Free Web NovelChapter 271: Chapter 271: Can Only Compromise
Ning Xuan received the message from Chairman Wang just after accepting an award. When she heard Di Youlin was in danger, she immediately agreed to go rescue him.
After all, they had spent so much time together. Ning Xuan had feelings for Di Youlin; she couldn’t possibly watch him die.
When Ning Xuan arrived, she could feel the rampaging Fire Element Energy. It was still restless and scorching, even through layers of containment.
Ning Xuan saw that everyone wore tense and panicked expressions. A staff member anxiously looking out from the entrance cried out in pleasant surprise upon seeing her, passing the news along.
Chairman Wang rushed over in a panic, grabbed her, and pulled her toward the monitoring room. Ning Xuan saw Di Youlin’s parents, their faces etched with anxiety. Without saying much, she walked into the entrance of the underground Training Institute by herself.
"She’s in," Di Jingtian remarked with a sigh. He watched the monitor as Ning Xuan braved temperatures of several hundred degrees to enter the underground Training Institute. She went straight to the sixth level, then passed through the hole that had just been melted by the flames. A powerful sense of gratitude washed over him.
The destruction program was fully charged and ready to be activated at any moment. Di Youlin’s condition was unknown and extremely dangerous. If Ning Xuan couldn’t calm him, she would find herself in a hopeless situation.
"Yu Yu, she’s risking her life to save our son. This kind of loyalty, this sense of responsibility... who else could do this? If Youling can get through this, then just let him be," Di Jingtian sighed.
"If she’s so loyal and righteous, why can’t she... can’t she give Youling some dignity, some respect? In the entire history of our family, has anyone ever been another’s slave? If word of this gets out, how can we show our faces?" Wen Yuebai was deeply moved watching Ning Xuan enter the underground without a moment’s hesitation.
Though her words remained stubborn, in truth, her heart was already wavering.
"Our family has had Half-beastmen before. They were all sent away directly, according to the law. We’ve forcibly kept Youling for so many years, which was already a violation of Federation law. Everyone knows Youling’s situation; no one is going to laugh at us."
"Besides," Di Jingtian continued, wrapping an arm around Wen Yuebai’s shoulders and analyzing softly, "Youling awakened a Mythical Level Fire Phoenix Bloodline. What’s burning on the seventh level underground right now is Phoenix True Fire. For Ning Xuan to be able to enter a place like that without batting an eye... what Level do you think she is now? And what Level is her Companion Spirit?"
Wen Yuebai’s almond-shaped eyes widened instantly. She turned to look at Di Jingtian with an expression of utter disbelief. Di Jingtian gave a slight nod, and Wen Yuebai covered her mouth in shock.
Ning Xuan paid no attention to the others. She could sense Di Youlin’s rampaging Divine Soul. His Divine Soul felt as if it had been torn into countless fragments, scattered everywhere—simultaneously connected and repelling one another. freёwebnovel.com
The seventh level underground was now a sea of fire, with fierce gales that howled intermittently. However, Ning Xuan moved through the inferno unimpeded; the flames automatically extinguished themselves as they approached her.
Ning Xuan walked through the sea of fire, and soon, she located the ball of flame that was darting about wildly in the air.
As the ball of flame flew toward her, Ning Xuan stretched out a hand. Black-red Vines swarmed out, binding the erratically moving flame into a tight bundle.
When Ning Xuan drew closer, the flames died down, revealing a Fire Phoenix covered in red feathers.
This Fire Phoenix was over two meters long, its spread wings blazing like sunset clouds. Each red feather seemed to be made of flowing fire, and its long tail feathers trailed behind it, every plume dazzling and brilliant.
Within its emotionless pupils, which seemed forged from molten gold, swirled the light of distant stars.
Its sharp talons were tearing at the Black-red Vines, one pull at a time. However, it seemed to be holding back, not using its full strength. Despite tearing at them for a long while, it couldn’t rip the vines away.
Ning Xuan walked over and stroked the Fire Phoenix’s head. She took a bottle of Soul Gathering Potion from her Space Button, pinched open its sharp beak, and poured the contents down its throat.
In truth, the gales had stopped and the Divine Soul had already begun to coalesce the moment Ning Xuan entered. Now, as she administered the medicine to the Fire Phoenix, the scattered fragments of its Divine Soul swarmed into the phoenix’s body.
About ten minutes later, the Fire Phoenix, still tightly wrapped in vines, transformed back into a human. Di Youlin lay amidst the tangle of vines, tentatively moving his arms. freēwēbnovel.com
"Master, you’re here." Di Youlin, realizing the vines weren’t restricting his freedom, immediately climbed out from them.
Ning Xuan saw that Di Youlin was completely naked. She took a set of clothes from her Space Button and tossed them to him.
"You just got back and you’re already having an energy rampage. You did this on purpose, didn’t you?" Ning Xuan saw right through his ploy.
"Master, I wouldn’t say it was *entirely* on purpose. I was infected by a virus on the New Star Body. Yun Han and the others get to hug you, cuddle you, and sleep with you, but you always ignore me. Even though I had the Antidote Potion, the virus in my body wasn’t cleared out as thoroughly as it was for the others."
"The virus triggers mental rampages. I’d been trying hard to suppress it before, but now... I just don’t feel like suppressing it anymore," Di Youlin said, looking at Ning Xuan with an innocent expression.
"If I can’t be with you, this was bound to happen sooner or later. What’s the difference whether it’s now or later?" Di Youlin sighed.
"And you think your parents will agree to this?" Ning Xuan asked.
"They’ll agree." Di Youlin’s gaze flickered. ’His parents aren’t fools. After this whole ordeal, they’re sure to see Ning Xuan’s true power. They’re people who always put the family’s interests first. How could they possibly disagree?’
The outcome was just as Di Youlin had predicted. After seeing the crisis on the seventh level resolved and the self-destruct mechanism deactivated, Di Jingtian and Wen Yuebai immediately submitted the relevant documents, handing over Di Youlin’s Contract to Chairman Wang.
They also recorded a video message stating their wish to entrust Di Youlin to Ning Xuan, hoping she would treat him well.
They didn’t wait for Ning Xuan and Di Youlin to emerge. After completing the necessary procedures, they left directly.
"How did you know they would compromise?" Ning Xuan asked as she led Di Youlin out of the underground Training Institute. Barring any surprises, he would never have to come back here again.
"I suppose they still love me, after all," Di Youlin said with a grin, brazenly wrapping his arm around Ning Xuan’s waist.
"Are you sure? You didn’t set me up, did you?" Ning Xuan looked at him suspiciously.
Di Youlin leaned into her arms and blinked innocently. "Master, how could you doubt me? Look, the Contract is in your hands. I’m yours now. You can do whatever you want to me."
Di Youlin unfastened his collar, exposing one of his shoulders. He then took Ning Xuan’s hand, placed it on his own pale chest, and looked at her with eyes full of anticipation.
Ning Xuan’s hand gave his chest a hard pinch, making him cry out with a sharp hiss of pain. "Master!" Seeing that she was teasing him on purpose, Di Youlin protested with dissatisfaction.
