Investing in the Empress's junior sister, she broke through her defenses after comparison.

His silhouette remained as languid and carefree as ever.

It was as if everything that had just happened was really just a trivial after-dinner pastime.

With one step, the scene before me suddenly changed.

No longer a scorched and desolate forbidden land, it has been replaced by the solemn and majestic central hall of the Wanlei Holy Land.

Above the dome, crystals covered with lightning patterns emitted a soft purple light, and the air was filled with a faint sandalwood fragrance and pure primal energy, making it seem like two different worlds from the deathly stillness of the previous desolate place.

Ye Feng, carrying a wine gourd, stumbled and almost tripped over the threshold of the hall.

"Ouch."

He muttered something, and was about to tilt his head back and take another swig, but his movement suddenly froze.

The main hall was not empty.

Several beautiful figures stood there quietly, their concerned, curious, and inquisitive gazes all focused on him.

"Big Brother!"

A clear and lively cry rang out, like a nightingale emerging from a valley, carrying undisguised joy.

A fiery red figure transformed into a streak of light and pounced over almost instantly, grabbing Ye Feng's arm and clinging to him.

It was none other than my second junior sister, Xiao Baiyu.

"You're finally back! I thought you'd been struck by lightning and turned into a charred corpse!"

She spoke with a smile, her words carrying her usual playfulness, but the small hands that clung tightly to Ye Feng's arm betrayed her inner worry.

"Brother Ye Feng!"

Another energetic voice followed closely behind, and Jiang Keke's petite figure also came closer, her big, bright eyes blinking with curiosity.

"You were in there for so long, did you bring Coco anything fun?"

Ye Feng was being held by Xiao Baiyu and surrounded by Jiang Keke, feeling utterly overwhelmed.

"Slow down, slow down, my old bones can't take this kind of abuse."

He smiled helplessly and reached out to ruffle Xiao Baiyu's hair as usual, but she nimbly dodged him.

Not far away, Bing Xian'er, dressed in white, stood quietly in place, holding the Ancestral Phoenix Sword.

She exuded an aura of coldness that kept strangers at bay, and her exquisite face remained completely expressionless. However, her clear, cold phoenix eyes flickered almost imperceptibly the moment Ye Feng appeared.

"Hmph, all you know is drinking."

A very soft, cold snort, so faint that it almost vanished into thin air if one did not listen carefully.

Beside her stood the serene and gentle Murong Qingqing, who gave Ye Feng a faint, reassuring smile and nodded slightly.

Li Yanran remained calm and composed as always. She did not come closer, but stood a little distance away, carefully observing Ye Feng and Xiang Ling, who had just appeared behind him, as if she were analyzing something.

In that very instant, Xiangling, who had just stepped out of the spatial portal, also came into the sight of the junior sisters.

She was completely different from the resolute person she had been when she went in.

At this moment, her eyes were red and swollen, and there were still wet tear stains on her delicate face. Her expression was full of exhaustion and a sense of relief and emptiness.

The hall fell silent instantly.

Xiao Baiyu also released Ye Feng's arm, her playful smile fading and replaced by a look of worry.

"Sister Xiangling, what's wrong with you?"

"Yes, why are you crying? Did your senior brother bully you inside?"

Jiang Keke tilted her head and asked with concern.

Xiangling did not answer them.

Her body was still trembling slightly, as if she was still immersed in some kind of overwhelming emotion and unable to extricate herself.

She took a deep breath, as if using all her strength, and then her gaze pierced through everyone, fixing firmly on the man who was still carrying the wine gourd and looked lazy.

The next moment, under everyone's astonished gaze, Xiangling straightened her clothes, her expression solemn, and slowly and solemnly bowed to Ye Feng.