CHAPTER 293: YOUR MOMMY, SHES PROBABLY THINKING OF YE YE RIGHT NOW

Night fell. In the mountain forest ravine, the faint chirping of birds and insects could be heard. A waterfall cascaded rapidly, and the clear stream gurgled as it flowed downwards.

The clear, azure-blue water reflected the beautiful night sky full of stars and the bright, round moon.

Luo Ruying stood before the stream, her beautiful brows furrowed in thought, her exquisitely beautiful face also reflected in the water.

With such clean and cool stream water, it would be nice to be able to bathe here…

But at this moment, she was in the Immortal Realm Trials. There was no guarantee that some immortal beast wouldn't rush out, or that some scoundrel wouldn't be peeping. She could not be careless.

Even if she set up a barrier nearby, it wasn't a sure thing.

After hesitating and thinking for a while, Luo Ruying finally sighed, turned, and sat down on a rock by the stream.

Ning Yechen, hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but frown slightly, a look of disappointment on his face.

He had seen Luo Ruying stop by the stream for so long and had thought she was planning to change and bathe.

Why didn't she…

With him around, there was absolutely no need to worry about anyone peeping!

Luo Ruying sat with her knees together, turned to the side. She looked up at the starry night sky, and under the quiet of the deep night, her expression couldn't help but fill with longing.

She had only been in the Immortal Realm Trials for a short two days, yet she couldn't help but start to miss the days when Ning Yechen and Luo Hongye were by her side…

Ever since she had begun cultivating, this was the first time she had ever felt so empty and lonely when she was alone.

Even when she had been taken away by the Dao Immortal Clan for over a hundred years, she had never missed them this much…

I wonder what he and Ye Ye are doing now…

Has Ye Ye eaten on time…

"Daddy, what is Mommy doing?"

On the other side, in a thicket not far away, Luo Hongye, holding a massive immortal fruit in her hands, took a bite and then lifted her head to look at Ning Yechen with confusion.

Besides sleeping, the child's little mouth had basically not stopped…

"Ye Ye, your mommy, she's probably thinking of Ye Ye right now~"

Ning Yechen said softly, stroking Luo Hongye’s little head as he looked at Luo Ruying’s lonely and longing face.

"Ye Ye misses Mommy too~"

"Then, Daddy, let's go find Mommy, okay~?" Luo Hongye said with impatient delight.

Ning Yechen felt it was about time to go out and give Luo Ruying a surprise. Just as he was about to lead Luo Hongye out of the thicket, he hurriedly stopped and shrank back.

It was because he suddenly saw Luo Ruying begin to look around furtively again. After repeatedly confirming that no one was around, she took out some kind of secret manual from her immortal ring and began to look through it carefully.

Last time, in the bathroom, he had seen her hastily hide something.

He hadn't paid it any mind at the time, but seeing Luo Ruying’s thief-like behavior and demeanor now, he couldn't help but become curious.

What on earth is my wife secretly reading behind my back…?

"Daddy…?" Luo Hongye asked in her soft, sweet voice, looking at Ning Yechen with confusion.

"Shh~ Be a good girl, Ye Ye.”

"Daddy's going to see what your mommy is secretly doing~"

Ning Yechen made a shushing gesture to Luo Hongye and said in a whisper.

Luo Hongye blinked her big, innocent eyes, then took another bite of the immortal fruit in her arms and also lay down to watch secretly.

However, their position happened to be to Luo Ruying’s side, so even with Ning Yechen’s excellent vision, he couldn't see what she was holding.

He could only see Luo Ruying’s pretty face occasionally flush slightly red as she revealed an amazed expression that said, 'this is so incredible'…

This couldn't help but make Ning Yechen even more curious.

"Shadow…"

"Meow~" Shadow responded and, without needing Ning Yechen to say more, quietly escaped into the shadows.

In an instant, it arrived in the shadow beneath the rock where Luo Ruying was sitting.

From the large patch of shadow, half a head suddenly and silently emerged, staring with cat eyes at the secret manual in Luo Ruying’s hands.

It saw the four words 'Secret Techniques of the Imperial Palace' on the cover.

"Hmm…?"

Luo Ruying seemed to sense the gaze and hurriedly closed the secret manual in her hands, warily looking around and below her.

But Shadow had already instantly vanished back into the shadows without a trace.

Was it my imagination…?

Luo Ruying thought with suspicion.

She had just felt as if someone were peeping at her, but when she sent out her divine sense to perceive, she didn't feel anyone.

The barrier she had set up nearby also showed no signs of disturbance.

After not discovering anything, Luo Ruying didn't think about it further and once again began to carefully study the secret manual in her hands.

Last time, Ning Yechen had suddenly burst in, and she hadn't had time to finish reading it.

Perfect. While that fellow is away, I'll finish the rest…

This is absolutely not because she wants to read it!

It's just that having only read a celestial art secret manual halfway, leaving only a little bit left, would leave one with some regret in their heart! Ṙ𝘼ƝꝋＢƐꞨ

She is studying it for the purpose of researching celestial arts!

Anyway, it's not like she could ever use it…

After composing herself, Luo Ruying once again began to flip through the last few remaining pages of the secret manual.

At this moment, Shadow also quietly returned to Ning Yechen’s side, emerged from his collar, and wrote out the four words 'Secret Techniques of the Imperial Palace' with its shadow.

From its angle below Luo Ruying, it could only secretly see the name of the secret manual on the cover; as for the contents, it couldn't see them either.

"Secret Techniques of the Imperial Palace…" Ning Yechen muttered in a low voice, his expression pensive.

A celestial art secret manual I've never heard of…

I wonder what it's about…?

My wife seems to be reading it quite seriously…

On the other side, Luo Ruying finished reading the entire secret manual as she had wished, solemnly closed it, and stored it back in her immortal ring.

In all sorts of ways, one could say she had benefited greatly…

But from now on, she probably wouldn't flip through this secret manual again…

Sealed away!

After putting away the "Secret Techniques of the Imperial Palace," Luo Ruying lifted her head and looked towards the snow-capped mountains not far away.

After thinking for a moment, she took out several immortal herbs and spiritual medicines from her immortal ring and placed them before her.

"Molten Flame Immortal Grass…"

"Scorching Sun Heart Flower…"

"Sun Essence Stone…"

"Mmm… I've basically gathered all the needed immortal medicines, just missing the last one, the root of a Yang Spirit True Flame Immortal Tree…"

After taking stock of the needed immortal herbs and spiritual medicines in her immortal ring, Luo Ruying couldn't help but furrow her beautiful brows, a difficult expression on her face.

She had long heard of the infamous reputation of the Extreme Cold Land. Those who rashly entered its depths often found it difficult to return.

The danger within was not just from immortal beast attacks, but from the bone-piercingly bitter cold!

The cold there was not something that could be resisted with just spiritual energy and one's physical body.

At this moment, she was already very close to the Extreme Cold Land. Just in case, it would be best to refine and consume a Heavenly Fire Spirit Pill to resist the severe cold.

It was just that she had been collecting along the way, but had yet to see the root of a Yang Spirit True Flame Immortal Tree.

The growing environment of the Yang Spirit True Flame Immortal Tree was bound to be a place of scorching sun; it was absolutely impossible for one to be in a thicket like this…

Do I have to make a special trip to the Blazing Flame Land of the Immortal Realm Trials to look for it…?

Luo Ruying turned her head again to look at the Blazing Flame Land, which was quite a distance from her.

In the Blazing Flame Land stood volcano after volcano, spewing molten lava, and the sky above was covered by a large expanse of fiery clouds.

If she were to run over to the Blazing Flame Land to search for the root of a Yang Spirit True Flame Immortal Tree, it would probably take quite a bit more time…

Just as Luo Ruying had a troubled look on her face, a root, bright red and tinged with gold, suddenly and slowly drifted down from mid-air and landed precisely at her feet…

Hmm…?

The root of a Yang Spirit True Flame Immortal Tree…?!