Chapter 29 Jinjiang exclusive authorization first release 9 Grab her hands...
"Don't be afraid." As he said that, Wen Huoran bent his knuckles to wipe away the tears that flowed from the corners of her eyes.
It's impossible to say I'm not afraid.
Yan Yi felt nervous and had no idea what to do.
The system had never revealed the existence of Yuan Jing to her. The so-called golden finger was like a hot potato. Apart from helping her complete the task, it might also cause trouble.
She hesitated for a moment, and finally walked towards Bu Shu.
Bu Shu had always been quite patient with the younger generation. When Yan Yi approached, he stretched out his right hand, put his index and middle fingers together, and lightly placed them on her forehead.
Although he had expected this, he was still quite surprised when he discovered that there was no trace of essence in Yan Yi's body.
"Xiao Yi's essence is definitely not in his body."
My heart finally settled down.
Yan Yi suddenly took two steps back, his back resting on the edge of the table. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. "Master, are you saying that I might not be an ordinary mortal?"
Bu Shu patiently explained, "Xiao Yi, it's true that you are an ordinary mortal, but you are lacking in your essence."
There was a buzzing in his head, Yan Yi felt as if his brain had stopped thinking, and his legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.
Wen Xuran lowered his eyes, his probing gaze resting on Yan Yi. After a long pause, he carefully considered his words and said, "Uncle Bu, will her lack of essence cause any harm to her body?"
Bu Shu stroked his silver beard and shook his head slowly, "At the moment, Xiao Yi is in good health. But -"
His heart was in his throat. Yan Yi held his breath and stared at the old witch doctor without blinking, fearing that he had discovered some shocking secret.
"I don't know the reason for this situation."
Yan Yi's fingers gripping the edge of the table loosened slightly, and her tightly gripped heart gradually relaxed. Her fingertips ached in waves, and she subconsciously shook her hands.
Wen Huoran took advantage of the situation and grabbed her hands. When he saw that her slender white fingertips were slightly red, he couldn't help but frown, and then he covered them with one hand without saying a word.
A cool touch instantly came over Yan Yi, and she moved her fingers, then she realized that the villain was healing her.
Bu Shu had lived for thousands of years and had seen many storms and waves, but seeing the two of them being so affectionate as if no one was around, he rarely showed a hint of discomfort on his face. He coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, I am sorry for being so rude—"
Yan Yi seemed to have just realized that there was someone else in the study. He quickly retracted his hand, lowered his head and said nothing.
Bu Shu continued, "Xiao Yi, it would be best to write to your family and ask about the Yuan Jing matter. That way you'll know the situation yourself and not be so worried."
The old witch doctor was absolutely right. If this matter couldn't be resolved, Yan Yi couldn't expect to sleep peacefully.
She nodded repeatedly in agreement.
After giving a few more instructions, Bu Shu said goodbye to the two of them and turned to leave.
Just as he stepped out of the door, he seemed to remember something, so he turned around, carefully choosing his words, and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Qin has been studying with me since she was young. She has done something wrong, and I am deeply saddened. As a master and disciple, I cannot bear to see her end up like this. Please allow me to see her injuries."
Wen Huoran did not respond, but lowered his eyes to look at Yan Yi, as if asking for her opinion.
Realizing this, Yan Yi couldn't help but feel panic in his heart. He quickly waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Qin is seriously injured. My medical skills are not good enough to help. I can only trouble Master to make a trip."
With Wen Huoran's permission, Bu Shu hurried towards the dungeon.
Yan Yi was preoccupied and stared blankly at Bu Shu's receding figure.
Wen Huoran saw this, feeling a mixture of emotions. "Your parents are still traveling abroad. Do you know how to contact them?"
Yan Yi gradually gathered his thoughts, bravely met the villain's gaze, and casually evaded the question, "My cousin should know about this. I'll send him a message to inquire about the origins of the heirloom."
Hearing this, Wen Huoran felt unhappy and did not respond for a long time.
Yan Yi sensed something was wrong and tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, you don't want me to contact my cousin, right?"
Wen Huiran choked and said insincerely, "I am not a narrow-minded person. Just tell him the message."
After hearing this, Yan Yi felt very disappointed.
She sincerely hoped that the villain would suddenly fall ill and strictly forbid her from contacting the hero of the original book.
The red crystal is the golden finger left by the system to the person who travels through the book. How did the family of Canary, the character in the original book, know the origin of this thing?
Isn't that just asking for death?
His legs were stiff and tight, and Yan Yi felt as if a freezing cold guillotine was hanging on his neck. If he wasn't careful, he would be in danger of being beheaded.
"What are you standing there for?" Wen Huoran tapped the edge of the table lightly.
Yan Yi slowly moved to the chair next to the desk and sat down. He slowly let out a breath and said casually, "Your Majesty, I'm thinking—"
Wen Huiran raised his eyebrows slightly, "Thinking about what?"
Yan Yi's eyebrows curved slightly, and he smiled rather guiltily, "Think about how to phrase it so as not to arouse my cousin's suspicion."
Wen Huiran was displeased, his brows furrowed slightly, "What are you worried about your cousin suspecting?"
Yan Yi: "I'm worried that he might suspect that I'm in danger, or that the heirloom is lost... and so on."
"Just tell me the truth. Your cousin has now joined the immortal sect to cultivate, so he knows more about the Yuan Jing than you do. There's no need to hide it."
Yan Yi struggled in vain and felt a little discouraged. He had to take out the rice paper and spread it on the desk. He picked up the pen with gritted teeth, but he didn't put pen to paper for a long time.
"Your Majesty, you are not allowed to look." She secretly glanced at the villain and found that his eyes fell on the hand holding her pen without any hesitation.
Wen Huoran looked away and said, "I don't have the habit of prying into other people's privacy. Just write."
Yan Yi was only thinking about how to avoid sending a message to the male protagonist of the original book. Even if there was no chance, he would create one to cause trouble with Wen Huoran.
"Your Majesty, I clearly saw your eyes fixed on my finger. Your Majesty will not play tricks!"
Wen Xuran choked, barely catching his breath. After a long moment, he suppressed the surging emotions within him and stared at Yan Yi. "I was looking at your fingers, but I had no intention of prying into the contents of your letter."
Yan Yi's lips parted slightly, and she actually sensed something unusual in the villain's words. She immediately put down her pen, raised both hands to Wen Huoran's eyes, and smiled, "Your Majesty, are my fingers beautiful?"
Wen Huoran didn't respond, but instead tapped the edge of the table with his knuckles, "Are you not going to write the letter anymore?"
"Write! I must write!" She withdrew her hand awkwardly, picked up the paper and pen and started writing hard.
After about an incense stick of time, Yan Yi racked his brains and finally managed to write a few lines.
The little fox suddenly jumped onto the desk and, as usual, raised a furry paw towards Yan Yi, "Meow——"
Yan Yi seemed to realize something and her eyes unconsciously glanced at Wen Huoran. Seeing him staring at her meaningfully, she felt quite guilty.
In the past, she wrote letters to fool the male protagonist of the original book, and it was all thanks to Xiaoli who helped her cheat. The villain knew about this, and even when Xiaoli was injured and lost her magic power, Wen Huoran was tricked by her into becoming an accomplice.
"Xiao Li, you can only press the hand seal, you can't use your magic power!" She deliberately raised her voice so that the villain could hear her sincerity.
Seeing her being so cautious and pretentious, Wen Huiran raised the corners of his lips slightly and couldn't help but ask her, "Are you putting on a show for me?"
Yan Yi folded the letter and shook his head, denying it flatly: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood me. It's not like that."
Then, she raised her finger and pointed at Xiaoli, saying softly, "I'm worried that Xiaoli might develop a habit and mistakenly think that pressing the hand seal means she needs to use her demonic power, so I'm reminding her."
"Okay, I don't mean to blame you."
Wen Huoran knew all about the clumsy little tricks that the man and the cat used in secret, and he had no intention of pursuing them further.
Yan Yi hung his head, feeling quite discouraged.
At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the study door.
"Yingyue, you are here!" Looking at the twins standing outside the door, Yan Yi felt relieved and couldn't help but regard them as his saviors.
If she continues to deal with the villain, she will die suddenly on the spot.
Inspector Bu Yingyue tilted her neck to glance into the study and saw Wen Huoran. She couldn't help but smile.
"Xiao Yi, my father said you were frightened recently, so we came to see you." After saying that, she turned around and looked at Bu Yingxue, then raised her voice and said, "However, since you have the Lord accompanying you, I guess you don't need us to accompany you, so--"
She raised her hand and pointed behind her, winked at Yan Yi, and cast a meaningful look at her, "Shall we come see you another day?"
Yan Yi quickly grabbed her arm, dragged her around and walked into the house, "Your Majesty has something urgent to attend to, so I'll leave soon. You two should stay and keep me company!"
The twins politely bowed and greeted Wen Huoran, then stood beside Yan Yi in unison. The three of them stood in a row and watched Wen Huoran leave the study.
After the villain disappeared from his sight, Yan Yi breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Bu Yingyue to sit down at the desk.
"Yingyue, how is Master's wife these days?"
Bu Yingyue shrugged and sighed helplessly, "Ever since returning from her last visit to her hometown, my mother has been feeling unwell. She's been in seclusion practicing cultivation lately and needs someone by her side. So, only now that my father has returned have we had time to come and see you."
Hearing this, Yan Yi looked worried.
Meng Sui'an was originally an ordinary mortal. By chance, he met an old witch doctor. The two fell in love with each other and decided to spend their lives together. They later raised a pair of twin children.
According to Bu Yingyue, after Meng Sui'an gave birth to twins, for some reason, his body underwent a drastic change, transforming from an ordinary mortal into a demon.
For nearly a thousand years, Meng Sui'an had maintained contact with his family in the mortal world. Yan Yi was extremely curious, but he hesitated to ask.
"Yingyue, did you encounter any difficult problems when you returned home to visit your relatives?" Yan Yi asked cautiously.
Bu Yingxue's face turned strange, "Why do you ask that?"
Hearing this, Yan Yi understood. Her guess was correct. Meng Sui'an must have encountered an accident when he returned to his hometown to visit relatives with his two children.
She didn't hide anything and told the truth, "I heard that Master's Wife has always been in good health, but now she's feeling unwell and needs to retreat to recuperate. I find this quite strange, so I guess she encountered something difficult in the mortal world, which damaged her foundation."
Bu Yingxue looked at her elder sister without showing any expression, and after getting her approval, she told her the whole story.
It turned out that on their way back from visiting their relatives, the three men met a group of monks, among whom were some evil monks who tried to take shortcuts. They sensed the extraordinary identities of the three men and began to have evil intentions.
Meng Sui'an's cultivation level surpassed his children's, so he was undoubtedly considered a piece of cake by the other party. After several rounds of fighting, he was almost soul-sucking by two of them, which damaged his foundation.
After hearing this, Yan Yi couldn't help but gasp.
As early as when the three of them went to Tanzhou City to watch the dragon boat race, she heard Bu Yingxue mention that sometimes evil cultivators would take the opportunity to sneak into the Demon Realm, trying to find furnaces to help them practice and thus improve their cultivation.
Now that this happened to someone close to him, Yan Yi felt mixed emotions.
The original book only mentioned that the old demon master practiced evil skills and had to absorb the essence of others to improve his cultivation. Even Wen Zhengming married and had children just to absorb the essence of the inherited bloodline, which had a great effect on his cultivation.
Yan Yi subconsciously believed that only demons would do such unscrupulous acts, but he didn't know that people who practice cultivation were no exception.
I can't help but think of the time when the male protagonist of the original book joined the immortal sect to practice cultivation. Perhaps he is not unfamiliar with this kind of evil cultivation.
Thinking of this, Yan Yi frowned tightly and couldn't help but worry.
"Yingyue, when will Master's wife come out of seclusion? I want to go see her."
Bu Yingyue waved her hand and said soothingly, "Xiaoyi, don't worry. Mother's cultivation is higher than Yingxue and I, so she hasn't been greatly affected. When Mother comes out of seclusion, I'll bring her to see you."
Perhaps the other party had many inconveniences, Yan Yi did not insist and could only nod in agreement.
Bu Yingyue suddenly leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I heard that Lu Qin was imprisoned in the dungeon by His Majesty. Have you visited her? How is she doing?"
Yan Yi told the two of them the truth about Lu Qin's current situation.
Bu Yingyue sighed upon hearing this. "She has been learning witchcraft from my father since she was little. She has a very high talent, but she is a bit stubborn and has gone astray."
Yan Yi listened to her patiently and replied in a low voice: "She is seriously injured. Master is willing to save her, so I can put my mind at ease."
Bu Yingyue comforted her again, and only at dusk did she take Bu Yingxue away.
His body seemed to be falling apart, and Yan Yi lay powerlessly on the armchair, exhausted both physically and mentally.
The matter of Lu Qin has come to an end, but there is an even more difficult problem hidden in her heart like a needle tip.
I wonder how Su Can will react after receiving the letter.
Yan Yi was overwhelmed with worries, and she couldn't sleep at night, especially having nightmares. The next day, just as dawn broke, she was awakened by the faint meow of a cat.
The little fox nestled in her arms, barking non-stop towards the door.
According to Yan Yi's understanding, there must be someone staying outside the door.
After a quick wash, Yan Yi yawned and slowly opened the door.
Wen Huoran was standing alone outside the study door, holding an exquisite food box in his hand.
"Your Majesty..." Yan Yi raised his hand to cover his mid-yawn, glanced at the food box in his hand, and blurted out: "Did you come all the way here to bring me breakfast?"
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