Chapter 230 Phoenix
Nan Xiao looked at Mingcheng with a slightly surprised look. His lips were pursed unnaturally, and there was a glimmer in his eyes, with a hint of strange emotion.
Mingcheng explained awkwardly: "Don't think too much. We are grasshoppers on the same vine now. You have to return it to me after you use it."
"Okay." Nan smiled and said, "But thank you anyway."
This time she meant it.
Mingcheng turned his head away and muttered, "Who cares?"
His voice was drowned out by the surging lava and no one could hear it.
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Nan Xiao's attention was all focused on the highest point of the stone pillar, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.
Little stone, what on earth are you?
A stone from the deepest forbidden land of the Demon Realm?
It shouldn’t be that simple.
Nan Xiao directly controlled the sprinter to fly up. Su Xun and others focused their eyes on her, and they all felt worried for her.
The closer she got to the light and shadow, the more difficult it became for Nan Xiao to get up. It was as if an invisible hand was pressing tightly on her shoulders, trying to press her into the dust.
Nan Xiao's thin figure stood straight, gritted his teeth, and said disdainfully: "I've already climbed the ladder, you're nothing."
After saying that, she gathered all her strength together, held her breath, and rushed directly into the light and shadow.
Her figure disappeared before everyone's eyes.
"Little Junior Sister, will she be okay?"
Lu Huai's face was pale, his voice was soft, and he sounded a little tired. He seemed to be comforting Su Xun, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
He said, "Fourth Brother, Xiaoxiao will be fine."
"Junior brother, you are right. Junior sister is a lucky person and will be fine." Su Xun kept convincing himself.
He pressed Lu Huai's shoulder and said with concern: "Junior brother, lie down and don't move. I'm watching you here."
"good."
After Nan Xiao entered the light and shadow, the few people did not notice that the magma that was still rising had stopped.
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Nan Xiao seemed to have all his strength drained away, and collapsed to the ground limply.
She tried her best to support her weak body and slowly sat up.
Unexpectedly, looking at the tiny stone pillars from the outside, the space inside is so large.
White mist swirled around them, dancing like a veil, exuding a mysterious aura. In the center of this space, a stone platform, meticulously carved from refined materials, shrouded in a lingering aura of spiritual energy. And lying quietly on the platform was none other than the small stone!
"Little Stone."
Nan Xiao had just taken two steps when a terrifying pressure suddenly struck her, knocking her to the ground.
A deep, ethereal voice echoed faintly in her ears. It seemed to come from the depths of the endless void, and every word was shrouded in disdain and contempt: "Foolish human, with your qualifications, you dare to contract with our Phoenix clan?"
"We, the Phoenix Clan, control the divine fire, and our bloodline is incomparably noble. Your spiritual power is as weak as a firefly, yet you dare to meddle in it? You are simply overestimating your own abilities. Before I get angry, break the contract and get out of here!"
Nan Xiao was restrained by the pressure and could not move, so he simply lay down and laughed mockingly twice.
"hehe····"
Her laughter was not loud, but it was particularly harsh in this empty space.
"why are you laughing."
The mysterious voice was filled with confusion and anger.
I felt that my dignity was challenged.
Nan Xiao grinned, his cracked lips twitching slightly at the corners. With a kind of calm madness, he stared straight at the direction where the voice came from and sneered, "Of course I'm laughing at you!"
"It sounds like your Phoenix clan is quite powerful, controlling the divine fire and having a noble bloodline, but so what? Aren't you still trapped here for thousands of years?"
"As for the contract, I'll break it if you ask me to? Why? Just because you're so shameless? You're so powerful, you could kill me, but you still don't dare, you coward."
Nan Xiao is a person who responds to soft words and does not respond to harsh ones. If the other party can talk to her nicely, she may not necessarily insist on holding Xiao Shitou hostage.
But as soon as it came up, it gave me a show of force. Anyway, this is the worst situation now. At most, I will die.
Rather than dying in a cowardly way, it is better to let it vent its anger and collect some interest, which is also good.
It's the first time for everyone to be a human being, so who would spoil it?
Oh, no. It's not a person.
Besides, she has a trump card, Little Stone.
If she dies, Little Stone will die too.
Then let’s bet on the importance of the little stone in the shadow’s heart.
“You… deserve to die…”
The shadow's voice trembled slightly with anger, as if he was extremely angry. "For tens of thousands of years, no human has ever dared to speak to me like this! You lowly ant, your crime is simply unforgivable!"
Nan Xiao didn't even mention it with disdain.
"Don't be so humble. The thinking from tens of thousands of years ago was indeed quite feudal."
"The Phoenix clan is almost extinct, why are you so arrogant?"
"Human boy, stop talking nonsense here!" The shadow roared, causing the place to buzz.
The stone platform was shining brightly, and a huge shadow slowly took shape in the dazzling light.
The phantom was engulfed in blazing crimson flames, its body several feet long, its crown gleaming like a crystal of flame. Its eyes were like the blazing sun, its feathers ignited with fire as it spread its wings, and its long tail swayed like a ribbon of fire.
Nan Xiao chuckled softly.
He stared at the phoenix's shadow for a few more seconds and muttered to himself, "So this is what a phoenix looks like."
I have to admit that the phoenix's true form is really beautiful.
It's a pity that he has a bad temper.
It seems that this small stone is most likely an old phoenix egg.
The shadow slowly turned its head and looked at the small stone on the stone platform. The anger in its eyes instantly turned into endless kindness. It gently circled the small stone, its eyes filled with tenderness and expectation: "As long as it is here, the Phoenix Clan will sooner or later reappear in the world, soaring above the nine heavens once again, and let all things in this world bow down to our feet!"
"Humans, if you just break the contract, I will forgive your disrespect and send you and your companions away safely. How do you do that?"
Nan Xiao turned his face away with a hint of laziness.
"not good."
"I'm just young, not stupid. I'm just afraid that if I untie you, you'll kill all of us."
Among so many predecessors before, no one got out alive. It was probably done by this phantom old phoenix.
Nan Xiao boldly guessed that the reason was that they didn't want to be discovered, as this was the Phoenix's resting place.
Once the news gets out, I'm afraid that countless monks will come one after another to capture and hunt it.
As long as it is a divine beast, its whole body is a treasure.
Just like the tortoise shell in her storage ring, even though the black tortoise had been dead for an unknown period of time, its shell was still extremely hard.
I wanted to refine it and change its shape, but I couldn't do it.
well!
The shadow narrowed his eyes and threatened, "I am willing to give you a chance, don't be ungrateful. I have plenty of ways to make you release it automatically."
Nan Xiao propped up his chin and patiently negotiated with it: "How about this, you send us all out of this place, and once we're completely safe, I'll ask Little Stone if he's willing to terminate the contract with me. How do you think?"
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