After hearing Zhu Xincheng out, Ye Yu couldn’t help giving a thumbs-up.
Say what you will—this woman’s reading comprehension and adaptability were off the charts.
She had talked herself into believing it.
Perfect.
“In that case, there’s no need to restrict my freedom anymore, right?”
He lifted his wrist.
A red gleam flickered and vanished.
Zhu Xincheng clearly knew what it was, and said evenly, “From the start, I never meant to restrict you. Having that old bastard bring you back was only to verify my suspicions—nothing more.
“As for what’s on your wrist, find the old bastard and have him take it off.”
Ye Yu nodded, satisfied.
That was more like it.
The red cord had to go.
Wearing a red string from an old man? What was that supposed to be?
Zhu Xincheng spoke again. “By the way, I’ve heard that the Demon God Hong Zhencheng of the Boundless Hall and Luo Shu, the Realm-Guarding Great Saint of the Tongtian Pavilion, are both looking for you.
“Is that also connected to your parallel-world... relationships?”
Ye Yu’s expression hardened.
Something was off—way off.
If his own wives were out looking for him, sure, that’d be normal. But Hong Zhencheng and Luo Shu?
What was that about?
Had they heard something?
No—wait.
What about Xie Buyu and Liu Yuenong?
Why hadn’t they shown up?
His thoughts tangled.
Noticing his look, Zhu Xincheng asked, curious, “What? Isn’t it?”
“Sort of,” he said. “It’s just that the ones looking for me shouldn’t be those two. It’s fine—I’ll check on it when I get the chance.”
He pinched the bridge of his nose—then, before she could press the issue, he steered the topic away. “Right—what about the divine-stone mine? Judging by your mood, it seems Jiyue Pavilion hasn’t come back to make trouble.”
At that, Zhu Xincheng smiled and laid out the current situation.
Since that last operation with Zuixin Valley, when they wiped out over a hundred of Jiyue Pavilion’s divine clansmen—
Before they could launch the next step—
Jiyue Pavilion fell into internal chaos.
According to intel from the mole inside, senior elders had started a power grab.
The most aggressive was the Third Elder, Yin Yu, who waved the banner of ‘someone must be held responsible for failure’ and purged rivals nonstop.
To this day, Jiyue Pavilion had no time to bother with Zuixin Valley or the Lieyang Sect.
Their infighting kept grinding on.
Rumor even had it that if the pavilion master didn’t reappear soon—
Jiyue Pavilion could split in two.
Anyway, as things stood, the divine-stone mine was absolutely secured.
Zhu Xincheng only needed the mole to keep an eye on Jiyue Pavilion.
How far things would go from here—no one could say. One step at a time.
Ye Yu offered his congratulations.
She accepted them with good grace.
It was obvious the way things were trending pleased her.
Just then, Xiaocui came in and said softly, “Sect Master, Fellow Daoist Cui is here. He wants an update on that matter you agreed to—finding Yinghuo.”
Zhu Xincheng’s brows knit. “Tell him that when there’s news, I’ll contact him.
“Honestly—who even is this Yinghuo? I’ve had seven different Daoists ask me to find her lately!
“Fellow Daoist Ye, be careful. The God Realm is in a strange mood—people are being hunted down every day.”
Ye Yu raised a hand, a little sheepish. “Yinghuo is my Dao partner. Another one of my Dao partners asked a lot of people to help search. Maybe, in the mess, the request just... landed on your desk.”
Zhu Xincheng fell silent.
That many coincidences lately?
After a long pause, she managed only: “Your other Dao partner sounds... nice.”
Ye Yu gave a strained smile and made to take his leave.
Finding Yinghuo couldn’t wait.
He was just about to go when a divine clansman rushed in. “Sect Master, there’s news about Yinghuo—the one you wanted found!”
At once, Ye Yu stopped, and Zhu Xincheng beckoned. “Fellow Daoist Ye, quickly—this is your Dao partner’s trail. We found her!”
Ye Yu scratched his ear. “You don’t have to shout. I wasn’t far. I can hear you.”
A hint of color touched Zhu Xincheng’s cheeks.
She’d only wanted to dispel the earlier awkwardness.
The divine clansman produced an Image Stone, saying it held a lead on Yinghuo.
Ye Yu and Zhu Xincheng leaned in to watch.
With a surge of divine power, the picture came up.
A massive nostril.
Pah, pah!
What was that?
Turned out some man was recording scenery with the Image Stone—and at the start he’d filmed himself to check the focus.
To be fair, he was a very put-together pretty boy.
Wait—that... was Hong Zhencheng.
Only half his face showed, but Ye Yu was sure—it was him.
He’d been filming the view when, by chance, he caught a woman being blasted into the clouds.
And that woman was Yinghuo.
Once she hit the clouds, golden light rippled in layers—and then she vanished.
The image held there for more than ten seconds.
Then it rewound, and the lens swung back to Hong Zhencheng.
He gave a thumbs-up.
Even Zhu Xincheng was baffled by the move. “What is he doing?”
“Reporting to the sect master,” the Lieyang clansman replied firmly. “He said he thought the scene was dazzling and wanted to ‘like’ it.”
A ‘like,’ was it.
Ye Yu cut in, “Where is he?”
“Right outside the Divine League perimeter—waiting to collect the bounty of five hundred divine stones.”
Before the words finished, Ye Yu became a streak of light and shot for [N O V E L I G H T] the perimeter.
Soon—
At the Lieyang gate, he spotted the familiar figure.
Hong Zhencheng, no doubt.
Ye Yu strode up, grabbed his sleeve, and blurted, “Where did you shoot that Image Stone? Tell me!”
Hong Zhencheng had no dream memory.
He stared at Ye Yu like a stranger and, instead of answering, asked, puzzled, “Who are you?”
Right then, Elder Ge popped out from the side.
“Fellow Daoist Ye, did you see my daughter? Did she mention me?”
At that, Hong Zhencheng perked up, grabbed Ye Yu back, and said, “So you’re Ye Yu, huh?”
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