Chapter 358 Meeting Amid the Falling Snow

Chapter 358 Meeting Amid the Falling Snow

After meeting with the promising alchemist, Wu Long retreated to his residence for a day to revise Song Lingfei's treatment strategy in light of the new proposal. After figuring out the exact problem and tweaking the technique that would have been used for the slow treatment method, he accompanied Wu Mengqi who often met Song Lingfei the very next day.

The sheltered princess was eager to learn something about the outside world that was not in the books she read or was taught, and was starved for socializing with someone close in age, while Wu Mengqi simply enjoyed the company of the both wise and yet at the same time socially naive princess.

Though Wu Mengqi secretly had anticipated the day when the princess of the Song dynasty would meet Hua Ziyan, expecting to see quite an amusing scene when the clueless and innocent girl would meet the most dauntless and unapologetically and unashamedly experienced Dual Cultivator of their group.

When a somewhat evil grin would appear on Wu Mengqi's face as she thought about that meeting, Song Lingfei would have shivers, though the former always managed to brush it off as thinking of something unrelated and make the latter bring back down her guard.

This day, they sat at a wooden pagoda gazebo on a top of a rather thin snowy peak, the top of which was just wide enough to fit the gazebo. The surrounding scenery painted white with snow looked peaceful and tranquil, the slowly falling large snowflakes shining brightly as they swayed with no wind to push them in any direction.

The gazebo had a heat-conservation formation and a heating formation installed so they could comfortably relax with some tea, not minding the cold weather.

Crown Prince Song Minfu was also present. He would normally let the two young ladies meet in private, but any time Wu Long would join them he was there as well even if there was nothing in particular to discuss with him. Though this time he was invited since the talk concerned his daughter's treatment.

As Wu Long explained the new circumstances, the Crown Prince's face visibly brightened, as the new proposition was a concession between the two rather extreme alternatives. Song Lingfei also became cheerful at the news.

"Thank you, Mister Wu. Words cannot express how grateful I am for everything you are doing for me and my father" nove(l)bi(n.)com

Her silver eyes shone brightly, as the dark shadows became smaller, as if a celestial light shone behind her iris. Song Minfu's pleasant mood became mixed as he saw the expression with which his daughter looked at Wu Long.

"If anyone deserves praise it is Fairy Yu Huan who have thought of this method"

The latter only softly shook his head with a smile, and Song Minfu's eyes instantly became brighter at his words, jumping on to this opportunity.

"That's right! I should reward that bright young lady for her efforts!"

"I am not arguing with that, and believe Father is right as I am grateful to Fairy Yu Huan as well, but I also do not think we should diminish Mister Wu's efforts in actually finding a way to bring that idea into reality, not to mention that id it was not for him, Fairy Yu Huan would have continued to be unknown to us"

Song Lingfei spoke as her eyes did not leave Wu Long's face while Wu Mengqi was struggling to hold back her giggles as she watched the Crown Prince's face.

'Hahahaha, this uncle's intuition is great. Not that it would help him anyway'

Her gleeful expression did not escape Wu Long's peripheral vision but he only wryly smiled, inwardly sighing thinking that she was having too much fun at someone else's expense.

Song Minfu nodded with a sigh and turned his face to look at the slow snowfall again, seemingly deep in thought.

"Ah, there was one report that I found interesting, it is that the young man seemed to have appeared out of nowhere about half a year prior to our first meeting him, brought by an Outer Court Elder who picked him up somewhere.

The peculiar thing was that he was allowed into the sect even while not meeting the minimum standards of cultivation level as he was reportedly in the 2nd level of Body Transformation Realm"

Chu Ren chuckled at the last part, clearly considering it to be a ruse since it was hardly believable. The Crown Prince also snickered at the absurd notion, but focused on what the old man was saying next.

"My subordinates speculated that the Elder who brought him in must have had a special status that allowed him to make such an exception happen, but it seems quite the opposite as that man is not even considered a mid-level person with no real presence or authority.

Thus, in my opinion, it is almost certain that the Great Seductress must have had a hand in this, though there is no proof to support that. Have Your Highness got any information from her by chance?"

"Hah, as if that witch would spill out anything. You know how problematic it is to talk to her, she has no respect for the Imperial Authority and there is nothing that I can give her that she herself cannot get.

There can hardly be any negotiation with her. I tried to subtly get any information about him but she just laughed in my face"

The Crown Prince said with a grumbling voice, the last of his words coming out particularly aggrieved as he rarely experienced such treatment.

"Haa~ I guess we can only judge from what we know then"

Chu Ren sighed as it seemed impossible to get any further information about the man.

"Hmm, despite all of his mysteriousness and secrets I do find him trustworthy when talking to him... but I cannot move on feelings alone"

Song Minfu sighed as well, placing his index and middle finger on his right temple, massaging it as if soothing a headache.

"Wait and see... huh?"

The old man behind him muttered the only approach available to them, to which the Crown Prince closed his eyes in frustration as that was all they had been doing until then. It was quite an unprecedented position for him who was used to be on top of any situation.

However, as in the beginning of this whole ordeal, the stakes were just too high for him to not bite at the bait Wu Long has shown, placing the Crown Prince in the passive position and never relinquishing the leading position.

Meanwhile Wu Long, after reporting to Lian Zhiqiu about his upcoming trip and receiving a sarcastic remark about him 'bothering to tell' her, and how grateful she was for such a 'grand gesture', departed from the sect, heading to the south once more, but this time moving through a different route, as Old Yen was waiting for him in the Gutian Kingdom.