You You roughly counted that there were over a thousand phoenixes that had awakened this time, almost matching the total number of her True Path Sect disciples.
Generally speaking, the entire Phoenix Clan is divided into two groups. One group consists of couples who are embracing each other and calling out to each other nervously. The other group consists of single people who are all smiles and smell of lemons, forming a group called FFF.
Each phoenix was very busy. Although Rong's parents had explained the current situation, they seemed to have no energy to focus on these trivial matters.
Seeing that she couldn't get into the flow at all, and even Rong's parents were starting to veer off-topic, praising the younger generation and completely forgetting their purpose, she had to cough lightly, trying to find a leader to talk to. She glanced around at the Phoenix Clan and subconsciously spoke up.
"By the way, who asked which one is Ho-Oh? Has it also awakened?"
"..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the entire room fell silent. The phoenixes who had just been greeting each other suddenly all turned to look at her.
"Uh..." No, did she say something wrong?
After a while, the person who had just spoken to Rong's parents sighed deeply and explained, "Miss, you may not know this, but the Phoenix Queen sacrificed herself for our clan and perished. Naturally, the Phoenix King will not sleep with us." After he finished speaking, all the Phoenix Clan members looked downcast.
"..." In other words, the Phoenix King had already succumbed to his love! Youyou was stunned, never expecting this situation. "I'm sorry..."
The phoenixes didn't say anything, and after a moment of dejection, they rallied again. You You had no choice but to change the subject, "Does anyone know if all the phoenixes in the Sacred Tree Space have awakened? Could you please count their numbers?"
The phoenixes looked at each other, suppressing their joy at being reborn, and began to count their numbers. After a short while, a phoenix replied, "Most of the phoenixes have already woken up, but there are still two guys on the mountainside who haven't moved."
"The mountainside?" You You was taken aback. She exchanged a glance with Feng Rong and Yuan's father, and immediately headed in that direction.
There were too many people around, so I didn't notice them at first. But now that I've made a special trip over, I've discovered that there are indeed two unhatched eggs on the mountainside, surrounded by several phoenixes. The eggs look no different from the other eggs in the previous space, except that they don't have that faint glow.
Feng Rong quickly stepped forward and sensed for a while. After a moment, she replied with a somewhat solemn expression, "There is only a faint trace of life inside this egg, and there is no sign of it waking up."
"How could this be?" Youyou frowned and turned to ask, "Are there any other eggs that haven't awakened yet?"
“No more!” A man in blue next to the egg replied confidently. “I was the last one to leave the Sacred Tree space. At the time, I only saw that the two of them hadn’t hatched yet, and the space was about to collapse, so I just brought them out with me.”
"So, only they haven't woken up?"
"Yes!" the boy nodded.
Youyou frowned, feeling increasingly puzzled. They were all asleep together and had been awakened by the Yin Book, so why were these two eggs the only ones that remained motionless, and why was the life force inside them so weak?
Yuan's father also went up to take a look, but he couldn't see anything special about the two eggs either.
Youyou tried using 'Instant Stay' again, but it still didn't work. The group had no other options at the moment, and seeing that it was getting late, they simply took all the phoenixes back to the sect.
The fact that Zhenyan Sect suddenly has twice as many people might make Ling Qi, who is in charge of finances, worry himself sick.
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Ling Qi, as expected of the most capable elder in the entire sect, managed to stabilize the situation quickly after a brief moment of initial shock, despite the sect's membership doubling in a single day and the number of deities nearly exceeding the population. He swiftly cleared the five peaks and settled all the Phoenix Clan members.
The reason they weren't assigned to other floating peaks with richer spiritual energy was mainly because the character "五" (five) sounds like "梧" (wu), which is auspicious for the Phoenix Clan. Sure enough, all the phoenixes were very satisfied and began planting wutong trees overnight. The floating peaks, which were originally just used for disciples to spar and practice swordsmanship, became lush and green overnight, filled with large wutong trees emitting a faint divine power.
Youyou also took the opportunity to summarize the situation of the entire Phoenix Clan. All the eggs in the Sacred Tree space, except for two special ones, had indeed awakened. Most of them were Fire Phoenixes or Ice Phoenixes, with a few having Wind or Wood attributes. Surprisingly, the royal family of Phoenixes—the Thunder Phoenix—was notably absent.
Rong's parents said that Thunder Phoenixes are extremely rare among phoenixes. Back then, only the Phoenix King had pure Thunder Phoenix blood, although he had a son with the Phoenix Queen. However, during the calamity of the extermination of the clan, time was of the essence, the Phoenix King and Phoenix Queen perished, and the Thunder Phoenix Prince went ahead to defend against the enemy to buy time for the entire clan. Presumably, he did not have time to return at that time.
In other words, the Phoenix Clan is currently leaderless. You You could only suggest that they first elect someone who can make decisions before discussing the future development of the Phoenix Clan.
The Phoenix Clan members wholeheartedly agreed with this, and within half a day, they swiftly selected the candidate and sent him to the main hall. You You believed that someone who could be so quickly accepted by the entire Phoenix Clan must be, if not highly respected within the clan, at least widely expected.
But when they actually saw who had been chosen, they were a bit dumbfounded.
The other party was not the oldest and most experienced elder in the Phoenix Clan, nor the strongest and most powerful being, nor even a mature, steady, generous, and reliable adult phoenix, but... a boy who looked thirteen or fourteen years old, even more immature than a soul beast!
"Uh..." Youyou was stunned for a moment, and looked him up and down several times. Although she understood that the age of a god could not be judged by appearance alone, she still couldn't help but ask, "How old are you?"
"I was less than a hundred years old when I hatched before I fell into slumber," the other replied seriously. After thinking for a moment, she pointed to Feng Rong next to her and said, "According to your human race's calculations, I'm a few years younger than him."
"..." This is just a child!
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"No, are you sure... you were chosen by everyone?" Isn't it a bit too casual for the Phoenix Clan to choose a child to make decisions?
“I know what you want to say…” The young man didn’t care about her doubts at all, and instead said seriously, “It’s just that my clan has always been like this. Among the single phoenixes, I am the youngest, so everyone chose me to be the leader.”
"Wait a minute!" Youyou was a little confused. It was one thing to be young, but "why choose from single phoenixes?" Don't married phoenixes have a say?
"Huh! You didn't know?" The boy was taken aback and looked at him with some surprise.
"Know what?"
The boy seemed to have thought of something, and replied through gritted teeth, "Our clan has always been such that once they find a partner, they basically throw their brains away. Since they already have wives, why would they care about such trivial matters as making decisions!"
Youyou: "..."
Yuan Qi: "..."
Ling Qi: "..."
So, is it true that the entire Phoenix Clan is obsessed with love, and only single people retain their rationality?
But young man, what's with that envious, jealous, and hateful tone you're using?
And... Feng Rong, don't look like you know everything!
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