Meanwhile, in the bedroom...
As Chu Yunfei felt the warmth of the woman in his arms, the teasing in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by a serious expression.
" Aunt Lin, the grand competition is the day after tomorrow, and a great change will occur in the capital."
Chu Yunfei looked down at her stunningly beautiful face and said in a deep voice, "I came to see you tonight because I hope you will leave the capital."
Upon hearing this...
The shyness on Lin Wanyin's face vanished instantly, and her body stiffened slightly.
" Yunfei, what happened? Are you... in danger?"
She gripped Chu Yunfei's clothes tightly with her bare hands, her eyes brimming with panic.
During this time, she lived in constant fear in the capital, her greatest fear being hearing anything about his misfortune.
Chu Yunfei did not hide anything and briefly explained what the Third Prince had said, as well as his own guesses and plans.
Lin Wanyin's face turned ashen, and she bit her lower lip so hard it almost bled.
"So... you mean the Blood Baleful Intent Tower will secretly stir up trouble during the Grand Competition, and you'll use that time to expose the emperor's true colors and rescue Princess Xueyao?"
"That's right."
Chu Yunfei's expression was serious as he said in a deep voice, "A bloody battle is inevitable. I'm worried that the dog emperor will resort to desperate measures, and the Blood Baleful Intent Tower will also secretly stir up trouble."
"The imperial city will become a battlefield. It's too dangerous for you to stay here. Listen to me, leave the imperial city immediately after dawn."
Lin Wanyin's eyes reddened slightly, and her breathing became rapid.
The image of the young man facing an attack from various powerful figures alone flashed through her mind, and a suffocating pain shot through her heart.
"I'm not leaving!"
Lin Wanyin took a deep breath, her tone resolute and leaving no room for doubt. "I'm staying to face this with you. Besides, Shuang'er has to participate in the competition the day after tomorrow; given her personality, she would never back down at the last minute."
" Aunt Lin, this is too dangerous."
Chu Yunfei frowned. "With your status as her mother, if you force Shuang'er to leave, she will listen to you."
"You don't understand Shuang'er at all."
Lin Wanyin shook her head bitterly. "Now that she has awakened a special physique and is being hailed as a prodigy by the Heavenly Sword Sect, she has long since developed her own pride and decisiveness, and will not listen to my advice at all."
She raised her beautiful, red eyes, looked directly at Chu Yunfei, and reached out to touch his chiseled profile.
"Besides... I don't want to leave either. Yunfei, don't worry, I won't be a burden to you. Whatever you want to do, I'll support you."
Looking into the woman's eyes, filled with unreserved affection and unwavering courage, Chu Yunfei felt a surge of warmth in his heart.
He sighed inwardly and reached out to pull her tightly into his arms.
"Alright, promise me that if a truly life-or-death crisis arises, you must immediately leave."
Chu Yunfei ruffled her hair and chuckled, "Don't worry about me, your man is incredibly resilient; even the King of Hell can't take him away."
Lin Wanyin nestled against his strong chest, but a bitter tear couldn't help but slide down her cheek.
" Yunfei, you must live... I just hate myself for being so useless, for having such low strength, that I can't even help you in the slightest at this critical moment."
" Aunt Lin, you're belittling yourself too much."
Chu Yunfei chuckled and pinched her pert nose, "Have you forgotten what I said before? As long as you break through to the Divine Sea Realm, all shackles will vanish."
Lin Wanyin looked somewhat dejected and murmured softly, "But after our dual cultivation last time, my cultivation didn't advance by leaps and bounds as usual. Instead, it was like hitting an insurmountable iron wall. No matter how I meditated and practiced breathing exercises, I didn't make any progress at all."
"Don't rush, this is the key."
Chu Yunfei soothed the anxiety between her brows and said earnestly, "Your constitution is extremely special. There's no need to rush things. Just let nature take its course. When the time is right, everything will fall into place naturally."
Lin Wanyin was slightly taken aback, somewhat bewildered. "Special physique? But I've been cultivating since childhood and have never heard of possessing a special physique. The elders of my clan... sect only said that my aptitude is acceptable."
That's because your constitution is extraordinary.
Chu Yunfei gazed into her eyes and slowly said, "You are Daughter of Heavenly Mandate, possessing a destiny that defies heaven. However, this source is currently suppressed by the Heavenly Dao and hidden deep within your body. Only by crossing the Divine Sea Gate can you fully awaken it."
Lin Wanyin was skeptical, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion.
The idea of Daughter of Heavenly Mandate was far too abstract for her, but if she could truly awaken powerful abilities... wouldn't she then truly be qualified to stand by his side and protect him from harm in the future?
"Oh, by the way, Aunt Lin."
Chu Yunfei suddenly changed the subject, a deep glint of light appearing in his dark pupils. "How... do you know anything about my father?"
Lin Wanyin's delicate body trembled violently.
She had no idea that Chu Yunfei would suddenly bring up Chu Batian during such a tender moment. Her originally gentle expression froze, and a trace of obvious panic and unease flashed in her eyes.
" Yunfei... why... why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Taking in this moment of panic, Chu Yunfei became even more certain that Lin Wanyin must know the secret concerning her father.
He placed his hands on Lin Wanyin's smooth, fragrant shoulders, his tone extremely serious.
" Aunt Lin, you should know what Father means to me."
"He disappeared mysteriously back then, and his fate is unknown. Those old guys from the Azure Mystic Sect insisted that he had already perished, but the whole matter is full of suspicious points. I absolutely do not believe that he would have died for no reason."
Chu Yunfei took a deep breath, his gaze intense. "I want to know everything about him. Tell me, Aunt Lin."
Dead silence.
In the dimly lit bedroom, only the faint sounds of their breathing could be heard.
In the adjacent storage room, Yao Yue, whose acupoints were sealed, had her ears perked up, looking extremely anxious.
Although the walls of the room prevented the specific content of the conversation from being clearly conveyed, the oppressive and heavy atmosphere subtly filled her mind with all sorts of absurd and vulgar images.
In the bedroom.
Lin Wanyin's eyelashes trembled violently, and she finally let go of her arms that were wrapped around Chu Yunfei.
She looked up, her eyes filled with complex emotions, and let out a long sigh.
"I do know some things, but... my knowledge is not comprehensive."
Lin Wanyin bit her lower lip and uttered a shocking statement. "Neither your father, Chu Batian, nor you are from the Vast Waves Domain."
boom!
Chu Yunfei's mind went blank for a moment, and his pupils contracted sharply.
He and his father... actually came from outside the Vast Waves Domain?
Since awakening his memories of his past life, he only knew that he had lived in the Azure Mystic Sect since childhood, but he never thought that he and his father were not native Vast Waves Domain people.
Lin Wanyin looked somewhat dazed, her gaze seemingly piercing through endless years, landing on that blood-soaked past.
"Back then, due to some unforeseen events, I and Shuang'er narrowly escaped death and unintentionally ended up in the treacherous and unpredictable Domain Sea Vast Waves Domain."
"My enemies came after me relentlessly. I had exhausted all my resources, and I was on the verge of death, my life extinguished."
At this point, a strong sense of lingering fear and apprehension flashed in Lin Wanyin's eyes.
"Just when we were in dire straits, your father, carrying you, happened to be crossing the Domain Sea and passing through this place."
"It was he who wiped out our pursuers and rescued my daughter and me. Later, we were all fellow sufferers, so we traveled together to the Vast Waves Domain... and settled down in the Azure Mystic Sect."
Chu Yunfei's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but ask, " Aunt Lin means... you're not from the Vast Waves Domain either?"
Lin Wanyin bitterly, an indescribable fear appearing in her eyes.
"Yes, Shuang'er and I both come from other realms. As for where I come from and what kind of vendettas I've suffered... Yunfei, don't force me. You absolutely cannot know those things now. The more you know, the more terrifying the trouble it will bring."
Chu Yunfei fell into a long silence.
No wonder Lin Wanyin could so readily describe the significance of " Wondrous Objects of Heaven and Earth ".
Everything makes sense now.
However... Chu Yunfei frowned slightly. His childhood memories of this life were all blurry, and he couldn't find any scenes of battles in the Domain Sea.
"Then why do I have absolutely no memory of this from my childhood?"
Lin Wanyin's eyes reddened, and she closed them in anguish.
"Because you experienced a life-or-death ordeal at the Azure Mystic Sect when you were a child... that incident erased all your childhood memories."
Chu Yunfei's heart tightened. "A life-or-death ordeal?"
Lin Wanyin gripped the brocade quilt tightly with both hands, her eyes filled with deep self-reproach and sorrow.
"At that time, we had only recently settled in the Azure Mystic Sect. Due to the viciousness sown by our enemies in the past, Shuang'er's physical constitution was almost completely depleted. She often fell into a coma, her breath was barely a whisper, and she could die at any moment."
"I watched her grow weaker and weaker, but I was helpless. Every day I could only stay by her bedside and cry my eyes out."
During that time, your father often brought you to visit. Over time, Shuang'er and you became best playmates, with Shuang'er following you around all day calling "Brother Yunfei, Brother Yunfei."
A faint, nostalgic smile flickered across Lin Wanyin's lips, but it was quickly overwhelmed by immense sorrow.
"Back then... you two were truly inseparable, with an extremely close relationship, completely unlike the cold and distant relationship you developed later."
"Until one day, your father returned home and found the Giant Que Sword somewhere."
He came to me hastily, sword in hand, wanting to make a deal. He said he had extraordinary means to save Shuang'er's life and completely resolve the deadly situation within her, and the only condition... was that Shuang'er marry you when she grew up.
Lin Wanyin took a deep breath, and tears streamed down her face.
" Shuang'er had less than a year left to live at that time, and she suffered inhuman torture every day. In addition, she was extremely attached to you at that time. In order to save her life, I agreed to the marriage without hesitation."
"After that, your father took you and Shuang'er and left the Azure Mystic Sect, disappearing for a full two months."
"Two months later, he returned safely with you. Shuang'er's vitality was fully restored, even more vibrant and lively than before, but... her personality seemed to have completely changed."
Lin Wanyin's voice began to tremble violently.
"What's even more terrifying is... after your return, you've become exactly the same as Shuang'er before! Your face is deathly pale, your blood and energy are depleted, your vital energy is dissipating, and you nearly died on the spot."
"I was terrified. I suspected that your father had used some kind of evil magic to forcibly transfer the misfortune within Shuang'er to you, using your life to exchange for Shuang'er's."
Lin Wanyin's expression was one of extreme anguish, her voice shrill. "Although I love Shuang'er more than my own life, I absolutely refuse to see Brother Chu sacrifice the life of his own flesh and blood to save Shuang'er. I ran to confront him like a madman."
Chu Yunfei's pupils contracted sharply, and he asked in a deep voice, "What did my father say back then?!"