Bai Yunfei was stunned. He hadnāt even reunited with Li Chengfeng for long before his friend realized what his goal was. To be honest, it actually frightened Bai Yunfei at how Li Chengfeng had managed to deduce his plans.
Li Chengfeng smiled and pointed off to the right, āIs there anyone thatād be able to ignore the ocean of soulforce radiating from those soulbeasts? I can feel the auras of over a dozen class eight soulbeasts, they must be an army of some sort. You mentioned the Tomb of the Emperor Beasts before, so your connection with so many soulbeasts isnāt as surprising to see. And if thereās an army of soulbeasts here, your goal is pretty obvious to seeā¦
āMore importantly, I was previously wondering why āfateā was drawing me to this place. I was curious, so I divined the āfateā of the Beast Taming School and the results were shocking. I saw the ādeath omenā!! I thought I was mistaken, really. But now that Iām here with you, I know now that the Beast Taming Schoolās ādeath omenā is true.ā
Bai Yunfei was amazed. What kind of power was that? āYour Fate School is far too hard to understand,ā he sighed, āyouāre telling me that you know the Beast Taming School is going to die out? You can actually predict the fate of an entire school?!ā
āItās impossible, generally speaking,ā Replied Li Chengfeng, āthe āfateā of a single person is already hard enough to predict, let alone the āfateā of an entire school. Itās also difficult to predict the ādirectionā of a school since the āfateā of every individual in that school can change the schoolās āfateā. Only in the face of absolute power should the ādeath omenā appear so clearly. In this case, thereās nothing strange about the destruction of the Beast Taming School.ā
āI still donāt quite get itā¦ā Bai Yunfei shook his head. It was hard for him to understand the terminology being used by Li Chengfeng, like the word āfateā. He could at least understand a few key points, though.
One, the Beast Taming Schoolās ending was confirmed. That eased him to some degree and gave him confidence in the upcoming fight.
Two, Li Chengfeng was willing to help him destroy the Beast Taming School!
āChengfengā¦you want to join us against the Beast Taming School?ā He asked, deciding that it was better to ask about āfateā another time.
āThat was why Iām here. Besideā¦why should I stand by the sidelines when youāre involved?ā
āHaha! Fine then! With you by my side, I feel like nothing can stop us!ā Bai Yunfei laughed joyously. Li Chengfeng joining them didnāt mean just one more Early-stage Soul Emperor. It meant that the Fate School was now on their side, which gave him no small amount of joy.
He felt like he went back in time ten years with how happy he was seeing Li Chengfeng. It felt almost like yesterday that the two went off to the Blackwood Stronghold. Those memories tasted sweet in his mind to think about.
āNow thatās enough about me, what about you? Did you really defeat Netherās avatar three years ago, Yunfei? Howād you escape? And where did you go for three whole years? Howād you meet the Yao clan? And when did you manage to get a whole army of soulbeasts?ā
Firing question after question, Li Chengfeng was just as curious about Bai Yunfei as Bai Yunfei was for him.Ā
āItās a bit of a long storyā¦ā Bai Yunfei smiled, ābut you know about my battle three years ago outside Swallow City, right? I was fighting the junior headmaster of the Soul Refining School, āMo Niā. He and I fought several times already, but that time he used a transportation soul armament to escape and I was brought with him to the Soul Refining School. After thatā¦ā
Bai Yunfei had to admit, he was a masterful storyteller. He could feel his own blood start to boil with excitement as he narrated the events that happened to him. From when Nether and him took one another out to the three Regalia saving him. From when he appeared in the village in the Qimang Mountains and lived there for three years before the three schools came to the same mountains. Then to his induction into the Yao clan and his eventual rebirth. The last part of his story he talked about was how he managed to destroy the armies of the three schools and gathered enough soulbeasts to take part in the venture against the Beast Taming Schoolā¦Ā
Each event was more stunning than the last. As he listened, Li Chengfeng could hardly stop his jaw from dropping wide open.
It wasnāt until Bai Yunfei stopped his story at his arrival in Beast Taming City that Li Chengfeng began to have some semblance of active-thinking back in him.
āPhewā¦your adventure has a lot to take in, Yunfei! Iāve goosebumps on my arms just listening to you! If only I was there fighting by your sideāI feel like I did nothing at all in comparison with me training in isolation. Your story beats mine hands down.ā Li Chengfeng sighed in admiration.
āIād much rather have peace and quiet, given the choiceā¦I donāt think Iāve ever had an extended period of peace beside the first two years of my journeyā¦ā
āAh? Whereād these two kids come from? Woahhh, theyāre Soul Exalts! Xinyun, Xiao Bai! Look! Am I imagining things? That kid is a Soul Exalt!ā
Someone from the outside suddenly cried out.
āWow! Look at that, brother! What a cute birdie! It can even talk!ā
āGet behind me sis! That birdās strong! Donāt touch it!ā
Another two voices spoke out, one was the amazed voice of Li Ruoling and the other was the ever-vigilant Li Ruofeng.
Bai Yunfei sent Li Chengfeng a knowing smile. Standing up from the table, Bai Yunfei laughed, āLetās head out, Chengfeng, Iād like you to meet my wife and soulbeast partner.ā
They walked out into the courtyard roughly at the same time Tang Xinyun and the two birds were walking in. Li Ruofeng and Li Ruoling were both standing cautiously behind the gates.
Both sides were staring curiously at one another.
Tang Xinyun smiled the moment she saw Bai Yunfei, āYunfei, who might these guests beā¦?ā
āCome here, Xinyun, let me introduce you to themā¦this is brother of mine I told you about before, the one from the Azure Cloud Province, Li Chengfeng! And these are his kids, Li Ruofeng and Li Ruolingā¦ā Bai Yunfei introduced, āChengfeng, this is my wife, Tang Xinyun, and this is her soulbeast partner, Xiao Bai the quickshade bird. And this is my soulbeast partner, Xiao Qi.ā
āLi Chengfeng?ā The name seemed to spark a memory in Tang Xinyun, āIāve heard Bai Yunfei mention you several times before. Itās a pleasure to meet you.ā She smiled.
āItās nice to meet you, miss Tang,ā Li Chengfeng smiled, āIāve heard about you plenty of times. What luck Bai Yunfei has to have a wife like you.ā
āThis is your friend from a long time ago, that Li Chengfeng? Heās a Soul Emperor?!ā Xiao Qi chirped in shock on top of Bai Yunfeiās shoulder. āAnd your kids are Soul Exalts! How amazing is that?ā
Li Ruofeng looked pleased with that statement. āHah! Now you know how amazing I am? Master told me that my talent is even better than dadās. Iāll have you know I was a Soul Sprite when I was born! How amazing is that?!ā
āA Soul Sprite since birth?! No way! You think youāre some kind of soulbeast? I donāt believe it!ā
āWhatās there not to believe?ā Li Ruofeng looked a little incensed at Xiao Qiās disbelief, āIf soulbeasts can be stronger than that at birth, why canāt I be born a Soul Sprite? Ask my dad if you donāt believe me!ā
Bai Yunfei and Tang Xinyun both looked to Li Chengfeng at that. It had been on Bai Yunfeiās mind about how his kids were so strong.
Li Chengfeng affectionately rubbed the head of his son, āMy son has talent that wonāt ever be seen again. When Lingāer was pregnant with him my master had her eat several medicines and train with a strange technique. It doesnāt do much for the user, but itāll impart knowledge into the babies. As such, these two were truly born as Soul Sprites. Thatās how these two children are Early-stage Soul Exalts at the age of eightā¦ā
āSomething like that exists?!ā Bai Yunfei exclaimed. He had never heard of such a thing before!Ā
But it seemed like Li Ruofeng was a bit similar to Yao FeiyunāYao Feiyun was trained since birth with plenty of medicines, thatās why he was a Soul King at the age of eleven. It was truly a talent thatād be almost impossible to match. Li Ruofeng wasnāt too far behind Yao Feiyun in this regard.
Some conversation was had between both groups for a while after that. āChengfeng,ā Bai Yunfei spoke up, āletās head to the conference hall. Itād be a good idea for you to know our plans and meet with everyone elseā¦ā
āIād like to meet with the seniors of the Yao clan and those of the soulbeast world anyways,ā Li Chengfeng nodded. āButā¦I think we should wait seven days longer before we attack.ā
āOh?ā Bai Yunfei paused, why would Li Chengfeng say something like that? āSeven days, you say? Whyās that?ā
Li Chengfeng smiled. āThatās becauseā¦the Beast Taming School will meet its āendā in seven days.ā