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Looking back at the little phoenix sleeping soundly on the treetop, Su Miao stepped back to let the three people in, and cast a spell to silently set up a barrier around the crabapple tree.
After seeing this scene, the three of them walked in with confidence. A hint of surprise flashed in their eyes. Perhaps the Immortal Venerable was not as unkind as he seemed.
As for Lu Qun, he was already used to it. The two people in front walked slower, so he just urged Fu An, who was walking in the second place: "Firebird, why don't you walk faster!"
They were also very strange. The path in the yard was obviously not narrow, but they were placed one after another like dumplings.
Su Miao stood to one side, watching silently. To her, these people were still teenagers, a group of children.
After they sat down, the three of them started pushing and shoving each other for a while. To be more precise, it was Lu Qun and Fu An who were pushing each other. Feng Yi whispered to the side, "Brother, hurry up and tell us! If you go back too late, our father will tell you."
Thinking of his father's increasingly irritable temper in recent years, Fu An shook his head and pushed away Lu Qun's outstretched hand: "Immortal Lord, we want to know about my aunt's current situation."
He looked a little embarrassed but resolute, as if this was a huge matter.
They heard Fu Chen and Lu Qun say that it was because they were late, and vaguely guessed that the master and disciple might have met their aunt.
My aunt has been imprisoned since that incident.
Lu Qun hadn't wanted to come, having heard his master say that the Northern Cold Immortal Venerable hated trouble. But Fu An tried to drag him along, and he couldn't fight him off, so he reluctantly came to join in the fun.
Looking at the Immortal Venerable's cold and detached face, Fu An swallowed hard and lowered his head. "Two days ago, I told Ah Man that the Immortal Venerable was here to attend my coming-of-age ceremony. I was wrong. Please forgive me, Immortal Venerable. Regarding my aunt, we really want to know how she is doing."
Lu Qun stood up. This was Fu An and his family's family affair, and it was inappropriate for him, an outsider, to continue listening.
Feng Yi had briefly mentioned that aunt to him before.
As the most gifted saint of the Phoenix Clan, she did something wrong and almost caused the extinction of the Phoenix Clan.
No matter how hard the patriarch, the mysterious uncle, tried, the aunt was still imprisoned as a criminal.
After taking a look at the yard, he walked to the corner, picked up a broom, and said with a smile: "You guys chat, I'll move."
Fu An, Feng Yi: "..."
Su Miao raised his eyes to look at him: "Lu Qun, do you want to talk to Chong Ting?"
During that conversation, Chong Ting asked the young disciple a question. At that time, the four of them were already playing outside and had no idea what was going on.
Su Miao felt that they shouldn't be disturbed by such trivial matters, and Chong Ting thought so too, so he just said that he would reply when he had time.
Lu Qun was delighted, but also cautious: "Will this bother the Immortal Venerable?"
Su Miao summoned the Water Mirror and pushed it in front of Lu Qun. Before the mirror showed any image, a voice came out: "Miao Su? I'm already in Mutian City. What else do you need me to do?"
Hearing the word "Miao Su", the Phoenix brothers were stunned for a moment, looking at each other and communicating with their eyes. They only knew the name of the Immortal Venerable, but they didn't expect to accidentally know the Immortal Venerable's name.
So much so that later on, they always used this name when talking about each other. Fu Chen was sulking for a long time because he thought his master had used this name to fool them.
But I didn’t tell him!
Lu Qun was used to it. The Immortal Venerable had called himself Miao Su in the Zhuang Mansion, and he was very familiar with it. Obviously, this wouldn't be the first time. He opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "Master..."
There was a splashing sound coming from the water mirror. Hearing the little disciple's voice, Chongting hurriedly picked up his outer robe on the tub, got out of the water as quickly as he could, and straightened his clothes.
After confirming that there was no problem, she looked at the screen in the air, but it was all black - Su Miao did not turn on the screen.
Mitsutane: "..."
Su Miao pointed to the room and said, "There are things she gave you in the room." As she spoke, she turned on the screen.
Seeing his master looking at him lovingly, Lu Qun raised his hand and wiped his eyes. The corners of his eyes became redder and redder. Finally, he stared blankly at the water mirror and said proudly: "Master, I didn't get into trouble this time."
As he spoke, he walked into the room. Perhaps because of the barrier, the three of them could not hear what was happening inside.
Looking at the two nervous teenagers, Su Miao fell into deep thought, wondering who the aunt they were talking about was. After a moment's thought, she said, "Are you talking about Fu Sheng?"
If she had met anyone before coming to Qiwu City, it was only the woman imprisoned underground. Now that she thought about it carefully, she felt that person was very familiar. She always felt that she had seen her somewhere, but she couldn't remember where.
Hearing their aunt's name, the two brothers nodded repeatedly. Feng Yidao said, "Xianzun, you will go and suppress your aunt, right?"
With a gentle smile on his face, he patted his brother comfortingly.
Su Miao did not hide it: "Yes, after the coming-of-age ceremony is over, I will fulfill the promise."
In exchange for her taking the phoenix egg, the phoenix egg was guarded by Fu Sheng. Su Miao guessed that the person should be someone important to Fu Sheng.
But Fu Sheng was Fu Yi's sister, and he did not mention this, nor did he explain why Fu Sheng became a sinner.
Two days ago, after taking a look at the young man who was setting fire in the yard, Su Miao quickly moved to the next yard.
There, Fu Yi had been waiting for a long time.
Within a day, he had made up his mind. As long as Su Miao agreed to guard the criminal, he was willing to hand over the phoenix egg.
In fact, Fu Yi wanted to keep the phoenix egg. For a phoenix, without the phoenix egg, it would be disabled and lack of spiritual power. This is the absolute guarantee.
Su Miao nodded slightly, agreeing to the deal, but she still wanted to negotiate a deal: "I want Fu Chen to be included in the Fire Phoenix family tree."
It's not about wanting, but about having.
Not only the Phoenix clan's genealogy, but also the Fire Phoenix clan's genealogy must be included, because the Fire Phoenix is the core of the Phoenix clan.
Anyone who can be included in that family tree represents the purity of his bloodline.
Humans value blood ties, and monsters do the same with pure blood. The former does this to show hierarchy, while the latter does this to preserve the continuation of their bloodline.
No matter what happens, the Phoenix Clan will do its best to protect the people on that family tree.
Only a pure phoenix could save the increasingly declining Phoenix Clan. This was a helpless move, but also the only option.
Su Miao insisted on making a choice out of all the choices: "When disaster strikes, I will protect the Phoenix Clan, as long as you treat him equally."
Fu Yi's expression was complicated. After thinking for a long time, he asked, "Immortal Venerable, have you ever regretted doing anything?"
Regret? The first thing that came to Su Miao's mind was a year ago. She shook her head: "His name is Fu Chen, and he is as good as the light. Please register him in the roster, clan leader."
Looking at the departing white figure, Fu Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that Su Miao would attack him just like he did a hundred years ago.
But when he remembered the phrase "harmony in light and dust", he took a deep breath.
Blunt its sharpness, resolve its conflicts, harmonize its light, and make it one with the dust. This is called mysterious unity.
Immortal Venerable...does he regret it or is he still insisting on his own way?
This was not a nice thing to say. Thinking of who taught Su Miao, Fu Yi was completely frustrated. That stinky monk was just a scoundrel!
The two brothers wanted to say something, but when they saw Su Miao's actions, they stopped talking at the same time.
Fu Chen had recently fallen in love with drinking pure tea. After the water began to boil, Su Miao pulled out a bottle of bamboo rice sweetness from his storage bag, added three or four drops, and covered it to prevent the snow lotus's spiritual energy from dissipating.
She was of ice attribute after all, and preferred to use snow lotus. Even the tea she often drank was made from snow lotus.
Jianfeng specially opened up a mountain, and the spiritual power made it covered with snow all day long. The snow lotus planted on the top of the mountain has always been the most popular task reward of Wuwang Sect.
The Wuwang Sect encourages its disciples to go down the mountain to gain experience, and there will be rewards for completing sect missions.
You can get it with the task token. In addition, every three months, disciples can get a snow lotus with the disciple token.
Snow lotus did not have much appeal to the Phoenixes, but when they saw the Immortal Venerable take out a bottle of sweet dew, the two brothers were surprised. They had not expected that bamboo rice could make such a thing.
"Immortal Lord, did you do this?" Fu An couldn't help but ask.
Feng Yi held his forehead helplessly and smiled awkwardly. Without the gentleness, he actually had some youthful spirit: "Excuse me, Immortal Lord." He tugged at the corner of Fu An's sleeve: "Brother! We are here to ask about Auntie!"
Su Miao relaxed his brows, still with an expressionless look: "No, it was caused by Ah Man."
Lu Qun couldn't stand the dullness here, and Fu Chen couldn't stand it either, but he would reward himself.
Fu An also thought of the important matter: "Is the Immortal Venerable still going to attend the coming-of-age ceremony?"
"Today is also A'man's coming-of-age ceremony. Why didn't the Immortal Lord tell him?" Feng Yi couldn't help but ask.
As a minor priest, it was easy to investigate who the extra person was.
There was one more person to prepare for the coming-of-age ceremony. Feng Yi was really curious, so he took a look privately and saw a name he had never heard of - Fu Chen.
No, it’s not that he has never heard of it. Lu Qun accidentally said it aloud these two days, but soon stopped talking.
Fu An had only just found out about this not long ago. He looked a little embarrassed, yet also a little hopeful: "Immortal Venerable, A'man... Fu Chen, is he the phoenix egg you took away all those years ago?"
Fu Chen? Su Miao had no memory of this. She paused, then said in the expectation of the two, "It should be him."
Perhaps it was she who brought Fu Chen away from the Phoenix Clan, so she owed him...
She will help him achieve nirvana, and then she will ascend to heaven and change the prophecy. This is the best of both worlds.
Unexpectedly, the two brothers' eyes were red and tears were welling up in their eyes. They kept thanking him: "Immortal Lord, it's a good thing you took him away that year... Otherwise..."
Fu An choked up and couldn't help sobbing. Feng Yishang was fine, handing Fu An a handkerchief. "Actually, Father is very grateful to you. Back then, the elders forced Father to choose between Fu Chen and the Phoenix Clan. Father had just taken office at that time, so he was powerless."
They had only heard a few words from their father about what happened back then. Their aunt had committed adultery with a human, breaking the rules and nearly causing the downfall of the Phoenix Clan.
Fu Chen spoke with this guilt in his heart. To be precise, he was indeed born on the same day as Fu An.
Because he was not in Qiwu City and had no external stimulation, he came out a little later.
But no matter what, the two brothers were very satisfied to know that their relatives were safe.
Carefully glancing at the small white ball still asleep within the barrier, Fu An hesitated for the first time, "Immortal Venerable, can we recognize him?"
White, so cute!
Su Miao: "Not now. He will return to Qiwu City at a suitable time."
She wanted to send Fu Chen back intact.
The two brothers were a little disappointed, but they didn't make a fuss.
At this time, Lu Qun also came out with his head lowered. Even if Fu An caught him, he did not push him back with a smile as he did in the past.
He looked at Su Miao and bowed respectfully: "Thank you for your protection, Immortal Venerable. I've troubled you these past few days."
He tightened the talisman in his hand and stretched it out: "Actually, there is no need for you to worry so much, Immortal Venerable. I have my own spiritual power."
Glancing at the talisman imbued with his spiritual power, Su Miao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Keep collecting it. How can you handle this little spiritual power?"
This wasn't meant to be offensive; the reason there were so few outsiders in Qiwu City was because of the high temperatures. Even cultivators at a lower level couldn't withstand it.
Regarding Qiwu City, there is a saying passed down from generation to generation in the spiritual world: If you don’t go south to Qiwu, even the spirit will burn itself in the fire.
Qiwu is Qiwu Mountain, the home of the Phoenix Clan, and this fire is the volcano within the mountain, which is constantly burning. The Fire Phoenixes that have lived here for generations have fallen into the volcano.
Therefore, this fire is not ordinary fire, it brings both death and rebirth.
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