Chapter 256: Leng Yingxue Leaves Without Saying Goodbye

Chapter 256: Chapter 256: Leng Yingxue Leaves Without Saying Goodbye

The next morning, Chu Fan woke up and began practicing his Spear Technique in the courtyard.

But he practiced for the entire morning and still hadn’t seen Leng Yingxue. Finding this odd, he went to her bedroom door and knocked. He knocked for a long while, but there was no response from inside the room.

He gave the door a light push, and it opened. The room was immaculately tidy, and her unique, delicate fragrance still lingered in the air.

But the room was empty. There was no sign of Leng Yingxue anywhere.

As he looked around, he saw a piece of paper tucked under the copper mirror on the dressing table. ’Don’t tell me that woman actually left without saying goodbye?’ Chu Fan wondered.

He walked over and picked up the paper, which had only a single line of writing on it.

He sighed. "That woman’s temper is truly impossible to figure out. She really left, without even a word of farewell."

"I am returning to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. I have not yet decided whether I should kill you. You had best keep your head firmly attached to your shoulders for me. I will come for it when I have made up my mind."

This was definitely Leng Yingxue’s tone; no one could imitate it. Besides, she was now at the Saint Realm. In the entire world, aside from a handful of people, no one could have possibly taken her away without a sound.

If she wanted to leave, Chu Fan wouldn’t have been able to detect her with his Spiritual Power at all.

Chu Fan was just annoyed that she had simply left a note and gone without saying goodbye in person.

In truth, he was reluctant to see her go. She was, after all, a peerlessly beautiful woman. Despite their constant bickering and the fact that he was often on the receiving end of her threats and even beatings during their time together, they had been intimate. How could he possibly feel nothing for her?

It was just that the disparity in their status was too great, and the gap in their cultivation was too wide. Chu Fan didn’t know what she was truly thinking, so naturally, he didn’t dare to hope for too much.

Chu Fan let out a long sigh. He folded the note into a paper crane and placed it inside the Juntian Mirror World.

He glanced one last time at the room she had slept in, then walked out and pulled the door shut.

Chu Fan had no idea how deeply his unintentional jokes with Yan Ying the previous night had stirred Leng Yingxue’s heart.

While Chu Fan felt a little insecure around Leng Yingxue due to the difference in their status, Leng Yingxue felt just as insecure about their age gap.

She could sense Yan Ying’s affection for him and knew of Yun Xi’s place in his heart. Then, after seeing how beautiful Yan Ying truly was, the idea of leaving took root.

Previously, during her time with Chu Fan, she had been deeply conflicted. She had thought of killing him more than once, but each time she was about to make a move, a voice deep inside her would tell her not to.

This was why she had spent her days in a state of anxious indecision. And it was Chu Fan’s jokes that had struck that particular chord in her heart.

She knew that the presence of Yun Xi and Yan Ying made her heart ache with jealousy, but she was the Palace Master of Piaomiao Palace. The great feud of Piaomiao Palace from a decade ago was still unresolved. How could she get entangled in romance?

Besides, the man was so much younger than her.

Therefore, leaving was the best option. Time could heal all wounds. She believed that with enough time apart, the turmoil in her heart would eventually settle.

"Leng... Palace Master, where is she?" Yan Ying asked, her delicate brows furrowing as she saw Chu Fan come out of Leng Yingxue’s bedroom.

"Gone," Chu Fan shrugged. "I can’t figure that woman out. She left without a word, just disappeared on me."

Hearing this, Yan Ying couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

’What a blockhead,’ she cursed inwardly.

Just then, Ye Xiaohan’s voice rang out from outside the courtyard.

"Brother Chu, Brother Chu."

Even though Ye Xiaohan’s voice had changed, Chu Fan instantly knew who it was. After all, he knew very few people in the Celestial Dao Palace.

Xiaoya, however, looking even more delighted than Chu Fan, ran to open the courtyard gate.

Ye Xiaohan cupped his fists at Xiaoya, then rushed into the courtyard.

"Brother Chu, it really is you!" Ye Xiaohan exclaimed, overjoyed.

Wang Xing and Qi Wei followed him in through the gate, bowing respectfully to Chu Fan.

Chu Fan clapped Ye Xiaohan on both arms and said, "You’ve grown up. Taller, stronger... and you’re already..."

’He was about to say he was already at Golden Core Realm Tier Seven—after all, that’s what Yan Ying had told him he’d tested at in the Trial Stele Tower yesterday.’

But when Chu Fan took a look, he was shocked to find that Ye Xiaohan had actually reached Nascent Soul Realm Tier Five.

The White Fox, which had been curled up by the wicker chair, now stood and watched Ye Xiaohan from afar.

"I don’t know how, but after I fell unconscious yesterday, I had a very long dream. When I woke up this morning, I found my cultivation had somehow advanced this much."

"A dream? What was it about?" Chu Fan asked, curious.

’To not only cross a Great Realm but also advance several Tiers in a single night... How could anyone not be astonished by that kind of progress?’

"It was a very strange dream. First, I dreamt I was an invincible Grand General leading an army against invaders. If I died, the city behind me would fall, and the people I cared for would be slaughtered by the enemy. So I fought with everything I had. In the dream, I was incredibly powerful, wielding a Fangtian Halberd, and no one could match me in a fight. Then I died of exhaustion, and after that, I had another dream."

"I dreamt of a woman as beautiful as an immortal descending to earth. I called her ’Her Highness Princess.’ She asked me a single question: ’Do you dare?’ I said, ’I dare,’ and then my master slapped me awake."

"Oh, right. I’m the Third Elder’s closed-door disciple now."

’A woman as beautiful as an immortal descending to earth? Calling her Her Highness Princess?’

’Chu Fan’s gaze shifted to Yan Ying. If Yan Ying revealed her true, female appearance, wouldn’t she be just as beautiful? And isn’t her real identity that of a princess?’

’Could this dream of his be a vision of the future?’

Sensing Chu Fan’s gaze on her, Yan Ying looked a little confused herself.

"Brother Chu, didn’t Senior Brother Yan say you came to the Central Domain with your wife? Where is she?" Ye Xiaohan began looking around the courtyard.

He didn’t find a wife, but he did see the White Fox. The moment his eyes landed on the White Fox, he instantly tensed up.

But the feeling vanished just as quickly, so he didn’t think much of it.

"Senior Brother Yan, where did you get this little thing? It’s so cute!"

"Your Brother Chu brought it," Yan Ying explained.

"Brother Chu, where is your wife? You should bring her out so I can pay my respects."

"She’s not here," Chu Fan said.

Ye Xiaohan was a little disappointed.

Yan Ying asked Ye Xiaohan, "Did the Third Elder really take you as a closed-door disciple?"

"Yeah, I didn’t expect it either."

"Has the Elder Council announced your punishment?"

"Six months of seclusion. The Palace Master said so himself. But he said I can stay with Brother Chu for three days before I have to go to the Precepts Hall to accept my punishment," Ye Xiaohan said.

"It won’t be six months," Chu Fan said. "In early June, you’ll be coming with us to the Hua Xu Secret Realm."

Ye Xiaohan cried out in surprise, and behind him, Wang Xing and Qi Wei were also overjoyed.

They had been at the Celestial Dao Palace for over three years; of course they knew what the Hua Xu Secret Realm represented.

"Really?" Ye Xiaohan said, his voice full of delighted surprise.

"When have I ever lied to you?" Chu Fan advised. "But during your seclusion, you must cultivate diligently and raise your cultivation. That way, you’ll be able to seize more opportunities in the Secret Realm."