"You're not Xiao Qiao?" Ye Chengkang stared intently at Ye Ying and asked, "You're... Ying'er?"
Ye Ying took out a jade pendant she had worn since childhood. The characters "Ye Ying" were engraved on it.
Ye Chengkang took the jade pendant with a trembling hand. He had personally supervised the engraving of those characters.
He had even personally searched for this jade pendant.
So the moment he got the jade pendant, he was sure it was the one he had found back then.
Coupled with Ye Ying's appearance, which was nearly 90% similar to Nan Qiao's.
However, Ye Chengkang still couldn't quite believe it.
He looked at Ye Ying and asked, "The news I got back then said that you had..." He couldn't bring himself to say the last two words.
Ye Ying turned to look at Feng Yuqin and asked, "A Qin, could you give me some time?"
Feng Yuqin nodded and went to a small courtyard nearby with Zi Xingzhou.
"Miss Feng, I really want to thank you this time," Zi Xingzhou said gratefully, looking at Feng Yuqin.
He and Ye Chengkang were close friends, so he knew very well how the Ye father and son had been living all these years.
Now that Ye Ying was back and safe, it was like a ray of light for the Ye father and son.
"I'm friends with Ye Ying," Feng Yuqin said. With just this one sentence, Zi Xingzhou understood that she was willing to do these things for Ye Ying.
Seeing Feng Yuqin's attitude and knowing that she could produce century - old medicinal herbs, Zi Xingzhou thought that Feng Yuqin must have a very powerful backing.
However, the Feng family was not a major clan in Tiancheng.
As for Yuecheng and Xingcheng, he had never heard of any major clan with the surname Feng.
"Since we have some time, how about we talk about a deal?" Feng Yuqin looked at Zi Xingzhou and asked.
Zi Xingzhou was taken aback and asked, "Are you a businesswoman, Miss Feng?"
"Sort of," Feng Yuqin said. "I suppose the Lord Zi knows about the Desolate City in the far west?"
When Zi Xingzhou heard the name of the Desolate City, his face changed slightly. Then he said seriously, "Miss Feng, why do you ask about this place? The Desolate City is a very dangerous forbidden area."
It was a place that no one on the entire continent would dare to approach easily.
"I know it's a dangerous place, so I'd like to learn something about the Desolate City from you, Lord Zi," Feng Yuqin said.
Mo Xuanye had said that place was troublesome, so it must not have just become so recently. She was more interested in what the Desolate City was like at the very beginning.
"The toxins in the Desolate City are extremely powerful. I once went there and almost lost my mind. It was also because of that trip that I met Lao Ye and became good friends with him," Zi Xingzhou recalled with emotion. At that time, he was just a teenager, full of youthful bravado. He was really like a newborn calf not afraid of tigers, and he almost didn't make it back from the Desolate City.
Later, after his power became stronger, he went to the Desolate City again.
The second time he went, he thought he was well - prepared, but he still almost got into trouble.
Since then, he had been a bit afraid of the Desolate City.
Zi Xingzhou glanced at Feng Yuqin and said, "Miss Feng, although I don't know why you're interested in the Desolate City, that place is really extremely dangerous. The spiritual energy there is abundant, but the toxins inside are also very domineering, and the toxins change regularly."
Feng Yuqin was taken aback. "What did you say? The toxins change?"
Zi Xingzhou nodded and said, "They change about once every seven days. If you're not an alchemist, it's probably very difficult to notice the changes in the toxins."
Feng Yuqin thought that Mo Xuanye hadn't told her that the toxins would change. He probably thought that any toxin would be the same to her.
But now hearing what Zi Xingzhou said, she guessed that it might be related to the Bagua formation Mo Xuanye had mentioned.
"Are there any differences in the toxins each time they change?" For some reason, Feng Yuqin was now even more interested in the Desolate City.
She decided that she would go to the Desolate City immediately after resolving the matters in Tiancheng.
She must figure out what was going on in the Desolate City.
"I've observed that the toxins in the Desolate City change every seven days. They go from weak to strong in one cycle and then start the next cycle," Zi Xingzhou said.
"I originally wanted to establish the headquarters of the Purple Jade Tower there, but I couldn't deal with the toxins. I've also heard that it's easy to get lost once you go in, and even if you manage to get out, you won't live long."
Of course, that was something from the older generation.
Among their generation, very few people who went in managed to come out.
So there were fewer and fewer stories about the Desolate City.
But over the years, everyone knew that the Desolate City was a dangerous place and didn't dare to try to go there easily.
Feng Yuqin frowned slightly as she listened.
"Are you very interested in the Desolate City, Miss Feng?" Zi Xingzhou asked.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "Yes. If you have any information about the Desolate City, please tell me."
"I do have a manuscript about the Desolate City," Zi Xingzhou took out a manuscript from his spatial ring and handed it to Feng Yuqin. "I only recognize the words on the cover. I can't recognize the words inside. I've asked some people to translate it, but they can only recognize the words 'Desolate City'."
Feng Yuqin took it and asked, "Where did you get this manuscript, Lord Zi?"
"Once when I was going to the Desolate City, I happened to meet a man who came out of there. He gave me the manuscript and said he picked it up inside, and then he died," Zi Xingzhou said. At that time, he didn't know who to ask for more information.
Feng Yuqin knew that if it weren't for Ye Ying's relationship, Zi Xingzhou wouldn't have taken out this manuscript so easily.
He would at least wait until she offered some reward before taking it out.
"Xiaojin, Xiaoying, do you recognize the words on this?" Feng Yuqin asked as she flipped through the manuscript.
"I do," Xiaojin said.
Hearing this, Feng Yuqin looked at Zi Xingzhou and asked, "Lord Zi, could I borrow this manuscript to study for a few days?"
Zi Xingzhou said, "I've asked many people, but no one can understand this manuscript. It's useless to me. I'll just give it to you."
"Thank you, Lord Zi," Feng Yuqin gratefully accepted the manuscript and then threw it into the hands of Xiaojin in the space.
At this time, Ye Ying and her father walked over.
Looking at their expressions, Feng Yuqin knew that the father and daughter had recognized each other.
"Miss Feng, thank you for taking care of Ying'er all the way and bringing her to Tiancheng to reunite with me," Ye Chengkang said sincerely.
"Ye Ying and I are good friends. This is nothing," Feng Yuqin said calmly.
Her calm and composed manner made Ye Chengkang think highly of her.
Although he didn't manage the affairs of the association much now, his aura as a superior still remained. Generally, people would tremble when speaking in front of him.
But Feng Yuqin's attitude made Ye Chengkang think that her background must be extraordinary.