What strength!
How frighteningly powerful he was!
Watching Jun Linyuan descend slowly to the ground, Yu Mingye suddenly realized that since the last time he saw Jun Linyuan, the guy had improved significantly again!
I like that in an opponent! Clenching his fists, Yu Mingye gestured at the others and they soon disappeared into the night.
As soon as Jun Linyuan landed, Feng Xun and Xuan Yi went up to him in a hurry and stood one on each side. They looked pleasantly surprised. "Boss Jun!"
"Yes." Jun Linyuan's poker face never seemed to change.
"Is that python dead? You killed it, just like that? Boss Jun, you've gotten so much more powerful again!" Feng Xun couldn't suppress the excitement in his voice.
Jun Linyuan only said, "It was injured already."
"I know that!" Feng Xun was still just as excited. "But it was injured because you set Yu Mingye up, wasn't it? So, at the end of the day, you still take the credit! Ahh!!! Immortal Spiritual Fruit! It's finally ours!"
The tiniest smile emerged on Jun Linyuan's handsome face.
This was the first time Feng Wu saw his lips curl up since meeting him again.
Feng Wu's heart sank.
By the look of it, this Immortal Spiritual Fruit was very important to Jun Linyuan as well, otherwise he wouldn't have come all the way here from the imperial capital or smiled over the fruit.
But…
Feng Wu clenched her fists!
That fruit was hers! It had to be!
What would it take to steal that Immortal Spiritual Fruit from Jun Linyuan?
Feng Wu racked her brain, but nothing came to her.
Jun Linyuan was simply too smart, not to mention that he was highly vigilant, meticulous, and frighteningly powerful… Feng Wu realized sadly that she would have been better off if the fruit was still guarded by the python, for she would at least have had a chance. Now, she had zero idea where she could find an opening.
What now… what to do… Feng Wu almost scratched her scalp raw, but her head remained blank.
Soon, they reached the campsite they had stayed at the previous night.
Feng Xun said, "Traveling in the mountains after dark is too dangerous and we're all tired. Let's spend the night here and we'll move out tomorrow morning."
They all went to bed after that.
Feng Wu rolled around in bed, holding her blanket. The Immortal Spiritual Fruit was in sight, but there was nothing she could do to get her hands on it. She felt utterly frustrated.
Was she going to have to use herself as a honey trap now? Feng Wu smiled wryly, for she knew that Jun Linyuan would never fall for it. What about…
While Feng Wu was still tossing and turning, a figure approached her quickly and covered her mouth.
Feng Wu's eyes opened wide when she saw a face covered by a mask.
The man in black jabbed a finger into the acupoint that controlled her voice, then wrapped her in the blanket, threw her over his shoulder, and dashed off!
"You…"
Feng Wu wanted to cry out, but to her disappointment, she couldn't make a sound.
She tried to struggle, but found resignedly that she couldn't move a muscle, for the man in black had attacked some other acupoints of hers, rendering her immobile.
Right now, Feng Xun and the others were cultivating, which was why no one realized that she was missing.
It seemed forever when with a thump —
Feng Wu was tossed onto the ground, still wrapped in the blanket. She rolled with the momentum and eventually got out from under it.
Before she could get up, she looked into a pair of amorous eyes.
Those eyes… Feng Wu's heart skipped a beat!
She remembered!
When she had fallen face down in the mud earlier on, didn't she hear someone snickering at her?
That was the face and the pair of eyes she spotted.
Yu Mingye crouched down in front of Feng Wu. Resting his chin on his right hand, he examined her up and down with an undisguised look of contempt in his eyes.
Feng Wu hummed loudly.
"Oh, right —" Only then did Yu Mingye realize that Feng Wu was immobilized. He then poked Feng Wu twice in the chest with a long finger.
"Phew." Feng Wu could move freely right away.
She threw a fit at the teenager with the amorous eyes. "Who are you? Why did you bring me here? What do you want from me?!"
Yu Mingye had steeled himself to accept this ugly girl as his woman. Still crouching and resting his chin on his hands, he stared at Feng Wu with his clear amorous eyes, which was a rather adorable picture. Feng Wu was suddenly at a loss over what to say.
"I'll give you a chance to guess who I am." Yu Mingye winked at Feng Wu in a flirtatious way.
Feng Wu's mind raced. All of a sudden, her eyes lit up and she gave him a mysterious smile. "Will you let me go if I guess right?"
"Do you think that's possible?" Yu Mingye poked Feng Wu's cheek. "Take a guess now or I'll have to kill you."
Feng Wu threw him a dirty look, ignoring his threat.
Yu Mingye chuckled at the slight.
He had just been ignored by an ordinary girl. That was a first!
"Aren't you afraid of death?" Yu Mingye was intrigued by the girl. All else aside, the fact that she was able to maintain her composure after being kidnapped was reason enough for him to think of her in a different light. Her ordinary face looked slightly more pleasant now.
Feng Wu said in resignation, "You're not going to kill me."
"What makes you so sure about that?" Yu Mingye asked curiously.
Feng Wu rolled her eyes. "You snatched me in the middle of the night just to bring me out here to kill me? Why bother?"
That made Yu Mingye think even more highly of Feng Wu.
Despite her ordinary appearance, one couldn't help but admire her courage. Sigh, if it wasn't for her plain-looking face, he might actually like her.
Her temperament was quite his cup of tea.
"I see you're a very smart girl, no wonder Jun Linyuan treats you differently." Yu Mingye darted a glance at Feng Wu, half-smiling. "But, the other girl was telling the truth back there. Jun Linyuan will never marry you!"
Feng Wu was speechless.
"It's true. Trust me. Everyone says that the royal family canceled Jun Linyuan's betrothal to the Feng family, but that's not the case. Feng Wu is still your crown prince's future wife." Yu Mingye tried to cast a bone between Feng Wu and Jun Linyuan.
Feng Wu looked up at the sky and said in resignation, "You really don't need to remind me of that again…"
She had been informed once when Feng Xun had been talking to Jun Linyuan. Why did this guy have to repeat it? Feng Wu was so frustrated that she looked distraught.
Seeing the look on Feng Wu's face, Yu Mingye thought that she was heartbroken by the news, so he went on with his alienation attempt. "What do you see in Jun Linyuan anyway? He still has this ambiguous relationship with that Feng the Fifth girl, and that Zuo Qingluan has had her eye on him for a very long time. Look at how ordinary you are. Even if he's nice to you now, he still won't marry you."
Feng Wu was speechless.
"Look at me! Look —" Yu Mingye raised Feng Wu's chin with both hands and blinked at her as his amorous eyes shone. "Look, aren't I handsome? Aren't I as good-looking as Jun Linyuan?"
Feng Wu smacked her forehead. Dude… are you an idiot or something?