Chapter 1107 972 The Kidnapped Ning Maner

Chapter 1107: Chapter 972: The Kidnapped Ning Man’er Chapter 1107: Chapter 972: The Kidnapped Ning Man’er Ye Qingzi entered the Main Hall and was quickly granted an audience.

Under the guidance of a Female Attendant, Ye Qingzi walked through the courtyard and gradually approached the small lake that bordered the garden.

The lake inside the forest was not large. Facing Ye Qingzi, there was a wooden corridor that glided across the water, leading to the serene wooden pavilion in the center of the lake.

Ye Qingzi had not realized that there was such an elegant spot within the Soul Hall. Her gaze naturally followed the view, and she saw that Cold Beauty standing alone in the pavilion, her eyes fixated on the moonlight-reflected, glittering water, in a trance.

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Liu Binglan appeared somewhat tired. After leaving the Liuchen Space, she didn’t return to World City, but flew straight back to the Main Soul Hall in Wanxiang Realm.

Naturally, breaking through a bottleneck that had not been surpassed for over ten years should have been a joyous event, but when she returned to the familiar Wanxiang City and the Main Hall, she felt the entire city, the entire palace, was empty and desolate.

In the past, she always told herself to set aside personal feelings and focus on cultivation. However, now that she had finally reached the realm all the Elders had expected, she felt no joy at all.

Looking at the sparkling water surface, an image of a defeated figure seemed to solidify in the moonlight’s reflection in Liu Binglan’s mind. He was already covered in wounds but still tried to reclaim that unattainable thing, completely blinded by hatred and anger. Would he take a path that chilled the heart?

Slowly, the image of the defeated figure dissipated again, turning into a strange and indifferent face. He was alert, cautious, and even a bit scared. He was hiding somewhere, watching her from a distance but never daring to approach…

Just as she was feeling the thawing of the blood and water ties, he had become a demon, leaving behind a series of untraceable footprints, heading towards an unknown place.

During the time she searched for the Heavenly Earth Immortal Ice, Liu Binglan worried day and night about the arrival of this day. She berated herself countless times for her ascetic cultivation, wondering why even the simplest Heavenly Immortal Ice eluded her. When the day indeed came, the pain of loss hit her like a wave, rendering her unable to stand firm.

Liu Binglan chose closed-door cultivation to alleviate the heartbreaking sorrow of loss that she only learned to treasure after it was gone, but in fact, after the retreat, those emotions were only piled up deep within her heart. If she accidentally touched upon them, they would burst out like water breaching a dam, frantically flooding up from the depths of her heart and overtaking her body.

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“Your Highness, Miss Ye has been waiting for a while,” the voice of a Female Attendant floated from afar, interrupting Liu Binglan’s wandering thoughts.

Liu Binglan glanced at the woman standing quietly outside the pavilion and quietly wiped the mist from her eyes with her sleeve before signaling her to come forward.

“Your Highness has been thoughtful,” the Female Attendant did not follow Ye Qingzi but bowed at the wooden corridor, letting Ye Qingzi proceed.

Ye Qingzi slowly approached until she was by her side, seeing her silent demeanor, uncertain how to initiate the conversation.

“What brings you to me?” after a moment, Liu Binglan spoke.

Liu Binglan had just returned to the Soul Hall and was not very familiar with Ye Qingzi’s situation. She had only briefly heard from Tu Zun that she appeared to be an outstanding young man named Chu Fangchen’s fiancée and was also a very remarkable Spirit Master.

Regarding the matter of the girl being taken away by people from overseas, Liu Binglan was just seeing these foreigners in passing, and naturally, she didn’t need to worry about handling the situation.

Ye Qingzi stood by, feeling an odd sensation in her heart. She thought to herself: Chu Mu’s mother does seem to be quite difficult to deal with. Even if she did not come for Ning Man’er’s matter, it was only proper etiquette to greet her husband’s mother, but with such a cold tone, Ye Qingzi felt like a person unrelated to her.

“Perhaps, she doesn’t know about my relationship with Chu Mu yet?” Ye Qingzi suddenly realized this point.

Thus, Ye Qingzi reintroduced herself, “Auntie, I am Chu Mu’s fiancée. I am here to discuss Ning Man’er’s situation with you, as her case is quite special…”

Upon hearing this, Liu Binglan frowned slightly and took a more careful look at Ye Qingzi, her tone cool, “Tu Zun told me that you are Chu Fangchen’s fiancée…”

“…” Ye Qingzi’s mouth opened slightly, swallowing back the words she had prepared to say.

She didn’t know that Chu Mu was Chu Fangchen??

What was going on? Ye Qingzi remembered that Elder Liu knew of Chu Mu’s identity, so there was no reason for his mother to be confused about Chu Mu’s alias.

“Chu Mu awakened a year later, after he was demonized. She entered closed-door cultivation; could she have missed something?” Ye Qingzi quickly realized this possibility.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Qingzi felt she still had to make things clear.

“Auntie, perhaps you haven’t received news about Chu Mu,” Ye Qingzi said.

Liu Binglan did not reply, only looked at the woman with full eyes of confusion, and after a moment asked, “Your name is Ye Qingzi?”

“Yes,” Ye Qingzi nodded.

Liu Binglan seemed to remember. When in the Great Chu Noble Family, she had heard Chu Mu mention he had a girlfriend named Ye Qingzi, a descendant of Yinglong.

However, if she was indeed her son’s woman, why had she become that Chu Fangchen’s fiancée? Even though Chu Mu had undergone demonization, and they no longer had any future, she shouldn’t have switched to another’s embrace so quickly. This made Liu Binglan uncomfortable.

Liu Binglan did not hide the displeasure in her heart. Ye Qingzi saw this and guessed that her mother-in-law might have misunderstood and hurriedly explained, “Auntie, Chu Fangchen is Chu Mu.”

Hearing this, Liu Binglan was immediately moved and asked, “What did you just say?”

“Chu Fangchen is Chu Mu’s alias now. After waking up, he realized that some people might be harmful to him, so he adopted this alias,” Ye Qingzi explained.

“You… You’re saying he’s awakened??” Liu Binglian’s body shivered slightly.

This news was what Liu Binglan most hoped to hear; even if she wasn’t entirely sure whether the words of the woman before her were credible, hearing it from someone else made her feel as though hope was being kindled!

Seeing Liu Binglan’s reaction, Ye Qingzi was one hundred percent certain that she didn’t know about Chu Mu’s situation.

It was indeed hard on this mother, who had borne more than a year of longing and anguish.

Liu Binglan had already pulled Ye Qingzi to sit down, insisting that she tell everything in detail about the matter, without missing a single bit.

Ye Qingzi started with how she and Chu Mu had access to the Heavenly Boundary Monument.

The initially anxious Liu Binglan naturally thought that Chu Mu’s acquisition of the Monument Tears and his demonization awakening were somehow connected, but when Ye Qingzi mentioned Chu Mu reaching the second monument and seeing his own soul in those drops of the purest, most sincere tears, reconstructing those indelible, deep memories, Liu Binglan’s eyes were already moist.

“He obtained a total of eight tears, the seventh of which was from Aunt,” Ye Qingzi looked at Liu Binglan.

“Mine?” Liu Binglan was stunned.

Liu Binglan had heard of the Monument Tears legend and knew that another person had also obtained Monument Tears; it was the first time Liu Binglan saw that incredibly strong man weep inconsolably like a child beneath the Heavenly Boundary Monument.

It was at that time Liu Binglan realized the preciousness of Monument Tears because they were the real tears of the soul, without a hint of insincerity…

But when Ye Qingzi said that the seventh Monument Tear belonged to her, Liu Binglan could not recall ever having such an expression.

Regarding this matter, Ye Qingzi naturally did not know either. When Chu Mu mentioned the Monument Tears, he simply said that the seventh tear belonged to his mother and didn’t elaborate further. Ye Qingzi, of course, knew that Chu Mu wasn’t hatched from a rock, but she mistakenly thought the relationship between Chu Mu and his mother was bad, so she dared not ask further.

The appearance of Monument Tears is always an unconscious act, and Liu Binglan, trying hard to recollect, remembered that it was when Chu Mu first demonized in the World Realm and she kept tending to his body, that the Monument Tears must have formed. It was also at that time Liu Binglan felt the estrangement between herself and Chu Mu truly disappear, no longer feeling so foreign.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Binglan felt the gloom in her heart swept away by the joyous news from Ye Qingzi, unable to describe the feeling of getting back what was lost.

Ye Qingzi could see that this mother must hold Chu Mu in extremely high regard, it was just that some incidents in the earlier years had caused a rift between mother and son. Now, after experiencing several losses and recoveries, their affection should grow even more sincere.

Thinking about their upcoming reunion, Ye Qingzi couldn’t help but feel a little forlorn, it seemed like she was the one who had emerged from stone, having only some stern memories of her teacher and a new Spirit Art Law.

After comforting Liu Binglan for a while, Ye Qingzi found that this young mother no longer possessed the cold temperament she had before, but was encouraging her to share even more about Chu Mu’s experiences after adopting the alias Chu Fangchen.

Ye Qingzi knew Liu Binglan would be very happy to hear these stories. Whenever she talked about Chu Mu, a warm feeling always rose in her heart, especially about the events in Spirit City.

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Liu Binglan was listening intently to Ye Qingzi’s narration. While she had looked weary before, she was now radiant and did not allow Ye Qingzi to pause for rest.

“Your Highness, a White Nightmare Demon has broken into the hall and is rapidly flying this way,” a Female Elder hurriedly reported at this time.

“Whose Soul Pet is it?” asked Liu Binglan, slightly displeased.

Liu Binglan wasn’t planning on resting that night, determined to hear Ye Qingzi’s recount of her son’s glorious deeds to the end.

“That one usually stays in Miss Ye’s courtyard,” replied the Female Elder.

Liu Binglan immediately looked at Ye Qingzi.

It was only then that Ye Qingzi reacted and said, “That must be one of Chu Mu’s White Nightmare Demon subordinates.”

Liu Binglan, having just heard about Chu Mu leading a group of White Nightmare Demons wreaking havoc in Xiangrong City, naturally knew about Chu Mu’s ten fiercely loyal White Nightmare Demon subordinates.

Moments later, the White Nightmare Emperor barged directly into the Main Hall, flying toward Ye Qingzi’s position.

“White Two, what’s the matter?” Ye Qingzi asked.

“Snarl! Snarl!” The White Nightmare Emperor bared its teeth and gestured angrily, describing something.

This time Ye Qingzi understood what it was saying, her expression abruptly changing.

“What’s happened?” Liu Binglan asked.

“Man’er has been secretly taken away by those four overseas people!” Anger flared in Ye Qingzi’s eyes! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian () to cast your votes and monthly tickets. Your support is the biggest driving force.)

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