Yue Chen took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were clear. He slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at Ji Yunxi thoughtfully. "I've said it. I just invited you here as a guest. As for whether you want to take a look at that palace... It's naturally up to your will."
"I'm a bit tired today and want to take a rest. You may leave." Ji Yunxi stood at the door, and her intention to see them off was very obvious.
Hearing this, Yue Chen wasn't annoyed. He stood up from the chair. His clothes with excellent drape fell smoothly without a single wrinkle. He stood there like a green pine. Against the light, Ji Yunxi couldn't see his expression clearly. She only heard his voice. "If you've made up your mind, you can go and take a look at any time."
Jiang Yaoji glanced at Ji Yunxi. There was a silent sense of killing between her eyebrows. She also got up and followed him out. Ji Yunxi just stood there quietly. Her cold and elegant figure had a calm expression, and her eyes were as cold as frost.
After seeing the two off, Ji Yunxi walked into the yard and sat on the stone bench under the pear tree. There was a tinge of loneliness in her eyebrows.
The golden setting sun shone obliquely on Ji Yunxi. Her dress seemed to be covered with a faint halo. White petals fluttered down like snow. Her water - blue robe reached the ground, and large lotus flowers bloomed on the clothes, looking fresh and elegant.
The soft gauze dress pressed on the petals, adding a hazy atmosphere.
Ji Yunxi's mind was in a complete mess. Yue Chen's words rang in her ears from time to time. Should she go to that palace or not? She vaguely had a bad feeling, as if something was about to come out. But if she didn't go, she couldn't suppress her curiosity.
Unable to sort out her thoughts, she simply gave up and went back into the room to sit in meditation to calm her mind.
Ji Yunxi sat cross - legged on the bed. She held her arms in front of her dantian area in a virtual embrace. Her arms drove her palms to spread out as she felt the flow of spiritual energy in the air. She raised her hands above her head and then slowly lowered them. She clasped her hands together, held her breath, focused her mind, and began to sit in meditation while observing her inner self.
Not long after, Ji Yunxi suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her hands in disbelief.
She closed her eyes and sat in meditation again, feeling that the energy in her dantian area seemed to be overflowing.
The divine power in her body seemed to be dissipating bit by bit. The dissipation speed wasn't slow, but since it was a gradual process, she hadn't noticed it all along.
Ji Yunxi retracted her arms to finish her cultivation. Her pupils dilated slightly. How could this happen? Then, like a deflated balloon, she sat there stupidly by the bed. She suddenly understood why she had felt tired recently and had been getting hungrier and hungrier. It was because the divine power was disappearing!
She tried to cultivate again to repair the damaged part of her dantian, but she couldn't find the gap at all. Why? Why couldn't she find the gap? What exactly went wrong?
Ji Yunxi rarely showed a panicked expression. She couldn't find the reason for the dissipation of her divine power, and the methods she tried couldn't stop the dissipation. If this continued, she would surely become a useless person sooner or later!
Just then, Yue Chen's face suddenly appeared in her mind, and his words were vividly remembered.
Ji Yunxi calmed down. She carefully recalled and suddenly understood one thing. This must be Yue Chen's doing. He wanted her to go to that palace, and the truth about the disappearance of her divine power was in that palace.
If she didn't go to that palace, she was afraid that she could only dissipate the last bit of her divine power in this yard.
Ji Yunxi put on her shoes and got out of bed. She quickly walked out of the yard. The petals on the ground were lifted by her fluttering dress. The petals were taken into the air and then fell.
The pool water in the yard sparkled, and a thin blue mist drifted over the pool surface. When she passed by the pool, her dress got wet, and a few petals also stuck to it.
She trotted all the way to the palace that Yue Chen had mentioned and stood there, gasping for breath and holding on to the wall to steady herself.
"Miss, do you want to go inside and take a look?" The maid guarding the door didn't stop her this time. She saw her and bowed respectfully.
Should she go inside? Had she really made up her mind? Ji Yunxi also asked herself in her heart.
She looked up. The magnificent and grand building gave people a solemn and respectful feeling, making people can't help but feel in awe. The palace stood there quietly in the twilight, like an old man waiting for his child to come back.
She stood at the palace door. Her wide skirt fluttered gently in the wind, highlighting her exquisite figure. Some of her thick black hair fluttered onto her face, blocking her sight for a moment, but soon the wind blew the hair away.
On the eaves not far from the palace, there were two figures. The moment Yue Chen saw Ji Yunxi's figure, the corner of his mouth twitched into a smile. His eyes were like an overturned bottle of ink, and his emotions couldn't be seen.
"Palace Master, she didn't seem to want to come just now. Why did she suddenly change her mind?" Jiang Yaoji stood beside Yue Chen. She was very surprised to see that Ji Yunxi had actually come.
"She really didn't want to come, but she wants an answer, so she has to come." Yue Chen's words were full of confidence. After hearing this, Jiang Yaoji fell silent. She vaguely sensed something.
Jiang Yaoji had seen Yue Chen's methods before. With Ji Yunxi's wits, she simply couldn't compete with him. It seemed that Yue Chen must have done something to Ji Yunxi to force her to come. Thinking of this, Jiang Yaoji felt much better, and there was a faint smile on her face.
Ji Yunxi had no idea that she was being spied on. She inexplicably felt that this palace was a bit familiar. There was even a hint of intimacy in the familiarity, making her eager to go inside, but she couldn't remember when she had seen it.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the ground. When she raised her eyes again, her small face was full of determination. She silently encouraged herself in her heart.
Ji Yunxi, no matter what happens, be brave and face it!
She lifted her foot and walked into the palace. Looking at the layout inside, she felt that she knew what was placed in every corner.
Seeing Ji Yunxi walk into the palace, Yue Chen flashed and was already standing in the position where Ji Yunxi had just stood. Jiang Yaoji lifted her heels, bent her legs slightly, and lightly jumped to the ground like a boneless cat.
From this position, Ji Yunxi's actions could be seen clearly.
It was seen that her gaze was attracted by a jade square platform in the center of the main hall. There was a stone on the platform emitting a glistening light, which was very much like the source of the Kunlun divine power back then.
Ji Yunxi walked over and involuntarily put her hand on the stone. "Ah!" Her finger felt like it had been pricked by a needle, and then the pain spread throughout her body.
Everything in front of her spun. Her consciousness began to disperse. Ji Yunxi held on to the jade platform and shook her head hard, trying to make herself sober, but she found that she had no strength in her body at all.
"As expected, it's you." Yue Chen walked into the palace, standing with his hands behind his back, and said word by word.
"Yue Chen, you..." Ji Yunxi wasn't surprised to see his figure at the last moment before she fell into a coma. But she had a lot of questions to ask Yue Chen. Before she could open her mouth, she fell into eternal darkness.