A month later.
"La la la, my cold poison is acting up, it's finally acting up again!!!"
Inside Mingde Hall, Meng Hongchen bounced along, singing happily as she ran towards Yuwen Tuo's room.
This left the other disciples confused. "Um, has Young Miss's brain been frozen lately?"
In the past, every time Meng Hongchen's cold poison acted up, it was worse than death. The fire of ordinary Fire Soul Masters was completely useless against her cold poison.
She could only endure it through sheer willpower each time.
But lately, why did she seem to look forward to the cold poison acting up every day? Had the cold poison's onset become very comfortable?
"This phenomenon might be called a final burst of energy before death," someone nearby said sadly. "I fear Young Miss might be nearing... Alas, in her last days, let's humor her more. I'm preparing to make a commemorative soul tool,
an ultra-HD plus version, to record Young Miss's appearance and voice, and send it to the Hall Master later. When he misses his granddaughter in the future, at least he'll have something to remember her by!"
"You're truly thoughtful. The Hall Master will be very touched."
The disciples in the hall chattered among themselves. Xiao Hongchen, who had just returned, had a dark line on his forehead. "All of you, shut up!"
These scoundrels, how dare they curse his sister like that? His sister was perfectly fine.
The problem was, she was too uninhibited.
Among this group, one person's guess was indeed correct: now, when her cold poison acted up, it truly wasn't painful; on the contrary, it was very comfortable.
Because Yuwen Tuo's Purest Fire was the best counter to this cold poison.
Every time her cold poison acted up, as long as Yuwen Tuo's flame entered her body, she felt as if she were soaking in a winter hot spring it was an ultimate pleasure. When her cold body was immersed in the warm Purest Fire, that warmth and comfort were irresistible.
Yuwen Tuo's fire temperature was just right, not only dispelling the cold and quickly warming her body but also promoting blood circulation, as if she had received a full-body spa. Meng Hongchen always felt like she was about to ascend to heaven.
Meng Hongchen even thought that if Yuwen Tuo stayed by her side forever, it wouldn't be so bad if her cold poison wasn't cured.
Because once cured, she would no longer be able to experience this ultimate pleasure.
Unfortunately, the medicine Yuwen Tuo gave her also had a significant effect. Previously, it would act up once every three or four days, but now it was at least every seven or eight days, which made her both happy and reluctant.
Inside the room, filled with flickering firelight, a seductive cry suddenly escaped, "Oh!!"
Yuwen Tuo helplessly withdrew his power, looking at the flushed Meng Hongchen. "I say, Young Miss Meng, your voice could actually be a bit more normal. Otherwise, if others heard it, they might think I did something to you."
Meng Hongchen opened her eyes, her gaze like flowing water as she looked at Yuwen Tuo. "What, did I seduce you? Who told you to make me feel so comfortable!"
Standing up and stretching, Meng Hongchen's beautiful figure was revealed without reservation.
This guy was 100% doing it on purpose.
Unfortunately, Yuwen Tuo was not so easily tempted. Not to mention her, even someone like Ling Luochen only had a 99.99% chance of tempting Yuwen Tuo.
For Meng Hongchen, the decimal point would have to move one place to the left.
Moreover, Yuwen Tuo had more pressing matters to attend to.
"Young Miss Meng, I have helped you so much. Have you taken my matter to heart?"
"Of course, I will absolutely spare no effort for your matter." Meng Hongchen approached Yuwen Tuo, her alluring red lips speaking into his ear. Then, she took out a piece of paper from her embrace, on which were drawn various patterns.
She couldn't understand these patterns, as they were all secret contact codes within the Body Sect. Only Yuwen Tuo could understand them.
A month ago, Yuwen Tuo had left secret codes in certain places in Mingdou. But in recent days, he found that he was monitored whenever he left the Mingde Hall. And according to the Ice Empress, this time the surveillant was very powerful, likely a Titled Douluo.
Yuwen Tuo was concerned that he might be assassinated at any time if he went into those small alleys.
Therefore, he entrusted this matter to Meng Hongchen, asking her to draw the patterns she saw in those places and show them to him.
Meng Hongchen knew that Yuwen Tuo was contacting the Body Sect; her grandfather had already told her this. She praised her grandfather's brilliant foresight in her heart a hundred times again.
But there was one thing Jing Hongchen got wrong: Yuwen Tuo had no intention of having Body Sect members enter Mingdou to support him.
After all, if he one day had to fight his way out of Mingdou, being alone would be more convenient. Unless the person coming was Immortal Dulled, ordinary elders would only become a burden to him.
This time, he called for an elder simply hoping they could help him hunt a soul beast.
"They've arrived? Excellent, let's depart then." Yuwen Tuo chuckled.
"Wait, Yuwen Tuo, you want to leave the city?" Meng Hongchen was startled. Did this guy know his current predicament? As soon as he left Mingde Hall, he would likely be targeted by the Crown Prince's experts.
Yuwen Tuo also knew this, but he had already come to the Sun Moon Empire; he couldn't stay in Mingde Hall forever. His purpose in leaving this time was to gain the confidence that Xu Tianran, unless he deployed the Holy Spirit Sect, would no longer be able to threaten him.
After all, Mingde Hall and the Consecration Hall were unlikely to kill an Imperial Prince with innate level 20 soul power for a Crown Prince who hadn't even ascended the throne yet.
Although Xu Tianran held great power, he was still just a Crown Prince, not the Emperor.
If he truly mobilized the Holy Spirit Sect, it would actually be easier to deal with.
Summon the Ice Empress kill! As long as Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao didn't arrive simultaneously, if only one came, he would surely win. Even if both came, he wouldn't be afraid.
The Ice Empress, wielding the golden-tier awakened Xuanyuan Sword, and whose strength, through the integration of the Ice Empress's Heart with Yuwen Tuo's spirit, was no less than when she was in the extreme north, dared to confront even Di Tian within five minutes, she and Yuwen Tuo combined.
"Xiao Meng, I must go out. Don't worry, nothing will happen. My elders are already waiting outside to receive me," Yuwen Tuo said.
Meng Hongchen was still somewhat worried. "But receiving someone also takes time. What if they don't make it in time? How about this, I'll go with you. With me there, even if someone wants to attack you, they'll have more reservations. This way, your elders will have more time to rendezvous with you."
Hearing Meng Hongchen's suggestion, Yuwen Tuo thought for a moment, then nodded slightly. Indeed, this would make the situation much better.
Meng Hongchen was the granddaughter of the Mingde Hall Master. Xu Tianran would have to weigh the consequences before making a move against her.
Again, no matter how high his position and power were now, he was still just the Crown Prince, not the Emperor.
Not to mention Jing Hongchen wasn't his "donkey" yet, even if he wanted to "kill the donkey after the grinding," it was still a bit too early.
The two put on their flying soul tools and flew out of Mingde Hall together.
In the shadows, a black-robed man suddenly appeared. Seeing Yuwen Tuo and Meng Hongchen beside him, he frowned but did not follow, instead disappearing into the shadow of the wall.
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