Li Mai noticed that his eyes were also tinged with a red, fiery aura.
Zhou Quan didn't speak, just quietly looked at her. When their eyes met, he raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Xiaomai, I've awakened the fire spirit root."
Li Mai smiled. "Hmm, that's good. Have any new memories appeared in your mind?"
Zhou Quan closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again. The redness in his eyes had faded, and the red aura surrounding his body had also disappeared. He stood up and walked towards Li Mai.
Li Mai stood quietly watching him, trying to confirm whether he was her teacher and whether his memories had returned with the awakening of his spiritual root.
"What kind of memories do you think I'll gain?" Zhou Quan gently patted her head, a hint of a smile in his eyes as he looked intently at her and asked softly.
“Of course it’s about cultivating fire-based abilities.” Li Mai looked at him, trying to see something in his eyes, but she found that he only had a deep, affectionate smile, and she couldn’t see anything else.
"You mean this?" Zhou Quan suddenly lowered his head and pecked her lips, then turned to stand next to her. With a flick of his wrist, a ball of flame leaped in his palm.
"You just awakened, and you can already unleash such a powerful innate fire?" Li Mai asked in disbelief.
Zhou Quan said softly, "Perhaps, I might be like you, not just awakening my fire spirit root for the first time, but awakening a sealed fire spirit root."
Li Mai stared at him blankly, wondering what he meant.
"Hey you two, shouldn't you help me break the seal first?" At this moment, the jade pendant in Zhou Quan's left hand jumped, and the silent voice of the phoenix echoed in the minds of the two of them.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan exchanged a glance and quickly asked, "Okay, tell us how to do it, and we'll cooperate."
Under Phoenix's guidance, Zhou Quan poured his fire-type spiritual power into the jade pendant, then chanted a long incantation. The next moment, a blinding red light burst forth from Zhou Quan's left hand, filling the entire space.
The two people's eyes felt a little uncomfortable from the stinging sensation, so they quickly closed them.
After waiting for a while, the two slowly opened their eyes and saw a man in a red robe standing in front of them, looking them over.
Zhou Quan and Li Mai subconsciously took a step back.
"Who are you?" Zhou Quan asked quickly.
Man: "Phoenix."
"Huh? Isn't a phoenix a bird? How did it become a person?" Zhou Quan asked subconsciously.
Phoenix covered its forehead and said, "The phoenix is my destiny, the bird is my original form, and now I am in human form."
"Oh, I understand!" Zhou Quan nodded, realizing why the phoenix's voice she heard earlier was a male voice.
Zhou Quan glanced at the jade pendant on his left hand. "So, someone sealed you here? Are you a true phoenix, or just a primordial spirit?"
Li Mai glanced at Zhou Quan; had he memorized everything he had taught him?
"My original body has long since disappeared from the Great Thousand Worlds. The person who sealed me in the jade pendant and saved me was the ancestor of the pendant's owner. However, I will still protect this generation's master. I asked you to help me break the seal because you are my destined one. After I protect my master through his final tribulation in this life, I will come back to find you." After the phoenix finished speaking, its figure flickered and returned to the jade pendant.
The jade pendant, originally white, turned red after he returned it to its place, and then slowly faded back to white.
"Alright, thank you. The jade pendant can be returned to its original owner, or it can be returned to the capital. His great calamity will not occur this year." The phoenix's voice echoed in their minds.
"Senior, what about the Qilin? Do we need to help him?" Li Mai asked.
"No need. You are not his destined ones. You cannot break his seal." After saying this, the phoenix yawned and went to sleep.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan stared at the jade pendant in their hands for a long time, lost in thought.
Li Mai returned the jade pendant to the box, placing it together with the Qilin jade pendant. She then led Zhou Quan to an open space, gave him the book in her hand, and instructed him to learn fire-based abilities.
Zhou Quan took it and began to study it diligently.
In the middle of the conversation, he said to Li Mai, "Xiaomai, it seems that after awakening your spiritual root, you don't feel anything except that you feel a little hot all over."
Li Mai chuckled. "Or do you want to grow another pair of ears?"
Hearing her teasing remark, Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Do you think my super hearing will become even better because of the awakening of this spiritual root?"
Li Mai nodded, "Probably!"
Zhou Quan smiled, gave a soft "hmm," and continued practicing according to the book.
Sure enough, after awakening one's spiritual root, cultivating supernatural abilities becomes much faster.
***
Three days later, they arrived in the capital.
Chu Yan and Zhong Hui both invited Li Mai and Zhou Quan to stay at their welfare home, but Li Mai declined.
However, she asked the two men to recommend a reputable inn, and the two of them booked a small courtyard there.
Since they weren't sure how many days they would stay in the capital, renting a house was out of the question, and staying at their residence was even more out of the question.
However, the two boys were also sensible. They paid 100 taels for their master's stay at the inn first, and refused to let Li Mai pay. They said that after their master left, they would come to the inn to settle the final account with the innkeeper.
The shopkeeper recognized them and readily agreed, arranging the best service for Li Mai's courtyard.
Originally, Li Mai and Zhou Quan could have stayed in a single room, but they thought that if they needed to discuss things privately after Madam Yu arrived, it might be more convenient for them to stay in a single room.
In the evening, after settling in, the two went out for dinner.
Chu Yan and Zhong Hui also went home.
Before they left, Li Mai was going to give them the jade pendants, but they said they would let Li Mai give them to their father in person.
Thinking about their assessment task, Li Mai thought for a moment and decided that it would be good to cooperate with them. Along the way, she could tell that these two boys were quite good.
Moreover, among the younger generation of their family, those who were chosen by the phoenix and the qilin as their new masters must have extraordinary abilities.
The two of them ate dinner that evening. Instead of going to a fancy restaurant, they went to a small dumpling shop. They ate dumplings and chatted with the owner to learn about the situation in the capital.
When they returned to the inn to rest, they had already figured out Chu Yan and Zhong Hui's other identities.
It's definitely not as simple as they said.
The Chu family is a good business family, but the Chu family is the largest family in the capital. The Chu family has many businesses, and Chu Yan is the young master, only in charge of the Chu family's restaurant business.
Moreover, Chu Yan's mother came from the Yang family of the Zhenbei General's Mansion. She was the only daughter of the general's family. The Zhenbei General and his wife did not have any sons, nor did they take any concubines. After the general's daughter married into the Chu family, she gave birth to twins. The other son took the surname of the Yang family and entered the military camp with his maternal grandfather from a young age. Now he is also a young general.
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