"Um... isn't that too much trouble?"
"No, no trouble... I'll hold you!"
Su Yiyao squatted down, stretched her little arms to Luo Xue's knees, and picked Luo Xue up.
—In a princess hug.
Her long silver hair spread out, almost falling to the ground. Su Yiyao lowered her head and saw only a pair of shocked eyes.
"Xiaoyao, you..."
Luo Xue was caught off guard and was a little flustered.
"It's more convenient this way... Anyway, Xue's body is soft and gentle, so it won't be strenuous."
Although she said that, for some reason, Su Yiyao's face had already turned a little red.
"Doesn't Xue like being held like this..."
"Not really, it's mainly because this is the first time I've been carried like a princess."
Luo Xue herself also found it a little funny, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but slightly rise.
"real?"
Su Yiyao was somewhat delighted.
"real."
Luo Xue nodded and her body completely relaxed.
Su Yiyao only felt that the light and delicate body in her arms became a little softer, just like she was holding a big silk doll stuffed with cotton.
I really want to bury my face in it and rub it.
"By the way," Luo Xuedong looked around for a while and asked, "Is the depths of the blood sea... all like this?"
“Not entirely.”
"Anywhere else?"
"The place where Master practices on weekdays is similar to the Sea of Blood, except that the Will of Withering is much stronger. If I want to go to find her, I have to ask Sister Liu Lian to take me, otherwise I won't be able to get close at all."
"Oh... besides that?"
"I don't know. Apart from practicing here and looking for my master, I have never been anywhere else."
"When you have nothing to do, have you ever thought about walking around..."
"No, because when I have nothing to do, I always think about—"
"Stop, stop talking, really stop talking, I can't bear it anymore..."
"Hmm..."
On the quiet grassland, the petite figure gradually disappears into the distance.
The years are quiet and peaceful.
Su Yiyao looked at Luo Xue, who had her eyes slightly closed in her arms, and lowered her eyes.
She walked slowly, and suddenly a earnest hope emerged from the bottom of her heart.
How nice it would be if this not-so-long journey could never end...
... ...
A breeze blew by, lifting a few strands of dark red hair, which then slowly fell down and scattered on the blood-red skirt.
The woman in the blood-stained skirt had her eyes closed, she didn't even open them, but her face was filled with a beauty that seemed to not exist in this world.
But there is not a trace of charm in such a beautiful face, only an untouchable sacredness that makes people breathless.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked into the distance.
"Master," Liu Lian's figure slowly appeared and bowed, "They will be here soon."
"Um."
She withdrew her gaze, her eyes calm and distant.
Feng Zun was sitting in a pavilion that suddenly appeared on the grassland, with a pot of freshly brewed tea in front of him, still steaming.
There were two cushions placed in front of her, and she deliberately moved closer to them.
"Master, why don't you just let me bring them here?" Liu Lian asked curiously.
With her level of cultivation, she could bring Luo Xue and Su Yiyao to Feng Zun in the blink of an eye. There was no need to walk so slowly.
"Let them stay for a while. I'm not in a hurry." Feng Zun said calmly. She raised her eyes slightly and asked, "Besides, with Xiaoyao's cultivation level, do you think she needs to walk?"
Liu Lian thought about it seriously for a while. Su Yiyao is now at the Jindan level, and her escape technique is not bad either. It seems...
No need either
So why...
"... I can't figure it out." Liu Lian shook her head.
"It's okay, just wait." Feng Zun said, his eyes flashing with a little bit of imperceptible pity, "Besides... in the future, there may not be such an opportunity."
Liu Lian was silent for a while, bowed, took a few steps back, and disappeared.
Not long after, Su Yiyao holding Luo Xue slowly appeared at the end of the grassland.
She also saw Feng Zun sitting alone on the pavilion, and her happy expression instantly turned a little conflicted.
But in the end, Su Yiyao still moved her steps reluctantly, and almost dragged her way through the distance, and arrived in front of the pavilion.
"Master..."
Su Yiyao didn't dare to look Feng Zun in the eyes, and kept her head down and nodded submissively.
After all, she ran out of the depths of the sea of blood and went to the fairyland and the devil's abyss because of her willfulness.
Although Feng Zun agreed to this matter, Su Yiyao could see that her master did not want her to continue to be exposed to anything in the Fairyland and Demonic Abyss, and there seemed to be another hidden story.
So, after coming back, Su Yiyao sat on the futon like a child who had made a mistake, with her head drooping and looking listless.
Luo Xue leaned slightly on the coffin behind her, breathing slightly, looking a little tired.
"It's good to be back."
Feng Zun didn't seem to care. He just nodded slightly to Su Yiyao and turned his gaze to Luo Xue.
At this time, Luo Xue had finally recovered a little from her weakness. She looked up and met Feng Zun's gaze, and was immediately startled.
The horrifying scene in the courtyard room deep in Fengyin Mountain that year reappeared in Luo Xue's mind, but now what she saw was the real Feng Zun.
Feng Zun's appearance was almost identical to that of the woman in white in the illusion array at that time, but since it was the real person who was here now, his suffocating pressure was even greater.
When Feng Zun saw Luo Xue's reaction at this moment, the corners of his mouth seemed to rise slightly, but were quickly smoothed out again, as if it was an illusion.
"Luo Xue... you seem to have changed a lot when we meet for the second time." Feng Zun said slowly, "I thought... his bloodline could be inherited by mortals. After seeing him today, I know it was a misunderstanding."
"His...bloodline?"
Luo Xue's breathing became a little faster.
In the language of this world, the pronunciation of "He" and "He" are different. Luo Xue knew that Feng Zun was referring to the Blood Sea himself.
So, the so-called inheritance she accepted was actually the bloodline of the Blood Sea itself
"The inheritance illusion array back then would only be opened and passed on when it sensed the bloodline descendants left by Him." Feng Zun explained, "It should have been because of Xiaoyao that it was able to be opened at that time, but... it is also a strange thing that you can withstand the inheritance."
When they were in Fengyin Mountain, Luo Xue and Su Yiyao spent every day together, even sleeping together. They might even hug each other when they fell asleep, so they both had each other's scent.
Although the breath is very faint, the magic array has taken into account the fact that the bloodline has become too thin after many generations. It will be activated as long as the corresponding breath is sensed.
But this does not mean that anyone who has come into contact with Su Yiyao can start the inheritance.
More importantly... accept the inheritance.
Basically, only the inheritors of the Blood Sea descendants can withstand the True Phoenix inheritance and True Phoenix blood essence. Otherwise, once in contact, their bodies will explode and die instantly.
But Luo Xue had absorbed a lot of poison to resist it. Besides, she was a mortal, and the degree of sealing of the True Phoenix's blood was very high, so she endured it and successfully accepted the inheritance.
Of course... the effect after Luo Xue got this inheritance is still not as good as Su Yiyao's.
Feng Zun didn't like to beat around the bush when speaking, and told Luo Xue all these things directly. Su Yiyao also listened with great interest - she had not been in the mood to listen to these things before, so she didn't understand anything.
It was only then that Su Yiyao reacted and her eyes widened.
"Wait, Master, you mean... I am a descendant of the ancient mythical beast Phoenix?"
She had always thought she was a human, but suddenly she was told... that she was actually a bird
Yes, that's right, the phoenix is indeed a legendary ancient mythical beast, but it is also a bird...
"And it's unexpectedly pure. It's very likely that you were born through the method of 'origin birth'." Feng Zun added, "Don't worry, you are indeed a human being now, not a transformed monster."
"I see."
Su Yiyao breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't know why she was relieved.
"But, Master Fengzun, I think you just said that his bloodline cannot be inherited by mortals..."
Luo Xue asked hesitantly.
"That's true, but I never said that Xiaoyao is a mortal."
Feng Zun thought carefully for a while, and said in a way that Luo Xue could understand,
“Let me put it this way. Xiaoyao is actually the bloodline of the Divine Phoenix that gave birth to consciousness, and built a body based on the human template... That’s all.
“So, apart from their different physical forms, there is no difference between Xiaoyao and the Divine Phoenix Clan.”
In other words, Su Yiyao is an ancient mythical beast with human appearance.
"Well, it seems to be a bird..."
Su Yiyao looked depressed.
Even someone as steady as Feng Zun had veins popping out on his forehead.
If anyone else had described the Divine Phoenix Clan like this, she would have wiped them out long ago.
But...
Such insulting words were spoken by one of the few descendants of the Divine Phoenix clan.
Feng Zun took a moment to adjust his mood before continuing,
“The Divine Phoenix Clan is close to extinction. I don’t actually have much hope of finding a descendant of the Divine Phoenix in this lost world and inheriting his power.
"I thought that the appearance of a mortal with a little bit of divine phoenix blood was already a surprise, but I didn't expect that there would be a descendant of Xiaoyao's pure bloodline."
Su Yiyao opened her mouth and wanted to say something.
But Luo Xue could tell at a glance that she still found it hard to accept, so she immediately spoke up and interrupted her.
"Master Fengzun, if you haven't found the descendant yet, will you continue to look for him?"
Feng Zun nodded slightly and said,
"Before Nangong Fengyin, I entrusted a total of 16 gravekeepers with some withering qualifications, but all of them failed without exception. If Xiaoyao is not found, I will walk out of the sea of blood again in a thousand years to look for the next gravekeeper."
"Gravekeeper? Grave?"
When Luo Xue heard this term, she remembered that she seemed to have heard Master Feng Yin say before that she was just a gravekeeper.
"Because this is a tomb, his tomb." Feng Zun turned his head slightly, his gaze was far-reaching and long, "It can even be said that this world is just his cemetery."
“So, He is…”
Luo Xue followed Feng Zun's gaze and saw nothing, but she could still feel the withering contained in the sea of blood, calling her.
"The Blood Sea in the modern world is also the Withered Phoenix. He was the last Great Emperor of the clan. When they died out, the ancient beast had become a legend." Feng Zun said softly, "And I... am his useless sister, the Immortal Phoenix. So far, I am only a Quasi-Emperor Great Saint."
"Wait... What realm is the Great Sage?"
Luo Xue just felt that her brain was not enough, perhaps because she was too tired.
"After ascending to heaven, you will reach the realm of calamity, after ascending to heaven, you will reach the realm of crossing the sea, above crossing the sea, you will reach the realm of great sage, and the end of great sage is the realm of great emperor." Feng Zun explained patiently, "In other words, those so-called lords of the forbidden land are about four great realms behind me."
"... ..."
Suddenly, Luo Xue felt that the appearance of these forbidden land masters in front of the sea of blood was a bit clownish.