On the second day after arriving in the small world, the sycamore tree emitted a dazzling light.

"What's wrong?" Leng Yue looked at the sycamore tree in surprise.

"Let a strange beast be born," Qian Chen chuckled. "Isn't this always the case when something extraordinary appears?"

"Shall we go up and take a look?" Leng Yue looked at Qian Chen, who nodded, and together they rode their swords to the place where the light was emanating.

"A bird egg? Is it really a phoenix egg?" Leng Yue looked at the bird egg and felt a liking for it, wanting to reach out and touch it.

Unexpectedly, the moment Leng Yue's hand touched the bird egg, it cracked open. The light became even more dazzling, and Leng Yue couldn't help but close her eyes. After a while, she felt the bright light disappear before opening her eyes. She discovered that the bird egg had vanished, replaced by a small boy the size of a thumb.

"Not a phoenix?" Leng Yue smiled and looked at Qian Chen. "So it's just a thumb-sized boy!"

"Yes, it's not a phoenix. Shall we go down?" Qianchen saw the little boy but didn't feel anything. Now that she knew what it was, she wanted to leave.

“Okay,” Leng Yue nodded, but just as she was about to jump down, she was stopped by the little boy’s voice, “Mom…” the little boy said, and was about to rush towards Leng Yue.

However, because the little boy was in the tree and Leng Yue was on a branch, they were quite far apart for him. When he lunged, he fell straight down from the tree.

Leng Yue was startled and quickly reached out to scoop up the little boy. "Are you alright?"

"Mommy, Mommy..." The little boy didn't speak, but persistently called for Leng Yue as his mother.

Left with no other choice, Leng Yue placed the little boy in her palm and carried him back to the grass. She looked at the boy, then took a soft piece of silk fabric from her storage bag and used magic to cut it into a small garment.

Leng Yue handed the clothes to the little boy, "Put them on."

The little boy took the clothes, looked them over from left to right, glanced at Leng Yue, then at Qian Chen, as if he understood the necessity of wearing clothes. So he put the clothes on.

"What's your name?" Leng Yue looked at the little boy and felt that he looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who he was.

“My name is Phoenix,” the little boy said, looking at Leng Yue. “It was my mother’s hands that brought me into this world. Without my mother, I wouldn’t have been able to be born.”

"You're really a phoenix? But... how come you're in human form?" Leng Yue had only said that all birds paid homage to the phoenix as a joke before, but she never expected that this child would actually be a phoenix?

"Because of Mom! Mom is in human form, so I am in human form!" Phoenix said matter-of-factly.

"Those birds from before?" Leng Yue looked around but couldn't find any of the birds from before. She didn't know where they had all gone.

"I chased them away. I found them really annoying." Phoenix said disdainfully, then looked at Leng Yue. "Luckily I chased them away, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see my mother."

“Well, I think we need to make this clear.” Leng Yue sighed, “I’m not your mother because I’m not a phoenix. We’re clearly not the same species, so it’s inappropriate for you to call me mother.”

“But you’re the first person I ever met!” Phoenix bit her finger. “And if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been born. So, you are my mother.” Phoenix was very persistent and didn’t think she had done anything wrong.

"Fine, whatever." Leng Yue was exasperated. What kind of nonsense was this? In every world she came to, couldn't she at least help raise a child?

"Then can you ask your birds to help find a girl?" Leng Yue drew a portrait of Quan Xi.

"Sure, sure, anything Mom needs is fine." Phoenix happily summoned the birds, telling them to go find Quanxi.

"What do you want to eat?" Leng Yue had raised many children, but this was the first time she had seen a boy as small as a thumb like Phoenix.

“Flame Fruit,” the phoenix explained. “Our phoenix clan is born of fire and dies of fire. Fire is our foundation and the source of our energy.”

"Where can I find Flame Fruit?" Leng Yue was completely bewildered. Flame Fruit? She had never even heard of it!

"Mom has the feeling of flames on her! I think it would be great if Mom could give me some spiritual power." Phoenix has a strong sense of the Flame Fruit. He can sense that there are no Flame Fruits here. But Leng Yue has the aura of the Flame Fruit, which is why he is so affectionate with her.

"Spiritual power, can I lose to you?" Leng Yue looked at her palm. It was so big, and the phoenix was so small. How could she input spiritual power?

"Do we really need to enter anything?" Qianchen grabbed Lengyue. "Just who is this kid? Could we be being scammed?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just felt I should get to know you." Leng Yue brushed Qian Chen's hand away.

“Use your finger.” Phoenix reached out and took Leng Yue’s index finger. “Okay, Mom, you can type now.”

So, Leng Yue gathered her spiritual energy in her index finger and then channeled it into the phoenix's body through his hand. It was then transformed and absorbed by him, and after several repetitions, the phoenix grew larger. It had now grown from the size of a thumb to the size of a normal baby. However, while a baby cannot walk, the phoenix was very agile.

"Mom, I've grown up, look!" Phoenix hopped and skipped happily on the grass.

Leng Yue smiled, "How could the effect be so good?"

"I feel that the fiery aura on Mom's body has been purified, so it's more effective than simply eating the Flame Fruit." Phoenix was also very happy. Under normal circumstances, she didn't know how long it would have taken to grow this big.

"It really is like raising a child," Qian Chen sighed, then pulled Leng Yue aside and secretly channeled spiritual energy into her. Others might not be able to see it, but how could he not see Leng Yue's exhaustion?

Leng Yue felt a slight warmth in her palm, and at the same time, a warm current flowed through her body. She knew that Qian Chen was transferring spiritual energy to her. She turned back and smiled at Qian Chen, then leaned back without thinking.

Qianchen reached out and put his arm around Lengyue, smiling indulgently, "You, no matter how much time has passed, you're still so willful."

"Because of you!" Leng Yue smiled as well. Just as Qian Chen said, she was willful, but that was because she had a strong support in her heart.

“This child is all grown up now, and his clothes are too small for him. I think we should just drape a piece of cloth over him and make him clothes when he stops growing!” To be honest, Qianchen was a little resentful about this. He hadn’t worn clothes made by Lengyue’s own hands in a long time, and now a little phoenix had taken them from him. He was really angry.

“Alright,” Leng Yue turned to look at Phoenix, “Do you need any more? Would you like some more?”

"No, no," Phoenix waved her hand, "I feel like I haven't digested what I ate before, I can't eat anymore now."

Leng Yue didn't insist and nodded in agreement. Unexpectedly, before she could finish speaking, she saw the phoenix transform into a real phoenix. Fiery red, as if it were burning.

The phoenix spread its wings, becoming enormous. Leng Yue exclaimed in surprise, "How did this child grow so big?"

"Are you full?" Qian Chen wasn't worried. After all, a phoenix is ​​a divine beast, right? It's not a big deal if it eats a little more spiritual energy.

Sure enough, after a phoenix cry, the phoenix circled in the sky a few times, its flames gradually fading until they disappeared. Soon, the phoenix landed, transforming into a seven- or eight-year-old child. He wore red clothes, the same color as his feathers.