Feng Luan was adept at deceiving people, without the slightest sense of guilt. In a resolute tone, she said, “Yes. What does one generally need to do for a life-saving benefactor?”
The man replied, “Repay kindness.”
Feng Luan raised an eyebrow. “That’s right. You need to repay kindness. Since you’ve already forgotten who you are, are you willing to stay by my side for now? You can return after you recover your memories.”
The man pressed his lips together. “Is that all right?”
Feng Luan chuckled softly. “Of course.”
Although she did not know the other party’s identity, Feng Luan knew that this man was no simple character. If he was the young master of some family or sect, this would naturally count as a favor owed to her.
Moreover, Feng Luan could not discern his cultivation. Even Lin Yu could not sense it, which meant it must be extremely high.
She was temporarily unable to cultivate. If the Feng Family or anyone else tried to attack her, she might be unable to deal with them. For now, she would trick a free enforcer into staying with her.
Lin Yu did not know why Feng Luan wanted to keep such a dangerous man by her side, but she had chosen to form a Contract with Feng Luan. Whatever the other party did naturally had its own arrangements, so there was no need to ask further.
Feng Luan asked, “What is your name?”
The man’s sword-like brows furrowed as he searched his mind for memories related to his name, but a wave of pain suddenly struck him. He reached up to rub his temples and replied, “I don’t remember. However, I don’t think I have a name.”
No name.
Feng Luan thought for a moment, then asked, “Would you mind if I gave you a name?”
Upon hearing this, the man lowered his eyes and looked directly at Feng Luan. He felt that the strange, unique fragrance around her eased the splitting pain in his mind. Without hesitation, he nodded. “Mm.”
Feng Luan pondered, then said, “Then how about Feng Wu?”
The man repeated the name in his deep, mellow voice, pronouncing each word clearly. “Feng. Wu.”
Feng Luan nodded and explained, “Since you don’t remember where you came from and have lost your memories, you are a person without a name, a surname, ties, or attachments. My surname is Feng, and my name is Feng Luan, so how about calling yourself Feng Wu?”
Feng Wu seemed to like the name. A smile appeared on his sharply defined, handsome face, as though a thousand-year-old glacier had melted, causing all things in the world to pale in comparison.
“Good.”
In truth, Feng Luan had a little-known secret. Everyone thought she was wholly absorbed in cultivation, but no one knew that she was a complete admirer of good looks. If someone suited her aesthetic preferences, she would naturally say a few more words to them.
But the man before her was practically born to fit her taste.
Gurgle—
An untimely sound rang out. Feng Wu’s unruffled eyes moved from Feng Luan’s face to the other person’s lower abdomen, and he said in a voice as calm as still water, “You’re hungry.”
Feng Luan: “....”
She really was hungry. It had been many years since she had felt such an awkward situation.
Feng Wu stood up, patted the dirt from his black robe, and lowered his eyes toward Feng Luan. “Wait for me a moment.”
The moment he finished speaking, Feng Wu’s black figure seemed to merge into the night without a sound. A fleeting afterimage flashed past, and no one remained before Feng Luan.
About two minutes later, Feng Wu returned with a wild chicken in his hand. He held it out. “Eat.”
Feng Luan stood up but did not take the wild chicken. Her thin lips parted. “Do you want me to eat it raw?”
Feng Wu frowned. Spiritual power gathered in the hand holding the wild chicken, and its feathers danced through the air like newly fallen snow. Purple flames enveloped the wild chicken, and soon a delicious aroma drifted through the air.
As soon as the purple flames appeared, Feng Luan clearly sensed the Phoenix Token inside her body tremble faintly.
Feng Wu seemed to sense the strange phenomenon as well. He used spiritual power to suspend the wild chicken in the air, while the purple flames suddenly surged toward Feng Luan’s temples.
This was bad.
Feng Luan had thought Feng Wu would not attack her, but she had miscalculated.
The disparity between their strengths was simply too great.
Before even Lin Yu could react, the purple flames shot straight into Feng Luan’s body and flew toward the location of the Phoenix Token.
“Master!!!!”
Lin Yu’s voice could transform into human speech only inside Feng Luan’s body. The snow-white Silver Wolf let out an enraged roar and lunged toward Feng Wu, only to crash into a spiritual energy barrier.
The spiritual power pressure belonging to a superior being made Lin Yu tremble from head to toe.
At that moment, purple flames swept madly through Feng Luan’s body, coursing through every one of her meridians. The scorching pain made her curl up involuntarily, and she hurriedly sat down and crossed her legs.
Because of the appearance of the purple flames, the Phoenix Token’s faint trembling changed into a buzzing sound. Even the crimson phoenix phantom flew out from the Token Space.
The purple and red flames caused Feng Luan unbearable pain.
This was even more painful than being reduced to ashes in her previous life.
Feng Luan tried to use spiritual power to stop the two clusters of flames, but their power was far too domineering. She abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Feng Wu’s sword-like brows furrowed slightly.
Could he have remembered incorrectly?
He had just raised his hand to withdraw the purple flames when the red and purple flames intertwined and fused in an instant. The meridians they passed through seemed to undergo marrow cleansing, while the gray Golden Core also began to glow red.
Feng Wu raised his hand and set up a barrier around them.
A colossal phoenix rose behind her and circled through the air, letting out a Phoenix Cry.
Lin Yu was stunned. “She is.....”
Feng Luan felt the pain throughout her body vanish, replaced by the warmth of spiritual power. She could feel the spiritual power within a radius of fifty kilometers converging toward her, and she hurriedly entered a state of cultivation.
This cultivation continued until daylight the next day.
Boom!
A fluctuation of spiritual power rang out, startling Lin Yu, whose entire body had been tense.
Feng Luan slowly opened her eyes and raised her hand to gather power. A cluster of crimson spiritual power floated in her palm.
In the short span of one night, she had become a second-tier spirit practitioner.
She withdrew the spiritual power, then turned her gaze, edged with coldness, toward Feng Wu.
Feng Wu raised his eyes and explained, “My spiritual power sensed a faint fluctuation within your body that felt familiar, so I didn’t have time to tell you. If that thing inside you were startled, it would seal itself tightly.”
After saying this, he added, “I will not hurt you.”
Feng Luan naturally understood this principle. In her previous life, she had experienced betrayal. Moreover, Feng Wu had appeared out of nowhere, and she could not determine his origins or background. To make matters worse, he could identify the Phoenix Token inside her body.
He was truly extremely dangerous.
“Let this be an exception.”
Feng Wu lowered his eyes like someone who had done something wrong. He took a jade pendant from his clothing and held it out to Feng Luan.
The latter raised her eyes, seemingly puzzled. “What is this?”
Feng Wu explained again, “This is my life jade pendant. It can not only sense whether I am alive, but if it is destroyed, it can also inflict harm on me.”
This was the first time Feng Luan had encountered such a jade pendant. She watched as Feng Wu handed it over with an expressionless face.
“Why are you giving it to me?”
Feng Wu replied, “You saved me, so you are my life-saving benefactor. I know that my strength is too powerful and will make you distrust me, so I am giving you my jade pendant. I will not do anything that repays kindness with enmity.”
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