"Suzaku? A mythical beast?" Lan Ziye was puzzled.

In her time, there were many records about mythical beasts. Those mythical beasts were born with supernatural powers and could be cultivated into human form. However, most of them lived in seclusion and were noble. Some places even worshipped a certain mythical beast as a god and offered incense and sacrifices just to ensure peace in the area.

But the Vermillion Bird this man was talking about was absorbing people's yang energy, killing people, occupying a mountain, and bullying small demons. It didn't look like a divine beast at all. Was it a fallen beast? Or... was there something wrong here?

However, she is not a person who likes to meddle in other people's business. Since the Vermilion Bird occupies the mountain as the king and restrains the little demons under his command from going down the mountain to disturb the people, there is no need for her to look for trouble with it. Of course, if the Vermilion Bird is so foolish as to provoke her and get in her way, she will not let it go just because it is a divine beast!

"Have there been any strange humans coming to Phoenix Mountain recently?" Lan Ziye asked.

"Humans?" The man thought for a moment and said, "I haven't seen any humans go up the mountain in two years!"

If no one went up the mountain, who was it that sent her to Phoenix Mountain? Even if they wanted to harm her, they would at least have set a trap or something, right? Lan Ziye was a little confused.

"Are you sure? Is it true that no human has ever been on the mountain, or... has nothing unusual happened on the mountain recently?" Lan Ziye asked again.

The man thought for a moment and shook his head.

Lan Ziye pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you the Bone Demon?"

The man said with some pride, "Actually, five hundred years ago, I was also a human, making a living by hunting in the mountains. Back then, this wasn't Phoenix Mountain, it was just a mountain range. Where's my home? I live in..." The man thought hard and said, "Anyway, this mountain range is very large, and my home is quite a distance from here. One day, I was chasing a wild boar and accidentally entered this forest. Later, I got lost and couldn't get out no matter how I walked! I had no choice but to stay in a cave, thinking it would be safer there, but I didn't expect the fruit I picked to fill my stomach was poisonous, and I was poisoned to death!"

"That cave is indeed safe! I died for a long time and no one discovered me, let alone any wild animals. I just lay there quietly and rotted naturally, and my soul was trapped in the cave and couldn't leave! However, luckily, the cave is a cave of a fine stone mine, with abundant spiritual energy. My soul absorbed spiritual energy every day, becoming stronger and stronger, and later it was able to enter and exit my own body freely. Although my body was already highly decayed at that time, I couldn't find another body to possess! The key is that I couldn't find a way out of the cave! So, I stayed in the cave for more than two hundred years, and I actually cultivated into a white bone demon spirit. Later, I met Lord Suzaku, received Lord Suzaku's guidance, and broke through to the level of Demon General!"

"Do the monsters in your mountain often come down the mountain?" Lan Ziye asked.

"Of course we can't go down the mountain casually. Anyone who wants to go down the mountain must get the consent of Lord Suzaku. However, you also know that the environment of the demon clan is not good now. Although Lord Suzaku has a bad temper, he is protecting us. We live relatively freely in the mountains, and no one wants to go down the mountain. It's too dangerous down the mountain!" said the Bone Demon.

Lan Ziye fell silent again. No monster had come down the mountain, and this was her first time at Phoenix Mountain. So who had captured Chu Yu, and who wanted her life?