With a gentle wave of his hand, a barrier crackling with pitch-black flames enveloped the whole room. Xiao Ji looked at Feng Yuan with a puzzled expression, not understanding what he was about to do.
Turning to Mo Ling, Feng Yuan said with a smile,
"Has something happened over in Great Li City?"
"They’ve noticed you? But from the looks of you now, it seems you’ve successfully disassociated yourself from both parties."
Mo Ling sized up Feng Yuan and said, during such times, Feng Yuan would only reveal habits similar to his past self. Just now at the mansion, Feng Yuan’s habits had not been entirely the same as Feng Yuan’s.
Nodding his head, Feng Yuan said proudly,
"How about that—impressive, isn’t it?"
"Are they really not suspicious of you anymore?"
Mo Ling looked at Feng Yuan doubtfully, and as he sat in his chair, Feng Yuan casually picked up Pomiti, who was passing by, and said,
"What does it matter if they are suspicious? Since I’ve promised them not to seek the White Wolf Deity’s aid, they won’t be the first to break face."
"After all, the White Wolf Deity is a big problem for them."
"Moreover... you all think too simply of Great Li..."
Feng Yuan closed his eyes, seemingly unable to bear it, and said, coming from the future, they naturally knew what was about to happen. Even though the future had changed, Feng Yuan still had ways to know the future.
Mo Ling said with some confusion,
"What’s so special about Great Li?"
Feng Yuan looked at Mo Ling and, after hesitating for a long time, smiled and said,
"Behind every prince, there are their own forces at play. In fact, behind you all, there is also a power supporting."
"How is that possible!"
"This thing, perhaps Hu Weng knows, but whether he’ll tell you is another matter—"
Biting her lip, Mo Ling said with hesitation,
"Is there a problem? Since Grandfather Hu is unwilling to speak, does that mean they actually have ill intentions?"
Looking at Mo Ling, Feng Yuan said with a somewhat amused expression,
"If only you weren’t born in this era... In this age, for the sake of family and legacy, nothing is off-limits."
Staring at the ceiling, Feng Yuan said helplessly,
"It’s not a matter of ill intentions; they are just acting out of concern for the family’s continuation."
After a moment of silence, Mo Ling said,
Watching Mo Ling hurry off, the phantom of Agunas flicked its tail and said,
"Is it really okay for you to do this?"
"She’s not ignorant of everything, just like Yao Yin. In such a world, how can there be any so-called innocence..."
"Did I just hear you talking about me?"
Yao Yin glared at Feng Yuan with an unhappy expression and, glancing at Yao Yin, Feng Yuan said irritably,
"You’ve been eavesdropping all this time, don’t you already know what I said?"
Yao Yin sat down on Feng Yuan’s bed and stared at him still seated in the chair, asking,
"What exactly do the forces behind them want to do?"
"In the past, they pinned their hopes on a marriage alliance with the King of Great Li, hoping the King would allow them to emerge into the sunlight for the sake of his consort. But you know their current situation."
"It really wasn’t an accident?!"
Yao Yin said with a somewhat dangerous gaze, and Feng Yuan waved his hand, as if pointing to something specific,
"There are not so many accidents; beneath all these unexpected events, there are always special motives."
"I know you’re still suspicious of me, but it doesn’t matter. I just want to know, what are they planning to do now?"
Glancing at the intently staring Yao Yin, Feng Yuan said as if resigned,
"I don’t know. In truth, their connection with the Mo Li siblings has already been severed. Mo Li might have some awareness, but Mo Ling really has no idea."
"Is it because of Hu Weng?"
"You could guess that?"
Meeting Feng Yuan’s surprised gaze, Yao Yin said with a bitter smile,
"For the children of an old friend, betraying one’s established powers isn’t something that only happens here..."
"An old friend? Well, that’s one way to put it..."
"What brings you here?"
After looking at Feng Yuan, Yao Yin said with a smile,
"I felt some strange power fluctuations here and I was a bit worried about Mo Ling, so I came to see what was up."
"And... I was a bit worried about you..."
Yao Yin looked at Feng Yuan with concern, and sweeping his gaze over Yao Yin, Feng Yuan said with a slight smile,
"Worried about me? Aren’t you afraid your Tianxing brother will be jealous?"
"You take your friends too seriously... Although Mo Ling and the others haven’t known you for long, I can tell that you consider them friends..."
"What’s wrong with that?"
Seeing Feng Yuan force a smile, Yao Yin sighed and said,
"I’m not ignorant of history..."
"Next, the entire Great Li will fall into civil strife. Although the records aren’t clear, if it’s enough to drag in surrounding nations, I suppose Yongning would just be an appetizer..."
Feng Yuan was silent for a moment before revealing a smile and said,
Unable to withstand Yao Yin’s gaze, Feng Yuan eventually relented, lowered his head, and said somewhat helplessly,
"Although I would like to avoid all this from happening, I can’t... To do so, one would have to completely dominate time and arrange everything meticulously..."
Yao Yin said softly, and Feng Yuan, sighing, said,
"Such is the cost, no one can avoid it."
"I didn’t expect to gain insights into the laws of time here."
Yao Yin abruptly changed the subject, and Feng Yuan looked at her and smiled, saying,
"If you were to traverse time in the Xingluo Realm, you would perceive even more."
"Forget it, knowing everything that’s going to happen but only being able to watch like a live performance is too frustrating."
Patting Xiao Ji who had snuggled into his embrace, Feng Yuan smiled slightly and said,
"It’s not that I can’t do anything; didn’t I save Mo Ling?"
Feng Yuan’s expression changed slightly, and he said somewhat helplessly,
"We can only take it one step at a time..."
"They seem to be going to eradicate the beasts tomorrow; I plan to go with them. You..."
Guo Huai said as he pushed the door open and walked in, looking at Yao Yin with some confusion and said,
"Why are you here too?"
Yao Yin glanced at Guo Huai and said annoyed,
"What, am I not a guest of Mo Ling’s?"
"That’s not what I meant, how could you be alone with him..."
"Have you forgotten the powers at my disposal here are not to be compared with those in the modern world?"
In Feng Yuan’s hand, a dark orb of light formed as he stared unpleasantly at Guo Huai saying, Guo Huai glanced at Feng Yuan and said,
"Are you going to join them in eradicating the beasts tomorrow?"
"No, it’s not like I can grind mobs for gear drops; it’s boring."
"Being able to grind mobs for gear drops would be a problem..."
Guo Huai said incredulously, and Yao Yin, remembering something, looked at Guo Huai and said,
"Mo Ling is going too?"
"Doesn’t seem like it, she’s currently training her Hundred Flowers Army; she wouldn’t get involved in such minor matters personally."
"Hundred Flowers Army? Looks like there’s been new developments, but it doesn’t matter anymore."
Feng Yuan said and looked at Guo Huai asking,
"But how do you plan to fight?"
Feng Yuan said exasperatedly as he caught sight of Guo Huai making befuddled posing gestures,
"There are no Beast Tamer contracts in this era, what are you thinking?"
"Wait, let me think, you said my identity is that of a wandering fighter, so..."
Guo Huai said, reaching out toward Pu Pu, saying,
"Directly infuse power into me."
Pu Pu hesitated for a moment. A purple energy emerged from Pu Pu and swiftly entered Guo Huai’s body. After sensing it for a while, Guo Huai said with some confusion,
"It seems to be more or less the same as when I usually use Pu Pu’s powers?"
Feng Yuan, propping his head with one hand on the table, looked at Guo Huai and waved his hand, sending a black light onto Guo Huai. As the light touched him, Guo Huai felt a vast energy coursing through his body, and the agonizing sensation of being torn apart caused Guo Huai to howl in pain, while Pu Pu glared at Feng Yuan, appearing somewhat angry.
After a moment, the pain subsided, and Guo Huai, gasping for breath and still shaken, looked at Feng Yuan saying,
"What did you just do..."
"Pu Pu’s power was too weak. Now, this is the normal power level for a wandering fighter."
"To use the powers, one needs to charge up in advance; only then can one fight for a while,"
said Feng Yuan as he pinched Xiao Ji.