Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 919 - 571: Choice

Chapter 919: Chapter 571: Choice

Tired, just let it be destroyed.

Xu Yuan now just wants to get up and beat this kid up.

Can’t beat the old, can’t even beat the young?

The whole thing is really simple, if Feng Xianru would just lower his face to communicate, given that little girl’s naive nature, she probably wouldn’t care too much.

Even if he can’t lower his pride, by subtly mentioning that this place is a heritage crypt, not some Illusion Array, the girl, Feng Mingming, should gradually come to realize it.

With this start, even if you continue to have a cold face in your interactions, at least she will know you have a warm heart beneath a cold exterior.

And occasionally releasing a bit of unintended kindness amidst the indifference, this childhood friendship could be considered settled.

But this young man is really not leaving any room for himself.

If this continues, he’s probably going to realize what pain is only after the girl runs off with someone else.

Just about to get up and take action, after thinking it over, Xu Yuan gave up.

Because it’s useless.

If getting beaten up could change someone’s personality, then he, Xu Yuan, would have already become a living Buddha under Xu Changge’s fists.

Picking up a skewer of sizzling snake meat, Xu Yuan gently blew on it before taking a bite, chewing slowly and replied in a calm, low voice:

"I don’t want to manage, nor can I manage, how you intend to handle the tasks my uncle arranged for you."

Hearing this, Feng Xianru’s expression slightly relaxed, but the expression on the little girl’s face gradually tensed.

For her, the appearance of the Eldest Young Master was undoubtedly a beam of light into her world.

But now, this light was about to vanish, just like those moments of brightness given by her former good friends at Qifeng Hall.

But that is to be expected...

Feng Mingming’s eyelids drooped slightly.

The Eldest Young Master truly had no reason to offend the Young Master for someone like her...

While she was thinking, suddenly there was a sigh next to her, and then she heard the Eldest Young Master’s voice again:

"Although your initial intentions were not bad, I ultimately made a promise to this girl, and a promise should not become a shackle."

Saying this, Xu Yuan looked deeply at the young man in white:

"So, I will give this girl a token. If you make another mistake in the future, by then if she runs away, you better not regret it."

With these words, he casually threw an iron token into the campfire and took out a Prime Minister’s Mansion token and handed it to her.

Then, Xu Yuan waved his hand and slowly walked toward the mountain forest shrouded in mist.

His implied meaning in his words was almost explicit, he had done all he could; if Feng Xianru still refused to change, then he could only respect his fate and let go of his desire to help others.

As Xu Yuan departed,

Bai Muxi glanced at the dazed young man and woman, sighed, shook his head, and disappeared in an instant.

Ran Qingmo looked at them with a clear gaze, seemed to perceive something, opened his mouth to speak but after a glance at the depth of the forest, chose to politely say "Excuse me," and then stood up to leave.

As the three of them left, only the two of them remained next to the campfire.

The air was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Humiliation flickered across Feng Xianru’s indifferent expression.

Feng Mingming clutched the token Xu Yuan had given her tightly, gathering her courage to softly ask:

"Young Master, the regret mentioned by the Eldest Young Master just now..."

Mid-sentence, she suddenly noticed that the Young Master’s ears were a bit red, although it could be due to the fire.

But the next moment, her thought was interrupted by Feng Xianru’s warning:

"Shut up, the Eldest Young Master has agreed for you to continue breaking the Formation; instead of wasting time talking here, better hurry up and... ahem, help me break the Formation."

"....."

Feng Mingming shrank her neck, glanced in the direction Xu Yuan left, and gripped the token even tighter.

But under the watchful eyes of the young man in white, she still slowly rose from the ground, head bowed, walking towards the cave, biting her lip corner as she quietly withdrew her dagger, ready to start the formation with blood; her peripheral vision caught a streak of blood-light shooting from behind her, striking the formation!

"....."

Glancing back in bewilderment, she saw Feng Xianru leisurely wiping fresh bloodstains with medicine powder, not looking at her, his voice still indifferent:

"Though the Eldest Young Master has promised you, you should not push your luck. However, rest assured, I will be mindful in the days to come, so.. so..."

At this point,

his words suddenly stuttered, pausing for a few breaths, he then fiercely muttered under his breath:

"So in short, don’t go running off to the Imperial Capital causing trouble!"

"..."

"..."

Listening to the conversation between the two youngsters, Xu Yuan, hidden among the forest, struggled to hold back his laughter.

What high coldness and proud tsundere.

Nevertheless, seeing Feng Xianru’s demeanor, he became curious about the interaction pattern between Xu Changge and Little Heavenly Master.

This trip westward to the Great Desert seemed to pass right through that sister-in-law’s territory, and if there was a chance during the passage, it would be good to pay a visit.

Stuck with Xu Changge, the pushy king number two, and unable to disclose this relationship to others, that sister-in-law must be brooding with grievances, which made for a good opportunity to dig into the gossip about Xu Changge and then return to the Imperial Capital to really confront Xu Changge.

With a light chuckle falling, the three figures, eminent yet nameless, completely disappeared into the forest...

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After obtaining the ancient token, Xu Yuan and his companions went to retrieve a carriage from their hidden spot and then headed directly towards the Western Desert.

Once out of the Jingji crucial area, the mundane journey that made Xu Yuan feel as though life had no love suddenly gained some color.

Because the territories they passed through were not so peaceful.

Taking shortcuts on the journey, within a short span of a hundred li, their carriage encountered over a dozen bands of corpses strewn across the wilderness and personally experienced several instances of road robberies, the toughest bandit even possessing Soul Condensation Cultivation.

Farmlands in vast areas laid abandoned, overgrown with weeds, and passing by the gates of some small cities, they could see refugee camps gathered, and the notice boards at the city gates were plastered with recruitment posters for Rangers to eliminate demons.

The rewards offered weren’t very high, but it could be seen as the villagers’ effort by scraping together their silver.

At a glance, the sight was full of devastation.

The decay of Dayan was vividly demonstrated in these regions.

Upon Big Ice Lump’s suggestion, the trio altered their main road journey and tried to travel on those trouble-infused paths, clearing hazards for the people along the way.

The span of twenty days flickered by, and though the trio didn’t encounter any formidable enemies, they were still rendered quite exhausted.

Because of some entangling vexations.

Some of the intercepting bandits were chivalrous thieves.

They only robbed money without killing people, sustained local order by helping people eliminate demons, and even distributed the looted grain and money to the suffering folk.

Without them, no one would manage the demonic threats across whole regions, and other bandit problems would emerge.

A crowd of commoners kneeling around you, pleading for mercy on their behalf— in such a situation, do you kill or not kill?

When the carriage entered the domain of the Heavenly Master Mansion in Da Ying Continent, those nearly ubiquitous human disasters started to improve slightly, and as they fully entered the territories directly governed by the state government, the entire region gradually reverted back to the thriving and peaceful state reminiscent of Jingji.

Very clearly,

the Heavenly Master Mansion, just as described in Cangyuan Chronicles, was wholeheartedly protecting its land.

However, due to limited abilities, protection could only extend to the areas around the state government.

Upon entering the bustling Kaiyuan Mansion, Xu Yuan, along with the two ladies, spent several days indulging in food, drink, and fun there to lighten up their spirits, all the while not forgetting his original intention to try and contact the sister-in-law to inquire about Xu Changge’s gossip.

Unfortunately, without revealing his identity, he couldn’t get in touch with someone of Little Heavenly Master’s stature.

It seems that he could only see if there was a chance on the return journey.

After making up his mind, a decision lay directly before Xu Yuan.

Should he first retrieve the Feng Family’s legacy left to him by his maternal grandfather or go to the Burial Dragon Valley to fetch the Dragon Transformation Essence for the little dragon girl’s brother?

Although both tasks were near the Great Desert, the latter was almost nearing the frontier of Dayan and Tatar Chao.