"F * ck! That's impossible! "
Ling Yun was shocked and enraged. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion Day, and Ling Yun was in the middle of a war. Lingyu wouldn't say such things, let alone speak to Qin Dongxue in such a tone!
Ling Yun snatched the phone and listened to it several times. His face darkened every time he listened to it. In the end, his face was as black as water!
"Why didn't you tell me about such an important thing earlier?"
Ling Yun's tone was filled with anger and reprimand.
Qin Dongxue had never seen Ling Yun treat her like this. "We were both in the middle of a breakthrough, and the battle was imminent. How could I have noticed such details? Moreover, I lost my cultivation not long after the Devil Subduing Conference started. I couldn't take my phone out of the spatial ring … "
Her eyes were red and anxious. "It wasn't until the night before yesterday when you helped me recover my cultivation that I was able to communicate with the spatial ring and take my phone out."
"Don't be sad, I was too anxious just now. Tell me slowly, and what happened next?" Ling Yun realized that his words were too harsh when he saw Qin Dongxue's expression. His heart softened, and his tone became gentle.
Qin Dongxue replied, "Then, I switched on my phone. I thought that I would definitely receive a message from Lingyu, but after I switched on my phone, I realized that there was no message from Lingyu at all. So, I called her directly."
"When did you call?"
"The night before yesterday, around midnight." Qin Dongxue thought for a moment before replying.
Ling Yun almost burst out laughing. Qin Dongxue was too impatient. She would have been resting or cultivating at midnight. Her phone would have probably been in her spatial ring. How could it have gone through?
"You didn't get through, right?" Ling Yun asked.
Qin Dongxue nodded. "I didn't get through. It was out of service."
"I guessed that Lingyu must have put her phone in the spatial ring when I heard the notification. So I didn't think much about it and didn't contact her again that night."
"Most importantly, after I took out my phone yesterday, I was afraid that Lingyu wouldn't be able to contact me, so I didn't put it in my space ring and kept it switched on. However, I didn't receive any messages from Lingyu for the entire day."
"En!"
Ling Yun nodded. From the looks of it, yesterday was indeed the most crucial moment. Before yesterday, Qin Dongxue's phone was always in the spatial ring. Ning Lingyu couldn't contact Qin Dongxue even if she wanted to. She might have called Qin Dongxue a few times, but she couldn't get in touch with Qin Dongxue a few times. That was when she knew that Qin Dongxue's phone must be in the spatial ring.
That was why Ning Lingyu had been studying and cultivating in school. She couldn't contact Qin Dongxue or Ling Yun. Given her personality and the fact that she rarely contacted others, it was possible that she had thrown her phone into her spatial ring.
But the problem was that Ning Lingyu hadn't sent Qin Dongxue a message the entire day yesterday. That would be unacceptable.
Qin Dongxue said, "That's why I called Lingyu again yesterday evening, around dinner time. She was still out of service."
"At that time, I really felt that something was wrong. That's why I remembered that Lingyu replied to me on the night of the 15th of August."
"At that time, I listened to Lingyu's voice message again. Just like you, I could tell that something was wrong. Her tone was like that of a stranger, or even colder than a stranger. Her attitude towards the two of us is definitely not like this."
"That's right."
Ling Yun nodded heavily. "Lingyu would never speak to us like that."
He kept thinking about that cold and aloof voice. The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. If not for the fact that he knew that the voice belonged to Lingyu, Ling Yun would definitely not let the owner of that voice off.
"That's why I didn't think about receiving any messages from Lingyu since yesterday evening. Instead, I took the initiative to call her again and again. I wanted to communicate with her directly over the phone and listen to her tone, but I couldn't get through."
Qin Dongxue continued, "Just like that, until Ye Xingchen returned to Mansion Number Nine. I couldn't get through to Lingyu's phone at all, let alone receive any messages from her."
Ling Yun looked up and asked, "That's all?"
Qin Dongxue nodded. "That's all. We're leaving Qingshui City tomorrow to save my sister. This is a huge matter. Not only does it concern my sister's safety, but it also concerns the Eighteen Year Promise between the Ning Family and the Qin Family. These are all related to Lingyu. That's why I want to communicate with her before we leave to understand her thoughts. Of course, the most important thing is to communicate with her over the phone to confirm if there's anything wrong with her."
After listening, Ling Yun was speechless for a long time. His mind was racing as he tried hard to think.
Frankly speaking, regardless of whether he was going to save Qin Qiuyue or resolve the Eighteen Year Promise between the Ning Family and the Qin Family, Ling Yun didn't take her into consideration. It didn't matter whether Lingyu went or not.
With Ling Yun's current strength, he was confident that as long as he reached the Heavenly Sword Sect, he would be able to find Qin Qiuyue and rescue her as easy as flipping his palm. Hence, rescuing her was a simple matter for him.
As for whether or not they could annihilate the Heavenly Sword Sect in one fell swoop and completely resolve the matter of the 18-year agreement between the Qin Family and the Ning Family, that was a matter for later. It depended on the strength of both sides, and they would have to test each other face to face.
As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will emerge victorious. Ling Yun would never be blindly confident before he completely understood his enemy's strength. That was why his biggest mission was clear. It was to save Qin Qiuyue first. As for the rest, he would have to act according to the circumstances.
That was why Ling Yun hadn't decided whether to bring Lingyu along to the Sky Sword Sect to save his mother.
However, Lingyu had mentioned to Ling Yun more than once that when he decided to go to the Sky Sword Sect, he had to bring her along no matter what.
However, Ling Yun had already told Lingyu all his plans before he left the capital on the thirteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Lingyu knew that Ling Yun's next stop was the Sky Sword Sect after the Devil Subduing Conference. She even said that when Ling Yun was about to leave for the Sky Sword Sect, he had to let her know in advance so that she could apply for leave to go with him. Why was she suddenly unable to contact him now?
This situation was too strange. To use Ling Yun's catchphrase, this was not Ning Lingyu's style, and it was definitely not her personality.
At least after the twentieth of August, Lingyu shouldn't and definitely wouldn't keep her phone in her spatial ring and completely cut off contact with Ling Yun and Qin Dongxue.
Ling Yun took a deep breath and frowned. "If that's the case, there are three problems with Lingyu.
"First, she didn't take the initiative to contact you for five consecutive days. Second, she clearly knew that I was going to the Sky Sword Sect to save my mother after the Devil Subduing Conference, but she kept her phone in her spatial ring so that we couldn't contact her. This isn't in line with Lingyu's personality.
"However, to put it bluntly, these two problems are still the same problem. Whether it's intentional or not, Lingyu has cut off all contact with us and the outside world."
"However, because we all have spatial rings, and Lingyu's cultivation speed is surprisingly fast, she can break through at any time. Therefore, even though it's a little strange, it can still be explained."
Ling Yun had already calmed down and analyzed the situation thoroughly. At this point, he suddenly opened the cold voice message again.
"However, this incomparably cold voice message is something that even I can't explain. This is the biggest problem! "
Ling Yun's face was gloomy as he directly stated the essence of the problem. He suddenly thought of many horrifying possibilities. He felt that he wouldn't be happy even if he successfully rescued his mother if he couldn't figure out Lingyu's problem.
Qin Dongxue was flustered. "Yes, what do we do now?"
"What else can we do? At most, I'll go back personally. "
Ling Yun wasn't anxious anymore after finding the crux of the problem. Even though he was angry, he was extremely calm.
Without a doubt, Lingyu was still in Yan Jing University and attending classes as usual. Otherwise, the school would have contacted him or Qin Dongxue long ago.
That was because when Ning Lingyu applied for admission, she filled in Ling Yun and Qin Dongxue's contact details in the list of relatives.
No matter what, Ling Yun wouldn't be too worried as long as Lingyu was still around.
Qingshui City was less than one thousand and five hundred kilometers away from Yan Jing. If Ling Yun didn't mind burning his divine energy, he could reach there in half an hour at most.
However, Ling Yun didn't want to do that now. If something really happened to Lingyu, he didn't want to act rashly and alert the enemy.
The most important thing now was to find out what happened to Lingyu. In other words, Ling Yun had to hear Lingyu's voice in the shortest time possible!
"Whoosh!"
Ling Yun took out his phone and waited for a series of notifications to end. His finger swiped the screen quickly and scanned through all the messages he hadn't seen before. He realized that it was the same on his side. There really wasn't any message from Lingyu these few days.
"I'll give Lingyu a call for the last time now. If I still can't get through to her, I'll rush back to Beijing immediately!"
Ling Yun gave Qin Dongxue a reassuring look and was about to call Lingyu.
However, at this moment, Qin Dongxue's phone screen suddenly flickered, followed by a melodious ringtone.
Both of them looked at the caller ID at the same time. It was Lingyu.
"This …"
Ling Yun and Qin Dongxue looked at each other and could see the shock in each other's eyes.
"Should we pick it up?" Qin Dongxue asked blankly.
Ling Yun's eyes glistened as he shook his head slowly. "Not yet."
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