Chapter 498: Chapter 368: Qingcheng Beauty Reborn
Feng Xun ordered someone to prepare hot water and also asked Housekeeper Mu to bring clean gauze and scissors.
"Let a maid take care of it." When Feng Xun returned, he had already put on a robe and had a medicine chest in hand. It seemed he was ready to attend to the wounds himself, prompting Ye Lingyue to quickly speak up.
Actually... she didn’t want Feng Xun to see her wound.
Wu Zhong had told her that even though she had taken the Nirvana Heart Lotus, she only looked a little uglier than before.
But her torn wounds were very ugly, so disgusting that even he couldn’t help feeling nauseous when he saw them.
"They are clumsy; I cannot trust them." Feng Xun said indifferently, taking out the scissors to carefully remove the gauze from Ye Lingyue.
Ye Lingyue had no choice but to sit obediently.
The scissors touched the gauze, cutting it into pieces, which fell to the ground.
Skin that had not seen sunlight for a long time felt a moment of discomfort when it met the air.
Feng Xun’s hand suddenly stopped, and he stared at Ye Lingyue’s face.
"Is the wound still ugly? Actually, I haven’t felt any pain or itchiness lately. I thought it was almost healed," Ye Lingyue forced herself not to look at Feng Xun’s expression.
"It is indeed healed," replied Feng Xun, causing Ye Lingyue to be stunned. A copper mirror now appeared before her.
The reflection was her own, without festering wounds or disgusting scabs. Instead, there was a face as beautiful as the dawn and as pure as the bright moon.
It was exactly like her face before the burns, yet slightly different, as if reborn from nirvana, even more refined. Ye Lingyue herself was astounded by her stunning appearance.
Ye Lingyue had always been beautiful since childhood, merely negligent in adorning herself, never revealing her beauty before others.
She never truly valued her appearance, except occasionally when facing Feng Xun’s overly handsome face, she had to tease him.
But now, the Ye Lingyue in the mirror, without makeup, appeared enchantingly alluring, more radiant than ever, with skin whiter than jade, and long hair black as satin—quite unlike an actual person.
The copper mirror turned, and Feng Xun’s face appeared alongside hers. In the same mirror, for a moment, it was hard to tell who was more beautiful.
"That damned Wu Zhong, how dare he deceive me, making me into a wrapped dumpling for several days." Ye Lingyue fumed, a playful annoyance appeared in her eyes.
Hearing this, Feng Xun’s heart softened and he didn’t know where to look.
Wu Zhong... Ha, he was probably already privy to Ling Yue’s appearance, that boy was merely jealous, hiding her devastating beauty behind gauze.
He was just as jealous, jealous that such a wondrous Ye Lingyue was first seen by Wu Zhong.
The hot water was quickly ready, and after freshening up, Ye Lingyue came out to find Feng Xun talking to someone.
Listening to the voices, it was Lan Cai’er and Little Wuya’s return.
Lan Cai’er and Little Wuya had just returned.
Perhaps they knew it was too much to leave Ye Lingyue alone in the residence, so early in the morning, the two returned guiltily and even brought a bunch of treats and fun items for Ye Lingyue.
Little did they know, they planned to give her a major surprise, but Ye Lingyue had beaten them to the punch by giving them an even bigger shock.
"Y-you, are you really my sister, Ye Lingyue?" As Lan Cai’er was speaking with Feng Xun, she saw him suddenly stop talking, and then Little Wuya, Housekeeper Mu, and all the other servants of Feng Residence stared behind her with wide eyes.
When Lan Cai’er turned her head, she wore an expression as if she had seen a ghost.
"If you still recognize me as your sister," Ye Lingyue replied, not amused.
This little brat, having gone out to play all day and night, not paying any heed to her own sister, yet she had the audacity to complain first, as if she were the aggrieved party.
"My goodness, little sister, could this be what they call ’a woman in love is always the most beautiful’? Brother-in-law, what kind of spiritual medicine did you feed my little sister? Her face, how did it become so pretty all of a sudden. Look, look at this skin, as tender as Little Wuya’s. Tsk, tsk, tsk." Lan Cai’er circled around Ye Lingyue, inwardly feeling as if a cat’s paw was scratching at her heart.
She had been worried before—worried that after being disfigured by the Reincarnation Fire, Ling Yue would be left with scars or blemishes. Today, she saw that all her worries were unnecessary.
If she had known one could become more beautiful, she would have burned herself into a mummy and nourished it for a good ten days and a half.
"Sister, what nonsense are you talking about!" Although Ye Lingyue was used to Lan Cai’er’s impulsive way of speaking, calling Feng Xun "brother-in-law" directly still made Ye Lingyue embarrassed.
As for Feng Xun, that guy didn’t deny it. With his phoenix eyes, he looked at her with a smile that was not quite a smile.
It made Ye Lingyue blush and she made to hit Lan Cai’er.
Lan Cai’er, well prepared for this, hopped back and hid behind Feng Xun.
"Brother-in-law, save me! Please manage your wife; she is so fierce, only you can tame her."
"Ling Yue, you didn’t eat well last night, have something to eat first," Feng Xun said good-naturedly, tolerating Lan Cai’er’s antics, yet his eyes stayed on Ye Lingyue, full of tenderness.
Actually, there was a moment just now when he understood Wu Zhong’s intentions, feeling an urge to cloister Ye Lingyue’s face back away.
This beautiful Ye Lingyue seemed so unreal, he had a premonition that this beauty might bring her some ominous trouble.
During the meal, Lan Cai’er called her sweet little sister and dear little sister in various ways, which eventually cooled down Ye Lingyue’s anger.
"Ling Yue, you might think I just went out to play, but actually, Little Wuya and I went out on serious business yesterday. What do you think we were doing in the outskirts? We went to spy on military intelligence," Lan Cai’er chuckled, but there was a hint of seriousness in her eyes.
She might seem carefree on normal days, but when it came to serious matters, especially those involving Ye Lingyue, she would become particularly cautious.
In her, Ye Lingyue could faintly see the bearing of Lan Yingwu.
The Dan Palace of Beiqing was located in the suburbs.
Yesterday, Lan Cai’er and Little Wuya went to the Dan Palace under the guise of buying medicine, and they inquired about information regarding the upcoming adventure in Xingxiu Cave.
"It turns out, not only does the delegation from Daxia participate in this Xingxiu Cave adventure. Some small neighboring countries, and even some sects have sent people over. It is said that this adventure in Xingxiu Cave is quite extraordinary, and it might involve the discovery of a Heavenly-level Spiritual Artifact. Therefore, including Beiqing, all the major countries are taking it very seriously," Lan Cai’er’s words made Ye Lingyue frown.
Before coming to Beiqing, Yan Jiu told her that the solution to the crisis of the black fog in the Xixia Plain of Daxia could be found inside Beiqing’s Xingxiu Cave.
But what exactly it was, Yan Jiu wouldn’t say clearly.
He only warned Ye Lingyue that if she wanted to completely resolve the crisis of the black fog in the Xixia Plain, she would have to enter the Xingxiu Cave herself.