“No… it wasn't him…” Sang Luo shook her head, choking with despair, “He was killed…”
Crown Prince Yunhua was also stunned. He didn't know what had happened in the hour since they had separated.
He couldn't find Sang Luo and the red-clothed man in the Zhifu's residence, so he led people out to search. On the way, he heard an explosion and rushed over with his men. What he saw was a scene of devastation, obviously after suffering tremendous damage. He questioned the surviving passersby, but couldn't get any information.
Until just now, Yunhua caught sight of Sang Luo appearing in the ruins. His heart clenched instantly, and he hurried over. Seeing that she was only a little dusty and had some minor cuts and bruises, but no serious injuries, he breathed a sigh of relief. Her former man… died in the attack?
Yunhua's thoughts were complex. He gently patted her back. “Let's go back to the palace first. It's dangerous here.”
“…Okay.”
After dealing with the situation, on the way back to the palace, Crown Prince Yunhua saw that Sang Luo seemed to have lost her soul, and his mood was also very heavy.
Passing by a funeral shop, he had someone stop and personally got out of the carriage to buy some spirit money. “Burn some for him. It might make you feel better.”
“…” Sang Luo saw the spirit money, her eyes reddened, and she wanted to cry even more.
Crown Prince Yunhua was at a loss. “Or! Maybe don't burn it.”
Sang Luo still took the large bag of spirit money he bought and burned it in the Crown Prince's palace for half a month.
Burning spirit money is strictly prohibited in the East Palace. Anyone caught doing so will be severely punished.
A mere dancer dared to burn spirit money in the palace in front of the Crown Prince, and it was said to be to commemorate another man. If it were anyone else, it would definitely be a capital crime!
But the Crown Prince didn't blame her at all, and even sent someone to buy her a lot of spirit money.
No matter how much she burned, he would buy that much.
Crown Prince Yunhua was indeed indulgent and favored this dancer from the brothel. Many people secretly speculated that the Crown Prince would make this dancer his Crown Princess. This matter even reached the Emperor's ears.
The Emperor was furious and had a talk with the Crown Prince, urging him not to be obsessed with beauty and ruin the reputation of the royal family…
Sang Luo was unaware of these rumors. She was heartbroken and even erected a cenotaph for the deceased Fei Yuan, to commemorate her poor old phoenix.
One night, after burning the newly bought spirit money as usual, a long sigh came from her ear.
“If you keep burning like this, I'm really going to lose years of my life.”
Sang Luo suddenly turned around and saw the man's handsome face, bathed in the moonlight, with a faint smile.
Her eyes instantly welled up with tears, and she threw herself into Fei Yuan's arms, sobbing, “You still know to come back!”
“What else could I do if I didn't come back? I can't leave Little Luo'er alone here.” Fei Yuan cupped her face and wiped the tears from her cheeks, smiling helplessly.
Sang Luo raised her hand and lightly hammered his chest, annoyed. “For half a month, I couldn't sense you at all. You didn't even send a message back. I! I really thought you were dead!”
“The Fire Phoenix can be reborn from the ashes. It's okay if I die a few more times.” Fei Yuan laughed easily. “I took a trip to the Ghost Realm on the way. Luo'er, guess what good thing I found?”
Sang Luo wanted to question him, “Why didn't you come back if you weren't dead?” but swallowed the words back down. She looked down at his outstretched palm. A wisp of ethereal soul energy gathered into a translucent little fox, then flew from Fei Yuan's palm to her palm, affectionately nuzzling her fingers.
“This is—Yan's last piece of soul fragment! You found it in the Ghost Realm!”
“Yes, every time a soul fragment enters the world to be reincarnated, it needs to pass through the Myriad Worlds Water Mirror of the Ghost Realm. Qi did something in the middle, detaining this soul fragment in the Ghost Realm, which is why it has been unable to enter the world.” Fei Yuan couldn't find Yan's soul fragment in the mortal world, but sensed a trace of the soul fragment's aura on a ghost cultivator, and made a guess. Everything that happened later was indeed as he expected. The soul fragment was detained in the Ghost Realm by that Ghost Domain God.
“You took too much of a risk doing that…”
Sang Luo didn't want to lose another loved one in order to retrieve a beastman.
“If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger cubs?” Fei Yuan looked at the spirit money burned all over the ground with complicated feelings, and gently pinched her cheek. “If I really died, would you really be so sad?”
Sang Luo buried her head in his arms and said seriously, “I can't imagine a life without you. I can't lose you… A Yuan is very important to me! Very important!”
Fei Yuan's arms around Sang Luo's waist also tightened. His heart softened completely. His Little Luo'er rarely said sweet words of love, but every time she did, he couldn't resist it.
“Don't worry, if this Emperor really dies, I'll become a vengeful ghost and haunt you day and night, life after life… You won't be able to get rid of me even if you want to.”
Sang Luo lightly pinched his firm abdomen. “Then you should get lost!”
Fei Yuan saw her smile through her tears and also smiled. Remembering something, his face darkened again. “Have you fought with that Ghost Honored One? Were you injured?”
On the way back, he heard about the unknown attack that happened in the city half a month ago, and he could guess the reason with a little thought. Seeing Sang Luo nod, Fei Yuan's face tightened even more. He rushed back as quickly as possible, but he didn't expect that he still couldn't stop the Ghost Honored One from attacking her.
“He even disguised himself as you. At first, I was almost deceived… But it was just a wisp of his soul that came, and I was able to deal with him.”
“That Ghost Domain God's power is extremely strong. I'm sorry, Luo'er, I'm not his opponent and couldn't protect you.” Fei Yuan didn't pay much attention to cultivation, but at this time he was quite regretful. If he could break through to the God Honored Realm as soon as possible, he wouldn't have to take such a risk and make her worry for so long.
“He's an old guy who has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, a person from the same era as Yan. There's nothing to compare to that old pervert.”
Seeing that Sang Luo's teeth were itching with anger when she mentioned that guy, and that she knew so much about the other party's background, Fei Yuan had a flash of inspiration. “Could it be, Luo'er, you know that Ghost Domain God?”
“The pervert I met ten thousand years ago, the Pavilion Master of the Night Raven Pavilion, Ye Wushuang, is him! The Ghost Domain God Qi!”
Sang Luo told Fei Yuan about her experiences back then.
She deliberately omitted the grudges and love entanglements between her and Ye Wushuang, but Fei Yuan also heard a trace of the reason, and his face became even more solemn. “He won't let you go so easily. He will definitely seek revenge in the future. After completing the matter here, I will take you back to the Beast World.”
Sang Luo nodded and also said anxiously, “Qi will definitely find out soon that this soul fragment is missing. He might even come looking for us again. We have to act quickly. What should we do next?”
As she was speaking, a gray pigeon flew from outside the wall to her hand, with a letter tied to its slender leg.
Babies, sorry for the wait. I had a meal and was a little late. This is yesterday's update~
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