Before today, the last time Ao Qing came to Phoenix Valley was the day he came to find his Taoist partner.
I still remember that day, Phoenix Valley was no longer as quiet and elegant as before. The fire burned raging and only a scorched earth was left.
More than 10,000 years have passed, and the dire situation here has long been covered by regrowth of trees and grass.
But desolation and deathly silence exist like maggots attached to bones.
The Phoenix Terrace is made of thousand-year-old cold stone, which cannot be melted by fire, penetrated by water, or damaged by lightning.
However, after thousands of years, it has become covered with cracks and overgrown with weeds.
The cubs followed their father up the stone steps of Phoenix Terrace and looked around curiously.
Sometimes I would squat down to look at the small flowers growing in the cracks of the rocks, or I would run over to investigate if I saw something.
Ao Xiaomo, who was walking at the back, was looking around. Suddenly, as if something caught his attention, the black dragon stopped.
When Ao Xiaomo caught up with the team again, there was a little squirrel with white fur in his arms.
The big, fluffy tail sways as it moves, often brushing the black dragon cub's face.
As Ao Xiaomo was watching, he suddenly blew a breath towards the little squirrel's fluffy tail, and saw a big hole in its fur.
Feng Xiaohong, who happened to hear his exhalation, turned around and saw the big-tailed squirrel in Ao Xiaomo's arms.
When her eyes met its big round eyes, Feng Xiaohong couldn't help but let out a low cry, her eyes full of love and curiosity.
"Heihei, where did it come from? It's so cute!" Feng Xiaohong slowed down and waited for him to come up, then walked over and asked in a low voice.
My hand couldn't help but touch the squirrel's big fluffy tail. "Its fur is still soft!"
"I picked it up." Ao Xiaomo touched the little squirrel's head, then took out the snacks he had bought earlier from his storage ring and put them in its paws.
As soon as the hungry little squirrel smelled the fragrance, he couldn't wait to pick it up with his paws and start chewing it.
The little head was still a little bit when he was chewing, and he ate very quickly.
It didn't take long for the little squirrel to finish a nut that was half the size of its head. Feng Xiaohong exclaimed, "It eats so fast!"
After eating, the little squirrel knew who gave him the food, so he grabbed its tail from behind and passed it to Ao Xiaomo, squeaking.
Here, Ao Xiaomo and Feng Xiaohong were watching the little squirrel eating, and the other two cubs walking in front of them were picking flowers.
"There are two more over there! Let's take one each." As he said that, Feng Xiaojin quickly ran over and pulled up the two red flowers by the roots.
He ran back to his original position and gave one to the little dragon.
They already had six flowers in their hands, and with the ones they just picked, there were seven in total.
Looking down at the bunch of flowers in his hands, the little dragon shook them carefully, and the two wing-like petals on the flowers began to tremble and shake, just like the flapping of a bird's wings.
"Let's find a place to plant it when we get back, so Dad can see it when he wakes up."
When the little dragon saw a flower that looked like a bird for the first time, the first thing he thought of was his father.
"Then let's look for flowers of other shapes!"
"good!"
Therefore, when the father and his party finally stepped onto the Phoenix Platform, the four cubs had a lot more things in their hands.
Ao Xiaomo was still teasing his big-tailed squirrel.
Feng Xiaohong originally wanted to pick up a little pet, but she couldn't find any on the way there, so she had no choice but to follow the little dragon and the others to pick flowers.
The flowers in their hands also have different shapes, some are shaped like red birds, some are shaped like white balls, some are shaped like blue skirts...
There were also many flowers growing on the Phoenix Terrace. Once they got there, the cubs ran over to pick the flowers as if they were having fun.
Just when they were getting more excited to pull out the flowers, the entire Phoenix Terrace suddenly began to shake. The boys were so scared that they stopped plucking the flowers and ran to their father.
"Father, is this place going to collapse?" The little dragon grabbed his father's clothes tightly and looked around fearfully.
"It collapsed?!" Feng Xiaojin was so scared that his two short legs were shaking, "Then...then let's get out of here quickly!"
"Don't worry, father can fly." Ao Xiaomo was still as calm as ever.
Of course, if we ignore the fact that his two hands were tightly grasping his father's robe, he would not even be able to pay attention to the big-tailed squirrel.
However, the only strange thing was that Feng Xiaohong, who was always timid, did not show any fear at this moment. "It won't collapse, wait a little longer." Ao Qing spoke to comfort the frightened children.
The shaking of the ground slowly disappeared, and a fiery red phoenix gradually appeared in front of them.
The Red Phoenix lay on the ground, looking extremely weak.
"Uncle Ao Qing..." A weak and old voice suddenly sounded.
"You are..." Ao Qing narrowed his eyes and looked at the phoenix in front of him, but couldn't remember who she was.
"Uncle Ao Qing will definitely not remember my name if I tell him," the old phoenix smiled, "I think Uncle Ao Qing still has a deep impression of the fattest little phoenix in the Phoenix Clan, right?"
"Little Fatty?" Ao Qing frowned slightly, "What's wrong with you now?"
Ao Qing naturally couldn't remember the old phoenix's name. In fact, except for his partner Bai Fengyu, Ao Qing didn't remember the names of other phoenixes in the Phoenix clan.
However, Ao Qing was deeply impressed by the little phoenix nicknamed 'Little Fat Bird'.
Because every time he came to find Bai Fengyu, the little fat bird would pester him and ask for food.
The cubs hiding behind Ao Qing all poked their heads out, and when they heard what their father said about the little fat bird, they all looked at the big red phoenix curiously.
"Little fat bird?" Ao Xiaomo muttered softly, and then said to Feng Xiaohong beside him with a serious face, "Honghong, if you want to grow as big as her, you have to eat more. If you eat more and get fat, you can grow this big."
"Really...really?" Feng Xiaohong glanced at the big red phoenix like her, with some confusion in her eyes, "But I have seen fat humans, they all look so ugly, I don't want to become ugly..."
"You forget that we are not human. We are fat and round, so we should be cute." The little dragon next to him also came over and said something.
"Yes, look, isn't the little squirrel very cute?" As he said that, Ao Xiaomo held the big-tailed squirrel with his two little hands and lifted it up.
The big, fluffy tail gently brushed Feng Xiaohong's cheek.
"cute……"
Although the cubs spoke in low voices, the two adults present heard every word they said.
The old phoenix turned his gaze towards the four cubs behind Uncle Ao Qing, and was stunned when he saw that they were all incompletely transformed.
"Uncle...what's going on with these kids?"
"They..." Ao Qing lowered his head to glance at the kids who were whispering behind him. Perhaps they were too engrossed in the conversation and didn't notice that the topic had shifted to them.
"It was contracted by a human monk to become a contracted beast and broke out of its shell early."
"Contracted beast?!" The old phoenix's voice suddenly rose, sounding very angry, and the cubs nearby were so scared that they looked over.
"How dare they?!"
Although the old phoenix didn't know what a contracted beast was, the word "contract" sounded like a bad thing.
"Uncle, what's the situation outside now?" Seeing that the kids were frightened, Old Phoenix tried his best to suppress his anger and spoke.
"After the catastrophe, the human race was the first to recover, and the demon race was enslaved by them. Now, it won't be long before a war between the two races breaks out..."
Ao Qing briefly told her the current situation, and then asked casually, "What's going on with you? Why are you trapped in Phoenix Terrace?"
Just after digesting Uncle Ao Qing's words, the old phoenix smiled bitterly when he heard his question, "It's not that I'm trapped in the Phoenix Platform, but I can't leave it now..."
The old phoenix was not yet an adult when the catastrophe occurred. When the Phoenix Valley was burned, her parents risked their lives to seal her and other young phoenixes in the Phoenix Terrace.
Ten thousand years have passed, and her companions back then all died. The reason she is still alive is because her companions gave her the power of their souls before they died.
However, she could hardly hold on any longer, but fortunately Uncle Ao Qing arrived at this time.
"Uncle, the only remaining bloodline of the Phoenix Clan is in the Phoenix Terrace. Take them away when you leave." The old Phoenix paused, "Their vitality is weak now, and I don't know if they can still break the shell..."
"I can't take care of the phoenix cubs."
"This..." Hearing his words, Old Phoenix was stunned for a moment, feeling a little disappointed, "Is that so... Then I won't embarrass you."
Fortunately, two little phoenixes have already hatched, and the old phoenix shifted his attention to the cubs behind him.
Although the transformation was incomplete, the old phoenix knew that Uncle Ao Qing would not abandon the cub.
"So you can take care of them yourself."
After hearing his words, Old Phoenix finally realized what Uncle Ao Qing had just meant.
only……
The old phoenix shook his head, "I won't live much longer..."
That's not necessarily the case.
Ao Qing did not respond to her words and said, "I came here today for one thing. Do you know the Phoenix Clan's soul-fixing method?"
"The Phoenix Clan's soul-fixing method?" The old Phoenix was puzzled. "Why are you asking this? Is there something wrong with the souls of the cubs?!"
"No, she is my Taoist partner."
As he spoke, Ao Qing took out the ice coffin from the Longze Ring.
Seeing the white-haired man lying in the ice coffin, Old Phoenix exclaimed in surprise, "Uncle Fengyu?!"
As soon as the ice coffin came out, the cubs cried out "Ah!" and ran over quickly. Their little faces pressed tightly against the ice coffin, staring intently at their father lying inside.
"Father, when can we wake daddy up? I miss him so much." The little dragon cub tilted his head to look at his father, with some anticipation and eagerness in his eyes.
"I miss daddy, too..." Feng Xiaojin said, with his forehead against the ice coffin, looking at his sleeping daddy.
He still remembered that when he was thrown into a thorny tree by humans, his father picked him up. His father's embrace was cool and comfortable.
"I...I want to too." Feng Xiaohong said in a low voice.
Daddy was still awake at that time, but she was too timid and hid in the eggshell. She didn't expect that she would never see Daddy open his eyes later.
"So, when will father save daddy?" Ao Xiaomo looked at his father lying in the ice coffin, and then looked back at his father.
Unlike other little friends, Ao Xiaomo fell asleep unconscious in the eggshell after breaking out of the shell. When he woke up, his father was already lying in the ice coffin.
However, despite this, Ao Xiaomo still likes his father very much.
"It will be soon. Wait for father to ask your Aunt Fatty."
Hearing the word "Fat Bird", the old phoenix felt a little ashamed, "Uncle! Can you please stop mentioning my nickname in front of the cub?!"
"Auntie Fat Bird?" The cubs looked at their father and then at the big phoenix.
Feng Xiaojin thought for a moment and ran over, looking up at her big head, "Can Aunt Fat Bird really help us rescue Daddy?"
"Ahem... Auntie can't, but I know how to save your father."
"Really?!" The three cubs ran over with their eyes wide open, and then jumped up excitedly, "Thank you, Aunt Fatty Bird!"
Forget it, let Aunt Fat Bird be Aunt Fat Bird. The old phoenix looked at the cubs who were so happy that they didn’t know what to do, and then looked at Uncle Ao Qing who was standing aside and smiling at them, and smiled helplessly in her heart.
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