All along, although Feng Xia and Zhu Youniang had never clarified their relationship with anyone, in everyone’s eyes—
They went everywhere together, did everything together and even slept together every day… Who would believe it if they said they had nothing to do with each other?
If Feng Xia heard these thoughts, he would definitely shout that he was wronged.
Although Zhu Youniang’s sleeping posture had more or less improved recently, the situation of her tearing the roof tiles when she woke up still happened from time to time.
According to the young girl herself, this kind of behavior was completely instinctive. Without enough time, it was difficult to completely overcome it.
—Not long after that, Feng Xia realized that Zhu Youniang’s ability to bind people had clearly improved. Even in her sleep, she could make different patterns with the spider silk…
At this moment.
Lei Shao had rushed to the smithy anxiously. Immediately after, he saw Feng Xia in a sorry state with two young girls who were dressed differently but looked identical.
He used the wisdom he had amassed throughout his entire life to instantly fill in the background setting of the scene he saw.
As everyone could see, this was a pair of twin sisters.
And now, in the middle of the night, a pair of beautiful sisters had come to look for their Sect Master Feng, and not even inside his house. The Sect Master was indeed worthy of being the number one expert in Xuanwu Kingdom. His body was so nimble!
What, you say there is an Envoy Bai?
“Wait a minute! Where is Envoy Bai?!”
Only then did Lei Shao come back to his senses.
As soon as he opened his mouth, the “Zhu Youniang” who was actually Yan Wuyou immediately paled. She hurriedly sent a voice transmission to Feng Xia, “The First Elder is talking about Bai Ling, a special envoy sent by the imperial court. He has a rather strange temper. At first, we thought that he was here to cause trouble, but later on, we realized that this guy was just a very direct person.”
She thought for a moment and added, “However, this guy is indeed very strange, and his common sense is very problematic. He was originally repairing the Spirit King Sword in the smithy and even said that he wanted to forge three Primal Core treasures as an apology for his previous offense, but now…”
Yan Wuyou did not continue speaking.
However, just by looking at the First Elder’s shocked expression, Feng Xia could already guess most of it. The special envoy, Bai Ling, had mysteriously disappeared from the face of the earth!
If he did not suddenly disappear, the half-forged sword embryo would not have collapsed, and the explosion would not have happened.
“But… are you sure that someone was here?”
Feng Xia forcefully raised his magical power and stood up from the ground with much difficulty. He looked around and activated the Floating Dream Three Lives Technique to carefully sense his surroundings.
Not long after, there was a strange expression on his face. “Feel it yourself.”
First Elder Lei Shao was slightly stunned and immediately noticed something as well. His eyes opened very wide and he cried out in horror, “Why… is there no aura at all?”
Envoy Bai had been refining treasures in the smithy for the entire day. Even though there was a huge explosion just now, it would have been impossible to erase all traces of him.
However, at this moment, no matter how hard he tried, he could not find any trace of Bai Ling’s aura in the ruins!
“This… this is really… like seeing a ghost!”
After a long time, the First Elder finally squeezed out a sentence.
Such a distinct envoy, and such a distinct living person, had completely disappeared without a trace. It was as if he had never existed.
“It’s not exactly nothing at all…”
Soon, Feng Xia shook his head again. He dragged himself forward and rummaged through a pile of ruins for a long time. Suddenly, he pulled out a dusty long sword. It was the reforged Protector Spirit King Sword.
It did not take long for Feng Xia to find a sword hilt. It was about a few inches long, and at the end of the hilt, there was still less than half an inch of the sword body left.
“This should be the sword embryo that hasn’t been refined.”
There was a trace of regret in Feng Xia’s eyes. He reached out to touch the hilt and brushed off the dust on it, revealing the word “Jinghua”. “What a pity. If this sword is fully refined, it would definitely be a Primal Core treasure with astonishing power. However, the person who refined it suddenly disappeared, causing it to be destroyed halfway.”
In this era, Primal Core treasures were too rare. Even if one obtained just one piece, it was enough to maintain the destiny of one’s sect and intimidate countless powerful enemies!
“What a pity…” Feng Xia could not help but sigh again. “Fortunately, this fellow left behind a Spirit King Sword, which is also a top-notch Dao Platform treasure. If it can be further refined, perhaps it can become a Primal Core treasure in the future… Wait, that’s not right!”
However, as he spoke, he suddenly realized a problem and frowned.
“How strong can an envoy sent by the emperor be? Yet, this person can easily refine a Primal Core treasure. The value of such a treasure is not any inferior to a Primal Core Realm expert. How can a mere special envoy…”
Moreover, based on Yan Wuyou’s description, Bai Ling was quite powerful. He had already cultivated a total of seven Dao Platforms and was not far from the peak of this realm.
“Sect Master, can it be there’s a problem with this special envoy?”
Liu Chuanyuan could not help asking. As soon as he said that, everyone looked over.
At this moment, the six elders had all arrived. Almost immediately, they saw the identical sisters beside Feng Xia!
“Sect Master sure knows how to have fun…”
The Fourth Elder could not help but think of that in his heart. Then, he secretly became worried. “Sword-Heart, oh Sword-Heart. Do I have to be like the Sect Master and find a pair of twin sisters before I can comprehend the Sword-Heart Integration?”
Many thoughts surfaced in his mind, but he held back his questions for a long time given Feng Xia’s imposing manner.
The Fourth Elder did not notice that the Third Elder beside him frowned slightly and glanced at him with narrowed eyes.
“There’s definitely some kind of problem. Let’s not talk about how although he is just a mere special envoy, he has such a strong cultivation that he’s able to easily forge Primal Core treasures. The amount of time he takes to travel here is already a huge problem!”
Feng Xia summarized his analysis into a few sentences. The few elders’ expressions instantly changed and they exclaimed, “That’s right. According to our previous calculations, it will take a few days for the news to reach the capital. Even if the special envoy sent by the emperor set off on the very same day, it’s impossible for him to be able to reach the Thousand Autumn Valley now!”
Even a Primal Core Realm cultivator like Mo Yuanlong needed an entire seven days to rush over. An ordinary envoy sent by the emperor could not be a Primal Core Realm cultivator!
“When he took out the Protector Spirit King Sword earlier, there was indeed the emperor’s brand inside, so I chose to believe him…” Lei Shao’s expression was gloomy as he muttered to himself with a murderous aura, “In the end, this guy is actually a fake special envoy? No wonder he had such an aggressive stance. It seemed that he had ill intentions right from the beginning!”
The Fifth Elder hesitated for a moment, but still carefully reminded everyone, “However, he did send us the Spirit King Sword. Moreover, it seems that the treasure sword called ‘Jinghua’ is likely going to be successfully refined soon if not for some kind of accident…”
The Second Elder also said, “And he provided the materials himself.”
As soon as the two of them spoke, everyone was conflicted again.
If the Jinghua Sword had been successfully forged, it would undoubtedly be a Primal Core treasure!
Everyone present was well aware of the value of a Primal Core treasure. Could there really be someone in this world who would be so kind as to send a Primal Core treasure to their doorstep for free?
No matter how they thought about it, it felt impossible!
“Forget it. Fortunately, this person hasn’t caused any harm. From now on, we’ll roster one person every day to stand guard here for a month.”
At this moment, Feng Xia suddenly coughed and said, “If this person doesn’t appear within a month, we can basically rest assured.”
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