On the other side, Feng Yuqin, who had run a certain distance, communicated with the Gold - Swallowing Beast through her spiritual sense, "Are they catching up?"
"No." The Gold - Swallowing Beast didn't sense the powerful and dangerous aura behind them, and secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Oh my god, it scared this beast to death, the Gold - Swallowing Beast thought with lingering fear.
That man's aura was too powerful.
Feng Yuqin stopped and looked up. To her surprise, she found herself on the street where the Prime Minister's Mansion was located.
She knew she had been under surveillance before, so after entering the city, she just randomly found an inn and planned to disguise herself and lie low.
Unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence, she had ended up near the Prime Minister's Mansion.
She covered her face with a veil and found an inn to stay in.
"Master, that man might have sensed my aura." The Gold - Swallowing Beast hesitated for a moment and said, recalling that it had shown itself in order to take its master away.
Feng Yuqin, who had just sat down, stiffened. She asked in disbelief, "Didn't you say I wouldn't be discovered?"
"Master, that man is too powerful, much more powerful than I thought." The Gold - Swallowing Beast said, "Although my injury has recovered, my strength hasn't fully returned. So when facing such a powerful man, I couldn't conceal my aura."
The Gold - Swallowing Beast felt really embarrassed. How could he, a mighty ancient divine beast, have stumbled on such an insignificant small continent?
"Forget it. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Feng Yuqin waved her hand.
If it weren't for the Gold - Swallowing Beast, she wouldn't have been able to get away from that man.
She knew that man was very powerful.
But she didn't sense any dangerous aura from him.
So she guessed that even if he knew, he probably wouldn't expose the fact that she had a divine beast.
As long as the news about her having a divine beast didn't leak out, she would be fine.
Thinking of this, Feng Yuqin was stunned.
What was wrong with her?
How could she trust a masked stranger whose face she hadn't even seen?
"Yes, master. The most important thing now is for you to become stronger." As the Gold - Swallowing Beast said this, it took out some cultivation resources from its storage space.
Xiao Ying was the first to sense the aura of the magic cores. Its tone was clearly eager, "Master, I want the magic cores. I want them..."
The Gold - Swallowing Beast also heard Xiao Ying's voice. It was a very greedy divine beast, so after years of accumulation, it had a lot of treasures.
This included spiritual crystals that were more suitable for Xiao Ying to regain its strength than magic cores.
It directly took out a pile of better magic cores and said, "Use these. You'll recover faster."
Now it was Xiao Ying's turn to be surprised, "I heard that the Gold - Swallowing Beast is a miser. Are you a fake one?"
The Gold - Swallowing Beast rolled its eyes, "You're the fake one. Your whole family is fake."
Hearing this, Feng Yuqin raised the corners of her mouth, "Xiaojin must not be fake. As the saying goes, we're all in the same boat. We'll all rise and fall together. So he's willing to reluctantly take out these magic cores to help you regain your strength."
The Gold - Swallowing Beast immediately beamed with joy, "Master understands me the best."
This was called loving the one you love and everything related to them.
He liked Feng Yuqin as his master, and since Xiao Ying was the master's natal divine beast, of course he hoped that Xiao Ying would become stronger.
Only when they were stronger could they do whatever they wanted on this continent.
After hearing the master's words, Xiao Ying was very grateful to the Gold - Swallowing Beast in her heart, "Don't worry. I'll regain my strength quickly."
After saying that, Xiao Ying entered Feng Yuqin's spiritual sea to regain her strength with the magic cores.
"Master, do you want to start cultivating now? I can guard you." The Gold - Swallowing Beast asked Feng Yuqin.
Feng Yuqin shook her head, "I want to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and take a look."
On the way from the Life - Taking Mountain to the Western Song State, Feng Yuqin had briefly told the Gold - Swallowing Beast and the others about her past. So now both of her beast pets knew about her connection with the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Master, why don't you wait for a few more days until my injury recovers a bit more and I can conceal my aura? Then you can go." The Gold - Swallowing Beast said worriedly.
"I just want to go to my mother's courtyard and take a look. I won't do anything. It should be fine." Feng Yuqin said.
She had also thought it through. Since she had inherited the original owner's body, her current identity was that of the original owner. And the original owner's mother was also her mother.
...
At the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Feng Yuqin found her way to a dilapidated courtyard with ease, but she came up empty - handed.
It seemed as if no one had lived there for a long time. There was a thin layer of dust on the table.
Feng Yuqin stretched out her finger and touched a bit of the dust. She quickly came to the conclusion that her mother hadn't been released after the original owner went on the marriage alliance mission.
A cold glint flashed in Feng Yuqin's eyes.
Back then, the original owner had agreed to the marriage alliance because the current mistress of the Prime Minister's Mansion had captured the original owner's mother as a threat. If she didn't go on the marriage alliance mission, her mother wouldn't be released.
The original owner had no choice but to agree for her mother's sake.
Now it seemed that the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion had gone back on their word.
She turned around and left the courtyard. She went to the wood - storage shed where her mother had been locked up, but she didn't see her mother there.
Feng Yuqin grabbed a maid and asked. Only then did she find out that her mother had been locked up in the dungeon. After getting this news, her eyes grew even colder.
She immediately went to the dungeon. When she saw the guards outside, she frowned slightly. Weren't the guards a bit too strict?
Fortunately, she wasn't a useless person. So when the guards were changing shifts, she quietly slipped into the dungeon.
She concealed her aura and walked forward. Not far away, she saw a water prison.
When she saw the person inside, her heart ached.
She knew that this was the residual consciousness of the original owner.
Although the original owner was dead, deep in her heart, there was a mother she couldn't let go of.
She walked towards the water prison and quickly unlocked the lock.
Hearing the noise, the person inside slowly raised her head. Although Feng Yuqin was wearing a veil, her eyes still allowed the person inside to recognize her.
"Aqin, why are you here? Have you also been captured by that bastard?" Fear and despair flashed in Yan Aoyun's eyes.
Feng Yuqin could clearly feel her mother's love for the original owner. She sighed and stepped forward, "Mother, I wasn't captured. I'm here to save you."
After saying that, Feng Yuqin reached out to grab the chain that was locking her mother up. But she found that the material of the chain was very special. She simply couldn't break it.
Yan Aoyun had been stunned by the sudden appearance of her daughter.
Now seeing her daughter touch the chain that was locking her up, her whole body began to tremble. Her voice was filled with panic and worry, "Aqin, you should leave quickly. This is a trap set by your bastard father for your grandfather's family."
Just as she finished speaking, Feng Yuqin sensed the danger outside.
But now she couldn't break the chain, and the Gold - Swallowing Beast couldn't show up now. Otherwise, if its aura was exposed, more people would hunt them down.
"Mother, wait for me. I'll definitely save you." Feng Yuqin looked at Yan Aoyun and said.
Yan Aoyun shook her head, "No. The fact that you're here means you didn't go on the marriage alliance mission. You should leave quickly and hide far away. Live your own life. Even if I die, I'll be able to rest in peace."
Feng Yuqin didn't expect that Yan Aoyun would rather die than hope that her daughter would live a good life.
She covered the position on her chest that was faintly heating up. She took a deep look at her mother and then turned around to leave.
As soon as she got out, she was surrounded by the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Her mother had said that these people were a trap for her maternal grandfather's family. So these people were all quite powerful. It wouldn't be easy for her to leave safely tonight.
Just as she was thinking this, she saw the scumbag father of the original owner appear. There were also several powerful secret guards behind him.
"Are you all useless? With so many of you, you still can't deal with a useless soul - master at the fourth rank?" Feng Pingqiu roared angrily.
He had received the news that someone had touched the chain. He thought it was someone from the Duke of Dingguo's family. But when he came over, he only saw a woman at the fourth rank of the soul - master.
And his people still hadn't captured her yet. How could this not make him angry?
Feng Yuqin sneered. Well, she'd just show this scumbag father the destructive power of this so - called "useless person".
Within a few breaths, Feng Yuqin had killed several people of the same strength as her.
This undoubtedly enraged Feng Pingqiu. He said to two secret guards, "You two go up too. Kill without mercy."
Feng Yuqin narrowed her cold eyes slightly. What a ruthless order, "kill without mercy".
Just as these two people were about to rush towards Feng Yuqin, a powerful soul force directly beheaded the two secret guards.
Feng Yuqin looked up and saw the familiar mask. Then the person disappeared from the spot.
She had actually been saved by the man who had been monitoring her? This was Feng Yuqin's last thought before leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion.