a hallucination.
The fact that she and Little Zhiyo were not dead, she had only told Little Wuya.
She even cautioned Little Wuya not to let anyone else know, just so that others wouldn't worry.
"Little Zhiyo, move aside, you're disgusting, the Phoenix Token is all covered in your drool. Let me have a proper talk with Feng Xun." That voice belonged to Ye Lingyue, crisp with a bit of anger, that voice revived Feng Xun's heart that had gone numb days ago, and life blossomed from the brink of despair, slowly reviving again.
"Why, even keep it from me, do you know these past few days..." Feng Xun felt somewhat resentful when he found out that Ye Lingyue even kept him in the dark.
This little woman, she's truly infuriating.
If he met her again, he would definitely "teach" her a good lesson.
Hearing the irritation in Feng Xun's tone, Ye Lingyue felt a pang of guilt.
"Feng Xun, I didn't mean to keep this from you. Little Zhiyo and I are currently trapped in the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array. Although there's no immediate threat to our lives, getting out is not something that can be achieved overnight. I didn't want to worry you, you still have many things to attend to."
Ye Lingyue forced a smile.
To escape from Cave Number One, she at least need to break through the first Earth Tribulation of the Six Heavenly Earth Tribulations, formed by the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Palaces and Seventy-two Earthly Evil Prisons.
She could see numerous skeletons, bodies sunken in the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array; even the former Chen Hongru, who had been a Nine Rank Alchemist, struggled for a long time before he overcame the Heaven and Earth Tribulation.
Though alive, as long as she remained in the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array, it was almost akin to being dead.
Perhaps, she would be forever trapped in the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array, turning into a mere skeleton.
She refrained from contacting Feng Xun simply because she didn't want him to worry about her.
Feng Xun had Xue Pianran, and he had the Feng Residence; after all, she was merely a scene along his journey of life.
"Ye Lingyue, who made you so magnanimous, so considerate, always putting me first? Nothing is more important to me than losing you," Feng Xun clenched the Phoenix Token, emotion swelling in his voice.
The intensity was such that Ye Lingyue could feel it, even through the distance of the Phoenix Token.
The Phoenix Token suddenly felt burning hot in her hand, her face flushing with heat.
"Feng Xun, I'm sorry, I was wrong," Ye Lingyue sniffled, feeling aggrieved.
"If you need to apologize, do it when you see me. Tell me, where exactly are you?" Feng Xun softened as he listened to her gentle voice.
"You can't find me, but I think I'm in Cave Number One of Xingxiu Cave; only I can break the array to escape. I will find a way to break through the Reincarnation Realm as soon as possible. For now, only tell the people at the Lan Residence and my mother that I'm alive. Let Cai'er and Little Wuya return to Daxia to inform my subordinates Yan Che and Lai Gu. Also, keep a close watch on the Hong Residence's moves. I suspect the Hong Residence might be plotting a usurpation." Reconnecting with Feng Xun unexpectedly lifted a great weight off Ye Lingyue's chest.
Although accompanied by Little Zhiyo, without days and nights in the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array, Feng Xun's voice was like a soothing melody, injecting warmth back into Ye Lingyue's dull existence.
The two, despite being separated by who knows how much distance, felt unprecedentedly close.
Feng Xun felt the same.
That night, Feng Xun placed the Phoenix Token against his chest, only falling asleep very late.
The next morning, Housekeeper Mu anxiously waited outside Feng Xun's room as usual, wondering how to persuade the Prince to eat something.
If it continued like this, the Prince might collapse before Miss Ye was found, especially while he was still injured.
The door creaked—
Feng Xun came out.
"Master, I'm a bit hungry, please prepare some food."
Hearing this, Housekeeper Mu was stunned, thinking he had misheard.
The Prince was actually asking for a meal!
"Oh, this old servant will go instruct the kitchen immediately," Housekeeper Mu incredulously stared at Feng Xun, noting that his face no longer bore the listlessness of the past few days.
Indeed, Feng Xun had recovered overnight, his eyes, previously dull with death, now flickered with life again.