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In the deep blue night, brilliant flames exploded on the top of the mountain, with colors ranging from deep red to bright orange and then to dazzling golden yellow.

The flames kept jumping and burning, rushing from the top of the mountain to the higher sky, making thunderous explosions, like countless phoenixes spreading their wings and ready to fly.

The dazzling flames lit up the entire night sky. Their brightness and scale were hundreds of times greater than those of fireworks. In contrast, the originally spectacular New Year's Eve fireworks looked as dim as a spark.

The night sky was suddenly as bright as day, and the ground continued to shake with loud rumbling sounds. At this moment, not only the students of Jingzhou University, but also the people of the entire Jingjiang City and even the land of Jingzhou witnessed the glow burning in the night sky at this moment.

Countless people were confused and bewildered amid the glare and loud noise... What was happening? !

Wen Li looked at the place where the fire exploded in disbelief. She was very familiar with that location. It was her old house, Phoenix Mountain where the Wuji clan lived.

"This is... the flame of the Phoenix Fire..." the young witch priest murmured. The Phoenix Fire burning in the sky was reflected in her eyes, as if a cluster of fire was ignited in her dark pupils.

Upon hearing this, Mu Chuyue also showed a look of surprise. The Phoenix Fire is known as the divine flame that never goes out. It is an extraordinary flame unique to the Sun Phoenix and the Vermillion Flame Bird. It is also a symbol of the Great Flame spirit and power.

Phoenix Fire will change with emotions and will. In rare cases when there is a huge change in consciousness, the Phoenix Fire will explode and flash [Flame Flash] phenomenon will occur.

In Mu Shuyue's impression, Phoenix Flame Flashes are all small explosions that appear in fierce battles, and appear as background rendering methods in film and television works related to the Sun Phoenix.

She had never imagined that the Phoenix Fire's flash would reach this scale, setting a mountain on fire, lighting up the entire night sky, and being clearly visible across the entire city and even the entire state.

Who caused such a huge flash of fire? Even the Red Flame Bird of the advanced imperial race is unlikely. Could it be that the Sun Phoenix has appeared, or is there some other accident?

Wen Li became even more anxious, as all her family members were there. Although she was still at odds with her family... in the face of such a sudden crisis involving life and death, all she had left was fear and worry.

No matter what happened, she had to go back to Phoenix Mountain to take a look!

Mu Liuyue grabbed Wen Li who was about to rush out. It was a chaotic situation outside and she didn't have a contract with a pet suitable for riding. It would be more likely to get into trouble if she ran around.

She was about to persuade Wen Li when the investigator bracelet on her wrist suddenly rang.

Mu Liuyue clicked on the communication box, which was a notice sent from the headquarters of the Secret Affairs Investigation Bureau.

A large-scale flashing secret realm was detected to have suddenly descended on the outskirts of Jingjiang City. The Affairs Bureau required all nearby C-level and above secret realm investigators to go to the landing site and conduct frontline investigations.

The investigation mission is mainly to explore the environment of the secret realm, the intelligence of the master of the secret realm, and cooperate in the rescue of possible casualties inside. The secret realm that descended is speculated to be S-level, and the Affairs Bureau will send an ace A-level investigator to lead this front-line investigation.

After reading the content of the notice, Mu Chuyue was a little surprised. The location where the secret realm descended was marked near Phoenix Mountain, which was obviously related to the flame flash phenomenon just now.

The chance of a Flashing Period secret realm descending in a town is an extremely low-probability event. So far, Mu Huoyue has only experienced the D-level [Star Dragon Earl's Mansion], and the rest are all secret realms of the Advent Period and Fusion Period.

This was the first time she received an official exploration mission after becoming an investigator.

She closed the communication box on the bracelet, looked at Wen Li who was still anxious beside her, and said, "Don't worry, Wen Li, I'll go with you."

The notice from the Affairs Bureau recruited all C-level and above investigators near Phoenix Mountain, and Mu Liuyue happened to know one of them.

Xiang Xun will definitely go as well. He is at Jingzhou University, so it will be convenient for Mu Liuyue and Wen Li to get a ride with him.

Wen Li didn't understand, so Mu Liuyue directly sent a message to Xiang Xun through the bracelet.

After a while, the figure of the Red Feathered Eagle appeared above the two of them.

The students around exclaimed in surprise, but the teachers were very cooperative with Xiang Xun's actions. The mission to obtain special action permission during such an extraordinary period was most likely from the Affairs Bureau.

Xiang Xun pulled both of them onto the back of the Red Feathered Eagle. The huge red falcon flapped its wings and flew up, rushing towards the direction of Yanshan.

Wen Li realized belatedly that this was probably what Hiiragi Tsuki referred to as a "hitchhiking ride".

Xiang Xun is not only the president of the Battle Club, but also a senior in the Battle Department of Jingzhou University. When an accident occurred in the secret realm of the deserted island, he was also the one who came to rescue together with Su Luo, the phantom beast master. Wen Li knows that he and Hiiragi are both connected with the Secret Realm Affairs Countermeasures Bureau.

Mu Huiyue looked forward. The young man sitting on the back of the Red Feathered Eagle had not yet activated his talent. He still had his face wrapped in the scarf, looking tired. Xiang Xun also looked back at her.

"You have also received the notice from the Affairs Bureau, Hiiragi," Xiang Xun asked, feeling a little emotional.

When I first met Mu Shuyue and introduced her as an investigator, she was still a high school student who had just awakened.

Unexpectedly, after more than half a year, she has become a level 5 beastmaster and a C-level investigator like herself.

Mu Huiyue nodded. Akabaying was too fast. She didn't have a scarf, so her mouth was filled with wind as soon as she spoke. She couldn't answer Xiang Xun.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was another loud bang in the sky, and more flames exploded on the top of Phoenix Mountain. Even if I was flying such a long distance, I could still feel the light and heat coming towards me.

Xiang Xun patted the red-feathered eagle on the back, causing it to speed up as much as possible.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the foot of Phoenix Mountain.

Except for the part of the mountain top covered by the phoenix fire, the whole mountain was shrouded in a translucent red energy layer, as if it was blocked in a barrier, with things inside unable to get out and people outside unable to get in.

Seeing the barrier, Wen Li breathed a sigh of relief.

This is the Vermilion Flame Bird's superior domain skill [Burning Embers to Seal the Realm], a special barrier created with the spell passed down by the witch priest clan, used to block Phoenix Mountain's connection with the outside world on special occasions.

The only Vermillion Flame Bird Tamer who resided in Phoenix Mountain at this time was Wen Li's mother, Wen Lin Chuanqi.

The fact that the mother was still able to activate the [Burning Ashes Seal] at least showed that the situation inside Phoenix Mountain was not completely out of control. She and the Red Flame Bird were still safe, and were able to maintain this extremely energy-consuming sealing spell.

All the entrances and exits of Phoenix Mountain were blocked by the [Burning Embers Seal]. Mu Huiyue did not detect any abnormal hidden energy fluctuations in the outside world, and speculated that the entrance to the secret realm was inside Phoenix Mountain.

Xiang Xun recalled the Red Feather Eagle. [Burning Ashes Seal] is not only a high-level domain skill, but also combined with the spell restrictions of the witch priest clan. It cannot be easily removed, and they cannot enter the mutated Phoenix Mountain.

"...At this stage, we can only wait for the head of the Affairs Bureau to come." Xiang Xun pulled his scarf to cover the lower half of his face.

"Wen Li has no way to deal with the spell restrictions here?" Mu Liuyue looked at her friend.

Wen Li shook her head in frustration. That was a restriction set by her mother, the leader of the witch priest tribe. With her current half-baked level of sacrificial texts, it would be impossible to break it in a short period of time.

"The person sent by the Bureau to conduct this investigation... is an A-level investigator, right?" Mu Liuyue asked.

In the classification of the Secret Realm Countermeasures Bureau, C-level investigators need a high-level beastmaster's license, B-level investigators have the combat power of a master-level beastmaster, and A-level investigators have combat power comparable to a legendary beastmaster. Each one is an elite who can guard a place.

Currently, the only A-level investigators stationed permanently in the capital city of Jingjiang are Su Luo, deputy director of the General Administration, and Guan Yu, a special A-level investigator who tours the country.

Mu Chuyue remembered that Su Luo was not in the capital at the moment, and Guan Yu was not in Jingzhou either. She didn't know which A-level investigator the Bureau would send over.

Xiang Xun pulled up the scarf at his collar and analyzed: "Phoenix Mountain is a historical site related to the Sun Phoenix, so the person coming is likely to be..."

Before he finished speaking, a whistle suddenly sounded not far away.

A tall figure jumped down from the air with a dull "bang" and landed steadily on the open space in front of the three people.

The man stood up, and he turned out to be a young man in his early thirties. It was clearly winter, but he was wearing a loose graffiti T-shirt and shorts, and the exposed skin was extremely pale, as if he had not seen the sun for a long time.

The young man raised his head. His long hair was tied into a sloppy Taoist bun at the back of his head. In the middle was a hairpin that looked like a wooden stick. A closer look revealed that it was actually a chopstick with half of it broken off.

"..." He recognized the identity of the person at a glance. His overly rough and unruly appearance made Mu Liuyue silent for a while.

Xiang Xun paused, and continued what he had said before: "So I guess the person who came is most likely Jing Heng... After all, he is the only A-level beastmaster who is still idle near the capital."

"Oh? That would be easy if you know me." The young man curved his eyebrows and showed a friendly smile.

The person who came was none other than King Jing Heng of Xia, who had made a contract with Ruo Meng six hundred years ago and gained the ability to live forever!

When Su Luo first mentioned this nominal A-level investigator to her, Mu Liuyue had expressed her emotion that such a famous historical figure was actually her colleague, and she had not expected to have the opportunity to work with him so soon.

Six hundred years have left no trace on Jing Heng. Even if he is wearing modern clothes like a T-shirt, people in Dayan who are familiar with history will find him very familiar, at least they have seen him in textbooks.

Wen Li, who didn't know the other person's background, obviously thought so too. The more she looked at him, the more curious she felt. She couldn't help but say out loud, "You look like that Fish Beard..."

"Fish beard?" Jing Heng was confused. He had been studying modern vocabulary very hard, and this was something he had never heard of before.

Mu Liuyue and Xiang Xun understood immediately, and both of them showed expressions of trying hard to hold back laughter.

Looking back on my high school career, no matter which class or grade I was in, there were always some uneducated "artists" who liked to make various changes to the celebrity illustrations in the textbooks, especially drawing fun little accessories like beards and glasses.

In the history textbook of Dayan High School, there are two illustrations that can be called the "golden spots for drawing mustaches". Even an excellent student like Mu Shuyue could not resist the temptation and would draw two mustaches for the two characters in the illustrations during his spare time.

One of them is the young Earl of Star Dragon Ellen Mithra, and the other is King Jing Heng of Xia who led the army to resist the beast rebellion during the heyday of Dayan history.

Wen Li is an expert at drawing beards. She has drawn Xia Wang Jingheng's face in the textbook countless times. Now, looking at the young man in front of her, she feels that he looks particularly familiar.

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