Deep in the cliff.
Nothing!
It's a dead end.
Bai Yanyan looked up at the mountain, but couldn't see the end at all. She looked around again, but still saw nothing, no trails or caves.
"Fengfeng, are you sure what you're looking for is right in front of here?"
“Very close.”
"It's calling me."
Phoenix's voice was full of excitement. It was the first time Bai Yanyan heard it so excited. Not even when she first met it at the First Academy did she hear it so excited.
Dean Feng Yi had told it before that the phoenix was injured and dormant. Although she had contracted it, its strength had not yet fully recovered. If it wanted to truly recover its strength, it needed to come to the Divine Realm, so... she was so lucky that she found it now?
Thinking of this, Bai Yanyan became excited.
But she searched up and down, front and back, left and right, and didn't see any mechanisms or secret passages. Finally... she looked at the mountain and silently took out the Fengling Sword.
Just split the mountain to create a path!
She chopped and chopped and chopped, using all the big moves she knew.
Sure enough, a path was opened.
Then a chill came from inside.
A chill as cold as ten thousand years of ice came towards her, and she shivered all over.
Because she was cold, but it also contained a familiar power. After she contracted with the phoenix, the phoenix mark on her body emerged, more obvious than before. The phoenix mark was also hot, as if urging her to hurry inside.
She quickened her pace and walked inside.
As soon as she entered, a man walked out from the darkness.
He looked at Bai Yanyan's departing back, his brows tightly furrowed, but he did not stop Bai Yanyan. Instead... he restored the split mountain to its original state.
"Fourth Elder."
As soon as the mountain was restored, the two guardians of the Tenth Elder came over and asked, "We didn't find anything over there, have you found anything here?"
"No—" the man's voice was indifferent and cold.
"Let's go, we can't stay here long."
"yes--"
The man left the cliff with two guardians and asked them to fill the pit that Wuxin had dug. Then he went to inform the Tenth Elder that he had no accomplices.
——
"strangeness."
“Isn’t this a divine place?”
"Why do I feel so cold?"
She wasn't actually that afraid of the cold, but this passage was very cold.
It was pitch black all around and she couldn't see the road. Even if she took out the night pearl, it would be of no use as this place could swallow up all the light. Bai Yanyan could only walk in the dark along the direction of the burning Phoenix mark.
I don’t know how long I walked.
The Phoenix Mark on her face was so hot that it almost burned her face.
It seemed to remind her of her destination.
Bai Yanyan took out the night pearl again, but it still didn't work.
She even moved out the gold and the glowing minerals that her father had dug out from the python's belly, but it was all of no avail. At the critical moment, she remembered the red pearl.
She took it out of the space ring.
The red pearl emitted a red light, illuminating everything in front of it.
Bai Yanyan finally saw clearly that this was a glacial cave frozen for thousands of years! And she had just walked through an ice tunnel, so...! That's why it felt so cold!
That’s not the point. The point is that in front of her is a beautiful ice sculpture!
The ice sculpture is very large and beautiful. Although it is made of ice, it is carved to look lifelike.
Bai Yanyan blinked and took several steps back before she could see clearly that the ice sculpture was of a phoenix.
"Fengfeng, are you looking for this ice sculpture of a phoenix?"
"It's not an ice sculpture, it's me."
Phoenix's voice was filled with excitement, "It's my clone. As long as I merge it, my strength will be completely restored!"
Bai Yanyan:!!!
This is actually a real phoenix!
"So I'm going to break the ice off it now?"
"Need not."
"You put your hand there."
A red dot appeared on the Phoenix ice sculpture.
Bai Yanyan could only climb up and lie on the ice sculpture.
The ice was so cold that her whole body was almost frozen, but she didn't care. Instead, she put her hands on the ice.
When her hands touched the ice, the phoenix mark on her face became even hotter. The phoenix mark spread to her whole body, and even her little hands were covered with phoenix feathers.
The phoenix feather spread from the back of her hand and attached to the ice sculpture, but in the blink of an eye, a bright red appeared where her hand touched, and her hand no longer felt cold, and even - she could feel the "thumping" of her heartbeat.
Is this ice sculpture alive?
"I need time."
Phoenix's words came again, "It will take me a few days to merge."
"Can it be moved?"
"No, it can only be integrated here."
"good."
Bai Yanyan nodded, "Then I'll stay here with you. You probably need spiritual energy, and I can help you."
Phoenix didn't say anything, but the red on the ice sculpture slowly spread outwards, as if it was going to dye the entire huge ice sculpture red.
Bai Yanyan sat aside holding the red pearl. The red pearl emitted a warm light, which made her not feel cold. At the same time, a powerful spiritual energy came from the ice cave. Bai Yanyan closed her eyes and practiced directly.
We are all here anyway.
Don’t miss it!
——
No one noticed anything unusual here.
After all, there was nothing abnormal about the formation or the barrier, and there was no sign of outsiders breaking in.
The only sign was that the divine beast in the forbidden area suddenly became spiritually powerful, and almost everyone could sense it.
This also made them excited.
The divine beast is about to awaken!
To be on the safe side, the guards at the back of the mountain were increased and guarded day and night.
Wu Xin was subjected to all kinds of interrogation tactics, insisting that he was just there for fun, saying he came alone. They had no choice but to lock him up and then slowly interrogate him.
The Yun family in the capital.
Yun Yiyao is back.
He also brought back a woman.
The woman was twenty-four years old, with a pretty face and fair complexion.
Her features and eyebrows were somewhat similar to those of the missing eldest daughter, and even the housekeeper was a little shocked when he saw her.
“This, this is…”
Yun Yiyao did not answer, but took the woman to Xie Shuixuan to meet the head of the Yun family - Yun He.
Yunhe was lying on the bed, his face was paler than she had seen it before, especially his eye sockets, which were sunken and seemed to be bulging out. His lips were pale without a trace of blood, and the room was filled with a strong smell of blood.
Seeing the old man like this, Yun Yiyao curled her lips and a sinister look flashed in her eyes. The next second, she asked with concern, "Grandpa, are you okay?"
The old man didn't say anything, but instead fixed his gaze on the woman.
Looking at the woman's familiar features, he widened his eyes: "Xi'er, my Xi'er, you are finally back...!?"
"Grandpa, this is not my aunt. She is no longer here."
Yun Yiyao sighed and then said, "This is my aunt's daughter, Bai Ling."
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