Self-proclaimed mother is the queen
Upon seeing that it was Mo Zuili, Shen Ling sheathed her sword and said, "There was a demonic beast, which I have already eliminated."
Seeing Shen Ling walking towards her, Mo Zuili twitched her nostrils, and a strong, dizzying smell of disinfectant wafted from Shen Ling.
As Shen Ling walked, she said, "But there's a very strange ruin over there, it doesn't seem to have been left by human cultivators. I went closer to take a look—Junior Sister! What's wrong with you?"
Shen Ling reacted quickly, stepping forward to support Mo Zuili, who was about to fall.
Mo Zuili held her head, slapped Chen Ling away, and took a few steps back, saying, "Senior brother, don't come any closer. You have a strong, unpleasant smell on you..."
Despite her dizziness, Mo Zuili seized the key question and asked, "The strange ruins you just visited weren't belonging to human cultivators?"
Upon hearing Mo Zuili's words, Shen Ling immediately took a few steps back, her face grave as she looked at Mo Zuili's distressed expression: "Yes, it seems more like a demon clan ruin. Junior Sister, would you like to go take a look?"
Mo Zuili rubbed her temples. The smell on Shen Ling's body was initially like disinfectant, and because it was too strong, it was extremely unpleasant to smell.
After recovering, Mo Zuili detected a faint, exotic fragrance that made people want to get closer.
"Go, let's go now." Mo Zuili gripped the long whip and ran in the direction Shen Ling had come from.
Mo Zuili had a premonition that even if there was no chance to find an antidote at that ruin, it was definitely related to her unique physique.
As she jogged along, the moment she saw the entrance to the ruins, Mo Zuili swiftly took out a Rejuvenation Pill and put it in her mouth, while also taking out two Fire Talismans and holding them in her hand.
Having prepared everything, Mo Zuili saw that Shen Ling had caught up from behind. As she was stepping forward, a powerful aura emanated from her side.
Mo Zuili immediately rolled on the ground and threw out the fire talisman, barely escaping death.
Turning around, he saw a bird-shaped spirit beast, similar in size to the sports car Mo Zuili had in the modern world. Its feathers were various shades of blue-green, gleaming with a metallic sheen in the sunlight, and its eyes were bright green.
Seeing that Mo Zuili had dodged, the bird raised its head, let out a long cry, and charged again.
Sensing the oppressive aura of a peak Golden Core cultivator emanating from the Azure Bird, Mo Zuili knew she couldn't dodge it, so she simply gave up and got up to take out a stack of fire talismans.
He planned to wait for the bluebird to attack, hoping to trigger the mark left by Chu Qing within him, which would then be blocked. He then threw out all the fire talismans and ran away.
Mo Zuili was prepared, but unexpectedly the bluebird suddenly stopped in mid-air and stopped moving.
Mo Zuili's body reacted faster than her brain. Instinctively, she threw out a fire talisman and ran in the opposite direction. Upon seeing Chen Ling, Mo Zuili shouted, "Senior Brother! Run! That dead bird has the cultivation of the peak Golden Core stage!"
"Haha, little girl, where are you running off to?"
The woman's voice was like the crisp sound of shattered jade colliding in a spring stream, ethereal and melodious.
When Mo Zuili discovered that a powerful spiritual force had immobilized her in place, rendering her unable to move an inch, the sound took on a dangerous hue.
"Why isn't there any elder protecting him? He just broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and dared to venture into the depths of Medicine King Mountain? And he even dared to challenge the Sacred Phoenix Ruins."
The woman was tall and slender, with cold and beautiful eyes and a noble and aloof demeanor. Her dark hair was tied up with a black bird bone hairpin, and she wore a long blue and green feather dress, the hem of which shimmered with a faint light in the sunlight.
As she approached Mo Zuili, the woman suddenly noticed something amiss and exclaimed in surprise, "How can a human cultivator like you possess the Phoenix Nirvana Flame!"
He reached out and tapped Mo Zuili's forehead with his finger. Mo Zuili felt a sense of relief wash over him, and the intense pressure he had felt earlier vanished.
"No wonder you dared to venture deeper with such low cultivation. So you have royal blood. You've hidden it quite well. Are you from the Phoenix Clan or the Phoenix Clan?"
Mo Zuili guiltily looked away, thinking: I also want to know which race I belong to!
The novel subtly mentions that Zi Tui's special physique is related to the Phoenix Clan, but it doesn't explain how it's revealed. Zi Tui dies, and I've transmigrated into the book too!
Seeing Mo Zuili's pale face struggling to catch her breath, the woman didn't press the matter further. She turned to Shen Ling beside her and asked, "And this one? Which clan's heir are you? You dared to come in right after breaking through to the late Foundation Establishment stage... wait, you have demonic energy on you!"
The woman's eyes sharpened instantly. Before Mo Zuili could figure out the woman's identity, he saw her raise her palm, gather spiritual power, and prepare to slap Shen Ling to death.
Mo Zuili screamed, "Have mercy!"
The woman didn't hold back, but she didn't slap Shen Ling either.
"Kun Yue? When did you arrive at Medicine King Mountain?"
Interrupted from her attack, Jiang Kunyue frowned and looked at Chu Qing with displeasure, saying, "When did I leave? A hundred years ago, I was seriously injured and came to the depths of Medicine King Mountain to slumber until I woke up yesterday."
After explaining, Jiang Kunyue made another move with lightning speed, but because Chu Qing protected her, she only managed to knock Shen Ling unconscious.
Jiang Kunyue's face showed anger as she rebuked, "Chu Qing! Why are you protecting the Demon Clan!"
"A demon?" Chu Qing asked in confusion, "He is my disciple."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Kunyue stopped and calmed down. After standing there for a while, she asked in confusion, "Just now, I clearly smelled demonic energy on this kid."
If Shen Ling's bloodline mutation is exposed too early, it could trigger a butterfly effect, disrupting the plot and causing all her advantages to disappear.
"That won't do," Mo Zuili quickly said.
With the words, "Master, this relic is related to my physique," he successfully drew the attention of the two people to himself.
Upon hearing Mo Zuili's address, Jiang Kunyue raised an eyebrow and teased, "It's not easy. You actually took on two disciples. I thought you would guard the mountain alone until you reached the Dao of Transformation [1]."
Based on Jiang Kunyue's change in attitude after discovering his special physique, Mo Zuili guessed that this person had a friendly attitude towards the Phoenix Clan.
She then feigned a pitiful expression and pressed, "Sister, you just said I have Phoenix Rebirth Fire on me, what is this fire for?"
"Sister? Little girl, I am a descendant of the Kunpeng bloodline of the demon race. I have lived for over a thousand years, older than your master. I can be considered half an ancestor of yours. Besides, don't you know about the Phoenix Nirvana Fire?" Jiang Kunyue found it amusing.
Mo Zuili readily agreed and changed his tune, saying, "Alright, Ancestor. I suffered from amnesia some time ago and don't know about the Phoenix Nirvana Flame. May I ask what the Phoenix Nirvana Flame is used for?"
Jiang Kunyue was amused by Mo Zuili's way of addressing her, but in the end she didn't correct her. She stepped forward, grabbed Mo Zuili's wrist and examined it for a while before letting out a shocking remark.
"You're a half-human, half-demon hybrid, and you even have the Phoenix bloodline, which is the most hated hybrid bloodline. The Phoenix clans call your bloodline the royal bloodline, a bloodline that only the heirs of the two clans possess. Moreover, you even have the aura of a Azure Dragon on you! Little girl, your identity is very complicated."
After settling Shen Ling in, Chu Qing came to Jiang Kunyue's side and told her about Mo Zuili's declining cultivation and her absorption of the Soul-Locking Smoke: "I don't know much about the demon race, so I can only use pills to temporarily suppress her cultivation loss."
Jiang Kunyue asked curiously, "Why suppress it? She was indeed poisoned, but after being planted with the Phoenix Nirvana Flame, the flame had already devoured the poison. The flame devoured all her cultivation and returned her to a mortal state, which is when she was reborn in the flames."
Mo Zuili was dumbfounded. So, most of the original novel, plus all the time she'd spent searching for an antidote since arriving here, had been fundamentally wrong!
Mo Zuili wanted to ask more, but Jiang Kunyue waved his hand impatiently and said, "That's all I know. There's a destiny in the universe. It's fate that you were able to find the depths of Medicine King Mountain after I woke up. I opened the Holy Phoenix Ruins. Inside is the remnant soul of an old man from the Phoenix Clan. If you want to know, go ask him."
He was about to find the answer to the mystery of the female protagonist's constitution, which had not been solved even in the novel.
Mo Zuili quickly packed up her weapons, confirmed with Chu Qing that the mark on her body was still intact and could be used as a means of self-preservation, and then immediately entered the ruins.
They had assumed that the ruins containing the remnant soul of their ancestor would contain abundant natural treasures.
Mo Zuili never expected to cross the seal. A wave of dizziness and weightlessness washed over her. She finally managed to stand up, only to find herself surrounded by darkness.
He called out twice, but there was no response.
Mo Zuili pinched the fire talisman, intending to inject spiritual power to create a blast first. If anything tried to launch a sneak attack, she could strike first.
Just as he mobilized the little spiritual power in his body, an old voice appeared in Mo Zuili's ears like 3D surround sound.
Who goes there?
Mo Zuili felt a chill run down her spine; everything before her eyes remained pitch black. Yet, the voice relentlessly echoed in her ears.
"Mo Zuili, a junior member of the Mo family."
As soon as Mo Zuili finished announcing his name, his voice stopped looping and began to mutter to himself as if AI had switched to human mode: "The Mo family? Which Mo family? I've never heard of it."
Before he could finish speaking, a powerful spiritual force attacked Mo Zuili.
Mo Zuili was frozen in place and unable to move, so she could only close her eyes and endure it.
The spiritual energy rushed towards her, but instead of harming Mo Zuili, it nourished her sea of consciousness.
A gaunt old man appeared like a ghost beside Mo Zuili and said, "You actually have the bloodlines of two races, and the Phoenix Nirvana Flame! Yingyan really succeeded! What is your relationship with Yingyan? Are you her child? Yes! You must be Yingyan's child, and only her offspring can be recognized by the Nirvana Flame!"
Who is Sakura Flame?
Mo Zuili was full of questions.
After thinking for a moment, Mo Zuili replied half-truthfully, "Senior, I lost my memory for some time now, and I can't remember many things. Three years ago, I was poisoned by someone..."
Remembering Jiang Kunyue's statement that there was no poison in her body and that her decline was due to the Phoenix Rebirth Fire, Mo Zuili slammed on the brakes.
He then changed the subject, saying, "I don't know who ambushed me, but my cultivation has repeatedly regressed. I've come here rashly to ask you, senior, if there's a way for me to return to normal and start cultivating again?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than the old man, as if he had heard something outrageous, flew into a rage: "You ungrateful brat! You are the chosen successor of Nirvana Fire! You actually want to cultivate using the methods of human cultivators to suppress Nirvana Fire's absorption of spiritual power."
Did you know that in the beginning, the phoenixes were one race, jointly guarding the Nirvana Fire, which split into two ten thousand years ago, and the Nirvana Fire disappeared?
A thousand years ago, your mother was born into the Phoenix Clan. As the prophesied saintess, she was the demon queen who could single-handedly reunite the two clans!
Nirvana will only reappear when the two races are reunited. It's a pity I perished too soon, unable to live to see Sakura Flame unify the two races. But now it seems Sakura Flame has succeeded.
So incredibly powerful to push your own mother around!?
Mo Zuili originally thought that, given the typical nature of male-oriented novels, the protagonist's own mother would be invisible throughout the entire story, or perhaps she would be sacrificed at the very beginning.
He claimed that his constitution, which he believed was related to the demon race, was caused by poisoning or a series of coincidences.
And you tell me she's the queen!
"But how come you have human blood? And your surname is Mo! Who is your father?" the old man asked, stroking his beard in confusion.
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