"I'm sure," Feng Yao said.
"Do you know where those people are?" Qi Ruyi asked.
"I don't know their exact location, but I know the general direction," Feng Yao replied.
"Feng Yao, now that you've come to our Qi Family from the Western Song State, you should understand the consequences of deceiving me," Qi Ruyi said, looking at Feng Yao with a cold expression.
Feng Yao immediately declared, "Elder Qi, every word I said is true."
Qi Ruyi glanced at Feng Yao and then turned away.
As soon as Feng Yao returned to the Qi Family, Feng Chi was waiting for her with a gloomy face.
"Third Sister, where did you go?" Feng Chi asked.
"None of your business," Feng Yao had been a bit resentful towards Feng Chi since the incident of the second - wife's antidote last time.
She always thought she was the most important person in Feng Chi's heart. However, the incident last time made her realize that their mother was more important to him. So she was quite dissatisfied with Feng Chi now.
"Third Sister," Feng Chi grabbed Feng Yao who was about to leave and said, "Did you go to see Elder Qi?"
"So what if I did?" Feng Yao retorted.
"Third Sister, how could you do this?" Feng Chi's voice suddenly rose.
"What did I do wrong?" Feng Yao was also instantly annoyed. "Feng Chi, what I do is my own business. I haven't asked you to do anything for me. Do I have to get your permission for everything I do?"
It was impossible for Feng Chi not to be hurt by these words. So he looked at Feng Yao with a wounded expression and asked, "Third Sister, Mother's poison hasn't been cured yet. The only antidote from Master was given to you. If we really can't find an antidote, we'll have to turn to Feng Yuqin. But now you're going to Qi Ruyi to deal with Feng Yuqin. Do you think we can still get the antidote from her then?"
Feng Yao didn't say a word because she didn't really care whether they could get the antidote from Feng Yuqin.
Feng Chi knew Feng Yao very well. Seeing her expression, he asked heart - brokenly, "Third Sister, that's our mother. Are you really that heartless and not going to care about her?"
"Chi'er, Mother can't help us much now," Feng Yao softened her tone and tried to persuade Feng Chi to give up on the second wife.
Feng Chi's eyes suddenly widened. "Third Sister, do you know what you're saying?"
"I know exactly what I'm saying," Feng Yao said. "We haven't been living happily in the Central Region. Before we came here, we thought we'd enjoy wealth and honor following Master to the Central Region. But after we came, we found that we were living like servants in the Qi Family. Anyone could bully us. I'm fed up with this kind of life."
"So you think Elder Qi can help you improve your current situation? Have you forgotten that she's recently fallen out of favor with the head of the Qi Family? She's in trouble herself. Are you sure she can help you?" Feng Chi stared at Feng Yao and asked.
"It's just a small mistake. Do you have to be so picky?" Feng Yao said discontentedly. "Qi Ruyi is still the younger sister of the head of the Qi Family. Moreover, even after making mistakes, she's still an elder of the guild. I finally got such an opportunity, and I must seize it."
"Even if the outcome might be that Mother won't get the antidote?" Feng Chi stared at Feng Yao and asked word by word.
Feng Yao didn't answer, but her attitude was extremely obvious.
Feng Chi looked at Feng Yao with extreme disappointment and then said, "I hope what you're expecting will come true."
Seeing his expression, Feng Yao felt a pang of panic in her heart. "Chi'er, what are you going to do?"
"Looking for an antidote for Mother," Feng Chi said and then left.
...
The sound of Feng Yuqin's space upgrading kept coming.
"All my past memories tell me what I should do and what I'm supposed to do. But only when it comes to Master do my memories go wrong," Xiao Ying said with a sigh as she saw Feng Yuqin upgrading continuously.
"You've said this to me countless times," Xiao Jin said helplessly.
"I'm just sighing that I misjudged," Xiao Ying said.
"Then do you think when will Master stop upgrading both her strength and her alchemy skills this time?" Xiao Jin looked at Feng Yuqin who was in the middle of her cultivation and asked.
"Fourth - level Soul Venerable?" Xiao Ying took a look at Feng Yuqin who was currently cultivating and said.
"I think it'll be the fifth level," Xiao Jin said.
"Are you sure?" Xiao Ying said. "It's very difficult to upgrade in the Soul Venerable realm. I think saying the fourth level is already an overestimate."
As if the heavens were against Xiao Ying, as soon as she said this, Feng Yuqin started to upgrade and didn't stop until she reached the fifth - level Soul Venerable.
Xiao Ying: "..."
Xiao Jin: "Hahaha..."
Xiao Jin's wild laughter echoed in the space.
When Feng Yuqin finished her cultivation and heard this sound, she asked in surprise, "Xiao Jin, are you crazy?"
Xiao Jin's laughter stopped abruptly.
Immediately afterwards, it was Xiao Ying's wild laughter.
Feng Yuqin: "..."
She thought her two spiritual pets had gone mad. Since her time was limited, it was more appropriate for her to focus on alchemy.
She had to reach the eighth - level alchemist before the competition.
It was one of her habits. She hoped her strength would be a bit higher than what others knew.
Whether it was her combat strength or her alchemist level, she wanted to achieve this effect.
In the following days, Feng Yuqin devoted herself whole - heartedly to alchemy.
While others refined pills one furnace at a time, Feng Yuqin refined five furnaces of pills simultaneously. So she refined pills faster and thus could upgrade more quickly.
After reaching the eighth level, she didn't stop but continued to refine pills until Xiao Ying's anxious voice sounded, "Master, something's wrong."
It was quite rare for Xiao Ying to sound so anxious. So as soon as Feng Yuqin finished refining pills, she immediately asked, "What's going on?"
"Just now Xia Hao went out to deliver pills. I was bored, so I used my spiritual sense to see how he was disguised. As a result, I accidentally heard the news that your second cousin was taken away," Xiao Ying said.
Feng Yuqin's face changed. "Who took him away?"
"It should be someone related to the Qi Family or Qi Ruyi," Xiao Ying said. "Dongfang Zhi and the others are trying to rescue Yan Geng now."
"Leave the guild immediately," Feng Yuqin said as she walked out of the space. Before Xiao Ying could react, she saw Feng Yuqin walking out.
"Master, if we just leave like this, what about here?" Xiao Ying asked anxiously. "Yan Xiao, Ke Ruxia and the others are still refining pills here."
"Xiao Jin, you stay," Feng Yuqin said.
"Yes, Master," Xiao Jin also understood the urgency of the situation, so he immediately appeared in the space.
As soon as Feng Yuqin walked out, she released her spiritual sense. But compared with Xiao Ying, although her spiritual power was strong, she was still inferior to Xiao Ying in terms of releasing spiritual sense for monitoring.
So Xiao Ying knew the situation earlier than her.
"Master, it's Qi Ruyi," Xiao Ying said. "Her purpose is to lure you out and kill you."