Smoke Mist Mountain is the Sacred Land of the Cangqiong Sect. Due to the disaster caused by Yaan Jinghong, many reclusive elders of Smoke Mist Mountain suffered heavy casualties.
Fortunately, the inheritance has not been severed.
After Ling Feng arrived at Smoke Mist Mountain, he imdiately stated his purpose. Although borrowing the Ancestor’s Relic is indeed disrespectful to the ancestors, Ling Feng has offered great favor to both the Cangqiong Sect and the Sky White Empire.
Moreover, since Lady Honglian sent Ling Feng to take the Red Lotus Relic, the elders of Smoke Mist Mountain did not hesitate much and gave the Red Lotus Relic to Ling Feng.
"Young Friend Ling Feng, although this Red Lotus Relic is not exactly a supre treasure, it holds extraordinary significance for our Smoke Mist Mountain. Now, since it’s to save Senior Sister Honglian’s daughter, giving it to you is not an issue."
After hesitating for a mont, one of the elders of Smoke Mist Mountain instructed soone to fetch the Red Lotus Relic from the ancestral shrine and handed it to Ling Feng.
"Thank you, Elder!"
Ling Feng bowed deeply to the elder. It was best that the elders of Smoke Mist Mountain were willing to lend the Red Lotus Relic. If they were unwilling, Ling Feng would take it by force if necessary.
After obtaining the Red Lotus Relic, Ling Feng imdiately returned to the Imperial City without resting.
...
"Lady Yue, I’ve brought the Red Lotus Relic!"
Ling Feng rushed into the hospital room, greeted Lady Honglian, and imdiately helped Yue Yunlan sit up, channeling pure elental power to integrate the Red Lotus Relic into Yue Yunlan’s body.
Sure enough, within monts, Yue Yunlan began to breathe again, although it remained faint and elusive, at least a shred of vitality had returned.
Ling Feng quickly urged his elental power, constantly pouring it into Yue Yunlan’s body, discovering that the Red Lotus Relic within her acted like a barrier, locking Ling Feng’s elental power within.
Yet, this barrier seed not entirely sealed, periodically leaking vitality outward, and the force of this barrier seed to be weakening continuously.
As Lady Honglian had said, even with the Red Lotus Relic, it could only extend Yue Yunlan’s life by a month, and even that might not last.
Nevertheless, sensing the revival of a shred of vitality within Yue Yunlan, Ling Feng was delighted beyond asure, vowing to restore her completely within the month no matter what!
...
The days passed one after another.
Finally, Yue Yunlan gently awoke, her body light as a worn-out leaf, detached from the tree, destined to wither in the yellow earth.
"Where am I?"
For the first ti in her life, Yue Yunlan felt so rude, the buzzing noises in her ears made her feel like she had lost her spirit, her body weak, unable to muster energy.
After lying with her eyes closed for a while, Yue Yunlan slowly opened her eyes to find a drowsy girl leaning gently against her bedhead, tear streaks faintly visible at the corners of her eyes.
This girl was naturally Qiaoqiao.
"Am I... not dead?"
Yue Yunlan was slightly taken aback. She rembered exhausting all her essence to bloom the Three-Life Lotus. Her mother had told her that those bearing the Red Lotus Saint Body could only bloom the Three-Life Lotus once in their lifeti. After it blooms, the caster would imdiately perish.
But how was she still alive?
At this ti, footsteps approached from outside, prompting Yue Yunlan to reflexively close her eyes again, feeling the gaze of two people upon her.
"Ah, how did I fall asleep?"
Qiaoqiao imdiately jumped up, apologizing, "Sorry, Lady, I..."
"Alright, Qiaoqiao, you are injured too, go get so rest!"
The incredibly gentle voice belonged to Lady Honglian.
"Lady, I wish to stay a little longer."
Qiaoqiao bit her silver teeth, fiercely rubbing her eyes, "I’m not tired, not at all!"
"Sigh..." Lady Honglian sighed softly, holding a jade bowl, while Yue Yunlan tasted a bittersweet liquid pouring into her mouth. As the soup settled in her belly, a warmth erged in her Dantian Energy Sea, circulating briefly through her limbs before dissipating.
"Lan’er..."
Next, a man’s voice sounded, unmistakably her father’s.
A slightly rough hand gently stroked Yue Yunlan’s cheek as Yue Zhonglian took a deep breath, sighing, "I am so useless, unworthy of being the Sect Master of the National Guardian Divine Sect, unable to protect even my own daughter."
Desolation filled Yue Yunlan’s heart. She wanted to refute but lacked any strength. Opening her eyes was even a great challenge.
At this mont, soone else walked in, Yue Zhonglian discreetly wiped his tears only to find Ling Feng entering, visibly haggard, his eyes bloodshot. Since the battle at the Imperial City, he had not rested.
"Sect Leader Yue, Lady Yue, Yunlan... has she not awoken?" Ling Feng clenched his fists and softly spoke.
Lady Honglian shook her head, "Thanks to Young Master Ling’s dicine, Lan’er’s breath has stabilized sowhat."
A prolonged silence lingered in the room, punctuated by Ling Feng’s heavy sigh, "Three days..."
"Young Master Ling, you should get so rest. For the past three days, you’ve either been brewing dicine or infusing elental power into Lan’er. You might collapse before she wakes up!"
Lady Honglian gazed deeply at Ling Feng, concern etched across her face.
"I’m fine! Yunlan beca like this because of . No matter what, I will heal her!"
Ling Feng looked at the frail figure on the sickbed, unable to think of resting even for a mont.
"Young Master Ling..."
Hearing Ling Feng’s words, warmth blossod within Yue Yunlan’s heart; she realized how much Ling Feng cared for her.
Forcing herself to summon so strength, Yue Yunlan softly humd. The gentle breeze alerted Ling Feng, who quickly stepped forward, placing his hand on her slender wrist. Then, a burst of surprise surfaced, "Her pulse is much stabilized now, wonderful!"
Ling Feng promptly extracted the Golden Needle, gently applying acupuncture to Yue Yunlan’s back. At last, Yue Yunlan exhaled a turbid breath and slowly opened her beautiful eyes.
"Lan’er, you’re awake!"
"Miss, you have finally awakened!"
Yue Zhonglian and his wife, along with Qiaoqiao, saw Yue Yunlan awaken, and were all overjoyed, rushing forward with tears in their eyes.
She never imagined that she would be able to see these people in front of her again.
"Father, Mother, Qiaoqiao..."
Yue Yunlan looked at the people who cared about her and softly called out, causing them all to shed tears of excitent.
"Yunlan, you’re awake, it’s good that you’re awake! You’ve been unconscious for several days."
Ling Feng slowly withdrew his elental power; his efforts in the past few days were finally not in vain.
"Young Master Ling..."
Yue Yunlan’s gaze turned to Ling Feng, her pale and haggard face showing a faint smile.
"I’m here, I’m here!"
Ling Feng gently supported Yue Yunlan’s body, allowing her to lean into his embrace, choking up a bit: "It’s okay, it’s good that you’re awake, don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to you!"
"Hmm..."
A warm current surged in Yue Yunlan’s heart, hearing such words from soone like Ling Feng was truly not easy!
Could she be dreaming?
The sudden sense of happiness made Yue Yunlan almost unable to believe it.
"Silly girl, you’ve been in a coma for so many days, hungry?"
Lady Honglian wiped the tears from her eyes and asked softly.
"Hmm..." Yue Yunlan nodded lightly, her body was too weak, even speaking was sowhat feeble.
"Alright, alright, I’ll make it for you! I’ll make your favorite hibiscus soup!"
Lady Honglian quickly got up, looking at her daughter’s haggard appearance, Lady Honglian felt her heart ache like a knife.
Soon, everyone simply told Yue Yunlan about the events after her coma.
Qiaoqiao embellished the story of Ling Feng’s rush to borrow the Red Lotus Relics, and Yue Yunlan realized that it was Ling Feng who saved her life.
"Young Master Ling, thank you..."
Yue Yunlan lightly bit her lip, looking at Ling Feng, and spoke softly.
"It should be thanking you. If it weren’t for you, I might have already made a grave mistake and beco a monster that only knows slaughter."
Ling Feng smiled faintly, "Don’t worry, you will be better soon."
After so pleasantries, Yue Yunlan’s limited energy caused her to fall asleep again, but there was a sweet smile on her face.
...
Yue Yunlan finally awoke, Yue Zhonglian and Lady Honglian were both happy and scared; happy to see a daughter who can speak and laugh again, scared because the Red Lotus Relics could only sustain Yue Yunlan for about a month.
A month is truly too short!
However, in front of Yue Yunlan, they both tried their best to feign excitent, only showing sadness when alone.
In the blink of an eye, another three days passed, under Ling Feng’s relentless care, Yue Yunlan’s body had recovered considerably, even able to start walking.
In these three days, Yue Zhonglian had put aside all official duties, staying beside his daughter as much as possible.
All along, he was a good Sect Master, but not a good father.
Now, he just wanted to make up for it all.
On this day, Ling Feng finally decided to take Yue Yunlan away from the Sky White Imperial City, heading to Mist Ghost Forest to ask the Sky White Emperor Dharma about the Red Lotus Sacred Body.
In the past few days, Ling Feng had tried every possible thod but still had scant results, seeing the efficacy of the Red Lotus Relics in Yue Yunlan’s body gradually weaken, Ling Feng beca even more anxious.
Though Yue Zhonglian and his wife were reluctant to part with their daughter, they knew that staying in the Imperial City was waiting for death; following Ling Feng to seek dicine might have a slim chance.
Emperor’s North Suburb, within a stone pavilion.
Ling Feng took Yue Yunlan and Qiaoqiao away, and those seeing them off included Yue Zhonglian and Lady Honglian, several elders of the Cangqiong Sect, and Yan Cangtian, who was like a teacher and father to Ling Feng.
"Young Master Ling, Lan’er... is entrusted to you!"
Lady Honglian gave her daughter a deep look and sighed lightly; if no cure could be found, in her final monts, being with Ling Feng, perhaps she would not feel any regret.
"Don’t worry, Lady Yue, I will definitely find a way to cure Yunlan!"
Ling Feng nodded heavily, looking at Yue Zhonglian, and slowly said: "Sect Master Yue, if King Jing returns to the Imperial City, please pass on my ssage that I may not have ti to attend his inauguration ceremony, but I believe he will undoubtedly beco the best emperor of the Sky White Empire!"
"I will!" Yue Zhonglian gently patted Ling Feng’s shoulder, "Young friend Ling Feng, the citizens of the Sky White Empire will always rember you as the empire’s hero!"
"The word ’hero’ is too heavy for ."
Ling Feng shook his head, at this mont, he only wanted to heal Yue Yunlan, nothing more.
Then Ling Feng walked to Yan Cangtian and slowly said: "Teacher, I have already reconnected your ridians, this is a bottle of Burning Sky Dragon Fla Marrow, take a drop daily, in half a month you should fully recover."
"Feng’er, don’t worry about , seeing you grow so quickly, teacher is very happy!"
Yan Cangtian also raised his hand to pat Ling Feng’s shoulder and slowly said: "Teacher waits for your return!"
After bidding farewell to everyone, Ling Feng took Yue Yunlan and Qiaoqiao away, bringing Qiaoqiao along was naturally to help take care of Yue Yunlan.
After walking a short distance, Ling Feng sent Yue Yunlan and Qiaoqiao into the Five Elents Heavenly Palace, then took out the Token of Mist Ghost Forest, activated the teleportation array within, and soon arrived at the Mist Ghost Forest.
(PS: Double Chapter. Also, really struggling with writing romance scenes, wanted to write sothing warm, but considering Ling Feng’s complete lack of ability in flirting, and my own inability to write such pieces, it’s truly difficult... the writer’s block is torturous.)
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