The General’s Genius Daughter

With a bad feeling in her heart, Hua Qiyue seized Ji Jing’s hand with all her strength.

“Hurry up, tell me…”

Her throat was dry and desperately needed water, but she didn’t have time to care about that. What she wanted most was to hear good news about Tianci from Ji Jing’s mouth.

Ji Jing sighed softly. “Sister, you just woke up, so don’t get emotional…”

“I won’t…” Hua Qiyue answered feebly, her eyes filling with tears.

Her trembling grip made Ji Jing’s hand ache.

“Tianci’s condition is not good.” Ji Jing only made a simple remark.

Hua Qiyue thought again of the scene she had seen before she fell unconscious. Yun Shimo…

She closed her eyes with difficulty. “Are the two people who mean a lot to me going to leave me?”

“Sister Qiyue, I have good news and bad news for you, but you need to take care of yourself. I’ll tell you as soon as you drink up the soup.”

Ji Jing saw that Hua Qiyue’s face, which had once been like a flower, had become a withered flower without any vitality in it.

Hua Qiyue’s darkened eyes brightened again. She held out her pale, jade-like hands and took the bowl tremblingly.

“I’ll feed you.” When Ji Jing saw her like this, she sighed and fed her the soup bit by bit.

Hua Qiyue tried her best to finish the soup. Ji Jing put down the soup bowl and gently laid her down. “Your body is so weak. I’m afraid the purple light is mighty enough to destroy the world. You’re lucky to be alive. Huangfu was also badly injured. But he fed Tianci the blood of the divine phoenix, which saved Tianci, but Tianci never woke up.”

Hua Qiyue lay still, listening, her hands shaking violently.

“Although Tianci is not awake, there’s good news. That is… Brother Yun is not dead. He was born again, using the forbidden art. It is said that to nourish the Primordial Spirit Sword, Uncle Yun once planted it into his body. Now, after absorbing some nutrients from the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead, it no longer needs Brother Yun’s anima energy and blood essence. But…”

Ji Jing paused.

Hua Qiyue knew there must have been an accident.

“Brother Yun’s strength is at the medium level of Holy God, and there’s a whole Purple Primordial Chaos Bead in his body. But he is determined to give Tianci the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead inside him because Tianci is likely to wake up if he has a whole Chaos Bead. That’s what everyone is guessing.”

Ji Jing took Hua Qiyue’s hands gently and spoke softly, “Sister Qiyue, I finally understand why did Brother Yun leave with Princess Qianyang and Tianci without you knowing it. Probably Tianci has an innate need for the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead, so…”

So Yun Shimo took the risk.

He wanted to do it without Hua Qiyue because it was too dangerous. When Princess Qianyang got emotional, what had just happened would happen.

Even if Tianci were thousands of miles away, his purple air would all be absorbed by her. He did not want Hua Qiyue to be close to such danger.

Hua Qiyue was well aware that there was a special kind of power of lightning in her body, which prevented her from being badly hurt by the purple light.

If not, she would have died.

“Now… How is Yun Shimo?” Hua Qiyue felt both shocked and surprised that Yun Shimo could be born again. He seemed to have too many secrets.

“He is now planting the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead for Tianci. That bead is the most valuable treasure in the world. Girl, do you understand his intention now? If he had not taken Tianci away, Princess Qianyang would have snatched Tianci’s bead, leading him to die.”

A voice came from the window.

Hua Qiyue fixed her eyes and saw the hare sitting on the window.

Hua Qiyue frowned. The hare never helped them from beginning to end. In the previous battle with the Gnawing Devils Sect, it was also a spectator.

Hua Qiyue could not understand why the hare stayed by Yun Shimo’s side since it did not want to offer help. If the two were really close to each other or a contract bound the hare, the hare should help him.

“What, you don’t like me? Girl, do you feel that I had not aided you at any time, even when you were helpless?”

The hare snorted, and its eyes were full of contempt. “If you want to survive in this cruel world, without a bit of torture and some disasters, will you be able to withstand the storms that follow?”

Hua Qiyue was speechless.

Every time the hare made the same excuse, but on reflection, she seemed to have nothing against it.

“Let’s go and see Yun Shimo first. I don’t know if the transfer was successful. If he fails, I’m afraid they’ll both…” the hare had a complicated look after it said that. It then vanished with a “woosh” sound.

Hua Qiyue tried to sit up and go to see Yun Shimo, but Ji Jing stopped her. “Sister Qiyue, you are weak now. Moreover… Brother Yun is transferring and planting the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead in the cave, and no one can go in to disturb him. Otherwise, if he’s distracted, he’s in trouble…”

Traces of disappointment could be found in Hua Qiyue’s eyes as she heard that. She really wanted to see if Tianci and Yun Shimo were alive.

Because to help her recover peacefully, Ji Jing was likely to lie to her.

“Here are two Qi-recovery Pills. Take them.” Ji Jing reached into her pocket and fished out the only two Qi-recovery Pills they had left. Because Yun Shimo hadn’t refined medicine for a while, there really weren’t many pills left. Even common ones were rare.

Hua Qiyue thanked her and took them at once. The spiritual energy in her body recovered a little, but it was better than lying still.

“I’ll go and see them…”

“I said you couldn’t go in. Sister Qiyue, you can rest assured. Please trust Brother Yun. Nothing he has done has ever gone wrong,” Ji Jing said confidently.

Hua Qiyue looked at Ji Jing blankly. It seemed that she really didn’t know Yun Shimo. There were so many secrets about that man that she appeared to know nothing.

It was only when he was revealing these secrets that she saw them with her own eyes.

For example, his Primordial Spirit Sword and the chanting—return to the main body.

Hua Qiyue suddenly felt that she was a failure. She thought she and he were the closest, but they weren’t…

“All right, all right, I’ll take you to the front of the cave.” Ji Jing could not bear to see the silent Hua Qiyue. She wrung a towel and wiped her face, then helped her to the cave where Yun Shimo was.

Ji Feng and the others were pleased to see Hua Qiyue. They knew that she was all right, for she just lacked anima energy and sustained minor injuries.

But Huangfu Xuan was badly wounded and could not get out of bed. Ji Feng was farther away from the purple light, so he was less hurt.

“Now… What happened to them?” Hua Qiyue asked in a low voice.

She was still weak, and her voice was low. Madame Yun took her hand tenderly. “Qiyue, you suffered a lot. They are… It’s gonna be fine. In fact, I did not understand why Mo-er would marry Princess Qianyang. I didn’t expect…”

Madame Yun didn’t continue, and her eyes were red. Hua Qiyue smiled bitterly and said, “Sorry, Madame Yun. I always thought he had a new sweetheart.”

“Say no more. You are a good girl. Sit down and rest till they come out,” Madame Yun whispered.

Hua Qiyue sat down in silence, knowing that Madame Yun was only trying to comfort her.

The Purple Primordial Chaos Bead was a divine item that had a history of millions of years. Why was it in Tianci’s body? Hua Qiyue couldn’t figure it out.

Madame Yun kept herself busy. She went to the kitchen to decoct some tonics.

Hua Qiyue didn’t know where Yun Xuan was. Ji Feng, Huangfu Xuan, and the hare were the only ones here.

Hua Qiyue sat there in silence. All was quiet inside the cave. At this hour, the sun was setting in the west. Thin orange light fell on her body, looking so warm and tranquil.

The Demon Chicken lay listlessly on one side. The hare, bored out of its wits, dashed to it and said with a grin, “Chick, you look so tender, hehe. I’ll kill you for soup while that guy’s away!”

The Demon Chicken was frightened into tears at once and ran swiftly to Hua Qiyue’s side.

Hua Qiyue frowned. “Hare, don’t bother me.”

The hare stood not far away, pursing its lips. “Why so serious? I can’t stand you being so serious all the time! Hum, I’ll go in to have a look!”

“Don’t bother Brother Yun.” Ji Feng frowned too. Obviously, he didn’t approve of what the hare was going to do.

The hare laughed haughtily. “Don’t take me as a three-year-old child. Haha, I can be invisible now!”

As soon as the hare said this, it disappeared.

Hua Qiyue and Ji Jing could not help but be shocked. They didn’t expect the hare to have mastered more and more secret arts.

But Hua Qiyue felt that she was even no match for Yun Shimo because the hare was on his side. Since it was able to be invisible, it could know all her movements.

But it was not the time to think about such things.

Time went by slowly. When Madame Yun brought out the tasty soup, there was still no response in the cave.

“I wonder what happened to them… Well, I hope they’re all safe,” Madame Yun mumbled to herself as she spooned soup for everyone.

“Madame Yun, don’t worry. They’ll be all right,” Ji Feng said some comforting words. Then he took a soft look at Hua Qiyue and said, “Qiyue, are you sure you’re all right? If you feel uncomfortable, I’ll refine some medicine pellets to improve your health…”

Hua Qiyue shook her head to show that she was all right. She was anxious and nervous now, which was why she looked so bad.

Everyone fell silent and drank the soup Madame Yun had carefully prepared.

Hua Qiyue had just drunk half a bowl of soup when she heard a loud bang. She looked up in horror.

In front of her, she saw a burst of purple light coming from the cave.

The purple light and the rays of the setting sun mixed, looking exceedingly gorgeous.

The flowing purple light was full of sacred aura.

All the people nervously put down their bowls, staring at the mouth of the cave.

An orange sunset fell at the mouth of the cave.

After a while, no one came out. The hare screamed inside. “Come in!”

Everyone was so scared that their hearts were about to jump out, and they rushed into the cave!

Hua Qiyue tightened her little face. With the Mourning Steps, she got to the mouth of the cave faster than anyone else did, and then she went deeper into the cave…