Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 913 - 567: Fortuitous Encounter_2

Chapter 913: Chapter 567: Fortuitous Encounter_2

"..."

The girl before her seems to truly be terrified of Feng Xianru to the extreme, cowering in fear.

After a moment of contemplation, Xu Yuan slowly bent down, squatting in front of her, and said softly:

"Let’s do this, you help me find the way this time, and if he asks afterward, just tell him my name. If he refuses to accept and dares to trouble you, I’ll teach him a lesson for you. How about that?"

"....."

Feng Fangming’s eyes flickered.

This elder brother seemed not to be joking.

She pursed her thin lips and asked softly:

"Young master, why would you help someone like me?"

"It’s not about helping you; this is a transaction."

Xu Yuan bent his eyes with a gentle expression: "You lead me to that cave, and I take care of the trouble for you; it’s quite fair."

"It’s not fair."

Feng Fangming pulled at the corner of her own clothes: "For me, leading the way is just a simple task, but for you, young master, it means offending Feng Xianru..."

"It’s all the same."

Xu Yuan interrupted the girl with a smile, his words frivolous:

"Just as he feels free to bully you because he disapproves, I can likewise kill him on a whim for the same reason."

With that,

Xu Yuan slowly stood up, his back to the leaping, flickering firelight, and extended his hand slowly toward the girl in front of him:

"So, do you want to make this deal with me?"

"..."

Slowly, the girl lifted her eyelids to look at him.

With the bonfire illuminating him from behind, the man’s face was hidden in shadow, only the dark glint in his eyes reflected.

Subconsciously,

In the flicker of the bonfire, she reached out and grabbed his extended hand.

...

...

...

"Young master, do you care a lot about her?"

Walking on the way to the Feng Family Ancestral Hall, Bai Muxi, looking at the back of the "young man" leading the way, suddenly asked out of the blue.

The wind of the mountain forest swept through the ends of the hair, and Xu Yuan glanced at her before replying casually:

"Someone personally picked by Ran Qingmo naturally merits attention."

Big Ice Lump seems to really have the fool’s fortune.

Not only able to stumble upon opportunities everywhere, but he also keeps making connections with people of great destiny.

During a casual conversation, Ran Qingmo mentioned that before executing Qin Mo, as she was rushing towards Jingjiang Prefecture, she had encountered Qin Mo in the desolate forest and even forged a slight karmic bond.

Totally unlike him, who seems to make enemies everywhere.

Bai Muxi couldn’t comprehend Xu Yuan’s implication and asked in confusion:

"Does she have something special about her?"

As they spoke, the four continued to leap through the foggy mountain forest.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment, then countered:

"Can you tell her gender?"

"...I can’t, is this some sort of special physique?" Bai Muxi was quick to catch on.

Xu Yuan nodded and laughed:

"Ever heard of the Yin-Yang Mysterious Pattern Body?"

"No..."

"It’s a physique very suited for being a cauldron. The Yin-Yang Mysterious Pattern Body is naturally endowed with dual Dao essences at birth. Using such a body as a cauldron, there is a chance to comprehend one of the essences of Taiyin Dao Essence and Xuan Yang Dao Yun."

"Young master, are you considering taking him in?"

"Heh, no such thoughts. The Yin Yang Dao Essence doesn’t really suit me."

Xu Yuan shook his head and laughed: "And compared to using the Yin-Yang Mysterious Pattern Body as a cauldron, the benefits of cultivating the owner of such a physique are actually much greater."

"That must be quite difficult, otherwise, why would this body be used as a cauldron?"

"Of course it’s hard, otherwise the Yin-Yang Mysterious Pattern Body wouldn’t be made into a cauldron."

Xu Yuan did not deny it, his tone carrying a hint of lament:

"It’s okay not to cultivate, but once a person with the Yin-Yang Mysterious Pattern Body steps onto the cultivation path, the day the Yin Yang Dao Essence awakens is likely the day they perish."

Bai Muxi pondered for a moment, then asked:

"Do you plan to help her?"

"Help? How to help?"

Xu Yuan asked with a somewhat amused refutation: "You should know better than anyone if outsiders can meddle with Dao Essence. Ran Qingmo has given me this opportunity, so I’ll just casually create some good karma."

Saying so, Xu Yuan looked towards the figure of the girl ahead, his tone melancholic:

"If this girl survives, then I’ll pluck her like a peach and bring her under my command; if she doesn’t survive... then that’s her fate."

Dad really taught Xu Yuan a lot through actions and words.

Broadcasting seeds, without making them fat.

Nurturing them with care costs too much, and it’s uncertain whether they would grow crooked from excessive fertilization.

So just scatter the seeds, and those who grow up will naturally enter your sight, and then you can pick the ripe peaches using your own influence.

As these thoughts flashed by, the corners of Xu Yuan’s lips suddenly curled up into a faint smile:

"Let’s not talk about this girl for now,

"Mu Xi, what do you make of Feng Xianru?"

"..."

Bai Muxi’s gaze changed slightly, and after absorbing the new information, her thoughts quickly stirred for a moment, then she softly replied:

"Young Master, do you mean to say that Feng Xianru has also seen through this girl’s hidden potential, hence he considers using her as a crucible to perceive the Dao Charm?"

As she spoke, a hint of confusion flashed in Xiao Bai’s eyes:

"If that’s the case, then the reason why that boy forced this girl out of Qifeng Hall seems to make sense. If discovered by the Black Scale Guards, Feng Fangming is very likely to be sent to Di’an City."

"Then why specifically near this ancestral temple of the Feng Family?" Xu Yuan suddenly asked, "Wouldn’t it be better to send her to some secluded mountains and forests, why specifically this territory of the ancestral temple?"

Bai Muxi furrowed her brows slightly:

"For easier supervision? From the way that girl is looking around cautiously, Feng Xianru seems to visit here often, possibly to watch over the girl while retrieving treasures."

Xu Yuan fell into silent contemplation for a moment, then shook his head:

"Not sure, with this turn of events, it is very likely that we will have to interact with this genius of the collateral branch, and we can directly ask him when that time comes."

After these words, the boundless forest fell into silence.

Approximately two quarters of an hour later, the young girl who had been leading the way at a swift pace slowly stopped in front of a stone wall, turned her head to look at Xu Yuan, and said timidly in a low voice:

"Young Master... we have arrived."

Settling down, he looked around.

This was a cliff bottom, surrounded by forests on three sides and facing a steep wall on one side, with no sign of a cave.

Stretching out his Spiritual Vision once more to scan for a moment, Xu Yuan barely detected faint fluctuations of a Formation on this cliff wall.

Such a mysterious Illusion Array...

It’s impressive that the boy had the luck to find this place in the vast forest.

With a slight exclamation in his heart, Xu Yuan directly stepped towards the cliff wall, and at this point, Feng Mingming hurriedly spoke up:

"Young Master, wait a moment, you’ll get hurt if you go in like this, to enter this cave, you need blood...."

As she spoke, she opened her outer garment and pulled out a short blade, intending to slash her own fair hand—its palm already bearing scars from clearly doing this often.

"Hum—"

But this time, before she could finish speaking, a humming sound suddenly emanated from Xu Yuan, spreading out towards the misty forest...

When everything had returned to silence, the cliff wall in front of them had vanished, replaced by the entrance to a deep cave.

Xu Yuan casually pressed down the blade in the girl’s hand, and in her astonished gaze, he asked softly:

"Feng Xianru, when he enters here, has he always been using your blood?"

"Ah... No."

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the girl shook her head like a rattle, stammering, "He usually uses his own blood, he only taught me a few times, but why... why can you open the Formation without blood, Young Master?"

"Because my mother is Feng Qianner."

Collateral members need fresh blood as proof to open the Formation, but those of the Direct Lineage only need to connect their Origin Qi with the Formation to open it directly.

"Oh...."

Feng Mingming responded softly, her eyelids lowered, seemingly lost in thought.

Inside the cave was a meticulously maintained straight corridor, each side three zhang in length, width, and height, extending as far as the eye could see, with intricate Formation Patterns emitting dangerous glows hidden within.

Upon stepping into the corridor, the intricate lanterns hanging upside down above the corridor immediately caught the eyes of the four, stretching towards the depths of the corridor, each lantern’s flickering flame of varying colors, a total of nine, but currently only four were lit.

Feng Mingming led the way while whispering softly:

"Inside, each lantern creates an Illusionary Realm, and only by passing through that Illusionary Realm can one light the lantern to continue forward; I’ve been here for half a year and have only managed to light four lanterns."

"....."

Xu Yuan’s gaze remained calm at this corridor that seemed like a dungeon design.

A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and to prevent the interruption of the direct bloodline by accident, the Feng Family ancestors set up nine trials in the ancestral temple; collateral branches who light nine lanterns would be deemed to possess the inheritance rights of the Direct Lineage.

However, Feng Mingming’s words somewhat caught Xu Yuan’s attention.

After walking a good distance, Xu Yuan suddenly asked softly:

"Has Feng Xianru himself not attempted to challenge the Nine Mysteries Lantern Formation?"

Feng Mingming took a moment to think, then replied truthfully:

"No, he always waits for me at the entrance."

"...."

Hearing this response, Xu Yuan’s expression instantly turned strange.

But before he could speak,

Almost at the same moment,

Other than the clueless Feng Mingming beside him, Xu Yuan and the other two simultaneously looked towards the direction of the corridor entrance.

And there,

A handsome young man in white slowly walked in.