Chapter 399: Li Yu
Looking into the Seventh Elder's clear eyes, Ye Fei smiled slightly: "He is lucky to have a master like you."
"Let's not talk about that now." The Seventh Elder crossed his legs, staring at Ye Fei with a sly smile, his eyes full of gossip: "You and Xiao Li... have you confirmed your relationship?"
Ye Fei's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly: "..."
The Seventh Elder leaned closer and grinned mischievously, "Little Fei'er, you can't hide anything from me."
"Come on, tell your sister properly, when did you get together? Who expressed their feelings to whom first?"
Ye Fei was both amused and exasperated. The slight unease that had been lingering in her heart dissipated because of the Seventh Elder's teasing: "Sister, gossip really is an illness, don't give up on treatment..."
"You little rascal!"
...
It was late at night.
Ye Fei was sitting cross-legged on the bed cultivating when suddenly she sensed someone approaching her courtyard and she opened her eyes with a whoosh.
Ye Fei quickly got up, opened the door, and went outside. She saw a white figure standing outside the courtyard.
"Rong Yu?" Ye Fei asked in surprise. "Is something the matter so late?"
Huang Rongyu gazed at the girl before her and said gently, "I've come to tell you about the Dean's preparations to emerge from seclusion."
Ye Fei blinked. The dean of Lingfeng Academy?
As far as she could remember, she had never seen the dean since she enrolled in school; she had heard that he had been in seclusion for many years.
"Has the Dean finished his cultivation?" Ye Fei asked.
Huang Rongyu smiled and shook her head: "To be precise, she came out of seclusion for the sake of the two of us."
Ye Fei was taken aback: "Huh? Why?"
"During the Trial Month, we have already gathered the three medicinal herbs: Earth Core Demon Lotus, Moon White Stone Marrow, and Blazing Star Frost. The pill to activate the second spiritual root still needs to be refined by the Dean himself."
"So the dean is an alchemist..."
Ye Fei couldn't help but recall the large medicinal herb garden she had seen in the courtyard of the academy's main hall on the day she enrolled.
“The three medicinal herbs have all been handed over to the Grand Elder. Now we just need to wait,” Huang Rongyu added.
Ye Fei nodded: "Okay, I understand. Thank you for coming all this way to tell me."
Huang Rongyu gazed intently at her face, then smiled and said, "Xiao Fei, do we need to say thank you to each other?"
"That's true!" Ye Fei couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Alright, then I'll go back to my cultivation. You should get some rest too."
Upon hearing this, Huang Rongyu didn't disturb her any longer. He paused for a moment, looking at her expectantly: "Want to have breakfast together tomorrow morning? It's on me."
Actually, this was just an excuse to spend more time alone with her.
Ye Fei didn't think too much about it: "Sure, see you tomorrow morning!"
Having obtained her consent, a glimmer of light flashed in the boy's dark phoenix eyes.
After watching Huang Rongyu leave, Ye Fei, who was standing against the courtyard wall, slowly raised her hand, her gaze lingering on the Burning Heaven Fire Glass Ring on her finger.
In just eight days, she had the illusion that it had been ten or twenty years.
Ye Fei lowered her eyes, concealing the fleeting disappointment within them.
You broke your promise...
Ye Fei rubbed her temples and turned to go back to her room when her ears twitched and she suddenly heard a subtle tearing sound in the air.
He's back?!
Ye Fei turned her head in surprise to look in the direction of the sound. The air twisted and formed a vortex, but it was not Li Yuan who walked out of the vortex, but another man in black.
“Li Yu?” Ye Fei looked at the man in black and remembered his name—he was one of Li Yuan’s followers.
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