"Hmm, this should be the edge of their territory,"
Ye Lingyuan cautiously released his divine sense.
Zi Linling frowned and said, "You mean, we've entered the territory of another beast tribe?"
Ye Lingyuan retracted his divine sense and nodded, "There's a very powerful fellow ahead, let's be careful!"
"Okay!"
Zi Linling did not use her divine sense to probe. She had no doubt about Ye Lingyuan's words.
The two walked forward cautiously. After a moment, they arrived at a pond.
In the center of the pond, a lotus flower floated alone. Its strange fragrance made one feel dazed.
Zi Linling saw a sea of flowers before her eyes, and Ye Lingyuan slowly walked out from among them.
"Lin'er, it's so beautiful here!"
Zi Linling smiled sweetly and said, "Yes, it's very beautiful!"
Ye Lingyuan pulled Zi Linling into his arms and said gently, "Let's build a house here!"
Zi Linling nodded and smiled, "Okay!"
"I promised you that I would be with you forever, one lifetime, one love. Let's live here from now on."
Ye Lingyuan's voice was even gentler.
"What about the Tianyuan Empire?" Zi Linling asked with a smile.
Ye Lingyuan cupped Zi Linling's face and said dotingly, "How can those ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers compare to Lin'er's every smile and frown?"
Zi Linling smiled and said, "What about General Mu?"
Ye Lingyuan laughed, "Everyone has their own destiny. Life and death are up to fate!"
A cold glint flashed in Zi Linling's eyes.
She secretly held the scalpel in her hand and plunged it into Ye Lingyuan's back.
"Lin'er, you..." Ye Lingyuan's face was filled with shock.
"Are you still pretending?"
Zi Linling looked sarcastically at the blade in Ye Lingyuan's palm.
If she had been a moment slower, that blade would have severed her neck.
"When did you find out?"
Ye Lingyuan's smile shifted from tenderness to shock.
Zi Linling said mockingly, "The Ye Lingyuan I know would never treat the responsibilities on his shoulders lightly, nor would he ever utter the words 'life and death are up to fate'."
"You're so clever!"
Ye Lingyuan's figure began to fade.
Zi Linling smiled and said, "I do want to be with him forever, but not in an illusion. Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus!"
As she spoke, the sea of flowers before her eyes, along with Ye Lingyuan, vanished.
Zi Linling smiled faintly and said, "Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus, your power has been sealed, hasn't it?"
The lotus flower swayed gently, as if in reply.
Zi Linling looked at Ye Lingyuan beside her and showed a look of surprise.
Because Ye Lingyuan's expression at the moment clearly indicated that he was still trapped in the illusion.
Logically, that shouldn't be the case!
However, Zi Linling soon smiled.
With Ye Lingyuan's current strength, unless he willingly succumbed, no one could do anything to him.
Zi Linling gently took Ye Lingyuan's hand.
Ye Lingyuan's eyes immediately cleared.
"What? Encountered something so beautiful that you're reluctant to come out?"
Zi Linling asked playfully.
Ye Lingyuan smiled enchantingly and said, "I encountered a little beauty who was seducing this king."
"Oh?"
Zi Linling smiled faintly and said, "Was that little vixen beautiful?"
Ye Lingyuan nodded and said tenderly, "Beautiful! Peerless beauty!"
Zi Linling looked at him meaningfully, released his hand, and walked towards the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus.
"I can help you break the seal, but you must come with me!"
The Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus swayed.
Zi Linling understood its meaning – it agreed.
"Good!"
Zi Linling finished speaking, rapidly formed hand seals, and chanted incantations.
The pond rippled, and a strange energy surged out, which she grabbed.
The Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus swayed again.
Zi Linling nodded and retreated to the edge.
Ye Lingyuan showed a wry smile, knowing that his Lin'er was jealous.
He stood beside Zi Linling and reached out to take her hand.
Zi Linling subtly dodged, quietly watching the lotus flower in the pond sway more and more violently.
Ye Lingyuan rubbed his nose helplessly. Who could blame his Lin'er for being inexplicably jealous?
"Alright Lin'er, don't be angry anymore! That little vixen was you!"
Zi Linling was stunned and glared at Ye Lingyuan with mock annoyance, "You have good taste!"
Ye Lingyuan said proudly, "Of course! My Lin'er knows astronomy and geography, possesses astonishing combat power, and is a master of both poison and medicine. Naturally, she is peerlessly beautiful!"
If Qingfeng and the others heard this, they would surely be shocked speechless.
It was truly a marvel that their prince could flatter someone.
"Hmph!"
Zi Linling let out an arrogant hum.
The Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus swayed even more vigorously, and the ripples in the pond became more frequent.
"Bang!"
A faint explosion sounded, and the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus shot out of the pond, hovering in the air.
Wisps of mist floated from the pond towards it.
Zi Linling knew that the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus was absorbing the remaining energy from the pool water.
She did not stop it, for the more powerful the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus became, the greater the benefit to her.
After half an hour, the energy in the water was finally absorbed by the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus.
It transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards Zi Linling.
Zi Linling reached out and caught it, then intended to throw it into the Goddess Palace.
But before Zi Linling could make a move, the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus burrowed into Zi Linling's dan tian on its own.
It's worth noting that Zi Linling's dan tian was currently a nascent world.
Precisely because it was nascent, the laws were extremely chaotic. Apart from the grown sapling and some newly sprouted grass, there was nothing else.
The Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus found a spot in a corner of the nascent world and took root.
The life force within the nascent world rapidly surged towards the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus.
Within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a small pool of water actually appeared where the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus had taken root.
The small pool gradually expanded until it was ten zhang in diameter, and then it stopped growing.
The small pool turned into a small pond.
Enviably, the water in this pond was not ordinary water, but dense life essence.
The Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus danced joyfully, and after a moment, it produced a lotus seedpod.
The seedpod grew rapidly, and soon bore lotus seeds.
Zi Linling observed closely. The lotus seeds were surrounded by halos of light.
Looking at the halos made one dizzy and disoriented.
Zi Linling quickly regained her senses, not daring to look again.
However, she discovered that after the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus entered the nascent world, it had established a subtle spiritual connection with her.
Even though they had not signed any contract, she could understand the Phantom Eye Demonic Lotus's thoughts.
"Master, the ripening of the lotus seeds requires the nourishment of my origin power, so I cannot give them to you for now!"