Chapter 539: Broken Soul Flower

An Instructor who can cause both Hong Wu and Gu Wuyou to change is clearly not an ordinary Instructor.

If she truly possesses a special charm, perhaps for Renxu 108 Class it is a chance for redemption.

"Zixie, aren't you going to apologize to Instructor Ye?"

Qin Feixue assumed the bearing of an elder sister.

Qin Zixie tried to argue, but Qin Feixue's single look silenced him.

"Sorry..."

Nonchalant, playing the dandy.

As insincere as can be, as insincere as can be.

"Fine, I won't argue with a child either," Ye Qingran waved her hand, being very easygoing.

Child?

"Who do you say is a child?"

Qin Zixie was displeased.

They're already fifteen!

How can they still be a child?

"My child is already six years old; in front of me, aren't you just a child?"

Qin Zixie clenched his teeth, yet could not retort.

"Instructor Ye, I still have some matters to attend to, so I'll leave first."

Qin Feixue said.

Ye Qingran nodded.

After Qin Feixue left, Qin Zixie found a spot to sit down, stewing in a sulk.

This new Instructor must be poisonous, right?

Having dealt with Gu Wuyou and Hong Wu, let alone causing his sister to defect.

However, he wouldn't abandon his stance so easily.

"I will absolutely never recognize you as this Class Instructor!"

Qin Zixie gritted his teeth and muttered softly.

The Academy's back hill.

A faint, lingering Xiao melody drifted in, graceful and long, carrying a subtle melancholy.

Qin Feixue stood at the hill's base, listening to the Xiao melody, a faint smile appearing on her face.

At this moment, she was not the awe‑inspiring witch before the world, but a young girl whose heart was just beginning to stir.

When the piece ended, Qin Feixue clenched the wooden box in her hand, "Yunfeng, I will help you find the human soul!" Even if the price is that I perish in the Sea of Severed Souls!

A look of determination surfaced in Qin Feixue's eyes.

She was about to take a step onto the back hill when a voice came from behind.

"Qin Feixue, what are you doing here?"

Qin Feixue turned and saw a woman with dazzling looks and a graceful, supple figure.

"Nan Yan."

Her complexion instantly darkened.

"What, are you going to the back hill to find Brother Yunfeng?"

Nan Yan walked over, her smile laced with sarcasm.

"So what?"

"Qin Feixue, you must have forgotten, right? The headmaster said that this back hill, except for those permitted by Brother Yunfeng, no one may go up; I needn't elaborate on the consequences, right?"

While speaking, Nan Yan glanced at his proud twin peaks, "And I am the only person Brother Yunfeng has permitted to ascend the back hill!"

Her gaze at Qin Feixue was full of provocation.

Qin Feixue's complexion turned suddenly pale.

Nan Yan was right; in the vast Great China Academy, she is the only person close to Lu Yunfeng besides the headmaster.

Nan Yan tugged at her lips, revealing a disdainful smile, "Qin Feixue, I know you like Brother Yunfeng, but Brother Yunfeng has not the slightest feeling for you! I advise you to give up this heart!"

Qin Feixue's breath caught.

"Nan Yan, my affairs are not your concern!"

Qin Feixue exuded an outward aura, and Nan Yan couldn't withstand it, stumbling back a few steps in embarrassment.

She looked at the wooden box in Qin Feixue's hand, then sneered, "Qin Feixue, I know you're eager to go up and deliver something to Brother Yunfeng, but with just one word from me, Brother Yun Feng will not accept any of your items. Do you believe that?"

Qin Feixue believed.

Because Lu Yunfeng dotes on Nan Yan, a fact known throughout the Academy.

Although no one knows exactly how Nan Yan usually interacts with Lu Yunfeng, the mere fact that she can ascend the back hill already says it all.

"Of course, since we're from the same sect, I could consider helping you deliver the items up there."

Nan Yan crossed her arms over her chest, smiling smugly.

She was certain that Qin Feixue would not refuse.

Qin Feixue's hand gripping the wooden box tightened, fingertips turning white.

How could she not know Nan Yan's intention?

Once she gives this wooden box to Nan Yan, everything inside will become Nan Yan's credit.

That was something she risked her life, surviving nine deaths and one life, to retrieve from the Sea of Severed Souls; she is unwilling to let Nan Yan have it so cheaply.

Yet, compared to all that, she cares more about Lu Yunfeng.

Here you go!

Qin Feixue tossed the wooden box over; Nan Yan caught it, opened it, and her smile grew deeper.

Soul-Severing Flower. Indeed, it's a good thing.

The Soul-Severing Flower grows in the Soul-Severing Sea and has the effect of stabilizing the soul.

The news that Lu Yunfeng was missing his human soul was not widely known; she too had learned of it by chance.

Lu Yunfeng, lacking his human soul, also faced the danger of his heavenly and earthly souls separating. Once they split, he would be utterly annihilated.

The effect of the Soul-Severing Flower is to stabilize the heavenly and earthly souls, preventing them from separating prematurely.

Thus, they gain more time to search for the human soul.

If you dare harbor any ulterior motives, I'll make sure you die without a burial place!

After saying that, Qin Feixue turned and left.

Nan Yan watched her retreating back, gave a cold smile, then turned and went up the rear mountain.

On the rear mountain, after Lu Yunfeng finished playing a flute melody, he gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

This is his favorite place to linger—playing the zither, blowing the flute, or spending a whole day gazing into the distance.

He is Lu Yunfeng, yet he is not Lu Yunfeng.

He always felt he shouldn't be like this.

But he couldn't recall what he ought to be like.

Brother Yunfeng, I've come to see you!

Nan Yan saw that slender figure, and a glint of sharpness flashed in her eyes.

Upon hearing the voice, Lu Yunfeng turned around, his expression remaining indifferent.

What are you here for?

Indifferent, aloof.

If the Academy disciples were to witness this scene, they would surely be greatly shocked.

Because, in the fixed mindset of all the disciples, Lu Yunfeng dotes on Nan Yan; even if she wanted the stars in the sky, he would go pluck them for her.

This is what Nan Yan herself said.

But...

Little Nan Yan, however, didn't care.

As long as others think Lu Yunfeng treats her well, that's enough.

After all, only she can come up to this rear mountain; no one would know the truth.

Lu Yunfeng won't explain to anyone; as long as she stays silent, no one will ever know!

Brother Yunfeng, this is for you...

Nan Yan stepped forward and handed Qin Feixue's wooden box to Lu Yunfeng.

Lu Yunfeng didn't even glance at it.

Brother Yunfeng, this contains a Soul-Severing Flower; I personally picked it for you—hurry up and eat it.

Soul-Severing Flower?

Lu Yunfeng startled.

How could he not know that the Soul-Severing Flower only grows in the Soul-Severing Sea?

Did Nan Yan go to the Soul-Severing Sea to pick the Soul-Severing Flower for him?

He took it with skepticism, and upon looking inside, saw a black flower lying there, exhaling a dark aura.

It is indeed a Soul-Severing Flower.

Did you really pick it yourself?

Nan Yan spoke, tears welling in her eyes. 'Little Yan knows Brother Yunfeng has lost his human soul; Little Yan doesn't want to see Brother Yunfeng suffer like this every day, and wishes you would recover quickly! But Little Yan is useless—cannot find Brother Yunfeng's human soul. This Soul-Severing Flower can at least keep Brother Yunfeng safe for a while...'

Nan Yan spoke, tears filling her eyes.