51. Pass the Shilian Tower

Ye Lan and Feng Yi stayed on the seventh floor for most of the day. It was early in the morning when Ye Lan had entered into the tower, and it was already dawn when they finished the healing of Ye Lan. After Feng Yi withdrew his power, Ye Lan's strength seemed to be drained; she fell backward, and fell right into his arms. Feng Yi looked at Ye Lan in his arms, holding her, "You must be exhausted." Ye Lan frowned and tried to get up on her own, but she failed with no strength at all. She turned her eyes to Feng Yi, feeling puzzled. Feng Yi was still wearing that smile on his face, and he answered her puzzled looks, "Your strength was only used up by the self-healing process. Don't worry. I look like a decent guy, don't I?"

"Anyway, I have never seen a decent man like you." Ye Lan was grinding her teeth while saying the words. Her attitude could nearly be called ungrateful, considering he had just saved her life. But Ye Lan was used to be vigilant and never believed in winning the lottery. She knew to her heart that a man riding on a white horse was not always a knight. "What do you want from me? You have saved me many times." Though she was lying in his arms, her vigilance was all over her eyes.

He laughed at her vigilance, "You silly woman! I just saved your life, and you repay me like this?! I only saved you twice. Why are you overthinking about this?"

"I'm just the abandoned pawn of the Ye family and the leader to a small gang. What makes me worth your effort? Do you want something from me?" she couldn't break free from him, so she found a comfortable position on his body, staring at him.

"Uh!" Feng Yi helplessly looked at her and thought, "How can this woman have no idea what I want?" Feng Yi looked at her as if he was staring at hard rocks, "Don't you think what we are talking now doesn't match with our position?"

"Nasty!" though Ye Lan was weak, she had enough strength to pinch the inner side of his thing.

"Hiss! Did you call me nasty?" Feng Yi exaggeratedly took a breath, looked at Ye Lan, and rolled over on top of Ye Lan, "Who's nasty now? Did anyone tell you that you couldn't touch men in that spot?"

"Asshole! You are shameless!" irritated by him, she struggled in his arms. However, she was much weaker than him, so her struggles were just futile.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

"No! Didn't you say I'm nasty?" Feng Yi smiled and said, "If I was not nasty enough, I would be scolded for nothing."

"You! Umm ... jerk!" Feng Yi was really nasty; he leaned over and blocked the chatty mouth of Ye Lan with a kiss. The kiss was so mind-blowing that she froze with her eyes wide open, allowing Feng Yi to kiss her. But Ye Lan was no normal people at all; she was an agent from the 21st century. She recollected her thoughts quickly and reacted with a kick between his legs. Feng Yi barely blocked her attack, scared by nearly losing his reproduction ability. After releasing Ye Lan, he was curious about her strange moves.

Ye Lan got up and wiped her mouth in disgust. She frowned at Feng Yi and said to herself, "I was just licked by a dog."

If Feng Yi had known her thoughts, he must be crying and laughing at the same time. Where could you find a good-looking dog like him? He tried to touch her supple hair, but his moves were avoided by Ye Lan. The distance in her eyes could be clearly seen.

"Fine, don't be angry. Let me show you something good." Feng Yi shook his head, intending to attract Ye Lan's attention through another way.

Swaying his sleeves, he opened the box in the center with his power. Suddenly, the flashing light dazzled Ye Lan. She raised her hand to blocked her eyes from the light till her eyes get accustomed to it.

Ye Lan stared at the treasures in the box, and her eyes gradually became dull. No one could tell if she was happy or sad. Feng Yi was looking at her reactions while fanning. Ye Lan turned and smiled at him.

He smiled back.

...

The design of the Shilian Tower was very clever. The entry door and the exit were two doors but could be one as well.

Feng Yi took Ye Lan to the door and raised his hand to brush Ye Lan's hair, "You took good care of yourself. Regarding the things that you are curious about, I will explain them to you one by one in the future. Now you only need to know that I will protect you and support you unconditionally. I will listen to every sentence you say. Don't overthink about things. Embrace your success. Do what you want to do and leave the rest to me."

"..." Ye Lan took a step back without any expression on her face, "hey, where should we exit?"

Feng Yi was amused by Ye Lan's childish moves. He smiled and lifted his hand, pointing up. She understood his concerns. Feng Yi couldn't leave with her, or else there would be troubles. After all, the weak-minded disciples in the Fengtian Academy were a bunch of trouble-makers themselves. The only remaining functions of their mouth were eating and talking.

"Ok!" Ye Lan said nothing else, turned around, and walked forward. Feng Yi stopped his footsteps, looking at Ye Lan's thin but firm figure. His smile became wilder, with pampering looks in his eyes.

He remembered the terrifying feeling that he felt on the way over here.

"Lord, Ms. Ye went to the Shilian Tower on her own!" After the guard located Feng Yi, he said with one knee yielding down.

"What? She went by herself!" Feng Yi was working when he heard the news. The peacock blue pen he was using stopped and trembled, and he said, "When?"

"This morning!"

"Lord..." Before the guard could finish his sentence, a cold freeze passed by him. He looked up, and his lord sitting on the chair had already disappeared.

"Go get punishments for yourself!" the guard standing behind Feng Yi squinted at the guard on the ground: "You came this late to report news about the girl who is valued by our lord. If she was unharmed, you would still survive. If she was hurt in any way, then the only future for you is death!"

"Yes!" The guard was scared with cold sweat on his back. If he could atone his sin by death, it would be a nicer way, the most frightening future would be suffering alive. The torture of Feng Yi could even make a ghost shudder.

"Get out!" The guard behind Feng Yi waved his hand to show him out, "You don't need my escort, right?"

"No!" The Guard nodded and left.

Enabling the wind spirit, Feng Yi rushed to the Shilian Tower as fast as possible, reaching his destination within 15 minutes. When he arrived, the Shilian Tower was already crowded and was shielded by an enchantment, which provided him with the perfect opportunity of blending in. Under the disguise of the natural abnormality caused by Ye Lan's power, he set up an enchantment, which kept himself from being witnessed, and quickly went in the tower. He never attached any importance to the tower. Covered by Ye Lan's power, he quickly jumped from the first floor to the fifth floor. Meanwhile, Ye Lan successfully broke free from the illusion created by the Snow Monster and reached the sixth floor.

Without the cover of Ye Lan's power, Feng Yi had to withhold his power in order to conceal his presence. Holding his sword, he went up the stairs step by step, only to found Ye Lan was in imminent danger.

He couldn't think about that scene without chills with terror. Thinking about this, he frowned. The guard he deployed to protect Ye Lan was so incompetent that he didn't hear any news about it until it was already late. If he had been here seconds later, Ye Lan could be killed under Ho's steps. Damn it!

The door creaked. Decorated by the last glow of the setting sun on Ye Lan's body, she was like a goddess from above at this moment, holy and blessed. The way people looked at her now was full of envy, jealousy, and unwillingness. However, no one can deny her goddess-like beauty.

"She came out. She made it."

"Within one day, she passed through the entire Shilian Tower, beating the fastest existing record of 21 days."

"Oh my god, that is unbelievable. She only used one day!"

"Then she must have obtained the treasure, the treasure on the seventh floor!"

"I saw it! The box in her hand is the treasure, right?"

"It must be! Look, how firmly she is holding on to it!"

"Stop staring at it. This is not yours!"

His heart beating faster, the Dean was also very excited. He had finally found a gifted student. Ye Lan was indeed a talent. Passing the Shilian Tower within one day was really astonishing. She had proved her gifts!

Everybody was excited to gather upfront to see Ye Lan. So, the Dean and several elders had to slowly withdraw the enchantment.

After Ming Qingyu broke the enchantment in the yard, he was the first one to rush to Ye Lan. But when he stood in front of her, he did not know what to say to her. Though hardly any distance existed between them, he felt an enormous gap. She came out. She came out safe and sound.

Ming Qingyu didn't know what to say, except for throwing himself up and hugging Ye Lan hard, like holding some lost treasure. "You scared me. You scared me to hell!" he was rumbling non-stop in his mouth, which stopped Ye Lan's hand. Ye Lan was going to block his hugs with her hands, but she couldn't bear to refuse his kindness. For those who care about her, she could never refuse them. She grew up training for being an agent. The training she lived through was ruthless, with no one caring for you. All her trainers cared about was "You are too weak. Can you survive? Can you become an agent?" In Ye Lan's mind, she considered herself as a killing machine, feelingless with no emotions. All she knew was her trigger. Pull the trigger and smell the fresh blood of her killing.

But, when she arrived at this world, she had no one to pursue, and no one was going after her. She had avenged the original owner of this body, by killing the whole family of Ye. May she rest in peace.

Living in days without people to kill, Ye Lan suddenly felt lost. She wanted to live her life as she wished, to have a normal life and a taste of all the normal emotions. However, she felt like she was being pushed forward with her life. On second thought, maybe she wasn't. It was all driven by fate that no one could escape from.

Ming Qingyu's words added some warmth in her heart. And that's why she did not push him away, allowing him to hug her. She had come to get accustomed to the goosebumps she had after sudden intimate contact with others.

Ming Qingyu finally cooled down to realize his inappropriate behaviors.

"Ming Qingyu hugged a woman in broad daylight!"