Blue Phoenix Chapter 23 - One Week Past

The time within Cave’s End went by slowly as Hui Yue wanted to return to Sha Yun. He still felt sorry for having left her alone within the tunnels with only an oversized poppy flower to keep her company. However, even in doing so, he felt that he had made the right decision considering their safety later on during their trip.

Nothing happened the first day apart from Hui Yue and the others settling into the cabin belonging to the laws. Hui Yue gave Deng Wu the task of placing inscription patterns all around the edge of the forest to work as a warning system, should the City Lord decide to attack.

Slowly putting up the inscriptions caused Hui Yue to feel a certain degree of safety. Although they did not cover the entire outskirts of the forest, it should still catch the intruders. The inscriptions were spread randomly and were invisible to the naked eye.

Although Hui Yue did feel some safety from knowing that the inscriptions were up, he spent a little time every hour to scout the area using his affinity with earth, yet no matter how much he checked, there was nothing outside the ordinary.

One day took another and soon the week was almost up. During this time, Deng Wu was assaulted by the laws with questions as to why he felt so similar to their father.

“Stop it, stop it!” Deng Wu finally cried out, as he tried to remove the children who were climbing on him. Though no matter how much he tried to peel them off, nothing changed.

Pleading for help, Deng Wu felt his heart sink as neither Wang Ju Long nor Hui Yue paid him any attention. In fact, both seemed to be doing their very best to avoid eye contact with the poor young man.

Hui Yue was looking away because he knew that Deng Wu wished to keep his secrets hidden. The white-haired boy understood why though. Although Deng Wu got some help from Little Dragon, the soul of this Saint ranked beast was not living within the body of the black-haired youth. Instead, it was sealed within a figurine which could easily be stolen.

Accepting Deng Wu’s need to keep silent, Hui Yue

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