"Like this?" I snapped my fingers.
A thin flame shot out from the fingertip, quickly coalescing into an orange-red sphere that floated above the secret passage.
Shen Xue nodded gently.
Just as I was about to maintain this state and continue forward, I suddenly felt a warm sensation in my chest. Then, a fiery red ball of fire, several times larger than the fireball I had summoned, flew out from my chest, quickly passed by the fireball floating in mid-air, and collided with it.
Almost instantly, my control over the fireball shattered. The flame, imbued with a trace of my magic, vanished in the collision. The enormous fireball, which had already flown far away, made a beautiful turn, circling halfway around in the distance before flying back towards the three of us, finally landing on my shoulder.
Looking to the side, I saw Fifi, whom I had placed inside the ruby as Alice had mentioned.
I watched this scene in astonishment.
The fledgling with light red feathers was several sizes larger than the ones I had seen before, and its feathers were also more lustrous and smooth, as if it had grown up in a short time. At this moment, it was rubbing against my cheek happily and chirping softly.
Perhaps it was just my imagination, but I felt that the moment Feifei appeared, the surrounding light dimmed for a moment and then returned to normal, and the air seemed to become a little cleaner.
Could it be that the phoenix chicks actually possess certain purifying properties?
Somewhat curious, I fed the fledgling a few more balls of magical flame. After confirming that it was about half full, I thought for a moment and decided not to summon any more condensed fireballs. Instead, I had the little bird, which seemed to glow all over, act as a lamp, circling above us and illuminating our path.
Putting everything else aside, this certainly made our subsequent actions much easier.
Even without magic, the firelight surrounding Feifei can still clearly illuminate the entire space where she is, even better than the lighting effect of Shenxue's oil lamp and my condensed fireball.
In addition, the curious young birds seemed equally curious about flying itself, flying around the front, back, left, and right of the group from time to time, stopping at any spot that might raise a question, tilting their heads to observe back and forth, or flying directly backwards, circling around me, chirping incessantly, as if wanting to tell me about their discoveries.
"Oh, this child really likes you, our 'bird mother'."
Alice turned to look at me several times with a resentful expression, her ruby-like eyes narrowing slightly, probably because she was dazzled by the constantly shifting light.
To that I can only shrug and offer no reply.
After traveling a while longer, at one point, Shenxue, who was at the back, suddenly stopped and called out to halt the seemingly endless journey: "We've arrived."
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