Agares' strong arms lifted his dazed wife away from the edge of the fire pit. His dark eyes were deep and unfathomable, his deep voice carrying a hint of anxiety: "Jiang Jiang, are you hurt?"

Jiang Si, looking completely bewildered as she landed on her feet, stared at the fire pit. Shu Xubai, who had been kicked and rolled twice before coming to a stop, replied to Agares, "I'm fine. Why are you here?"

That kick from my cheap ex was really powerful; he managed to send Shu Xubai flying like that. I'm impressed.

Agares checked her over thoroughly, making sure she was unharmed and without any injuries, before resuming his cold expression: "You said you'd be back in two hours, but that's already past that time. I came to find you, but on the way I received a call from my teacher saying there had been an accident here."

“Oh. The accident happened right here.” Jiang Si pointed to the raging fire pit: “The Great Witch Jiufeng of the Fourth Civilization was burned in the fire.”

Agares frowned and looked at the fire pit. The fire inside was red, unlike any he had ever seen before. The pit was very large, and flames were leaping out of it.

"Can you tell what kind of fire this is?" Jiang Si asked Agares again. "It's a red flame, unlike any other flame. Even Shu Xubai can't get close to it."

"What do you care about the flames? Weren't you going to jump?" Shu Xubai, enduring the sharp pain from the fall, got up and came around, speaking urgently, "Hurry up and jump! Go down and save people! What are you dawdling about?"

Agares stepped in front of his wife, shielding her completely behind him, and then faced Shu Xubai. "Lord Shu Xubai, why did Lord Jiufeng fall into the pit and get surrounded by fire..."

Jiang Si grabbed Agares's clothes with both hands, peeked out from behind him, and said, "Jiufeng was knocked down by Shu Xubai's aura."

Shu Xubai: "..."

Agares' dark eyes narrowed: "Since Lord Jiufeng was brought down by Lord Shu Xubai, it's not my little prince's place to save her. Everyone should take responsibility. Even a three-year-old understands this. Lord Shu Xubai, are you not even as good as a three-year-old?"

Shu Xubai choked on his words, completely ignoring Agares, and gritted his teeth as he called out to Jiang Si, who peeked out from behind him: "Little Jiang, a gentleman's word is as good as his bond. You promise to jump down and rescue Jiu Feng for me."

"no…"

"no…"

Agares and Bo Jichen's voices rang out simultaneously, both refusing.

Jiang Si glanced back and saw Bo Jichen wearing a trench coat, high-top boots, and a small bun at the back of his head with a lightning-like green gem hanging from it.

He slammed the door of the aircraft shut and walked over, saying, "Jiang Si is a princess of my Troya Empire, not a follower of the Phoenix Clan of the Fourth Civilization. She has no obligation to jump down to save you."

Shu Xubai frowned, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Bo Jichen, the person who had left the deepest impression on the child these past two days.

The child was so angry with him that he vomited blood and suffered a mental breakdown.

His mental strength is strange, no… his aura is strange.

Shu Xubai stared at the fire that was burning ever brighter and brighter, unable to contain his anxiety: "I don't care whose little princess she is, my relationship with her is none of your business."

"Jiang Si, you wouldn't go back on your word and not want to do what you promised me, would you?"

Before Jiang Si could even speak, saying that it didn't matter whether she saved the person or not, as she mainly wanted to go down and level up, Bo Jichen walked over, grabbed the rabbit ears on the back of her hoodie, pulled her from behind Agares to his side, and confronted Shu Xubai directly: "Yes, she broke her promise and isn't going to save the person for you. If you're so capable, go down and save the person yourself!"

Ginger shreds: "..."

What kind of fire is this?

Even a scoundrel like him is afraid?

Yanliu and her hunting knife, however, were fond of it.

She became increasingly curious.

I felt increasingly restless, wanting to jump down and experience the blazing fire.

"Bo Jichen, you certainly know how to meddle in other people's business." Shu Xubai called Bo Jichen by his name directly: "Not only have you meddled in Jiufeng's business, but you've also meddled in mine and Jiang Si's business."

"What did you say to Jiufeng that caused his mental breakdown? I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and now you're obstructing Jiang Si from saving people. I think you're courting death."

As Shu Xubai finished speaking, a corrosive energy orb appeared in his hand and hurled it at Bo Jichen.

"You overestimate your abilities." Bo Jichen pulled out the cyan chain in his hand and struck the corrosive energy sphere. The sphere shattered into pieces and dissipated upon hitting the ground.

Jiang Si stared at the blue chain in the thief's hand, thinking it was a good thing. She wondered if she could trick him out of it.

Shu Xubai condensed another corrosive energy sphere, this time larger and more powerful, and it looked like it was about to smash into Bo Jichen.

Jiang Si flicked Bo Jichen, stepped forward, and said, "Shu Xubai, if you dare to throw this ball of light at me, your little friends are all going to die."

Shu Xubai trembled at the threat, his hand, which was about to throw the ball of light, changed direction and smashed the huge ball of light, as big as a basketball, onto the ground, directly corroding a pit in the ground.

Shu Xubai's chest heaved, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Jiang Si: "You promised me."

“I did promise you, but there’s no rush.” Jiang Si pointed to the blazing fire pit: “The fire has been burning for so long, if he was going to die, he would have died long ago. If he’s not dead, there’s no rush. So, be quiet.”

Shu Xubai: "..."

"What kind of fire is this?" Jiang Si saw that he didn't speak and was staring straight at her, so she turned to look at Bo Jichen: "Daddy, do you know what kind of fire this is? Tell me."

Bo Jichen pulled the cyan chain around his wrist, his purple eyes gazing at the red flames, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Agares, tell them."

Did Agares know too?

Jiang Si's gaze was fixed on Agares's cold and stern face.

Agares took a step forward, his deep voice slow and deliberate: "The fourth civilization, the Phoenix Clan, their totem is the phoenix, and their spiritual form is the phoenix."

"Therefore, they firmly believe that as long as their spiritual power reaches a certain level, they will become one with their spiritual body and transform into a phoenix, soaring through the stars and living as long as the stars, living forever."

"In order to achieve immortality and live as long as the stars, they strictly adhere to the habits of the phoenix, and love the parasol tree. Every phoenix and every female phoenix in the phoenix clan will receive a piece of parasol wood when they are born."

Sycamore wood?

Jiang Si's clear black and white eyes widened, and pointing to the blazing red flames, she blurted out, "The phoenix's rebirth was fueled by the burning paulownia tree, so this is the paulownia fire. The nine phoenixes were reborn in the paulownia fire?"