There are two more barriers outside the sect, making Yi Ling Sect the safest place for Rong Yu right now.
Seeing that there was no worry on his face, Qinghan guessed that Rong Yu's coma was related to this person. However, he did not understand why, if he was so reluctant to part with him, he would not take him back to the Demon Palace and would leave without saying goodbye!
Geng Qi stared blankly for a while, then turned his head and saw that Qing Han had not left yet, so he asked, "Where is Sister Mei?"
Qinghan said, "In the flower field."
Are you angry?
“…No.” Qinghan shook his head.
He also found it strange. Given Leng Ning Shuang's personality, if she knew they had gone out and the Demon Lord had returned seriously injured, she would have been furious and taught them a lesson. But this time, apart from surprise and worry, she showed no reaction at all.
Geng Qi paused for a moment: "While I was unconscious, did she leave the Demon Palace?"
"I left, but I came back very soon."
"Where's Mushan?"
"...I have not seen it."
"..."
A sudden silence.
Qinghan blinked, somewhat puzzled.
Geng Qi paused for a moment, then got off the bed and disappeared from the palace in the blink of an eye.
The Suhai Flower Field is a place where Leng Ningshuang rests or cultivates. It is very different from the flower fields seen by Yilingmen. Its plants are smaller, and only the few types that the flower field owner likes the most can be seen.
Amidst the fragrant flowers, a figure dressed in fiery red waved a silk ribbon in her hand, causing petals of various colors to flutter and dance, creating a magnificent floral spectacle.
Noticing someone approaching, she continued what she was doing. Only after the person had stood there for a long time without speaking or leaving did she stop.
"Sister Mei."
Geng Qi called out to him from a distance, his voice calm and still, unlike his usual playful and ingratiating manner.
Leng Ningshuang's mind stirred slightly, and she tucked the long silk robe back into her sleeve. She turned and walked towards Geng Qi, "How are you feeling?"
Geng Qi said, "It's alright."
Leng Ning Shuang nodded and walked around him to sit down at the stone table behind him. The wine jar was opened, and the same strong fragrance of osmanthus wafted out. Not long ago, they had been drinking together here, their intimacy unbreakable, but now there was an indescribable estrangement.
Geng Qi summoned the Phoenix Kite, and a blood-red bone whip emerged from his wrist, as if stained with blood, gradually growing golden downy feathers, which condensed into a five-colored phoenix feather at the tail end.
He placed the golden phoenix tail feather in front of Leng Ning Shuang and asked, "Sister Mei, do you recognize this?"
Leng Ningshuang paused for a moment, holding the cup, but did not answer.
She knew from the moment she learned that they had gone to Yilingmen that some things could no longer be kept secret.
After a long silence, she said, "You knew everything?"
Geng Qi sat down opposite her. "I saw my mother's body in the forbidden area behind Shangxu Peak. After entering Yiling Sect, I fused with the last fragment, and that's how Feng Yuan became like this. This phoenix feather was originally the phoenix tail that my mother was missing."
"..."
Leng Ningshuang had warned him that Feng Yuan should never leave his side, especially after the phoenix spirit merged with him.
He looked intently at the woman across from him, who was sipping osmanthus wine, and asked, enunciating each word clearly, "Did Mushan really say we shouldn't go to rescue him?"
The conversation took an abrupt turn, and Leng Ning Shuang's expression darkened as she finally looked up at her.
Geng Qi was stern-faced, neither avoiding nor yielding.
Because of his trust, he believed everything Leng Ningshuang said. Even when he noticed something was wrong, he didn't investigate further. Looking back now, he realized that while alerting the enemy would have made things more complicated, would Mu Shan really let his younger brother be used as a pawn by others just because he was so eager to find his brother?
He won't.
Therefore, he would not allow the fake Kiyama to remain in the Demon Palace in order to regain his physical body!
In the same place, talking about the same thing, their feelings were completely different from before.
Leng Ning Shuang finally spoke: "When did you start to have doubts?"
Geng Qi said, "I have never doubted you."
"..."
Because the answer came the moment his suspicions arose.
After arriving at Yiling Sect, the events that occurred during Rong Yu's tribulation further convinced him that someone was guiding him to collect the fragments and restore the so-called sacred object. Moreover, the way Saint Zhifeng handed over the fragment from Tianzhi Sect was far too hasty.
He must know that the fragments are the spirit of the phoenix because he has hidden the phoenix's corpse. How could he easily give away something he obtained with great difficulty?
Seeing her silence, Geng Qi continued, "Even if I hadn't spoken, you would have used Gu poison to hurt people."
Because they needed a plausible excuse to hand over the fragments of the Crystal Heart to him in a natural way.
To remove the curse from the disciples of righteous sects, to make a deal in the name of righteousness—what a noble reason!
Geng Qi's words carried a hint of sarcasm.
Leng Ningshuang frowned slightly: "I didn't know about Mushan's matter at first."
“I know,” Geng Qi said. “That day I deliberately revealed to you that you didn’t actually see Mu Shan. You went to Tianzhi Sect and met Saint Zhifeng.”
This whole thing started with the major sects besieging the Demon Realm, and the reason they did it was because an "undercover agent" had passed on the information.
The first step was that "Mushan" revealed that the Demon Lord was not in the Demon Realm; the second step was that Leng Ningshuang used Gu to harm people; and the third step was that Saint Zhifeng exchanged his soul for the antidote.
It's laughable that all this trouble was just to hand over the fragments to him without arousing his suspicion.
Now that the Phoenix Spirit is complete, what is its final goal?
What is the purpose of Leng Ning Shuang's collaboration with Zhi Feng Sheng Ren?
He couldn't keep things to himself, and although he didn't want to get to the bottom of it, by the time he came to his senses, the question "why" had already escaped his lips.
A frosty atmosphere hung between them. Leng Ning Shuang, whose body had been tense all along, suddenly relaxed, took another sip of osmanthus wine, and chuckled, "People always have selfish desires, don't they?"
What selfish motive?
Before the four words could even leave his throat, someone burst in from outside the flower field. A servant bowed respectfully and said, "Your Excellency, a letter has arrived from Master Lingyuan of the Tianzhi Sect."
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