# Chapter 1361: Unintentional Moon Chan (Part 1)
Compared to the God Realm, the aura of the Tian Xuan Continent was thin and turbid.
And in the Tian Xuan Continent, this place was without a doubt a pure and spotless haven away from the world.
As days passed one after another, Yun Che, who had recovered the ability to walk, would traverse many places here every day. His body was gradually breaking free from weakness, becoming closer and closer to a normal… mortal.
Summer passed and autumn arrived, falling leaves drifting in the wind. Yun Che walked upon the fallen leaves, his steps still somewhat slow, but he did not need to be supported. By his side, Feng Xian'er followed closely. This was the Phoenix Remnant Land, isolated by the Phoenix Barrier, so no outsiders or profound beasts could enter. Yet she still could not feel at ease.
Ahead, scattered rocks covered the ground with no thickets in sight, but for some reason a thick layer of fallen leaves had accumulated there. Stepping onto the soft fallen leaves, Yun Che's body swayed slightly. Feng Xian'er immediately stepped forward and carefully supported his arm.
"It's fine," Yun Che said with a smile. "I can walk back by myself today without any problem."
As he finished speaking, he noticed Feng Xian'er gazing ahead, her eyes somewhat dazed.
"Benefactor Brother, do you still remember?" Feng Xian'er said softly. "This is the place where we first met."
Yun Che was momentarily stunned, then looked ahead.
"Back then, my brother and I were captured by those villains called 'Black Demon,' and we met you and Sister Xue Ruo here. Sister Xue Ruo drove those evildoers away and saved my brother and me…"
That scene, for Feng Xian'er, was not only a precious memory she would never forget for her entire life, but also a turning point in her fate. "Sister Xue Ruo was so beautiful, and so kind. Not only did she save us, but she also agreed to save our people."
"At that time, Benefactor Brother was unconscious, covered in dirt and a lot of blood. But Sister Xue Ruo didn't mind at all. She carried you on her back and followed us home… Even though you seemed to be seriously injured, my brother and I both felt you were so fortunate."
Yun Che: "…"
"I wonder how Sister Xue Ruo is doing now… oh no, she's Empress now. I should call her Empress Sister." Feng Xian'er looked into the distance and said sincerely, "But there is one thing I know for sure: she must… must miss Benefactor Brother very much."
Feng Xian'er's words brought Yun Che's memory back thirteen years ago… The scenes from back then replayed in his mind one by one, incredibly clear, yet also feeling like a lifetime ago.
If the first turning point in his fate was meeting Mo Li.
Then the second, without a doubt, was meeting Cang Yue, who had been using the alias Lan Xue Ruo at the time.
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"Junior Brother Yun, once I have fulfilled Father Emperor's wish, I will leave with you. Princess… the imperial clan… I can abandon anything…"
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"Sister, your tears are too precious. So precious that… I can only exchange them with my entire life."
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"I said those words because I was anxious and afraid… I didn't know if I had truly entered Sister's heart, because Sister was so good and noble as a princess, while I had no power or influence, came from a lowly background, and had nothing but my full pride, passion, and feelings for Sister. So I truly was anxious and afraid… I selfishly wanted to see if Sister would shed tears for me…"
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Those years of lowliness and confusion, those words and promises that now seemed somewhat naive but had come straight from the depths of his heart…
Lan Xue Ruo… Cang Yue… that imperial princess who had given him her heart and was willing to abandon everything for him during his most lowly and confused times…
"Xian'er," Yun Che suddenly spoke. "I want to… go to the Cangfeng Imperial City and take a look."
Feng Xian'er turned her head like lightning. Immense joy bloomed like fireworks in her eyes and heart. She nodded forcefully: "Good, we'll go together… Let's go right now!"
Without any preparations, without telling any of her people, and without giving Yun Che any chance to hesitate or change his mind, Feng Xian'er's delicate hand lifted Yun Che, and they flew into the sky against the wind, heading out of the Phoenix Remnant Clan.
During this time, he had seemed to seal himself here, unable to leave. Today, in his self-indulgent sinking, his sealed heart had finally opened a small crack.
Leaving the center of the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, a faint barrier appeared ahead. As Feng Xian'er approached, the barrier automatically opened a gap. Then, the two flew out of the barrier and headed northward.
"When was this barrier set up?" Yun Che asked. He looked toward the distant north, thinking of the person he was about to meet. The resolve that had just appeared began to waver and sink in the wind again.
Feng Xian'er was in an excellent mood. She replied, "Back then, Lord Phoenix God not only lifted the bloodline curse on us but, after you left, also spread this Phoenix Barrier to protect us, giving us enough time to grow, so we would never suffer the disasters of the past again."
"I see." Yun Che nodded slightly. So it was that after he and Cang Yue had left, this protective barrier had already been spread. Perhaps the Phoenix Soul Spirit also felt some guilt about the bloodline curse affecting future generations, or perhaps… after giving him its soul and Nirvana Flame, knowing its own time remaining was pitifully short, it used its final strength to transform into protective power.
"Back then, when the Shenhuang Empire invaded Cang Feng in full force, it was the Phoenix Barrier that protected us. In recent years, the Cang Feng Kingdom has been experiencing constant profound beast disturbances, which recently spread to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, making the profound beasts here terrifyingly ferocious. It's also Lord Phoenix God's barrier that protects us," Feng Xian'er said.
"Profound beast… disturbances?" Yun Che's gaze shifted slightly. "What's going on?"
The moment he spoke, he felt Feng Xian'er's body tense up slightly.
Just then, a sharp cry—with an obvious hint of brutality—rang out. A massive green shadow rushed up from below, bringing a terrible gale swirling toward them.
Seeing this green shadow, the name flashed through Yun Che's mind:
Green Scale Beast!
A high-level wind-type Earth Xuan Beast with strong flying ability. It mainly fed on wind, grass, and bamboo, and had a relatively mild temperament. Unless provoked, it rarely attacked humans or other profound beasts.
But this suddenly appearing Green Scale Beast was whipping up a fierce gale and attacking violently, its cry so piercing it was as if it had encountered a mortal enemy.
Having obtained the first six layers of the Phoenix Ode Scripture and the Overlord Pill left by Yun Che, Feng Xian'er and Feng Zu'er's cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds over the past few years, both breaking through to the King Xuan Realm. An Earth Xuan Beast posed no threat to her at all. Even if it attacked freely, it could hardly harm her.
But by her side was a feeble Yun Che!
Even the slightest touch from the storm stirred up by the Green Scale Beast would instantly tear him to pieces.
"Careful!" Feng Xian'er cried out instinctively. Yun Che's body jolted uncomfortably. Not daring to move quickly, her first reaction was to hastily envelop most of her profound energy around Yun Che, while the remaining energy ignited into Phoenix Flame.
Crimson flame burned through the wind, mercilessly igniting the Green Scale Beast. The beast let out a sharp screech and plunged down through the flames… But in the next instant, dozens of similar screeches sounded. Several dozen Green Scale Beasts shot upward, charging straight at them. In an instant, the entire sky was swept by a raging gale.
"…" Yun Che was dumbfounded… What was going on? How had the Green Scale Beasts become so ferocious? Could he have misidentified them, and these were not Green Scale Beasts?
"Ah!" Feng Xian'er let out a soft exclamation, then immediately regained her composure. A crimson flame ring burned around her body in an instant.
The Phoenix Divine Flame exerted a powerful spiritual pressure on profound beasts. Especially since Feng Xian'er's realm was two major realms above the Green Scale Beasts. Under such Phoenix Divine Flame, the most normal reaction for profound beasts would be to flee in panic… But these Green Scale Beasts were not intimidated in the slightest. They still charged straight in, their shrill cries nearly tearing at one's eardrums.
It was as if they had all gone mad.
Feng Xian'er's hand gesture changed slightly. She was about to strike and incinerate them all when, at that moment, a sword flash suddenly streaked past.
Shiiing!!
This sword flash tore through the gale, tore through space, and even severed three Green Scale Beasts in an instant. Then, a white figure appeared in the distance. The sword in his hand cut through streaks of white light, sending the ferocious Green Scale Beasts one after another into the abyss of death.
"This person…" Feng Xian'er slightly withdrew her hand, then her lips parted slightly. "He is very powerful."
She did not notice that Yun Che's gaze first became slightly dazed, then turned into an indescribable complexity.
Although he had lost his spiritual perception, he could still recognize that the technique this person was using was the Heaven's Might Absolute Sword.
His figure and sword shadow were too swift for Yun Che's current eyesight to track, but he still vaguely recognized this person's identity…
"Xian'er," he said softly. "Don't let him see me."
"Ah?" Feng Xian'er was slightly surprised, then with a flick of her hand, a layer of crimson Phoenix Flame light covered Yun Che.
The sword shadows were like rainbows. In but a moment, all the Green Scale Beasts were cut down, and even the chaotic gale was completely dispelled. The white-robed man turned around. His posture was tall and valiant, his eyes like cold stars. The white sword in his hand was unremarkable, but in his grasp, it refracted a sword gleam that was hard to look at directly.
He glanced at Feng Xian'er, a trace of slight surprise crossing his face. "Miss, might you be from the Phoenix God Sect? It seems I was meddling unnecessarily."
He had only then realized that the woman before him, wreathed in Phoenix Flame, clearly possessed a King Xuan realm cultivation. His intervention had indeed been unnecessary.
"Thank you for your help," Feng Xian'er said politely.
"You're welcome. With your ability, even a thousand more Green Scale Beasts would be but a flick of the fingers." The young man nodded. "I am Ling Jie of Tian Jian Villa. May I ask why Miss has come here?"
"Oh?" Feng Xian'er let out a soft exclamation. "So you are the legendary Cang Feng Sword Saint. No wonder you are so powerful."
Cang Feng Sword Saint?
Yun Che sighed inwardly… As expected of Ling Jie. In just a few years, he had already surpassed his grandfather Ling Tianni and taken his place as the 'Sword Saint.'
He had not broken his promise to Yun Che, nor had he betrayed his own will and pursuit. In the future, he would surely stand on an even higher realm and become the eternal pride of Tian Jian Villa.
"A mere empty title, not worthy of such praise from Miss," Ling Jie said courteously. Compared to his youth, he had shed his former greenness and immaturity, gaining more of the steadiness and elegance of his elder brother Ling Yun.
Feng Xian'er seemed to be about twenty years old, yet her profound power was at the King Xuan Realm. Ling Jie could not help but be amazed. His gaze shifted slightly and landed on Yun Che. The latter's figure was shrouded in flame light, impossible to see clearly, but for some reason, a nameless stirring arose in Ling Jie's heart, and a question slipped out: "And this is…?"
"He…" Feng Xian'er opened her mouth but did not know how to answer.
Yun Che turned his gaze away and lowered his voice. "Let's go."
"Mm." Feng Xian'er acknowledged. She lifted Yun Che again, but saw him turn sideways and say, "I mean, let's go back."
"Ah? Go back?" Feng Xian'er was momentarily flustered.
"Mm, go back." Yun Che closed his eyes.
He had thought that after this period of quiet reflection and settling, along with increasingly intense urges, he had already prepared himself enough.
But faced with Ling Jie, he realized he still could not do it…
"…Alright." Feng Xian'er did not insist. She nodded obediently and flew back the way they came with Yun Che… forgetting even to politely take her leave of Ling Jie.
Ling Jie did not leave. He silently watched them go. His gaze was not on Feng Xian'er but on the figure enveloped in red light. An inexplicable stirring kept welling up in his heart.
Who… is he?
He has no aura of the profound way at all, the most ordinary of mortals. But why do I feel a very subtle… sense of familiarity?