Chapter 61-64 (2/2)

Unable to comprehend Ji Fengyan's thoughts, Ling He and the others left for their own.

Ji Fengyan brought little Bai Ze to the back courtyard. Feeding one medicinal pill after another into little Bai Ze's mouth, she began to mutter. ”Quickly grow up and become a bit more immortal.”

When Liu Huo arrived at the back courtyard, all he saw was Ji Fengyan whispering as if casting a spell to a dumb-faced little Bai Ze. He stared at that little white deer. ”It's only an ordinary deer. No matter how you raise it, it will still have no way of following you onto the battlefield like other mounts.”

Ji Fengyan turned around and looked at Liu Huo who had suddenly appeared. ”It's so immortal… Uh, pretty. How could I possibly let it go onto the battlefield?”

A beautiful immortal deer. It only had to let her sit on it and everything else was fine.

Liu Huo lightly furrowed his brows. Seeing Ji Fengyan's brightly smiling face, he didn't why but he abruptly shook his head as he turned around and left.

”You want to go out?” Ji Fengyan looked at Liu Huo in astonishment. After this man came here, he had never took the initiative in leaving the residence.

Slightly pausing, Liu Huo nodded before continuing on his way out.

Chapter 63 – I'm Really Sorry for Making You Wait so Long

Ling He and the others waited for a long time in the residence. Even after having finished lunch, they still saw no movement from Ji Fengyan. Unable to resist any longer, Ling He went to look for Ji Fengyan.

Ji Fengyan was sitting in her own room in front of a desk, fiddling with a palm-sized little paper figure.

”My lady, in the end when are we leaving?” Ling He asked.

Taking a glance at Ling He, Ji Fengyan then looked back at the little paper figure in her hands.

Suddenly, the little paper figure's head lightly fluttered. It was unknown whether it was blown by the wind or something else.

Her lips lifting in a smile, Ji Fengyan stood up after putting that little paper figure away. ”Mmm, Big Brother He, we can leave right now.”

Ling He finally released his breath. Shouting for everyone, he directly rushed out of the residence.

The distance from the residence and the city's gates weren't that far. It only took a few minutes for Ji Fengyan and the others to arrive outside the city gates.

Outside the city gates, there had early on already been a large group of people gathered there. At this time in the afternoon, the sun stood high in the sky, radiating a scorching heat. It was unknown how long these people stood there as their luxurious clothes had already been soaked through with quite a bit of sweat.

Lei Xu and Lei Min were also in the group, their faces somewhat pale. After seeing Ji Fengyan arrive, Lei Min's face sunk to its breaking point!

They had agreed to meet with Ji Fengyan outside the city this morning but only came after having lunch to mess with her. However, he never thought that this girl would actually be later than them!

This time, Lei Xu had specifically called a few of the big families in Ji City that had status and power over to pressure Ji Fengyan. In the end…

A group of ill.u.s.trious fellows had dried in the sun for a good long time before finally seeing the person Lei Xu had spoken about.

”Sorry, I overslept a bit and made everybody wait for so long.” Ji Fengyan brightly laughed. Without anybody perceiving it, she lightly twitched her finger, causing a stream of white fog to float out for Lei Min's back. Swaying under the fierce sun, it went unnoticed by everyone.

Lei Min simply wanted to crush and end this woman who courted death.

Taking a while to compose himself, Lei Xu finally managed to suppress the resentment in his heart, forcing his face to smile. ”No problem, we'd only just arrived a few moments ago as well. I still haven't introduced these people to Fengyan yet. They are the family leaders of several eminent families in Ji City and enjoy the high prestige accorded to them from their positions.

Not even one of those middle-aged men didn't have a round body and weren't wearing luxurious clothes. When they saw that Ji Fengyan was an unremarkable little girl, even with Lei Xu's introductions, their att.i.tude was extremely perfunctory.

Ji Fengyan smiled calmly and also didn't have any thoughts about dealing with this group of people.

”Since everybody has arrived, then would Sir Lei please lead us on our way?”

Lei Xu nodded, having early on already arranged a horse carriage outside the city. Everybody boarded the carriage and headed towards the mineral veins.

Inside the horse carriage, Ling He gazed at his young lady with complete wors.h.i.+p. ”No wonder my lady wanted to wait until now before leaving. Did you already guess early on that those two **** ** * *** wouldn't be on time?”

The agreed time was definitely in the morning, however from the looks of Lei Xu and the others, they should've also just arrived not that long ago. If Ji Fengyan's people had went outside the city gates and waited in the morning, then they probably would've been dried until they saw stars. Now it was switched around!

Ji Fengyan held her chin, seeming to smile. While she did not give an accurate response, but her actions had already clearly exposed her.

”Big Brother He, rest well. I'm predicting that in a moment, there'll be a good show to watch.”

Chapter 64 – Mining Tunnel

On the road, Ling He was a bit confused and was completely unaware of what Ji Fengyan was planing to do.

The carriage jolted. Not long after, it finally stopped next to the side of a mountain outside Ji City.

As everybody got off the carriage, Lei Xu looked at Ji Fengyan who stood behind the crowd. ”Fengyan, the mountains here are quite steep, so you need to be careful of where you step.”

Ji Fengyan only smiled.

The majority of the mineral veins were at least halfway up the mountain. With a few of Ji City's professional miners leading, everybody began their journey up the slopes. As for Ji Fengyan and her party, they lagged behind the rest with Ling He being extremely careful throughout the trip, deeply afraid that a ferocious beast of some sort would suddenly appear and attack Ji Fengyan.

Fortunately, the entire journey was rather peaceful. Pa.s.sing through thick forests and crossing over thin streams, the person in the lead finally stopped in front of a pitch-black tunnel. Also stopping, Lei Xu turned around and looked at Ji Fengyan who trailed behind the group. ”Fengyan, here is the mineral vein that you wanted to see. There are also a few more in the neighbouring area, but you should look at this one first. If you don't like it, then I can bring you to the others to take a look.”

Lei Xu seemed to be extremely enthusiastic, as if he really did want to bring Ji Fengyan around to look at the mineral veins.

Ji Fengyan glanced at Lei Xu and signalled Ling He behind her. Bringing over the torch that he had prepared early on, Ling He lit it and stepped into the mineral vein's entrance first, using the torch to explore further in.

That tunnel was veiled in the deepest darkness, the small torch only able to light up the area in front of them. Seeming to have been quite old, the mineral vein was already full of the signs of having been mined. Even the wooden post supporting the top of the mining tunnel appeared a bit worn-out with all of the nails on it covered in rust. The entire area wafted with a strange scent.

Standing outside the tunnel, Ji Fengyan took a glance inside it. In other people's eyes, that area seemed to only be covered in darkness, but not to her. Inside, she could vaguely make out the traces of a weak spiritual energy floating in the air.

”Qi, bring Young Lady Ji inside to take a look.” Lei Xu merrily smiled as he looked at the person responsible for the mineral vein.

That person named Qi complied, taking out a mining lamp and walked towards the tunnel's entrance.

”By your leave.”

Ling He looked at Ji Fengyan. Lei Xu actually being this compliant really did exceed his expectations.

She nodded slightly at Ling He. Immediately, he pulled over several guards and followed by Ji Fengyan's side as Qi brought them into the tunnel.

Seeing Ji Fengyan's group get swallowed by the darkness as they went into the tunnel, Lei Min who had not spoken at all silently moved over to Lei Xu's side, going completely unnoticed by everybody. Carrying a little smile, he whispered a few words into Lei Xu's ear.

As for what he said, only the two of them knew.

After having entered the tunnel, Ji Fengyan quickly adapted to the darkness inside. Towards immortal cultivators, darkness basically couldn't hinder them at all. Even in the deepest and darkest of nights, Ji Fengyan would also still be able to clearly make out her surroundings.

Throughout the entire mining tunnel, the first half had already been completely mined. Except for a few ores that were hidden in the soil, Ji Fengyan essentially couldn't perceive the spiritual energies of any rare ones at all.

Slightly furrowing her brows, Ji Fengyan's lips raised in a smile. However, instead of saying anything, she continued to follow Qi deeper in.

Ling He and the others each held a torch in their hand, taking appropriate actions to stand guard over Ji Fengyan. Only, the dirt and rocks that fell from the top now and then really did give people the feeling that danger lurked about.

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