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Chapter 104 - 42, Baili Fengzhi’s massage

"Fire Phoenix Soul?"

Lin Yue looked at Baili Fengzhi with a half-smile, "Perhaps there is, perhaps not. Who knows?"

Baili Fengzhi was startled by his answer and couldn’t help but feel confused. She asked, "Your Highness, what do you mean by that?"

"I don’t have a good memory. I can’t remember clearly."

Lin Yue sighed regretfully, lying lazily on the ground, squinting as if he were truly reminiscing.

Upon hearing this, beneath her mask, Baili Fengzhi’s phoenix eyes widened in surprise, followed by a hint of helplessness—how could she not know that Lin Yue was deliberately teasing her?

If your memory is bad, then how many people in the world have good memory?

She took a deep breath, knelt on one knee in front of Lin Yue, and said earnestly, "Your Highness, the Fire Phoenix Soul is extremely important to me. It relates not only to my cultivation path but can also guide me."

She paused, then continued, "If Your Highness truly has the Fire Phoenix Soul and is willing to bestow it upon me, I will find ways to repay you in the future. I will also... I will also obey your orders."

Lin Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, surveying Baili Fengzhi from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top.

He seemed to be pondering how to give the order.

Under her mask, Baili Fengzhi’s phoenix eyes revealed a barely concealed nervousness. She bit her lip gently, closed her eyes slowly, and said in a low voice, "Please give your orders, Your Highness..."

She was cut off mid-sentence by a finger pressing vertically against her lips, silencing her words.

Opening her eyes, she saw Lin Yue looking at her with a half-smile.

"I’ve said it before..."

Lin Yue’s fingertip pressed against Baili Fengzhi’s lips, whispering in her ear, "I don’t want to force you. That’s no fun, is it? Orders? Even if I don’t have the Fire Phoenix Blood, could you really not obey if I commanded forcefully?"

Baili Fengzhi was taken aback.

She intended to say that she could threaten him with her death, but before she could, Lin Yue spoke again.

"The Fire Phoenix Soul is useless to me, but if it is useful to you, I’d naturally be happy about it."

Lin Yue spoke calmly, "You’re my trusted aide and personal guard, the stronger you are, the safer I am. Why wouldn’t I help you?"

Then, he finally released the finger that had been sealing Baili Fengzhi’s lips.

Listening, Baili Fengzhi felt touched and silently watched him.

Feeling his fingertips leaving, they seemed to trace a faint path along the seam of her lips, causing a strange tingling sensation on her lips.

She took a deep breath, slowly saying, "Thank you for your favor, Your Highness."

Lin Yue nodded slightly, then with a hint of a smile, he pretended to be troubled, "But I really can’t remember. Ah, where exactly did I put the Fire Phoenix Soul..."

Baili Fengzhi still felt moved and frazzled, her mind not fully functioning as she instinctively responded, "Your Highness, take your time, there’s no need to rush."

"Right."

Lin Yue seemed to remember something suddenly and said, "I heard that the human spine is deeply connected with the circulation of qi and blood, and the skull and brain are closely related to the blood, is that right?"

"Ah?" Baili Fengzhi didn’t know why he suddenly brought this up, just responding, "There is some connection..."

"Right, I thought so too," Lin Yue laughed.

Suddenly, he lay down lazily on the ground, muttering to himself, "Ah, if someone could massage my back to help my circulation of qi and blood, maybe my memory would improve. It’s a pity, no one’s here to help."

...

Baili Fengzhi’s lips twitched slightly, instantly sobering up and realizing his intentions as she watched Lin Yue lying on the ground.

Yet, as a Great Commander in command of 150,000 troops, used to being high-ranking at the Northwest Pass, she had never touched a man’s body, let alone served someone like a maid.

Following Lin Yue, she considered herself a general, a Guest Elder at the very least, a trusted aide of a Prince, not a maid or servant.

A massage?

How ridiculous.

How could she agree to such a humiliating and absurd request?

She, Baili Fengzhi, inheritor of the Phoenix Blood, though she did not possess the distinguished bloodline of a Prince, was destined to be a noble and proud figure!

Even a Prince could not humiliate her like this!

Baili Fengzhi took a deep breath, her beautiful phoenix eyes filled with determination, her whole body enveloped with surging Dark Force.

...

"Your Highness, is this pressure okay?"

"Mmm, your Dark Force is quite warm, sort of tingling, right there, press a bit harder, your Highness needs it..."

"...Please, Your Highness, do not make strange noises."

"It turns out Commander Baili does have a set of skills, not only good at leading troops but also at massages... Ah, go gentle, gentle."

"Your Highness is mistaken, I am just... just practicing my Finger Technique, thank you for helping me trial it."

"... Truly, it’s you."

After a while.

"Your Highness, is your memory better?"

"Almost, just a little bit more."

After a long time.

"... Your Highness, there’s no need to prolong this. Next time... next time I practice Finger Technique, I will still seek your help."

"Oh? I suddenly remembered."

Lin Yue sat up comfortably, stretched lazily, and smilingly looked at Baili Fengzhi kneeling beside him, "The Fire Phoenix Blood is in my storage treasure. How could I have forgotten?"

Baili Fengzhi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a mix of embarrassment but still finding it worthwhile. She immediately bowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"A trivial matter, beloved warrior."

Lin Yue smiled, then flipped his hand to retrieve a Glass Box, shaking the Fire Phoenix Blood within casually tossing it to Baili Fengzhi, "Here you go, the Fire Phoenix Blood and the Soul are both inside."