Chapter 47: Feng Chuiying
Luo Yunxuan followed the Fourth Elder’s words and walked towards the back door of the palace. As soon as he entered, Luo Yunxuan noticed something strange.
The temperature here was surprisingly high. There was no ice or snow, but there were many fallen leaves.
Luo Yunxuan was full of doubt. He squatted down and picked up a fallen leaf, examining it carefully. The leaf seemed ordinary, but it faintly emitted a violent fluctuation of power.
He stood up and carefully walked deeper into the palace. The further he went, the higher the temperature, as if he were in a furnace.
Suddenly, a building that Luo Yunxuan had never seen before appeared in front of him. He went up and knocked on the door.
Soon, the door was pushed open, and a timid young woman opened it.
The moment Luo Yunxuan saw her, he knew that she was not Su Yuebai. Because the young woman had wine-red hair, and her eyes, as she looked at Luo Yunxuan, were somewhat curious.
But Luo Yunxuan still decided to treat her with courtesy and chat with her.
Luo Yunxuan was briefly stunned and then bowed. “I am Luo Yunxuan of the Snowfall Sect. I have come to visit you.”
“Visit… me?”
The girl’s eyes were full of disbelief. In all these years, she had never seen anyone other than her grandfather.
She didn’t believe that anyone would come to visit her.
“Yes. May I come in?” Luo Yunxuan asked.
“Ah, you may.” The girl made way for Luo Yunxuan to enter the room. Luo Yunxuan quickly walked in and found that the furniture in the room had burn marks. There was almost no intact furniture.
The girl was clearly embarrassed. She picked up a chair that looked intact and handed it to Luo Yunxuan.
“I’m sorry. No outsiders have ever been here.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. So all this furniture… what happened?”
Luo Yunxuan was also curious. No one would be bored enough to burn their own furniture.
“I did this…” The girl tidied her wine-red long hair and quietly poured tea.
“What do you mean?” Luo Yunxuan was puzzled.
“Since grandfather allowed you to come in, I can tell you. But don’t go around telling everyone.”
“Alright!”
“My name is Feng Chuiying. I come from the land of the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation. I’m sure you’ve heard of me. My innate spiritual meridians are damaged, but it’s not that I can’t cultivate. It’s just that when I circulate my spiritual energy, it gets a little out of control.”
“To prevent me from hurting others, grandfather had me live here.”
As Feng Chuiying spoke, her expression was a little sad. She was too lonely. Luo Yunxuan, sitting next to her, could feel this depression.
“Then am I the first Snowfall Sect disciple you’ve seen?”
“Mhm.”
Luo Yunxuan didn’t know how Feng Chuiying had gotten through all these years. He only knew that the month he had been in confinement had been very difficult.
Seeming to have noticed Luo Yunxuan’s sympathy, Feng Chuiying smiled faintly, and two sweet dimples appeared on her cheeks.
“Actually, it’s not so bad. I still have Xue’er to keep me company…”
“Xue’er?”
Feng Chuiying brought over a snow rabbit. “Look, its fur is so white. This name suits it very well, doesn’t it?”
Luo Yunxuan looked at the snow rabbit and couldn’t help but smile. “Indeed, it’s very beautiful.”
“So, Miss Feng, do you cultivate the Vermilion Bird Flame?” Luo Yunxuan looked at the burn marks and was lost in thought.
“It’s a flame-type spiritual technique, but I can’t tell you the specifics!”
“Why?”
“If I tell you everything, will you still come in the future?”
Luo Yunxuan was taken aback. He had never thought about whether he would come or not. He was just a little curious why this girl was living in a place that didn’t belong to her, hidden from the world.
“I don’t know if I will come, but have you ever thought about going out?”
“I have. The world outside is a sheet of ice and snow. Even if my spiritual energy gets out of control, at most it will just melt some ice.”
“Actually, the outside is quite suitable for me!”
“But grandfather won’t let me go out.”
At this, Feng Chuiying’s lively little face drooped again.
Luo Yunxuan didn’t know how to comfort her and could only say with a smile, “Actually, this isn’t a bad thing. At least you won’t be disturbed by the outside world.”
Feng Chuiying shook her head. “But I long for the outside world. Every time I see a bird fly past the window, I’m so envious.”
Luo Yunxuan’s heart was moved, and he said, “Perhaps I can take you out for a little while, as long as you don’t let your spiritual energy get out of control.”
Luo Yunxuan didn’t know why he had said such a thing. They had only just met.
Was it out of sympathy?
Feng Chuiying’s eyes lit up, and then they dimmed again. “But grandfather won’t agree.”
Just as Feng Chuiying and Luo Yunxuan were chatting, flames suddenly shot up from the table and spread faster and faster.
“Ah! Young Master Luo, my spiritual energy is a little out of control. You should get away quickly.”
Luo Yunxuan hadn’t expected this to happen. He quickly moved away from the chair. But the strange flames had actually ignited his long robe.
Luo Yunxuan could tell at a glance that this flame was not simple. Its intensity was no less than that of the Vermilion Bird Flame.
In his panic, he gathered the water element in his left hand and directly threw it at the flame.
After a long while, the flame was finally extinguished. Luo Yunxuan looked at the few holes in his clothes and was lost in thought.
“Young Master Luo, I’m so sorry. It was our first meeting, and I accidentally burned your clothes.”
Feng Chuiying looked at the holes burned in Luo Yunxuan’s clothes, her face flushing.
“It’s fine, it’s fine. So this is what you meant by your spiritual energy getting out of control?”
He hadn’t noticed any spiritual energy fluctuations from Feng Chuiying just now, yet his clothes had caught fire.
Then it was reasonable that this furniture had become like this.
“Mhm, sometimes the elemental power in my body gets a little out of control and this happens…” Feng Chuiying’s head was slightly bowed, and she was a little dissatisfied with her performance.
“Hey, it’s fine. If it’s on fire, just put it out. What’s the big deal?”
Luo Yunxuan was calm on the surface, but in reality, his butt had almost been burned.
“But Young Master Luo, you actually know the water element. You’re so amazing.”
Feng Chuiying couldn’t help but applaud Luo Yunxuan, which made him blush.
“In that case, I’ll give you a gift.”
Luo Yunxuan thought for a moment and took out a strange piece of ice from his inventory.
“This is thousand-year-old profound ice that was excavated from underground. I usually use it to cultivate. I don’t need it anymore, so I’ll give it to you.”
“I feel like this is quite suitable for you.”
The girl curiously took the ice from Luo Yunxuan’s hand. “Eh? It’s so cold and comfortable!”
She even couldn’t help but rub it on her face.
Luo Yunxuan’s expression changed, and he was about to stop her, but he found that not only was the girl fine, but she was even enjoying it.
It should be known that the temperature of this profound ice was extremely low, and it was extremely easy to get frostbite.
He usually only used it to adapt to low-temperature environments to cultivate the ice element. He hadn’t expected that the girl in front of him would actually treat it as a toy.
“I like this so much! Thank you, Young Master Luo!”
“But I don’t have anything to give you in return…” Feng Chuiying looked around but couldn’t find a suitable gift for Luo Yunxuan.
“It’s fine. I have more where that came from. You can just have it!”
This kind of profound ice was not a rare item. With his status as a crown prince, he could have as much as he wanted.
“It’s getting late. If I stay any longer, I’m afraid I’ll disturb Miss Feng’s rest. I think I should go.”
Luo Yunxuan felt that it was about time, and the Fourth Elder had also reminded him not to stay for too long.
Since he had already gotten the answer he wanted, there was no reason to stay here.
“Alright… I’ll see you out!”
Feng Chuiying saw Luo Yunxuan to the door and then stopped. She looked at him with some reluctance.
“This is as far as I’ll go. Please go back, miss.”
“Then will you come again?”
Luo Yunxuan didn’t know how to answer. Logically, he shouldn’t come again.
But Feng Chuiying was very lonely… so lonely that Luo Yunxuan couldn’t bear to refuse.
“Mhm, I will. I’m still waiting for your return gift.”
Luo Yunxuan nodded in agreement. As he left, he felt the girl’s happy smile.
After leaving the palace, countless mysteries appeared in Luo Yunxuan’s mind.
“Su Yuebai… who are you…”
“Feng Chuiying… she is definitely not as simple as she looks…”
