Chapter 114: Get my child back.

"...Phoenix, Phoenix?"

Cheng Huang's voice came from afar, bringing Shang Youqing, who was stunned at the bottom of the misty steps, back to his senses, but he did not take any immediate action.

The golden tail feathers were still flying around his body until Cheng Huang flew to him. Shang Youqing's eyes were still fixed on the slender feathers that swept across every cloud.

Staring at the long feathers on the tail feathers flying down from the sky and passing by your fingertips.

Cheng Huang walked forward worriedly and saw Shang Youqing standing motionless on the steps, looking emaciated. He quickly nudged her frozen hand with his furry yellow head:

"What's wrong, Phoenix? What did Tiandao say? Did something happen? Tell Cheng Huang quickly, and Cheng Huang will help you find a solution!"

Shang Youqing shook his head slowly, said nothing, and sat silently on Cheng Huang's back, his cold and slender hands clutching Cheng Huang's half-moon horns as if he was a little uneasy.

No matter how careless Cheng Huang was, he could clearly sense at this moment that something was really wrong with his Phoenix.

Cheng Huang looked up at the Lingmen sacred tree above the seemingly endless steps, and knew that outside the Jiutian Lingmen was not a good place to talk, so he turned around and immediately flew away from Jiutian with Shang Youqing.

Until they left the Nine Heavens boundary, Cheng Huang stopped next to a spiritual spring treasure land, transformed back into a young man, took Shang Youqing's hand, shook it, and asked anxiously.

"Phoenix, can you please say something? I'm really worried about you like this!"

Shang Youqing raised his eyes and looked at Cheng Huang, who looked anxious, for a while. Suddenly, he took a half step forward and buried his head in Cheng Huang's shoulder. He opened his mouth slightly, his voice muffled, and said, "I feel a little uncomfortable."

"Uncomfortable... Who made Phoenix uncomfortable? Did the Heavenly Dao say something unpleasant again?"

Cheng Huang raised his hand and patted Shang Youqing's thin back to comfort him. He quickly thought of something and asked, "Is it...about the child?"

"No." Shang Youqing spoke slowly, as if trying to calm himself down from the empty and suffocating feeling. "Heaven praised me for doing a good job this time."

While Cheng Huang was still confused, Shang Youqing let him go, but couldn't help turning his head away, staring at the gurgling spring on the bank, and smiled low and coldly.

Tell Cheng Huang the truth about what happened in Guixu.

Then, after a pause, he lowered his eyes to glance at the phoenix tail feathers that were faintly visible behind him, shimmering with golden light. "He cut off his own divine bone and gave it to me. Isn't that funny?"

Cheng Huang was completely stunned after hearing this. It took him a long while to come back to his senses. He stared at Shang Youqing, but then he realized that Shang Youqing seemed to need comforting more. His tone became a little subtle, "Feng, Fenghuang... calm down."

Before she finished speaking, Shang Youqing had already gathered all her spiritual power at her fingertips. Her face was gloomy, and without thinking, she was about to violently pull out the feather bones on the tail feathers. Frightened, Cheng Huang rushed over and held her hand, "Phoenix, what are you doing!"

However, the next second, both of them stopped moving.

Because the divine bone covering the tail feathers of the real body was put into a shackle.

It is a shackle that cannot be removed except by the owner of the divine bone.

In other words, unless Ying Shixue personally untied it, the divine bone would remain covered on Shang Youqing forever.

Shang Youqing stared at the rippling waves covering his tail feathers.

Deathly quiet.

After a long time, the corners of his lips suddenly twitched slightly.

"Don't you think he's sick?"

"Yes..." Cheng Huang hesitated and was about to nod in agreement, but he saw his Fenghuang speaking calmly, with crystal clear and hot tears falling down.

"Fenghuang!" Cheng Huang hurried over to wipe her tears, and then carefully coaxed her, "Fenghuang, don't cry first..."

"Have you asked me?"

Shang Youqing slowly closed his eyes and said in a cold voice, "What do you think of me? Who is he? Do I have to accept everything he gives me?"

At the end of his words, his breath suddenly choked uncontrollably, as if he could no longer hold it in. He suppressed his hatred and squeezed out two words, "Madman!"

Cheng Huang hugged Fenghuang again, patted her back to comfort her, but was speechless for a moment.

Because, he realized belatedly that the evil dragon was not what it seemed.

He had done so many things to hurt Phoenix before, but this time, without any warning, he suddenly cut off the most important divine bone in his body and gave it to Phoenix.

The phoenix thus successfully escaped from Guixu, and its tail feathers recovered to a level of divine power even more abundant than before.

Most importantly, Heaven did not punish her again because it saw the divine bones covering the phoenix's tail feathers.

Phoenix no longer needs to do the things that it was originally required to do to atone for its sins and make meritorious deeds.

All of this happened because Ying Shixue gave the divine bone to Fenghuang.

However, Cheng Huang couldn't figure it out...

Why would Ying Shixue, this cunning and evil dragon, give the Phoenix the divine bone that even the Heavenly Dao fears...

Without the divine bones, he himself would lose the possibility of becoming a god.

What is his purpose in doing this?

The only possible reason is——

He loves Phoenix in his heart.

But is this reason possible for the evil dragon Ying Shixue?

Are dragons’ emotions so complicated and difficult to understand?

Cheng Huang frowned and thought for a long time. Before he could sort out his thoughts, Shang Youqing suddenly struggled slightly and said in a hoarse voice, "Cheng Huang, I'm fine, let go first."

Cheng Huang carefully let go of Fenghuang, looking at Fenghuang with a bitter look at the corners of his eyes, which were obviously red, and asked cautiously in a low voice, "Have you thought about what to do next? Are you still going to... kill him?"

"Why not?" Shang Youqing said with a cold expression, "He'd better hide somewhere I can't find him, otherwise he's dead."

Cheng Huang hesitated to speak, "Phoenix..."

"Leave."

Seeing Fenghuang getting up to leave, Cheng Huang quickly followed her, holding her hand while walking and persuading her, "Fenghuang, listen to me, Ying Shixue is indeed mentally ill. Let's not get into trouble because of this lunatic—"

Shang Youqing glanced at him sideways, "You were always calling him the evil dragon before, why are you calling him by his full name now?"

"Uh," Cheng Huang's tongue almost got tied, and he changed his face to his previous tone, "What I mean is, that evil dragon is always acting on impulse. Don't rush into his waters on impulse. Who knows what he might be plotting..."

"Who said I was going to look for him?"

Cheng Huang was stunned again when he heard this, "Aren't you going to find him? Then..."

Before he finished speaking, Shang Youqing transformed from the Fuze Immortal Spring into a phoenix, flying across the sky in a cloud of mist. Cheng Huang followed closely behind him, "Phoenix, where are we going now?"

The phoenix looked back, its posture dignified and cool.

"Bring my child back."