Chu Xi and Ling Luo Yi spoke for a while longer before leaving, asking Ling Luo Yi to rest there. Ling Luo Yi had just woken up and needed time to adjust.
After Chu Xi left, Ling Luo Yi sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion and summoned a bracelet within her divine soul, searching for it.
Ling Luo Yi's contract with Xiao Feng Xi was a soul-bound contract, one that could only be dissolved with the agreement of both parties.
At that time, Ling Luo Yi was unsure if she would survive and had intended to break the contract with Xiao Feng Xi, but Xiao Feng Xi had sternly refused. She had also wanted to entrust Xiao Feng Xi and the other five little ones to Gu Yun Cheng's care, but Xiao Feng Xi adamantly refused. Helplessly, thinking that the Heavenly Dao would at least leave her a soul, Ling Luo Yi hid Xiao Feng Xi within her divine soul.
However, Ling Luo Yi hadn't expected that while the Heavenly Dao had left her a soul, it had scattered her soul across the Six Realms. She didn't know if the scattering of her soul would affect Xiao Feng Xi.
Ling Luo Yi searched her entire divine soul and finally found fragmented pieces of a bracelet, broken into three pieces, in an inconspicuous corner. Seeing the three broken pieces, Ling Luo Yi's heart leaped. The bracelet was broken, Xiao Feng Xi!
Ling Luo Yi carefully took the three bracelet fragments from her divine soul and held them in her hand. They no longer felt warm and smooth but were cold. Ling Luo Yi couldn't sense any trace of life from them.
Ling Luo Yi attempted to enter the Feng Xi Realm, but she could no longer access it.
"Did I still affect you? Xiao Feng Xi…" Ling Luo Yi felt a wave of sorrow rush to her brain, and she cried out in sadness, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry…"
Thinking of Xiao Feng Xi's trust in her at the time, Ling Luo Yi felt as though she had failed it.
"Master, go gamble, I'll be with you."
"Master, you'll definitely win the gamble! Definitely!"
Xiao Feng Xi's words still echoed in her ears, but now it was lifeless. Ling Luo Yi's sorrow was uncontrollable.
Ling Luo Yi clenched the broken bracelet in her hand, trying to sense any trace of Xiao Feng Xi's existence. Due to the excessive force, her fair palm was already marked by the broken edges of the bracelet, with the tendency to pierce her skin. Yet, Ling Luo Yi felt no pain from her palm.
After an unknown amount of time, as Ling Luo Yi was weeping sorrowfully, a very weak voice suddenly echoed in her mind, "Mas…ter…"
"Xiao Feng Xi!" Ling Luo Yi recognized the owner of the voice. She looked around but couldn't find Xiao Feng Xi anywhere. Her gaze returned to the broken bracelet, but she still couldn't sense any life fluctuations from it. Ling Luo Yi softly asked, "Xiao Feng Xi, is that you?"
Ling Luo Yi's voice trembled, afraid that the voice she heard was just an illusion.
As Ling Luo Yi waited anxiously, Xiao Feng Xi's voice echoed in her mind again, "Master…"
This time, the voice was still weak, but it was better than before.
"Xiao Feng Xi, are you alright?" Ling Luo Yi asked, looking at the Feng Xi Bracelet.
Only when she heard Xiao Feng Xi's voice did Ling Luo Yi's heart calm down. She then noticed something she hadn't before: a familiar thin white thread in her sea of consciousness. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was connected to the broken Feng Xi Bracelet, and her divine power was flowing into the Feng Xi Bracelet along this thread.
Ling Luo Yi finally understood. This body was not her previous one. The contract from her previous body had been broken with the disappearance of that body. This body had just been born and had not yet contracted with any beast. That familiar thin white thread was her contract with Xiao Feng Xi.
Now, Ling Luo Yi stared intently at the broken Feng Xi Bracelet fragments in her hand and discovered that her right palm had been pierced by the Feng Xi Bracelet. There was still blood on her palm, but there was no blood on the broken edge of the Feng Xi Bracelet. This indicated that they had re-contracted.
However, there was one thing Ling Luo Yi didn't understand. This body had been formed by her Saintess master using divine power and rare heavenly treasures. The defensive capabilities of this body should be very high. Yet, why could the broken Feng Xi Bracelet pierce her body? What level of spiritual treasure was the Feng Xi Bracelet?
For some reason, Ling Luo Yi suddenly remembered that the remnant soul of Feng Shen Yao Feng had told her that the Feng Xi Bracelet was refined by Yao Feng and her past life together. Who was her past life? The Saintess master had said that the divine bones within her now belonged to her past life, so her past life was also a god. But why had she reincarnated? Ling Luo Yi suddenly became curious about her past life.
"Master, I'm fine now."
Xiao Feng Xi's voice had recovered somewhat, but the weakness was still discernible.
"Xiao Feng Xi, how are you?" Hearing Xiao Feng Xi's reply, Ling Luo Yi disregarded everything else.
"Master, my spiritual power comes from you. Without your supply for the past two hundred years, I had no spiritual power and fell into a deep sleep. I've just absorbed some of your divine power, and now I've recovered."
"That's good." Ling Luo Yi didn't care about the Feng Xi Bracelet, as long as Xiao Feng Xi was alright. But…
"Xiao Feng Xi, why did the Feng Xi Bracelet break? What about the Feng Xi Realm?"
"Master, the Feng Xi Bracelet broke because your divine soul was torn into several pieces by the Heavenly Dao at that time. The Feng Xi Bracelet was within your divine soul and was also affected, which caused it to break. However, I don't understand why I'm alright. Logically, if the Feng Xi Bracelet broke, I, as its spirit, should have died. As for the Feng Xi Realm…"
Xiao Feng Xi scanned the surroundings through the window and said, "Master, I am currently trapped in the small building and cannot get out. I can only see the outside through the window. The Feng Xi Realm has now been divided into three parts, as if space has been cut open. Master, there is a barrier in your medicinal field that has cut off the lake water, and a portion of the medicinal field has withered due to lack of water."
"It's alright, as long as you're okay. We can replant the medicinal field later."
"Okay."
The Heavenly Dao was currently observing the situation. Upon hearing the conversation between Ling Luo Yi and Xiao Feng Xi, it felt a surge of smugness.
Xiao Feng Xi's survival was its doing. Considering that the brat had died saving the human realm, it had spared Xiao Feng Xi. Although its intentions weren't entirely pure, the outcome was that Lide and Noise's plan had failed because of her, so it was a reward. As for tearing Ling Luo Yi's soul apart, that was naturally to retaliate for being provoked; it was a very vengeful being.
"Xiao Feng Xi, your current confinement is likely due to the broken Feng Xi Bracelet. It should be fine after it's repaired."
"That should be correct, but Master, do you know what materials are needed?"
"I don't know. But Xiao Feng Xi, aren't you trapped in the small building now? There's a study on one floor of the small building. I can't get in now, so please go and look. Perhaps you can find something."
"I understand, Master."
Knowing that Xiao Feng Xi was alright, Ling Luo Yi finally felt at ease.
Looking at the broken Feng Xi Bracelet in her hand, Ling Luo Yi still felt a pang of sadness. This bracelet was a gift she had bought for herself for her eighteenth birthday in the 23rd century. Counting it, it had accompanied her for twenty-five years.
"Never mind, I won't think about it anymore. I should go thank the King of Hell first." Ling Luo Yi shook her head, casting aside all these messy thoughts, and returned to her usual self.
Ling Luo Yi stood up and glanced into the pool as she passed by. The water reflected a figure. Her long black hair was tied up at the back with a small coronet. Her crimson eyes were still there, but the face felt somewhat unfamiliar to Ling Luo Yi.
It was not the face of the eldest daughter of the Ling family, the head of the five great families in the Tianwu Kingdom of the Ancient Spirit Continent, but the face of the King of Assassins from the 23rd century. It was her original face!