Neither Qing Xuan nor Feng Xingzhi had expected that getting this part of the divine power back would be so easy.
Although Feng Xingzhi had already recognized Yun Luotian as the junior sister from Yunqi Palace, to be honest, so much time had passed, and with the ever - changing world, now that Yuehua Palace dominated the world, no one could say for sure that Yun Luotian would remain the same as before.
So both of them were a bit distrustful of Yun Luotian.
However, now that the ice crystal storing the divine power was in their hands, Feng Xingzhi let out a sigh of relief.
Coupled with his divine power that had now been unsealed, basically all his strength had returned.
The two immediately took Ji Yunxi and prepared to return to Lingyun Mountain. The secret guards were also ready.
They kept changing carriages. Suddenly, Feng Xingzhi lifted the curtain of the carriage. "Come out."
A secret guard immediately appeared, knelt on one knee and clasped his fists. "My lord."
"I feel like someone has been following us." Feng Xingzhi had had this feeling all along the way, but he didn't know who the person was, and he was a bit nervous.
The secret guard looked confused. "No, my lord?"
It seemed that the person was someone even they couldn't detect. Feng Xingzhi's face darkened. He didn't know if the person was a friend or a foe. Right now, they couldn't get in touch with Lu Shu, so he had no idea what the situation was.
"We'll abandon the carriage later."
"Yes!" The secret guards were a bit nervous. If there really was someone following them, but they themselves hadn't been able to notice?
Feng Xingzhi saw their nervousness and said expressionlessly, "It's okay. They're probably people you can't reach."
He closed the curtain of the carriage. After traveling a bit further, Feng Xingzhi decided not to return to Lingyun Mountain for the time being. "Qing Xuan, we won't go back to Lingyun Mountain for now."
Qing Xuan was puzzled. "Then where shall we go?"
"To prevent them from tracking down the locations of Feng Heyang and Feng Ji, we'll go somewhere else first."
Qing Xuan thought for a moment and for a while didn't know where they should go.
Fortunately, at this time, Ji Yunxi finally woke up slowly. With Feng Xingzhi helping her to adjust her breathing, she woke up much faster than before.
"Xixi, how do you feel?"
"I'm fine. Where are we now?" Ji Yunxi only felt the continuous jolts and guessed that they were in a carriage, but shouldn't they be on Kunlun Mountain?
"We're on our way to Lingyun Mountain Villa, but someone has been following us. Even the secret guards haven't been able to detect them."
Ji Yunxi thought of the current situation and quickly said, "Then we can't go to Lingyun Mountain. Otherwise, we'll lead the people there!"
"You're right, but we don't know where to go now. We can't get in touch with Lu Shu, and as for Zhu Lingyun and the others..." Qing Xuan paused. "I can't think of anywhere else to go."
Hearing this, Ji Yunxi suddenly fell silent. After thinking for a moment, her eyes lit up. "How about going to Qinse Valley in the Eastern Jin Dynasty? Jiang Yaoji already knows our connection with them. Moreover, the place is easy to defend but hard to attack. Yuehua Palace won't look for trouble on its own initiative for now. If it's just a minor skirmish, Qinse Valley can be well - defended, and there are also the weapons in the valley to assist us."
Only then did the others think of Qinse Valley, and they all agreed.
When the carriage passed by a bamboo forest, Feng Xingzhi moved his wrist, and suddenly a puff of smoke rose around them.
Then the carriage galloped out. Several figures behind exchanged glances and chased after it quickly. After a while, three people walked out of the bamboo forest, mounted their horses, and turned around to head towards the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Those people reacted quickly. Seeing that the speed of the carriage hadn't decreased at all, they immediately sensed something was wrong. They didn't even care about tracking anymore and directly went up to lift the roof of the carriage. Only then did they find that the people in the carriage had already been replaced.
"No, they've escaped!"
Instantly enraged, they immediately returned to the original place. Fortunately, there were ambushes all around, so there were people who saw the direction in which Ji Yunxi and the others had gone. So these people quickly chased after them.
They didn't show up directly in front of Ji Yunxi all the way. It was only when they were almost at Qinse Valley that the terrain gradually became open, and there was no more cover. The people who had been following them all the way had nowhere to hide and were all exposed.
Ji Yunxi was a bit annoyed. When she turned her head, she was surprised to find that the people were wearing the clothes of Menghua Pavilion. "Azhi, Qing Xuan, look at the clothes of those people."
The two also turned around and only then did they see clearly that the people were wearing blue outer robes. They all let out a sigh of relief.
"Hey, I thought we were being followed by bad guys. Why didn't these people come up and explain clearly!" Qing Xuan complained a bit and was about to go up to ask.
However, before he could go over, he was suddenly stopped by Ji Yunxi. "Wait. I feel something is wrong. Let's wait and see."
The three of them were very calm and always kept a distance from the people who were following them.
It seemed that the leader guessed that they had been discovered by Ji Yunxi. He looked anxious. "Master! Why have you been avoiding us? We can't even catch up with you!"
Ji Yunxi squinted her eyes. Instead of approaching them directly, she shouted back, "Disciples of Menghua Pavilion? What do you want from me?"
The man seemed to have been prepared. He immediately said, "Master! We can't get in touch with Young Master Lu, so we had no choice but to follow you."
After hearing this, Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi exchanged a glance. They immediately understood that these people definitely weren't from Menghua Pavilion!
Others might not know, but as the master and deputy - master of the pavilion, how could Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi not know? The registration system of Menghua Pavilion was very strict, and these people were obviously not the branch - hall managers they were familiar with.
So if ordinary disciples couldn't get in touch with Lu Shu, according to the rules, they should return to the nearest branch hall to report the news and wait for instructions, and then continue to carry out other orders.
They definitely wouldn't chase after the master and deputy - master everywhere and follow them all the way until they were discovered before showing up.
Feng Xingzhi used his divine power to ask Ji Yunxi, "Xixi, what should we do? Shall we kill them directly?"
"No need, Azhi. The people who can send someone to follow us without being discovered by your secret guards are quite capable. Exposing them directly is no different from setting a tiger free to return to the mountains. Now they're too far away from us. How about we turn the tables on them?" She smiled cunningly. "I'll have to trouble Azhi to set up a formation."
Seeing that Ji Yunxi didn't say anything, those people were a bit nervous. "Master? We're really disciples of Menghua Pavilion. We're very worried that we can't find Manager Lu."
Ji Yunxi pretended to be anxious. "Why did he disappear all of a sudden?"
"We don't know either, so we followed you as soon as we saw you."
The man was eager to prove himself, but the more eager he was, the calmer Ji Yunxi became.
She turned to look at Feng Xingzhi. Seeing him nod, she then said, "Then come over. Come and explain clearly."
The leader thought that Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi's nods meant that they believed their identities. Immediately overjoyed, he kept saying yes and came closer.
"Don't worry about Lu Shu for now. We're going to set sail. You can go with us." Ji Yunxi was afraid that they wouldn't come over, so she added another sentence.