Chapter 390: What a Young Stepmother!
Seeing that it was Freya, Xia Feng didn’t hesitate and directly leaped into the red house.
The interior was decorated in a simple wooden style, with natural motifs like flower stems, buds, and grapevines adorning the walls. Beside the coffee table facing the balcony in the living room, there was an easel.
Colored pencils were scattered on an ink palette, suggesting someone had been painting there recently.
However, the scene on the drawing paper was somewhat incongruous with the slightly whimsical home decor. The painting depicted a lifelike man’s head, bloody at the neck, with hollow, dead-white eye sockets devoid of pupils.
After a casual glance, Xia Feng controlled the Holy Knight Space and passed through layers of walls to enter a sealed bedroom, at which point the space’s duration reached its limit.
*Buzz—*
As he and Mu Qingtong were silently ejected from the异空间 (special space), he unleashed the Bronze Concealment and, sticking close to the wall, completely concealed their presence.
The building materials of this house seemed to be specially made, offering surprisingly good soundproofing. Upon entering, all external sounds became inaudible. Even when using the Eye of Deconstruction, strong interference was encountered, preventing it from penetrating the walls.
However, Mu Qingtong, with her powerful Mental Power, managed to achieve X-ray vision, looking outside.
The living area outside was enveloped by countless red light beams sweeping back and forth. Three officers, wearing dark military-style trench coats, hovered in the sky, looking down indifferently.
More than a dozen specialized drones were also suspended in the sky, projecting blood-red spirit fragment light flows to scan the houses.
The towering, majestic wall in the distance, piercing the sky, sprouted numerous spirit energy cannons that clicked and whirred, awaiting their moment.
“Mr. Xia, you better have a backup plan,” Mu Qingtong glanced at Xia Feng expressionlessly.
Xia Feng gave an awkward smile and waved his hand, “Relax, relax. At worst, we’ll just enter the God Space.”
Mu Qingtong pursed her lips. To be honest, she didn’t really want to enter the so-called God Space and be protected by that evil god.
*Tap~ Tap~*
Hearing footsteps, the two tensed and stopped communicating through telepathy.
The bedroom door was lightly pushed open. A tall woman, wearing a homey floral long skirt, with wine-red hair tied in a single ponytail cascading over her left shoulder, revealing her proud, snow-white chest, exuded a surprisingly gentle, wife-like aura.
Freya casually glanced around the bedroom and walked directly to the bedside table. Then, she surprisingly drew a Slender Miasma from under the pillow. As her red eyes coldly shifted towards Xia Feng and the two of them, her pupils narrowed into reptilian vertical pupils, and killing intent flared!
“Holy crap,” Xia Feng was slightly startled and quickly materialized, “Teacher Fu, it’s me.”
Freya’s delicate eyebrows twitched. She nodded expressionlessly, her pupils returning to normal. Then, she walked to the door.
“Your Highness, are you retiring early again?” A maid, carrying a food tray and approaching them, asked in confusion as Freya was about to close the door.
“Yes, I won’t be eating dinner. Do not disturb me before six in the morning,” Freya replied gently and softly.
“Yes.” The maid curtsied and turned, walking away slowly.
Closing the bedroom door, Freya turned to look at Xia Feng and the Q-Masked Man beside him, then smiled and shook her head, “It really is you two. I knew Ye Li H was acting crazy again.”
“Teacher, you knew we were coming?” Xia Feng was surprised again.
Freya nodded and walked to the window, pulling the special curtains shut.
Following Freya’s explanation, Xia Feng finally understood why he had fallen into an ambush.
It was because of the Heaven’s Revelation Knight, Yin Shi, who had been chasing them. After the plan to slaughter White Emperor City and cover up the truth failed, allowing the mysterious K-Masked Man and Q-Masked Man to escape, Yin Shi guessed that these two masked individuals might come to Dong Sheng Fortress to avenge the White Emperor City rebels.
And indeed, the two masked figures had once again disappeared after escaping to Area 41, with Dong Sheng Fortress being their most probable final destination. Yin Shi then shared this information with Ye Li H.
Of course, according to Freya’s deductions, Ye Li H was likely not targeting just Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong, but anyone who would prevent him from completing the ‘Life Points Plan’.
Hearing this, Xia Feng roughly understood. Ye Li H was carrying out a plan, and to ensure it proceeded undisturbed, he had heavily armed Dong Sheng Fortress, making it a place where no one could enter or leave, to prevent the invasion of potential enemies.
And this plan was related to the Life Roulette.
According to the game’s rules, there were a total of nine Life Roulettes, each comprising seven rounds of hunts. After the seven rounds, the victor with the highest Life Points could enter the [Divine Fall Land, Sumeru Mountain] to compete for the Sumeru Throne.
That is to say, there were a total of nine spots. Currently, the Life Roulette, this game of sacrificing lives, had entered its sixth round, making it late-game.
According to Freya, Ye Li H had already reached a peaceful agreement with several Life Roulette game players. In the seventh round, which would begin ten days later during the final trading phase, they would transfer all their Life Points to a designated player number, helping that player become the victor.
And that player was none other than Ye Li Dongjun, Ye Li H’s father.
It was evident that both the unjust case of White Emperor City and the tragic incident in the garden were orchestrated by Ye Li Dongjun to gain Life Points in the game.
*!*
At this point, Xia Feng also received some earth-shattering information.
“You’re saying Ye Li H is your son?” Xia Feng leaned back tactically, looking at Teacher Fu in shock, then stroked his chin and muttered, “No, he should be a stepson. But isn’t this stepson a bit too old…”
He had looked up information about the Lord of Helyan City online.
He was 289 years old this year! He looked like a middle-aged man. In terms of appearance and age, he was more than qualified to be Freya’s father!
Freya’s expression remained unchanged, “It’s very normal. Ye Li Dongjun is 350 years old. Ten years ago, my father married me to him. Although I never entered the wedding hall, I became his nominal wife. As for Ye Li H, he was born when he was young, and now he calls me his stepmother…”
*—* Xia Feng directly witnessed the chaos of a family with long-lived beings. He asked curiously, “Then Teacher Fu, how old are you?”
Freya glanced at him, patted his shoulder, and smiled, “Your teacher is forever 18~”
“32 years old,” the Q-Masked Man stated in a low voice from the side.
Freya: “!”
Xia Feng leaned back tactically again. A 32-year-old stepmother? A 289-year-old stepson? A 350-year-old husband?
It could only be said that this world, where Spirit Masters could live long lives, was truly remarkable!
“Alright, you brat, stop gossiping about your teacher’s matters for now and think about how you’re going to escape from this place.”
“Or are you really planning to force your way into Dong Sheng Fortress and kill Ye Li H?”
Freya sat down with her legs crossed on the bed, crossed her arms, and asked doubtfully, “But you’ve seen the security situation outside. Once a fortress of this level enters a state of war, forcing your way in is completely a fool’s dream.”
Xia Feng nodded silently. Indeed, given the current situation, sneaking in secretly was no longer possible. The only remaining option to enter the military area, or even the core area, was to break in by force.
But a forceful entry… it wasn’t a dead end, but it was highly likely to result in near-certain death, unless they used Crow Feather.
“However, if you absolutely must enter the military area, I can help you,” Freya said, her red eyes curving into a smile.
