The crowd held their breath. Yun Xuan’s face was full of worry. It seemed that the remaining energy of the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead would make people suffer a lot.

“The Chaos Bead inside Tianci will not absorb the remaining Purple Primordial Chaos Qi inside Shimo because Shimo owns the Primordial Spirit Sword. And the remaining Purple Primordial Chaos Qi will suck Shimo’s essence and blood and slowly grow in his body,” Yun Xuan continued after taking a sip of wine bitterly.

“But the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead is a divine item. And it takes tens of thousands of years to grow into a complete bead. The Primordial Spirit Sword, however, is the restrainer of the bead. But it only wakes up once in 50 years. So when the purple energy absorbs Shimo’s essence and blood, his whole body will ache…”

The crowd listened with a heavy heart.

Hua Qiyue felt nothing but pain and sorrow. If the pain Yun Shimo had to endure all his life was not so severe, that was fine. But Tianci used to roll about in pain.

Then how much pain would Yun Shimo endure?

Hua Qiyue dared not imagine it but dined in silence.

But after half a bowl, she couldn’t eat anymore. She had not fully recovered, but she was able to walk around, so she brought Yun Shimo the soup herself. Tianci was sitting on the bed with his little head on Yun Shimo’s lap. The dishes on the table were untouched.

The light of the luminous night pearl was gentle. In such an environment, Hua Qiyue felt her heart softened.

“Why haven’t you dined? Can’t you sit up?” Hua Qiyue asked in a low voice. Yun Shimo felt a bit awkward. He wanted to be graceful and strong in front of Hua Qiyue, but clearly, the current situation did not allow him to do so.

“Daddy says he’s not hungry!” Tianci scrambled to answer.

Hua Qiyue shook her head helplessly. Tianci was too young to understand what Yun Shimo was thinking. The little guy was full of vigor in no time, eating and jumping normally.

Hua Qiyue had to send Tianci away with the excuse that Yun Shimo needed to rest and she would help Yun Shimo cure the wounds. Reluctantly, Tianci went out to make room for them.

Hua Qiyue helped Yun Shimo up in silence and put a soft pillow behind his back. Then she picked up the bowl and said, “I’ll feed you. Open your mouth.”

A soft light flashed across Yun Shimo’s eyes. With a smiling face, he opened his mouth obediently and ate the food Hua Qiyue had brought him.

“It’s such a privilege to be treated so kindly for the first time by my beloved wife. After all, Princess Nan is a principled woman who disdains to please others,” Yun Shimo said jokingly with a laugh. Though his voice was a little weaker, he still spoke clearly.

Hua Qiyue shot him a glance. She didn’t expect this guy to be in the mood for joking since he was severely injured.

Hua Qiyue fed Yun Shimo supper in silence. After he had had a few bites of food, she fed him another mouthful of soup.

Seeing her like this, Yun Shimo took her hand gently. “Qiyue, don’t care too much… After all, I made a mistake first. I should have told you first, so I wouldn’t have kept you searching for me for more than a year…”

Hua Qiyue raised her eyebrows, and her hands stopped moving. “Yun Shimo, why are you talking so much? Will you please shut up?”

Yun Shimo couldn’t help laughing. “Qiyue, don’t do that. Although I won’t feel so good in the future, I won’t be too painful, either. After all… I’ll refine some medicine pellets to relieve the pain and keep them for myself.”

Hua Qiyue relaxed a little at Yun Shimo’s words.

“Whatever you do, don’t feel guilty about Princess Qianyang because if you know the truth, you’ll probably…”

Yun Shimo stopped talking. Suddenly, Hua Qiyue looked up at him and asked, “What? Are there inside stories and secrets about that?”

Yun Shimo glanced at Hua Qiyue’s somewhat changed expression and could not help laughing. Then he slowly answered, “Yes. They should have told you that Princess Qianyang got the greater part of the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead from the Yun Family. She was originally a member of the Xuanyuan Family, but was later replaced and became a princess. Hongyi is the real princess.”

Yun Shimo’s words silenced Hua Qiyue.

But she remembered that Tianpi had said that the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead didn’t belong to the Yun Family, either.

So from whom on earth did the ancestor of the Yun Family snatch it?

Hua Qiyue had infinite doubts in her mind, but these doubts could only trace back to the ancestor of the Yun Family.

Maybe Yun Shimo didn’t know how the Yun Family snatched it, or he didn’t want to talk about it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t shut up.

Hua Qiyue was relieved to have fed him his meal and soup. Yun Shimo was so tired that he leaned against the bed and closed his eyes, not uttering a word.

“Take a rest yourself. I’m going out,” said Hua Qiyue. Unexpectedly, Yun Shimo took her hand as soon as she moved. “Don’t go…”

Hua Qiyue felt surprised. She could see herself reflected in his slowly-opened, ink-like pupils, which looked so beautiful and peaceful.

Hua Qiyue sat down in silence. Neither of them spoke again. After they had experienced so many ups and downs, no language could describe their feelings vividly at this moment.

They had no idea how long they snuggled together before Tianci ‘s voice sounded outside. “Mom, aren’t you going to bed?”

Hua Qiyue hastily withdrew her hand from Yun Shimo’s. “Have a good rest. You should be all right. I’ll go out first.”

Yun Shimo said yes. He suddenly remembered something and asked, “Qianyang… Is she dead?”

Hua Qiyue was surprised that he thought of Princess Qianyang so late. What Princess Qianyang had experienced seemed so lamentable. She followed this man all the way here, but in the end, she could not escape her miserable fate.

“I don’t know. I’ll ask them about it.” Hua Qiyue had never heard of anything about Princess Qianyang after she woke up, so she could only answer him in this way.

Yun Shimo nodded and said, “To be honest, I am sorry for her, but it is something that Xuanyuan Family owes the Yun Family. We have to take it back.”

Hua Qiyue nodded silently, turned, and went out. As soon as Madame Yun saw her, she came up to her and held her hand.

“Qiyue, is Mo-er alright?”

“He’s all right. You can go and see him,” Hua Qiyue answered with a smile. Madame Yun thanked her and went in. Tianci came up and stuck to Hua Qiyue like a piece of sticky candy. “Mom, is daddy all right?”

“Don’t worry. He’s fine,” Hua Qiyue replied blandly and pulled Tianci out of the cave. There was a faint bonfire burning in the woods opposite the cave. Ji Feng and the others were sitting there, their faces solemn.

Seeing Hua Qiyue come out, everyone stood up in surprise. “Qiyue, is Brother Yun all right?”

“He’s okay, so don’t worry. I just want to ask… is Princess Qianyang all right?” Hua Qiyue said in a low voice.

It was what Yun Shimo wanted to know most too.

Although family feud couldn’t implicate a weak woman, Princess Qianyang had the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead inside her, so she was not immune from it.

“Princess Qianyang has been unconscious, in the cave they lived in,” Ji Feng continued, “are you going to see her? I’ll show you the way.”

After thinking for a while, Hua Qiyue decided to meet Princess Qianyang to see if she knew the existence of the Xuanyuan Family.

“Why are you going to see that damn woman? Sister Qiyue, don’t forget that she almost killed you,” Ji Jing said angrily.

“I have something to ask her,” Hua Qiyue said with a smile and followed behind Ji Feng. Tianci looked at this and then at that. “Mom, the princess looks so horrible. How do I remember that she tried to kill me before?”

Hua Qiyue was surprised that Tianci remembered what had happened before. She thought the little boy didn’t remember it.

However, Tianci’s psychological quality was much better than before. He could stand the hardships of his life, so he just acted as nothing happened.

“Tianci, don’t take the past to heart. Mom will handle it.” Hua Qiyue thought about it for a while and found that she really did not want Tianci to keep this matter in mind.

Tianci nodded, not fully understanding his mother.

At present, Yun Shimo was in the cave that was belonged to Madame Yun and Yun Xuan, while the sweet cave of him and Princess Qianyang now became Princess Qianyang’s exclusive room.

Inside the cave, it was slightly damp, and the smell of earth was stronger. The cave walls on both sides were hung with luminous night pearls with soft light and were also carved with some patterns of flowers, birds, animals, and so on. It seemed to have an ancient air of distance.

The crowd came to the little cave where Princess Qianyang was being held. The bed that had belonged to Princess Qianyang and Yun Shimo was empty.

“Aye… Where is she?” Ji Feng looked around in surprise but saw no sign of Princess Qianyang.

Huangfu Xuan’s face darkened. “Has she escaped?”

“It’s impossible. There’s an array, so she can’t escape. Besides, I came to see her two hours ago, and she was still here in a coma then. Did she wake up later and run out of here?” Ji Feng said in shock.

“Look for her, everyone!” Hua Qiyue shouted, with a bad feeling in her heart.

They immediately divided into two groups and searched the long cave for Princess Qianyang.

But when they had searched the whole cave and failed to see her, they were utterly anxious. Given Ji Feng’s words, she was severely hurt and could not have gone far in a short time.

So Hua Qiyue asked Tianci to stay with Madame Yun. Then they began to search separately for Princess Qianyang.

Princess Qianyang sustained severe injuries, but Ji Feng had fed her a pill to stop the bleeding, so she had stopped bleeding. Now that they wanted to find her, but she had left no trace behind, which was a problem.

They looked for her for six whole hours but failed to find her. They had searched every place in the grand array, which was guarded by two spirit animals—the Man-Hunting Insect and the Demon Chicken. Once the array came loose, they would fix it.

So where did Princess Qianyang go?

If she did escape from the array, how did she get out of the cave?

The crowd gathered together and did not tell Yun Shimo the news, for he was now fast asleep.

“What should we do? Now Princess Qianyang is missing, and we can’t find her. Could she have used some secret arts to get out of here?” Ji Jing said with a frown.

Hua Qiyue took a sip of her tea. After looking for Princess Qianyang for six hours, everyone was exhausted, and the sky was turning bright in the east.

“Please wait for a while and then go to visit Brother Yun. He must know Princess Qianyang best,” Ji Feng said in a deep voice.