"Where did you swindle this new Divine Lord from?"
Mo Ling asked with some astonishment upon seeing the Little Green Snake and Pomiti following Feng Yuan, and Feng Yuan said with a mischievous smile,
"Of course, I stole them from Feng Yuan~"
"Since he’s monopolized the Wolf God, I’m going to steal all his other deities~"
Guo Huai looked at Feng Yuan with some confusion. Although they were clearly the same person, Guo Huai was about to speak when he suddenly remembered something and said,
"Isn’t this bad? He did take care of me for a while. How am I supposed to face him now?"
"Just face him as normal, he’s not that petty."
Seeing Feng Yuan’s indifferent attitude, Mo Ling laughed and said,
"If you guess wrong by being so presumptuous, it could harm him."
Feng Yuan replied haughtily,
"Anyway, what’s stolen is stolen, what? Should I give it back to him?"
Seeing Xiao Ji and the others looking puzzled, Agunas’s voice rose in their minds. After listening to Agunas’s explanation, even though they were still quite confused, they tried their best to keep their expressions natural, so as not to let anyone notice their abnormality.
Little Green Snake, perhaps truly having encountered too many things in the wild, possessed acting skills far beyond Xiao Ji. At that moment, it displayed an air of arrogance, seemingly completely disdainful of the ’Feng Yuan’ they were talking about, while Pomiti busily munched on the food in its hands without showing anything out of the ordinary.
After chatting idly with Mo Ling for a while, Feng Yuan leaned against the wall and watched Mo Ling, saying,
"Has the transcendence been completed?"
Although Mo Ling had gradually come to accept everything about the Yongning incident through her involvement in Yongning’s reconstruction efforts, every time she recalled those days of transcendence, she still felt uneasy. If Feng Yuan and others could tell, Mo Li certainly could. Even if it hurt, he had to explain the ins and outs to Mo Ling to make sure she understood who the real manipulator behind the Yongning incident was.
Seeing Mo Ling’s expression of guilt, Feng Yuan reached out a hand to gently wipe away a tear from the corner of her eye, whispering,
"You can’t blame yourselves for that incident."
Holding Mo Ling in his arms, Feng Yuan softly hummed an unnamed tune. Everyone present was completely unable to understand what Feng Yuan was humming, but as Mo Ling listened to the cryptic melody, the guilt in her heart, though not dissipated, no longer affected her mood.
"Everyone is unfortunate, and if given the choice, I believe your brother would have wished for you all to be born in a commoner’s household."
"You might as well fool someone else with that, but do you even believe it yourself?"
Mo Li walked out in armor, looked at Feng Yuan calmly, and said while scratching his head in confusion,
"Isn’t that the case?"
Mo Li smiled and said,
"If we were born commoners, those ancient tomes would have nothing to do with us. Living our lives in ignorance might not be too bad, but I believe I have the capacity to retrieve from them the life she deserves!"
"And I will also demand justice for her from him!"
"Quite ambitious, but have you thought about how you’ll face Great Li’s army?"
"Even if I have a way to restrain them at Wolf Mountain, preventing their interference, I can’t do much about other Temples."
"And even if you have a plan for the army, what about the nation-protecting deities?"
After hearing a series of inquiries from Feng Yuan, Mo Li fell silent for a moment and said,
"The Grandfather Flame Dragon will persuade them not to intervene. After all, this can only be seen as a minor internal conflict; they might not get involved."
Feng Yuan waved his hand and said,
"It seems that City Lord Zhen Nan hasn’t fully briefed you on some matters."
"You should ask Zhen Nan what exactly made him choose to stand with you."
"Could it be... there is something special..."
Feng Yuan said with a smile,
"I haven’t said anything; I don’t know anything. We’re just here to pay a casual visit, and seeing that you’re all well, I’m going to take my leave~"
"Hey! Can’t you tell us?"
Feng Yuan glanced at Mo Ling and said with a smile,
"Don’t easily believe what others tell you; have your own judgment. Sometimes, what others see might not be the truth."
"If you don’t want to talk, then just say so, there’s no need for so many excuses."
Mo Ling pouted in apparent anger, and Mo Li glanced at Feng Yuan before saying,
"If there really is some insider information, why haven’t they informed us?"
"That, I do not know. But you need to think carefully about one thing—what you’re doing now isn’t much different from rebelling, and Han, the City Lord, they have always been loyal to this land and this nation."
Grasping Feng Yuan’s hint, Mo Li showed a smile and said,
"Li will have a good talk with them."
"You’re talking about things I don’t understand again..."
Mo Ling voiced her dissatisfaction towards the two of them, glanced at Feng Yuan and Mo Li, then, shaking Yao Yin’s arm that she was holding, said,
"Let’s go, ignoring them. They always talk about things others can’t understand, hmph!"
Guo Huai watched the two leave, then turned to Mo Li and Feng Yuan, somewhat at a loss. He could roughly understand part of their conversation, but there were still some things he wasn’t very clear about.
Feng Yuan glanced at Guo Huai and said,
"Why don’t you go practice with your explosives first? I’ll come to find you later."
"What explosives! I hardly ever cause explosions while concocting medicines now, alright!"
Guo Huai retorted angrily at Feng Yuan. After a moment, Guo Huai took out the Virtual Cube and entered the Data Domain. Mo Li looked around before speaking,
"What exactly is the reason you’ve suddenly sought me out?"
With a wave of the Dark Ancient Book in his hand, as far as others were concerned, Feng Yuan was just casually talking with Mo Li.
Lightly patting the Dark Ancient Book in his hands, Feng Yuan stared at Mo Li and said,
"Someone from Great Li City has contacted me."
"Contacted you?! Could it be your circumstances have already been detected by them?"
"Probably not, they don’t seem to have seen through my avatar. It’s just that the White Wolf Deity had to leave Wolf Mountain Hall for some time recently, which has made them vigilant."
After a short moment of thought, Mo Li seriously said to Feng Yuan,
"Do you need my help with anything?"
"No need, you just need to pretend I haven’t told you anything."
"They have received your ’challenge’, and are preparing to take action. Unless absolutely necessary, I can’t let the White Wolf Deity intervene in your battle."
Mo Li seemed to have anticipated this and lightly patted Feng Yuan on the shoulder, saying,
"I understand. If they never discover it until the end, then suddenly striking is indeed far more useful than exposing ourselves too early."
"I’ve made all the necessary preparations on my side, I believe they won’t trigger a large-scale battle. Relying on Yongning and Zhen Nan alone should be enough."
Feng Yuan glanced at Mo Li and said,
"I’m just afraid that things will go beyond your expectations in the end."
"They shouldn’t... After all, the Eldest Prince is set to succeed his position; he wouldn’t do something too outrageous. As long as I’m restrained on my end..."
"That’s too naïve. Do you know who came to warn me?"
Mo Li looked puzzledly at Feng Yuan, who peered at the Dark Ancient Book in his hands and then said,
"The Third Prince himself came to visit. What do you think that implies?"
"He has always been the Eldest Prince’s lackey, him running errands for the Eldest Prince isn’t a problem..."
Feng Yuan gently tapped his chin with the Dark Ancient Book and said,
"You’d better figure out what’s going on before discussing, I believe by then you’ll understand for yourself."
"I’ll be leaving now."
Waving his hand, Feng Yuan bid farewell to Mo Li. Watching Feng Yuan’s retreating figure, Mo Li murmured with a somber expression,
"What could be happening that I am unaware of...?"
"The inn, huh? It’s not really appropriate to stay at Mo Li’s mansion right now."
Having followed Mo Ling to the inn, Feng Yuan chuckled and said, upon which Mo Ling cast a glance at him and remarked with a touch of amusement,
"This isn’t exactly an inn—it’s a place specially built by my brother to accommodate guests."
After leading Feng Yuan and the others to their room, Mo Ling cautiously looked around and then whispered into Feng Yuan’s ear,
"You’re suddenly so concerned about disguises, could there be some change afoot?"