Feng Cang watched Feng Che's departing figure. He knew that this parting would be the last time they met, and he glanced down at his reddened hands before disappearing helplessly into the forest.
Feng Che headed straight for the princess's residence, unaware that someone who had already left was quietly following behind him.
"Princess, Princess, the Second Master is back."
Qiuyue's voice rang out from outside the courtyard, and Ji Jiuying quickly went to greet her.
Feng Che walked in, looking travel-worn. "Jiu'er, you're back?"
"Hmm, where did Second Uncle go?"
Ji Jiuying's gaze fell on Feng Che's slightly flushed face, her eyes flickering slightly.
"No, Uncle, I was just taking a stroll around the area. But Jiu'er, how has your cultivation been going these past few days?" Feng Che asked with a nonchalant smile.
"Yes, I'm now at the eighth level of the Spirit Venerable realm. Soon I'll be able to break through to the Spirit Venerable realm and ascend to the Heavenly Domain Continent."
Ji Jiuying said expectantly, but Feng Che just smiled and remained silent.
"By the way, Uncle, I'm going to the far north later. Do you want to come with me?"
Feng Che glanced at Feng Wu's room, then at Hei Xiangling who was eating melon seeds nearby. "Jiu'er, you go ahead. I have to stay here and watch over your fifth uncle."
"good."
"Jiu'er, be careful on the road."
"Uncle, I understand." Ji Jiuying smiled and left Feng Che's courtyard. At the moment she stepped out the door, she paused, her brows furrowed slightly, and she glanced around casually before quickly leaving.
Feng Cang, hidden in the shadows, couldn't help but shudder. Had she discovered him? This girl's mental strength was quite strong; she could even sense him.
Ji Jiuying returned to her room, closed the door, and pulled Hei Xiangling into the space.
"It's Mother."
Xiao Huang'er shook off Xuan Ming and came to Ji Jiu Ying's side, nuzzling her affectionately, completely ignoring the resentful Xuan Ming behind her. Ji Jiu Ying took his hand and patted his head.
Seeing Ji Jiuying suddenly acting strangely, Hei Xiangling stepped forward and asked, "You brat, what's wrong with you?"
"When Hei Xiangling came out of her second uncle's courtyard just now, did you notice anything unusual?"
Upon hearing Ji Jiuying's words, Hei Xiangling stopped eating her melon seeds, thought carefully for a moment, and then said to Ji Jiuying with a serious expression, "No!"
"Didn't you find it in the space either?"
Ji Jiuying then asked the little beasts in the space, and they all shook their heads, indicating that they had not found anything unusual.
"What's wrong?"
Hei Xiangling asked in confusion.
"When I came out of the courtyard just now, I clearly felt a strong gaze on me from the shadows, but when I looked closely, it was gone."
Hei Xiangling frowned slightly. With her strength, how could this brat not have noticed her if she could have? "Bratty girl, could it be that you're mistaken?"
Ji Jiuying shook her head. "No, I can't be wrong."
Ji Jiuying thought of Feng Che's slightly swollen face again. Although it had been treated, she could still tell at a glance that in this world, there was no one who could beat her second uncle, especially not in the face area.
She also smelled it, and there was no other bloody smell on her second uncle. So there was only one possibility: her second uncle had willingly been beaten by that person. The person who could make her second uncle willingly be beaten must be his elder. Was it her so-called maternal grandfather or grandmother? Or perhaps her great-grandfather?
Regardless of who it was, her intuition told her that the person who had been watching her in the yard earlier must have been the one who had hit her second uncle.
But the man's gaze was not malicious. So what was he doing here? Could it be that he simply wanted to come and see her?
Ji Jiuying was right after all; Feng Cang really was just there to see what kind of person his grandson, whom Feng Che had praised, was.
Feng Cang looked at the room in confusion. It was strange. He clearly saw her go in, so why was there no breath now?
Just as Feng Cang was wondering, he suddenly sensed her presence in the room again, along with another presence that he dared not easily sense.
What's going on?
Just as Feng Cang was about to sense again, a cold light struck with lightning speed. Feng Cang's eyes widened in disbelief as he hurriedly dodged the cold light, thus revealing his whereabouts.
Ji Jiuying and Hei Xiangling appeared at the doorway in a flash, their eyes narrowing slightly as they watched the vanishing aura.
"You brat, I can't believe you actually guessed right. Shall we go after them?"
Hei Xiangling asked.
Ji Jiuying shook her head. "No need. We probably won't be able to catch up now."
Feng Cang appeared in the deserted suburbs, his heart filled with shock. He had indeed been discovered by that girl. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. Could it be that, as Feng Che said, that girl is exceptionally talented?
No wonder Feng Luo couldn't catch anyone, no matter how many times he tried.
Moreover, after observing her closely, he couldn't discern her strength. However, judging from the spiritual energy she had just possessed, she must be a Spirit Venerable.
At the age of fourteen, even those cultivating in the Heavenly Domain Continent might not possess such strength, let alone in the Cangming Continent where spiritual energy is scarce.
If Feng Cang had known that Ji Jiuying had only cultivated for half a year and had already reached her current strength, perhaps the ending would have been different.
Feng Cang glanced in the direction of the capital city, his eyes filled with complex emotions, before disappearing into the void after a long while.
——
Just then, a series of light footsteps approached; it was Butler Uncle Sun.
"Princess."
"Uncle Sun, is there something you need from me?"
Ji Jiuying got straight to the point. After spending so much time together, she knew Uncle Sun well; he rarely came to see her unless there was something going on.
"Princess, the Third Prince visited you yesterday, but you were not at the residence, so this old servant sent him away. Now the Third Prince has come again, saying he has something to ask of you. What do you think, Princess..."
Ji Jiuying squinted her eyes. She wondered why there seemed to be an extra group of people outside. It turned out that Jun Linyu had returned. His return speed was really fast.
“Take him to the front hall.”
Uncle Sun accepted the order and withdrew.
Hei Xiangling clearly sensed that Ji Jiuying's aura turned colder after hearing the name of the Third Prince. "You brat, who is this Third Prince?"
Ji Jiuying's posture was casual, and a cold smile flashed in her eyes. "This Third Prince is my former fiancé. My half-sister has probably been played to death by him. Now he's here to annoy me."
Hei Xiangling's eyes were full of disdain as she clicked her tongue twice. "Isn't this Third Prince blind?"
Ji Jiuying raised an eyebrow. "Are you indirectly praising me?"
Hei Xiangling glanced arrogantly to the side, "Narcissistic!"
About half an hour later, Jun Linyu was drinking cup after cup of tea on the table. Just as he was getting impatient, a red figure appeared at the door.
The slight displeasure on Jun Linyu's face vanished in an instant.
(I have a severe cold, so there will only be one chapter today.)
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