Chapter 28: The Golden Phoenix

The Hua Household.

After pulling her daughter back into the house, Lady Yao brought out the braised meats, desserts, and fruits she had prepared well in advance. "I knew you’d return when your fifth sister went out. Your father, along with your third and sixth brothers, prepared all of this for you."

Hua Changxi picked up a braised pig trotter and began to gnaw on it. "Mother, you have no idea—the food at the Service Hall is terrible. Look, I’ve wasted away from hunger."

Lady Yao looked at her daughter, whose complexion was even rosier than it had been at home, and found it somewhat amusing.

However, the power of that blade of light was truly terrifying; it had actually severed all the divine arrows fired by Xiao Yi.

Jiu Tian, who was just about to begin his lecture, paused his steps and looked toward the doorway. He saw a youth with a buzz cut, his eyes bright, staring directly at him.

The gray mist above swirled slightly, and suddenly, two bedraggled figures emerged from it, swaying unsteadily as they flew toward the Sacred Sect’s encampment.

Because she had overheard the conversation between Zhou An and the Holy Mother of the Pure Land while they were refining medicine, she knew that Zhou An wanted to regrow his limb and had even refined Taisui Pills, which were said to have the effect of regenerating severed limbs. Yet, afterward, Zhou An went into seclusion with the pills only to achieve a breakthrough in his external cultivation realm.

"Since Sister Shiyu has spoken, I assume you have a solution?" suddenly, her older sister, Nonghua, smiled.

"Do you have any idea who caused these injuries of mine?! You bastard, you must compensate me for my losses, or else once we get out, I will make sure to spread the word that you, Chen Feng of the Blood Killers, are a despicable man who harms his allies. Let’s see how you’ll be able to walk the world after that!" Ouyang Yan cursed furiously.

Hearing the cold reprimand from the youth in the green shirt, Chen Xiao merely opened his eyes slowly, glanced at them, and then closed his lids once more. Throughout the entire process, he remained like a silent statue, offering no response whatsoever.

"Ye Zhengfeng, aren't you being a bit too arrogant? Do you really think that just because you managed to kill Shi Tianxing, you can rival the likes of us?!" Yi Liuyue shouted coldly at Ye Zhengfeng.

Hou Yong was not foolish; any normal person would know that the odds in this bet were stacked in his favor. Since Jiu Tian was clearly a rational person, why would he agree to the wager? He must have had something up his sleeve.

Jinglei turned to look at the other three. Now that Ling'er was out of danger, they did not need to return to the Valley of the Divine Physician. The next step was to figure out how to resolve the trouble before them.

She looked at the pair of star-crossed lovers on the verge of becoming demons and carefully recalled everything she had done since entering the mortal world. Even after guarding them so closely, she still had not managed to avoid failure.

Before Qi Meili could finish her sentence, a loud thud was heard. She hurried over and found Jian Weian collapsed on the floor in the corner of the cupboard. Terrified, Meili screamed.

"Whether it's him or not, let’s go over and confront him," Zhao Zilan said before heading in that direction. Xie Xiao wanted to stop him, but upon second thought, he let it go.

"Ha... haha! Yes, quite right, the Daoist is a true practitioner. I was merely joking just now... just a joke, please, Daoist, do not take it to heart!" The old man pulled Ye Qingxuan along into the city, laughing heartily as if to cover up his embarrassment.

"Of course I recognize them. Back then, they were also people of the Heavenly Realm, but after they were reincarnated, all their memories faded away."

The two fought with such intensity that they drew the playful phoenixes to watch. One after another, the birds leaped down from the trees, causing fallen blossoms to scatter everywhere.

However, the moment he stepped through the door, the scent of blood grew even thicker. Seeing Master Zhou lying bloodied on the daybed, his stomach churned violently. Unable to hold it in any longer, he covered his mouth and bolted outside.

It was precisely because of this that his combat ability was lacking, not just by a little, but significantly—he was not even as good as the boxing champion, Wai Zai.

Hearing the sigh, Ye Qingxuan could not help but want to look up. However, the moment he moved to do so, he recalled the terrifying experience from just a moment ago. He had to forcibly suppress his head halfway up, leaving Ye Qingxuan in a posture that was both incredibly awkward and somewhat comical.