"When did this happen?"
Ye Feng accepted the sketch handed to him by Xiao Xiao with a puzzled look.
"I'll be damned..."
Upon seeing the content of the sketch, Ye Feng was speechless, as it depicted him and Yuan Ling kissing by the lake...
"Big brother, is this real?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao spoke again, her tone sounding a little sour, and she pouted.
"Uh... Yuan Ling was helping me comprehend water-elemental arcane energy at the time, it's not what you think..."
"Who drew this, it's such a cheat..."
Ye Feng scratched his head and explained with some frustration.
"Oh, is that so~"
Xiao Xiao stared at the sketch in her hand for a while, muttering.
"Yes... that's right... I was indeed helping Ye Feng comprehend water-elemental arcane energy at the time..."
Yuan Ling, who had been curiously looking at Ye Feng's adventure journey with Xiao Lu, realized something and immediately came over to explain to Xiao Xiao.
"Alright then!~"
Saying so, Xiao Xiao returned the sketch in her hand to Yuan Ling.
For some reason, after Yuan Ling took back the sketch, which was originally quite normal, she felt a bit awkward, as if she had been discovered by the person involved...
"Ye Feng!"
At this moment, Yue Yan and Yue Fei Xue walked over.
"What is it?"
Seeing their serious expressions, Ye Feng couldn't help but frown.
"Ye Feng, Fei Xue and I have discussed it... we might have to hurry back to the City of Arcane Arts..."
"Kolke appeared in the City of Arcane Arts before... and this time he's with Ares... combined with the clues left by Tu Ge... if Ice is truly the key to the awakening of the twelve main gods, Hera..."
"I'm afraid Ice is also in danger!"
Yue Yan quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Furthermore, what Yue Miao said before made me think of a possibility... that is, Hera's awakening might require Ice's body... This is why the God-Summoner Meiyou has been lurking beside Ice for many years, and emphasized at the City of Despair that Ice must be captured alive..."
Yue Fei Xue added, "Ye Feng, we might not be able to accompany you any further..."
"Well, alright!"
Ye Feng pondered for a moment and nodded, feeling that what the two women said made sense. It was more appropriate to return to the City of Arcane Arts first.
After all, although Ice had the Divine Concealment Talisman he gave her... but what if Kolke threatened her with someone Ice cared deeply about...
Then, Ye Feng looked towards Yuan Ling's direction. "Yuan Ling, what are your plans next?"
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ling and Xiao Lu both looked troubled.
Because they wanted to return to Blackwater Town, but they had no idea which direction it was in. And if they followed Ye Feng, they would probably only be a burden to him...
"How about you come back to the City of Arcane Arts with us?"
At this moment, Yue Yan suggested.
"The... City of Arcane Arts... Can... can we? The place where Teacher Flame Ranger lives?"
Yuan Ling blinked her blue eyes, like a starry sky, her face filled with joy.
"Yes, you can!"
Yue Yan glanced at Ye Feng and nodded.
"Then... thank you very much!"
"Thank you!"
Yuan Ling quickly pulled Xiao Lu, who was still in a daze from shock, and thanked them.
"Oh right, Yue Yan, Fei Xue, since you're going back, take these talismans with you!"
At this moment, a flash of light appeared in Ye Feng's hand, and several talismans emitting golden light appeared in his hand. Among these golden talismans were a few crystal clear ones that shimmered with water-like light.
"Ye Feng... These... these talismans..."
Yue Yan and Yue Fei Xue's faces were filled with surprise, as they both sensed the familiar destructive power emanating from the golden talismans in Ye Feng's hand – it was the power of Tribulation Fire and Calamity Water.
"If I'm not mistaken, these are what are called Divine Tribulation Talismans!"
"Divine Tribulation Talismans are very difficult to make... I put in a lot of effort, and only have these few!"
Saying so, Ye Feng handed the Divine Tribulation Talismans in his hand to Yue Yan and Yue Fei Xue.
"The legendary... Divine Tribulation Talismans..."
Yue Yan and Yue Fei Xue looked at the talismans in their hands with disbelief.
"Whoosh~"
At this moment, another flash of light appeared in Ye Feng's hand, and a large pile of items of various types and sizes appeared on the ground in front of him. It was the thirteen special items from the Heavenly Ranking.
"Yue Yan, Fei Xue, I'll give you the map for these Heavenly Ranking special items too!"
Under the confused gazes of Yue Yan and Yue Fei Xue, Ye Feng spoke.
After all, he had to go find the Lamp of Creation himself, and the mountains and rivers in the map engraved on those Heavenly Ranking special items were also very difficult to find, and none of them were familiar to him. It was more suitable to give them to Yue Yan and the others...
Moreover, the entire map of the Heavenly Ranking special items exuded a sense of strangeness everywhere, and perhaps it would all be in vain...
"Okay!"
Yue Yan clearly understood, and with a flash of light, she collected all thirteen Heavenly Ranking special items.
"Sister Yue Yan, how are you going back? I remember you said you didn't know where this place was, right?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao asked crisply.
"We have this!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a glass bottle appeared in Yue Yan's hand, containing a white insect.
"This is called a homesick worm. No matter how far away it is, it will crawl towards the location of the mother worm's nest! And the mother worm's nest is in the City of Arcane Arts!"
Yue Yan pointed to the homesick worm in the glass bottle and explained.
"Is that so... How magical..."
Ye Feng looked at the homesick worm slowly moving in one direction, quite surprised.
"Yue Yan, do you have any more of these homesick worms..."
Yue Fei Xue spoke, while also glancing at Ye Feng.
"This... yes..."
Yue Yan immediately reacted and handed Ye Feng a smaller glass bottle, which also contained a homesick worm, but it was much smaller. "Ye Feng, there might be various drastic changes in the future... If the situation is particularly urgent..."
"Yes, I know! I'll get there!"
Ye Feng finished her sentence and took the small glass bottle containing the homesick worm.
"Alright then... Ye Feng, these homesick worms are very easy to care for. They don't need much feeding, just once a month, with arcane origin stones and water..."
"Homesick worms are mostly asleep. You see it wriggling now, but it's actually sleeping..."
"And there's a special point about these homesick worms. They can be put into space rift fragments, but not for too long. If it exceeds a week, they will die!"
Yue Yan quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Oh right, the homesick worm in your hand is the baby born from the homesick worm in my hand. If it can't sense the nest in the City of Arcane Arts, it will move towards the mother worm's location!"
Yue Yan added after a pause.
"Mhmm!"
Ye Feng nodded. "Let's have one more meal together..."
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