The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Feng Xiaotian waited anxiously for a long time, only to be met with "I don't know!", which made him so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You don't know? Then what were you muttering about for so long just now!"

"Feng Wu is so...beautiful, where is she...where is she? Send her to my...my bed!" Shen Yifei continued to feign ignorance.

A long string of glistening drool hung from the corner of his mouth again. Shen Yifei wiped it away with his hand, and Feng Xiaotian hurriedly stepped back, afraid that it would splatter on his face again.

Feng Xiaotian stared at him for a long time, then tried twice more to activate the Phoenix Bell.

As a result, Shen Yifei started muttering things like "I want to marry a princess" and "all the Phoenix Clan girls are beautiful."

Finally, they shifted their focus to Feng Xiaotian, praising Elder Feng as a handsome and kind-hearted man...

At first, Feng Xiaotian was quite pleased with what he heard, after all, the Phoenix Bell made this kid tell the truth.

Gradually, Shen Yifei added that the Phoenix Clan was hospitable and provided excellent hospitality, but there was one thing he couldn't help but feel that the Grand Elder had taken a liking to him...

These words shocked everyone present, even startling Feng Xiaotian.

Shen Yifei muttered, "He made me see him several times today, and then called me back right after I left. Will he be alone with me next time...?"

"That's enough!"

Feng Xiaotian waved his hand and put the Phoenix Bell back into his sleeve.

Seeing that he had put away the Phoenix Bell, Shen Yifei's body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, muttering incoherently, "Elder...you...you have feelings for me...?"

Two disciples rushed forward to support him. Feng Xiaotian's face was ashen. "Send Sect Leader Shen back to rest! Take good care of him!"

Shen Yifei was being carried back, groaning and moaning all the way, like he was having a seizure.

Once the others had walked away, Feng Shan frowned and approached, "Elder, this kid... is he faking it or is he really bewitched by the Phoenix Bell?"

Feng Xiaotian stared at Shen Yifei's departing figure for a long time, pondering.

Shen Yifei was only at the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending realm, and was no match for the power of the Phoenix Bell. In addition, the attack was sudden, and Shen Yifei was caught completely off guard.

Looking at the kid's behavior just now, he definitely seemed to be controlled by the Phoenix Bell.

He lost his composure, babbled incoherently, and couldn't even control his drooling; this couldn't be faked.

The problem is, he mumbled on and on about trivial matters between men and women, without saying a single useful word.

Could it be that the princess's disappearance really has nothing to do with him?

Feng Xiaotian rubbed his temples, feeling uneasy.

"Fengshan," Feng Xiaotian said in a deep voice, "pass down my order: from this day forward, the Wutong Secret Realm is completely sealed off. No one is allowed to enter or leave at will! Send more men to turn the entire secret realm upside down! I refuse to believe that the princess could simply vanish into thin air!"

Fengshan accepted the order and left.

Feng Xiaotian stood in the main hall, and the more he thought about it, the more suspicious the matter seemed.

Shen Yifei's arrival was too opportune; he came at the perfect moment, right when the princess had disappeared.

Even after using the Phoenix Bell, we still couldn't find the problem. Could it be that I'm just overthinking things?

He snorted coldly, having made up his mind.

Regardless of whether this kid has any problems or not, the enthronement ceremony five days from now must be held as scheduled.

Shen Yifei was carried back to his guest room and thrown onto the bed. He then said a few words to the golden-armored soldiers outside, and they all withdrew.

As the footsteps outside faded into the distance, Shen Yifei finally felt relieved.

"Damn it, I almost fell into that smiling tiger's hands." He rolled over, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and cursed Feng Xiaotian's ancestors for eighteen generations in his mind.

He lay in bed until almost dawn, and no one bothered him anymore.

Shen Yifei removed the restrictions from the Cauldron of Myriad Things and entered with his divine sense. He saw the women gathered together, chatting animatedly, but Ye Ling was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing Shen Yifei enter, Feng Qingyin quickly stood up. "Sect Leader Shen, how is it outside?"

Shen Yifei gave a wry smile and recounted what had happened in the Phoenix Perch Palace.

He recounted with great enthusiasm how he was almost out of control when Feng Xiaotian used the Phoenix Bell to control him.

Feng Qingyin frowned upon hearing this. "Sect Leader Shen, the Phoenix Bell is a supreme treasure of the Phoenix Clan, capable of shaking the very soul. How did you withstand it?"

"Hehe, maybe it's because my soul is stronger," Shen Yifei said casually, then continued, "Your Highness, Feng Xiaotian is going to hold his enthronement ceremony in five days. We have to find a way to stop him and not let him succeed."

Feng Qingyin nodded. "Sect Leader Shen is right. If Feng Xiaotian were to succeed him, the Phoenix Clan's millennia-old foundation would be destroyed. However, my meridians are sealed, and I have lost all my cultivation. I am not even as strong as an ordinary cultivator. How can I possibly contend with him?"

"Your meridians are sealed?" Shen Yifei frowned. "What kind of seal is so powerful? Can it be broken?"

Feng Qingyin shook her head. "It's a secret technique of the Phoenix Clan called the 'Meridian Locking Curse.' The person casting the curse injects a stream of spiritual energy into the body of the person being cursed, sealing off the flow of spiritual energy in the meridians. Unless the person casting the curse breaks it themselves, or someone with a higher level of cultivation forcibly breaks through, it cannot be undoed."

"Why not just find someone with high cultivation level to forcefully break through?"

"It's difficult," Feng Qingyin said with a wry smile. "To break through the seal without damaging my meridians, the opponent's cultivation level must be at least at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage, or even higher."

Shen Yifei looked at Xinghe again, and Xinghe shook her head. "Brother, I haven't figured out a way to break the seed of love within you. Too few things from the Phoenix Clan are passed down outside..."

Upon hearing the words "Love Seed," Feng Qingyin raised an eyebrow slightly. "Miss Xinghe, you mean the Love Seed? Is it a secret technique of the Phoenix Clan's royal family?"

Xinghe nodded. "My brother was bewitched. The person originally intended to turn him into a puppet, but now the bewitching seed has mutated and become a love seed!"

Feng Qingyin was somewhat puzzled. "The 'Love Seed' is a secret technique used by the Phoenix Clan's royal women to establish a connection with their partners. After it's planted, the two will experience a bloodline resonance, and their auras will attract each other. Over time, their cultivation will nourish each other, and they will share lifespans. In the Phoenix Clan's royal family, this is a secret technique used only between the closest partners."

"But this thing was planted by that old woman Su Yunzhao. If I don't understand, I'm afraid I'll have to..." Shen Yifei panicked after hearing Feng Qingyin's explanation.

Although Xinghe had repeatedly explained that the current Love Seed had no connection with Su Yunzhao, he was still uneasy.

Feng Qingyin was taken aback. "Su Yunzhao? Who is she? How does she know the Phoenix Clan's secret techniques?"

"Ye Qianqiu's wife, your sister... was born to that woman named Fengming."

Upon hearing the words "Feng Ming," Feng Qingyin's expression changed drastically. "What did you say? Su Yunzhao is my aunt's daughter?"

"Yes, it's her!" Shen Yifei's face was full of despair. "Can you believe how miserable I am? I've been planted with a love seed by an old woman, and I'm destined to have some kind of bloodline resonance with her for the rest of my life. Just thinking about it makes me sick."

Feng Qingyin remained silent for a long while before slowly speaking, "Sect Leader Shen, the seed of fate within you is not connected to Su Yunzhao!"

Shen Yifei was overjoyed, "That's good, that's good! As long as I don't have anything to do with that old woman! Your Highness, who do you think my destined love seed could be related to?"

Feng Qingyin lowered her head and remained silent, while Liu Mengli grew anxious beside her, "Miss Feng, you must know, right? Who could my master possibly have a relationship with..."

Looking into Feng Qingyin's eyes, Liu Mengli suddenly realized, "Oh, it couldn't be with...?"

Feng Qingyin said in a low voice, "You're right, it has something to do with me!"