The leader of the cultivation alliance has a crush on me.

The commotion outside the door didn't stop. They probably realized they couldn't get in through the door, so they climbed up the low wall one by one. Their eyes were glazed over, and their eyes gleamed with a strange blue light, making them look eerie and terrifying in the dark night.

As Song Ke saw several eyes about to fall on her, her legs, which were already too weak to walk, were suddenly pulled to the side by a force, and she instantly crashed into a solid, soft wall.

Song Ke turned around and saw Feng Xun, who had somehow suddenly appeared beside her, calmly looking out the door.

He frowned and didn't say anything. Song Ke couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "You're finally awake."

Will they come in?

Feng Xun glanced down at Song Ke, then looked towards the door. He shook his head firmly and said, "They can't get in."

Song Ke breathed a sigh of relief, but then thought of the scene outside the door: "But they're climbing over the wall."

"You really won't come in?"

Feng Xun seemed somewhat displeased with Song Ke's skeptical tone. He frowned and said definitively, "They can't get in."

"But I find it strange. Logically speaking, since there are soul-avoiding lanterns hanging outside the courtyard, they should have gone around and not come close."

At this point, Feng Xun's gaze fell on Song Ke, who glared at him with displeasure.

"What do you mean?"

"You mean I'm prone to attracting evil spirits?"

“I’m not blaming you. You confessed, so be it. It’s not like I can’t beat you.” Feng Xun said, glancing outside the door again. With a thought, the flame of the Soul-Avoiding Lamp, which had been weak from the cold wind, instantly turned bright red.

Song Ke heard a commotion outside, which subsided completely after a moment. She glanced at the door in confusion and saw that the things that had been climbing on the wall had disappeared.

With nothing outside, Song Ke regained her courage. She straightened up, and Feng Xun watched as the hand gripping her sleeve loosened. He pursed his lips, then calmly walked over and opened the door. At this moment, everything outside was quiet, and there was no trace of how terrifying it had just been.

Song Ke followed and asked in surprise, "They're gone?"

Feng Xun glanced down at her and deliberately said, "You didn't leave."

Upon hearing this, Song Ke was immediately startled and instinctively hid behind Feng Xun, not forgetting to ask, "Zhenzhen...really didn't leave?"

"But there's nothing there?"

Feng Xun said calmly, "If you don't believe me, open the courtyard gate and see for yourself."

Upon hearing this, Song Ke quickly shook her head in protest: "Forget it."

Song Ke walked shakily to her corner, and as soon as she sat down, she asked anxiously, "Will they come back?"

Feng Xun paused for a few seconds: "Not necessarily."

"Feng Xun," Song Ke called out to him with a suspicious look.

Feng Xun raised an eyebrow and replied, "What?"

Song Ke suddenly smiled sweetly, rested her chin on her hands, and said, "Do you still have cultivation?"

Feng Xun asked, puzzled, "Why are you asking this?"

Song Ke smiled and said, "What I meant was, if you still had your cultivation, you shouldn't be this weak."

"A bunch of mindless demons, you could easily deal with them without even drawing your sword. Why are you letting them come back? Or are you trying to scare me?"

Feng Xun calmly continued meditating, saying, "How could I scare you?"

After pausing, his tone shifted: "Oh, you're really scared? You're from Yuxiao Mountain, how come you're so timid?"

"I'm not that daring."

After she finished speaking, Song Ke heard Feng Xun chuckle softly. She was surprised and looked in Feng Xun's direction. Feng Xun was completely hidden in the darkness, and she could only see half of his profile in the faint moonlight.

"But were those people from the city?"

"What if something happens elsewhere?"

Feng Xun said calmly, "What's the use of worrying now? Let's talk about it when it's light tomorrow."

After speaking, Song Ke exchanged glances with Feng Xun, who suddenly turned to look at her. She heard Feng Xun say calmly, "There's one more thing you need to remember."

Song Ke asked, "What?"

Feng Xun said, "Everything here is an illusion. Only the two of us are real. So, don't let yourselves get hurt or be haunted, because here, only the harm we suffer is real."

Song Ke was stunned for a moment, then nodded. She suddenly understood that this was Rong Xiu's illusion, and everything in it was his fantasy and did not exist.

So whether they die or live, whether something happens or not, is all predetermined.

Thinking of this, Song Ke felt a strange sense of powerlessness welling up inside her.

She even briefly imagined the outcome of Rong Xiu's awakening after experiencing it again. Ordinary people would easily have their Dao heart shaken and develop resentment.

The next day, when the two of them went out, something strange happened: the city gates were sealed off, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

The two went to the bulletin board and saw a notice posted there, saying that there were evil spirits causing trouble outside the city and that no one was allowed to enter or leave.

However, Song Ke looked at the people coming and going in the city, and the black fog was even more severe and widespread than yesterday.

She looked at Feng Xun with a puzzled expression and asked, "Did you also notice something was wrong?"

Feng Xun nodded: "Something big must have happened in the city."

In the middle of the street, a carriage sped by and quickly passed by, but Song Ke still glanced at the flag on the carriage, where a large "Wei" character stood out.

"Wei?" Song Ke looked at Feng Xun, her face full of doubt. "It can't be that Wei family, can it?"

"What happened that they would be running around like this in the street?"

Feng Xun: "Why don't we go to the Wei residence and see for ourselves?"

When the two arrived at the gate of the Wei residence, they heard a great commotion and chaos inside.

Feng Xun cast an invisibility spell on the two of them and then swaggered inside.

The Wei residence was quite large. They followed the maid to the backyard and saw Wei Fengchao sitting there, crying sadly, hiccuping as he cried.

"Don't cry, the palace's divine physicians have all arrived, Madam Wei will be alright."

It was Xiao Rongling who spoke. He stood in front of Wei Fengchao with a helpless and worried look on his face, and even his usual unreasonable behavior was gone.

"Moreover, Madam Wei has practiced martial arts for many years and is in good health, so she will definitely be fine."

Wei Fengchao cried intermittently. She wiped away her tears, her eyes red and swollen, her restrained emotions softening one's heart.

“My mother has been unconscious all night. I don’t know what kind of evil spirit she has been possessed. She has been vomiting since last night, and today she vomited blood. It was a huge pool of blood, and it looked very serious.”

“My brother said he was going to Tianqiong Mountain to find the prince, but the emperor ordered the city to be sealed off, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.”

After saying that, Wei Fengchao looked at Rong Ling with a rare pleading expression: "Ninth Prince, could you please ask your father to let my brother leave the city? He has cultivated with the goddess and will not be easily corrupted by those demons."

"I beg you."

Rong Ling paused upon hearing this, clearly showing some difficulty. He spoke frankly, "Wei Fengchao, it's not that I don't want to plead for him, but things are very chaotic outside right now, and besides, my father won't listen to me on this matter."

"Don't cry. With the divine physician here, Madam Wei will be alright."

Rong Ling said with a guilty look in his eyes that he was also powerless. His father’s word was law. Once he made a decision, no one could change it, including his mother and his uncle Rong Jing.

After listening, Song Ke saw Feng Xun come out of the room and quickly went over to ask, "How did it go?"

Feng Xun shook his head: "His vital essence was exhausted by the demons, and there's no way to save him."