Fengniang, in the small courtyard bought by Mochou Light Song, wearing a white dress, stood under the tree with a slender and elegant figure. Her raised head seemed to be looking at the leaves on the branches, but also seemed to be thinking about something through the leaves...

  Mù Qīng Gē held Lóu Chuān Bǎi's hand as they walked back from the Medicine Tower, and this was the scene that unfolded before them.

  She slowed down her pace, as if she didn't want to break Fengniang's train of thought at this moment.

  She slipped silently into the room, where Yuhe and Huayue were waiting. In addition to the two women, Moyang had also returned. After several months of not seeing him, Moyang's aura had become even more sharp and piercing. His handsome features were even more resolute, with a hint of iron and blood.

  Young Master.

  Young Master.

  Jian Mu Qing Ge walked in, and Yu He and Hua Yue hurriedly got up to welcome her.

  Mo Yang also stood up, looked at her, pursed his lips and bowed: "Young Master!"

  "Back again." Mu Qing's eyes scanned him briefly before she walked over and sat down in the first seat of the house.

  Mo Yang led the way: "Upon receiving Young Master's order, I quickly gathered 300 Dragon Tooth Guards and rushed over. Tonight, we plan to go and annihilate the mountain bandits. The remaining 200 people are too far away, so I didn't call them back."

  "Hmm." Mu Qingge responded lightly and looked up at him: "The task I gave you was to bring back Fengniang, killing people is not your task."

  “……” Mo Yang pressed his lips together and didn't speak. He didn't know how to answer this question, nor could he express the true thoughts in his heart... He had wanted to see her sooner, so he had rushed day and night to bring Fengniang back, and then complete another arrangement of hers.

  "Alright, since you're here, you can lead the extermination mission this time."

  Mo Qing's non-pursuit allowed Mo Yang to secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

  Mo Qing tapped her finger lightly on the table and said to Mo Yang, "As for the enemy's intelligence, you communicate with Yu He yourself. Tonight, I want a result."

  "Yes!"

  "Yes, young master."

  Mo Yang and You He answered in unison.

  Mo Qing lightly nodded and said to the two of them: "You two go down and make arrangements, I won't interfere with this matter."

  Mo Yang and You He led the order to leave.

  After a while, Mu Qing Ge finally said to Hua Yue: "Go and call Feng Niang in."

  The flower moon bowed and withdrew from the room.

  In an instant, Fengniang appeared alone outside the door, while Huayue was nowhere to be seen.

  Fengniang stood at the door and did not take the initiative to enter, but instead made eye contact with Muxingge in the room. Those phoenix eyes, the light inside was calm and composed, steady and majestic.

  "Please come in, Your Highness." Mu Qing Ge raised her leg slightly and smiled faintly as she invited her.

  Fengniang smiled wryly and walked into the room. "Still, Young Master has seen through my identity."

  "Sit." Mu Qingge pointed to the seat on the right side.

  Feng Niang entered as instructed and sat down in the seat designated by Mu Qing Ge.

  Next to her seat, a cup of hot tea and several delicate pastries had already been placed. Fengniang glanced over lightly, but didn't touch them.

  It's not that she was afraid of Mu Qingge putting something in her food, but rather that she simply had no appetite at the moment.

  When she found Mu Yang, she could have chosen not to come. However, she was unwilling to give up any thread of hope related to Mu Yi. So, even if she had guessed that Mu Qing Ge, the young master of Qin Guo, already knew her true identity, she still followed Mu Yang without hesitation.

  "As for the matter of your identity, you should be grateful that I am a man of my word. Since I have accepted your gift, I will naturally keep your secret. I also found it unexpected that the investigation into Cha Mu Yi led to the Princess of Lü Guo." Murong Qing Ge said with an expression of playful curiosity.

  Fengniang's expression was calm and tranquil, it was impossible to tell what she was thinking at the moment.

  After Qingge finished speaking, she fell silent for a moment before calmly saying: "I am no longer the Princess of Lugu State, I am just an ordinary woman waiting for her husband to return home."

  "I didn't come to you to verify your identity. I have to say, the thing between you and Mu Yi has piqued my interest. And I have a biggest flaw, which is that once I'm interested in someone or something, I'll try every means to find out the answer." Murong Qing said to her.

  Fengniang looked at her, pursed her lips and remained silent.

  Mu Qing Ge continued, "I've already guessed seven or eight tenths of what's going on between you and Mu Yi. What I want to know now is, why in the story of the princess and the knight, did the knight have such high cultivation yet still get lost in the trivial Sunset Forest?"

  Fengniang's expression changed to a melancholic smile, her eyes seeming to fall into memories of the past as she listened to Mu Qingge's words. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't provoked him, he wouldn't be in this life-or-death situation now."

  "What was the story of that year after all?" Mu Qing's eyes were fixed on Feng Niang.

  Fengniang, however, seemed to be unaware of it, and told the story of her and Muyi: "That year, I was eighteen years old. In my prime, with great ambitions. At that time, in everyone's eyes, I was proud, and I was used to being the center of attention. Until he appeared..."

  In Fengniang's story, it started with a proud princess getting entangled with a stinky man who didn't take himself seriously.

  It was this man who told her that there should be no leading role and no supporting role.

  People live for their own freedom and happiness, not just to satisfy others' expectations.

  From being at odds with each other to finally making a lifelong commitment, it was like a dream come true for Feng Niang.

  But dreams are incredibly real.

  She was determined that this man was the one she wanted to spend her life with. So, she took the initiative to find her father, the Emperor, and told him of her decision. She wanted to be with him, even if it meant giving up her right to the throne.

  She had thought it was an arranged marriage.

  But when she made her own request, she encountered unprecedented opposition.

  “……At that time, I didn't know or understand why my father would be so opposed to it. It wasn't just him, even my mother came to persuade me to give up on Mu Yi. Mu Yi was excellent and completely different from those ordinary noble family sons, how could my parents not see that? I didn't understand, all I could do was resist and insist on what I wanted. Because, as Mu Yi said, I wanted to live life according to my own will. Later, when my father saw that he couldn't change my mind, he compromised. I thought I had won, with boundless joy preparing for the wedding, but unexpectedly my father secretly mobilized many of the imperial family's top experts, planning to ambush and kill Mu Yi.” Feng Niang said this part with a complex hatred in her eyes.

  "On that day, a fierce battle took place. I was trying on my wedding dress in the palace, but suddenly felt anxious and uneasy. After sensing the distant sounds of fighting, I rushed out of the palace without hesitation. When I arrived, I saw countless bodies of imperial family members lying on the ground. The only person standing was Mu Yi, but he was severely injured. I knew that with his skills, even if he had been ambushed on such a large scale, he wouldn't have been hurt so badly. He must have held back at first, not wanting me to have a hard time, and only defended himself passively. The moment I saw Mu Yi, I went mad. I couldn't believe that my respected father, the emperor, would do something like this. I didn't blame Mu Yi, but felt that I was no longer worthy of standing by his side..." As she recalled the past, Feng Niang seemed to relive the experience, and tears of pain fell from her eyes.

  Mo Qing didn't interrupt her, he just quietly listened to her narrative.

  Actually, Fengniang's story is roughly the same as the rumors from outside, but there are some differences in details. For example, Emperor Ligu was first agreed to marry, and then ambushed Muyi. Another example is that Muyi killed the royal family's master, but he was seriously injured.

  "After that, I didn't want to return to the palace and I couldn't bear to stay by Muyi's side. Every day was a torment for me, even thinking of death. Until one day, Muyi found me and asked if I wanted to leave with him. From then on, I would no longer be the princess of Lai Guo, putting aside all fame, power, and wealth, traveling the world together with him." Fengniang lifted her hand, wiping away tears from her cheek with the back of her hand, revealing a captivating smile.

  That smile can only be possessed by a woman who is wholeheartedly and unconditionally loved by her lover.

  At that moment, Mu Qing seemed to be touched by the emotions between Feng Niang and Mu Yi, making her wonder if there was a man in this world who could tolerate her no matter what, and guard her side without leaving or abandoning her.

  But for some reason, when she thought so, the figure of Si Mo Lao Yao Guai suddenly flashed in her mind, scaring her to a sudden jolt, and she slapped this inexplicable idea into the corner with a palm.

  "You promised." Mu Qing Ge suddenly said, also don't know if it was to cover up her own guilty conscience.

  Fengniang nodded slowly, revealing a happy smile: "How could I not agree? Muyi's appearance made me realize that the throne and power are nothing compared to his one smile, and every moment spent with him. I went to find my father, told him my thoughts, and asked him to set me free. If he didn't want to forgive me, then consider me as if I had never been born as his daughter. I know I'm selfish, giving up the heart's blood my father gave me for Muyi. But I couldn't go against my heart. My father was furious and refused, and for the first time, I saw him so angry that he seemed to want to kill me rather than let me be with Muyi. In a moment of impulsiveness, I asked him why he didn't agree with me and Muyi being together."

  Fengniang suddenly stopped.

  She took a deep breath before continuing, "It was at that moment that I discovered Mu Yi's secret. It turned out that he wasn't from Lin Chuan, but rather from the outside world. Father said that his feelings for me weren't genuine, and that he would leave Lin Chuan after playing with me, and I would never be able to find him again. I didn't believe it. I didn't believe that Mu Yi's intentions towards me were just empty words, nor did I believe the reason Father gave. Later, I went to ask Mu Yi about it, and he admitted that he wasn't from Lin Chuan, but rather the young master of the Mu family from the Zhong Gu world. I didn't know what the Zhong Gu world was like, or what kind of existence the Mu family had there. All I knew was that Mu Yi came to Lin Chuan because he didn't want to be embroiled in a struggle for the position of clan leader, which would lead to brothers turning against each other. He said that he wasn't interested in becoming the clan leader, but rather yearned to travel the world. So, he left his family and used a secret method to come to Lin Chuan, where he met me.

  Fengniang looked at Muxing Ge and said to her, "You don't know how unbelievable it was for me when I found out about all this. After learning about Moyi's identity, I kept thinking about why Father Emperor stopped us from being together. Was it just because Moyi came from outside Linchuan? At that time, Moyi saw my confusion and told me that perhaps Father Emperor misunderstood his presence as having ulterior motives. He said that in their place, there were indeed many families who extended their hands to Linchuan to control some of its powers for their own use, in order to expand their family's influence. Perhaps Father Emperor thought that he and I being together was an attempt to utilize marriage to put Liguojun under the Moyi family's power, which is why he stopped us."

  "Do you believe it?" Mu Qing Ge suddenly said.

  Fengniang was taken aback, beyond Mu Qing's expectations. She shook her head. "I believe in Mu Yi's conjecture, but I don't think my father would be so simple-minded. At that time, I finally realized that after experiencing some things, you will become more and more aware of the people closest to you. Mu Yi... he is too kind-hearted, too easy to use kindness as a starting point for others' evil deeds."

  Mo Qing's smile was a testament to the wisdom of this Princess of Yu Guo, which indeed lived up to the rumors about her.

  "No matter how much my father opposed, I still insisted on my own choice. Since my father was unwilling to let go, I had to leave secretly. Before leaving, I went to see my mother, and she knew that I had made up my mind and did not persuade me again. She only handed over the dagger that had been used as a national treasure by the royal family for generations. She said this dagger would be my dowry. Mu Yi and I left quietly, knowing that my father had sent out a large number of troops to find us. He also told outsiders that I had taken away the national treasure."

  Fengniang's faint smile faded, and she continued: "I and Muyi evaded the pursuit and entered the Sunset Forest. On that day, Muyi told me to wait for him in the original place. He went to find something, if he could find it, that thing would still be useful, and we could leave here and go somewhere else. But I waited, just ten years..."

  The story of Feng Niang has ended, and as for what happens next, Mu Qing Ge can guess it even if she doesn't say it.

  After Mu Yi left, Feng Niang must have searched the Sunset Forest many times, but there was no news of him. She didn't want to leave, fearing that Mu Yi would return and not be able to find her, nor could she continue to stay in the State of Lai, so she came to the town of Laizhou in the state of Qin and opened an inn.

  While waiting for Muye, she also inquired about Muye's news through past adventurers.

  It's just a pity that ten years have passed and there has been no news at all.

  "Have you ever thought that he might have abandoned you and left?" Mu Qing Ge asked.

  Fengniang shook her head firmly: "From his disappearance until now, I have never thought of it that way!"

  "You're also considered infatuated." Murong Qingge laughed and said.

  Fengniang looked at her, with a serious gaze: "Young Master is probably still yet to meet someone he truly likes. If he had met that person, he wouldn't be asking me such questions today."

  Mo Qing's mouth twitched, feeling ridiculed.

  Alright, she really doesn't understand what love is all about, why there are so many men and women in the world who would sacrifice everything for this word. Thinking of the world she used to be in, where couples break up and husbands and wives get divorced left and right, but none of them seem to be desperate enough to die for it. Are those not true loves?

  I really can't understand!

  "Master Xiao wants to hear a story, I've already finished. I wonder if Master Xiao called me here because he has news about Mu Yi." Fengniang lightly bit her lip, looking at her with expectant eyes.

  Mo Qingge raised her eyes and met hers, saying calmly: "No."

  Two simple words made Fengniang's eyes lose their expectation instantly, and a strong sense of disappointment enveloped her.

  "Although there is no exact news, but speculation does exist." Mu Qing added another sentence.

  "Guess?" Phoenix's eyes reignited with hope. Even without any definite news, having a guess was good too.

  Ten years have passed, and Fengniang's expectations for Muyi have changed from "come back" to "be safe".

  Mù Qīng Gē nodded, "Originally there was still some uncertainty, but after hearing your story today, I think it's very likely."

  "Fengniang hastily said: 'Please tell me, young master.'"

  Mo Qing shook her head slowly: "Actually, you must have thought of these guesses for so many years. There's just one problem that's stopping you."

  Fengniang looked at her without saying a word.

  "You don't dare leave, you're afraid that if you do, Mu Yi will suddenly return and not be able to find you, and you'll miss each other again." Mu Qing Ge spoke the knot in Feng Niang's heart.

  Fengniang smiled wistfully: "Indeed, nothing can escape the young master's eyes."

  Mu Qing didn't respond to her flattery, but instead said: "Actually, it's not hard to guess where Mu Yi went. He once said he was looking for something to help you leave, which should be the thing he used when he came to Linchuan. From his words, we can infer that the thing is a consumable treasure, and its power will decrease with each use, or even become unstable and pose some danger. So, he's not very sure if it still works either. This might also be why he left alone, afraid of disappointing you, and didn't want you to follow him into danger."

  Muxiang Ge's words made Fengniang fall silent.

  "If we're certain that Mu Yi won't abandon you, then there's only one possibility: he found what he was looking for, but something unexpected happened and he was passively taken away from Lin Chuan. Whether he returned to the Middle Ancient Realm or somewhere else, we don't know. However, after so long, he still hasn't come back to find you. Assuming his deep feelings for you haven't changed, then there are only two possibilities: either he's dead, or he's been trapped."

  Fengniang remained calm and quiet, just as Muxing Ge had said earlier. These possibilities, Fengniang couldn't have guessed in ten years.

  Mù Qīng Gē looked at her, and after a long time, he said: "I brought you here, actually just to say one sentence. You can't leave Línchuān, but I can. The Middle Ancient Realm is also a place I must go."

  Fengniang suddenly lifted her head and looked at Mù Qīnggē, her eyes filled with shock.

  She understood the implication of Mu Qing's visit.

  Mù Qīng Gē is willing to continue helping herself find Mù Yì, investigating Mù Yì's whereabouts. Whether Mù Yì is dead or trapped, she needs an answer.

  But however

  "What do you need me to do?" Fengniang said firmly.

  Mo Qing smiled and said: It's really great to deal with smart people!

  She stretched out a finger and said to Fengniang, "That dagger of yours, I can return it to you. Let's make another deal." The half-divine artifact dagger was actually not very useful to her, so she might as well be generous.

  Who would have thought that Fengniang shook her head and refused: "Since it has been given to the young master, I will not take it back. Leaving it with the young master, if you find Mu Yi in the future, it can also serve as a token of our acquaintance."

  Mù Qīnggē thought for a moment and didn't insist anymore.

  "Fengniang asked again: 'What does the young master want me to do?'"

  "Do you know Feng Yu?" Mu Qing asked with a raised eyebrow.

  "Feng Yu returns?" Feng Niang's expression was complex for a moment, and she curled up the corner of her mouth: "How could I not recognize? My third imperial brother."

  "According to my information," Mu Qing laughed and said, "your mother and his mother don't have a very good relationship."

  Fengniang's eyes flashed suddenly, and she looked at Murong Qingsong: "That's right. My mother's affairs are closely related to his mother."

  Mu Qing Ge smiled: "That's easy, you should also want to avenge your mother and thoroughly understand why your father stopped you from being with Mu Yi. And I have a grudge against Feng Yu Gui."

  Feng Niang didn't speak, seemingly waiting for Mu Qing Ge's next words.

  Mu Qing Ge leaned forward and looked at her: "I want you to go back, as the eldest princess of Lai Guo, sit on the throne of Lai Guo's crown princess, and become the empress of Lai Guo!"

  Fengniang's eyes suddenly widened, and her expression was extremely unexpected.

  Mu Qing smiled lazily: "Feng Yu wants this position very much, but I don't want him to get it. You can go back to the palace and find your own answers, and also take revenge. It's a perfect match."

  Fengniang fell silent for a moment before saying, "In the past, Father Emperor publicly announced that I was no longer a princess of the imperial family. Now, to return and seize the throne is very difficult."

  "How to return to the Imperial Palace of Lu Guo and restore your identity as a princess is up to you. As for me, I will lend you a helping hand when you need it, to help you ascend to the throne of Tai Nu. And what I want is, after everything is over, the life of Feng Yu Gui!" Mu Qing Ge said.

  Fengniang suddenly laughed: "I'm really curious how Feng Yuguo managed to offend you so much."

  Mo Qing Ge shrugged: "I don't understand either, he keeps looking for trouble with me again and again. To make the trouble stop, I can only strangle the source of the trouble."

  Fengniang's smile on her face gradually converged. "I once promised Muyi that I wouldn't sit in that seat."

  "Now, you're going to fight for that position, and a big part of the reason is also for him. Once you become the Empress of Lu Guo, you'll have more power to find him, and outside of Lin Chuan, you'll still have me as your helper, to help you find out where he is." Mu Qing Ge said.

  Fengniang tightly pursed her lips, as if seriously considering Mu Qingge's words.

  She wasn't thinking about whether or not to respond to Mu Qing's request, but rather how she could return to that home of hers from the past.

  After a cup of tea, Fengniang raised her eyes and said to Mù Qīnggē: "Alright, it's settled with just one word."

  She stood up and said to Mu Qing Ge: "One month later, the Grand Princess Feng Yu Fei of Lü Guo will return to the Imperial Palace of Lü Guo."

  Mù Qīng Gē hooked her lips into a shallow smile: "Half a month later, the third prince of Lǚ Guó will be expelled from Yao Tǎ, and return to his country in disarray."

  Fengniang smiled and nodded, then turned and left.

  After Fengniang left, Huayue walked in and said to Muxingge: "Young master, Fengniang has gone alone."

  Mu Qingge stood up, stretched her waist and said indifferently: "Let her go." If Feng Yu Fei Lun didn't even have the ability to walk back to Guo Huan's place from here, there was no need to go to the imperial palace to die.

  Mochi walked out of the house, looking at the big tree that Feng Yu Fei had looked at before, and whispered softly: "Feng Yu returns, I hope you like this gift specially prepared for you."

  Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, rolling up the leaves that had fallen on the ground.

  Mu Qingge gazed at the leaves being swept into the air by the wind and thought to herself, "Lu Guo, a storm is brewing."

  That night, some forces lurking near Sangzhi City were killed by people with unknown origins, and none survived. The next day, someone witnessed it and said: "Corpses all over the ground, blood flowing in the mountains." Some also said: "A huge fire filled the sky, burning the horizon red, illuminating the dark night before dawn."

  When Mo Yang reappeared in front of Mu Qing Ge, although he had already been cleaned up, there was still a faint smell of blood on him.

  "The task is completed, so leave Sangzhi City. During this time, you will lead a group of people and be active nearby. A month and a half later, help me send someone back to Qin Guo. Remember, must hide your tracks, keep a low profile, and ensure her safety." Mu Qing Ge said to Mo Yang who was kneeling on the ground.

  Mo Yang nodded and backed down.

  After finishing these things, Mu Qingge also had to return to the Medicine Tower for closed-door cultivation.

  Now, everyone is actively preparing for the selection match, and she can't slack off either.

  When Mu Qingyu returned to Yao Tower, some news also entered Yao Tower.

  "Hum! Trash, all trash!" Huacang's anger was about to shatter the table in front of him, his face even more gloomy.

  Di Yuan knelt before him, his complexion also very poor.

  Those forces that were killed were the ones he had finally subdued with great difficulty, but were annihilated overnight by someone. Who was it that had such ability?

  What's most hateful is that the forces that were killed were all related to him. Those forces that had nothing to do with him weren't affected in the slightest.

  It's obvious that their goal is to target him!

  These forces don't just belong to him, but more are the ones he gathered according to his master's instructions. Besides him, this intermediate dan master, there is also Hua Cangtu, a high-level dan master.

  At this moment, years of hard work were swept away by someone, and it's easy to imagine the teacher and student's frustration.

  "Who is it after all? Have you found out?" Huacai asked loudly to Xuan Yuan.

  Xie Yuan shook his head with difficulty, "Received the news too late, the other party had already left, and the scene was cleaned up very cleanly, not a single clue could be found."

  "Dare to move these people, it must be because of our relationship. Can anyone who opposes us have such ability?" Huacangtu asked.

  Di Yuan furrowed his brow.

  The person who can eliminate these forces overnight with such violent means is likely to have a military force that is extremely terrifying. Among the people he knows, there doesn't seem to be anyone with a similar background.

  The only one who can mobilize the army is Zhao Nanxing. However, he also only has a few high-ranking officials from the imperial palace protecting him, and there isn't any actual army.

  Who is it?

  This question has been on Xuan Yuan's mind all along.

  "Could it be him?" Xuan Yuan suddenly thought of someone.

  But he immediately denied it: 'Just a guy with no background, slightly talented, how could he have such a powerful method?'

  Di Yuan asked Huacang Dao: "Master, what's going on with Jiao Yu?"

  Huā Cāng Shù gazed at him with a gloomy expression, his voice harshly saying: "You ask me? I'd like to ask you instead. Why did the giant python emerge, yet they can still return unscathed? And even bring back the Moonlight Bud?"

  Xuan Yuan was silent, he really didn't know.

  "Or shall we go find that giant python and ask it clearly?"

  Hua Cang's face was gloomy, shaking his head: "Now is not the time to pursue this matter, the selection match will start soon, I can't leave to go to the Misty Dream Forest. Moreover, Lao Chuan Bo has been following me for several days, it seems he has some suspicions."

  Xuan Yuan fell silent.

  Hua Cangtu paced a few steps in the room, and the air of immortals and Taoist elegance on his body had long been destroyed by the gloomy atmosphere.

  The gloomy atmosphere had become even more chilling.

  "Hmph!" Huā Cāngshù coldly snorted.

  What a streak of bad luck during this period.

  Firstly, the carefully planned trap completely failed and instead boosted the enemy's morale. Now, the forces outside Sangzhi City have been swept away, but he still can't find the culprit. What's even more infuriating is that Zhu Ling, that treacherous scoundrel, has gone into hiding and retreated to the alchemy room for closed-door cultivation.

  Everything is going wrong!

  "Zhu Ling hasn't come out yet?" Hu Cang's voice was laced with viciousness.

  Xiao Yuan shook his head: "I've been sending people to keep watch outside, she hasn't come out yet."

  Huā Cāng Shù's eyes narrowed, and he said to Xiǎo Yuán, "Alright, let's put these things aside for now. You go down and focus on preparing. You must come in first in the selection competition."

  Di Yuandao said, "The apprentice has recently felt the bottleneck of a high-level Dan master. Once broken through, the apprentice is confident that he can refine the quality of the pill that Mu refined on the day of the Dan battle."

  Hua Cangtu sneered: "You think it's easy to produce a top-grade product? Even Mei Zizhong hasn't managed to refine one, and you think you can?"

  Di Yuan's heart turned cold.

  What he hated most was naturally being compared with Mei Zichong by others.

  Plum blossoms don't bloom, then what does?

  "Anyway, who made you my apprentice?" Huacangtu took out a small bottle from his bosom and tossed it to Duan Yuan. "The liquid inside can maximize the quality of Dan medicine, which I brought from the General Institute. The quantity is limited, there's only one drop left, use it to win at the critical moment."

  There is actually such a wonderful treasure!

  Di Yuan's heart was filled with surprise, and he gripped the small bottle in his hand even tighter.

  At the same time, he also secretly resented. Such a good treasure, but his master never mentioned it, and now that it's come to the crucial moment, he begrudgingly gave him just one drop, how detestable!

  "Go ahead." Huā Cāngshù looked at Xiǎo Yuán's hand holding the bottle with some pain, and sent him away.

  Xiang Yuan retreated.

  Hua Cangtu furrowed his brow, thinking deeply about who had such ability to kill so many people in one night. He knew their skills best. If they weren't formidable, he wouldn't have chosen them among the many forces.

  ……

  Half a month later, the medicine tower.

  "Come quickly! Someone has stolen the elixir!"

  A shrill cry broke the stillness of the night.

  Innumerable disciples of the Medicine Tower rushed out of the tree house and hurried towards the place where the sound came from.

  A dark figure, swiftly walking in the night, as if escaping from something behind.

  In his stumbling, a hint of tension appeared on his face. The object in his arms gave him an inexpressible feeling.

  He had just been released from the water dungeon, and before he could even go find trouble with Fow Tianlong and Mu Qingge, he found himself waking up in the middle of the night lying at the entrance of the Cang Dan Tower, still holding a pellet of medicine in his hand.

  Just then, someone shouted "Thief of the elixir!"

  In his panic, he subconsciously wanted to leave, but forgot to drop the dan medicine in his hand.

  Suddenly, a bright light appeared in front of him.

  He suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked at the person blocking his way.

  "Feng Yu returns, you actually dare to steal the elixir!" The leader was Zhao Nanxing, the second disciple of Lao Da Shi. He led a dozen or so medicine tower disciples to block Feng Yu's path.

  The flickering light cast a glow on Feng Yu's face, masking his pallor and only revealing his flustered appearance.

  That expression is just like a thief's guilty conscience, and it further solidified the idea in the person's mind.

  "No! I didn't!" Feng Yuqiu tried to explain.

  But he forgot that there was still a pill in his hand.

  Zhao Nanxing pointed at his hand and said sternly: "The evidence is right in your hands, dare you still quibble?"

  "This isn't mine!" Feng Yu argued.

  Zhao Nanxing sneered, "Of course it's not yours. This elixir belongs to the Medicine Tower. If it were yours, would you still be called a thief?" He enunciated the word 'thief' with extra clarity, and also with extra disdain.

  "You! Slander me?" Feng Yu's resentful voice said.

  He was being calculated by someone, and his intuition told him that the person who was calculating him must be Mu Ge!

  Zhao Nanxing sneered: "Frame you? I have no feud or grudge against you, why would I frame you? Besides, we were sent to capture the thieves who stole the elixir, and now the stolen elixir is in your hands. What's going on? Are you going to tell me that the thief threw it at you?"

  "It's a fact! I was clearly resting in the house, but when I woke up, I found this dan medicine in my hand and myself moved to another place." Feng Yu returned.

  Zhao Nanxing burst out laughing: "Still trying to talk your way out of it! Clearly, someone saw you sneaking out of the treehouse and stealthily making your way to the Cang Dan Tower. And then someone else saw you coming out of the Cang Dan Tower, which is when they reported it to us. We've been chasing after you all along, and we haven't seen anyone else suspicious."

  "Hum! This is a trap, it's Mu's trap!" Feng Yu Gui roared.

  "Feng Yu, you'd better not speak nonsense! Who is framing who? Mu Shidi has been in seclusion to improve his alchemy skills, everyone in the tower knows about it. She doesn't even know what happened tonight, how could she set a trap for you?" Zhao Nanxing said with righteous indignation. But in his heart, he thought: The one who designed this trap for you is clearly me! Although I was also assigned this task by Mu Shidi.

  "You're all in cahoots! Trying to frame me? Dream on!" Feng Yu's explanation didn't stop, his hands wielding the Green Mang saber, as he directly unleashed spiritual energy at Zhao Nanxing and over a dozen others.

  Zhao Nan's eyes narrowed and he said to the others, "Feng Yu has stolen the elixir and still dares to attack fellow disciples in the tower. Let's take him down together."

  Dozens of people rushed up at once.

  Zhao Nanxing looked up and shouted loudly: "Disciple Zhao Nanxing, this evil bandit is too powerful, we disciples are no match for him. Please, Elder Hutang, take action to capture this evil bandit!"

  "Ouch!"

  "Ouch!"

  The enraged Feng Yuqiu knocked all of the dozen or so people who were surrounding him to the ground.

  He glared at Zhao Nanxing with a fierce gaze, ready to make his move. But just as he was about to attack, a blue figure descended from the sky and landed on his shoulders, instantly pinning him down like a mountain, forcing half of his body into the ground.

  How could Feng Yu have expected to meet with such insult?

  He was furious in his heart and roared loudly, wanting to use his own spiritual power to shock away the person who was stepping on his shoulder.

  Feeling his movement, the person standing on his shoulder glared at him and applied more force with their foot, instantly pushing Feng Yu back down into the ground by several inches, leaving only the upper part of his chest exposed above the surface.

  Phoenix returned with a pop, unable to move, a kind of unprecedented shame rushed to her heart.

  The dozen or so people who were beaten by him stood up and surrounded Feng Yuexia with their weapons drawn.

  Zhao Nanxing walked quickly over and bowed respectfully to the person standing on Feng Yu's shoulder: "Thank you, elder, for lending a hand. Otherwise, we would have let this villain escape."

  The elder of the tower looked down at Feng Yu's return and snorted, saying to Zhao Nanxing: "What is this kind of inferior person doing in the medicine tower? He just came out of the water dungeon and thought about stealing the elixir. Next time, he might set the medicine tower on fire."

  This elder of the tower guard happened to be the one who had thrown Feng Yu into the water dungeon back then, and his impression of him was not shallow.

  "Elder's teachings are right, I will report to Master and Dean, and definitely deal with this thief seriously." Zhao Nanxing said hastily.

  The elder guarding the tower nodded proudly and then withdrew.

  As soon as he left, Feng Yu was immediately surrounded by countless knife tips, those sharp and pointed sword tips and knife tips, pressed against his body, making him dare not move a single bit.

  He glared at Zhao Nanxing with a fierce gaze, "I want to see Dean Hua, and ask him to preside over justice!"

  Zhao Nanxing smiled and said: "Of course you will see the Dean, after all, he still has to come and punish you."

  Feng Yu's gaze narrowed slightly as he seemed to sense a hint of ill intent from Zhao Nanxing's smile.

  As expected, when he was tied up with five flowers and saw Huacai, he saw the guardian elder standing beside Huacai, and he knew that he was doomed.

  The evidence of his theft of the elixir is irrefutable.

  But he said he was framed and did not come up with any evidence at all.

  Under the watchful eyes of the elder Huatang, Hua Cangtu made a decision.

  The next day, in Yaotai, the news of Feng Yuexi being expelled from Yaotai spread. And this news was transmitted to Ligu at a very fast speed.

  It's likely that by the time he returns to Lü Guo in disarray, the entire nation will already know about their Third Highness being expelled from Yao Ta for stealing elixirs!

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