Chapter 153

Chapter 153: Fei Yan’s Heart Moved! At least five or six times, satisfaction guaranteed!

A cold wind suddenly blew outside the window.

Chilly like a knife, howling.

The window was rattling from the wind, as if someone was standing outside tapping on the window ledge.

Although the inner room had no heater, it was exceptionally warm.

Because, sitting cross-legged on the bed was the most exquisite heater in the world, a shapely and graceful figure.

Fei Yan had been meditating motionlessly for two hours.

Since entering the room, she had been in deep thought.

To reach the other shore, a road must first be built.

Only in this way can one view the new world from a different perspective.

But despite thinking for so long, she had gained nothing.

Just as she had said herself.

She had been stuck at this realm for so many years, even with her extraordinary talent, it was impossible to achieve a breakthrough in one day.

Master Xun cultivated for eighty-six years.

Guiguzi cultivated for eighty-two years.

Beimingzi for eighty-three years, Donghuang Taiyi for exactly eighty years!

This is the time they spent completely transforming their internal energy into Qi and reaching the realm of Transcend.

Although it doesn’t represent the time they spent seeking and bridging the way.

It is enough to show how difficult this path is to walk.

Fei Yan was already one of the rare prodigies in this world.

Even the Moon Goddess sighed in admiration.

To begin comprehending the Dao at her age was enough to make her renowned worldwide!

But after comprehending the Dao, there was another problem.

That is transforming internal energy into Qi.

This cannot be accomplished overnight.

The reason Beimingzi and others spent so many years was mostly due to this.

Just accumulating enough internal energy to transform into Qi was not an easy task.

Moreover, after being able to transform into Qi, one must gradually replace their internal energy.

Only when all internal energy is replaced and becomes Qi.

Can one absorb this special energy directly from the heavens and earth during meditation.

Only then can one truly step into the realm of Transcend.

Entering the realm of Transcend marks a qualitative leap.

First is the significant enhancement of one’s techniques.

This is why an expert like Nameless could have his arm numbed by one strike from Li Mo in the past.

Because Qi itself is stronger than internal energy.

To put it simply, it’s like comparing a sack of cotton versus a sack of iron of the same volume.

Then, entering the realm of Transcend increases one’s lifespan.

Master Xun and the others looked like elderly men because they were already that age when they entered the realm of Transcend.

If Fei Yan could enter the realm now.

Her appearance could remain the same for many years.

Even until the natural end of her lifespan, there wouldn’t be much change.

At most, she would become more mature and graceful.

But she would not become decrepit.

She could indeed be beautiful until death!

On her flawless, beautiful face, her dense, curly eyelashes suddenly trembled lightly.

Fei Yan slowly opened her eyes.

Her gentle gaze was as calm as a pool of water.

“Still haven’t figured it out.”

Her soft voice was as gentle as clouds in the sky.

Just hearing her voice could make one fall into her tender embrace.

But!

She was not truly the gentle woman she appeared to be.

Beneath her beautiful exterior, she harbored a cold, ruthless heart!

Fei Yan moved her body.

Her snow-white, delicate jade feet emerged from beneath her skirt.

Small, exquisitely crafted.

The skin on her insteps was as smooth and fair as jade.

Her toes, with clearly defined bones, were like pink bamboo shoots.

Making one feel an irresistible urge.

Fei Yan lightly got out of bed and put on her shoes, walking to the window.

Opening the window, she found that it was already snowing heavily outside.

The large, feather-like snowflakes drifted down, adding a touch of silver to the world before her.

The entire courtyard was covered in snow.

The snow lay smoothly over the courtyard.

Just like her heart—it was calm.

Fei Yan wore thin clothes, a long dress in alternating black and yellow all year round.

Don’t ask if it would get dirty from not washing.

She had dozens of identical sets prepared, no problem.

Such a color for clothing was not gaudy but exuded an air of elegance.

Especially when combined with her gentle and noble temperament, it only enhanced the effect.

Fei Yan extended her jade hand out of the window.

Soon, a few snowflakes fell into her hand.

But without exception, those snowflakes immediately melted into water in her hand.

Fei Yan’s rosy lips revealed a hint of helplessness.

She was naturally like this, her body temperature much higher than normal.

Some even said she was the reincarnation of the Golden Crow.

Suddenly, her gaze was attracted to something in the courtyard.

A three-foot-long object leaning against the stone table in the yard.

Judging by the shape, it looks like a stick.

Fei Yan’s gentle gaze shifted slightly.

Although it was already covered with heavy snow.

But she still recognized it at a glance.

It was the bamboo stick that Li Mo never left.

Earlier, Wang Ben had been sent to fetch Li Mo for a banquet after returning, by Wang Jian’s arrangement.

He took away the fire starter but left the bamboo stick in the courtyard in his haste.

“Painting requires focus, reading requires focus, and so does observing people.”

“To see this world also requires focus.”

Fei Yan muttered softly the words Li Mo had said to her.

Her once-calm gaze finally showed a moment of wavering.

A trace of confusion appeared in her gentle eyes.

She looked down at her own ample assets.

And then continued downward.

But she couldn’t see her own toes!

Fei Yan re-focused her gaze on her heart.

“To see the world with your heart, just what is in the heart?”

Suddenly, she had an insight.

If there is nothing in your heart, how can you use it to sense the world?

Her beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly.

She thought back carefully over her years of experiences and journeys.

Only to find, it seemed she truly had nothing.

She seemed to have never placed anything in her heart.

She tried to conjure up images in her mind.

But each one dissipated like a bubble.

Appearing only to be shattered.

In her cold and unfeeling heart, there was no room for anything.

A sudden gust of cold wind interrupted Fei Yan’s thoughts.

Endless snowflakes swirled before her eyes.

Suddenly, she saw a flickering flame in her mind.

Followed by a second, and a third.

A total of five flames.

The five flames hung beneath colorful lanterns, slowly rising.

Below the lanterns, a smiling face was looking up to sense something.

This face was covered with a black cloth.

He couldn’t see.

So he had to sense the world in this way.

Snowflakes fell gently on his confident and handsome face.

The smile at the corner of his mouth brought a sense of warmth.

It was a comforting sight, bringing a sense of peace to those who saw it.

“That day while watching the snow, you never looked at me, and I never looked at the snow.”

Fei Yan’s usually indifferent heart suddenly stirred.

The images in her heart became clearer, more vivid!

They became so clear that every strand of hair could be discerned!

So vivid that the movement of the cloth on the eyes in the wind was imprinted in her mind!

She did not consciously conjure this image, yet it appeared so vividly in her heart.

Fei Yan suddenly looked like a naive young girl, a look of innocent bewilderment on her face.

She placed a hand on her heart.

Her pupils contracted slightly, and her eyes showed confusion.

“Why is he in my heart?”

The image in her heart was indelible, like a branding deeply etched!

Even without experiencing love, she knew what it meant.

Everything happened too suddenly and too fiercely.

Caught off guard, Fei Yan was overwhelmed!

*

“Achoo!”

Walking in the snowy night, Li Mo suddenly sneezed.

Sniffing, he discontentedly said to Yan Lingji, who was lying on his back, having made him carry her the entire way, “Are you cursing me? I’m carrying you all the way, and you’re being so ungrateful?”

Yan Lingji had her arms crossed over his shoulders.

Wrapping her neck with his arm to block the snowflakes trying to slip into his collar.

Swinging her straight legs restlessly.

She rolled her eyes and said, “One sneeze means they’re thinking of you, two means they’re cursing you. Someone is thinking about you.”

Li Mo grinned, only to inhale a snowflake.

Someone thinking about him?

That was only natural!

Jing Ni, Sister Zi, Mingzhu, Humeiren, which one of them wasn’t thinking about him?

After the banquet at Wang Jian’s place, they had declined his offer of a carriage ride.

On a night with heavy snow, how romantic it is to walk the streets with this country-ruining temptress.

Moreover, on his way, he had to take Yan Lingji to handle some serious business!

Earlier at Wang Jian’s place, he had already gotten the home addresses of the officials who had scolded him the most harshly in court.

Confucius said: “If one hears the Dao in the morning, one can die in the evening.”

I’m not a person with a big heart.

Although I’m not going to kill you just because you scolded me a few times, at the very least, I must let you understand what Heaven’s might is!

“Are you full?”

Li Mo patted the Yan Lingji’s bottom and turned his head to ask.

Yan Ling Ji retracted one arm and rubbed her flat little belly.

She squinted her eyes in satisfaction and said, “I’m full.”

“So, do you want some night exercise?”

Yan Ling Ji tilted her head to look at his profile, and her eyes instantly became infinitely seductive.

She lightly bit his ear and said in a bewitching voice, “Just once won’t do, you know.”

Li Mo almost went weak at the knees from her seduction.

He smiled mysteriously, “Don’t worry, at least five or six times.”

Yan Ling Ji, lying on his back, nuzzled his neck like a little cat acting coy with its owner.

She said eagerly, “Then walk faster.”

Li Mo raised the corner of his mouth and immediately quickened his pace.

There are five or six places to set fires, so we must hurry!

I’ll take you to set five or six fires tonight; I don’t believe you won’t be happy!

*

By the window, Fei Yan finally calmed down from her astonishment.

When exactly did that figure leave an imprint on her heart?

Was it the first time she stopped for him at the tavern?

Or was it at the Lantern Festival when he won all the lanterns but still thought for the owner and gave him capital?

At that moment, Fei Yan felt something different in him.

That was a warmth she had never felt from the Yin-Yang School.

Or maybe it was that night.

When he faced the wind and snow with his head up.

Or perhaps today, when his few words gave her a new understanding.

Fei Yan’s gaze fell once again on the bamboo pole in the courtyard that was covered in snow.

Suddenly, her figure disappeared from the window.

When she reappeared, she was already standing in the courtyard.

The snow behind her was still pristine, without a single footprint.

Her fair and tender hand gently picked up the bamboo pole leaning against the stone table and carefully brushed off the snowflakes.

As if looking at a rare treasure, she was very meticulous.

“Since you value this so much, how can I let it stay in the wind and snow all night?”

Fei Yan’s eyes were full of tenderness.

Her voice was gentle, filled with unspeakable affection.

Suddenly, she slightly turned her head.

Her tender gaze instantly turned cold and unfeeling.

Her rosy lips gently parted, and her voice was colder than the wind and snow.

“Gentlemen, are you here to die?”

The hearts of the several black-clad men who silently appeared on the roof skipped a beat simultaneously.

This time, the target seemed not quite right!

*

“How about it, didn’t I say at least five or six times?”

“Had enough fun yet?”

“Why aren’t you smiling?”

“Not happy?”

“Could it be you haven’t had enough? How about I figure out who else to set a few more fires with you?”

Yan Ling Ji ignored Li Mo’s words.

She crossed her arms angrily, walking briskly with her long, sexy legs.

She didn’t want to speak.

She didn’t want to talk to this guy at all!

Just as they entered the tavern, Yan Ling Ji suddenly came to an abrupt stop.

She turned her head, raised her willow eyebrows, and fiercely said, “You sleep in your own room tonight.”

You said at least five or six times.

I was even ready to beg for mercy from you tonight.

And you took me to set fires?

I’m all about setting fires, not putting them out!

Find a way to put out your own fire, don’t come looking for me!

Li Mo raised an eyebrow.

That’s not going to work; in such cold weather, how could he sleep without a heater?

Li Mo actually knew why Yan Ling Ji was angry.

Passionate isn’t just talk.

This temptress’s love is fiery and unrestrained.

It makes people unable to extricate themselves, sinking deeply.

She’s like a wild little cat, constantly teasing.

If it weren’t for his excellent physique, he really wouldn’t be able to tame her!

Li Mo quickened his pace and caught up, lightly coughing as he said, “How about I concede the bet?”

Yan Ling Ji suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Her large blue eyes stared unblinkingly at him, “Really?”

“Of course it’s true. So, will you let me sleep in your room or not?”

Li Mo’s smile was peculiar, like a bad uncle luring innocent kids.

Naturally, bets come with stakes.

As for what the stakes are, only the two of them knew.

Yan Ling Ji puzzled, “Why do you seem a bit eager?”

There was no one else around.

Li Mo directly moved closer, wrapped his arm around her soft waist.

Pulled her into a kiss.

Kissed Yan Ling Ji until her legs grew weak.

When they separated, her alluring eyes were practically dripping with water.

Her rosy cheeks, small open mouth looking up at Li Mo.

As if she still wanted more.

“So, honey, do you want to try?”

Li Mo asked with a mischievous smile.

Yan Ling Ji, standing on her tiptoes, tightly hooked her arms around his neck.

Nestling softly in his arms.

Rubbing her head against his neck, her eyes filled with novelty and anticipation.

Speaking in a bewitching voice, “Yes~ but you better not dislike me~”

Li Mo bent down, scooped her legs, cradling this soon-to-melt enchantress.

Why dislike her, there’s nothing prickly about it.

Sister Zi is from the same brand, experienced long ago!

Hugging this already feverish seductress, they had only walked a few steps before Li Mo suddenly frowned.

Yan Ling Ji, with a look of eager readiness, blinked her confused eyes upon seeing his expression.

Her gaze showing heartbreaking grievance.

“Are you regretting it? Disliking me~”

Big liar!

Raising her expectations only to reconsider.

Li Mo gently set her down.

Shaking his head, “No, Fei Yan is in the courtyard.”

Yan Ling Ji then understood why.

What’s the big deal, it’s not like she doesn’t know about our relationship.

As long as it’s not a reconsideration.

Today, she was determined to test if he could speak sweetly.

“Not just her.”

Just as Yan Ling Ji was about to jump on Li Mo’s back, he spoke again.

Yan Ling Ji’s jumping motion paused, “Guests?”

Li Mo smiled.

Not even close to guests!

Holding Yan Ling Ji’s small hand, he quickly returned to the courtyard.

That’s when Yan Ling Ji saw who the so-called guests were.

Five or six men in black were kneeling uniformly in the courtyard.

Shivering in the freezing wind, not daring to move an inch.

Their faces full of terror, even afraid to raise their heads.

Not far from them stood Fei Yan’s graceful, highborn figure.

Hearing footsteps, Fei Yan turned around.

The moment she saw Li Mo, her gaze instantly softened.

Gently said, “You’re back.”

A few men in black raised their heads in surprise, looking at her.

How could a woman change her demeanor so quickly?

Earlier, just her gaze was hair-raising.

Now, her voice was soft enough to melt!

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