"Hmm." Feng Rong looked at her seriously, seemingly a little nervous, her palms clenched, and after a while she said, "I... want to go in and take a look."
Youyou glanced at him, chuckled softly, and nodded, "Okay... I'll go with you!"
Feng Rong's expression instantly relaxed, revealing a hint of pleasure. She pulled her away, but then, as if remembering something, she suddenly turned back to look at Yuan Qi and said, "You are not allowed to go in!"
Yuan Qi: "..."
He glanced at Youyou, sighed, and took a step back.
Feng Rong was satisfied and pulled You You up. She raised her hand and made several hand seals. It was unclear how she did it, but it took her a lot of effort to summon that space again.
Almost instantly, the two arrived in another world. Compared to what they saw outside, what they saw inside was even more shocking. Before them was an ice field, covered with countless eggs, stretching as far as the eye could see. They varied in size, but each one was larger than the one Feng Rong had before, with at least several thousand phoenix eggs.
Compared to Feng Rong's pure white egg that seemed to glow faintly, these eggs were exceptionally still and lifeless, without a trace of life. They were dead eggs.
Not only You You, but Feng Rong was also stunned. Her eyes swept across the icy plain, and a hint of sorrow inexplicably appeared in her eyes. "I never knew that the Phoenix Clan... had always been here."
"You haven't been in here?" Youyou asked in surprise.
“I never knew the Sacred Tree had a space.” Feng Rong shook her head. “Before I broke out of my shell, my true body remained in the Nirvana Mirror, where I was all alone. Moreover, since my primordial spirit awakened, I have discovered that my inherited memories are somewhat different. In addition to the Phoenix Clan’s inheritance, there is also a… clan decree.”
"A clan decree?!" What is that?
“The clan decree says that I am the last phoenix in the world, and I have the mission to awaken the entire clan. However… I don’t know how.” He seemed to have no more reservations and told her the whole story. “Later, Feng Yu told me that he found a record in an ancestral book that the divine artifact has special power and can awaken the gods. So I have been searching for the divine artifact everywhere. The ruins where I first met you were the first divine artifact I found.”
"Then... you never doubted that ancient book?" You couldn't help but ask.
“Of course it does!” Feng Rong said with a wry smile. “When I obtained the first divine artifact, I tried to draw out its power. Although I didn’t succeed, it did nourish my primordial spirit. The artifact couldn’t allow me to be born, but it allowed me to condense a new clone. That’s why Feng Yu is so convinced of this!” He believed that if the artifact was useful to him, it would surely be able to awaken the other phoenixes as well.
Little did they know that this was all a scheme orchestrated by Qiu Yue from the very beginning, perhaps even in previous lives. He was luring Feng Yu into the trap step by step, then seizing the last bit of rebirth power from the Sacred Tree.
The reason he chose to act now is probably because he already knew that the power of the Sacred Tree was insufficient to revive Qin Yan. So he had been conducting various experiments until he discovered that the Celestial Maiden's life force could fill this gap.
The fact that the entire Phoenix Clan was inside the Sacred Tree Space was probably something Qiu Yue knew in previous lives and then told Feng Yu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have suddenly betrayed them.
“My entire clan has slumbered here for many years, yet we have not found a way to revive them. Feng Yu has worked hard his whole life, but in the end, it was all for nothing…” Feng Rong looked at the eggs with deep sorrow. “Perhaps, this is what is called divine punishment!”
“There will be a way!” Youyou patted his shoulder and couldn’t help but say, “You already know they’re all here, so we can figure out a solution later.”
Feng Rong glanced at her, and the light slowly returned to her dormant eyes. She nodded in response, "Yes, I believe you!"
Suddenly, something occurred to him. He searched among the many eggs, and after a moment, he made a hand seal, summoning a ball of flame that instantly flew to the right. His expression brightened, and he grabbed Youyou, chasing after the flame. "It's over there!"
"What?" Before Youyou could react, he had already dragged her through the towering egg mountains and headed in that direction.
The two ran for more than ten minutes until they reached the right edge of the ice field before stopping. The small flame that Feng Rong had just summoned was circling around the two eggs in front of them, and it disappeared with sparks when the two of them came over.
"These are the two!" Feng Rong took a deep breath, staring intently at the two eggs in front of her, seemingly somewhat excited.
"What is this?" Youyou asked subconsciously.
Feng Rong suddenly smiled at her, seemingly extremely happy, and said, "My parents!"
"Huh?" She was stunned for a moment.
“I can feel that my parents are inside this egg!” Feng Rong smiled even more happily, her eyes seemingly sparkling with starlight. She carefully touched the eggshell before turning to look at her and saying, “Before we establish the contract, I want you to meet them!”
"..." You You paused for a moment, then subconsciously replied politely, "Uncle, Aunt... hello?!"
etc!
She had this feeling of being taken home by a friend to meet her parents and discuss important life events!
“They can’t hear us,” Feng Rong replied, pulling down the hand that was greeting her and holding it in her palm. She looked back at the two eggs in front of her with lingering affection before looking at her seriously and saying, “Alright, you’ve met my parents. Now you can go out and sign the contract.”
"Huh? Oh!" Youyou felt something was off. If you're going to make a contract, why do you have to meet the parents?
Feng Rong had already pulled her away, as if to leave this space. As they walked, she muttered to herself, "You've already met my parents, so you've been accepted by the clan! Our Phoenix Clan is different from your human clan. We only make a vow to one person in our lifetime, and unless our souls are scattered and our spirits perish, we will never be separated for all eternity. I don't care what kind of Heavenly Maiden she is, but anyway... you can't be unkind to me."
"..." No, what does this have to do with giving oranges? Are the rules of your Phoenix Clan really that complicated?
"Actually... I should have told you a long time ago that I wanted to make a vow with you, meaning I would only be with you. Before... Feng Yu said that you were hesitant to make the vow because you hadn't thought it through, and told me not to be too proactive, otherwise it would displease you, so he stopped urging you. If you were unhappy, I was unhappy too. Now that you are happy, then I am... happy too." He mumbled a whole bunch of things, as if he had confused himself.
Only after the two of them walked out of the space did he look straight at her, his eyes sparkling, and say, "Alright, now we can begin to establish the contract."
Youyou: "..."
Why am I feeling inexplicably uneasy?
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