"Hey, who just said that Sister Feifei was bullying Xuetuan!"
"It definitely wasn't Xue Tuan who said it!"
"Hahaha," Yuan Jue couldn't stop laughing. After laughing, he carried Xue Tuan to the bedside. "Alright, you should go and rest. Otherwise, you won't have the energy to play with Ming Feng when he comes."
"Mmm!" Xue Tuan nodded quickly and tumbled into bed. "Yuan Jue, aren't you going to sleep?"
"I'm not sleeping." Yuan Jue tucked the blanket around Xue Tuan and sat down at the table after Xue Tuan closed her eyes.
"This seems interesting... But as long as it doesn't hurt Feng Fei... I don't mind playing along with you..." Yuan Jue chuckled to himself.
The room's windows were not closed. Yuan Jue sat at the table, smiling gently. The flickering candlelight made Yuan Jue's face appear gentle and peaceful, which was captivating.
"Don't... disappoint me..." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
☆, Chapter Four News
As dawn broke, Yuan Jue brought breakfast to Feng Fei's door.
"Fengfei, are you up? I brought breakfast." Yuan Jue's clear and gentle voice woke Fengfei, who had been sitting at the table all night.
Feng Fei was startled and quickly put away the wooden plaque and short sword; the black seal also disappeared instantly. The next moment, Feng Fei gently and cautiously opened the door.
"Why so early? I haven't washed up yet." Feng Fei stepped aside to let Yuan Jue into the room.
"Then hurry up and wash up, it won't be good if breakfast gets cold."
When Feng Fei returned after washing up, he found that Yuan Jue had already tidied up the dining table, and the breakfast he had brought was neatly arranged on the table.
"Come on, I cooked all of this myself."
Feng Fei's face showed disbelief. Yuan Jue immediately recalled his experience cooking in Qingfeng Town and chuckled twice, saying, "Alright, you saw through me. The innkeeper prepared this. But I brought it over; it's a token of my appreciation!"
Feng Fei smiled and sat down at the table. "Yes, yes, then I'll try Chef Yuanjue's cooking!"
"How dare you make fun of me? Hmph, I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget."
Feng Fei didn't pay much attention to Yuan Jue's joking words, but he didn't notice the coldness hidden in Yuan Jue's eyes.
"Eat." Head bowed, face flushed red to the ears.
Seeing Feng Fei's state, Yuan Jue felt extremely angry. The Feng Fei he knew, though bold, would never act like this. Suppressing his displeasure, Yuan Jue said softly, "I plan to visit the capital of the White Tiger Kingdom later. Would you like to come with me?"
Feng Fei's face was full of astonishment. "White Tiger Kingdom? The capital? Why do we have to go there?"
Yuan Jue, however, revealed a meaningful smile. "It's a secret."
Then, Yuanjue changed the subject, saying, "Mingfeng and Xuetuan should have finished talking. Let's go see her."
Without waiting for Feng Fei's reaction, he immediately got up and left.
Feng Fei watched Yuan Jue's retreating figure, sensing that Yuan Jue was hiding something from her. However, she didn't know how to ask, after all, she wasn't the original Feng Fei.
She stared intently at Yuan Jue. Feng Fei couldn't help but compare Yuan Jue to that person, finally concluding that Yuan Jue was neither as handsome nor as powerful... But after this feeling of contempt for Yuan Jue arose in her heart, Feng Fei suddenly experienced a splitting headache.
After a while, Feng Fei finally let out a breath, her face pale. She cursed inwardly: I didn't expect Feng Fei to be so deeply in love with Yuan Jue. She only said a few words in her heart and Feng Fei almost overturned her. If it weren't for the black seal helping her suppress it, Feng Fei would probably have taken over her body again by now.
When Feng Fei arrived at the next room, Yuan Jue was sitting next to Ming Feng and Xue Tuan, smiling gently. The three of them were talking in a very harmonious manner, and Feng Fei felt that he had no way to join in.
"Ah! Sister Feifei!"
The first to see Feng Fei was Xue Tuan. She cried out and rushed over, her little face flushed.
Feng Fei's body stiffened at first when Xue Tuan hugged him, but when he saw Yuan Jue and Ming Feng with smiles on their faces, he forced himself to relax.
"Snowball," Fengfei hugged Snowball in his arms, "Are you happy?"
Xue Tuan nodded, her face beaming with joy: "Ming Feng is here!"
Feng Fei nodded, sat down next to Yuan Jue with Xue Tuan in his arms, and looked at Ming Feng, saying, "Ming Feng, it's been a long time!"
Mingfeng first frowned, looking at Fengfei with some doubt, then glanced at Yuanjue. Seeing Yuanjue nod almost imperceptibly, she then said with a serious face, "Sister Feifei, it's been a long time."
Currently, Feng Fei's body mainly houses Feng Jin'er, who is also the Empress of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom. She is familiar with Ming Feng, but she did not expect that Ming Feng could actually transform into human form, and a hint of surprise involuntarily appeared in her eyes. However, she quickly suppressed it.
However, this scene was witnessed by Yuan Jue, who had been watching Feng Fei the whole time, and he became even more certain that something was wrong with Feng Fei.
Yuan Jue did not act rashly. He did not know whether his reaction would cause irreparable damage to Feng Fei, so he decided to wait and see for the time being.
Suppressing his unease, Yuanjue decided to wait for an opportunity to act.
"Alright, Mingfeng, did you bring back any news this time?"
Mingfeng nodded steadily, "Yes, the White Tiger Kingdom has been somewhat turbulent recently. Baizhi is very dissatisfied with her brother's governance methods, so she has carved out a portion of her power in the court and is now rivaling her brother."
"Oh?" Yuan Jue hadn't expected Bai Zhi to do this. If his master were with Bai Zhi, he certainly wouldn't have allowed such a thing to happen. Things seem to be getting more and more interesting. "So, what about things back home?"
Mingfeng hesitated, then Yuanjue noticed that Mingfeng's gaze had drifted over Fengfei, and he couldn't help but smile.
“Tell me, there are no outsiders here.”
Upon hearing Yuan Jue's words, a strange light flashed in Feng Fei's eyes, and he involuntarily straightened his seated body.
“A mysterious force has emerged in the country, and it has even made contact with Yue Jin, the city lord of Mochou City, and Lu Fei. On the surface, it seems to be consolidating the rule of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom, but I always feel that something is not right.” Mingfeng’s voice grew lower and lower as she spoke.
Yuan Jue nodded and fell into deep thought.
Chapter 5 Tiger Roar City
Upon hearing Mingfeng's words, Fengfei's expression also turned sour. She had originally thought that after she was able to emerge, the world would be in the same state as she and he had envisioned years ago, but it seemed that this was not the case at all.
“In that case, why don’t we go back and sort out our internal affairs before going to the White Tiger Kingdom?” Feng Fei suddenly spoke up. She was worried about the current situation in the Vermilion Bird Kingdom, but this was only because it was different from her and his initial plan.
“No rush,” Yuan Jue said after a moment of contemplation. “Let’s go to the White Tiger Kingdom first. The Vermilion Bird Kingdom is already under someone’s control. If we go to the White Tiger Kingdom this time, we might be able to take it down first.”
At this point, Yuan Jue's face was full of a meaningful smile.
Feng Fei refused loudly, "No!" After saying that, he realized that his reaction was inappropriate and quickly changed his tone, saying, "We are not familiar with each other in the White Tiger Kingdom. If we rashly enter the capital, we may cause a lot of unnecessary trouble."
Yuan Jue nodded in agreement, but his next words completely refuted Feng Fei's statement: "How can we not know each other? Have you forgotten that my junior sister is the sister of the White Tiger Kingdom's ruler!"
Upon hearing this, Feng Fei's face hardened, and her anger surged: "Isn't Bai Zhi eyeing you covetously? What, are you going to offer yourself up?"
At this moment, Feng Fei seemed to revert to the Feng Fei that Yuan Jue knew and loved, but then she became the Feng Fei with many doubts and improprieties: "Even if Bai Zhi is there, it's not right for us to go like this, is it? Besides... Bai Zhi is very hostile towards me..."
Xue Tuan nodded in agreement. It was Bai Zhi's involvement that caused Feng Fei to be trapped in the World Destruction Formation and almost die, so she had no good feelings towards Bai Zhi at all.
"Alright!" Yuan Jue patted Xue Tuan's little head, looked at Feng Fei and said with a smile, "If I say you should go find Bai Zhi, then you should go find her. Some things don't stay the same, do they? Sometimes, your true love might appear unexpectedly in front of you."
After saying that, Yuan Jue couldn't help but laugh, as if he had thought of some extremely funny scene.
The three people in the room had no idea what Yuan Jue was laughing about, so they looked over curiously.
Yuan Jue suppressed a laugh and waved his hand, saying, "It's nothing, it's nothing! Alright, you all go pack your things, we'll set off this afternoon. It's still quite a distance from here to the capital of the White Tiger Kingdom. We'd better hurry up and get there."
Now that the matter was settled, Feng Fei knew there was no point in saying anything more, so he immediately returned to his room.
Mingfeng watched Fengfei's departing figure, frowned, and said to Yuanjue, "Sister Feifei, are you feeling a little...unwell?"
Yuan Jue nodded with an inscrutable expression, but said nothing.
...
On the official road, three fine horses galloped wildly.
One horse carried a child, another a young woman, and the last horse carried a man holding a little girl.
These four people and three horses were naturally Yuan Jue, Feng Feiming, and Xue Tuan, who were heading towards the capital of the White Tiger Kingdom.
"Yuanjue, why don't we fly there? Wouldn't that save more time?" Mingfeng wasn't the only one with this question; Fengfei was also unaware of the meaning behind Yuanjue's actions.
"There's no particular reason, I just feel that riding a horse is a nice experience."
Yuan Jue's answer left Feng Fei and Ming Feng both helpless. Although Yuan Jue spoke in an extremely lazy manner, they could both sense the sincerity in his words. In other words, Yuan Jue really only took them riding because he enjoyed the ride.
Although riding a horse would save them spiritual energy, it would take more time, and the bumpy ride would be unpleasant. Feng Fei decided that when they reached the next town, they would insist on flying instead.
"Mingfeng, tell me what you've learned about the situation in the capital of the White Tiger Kingdom during this period."
Perhaps bored during the journey, Yuanjue suddenly asked Mingfeng about news from the capital of the White Tiger Kingdom.
After organizing the information she had gathered, Mingfeng raised her voice and said, "The capital of the White Tiger Kingdom is called Tiger Roar City. The city guard is the renowned Fierce Tiger Army, famous throughout the continent. It is said that every warrior in the Fierce Tiger Army is capable of taking on a hundred men, but the truth of this is not investigated. Tiger Roar City is the most prestigious city in the White Tiger Kingdom. The White Tiger Kingdom places great emphasis on the rule of 'might makes right,' so the royal succession in the White Tiger Kingdom is not only through bloodline inheritance but also through competitive assessments. Within the White Tiger Kingdom, those with the White Tiger and Black Tiger bloodlines are the main contenders for the royal lineage."
"Each generation is allowed to challenge the legitimate monarchy, but not everyone is qualified. In the White Tiger Kingdom, there is a distinction between the lower and upper houses. The lower house governs the ministers, while the upper house sets the rules and objectives for those who challenge the monarchy. The upper house is somewhat independent of everything else in the White Tiger Kingdom, directly protected by the Fierce Tiger Army. The members of the Fierce Tiger Army who can protect and guard the upper house are the elite of the elite. Furthermore, there are some super privileges when becoming a member of the Fierce Tiger Army guarding the upper house, but the specifics are unknown."
"Bai Zhi's brother and her father are quite special. They seem to be the only ones in the history of the White Tiger Kingdom to have the throne passed down from father to son. However, Bai Zhi's brother is somewhat bloodthirsty and cruel, and he has been practicing tyranny since he ascended the throne. Even the many subjects of the White Tiger Kingdom who adhere to the mentality of the strong ruling the country are suffering greatly. It was at this time that Bai Zhi jumped out and stood on the opposite side of her brother, and your master did not come out to stop her. He... seems to have disappeared."
After Mingfeng finished recounting some of the customs and history of the White Tiger Kingdom, she changed the subject: "Let's talk about Tiger Roar City, the capital of the White Tiger Kingdom. Tiger Roar City is an existence that transcends many cities in the White Tiger Kingdom. Even though the White Tiger Kingdom has experienced several major internal conflicts, Tiger Roar City has never suffered any damage or attack. It seems that some force is secretly protecting Tiger Roar City's longevity. However, one thing is known to everyone: not everyone can enter Tiger Roar City. Without the approval of Tiger Roar City, no one can come and go within it."
"Those who can gain the recognition of Tiger Roar City are all historically brilliant individuals, but no such person has appeared in the last thousand years. However, if that were all, Tiger Roar City would become a ghost town. Therefore, through the efforts of generations of White Tiger Kingdom people, a method was invented that allows unrecognized people to enter and leave Tiger Roar City for extended periods of time. This certificate is made of gold and stone, and its effectiveness varies, but it must be said that it is indeed an extremely great invention."
Chapter Six: Water Sinks
"The gold and stone used as proof of residence are not rare metals, but common stones found in all countries. However, they are mixed with special materials and runes to create this special proof. This technology is only known to the most loyal forces in the White Tiger Kingdom, and outsiders have no way of knowing about it. The minimum validity period of the proof is one month, while the longest validity period is ten years. If you want to stay in Tiger Roar City for a long time, you need to go to the Prefect's Office to exchange it before the proof expires. All those who stay for more than one year are registered in the White Tiger Kingdom."
Mingfeng slowly explained what she knew, and as if to verify the truth of her words, she took out a palm-sized, paper-thin piece of paper from her bosom and shook it in her hand: "Here, this is it. This thing is very peculiar. After you input your spiritual power into it, it can automatically record certain information—that's why there are no ordinary people living in Tiger Roar City. Moreover, after inputting spiritual power, this thing can also be absorbed into the body. Actually, it's not exactly absorbed into the body, but rather it can automatically adhere to the surface of the body, making it extremely difficult for outsiders to detect and take away. That's why it's extremely difficult to infiltrate Tiger Roar City."