Chapter 45: Tiger-Headed Shoes Step on the Infant Spirit Hall (Eleven) She should be Yichen…

The question was addressed to Yin Chenjue, yet Wen Gu's heart trembled—the woman's voice was strikingly similar to the night-memory ethereal voice he had heard at Jinxiu Villa. Wen Gu

, oblivious to what had just happened, turned and asked Ye Qingzhan, "I'm using the Yin Sha as a cover to move to the water's edge. Could you, please, help me by setting up a barrier?"

The barrier would conceal the three of them, making it undetectable to outsiders, and hers was the most stable of the three. Since the person next to him had spoken, Ye Qingzhan couldn't refuse and simply said, "Okay."

The black lotus-like mount reappeared, and Ye Qingzhan cast a spell to cast a barrier over it. Li Zhixing watched the two, but by the time he realized what was happening, he had been transported to the bank of the Jianjia River, facing the young man and the two chivalrous warriors.

Ye Qingzhan, curious as ever, stared at the three.

The young man named Yin Chen Jue, aside from the scarlet iris between his brows, bore a striking resemblance to Wen Gu, though his expression was now profoundly gloomy.

Wen Gu, meanwhile, was as pale as paper, his face etched with an unprecedented sense of anxiety.

One of the chivalrous women had a beautiful face, but her features were etched with fatigue, as if she had traveled a long way. She asked, "The fox immortal said you came from the East China Sea. Do you know if there are any abandoned babies there?"

Yin Chen Jue looked at her, his eyes cold, and asked, "Who are you? Why should I tell you?"

"My child is lost," Wen Gu's questioning ended, and the woman could no longer hold back her tears. "My junior brother said that his enemies threw him in the East China Sea. I looked for him and asked the Dragon King, but he said no, there was nothing. The shrimp soldiers and crab generals on duty in the East China Sea have not found the child in all these years." As she spoke, the woman took his hand, "You are also from the East China Sea, have you ever seen him?"

The woman's hand held Yin Chenjue's arm. He lowered his eyes and glanced at her. His cold eyes were calm and said, "What does what you said have to do with me?"

The man standing aside was in the breeze and bright moon, but his temples were gray, and his eyes were also filled with regret . Filled with desolation, he supported the grieving woman, fearing she would fall, and said, "Let's let the child go."

The woman, unwilling to give up, tugged at Yin Chenjue's hand, tears streaming down her face as she asked, "Child, how old are you?"

The young man looked at her and replied woodenly, "I don't know."

As if remembering something, the woman untied the sealed acupoints on Yin Chenjue's body, wiping away tears as she spoke, "You look no more than fourteen or fifteen. If my child were still alive, he'd be about your age. I'm sorry, it was urgent. I was afraid you'd hurt the fox immortal, and even more afraid you'd die, so Wen Hua sealed your meridians."

Yin Chenjue remained silent, his gaze indifferent.

Shan Niang, standing nearby, her expression shifted slightly at the mention of "Wen Hua."

Li Zhixing, within the barrier, glanced at Wen Gu, whose brows were furrowed, as if he were about to expose them, then at Ye Qingzhan standing beside him. He shook his head, a sigh of regret filling his heart.

"We just wanted to ask you something. We won't hurt you," the woman looked at him, her eyes gentle as if she were looking at her own child. "Did we scare you?"

Yin Chenjue stared at her, silent.

Shan Niang, standing nearby, asked, "Are you the Immortals Lian Yue and Zhu Hua?"

Wen Hua and Mu Wanzhou both looked at Shan Niang, who replied, "Yes. My name is Mu Wanzhou. He's Wen Hua. Don't call us immortals. We're unworthy."

Shan Niang then led Wang Jingshan forward, her eyes filled with gratitude. She bent her knees as if about to kneel. "Shan Niang thanks you for saving my daughter."

The two "immortals" reached out to support her. Mu Wanzhou asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Zhixing, within the barrier, observed Shan Niang's actions and wondered: How had she seen these two immortals before?

Ye Qingzhan studied the two men intently, feeling as if she had seen them somewhere before. Where... Her eyes shifted slightly, resting on Wen Gu.

The young man's features bore an uncanny resemblance to the two men. Just like

the two stone statues she had seen at the Zhuxi Ancient Shrine.

Seeing someone about to kneel, Mu Wanzhou reached out to support them. Shanniang stood up and asked, "What's going on?" She

glanced at her still-sleeping daughter in her arms and replied, "Xinxin was once thrown into the mountains by her and her father. If you two hadn't rescued her, she would have died..."

"Xinxin told me that she was rescued by two immortals, and that when they came, they set off a rain of pear blossoms. Later, I asked around and learned the names of the two knights, as well as their titles among the people - the two knights eliminated demons and ghosts, punished evil and promoted good, and had a good reputation in the world, known as the 'Fairy Lianyue' and the 'Fairy Zhuhua'." Shanniang said gratefully to Mu Wanzhou, "Just now, when I saw the two of them coming with falling flowers, I was startled, and when I heard you calling the name of another knight, I was sure."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xinxin, who was lying on her shoulder, might have been disturbed. She rubbed her eyes, slowly opened them, and whispered, "Mom, Xinxin is cold." As she spoke, she loosened her arms around Shanniang's neck, turned around, and after seeing the three people behind her clearly, she was surprised and happy, and said, "Brother Yinchenjue, immortals!"

The little girl's voice was crisp, without a hint of sleepiness. She stretched out her hand and said, "Brother, hold me."

Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua looked at the person the little girl was facing, with surprise in their eyes.

Although his face was expressionless and his eyes were even colder, Yin Chenjue still responded to the little girl with his actions and held her in his arms.

"Brother is cold, but his arms are warm." Xinxin hugged Wen Gu's neck and turned to Shanniang and said.

Shanniang's face showed a trace of guilt, and she said embarrassedly: "So the little brother that Xinxin has been talking about these days is you."

Xinxin hurriedly said: "Mom, when Dad beat me, I ran out of the house and broke my leg. It was this little brother who picked me up from the ground and treated me."

Yin Chenjue looked at her and said: "Nonsense." After a pause, he said: "You cried and begged me."

As soon as he finished speaking, little Wang Jingshan secretly glanced at him, and glared at him angrily.

"No way!" Xinxin said, "People passing by didn't care about Xinxin, just brother held Xinxin."

Yin Chenjue stopped talking.

Li Zhixing looked at Wen Gu. His eyes were full of: So that's it, I didn't see it!

"Brother is really good at holding children," Xinxin boasted to the adults, as if to show off. "Xinxin didn't feel uncomfortable at all." Like a chatterbox, she looked at the two immortals and added, "Immortals, Xinxin remembers you too. You saved Xinxin," she said, glancing at Wen Hua. "Uncle also held Xinxin home. It felt the same as when little brother held her. Uncle and little brother look alike, too. Are you little brother's father?"

Wen Hua was about to wave his hand and say "no," but before he could speak, he paused and looked at Yin Chenjue.

Mu Wanzhou also looked at him.

The child's innocent words startled everyone, leaving them speechless.

The two people and the immortal within the barrier remained silent. After a long time, Shanniang spoke first: "Xinxin is right. Although the two of you have different temperaments, you have some similarities between your eyebrows, like relatives." She looked at Mu Wanzhou again and said, "This young man's eyes are very similar to yours."

Shanniang and Xinxin's words expressed what Ye Qingzhan wanted to say, and also rekindled the hearts of a pair of parents who had been looking for their son for more than ten years.

Mu Wanzhou's sad eyes suddenly lit up. He looked at the young man in front of him, carefully tracing his eyebrows and eyes, and couldn't help but reach out to touch his brow bone.

Yin Chenjue's eyelashes moved slightly, as if he was displeased, but he did not retreat, nor did he stop. Listening to her say:

"I was so busy asking you, I never even looked closely at your face. You and Wen Hua do bear a resemblance." Mu Wanzhou looked at him intently and continued, "As the saying goes, 'Those involved are often confused, while those on the sidelines see more clearly.' If it weren't for Shanniang and Xinxin's warnings, Wen Hua and I, desperate to find our son, would have been blinded and not—"

He was interrupted before he finished. Yin Chenjue looked at her, his expression unmoved. He suddenly said, "So what if they look alike?"

Mu Wanzhou was speechless. Then he said,

"I have no father or mother."

"The Boundless and Weird Territory is my...home."

With that, Yin Chenjue embraced Xinxin, walked past the others, and headed off into the distance.

Shanniang led Wang Jingshan, quickly following.

Mu Wanzhou and Wen Hua exchanged a glance, and as if resolved, they pulled him along.

In an instant, they walked deeper into the night. Ye Qingzhan pulled the ginkgo from his arms. The Exiled Immortal used the force to strike, and Wen Gu ejected the Yin Sha, following it.

Ginkgo pressed against Yin Chenjue's back and disappeared into the dark night with him.

Suddenly, the sky gradually brightened. The flow of time in the fantasy realm was accelerated again.

The people in the barrier didn't even bother to chase the people who left. Ye Qingzhan looked at the pale-faced person beside her - since he stood here and heard the words of the people, Wen Gu's face became worse and worse, and his eyes were sometimes dim and sometimes clear.

She couldn't help but ask: "Are you okay?"

As the words fell, as if he could no longer hold on, Wen Gu suddenly knelt on the ground, covering his heart, and blood spurted out of his mouth.

Ye Qingzhan suddenly panicked and tears came to his eyes. He hurriedly supported his shaky body and said in a trembling voice: "How could it be like this again? You were fine these few days... Why are you vomiting more blood than before? Exiled immortal! Exiled immortal! Look, look..."

The young man's face was pale. Li Zhixing used his strength to lift him up from the ground. Just as he was about to transfer spiritual power to him, the ginkgo in his sleeve suddenly floated in front of his eyes.

Li Zhixing glanced at the content above, his face was also full of anxiety. Wen Gu struggled, opened his eyes and glanced at the content on the leaf, and said weakly: "You go."

"What will you do? Can you hold on?" Li Zhixing sent spiritual power to his wrist, but found that he could not input it no matter what. "How can this be? Why does your body reject spiritual power?"

Wen Gu pushed his hand away and said: "It's useless, a waste."

Ye Qingzhan was crying, hugging his arm, and asked with a sad look: "Then what should I do? What should I do!"

Wen Gu looked at him, and the bloody corners of his lips suddenly curved up. He wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips and said: "Don't cry." He spoke in a deep voice, seemed to be in pain, but his tone was sonorous, and said to the exiled immortal, "Go help Shan Niang."

The sky brightened as he finished speaking.

Wen Gu raised his eyes and looked at Ye Qingzhan, saying, "It's daybreak. Whether you like it or not, we have to finish this fake couple act."

Ye Qingzhan nodded heavily and said, "I haven't forgotten the mission. After we pass the level, as long as you don't die, I will agree to whatever you say."

Wen Gu looked at her and didn't even have the strength to smile.

The young man had made up his mind. Li Zhixing couldn't say anything else. Before leaving with Xue Shu, he turned back and reminded her, "I think that after passing the two levels, you two have figured out some tricks."

"I was wrong before. You have to go with the flow in this illusion first--"

Ye Qingzhan looked at him and said the conclusion she and Wen Gu had reached earlier in the first illusion: "Then break it."

Li Zhixing nodded lightly and said no more. There was no need to say more.

The immortal left on the wind. Wen Gu wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and looked at Ye Qingzhan. He saw that his clothes were stained with his blood and were filthy.

He frowned slightly, cast a spell, and changed her into a new dress. Her complexion improved a little.

-- She should be spotless and should not have anything to do with him.

Ye Qingzhan took a look at the new dress, and his heart felt like it was being stabbed by needles, and it ached slightly. He looked at Wen Gu, whose forehead was covered with sweat, and heard him say, "Let's go."