With Lei Feng's disappearance, the dense demonic energy of Tian Sheng Mountain, lacking its support, finally began to slowly dissipate. The demonic seal, which had only been partially opened, also began to slowly close, and the passage that was about to solidify vanished.
Yuan Qi and the Phoenix Clan worked together to completely repair the seal, then reinforced it with several more layers before finally breathing a sigh of relief. However, the surrounding demonic energy was still abundant, and it took them another half a month to dispel it all. Learning from this experience, in addition to the True Exploration Sect disciples, they specifically left several Phoenix Clan members behind to guard the area and ensure everything went smoothly before returning to the True Exploration Sect.
Although the crisis was resolved, a host of problems remained. The most perplexing issue was Youyou's sudden contract with the entire Phoenix Clan.
"No, I don't know what happened either!" Not only the Phoenix Clan, but even You You, the person involved, was completely bewildered. Looking at the marks on everyone's foreheads, she felt inexplicably guilty. "I was just thinking about preventing everyone from being pulled into the Demon Realm, so I triggered Feng Rong's contract, thinking that I could use the bloodline of the Phoenix Clan to pull everyone back together. I didn't expect..." I didn't expect to form a contract with everyone together.
"You..." Feng Rong's eyes were filled with even more resentment. She looked like she wanted to get angry but didn't know where to start. Her face turned red from holding it in, as if she was about to squat in the corner and draw circles in front of her at any moment.
Liars... You said there wouldn't be another one, but this isn't just one, it's a whole group!!
"But I didn't use any spells to establish a contract, so why is this happening?" Youyou scratched her head, feeling extremely wronged.
She had checked repeatedly when she was at Tian Sheng Mountain, and she had never activated any skills to transfer power, nor had she transferred power to anyone as usual. So why did she suddenly have a seal?
“Perhaps it’s because of Feng Rong…” Yuan Qi seemed to have thought of something and spoke up.
"Me?" Feng Rong, who was just fuming, was taken aback and frowned as she retorted, "The contract mark only appears on the Heavenly Maiden's followers, and I can't form a contract with my followers."
“That’s not what I meant.” Yuan Qi sighed, stepped forward and said seriously, “Feng Rong, I remember you once said that since your primordial spirit was born, you have always carried the Phoenix Clan’s clan token.”
“Yes, that’s right!” Feng Rong nodded. Because of this, his inheritance was incomplete. He only learned about the Phoenix Clan’s slumber in the Sacred Tree Space later.
"Clan decree! What clan decree?" Feng Qing, standing to the side, was taken aback and asked with a surprised expression.
"Since I awakened my divine consciousness, I have always carried the clan's decree with me, which compels me to do everything in my power to awaken the entire clan," Feng Rong explained casually.
"Impossible!" Not only Feng Qing, but everyone was shocked and quickly shook their heads, saying with certainty, "Only the king of our clan can issue clan orders. It is possible for other phoenix clans to receive clan orders, but the phoenix king would never issue a clan order to you."
"Why?" You You and Feng Rong were both taken aback and asked subconsciously.
The faces of the Phoenix Clan members present darkened. Rongmu spoke first, "Sect Master, you are unaware of this. When the Phoenix Clan suffered calamity, their slumber was rushed. There wasn't even time to settle the unhatched members of the clan in the Nirvana Realm before they all entered the Sacred Tree Space to slumber. It was already a miracle that Feng'er was able to be born safely. Therefore, the Phoenix King at that time could not possibly have known of Feng'er's existence. How could he have planted the clan decree on him and made him awaken the entire clan?"
Youyou was startled. Oh right, the Phoenix King and Phoenix Queen were both asleep in the Sacred Tree Space and had no consciousness before Feng Rong hatched. How could they issue some kind of clan decree?
"Feng Rong, do you still have the clan token on you?" she quickly turned around and asked.
Feng Rong understood and shook her head with a solemn expression. "No, the clan token on my body disappeared after everyone woke up."
What a coincidence?
“It seems I guessed right. The clan token on you didn’t come from the Phoenix Clan. It was added by someone else to connect you with your clan members in the Sacred Tree Space. Or perhaps…” Yuan Qi glanced at Feng Rong before answering, “That’s not a clan token at all.”
Feng Rong's face paled. He had never doubted the clan decree, and that was why he had always wanted to awaken his clansmen. But now he realized that it wasn't the clan decree at all. "Then what could it be?"
Yuan Qi frowned, his expression somewhat grave, and said, "Feng Rong, do you still remember what happened when Xiao You made a contract with you?"
“Of course I remember, she…” He stopped mid-sentence, as if he had just realized something, and suddenly his eyes widened, looking at You You with disbelief, “You mean…”
“Yes, Xiaoyou should have already formed a contract with the entire Phoenix Clan by that time.” Yuan Qi nodded and said, “The clan token on you is probably something that connects your power with the other Phoenix Clan members to ensure that the Phoenix Clan can be awakened. That’s why Xiaoyou fainted from exhaustion when she formed a contract with you.”
This is why Youyou was fine when she made contracts with others, but Fengrong was the only one who got into trouble, because she made contracts with thousands of phoenixes at once.
Feng Rong also recalled that not long after Youyou and he made their pact, the egg in the Phoenix Clan's Sacred Tree space began to show signs of life. At the time, he thought it was because of the appearance of the "Today" scroll. Now, upon reflection, he realized that the signs of life must have already appeared before that, when he and Youyou made their pact.
That wasn't the power of the Yin Book at all, but rather the power of Youyou.
There was also the "Heaven" scroll bell that Youyou brought back from the Demon Realm. It seemed that it was only used once in the sect before the Sacred Tree space reacted immediately. At the time, it was thought that the Book of Life and Death was too special, so it worked even from so far away. But upon closer reflection, it might not be because the "Heaven" scroll was powerful, but because Feng Rong was nearby, and the clan token on his body was connected to the clan members, so it also transmitted its power to the entire clan.
"But why didn't everyone have the seals on them before, and now they've appeared?" Youyou couldn't help but ask.
“Perhaps Xiaoyou’s previous contract was not completed.” Yuan Qi glanced at the Wind Clan and guessed, “Except for Feng Rong, the power of the other Wind Clan members comes from Feng Rong, not from Xiaoyou’s own contract, so it is not a complete contract. It was only when Xiaoyou activated the contract ability that the contract was completed.”
Feng Rong: "..."
Suddenly, I have a whole bunch of love rivals, and I even created them myself... It's really disheartening!
I've become even more withdrawn!
"Ahem, well... it's good that everyone's alright." Youyou felt this whole thing was rather surreal, but overall it was a good thing, at least they'd all been brought back. Otherwise, if the entire Phoenix Clan had truly fallen into demonic possession, it would have been a disaster for the Three Realms.
Long Ting had gone to great lengths to design all of this, even going so far as to awaken the Phoenix Clan, only to lose everything at the last moment. It's unclear just how many square meters his scheming was.
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