Chapter 854: The Realm Within the Painting
Hua Ling smiled slightly: "I did help you, so why are you starting to doubt me?"
Ye Fei said coldly, "Even without you, I can easily handle this."
The spirit showed no displeasure at her display of hostility.
After leaving Yanxuchuan, he followed her all the way to the Northern Continent, but because the Azure-Eyed Devouring Beast was running so fast, he even lost track of it.
Afterwards, he arrived in Tianli City and finally discovered her whereabouts—
Ye Fei didn't want to deal with Hua Ling any longer, so she turned and left.
But after taking only a few steps, Hua Ling grabbed his sleeve.
She turned around and saw Hua Ling looking at her: "I told you I would give you a place to stay, so you don't need to look for any other inns."
Ling's face was icy: "Who exactly are you? What is your purpose in approaching my prince?"
This boy's whereabouts are too suspicious...
Most importantly, even she couldn't detect his true cultivation level.
Ling couldn't believe that a mere young man could have a higher cultivation level than her, a sacred beast.
Hua Ling made a shushing gesture, feigning mystery: "No rush, come with me first. I won't do anything to hurt you."
After saying that, Hua Ling turned and walked in the direction of leaving Tianli City.
Ye Fei stared at Hua Ling's back for a few seconds, then took a step and followed her.
Ling lowered her voice and asked softly, "Your Highness, is it really alright for us to just follow him like this?"
Ye Fei said calmly, "Let's see if he really has ulterior motives first. If he is confirmed to be an enemy, then there is no need to worry."
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Hua Ling led Ye Fei and Ling out of Tianli City.
On the vast, desolate snowfield, Hua Ling slowly took something out of her sleeve and placed it on the ground.
After the object was placed on the snow, it emitted wisps of golden light. Immediately afterwards, wispy clouds suddenly rose, and a thick smoke, which seemed to come from nowhere, enveloped everyone present!
My vision was obstructed, everything was blurry, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
An ominous premonition rushed into Ling's heart, and she immediately became anxious: "Your Highness!"
"Don't panic, I'm here."
Ling felt her hand being held, and only after realizing it was her Highness's hand did she breathe a slight sigh of relief.
After a while, the smoke dissipated, revealing a different scene to Ye Fei and Ling—
Large and small koi fish swim in the crystal-clear lotus pond. A long and winding wooden bridge runs through the pond, and behind it is a green bamboo forest with magnificent and exquisite pavilions and towers.
"Where is this..." Ye Fei's eyes widened slightly.
Hua Ling turned around to look at Ye Fei and Ling, and with a wave of his hand, a golden calligraphy brush appeared in his hand.
He held the brush and drew a few strokes in the air, and several white birds appeared from the tip of his brush, fluttering their wings and flying into the sky.
"Welcome to my world within the painting," the painting spirit said with a smile.
Ling looked around in surprise: "A world within a painting?"
Hua Ling toyed with the calligraphy brush in her hand, a hint of pride in her eyes: "Hmm~ Aren't you amazing?"
Ye Fei walked to the lotus pond and tentatively reached out her hand to touch a lotus flower, feeling the solid texture of the object.
In other words, everything here... is real.
Seeing Ye Fei's actions, the painting spirit chuckled and explained, "Although it's a world within a painting, every flower and blade of grass here is real."
Ye Fei raised her eyes and stared at Hua Ling: "Who exactly are you?"
They weren't asking his name, but rather his identity.
The boy tilted his head to look at her: "Didn't I tell you? I can be a person, or I can be a monster."
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