"My life gate is the Empress of the Troya Empire?" Jiufeng's brows furrowed into a deep frown as she met Cangying's gaze. "Impossible, Your Excellency Cangying. Although I have never actually met the Empress of the Troya Empire, I know very well that she is not as powerful as Princess Jiang Si, not even half as powerful."
"You say she's my lifeline? You've miscalculated. That's absolutely impossible."
Cangying's fist, clenched beneath his wide sleeves, loosened once more, his fingers moving as he began to calculate. The result remained the same: "I haven't miscalculated. My calculations regarding your destiny indicate that your lifeline is Her Majesty the Empress of the Troya Empire, or perhaps General Bo Jichen is also your lifeline..."
"No, the Empress and General Bo Jichen are twins, twins, no, that's not right either..."
Cangying's expression changed slightly, her voice stopped abruptly, and her fingers under her wide sleeves clenched even faster. Her dark, golden eyes flashed with shock and disbelief.
Seeing the change in his expression, Jiufeng's expression tightened: "What did you figure out?"
Cangying paused, his fingers moving so fast they seemed to blur, and looked at Jiufeng. He didn't tell him what he had calculated, but instead asked, "Lord Jiufeng, you've been searching for your partner for decades, going up and down the heavens and down the earth. Why haven't you found it?"
She had been searching for her partner for decades, as if it were a very, very long time ago. Now that someone had brought it up, Jiufeng was slightly startled. Her eyes flickered, and her lips twitched slightly. After a long pause, she said, "Why haven't I found it? I can't sense it. There is a bond between us, but I can't feel it."
"When it first disappeared, I could still sense which direction it was in the Abel system, but after a few days, I could no longer sense it."
"It's like it's dead, like it's returned to dust, it's gone. I can't feel it at all. I've lost its trace, its scent, all the clues I could find about it."
"From the day I missed its hatching, every day since, I have searched for it, but there has been no trace of it. I am searching blindly, searching without any end. I have even searched for it on Earth in the distant Milky Way, but I still can't find it!"
Cangying reached out from under his wide sleeves toward Jiufeng, his palm open, revealing a black scale the size of a fingernail: "Your Excellency Jiufeng, can you feel the power within this scale?"
Black scales?
Black dragon scales?
The eggs he raised himself were blue, and the dragons that hatched from them were also blue, with blue scales, not black. Now, a black dragon scale appeared in front of him, indicating that there are other dragons in the Abel system.
Jiufeng picked up the scale from Cangying's palm. He shuddered, his fingers trembling slightly: "Where did this scale come from? Who did you get it from? The aura on this scale is related to it..."
"It is this black dragon's mate. It has found its mate, which is why I have been unable to find it all these years!"
“It’s not its mate.” Cangying took the scale back from Jiufeng’s hand, held it in his palm again, and looked at him, saying, “The owner of this black scale is not your mate’s mate, but the scale of your mate’s child.”
Jiufeng said to let go, to forgive herself and others, but hearing these words still struck her like a thunderbolt, as if she had been severely injured. She took two steps back, barely managing to stand firm, and her lips twitched slightly, but she couldn't manage a smile. She asked incredulously, "Lord Cangying, how do you know that this is a scale from its child? Where did you get this black scale?"
"It was pried off his neck!" Cangying said truthfully without hiding anything. "This black scale was pried off his neck not long ago, so you can feel the power on the scale, the spiritual power and bloodline on the scale."
"That's why you recognized this scale at a glance, and it has an intricate and intimate connection with your lost partner."
Jiufeng took a deep breath, her lips drooping as she spoke, her voice low: "You pried this scale off its neck, and its children can fight you now. It seems it's living a very happy life."
“Yes, it is very happy!” Cangying’s voice softened slightly as he said, “It has a loving partner, supreme power, endless admirers, and a renowned reputation throughout the Abel Galaxy!”
Jiufeng slowly curled his fingers together, his short nails digging into his palm. He felt no pain whatsoever. Looking at Cangying, he finally managed a smile that was more like a grimace: "I understand now. I understand why I couldn't find it. Ever since it disappeared, I've lost all trace of it, all its aura, but it has always been there."
"Wherever it can see me, wherever I can see it, it is always there, always watching me, always hating me."
Cangying's cold voice deepened slightly: "Yes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. It shields its information and its tracks. It lives unscrupulously wherever you can see it."
"It is extremely intelligent. Its current partner loves it very much, and it loves its partner very much. It is willing to die for its partner, and its partner is willing to die for it."
"They broke through the barriers of species and had a child, the heir to the empire. You know this heir; you've always known him!"
Jiufeng reached out to shield her eyes, wiped them, took a deep breath, and lowered her hand. Her eyes were red as she looked at Cangying, her mouth filled with bitterness: "The Gate of Life, my Gate of Life, it's this, isn't it!"
Cangying nodded: "Yes, there is a bond between you. This bond is unilaterally suppressed by it, but it has not been severed. Your spiritual body, the Fire Phoenix, has left you and disappeared. Only it remains. You can only generate a new spiritual body through it and pass it on to you."
"You have a new spiritual body. Whatever this spiritual body is, it can fill the void left by the departed phoenix, making you whole again. You won't have to die so soon. You can live, and it's possible you could live for another 100, 200, or even 300 years!"
Jiufeng's lips trembled, her whole body shook, and she moved her mouth, but it took her a long time to utter the words: "No, no, I have already put it down, I will not go looking for it."
"The Phoenix Clan of the Fourth Civilization has deceived and killed so many dragons. Their crimes are heinous and they deserve to die. I am the Great Witch of the Phoenix Clan. How could I be innocent?"
"When it was inside the eggshell, I nurtured it with love, telling it that it was my partner, and I was its partner, and that we would be together forever and never be separated."
"But I deceived it. My love for it was mixed with scheming and darkness. I carefully incubated it, not out of true love, but because I wanted it to be devoted to me so I could give it to someone else, kill it, eat it, and gain eternal life!"
“If you don’t go find it, you will die!” Cangying reminded him again after hearing this: “A year later, you will age rapidly and die quickly, just like an ordinary person.”
"I don't know why dragons were born in your Fourth Civilization, or why your Phoenix Clan of the Fourth Civilization believes that mating with dragons, drinking their blood, eating their flesh, and gaining their love will grant immortality."
"All things have a spirit, all things are born and die. No one can live forever, only live a long time. Even gods cannot live forever, they will also die. This is the law of nature, this is the law of destiny."
“Yes, no one can live forever, no one can defy time or be equal to the heavens!” Jiufeng smiled bitterly: “You all understood this long ago, but I only understood it belatedly.”
“I am not a qualified high priest, not a qualified believer, not a qualified messenger of the gods, I am just a person who is nothing.”
"So, it can live well. I know who it is, and that's enough. I can't go looking for it, and I can't disturb it."
“I know, I know, it doesn’t want to see me either. This is enough, it’s more than enough. Thank you, Lord Cangying, for letting me know where it is, who it is, and that it is happy and has children in my lifetime!”
Looking back now, everything makes sense; shortly after its disappearance, its name became famous in the military academies of the Troia Empire.
Later, it appeared on the Troia Empire's star network, known as a cunning and shameless military genius, accompanied by its mate, a mate it chose itself.
It did so many things for its partner, and its partner did so many things for it. Later, it even went with its partner to the Fourth Civilization for treatment, where it was personally received by the Fourth Civilization.
He didn't even recognize it when he personally received it. What face does he have to see it and beg it to save him? He should die in front of it to repent and atone for his sins.
Cangying sighed almost imperceptibly: "I can calculate where your life gate is, but I know that things cannot be forced. Since you have chosen not to seek it, not to see it, not to look for it, and you do not regret it, I respect your choice!"
Nine Phoenixes lowered their heads slightly: "Thank you, Your Excellency. Thank you for not holding my Phoenix Clan's actions against me and for being so open with me. I am truly ashamed."
Cangying said, "I simply refrain from commenting on matters I haven't participated in or experienced."
"You don't need to thank me. The laws of nature dictate that everything that exists has its reason. You don't need to feel ashamed towards me, and I won't accept any of your feelings of shame!"
Jiufeng straightened up: "Okay, but I still want to say thank you. Thank you for finding the Gate of Life for me, thank you for caring about my health, and I wish you find your partner soon."
Cangying nodded: "Yes, I won't bother you anymore. Lord Shu Xubai has been looking this way. It's obvious that he cares about you."
Jiufeng looked into the hotel lobby, raised her hand to Shu Xubai, and replied to Cangying: "Shu Xubai is like a little child, and I am his candy."
"His concern stems from the fact that my candy is more delicious, more special, and more pleasing to him. I understand, I know!"
Cangying said, "If you know how others treat you and what you want, then don't think about anything else, just follow your heart."
Jiufeng agreed: "I will!"
"Are you a dog? Can't you be a little more respectable!" Yan Liu rolled her eyes at Shu Xubai: "Little Phoenix beckons you, and you can't wait to go. Can't you wait for him to come and lead you? You've made us lose all face."
Just as she was about to get up and hadn't even started to leave, Shu Xubai moved with lightning speed, grabbing Yan Liu's cheek and pulling her outwards forcefully with both hands: "Your face was perfectly fine here, how did it get all shaved off? Where is it shaved off? You've turned into a skull, haven't you?"
The hotel front desk staff: "!!!!"
Prince Yanliu and the former richest man of the Fourth Civilization spoke loudly at first, but later spoke very softly, so softly that they could not hear each other. They could only guess what they were saying through their body language.
Now they've raised their voices again. The former richest man in the Fourth Civilization even laid a hand on their Princess Yanliu. Let me tell you, how could he bring himself to tear off such a beautiful face as Princess Yanliu?
It's heartbreaking to look at. Princess Yanliu's face is so beautiful that you won't find a more beautiful face in the entire Abel Galaxy. If her face is damaged in the slightest, it would be a waste of a precious treasure and a loss to the Abel Galaxy.
"Let me go, let me go, you bastard!" Yan Liu cursed. "Why aren't you going to find your master? Look at him, I don't know what that little dragon cub said to him, he looks like he's been hit over the head, his face is white, and his little body is trembling..."
"Tsk tsk, old man, your little phoenix isn't feeling well. Why don't you beg me and I'll treat him? It won't cost much, just a fist-sized crystal core. You can give me 10 or 8 boxes if you want."
"You?" Shu Xubai tightened his grip on her face. "It's not that I look down on you, but you can't cure his illness, and you can't handle his body."
"Wow!" Yan Liu's tone was very similar to Jiang Si's: "My dear little white rabbit, from what you're saying, you already know that he's not in good health, so you said that after sending your master back to Earth, you'd go out and have some fun."
"Actually, it's not that you want to go out and have fun, it's that he is your food, you're not feeling well, and your time is running out, so you're trying to be with him every second."
With a "smack!" Shu Xu slapped Yan Liu on the forehead, stood up, straightened his clothes, and looked down at her sitting on the sofa: "Little Yan Liu, with such a vivid imagination, you can start a column and make a fortune."
Shu Xubai made such a casual remark, but Yan Liu rubbed her forehead and thought about it seriously for a moment: "Old man, your suggestion is very good. I'll start writing it when I get back tonight. The title will be 'The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Vampire Clan's Foolish Love for His Food'."
"Get lost, I'm not talking to you anymore, goodbye!" Shu Xubai stopped arguing with Yan Liu, waved his sleeve at her, and walked to a spot not far from the hotel reception desk. He said to the reception staff, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'll cover the cost of Princess Yan Liu and the High Priest of the Deep Sea Mermaid Clan's room. Send them plenty of sex toys. Remember, not the best, just the most expensive. I'm not short of money!"
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