Chapter 88 Death Escape

In the days following her successful befriending of the Crimson Flame Phoenix, Su Yunyu kept looking for an opportunity.

The flames of the Crimson Phoenix, if only a small portion is preserved and then released at an opportune moment, can still spread like wildfire.

Therefore, Su Yunyu secretly used a magic artifact to preserve the flames spewed out by the Crimson Flame Phoenix, while enduring Xiao Shuying's various kisses and touches. Finally, she waited until Xiao Shuying was no longer around.

Before leaving, he pinned Su Yunyu to the bed and kissed her passionately. Finally, he left, and Su Yunyu rolled over on the bed with a twisted smile.

Haha, he finally got his chance.

Crimson Phoenix remained in the room, sunbathing leisurely by the window, completely unaware of the impending storm.

Just as Su Yunyu was about to release the Crimson Flame Phoenix to carry out her plan, 111 appeared and said quietly:

I think you should tidy up your appearance before you fake your death.

"Appearance"

Just as 111 was about to conjure a mirror, Su Yunyu raised an eyebrow alertly and immediately said:

"Wait, I'll see for myself, I don't need your mirror."

Although she didn't know how much energy 111 had used to transform the mirror last time, given that energy was a golden finger and Su Yunyu was extremely precious now, she added:

"Could you please stop wasting your energy on useless things in the future?"

111 laughed: [Mind your own business]

"..."

Su Yunyu wisely refrained from arguing with 111 again. The opportunity was precious, and Long Aotian might return at any time.

So he planned in his mind that he should quickly send the little phoenix away. When he conjured a water mirror and looked at himself in it, he was suddenly startled by his own appearance:

Needless to say, his clothes were disheveled. He had been wearing his hair loose for the past few days, his black hair flowing freely over his shoulders, and his face looked as if he had been drained dry, yet his lips were incredibly red.

Even more deadly is...

Su Yunyu angrily rubbed her neck, trying to wipe away the hickeys all over it.

That damned Long Aotian must have been born in the Year of the Dog.

Look at the state I've been ruined by all those kisses and bites! No wonder 111 reminded him that if he went out with these hickeys on his head, he would definitely be misunderstood as promiscuous.

After quickly removing the strawberry mark, Su Yunyu suppressed her resentment, deliberately took out a piece of white paper, folded it into the shape of a letter, walked to the window, poked the phoenix sunbathing, and said:

“I have a letter to give to your master; please deliver it to him for me.”

The intelligence of mythical beasts is limited to understanding words, but they cannot understand human hearts.

The phoenix tilted its head, its fiery red feathers looking as if they were about to catch fire in the sunlight. It chirped twice, rubbed its crest feathers against Su Yunyu's fingertips, then picked up the so-called letter, which was actually just a piece of white paper, and flew out the window.

The soft touch of feathers still lingered on his fingertips, the intimacy of the phoenix recognizing him as one of its own. Standing in the sunlight, Su Yunyu felt a little guilty, and the next second he shifted the blame to Xiao Shuying.

Anyway, it was all Long Aotian's fault, so we can't blame him.

The phoenix flew away, leaving Su Yunyu alone. Now she could put the plan into action. Thinking of the humiliation she had endured for this plan, how she had to pretend to be heartless yet compassionate every day, Su Yunyu smiled slightly, but the smile was quite sinister.

111 panicked upon seeing this:

Oh no, the host has gone mad.

Previously, Su Yunyu had stored the phoenix's flames in a high-grade spiritual artifact. To prevent the flames from burning down the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, she only took a tiny bit of the flames.

Now that death was imminent, Su Yunyu took out her magical artifact, flipped the bottle cap, and tilted it. Instantly, flames engulfed everything in front of her. Su Yunyu laughed wildly for a second:

Fortunately, the Crimson Flame Phoenix's flames were incredibly powerful, so he didn't even need to pretend to be a corpse. It was truly a stroke of luck.

Just as he was about to run away, he felt something was missing, so before he completely vanished into thin air, he wrote two words on a special piece of white paper:

goodbye.

After removing the Azure Phoenix Bracelet from her hand, Su Yunyu was finally satisfied and ran away. She swallowed the pill that concealed her spiritual energy, and as she soared through the sky once more, Su Yunyu wanted to burst into laughter.

He was free! He was finally free again!

Let Long Aotian cry over that piece of white paper that can't be burned!

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Today, some demons want to target the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, claiming that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion always uses mysterious and esoteric things like heavenly secrets to damage their reputation.

In the past, the demon race was good at creating chaos, seizing resources, and playing dirty tricks, but they wouldn't openly attack an organization.

However, the Demon Clan now has a new Demon Lord. This new Demon Lord feels that he is more powerful than the previous Feng Mingye and wants to establish his authority quickly, so he immediately decided to attack the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion originally intended to shift its position. They were not competitive and preferred to cross the river on a reed rather than suffer losses in a direct confrontation with the Demon Clan.

However, when this matter reached Xiao Shuying's ears, she told the Star Lord that there was no need to relocate, and that he would handle it himself.

To fight the demons, Xiao Shuying was worried about leaving Su Yunyu alone, but she thought that he hadn't been entirely unfriendly to her these past few days, so she felt that there shouldn't be any major problems.

Before leaving, Su Yunyu even said in his arms that she wanted to go to Pinhua Continent in a few days. Actually, it didn't have to be a few days. After dealing with the demons, Xiao Shuying could take him out immediately.

In front of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, the demons stood menacingly, each wielding either a cleaver or a meteor hammer, while the new Demon Lord, leading them, was particularly arrogant.

"Take over the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and all the good stuff will be ours!"

Upon hearing this, the subordinates shouted excitedly and bared their teeth and claws, ready to rush in. However, just as they were about to step into the territory of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, a blood-red barrier suddenly rose from the ground, as shocking as a horizontal blood blade.

The demonic cultivators abruptly stopped, glancing at the barrier and then at their lord with surprise and uncertainty. The lord, to emphasize his power, deliberately laughed mockingly.

"Pretending is nothing to fear!"

After saying that, he raised his hand to strike, but as soon as he touched the barrier, the demonic energy was completely absorbed, like a drop of water falling into water, without any ripples.

!!!

The Demon Lord was terrified, but fearing he would lose face, he forced himself to remain calm. Just as he was about to wave his hand to order his men to take the lead, a dark figure appeared. A single toe lightly touched the ground, and the hem of his robe fluttered in the wind, as if he had stepped through hell to come to the mortal realm.

The demonic cultivators immediately went on alert. The Demon Lord looked at the man and roared, "Who are you!"

He then narrowed his eyes, unable to discern the man's cultivation level, and immediately felt agitated and restless:

"Dare to block my way? They must be courting death."

The demonic cultivators were immediately emboldened by their lord's imposing presence. Just as the lord was about to attack, a chilling wind swept by, ruffling his heavy robes and bringing with it wisps of bloody stench.

"This..." The Demon Lord clutched his chest, where blood was gushing out. Though not fatal, the blow had instantly shattered his composure, and he spoke haltingly:

"This is impossible..."

How could someone be so powerful? Although his cultivation was not as good as the previous Venerable Lord, he was at least not a nobody. Yet this person in front of him, who looked incredibly young, was able to seriously injure him with a single move!

The Lord clutched his chest, his palm dripping with blood that pooled on the ground. With the Lord's defeat, the demonic cultivators fell silent, shivering in fear.

The Lord couldn't even withstand a single move; they were just cannon fodder sent to their deaths.

The crimson barrier deepened, radiating a blood-like chilling aura. The person's robes fluttered in the wind, a flame pattern flickering between their brows, their gaze cold and mocking.

"What a waste. The Demon Realm is truly insignificant."

He raised his chin slightly, his tone arrogant and dismissive, showing no regard whatsoever. However, the demonic cultivator dared not get angry at all, only wanting to slip away first, and didn't even bother to care about the seriously injured lord.

The Demon Lord temporarily stopped the bleeding with his demonic power. Knowing that he had brought this upon himself and that his cause was lost, he was extremely unwilling to accept his fate and wanted to die knowing why.

Who exactly are you?

"Xiao Shuying".

After calmly stating his name, Xiao Shuying drew the bone whip from his waist. The sharp whip gleamed with a cold light, making his eyes appear even colder and more ruthless.

All the demons present were rendered immobile by his oppressive aura, on the verge of tears, trembling with fear. Just as Xiao Shuying was about to strike with her whip to take their lives, the chirping of birds rang out—

He paused, his gaze shifting slightly. The Crimson Flame Phoenix, carrying something in its beak, flew through the barrier and landed on his shoulder.

Unaware of the murderous intent emanating from the scene, the phoenix simply presented the so-called envelope it was carrying in its beak to Xiao Shuying.

At the same time, a faint, strange smell wafted through the air. Xiao Shuying took the envelope from the phoenix and, with her keen sense of smell, unfolded it. The smell was burning, like a raging fire.

But why is this smell permeating the air...?

His unease grew, and his oppressive aura loosened somewhat. Taking advantage of this moment, the demons quickly grabbed the heavily injured Demon Lord and fled.

The scene fell silent for a moment. Xiao Shuying lost all interest in pursuing the matter. She frowned slightly and unfolded the envelope, wanting to know what Su Yunyu had asked Phoenix to tell him. However, after unfolding it, she found it to be blank.

Not only was the envelope blank, but Xiao Shuying's mind went blank for a moment as well.

He gripped the envelope tightly with his fingertips, then flipped it over, scrutinizing every inch of the paper, but there was nothing there, not a single word.

Why is it blank?

The smell of burning was becoming increasingly noticeable, and exclamations of alarm came from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion:

"Oh no! Fire!"

With a bad feeling, Xiao Shuying's heart tightened. She put the envelope into her collar and, ignoring the blood and gore on the ground, flew towards the source of the burn smell.

In an instant, countless guesses flashed through his mind, and he even vaguely knew what the worst was, but he dared not think about that worst, as if it were a taboo, and even delving into it would shake his soul.

The smell of the fire was pungent and the source was very clear. Xiao Shuying knew that the problem was with Su Yunyu.

As they flew into the barrier, they brushed past several star lords from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, who were trapped outside the barrier and could only watch longingly from afar.

Passing through the barrier, the scene that suddenly appeared before Xiao Shuying made him stumble as his toes touched the ground. His eyes reflected a vast expanse of decay, and before him was everything burned to ashes.

The fire still left its afterglow, burning in scattered spots on the remaining foundation. A large area of ​​charred black powder lay on the ground, and the rising ash smoke from the flames almost blocked out the sky, plunging the world into darkness.

Time seemed to stand still, the wind blowing powder in gusts that aggravated the lungs and made the eyes sting.

Xiao Shuying watched without blinking, and gradually, her eyes, like the smoke from a burning torch, revealed an inorganic, bone-chilling coldness.

He walked over, his footsteps almost burning his skin as he stepped over the scattered flames; he knew this was the fire of the Crimson Flame Phoenix.

In a cloud of gray smoke, he saw a dark blue-green piece lying on the ground, the only bright spot, a bracelet made of phoenix feathers.

Just a short while ago, it was worn on Su Yunyu's fair wrist, but now it's been discarded, with a piece of paper underneath, waiting there for Xiao Shuying, who has also been abandoned.

He walked over and picked up the bracelet, gripping its hard texture tightly, letting his palm get scratched. He then picked up the piece of paper with one hand; it wasn't blank anymore, but only had two words on it:

goodbye.

goodbye

Xiao Shuying laughed, a mocking laugh, but her heart ached terribly.

Blood was streaming from his hand that was holding the bracelet. Standing in the rising gray smoke, he looked as if he had been burned to ashes along with the fire.

After a long while, Xiao Shuying finally raised her eyes to look at the gradually darkening sky. A morbid, obsessive rage had reignited in her eyes as she murmured to herself:

"Master, I haven't let you leave yet."

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Author's Note: [Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers]