Chapter 214: Volu 5 Phoenix Flower Blooms Chapter 21 Blooming Panorama (1)
The third watch.
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Xuanji’s playful spirit suddenly arose, and she dashed off in pursuit, chasing the bird into the forest. Sword Control swiftly took to the sky, blinking an eye, she flew right behind the large bird, and reached out to grab it. Who would have known that this bird was incredibly agile, with a flap of its wings, it deftly dodged to the side. Upon closer inspection, Xuanji realized—this wasn’t a bird at all! It was a large snow-white rat with webbed feet that could fly!
She had seen such a creature in the Demon Na List before, called the Fire Rat, reportedly living in fire and belonging to the extrely rare and odd beasts. The most extraordinary thing was that if one could make clothes out of its fur, without needing to wash with water, just by throwing them into the fire to burn for a while and then taking them out, they would be clean and like new.
This Fire Rat didn’t seem very big, but Xuanji didn’t know how it ca to be here. Without ti to think, seeing it fly off at a slant, she reached out backwards for another grab. This ti she did touch it but only tore off a handful of fur; the Fire Rat was astonishingly quick, squeaking sharply as it darted away ten yards in the blink of an eye.
Xuanji was reluctant to stab it with her sword, fearing she’d ruin the fur, yet this creature wasn’t afraid of fire, the more it was burned, the more spirited it beca. Suddenly, she reached for the water flask hanging at her waist and had an idea: with a gesture of her hands, she ford a Seal and released two little fire dragons, encircling the Fire Rat between them, spiraling up and down around it.
As expected, the Fire Rat wasn’t the least bit scared, becoming even livelier in the fire, flying faster and faster. The two fire dragons followed it closely, with no intention of harming it, enclosing it in their midst like a pair of dragons playfully rolling a bead. Xuanji hurried after them, pinching her fingers together to dispel the fire dragons and then she untied the water flask and splashed its contents over it.
The Fire Rat couldn’t dodge in ti, a full flask of water drenched it squarely; it squealed twice and then plumted straight down from the sky, caught deftly by Xuanji, who was triumphant. It turned out that the Demon Na List had recorded that the Fire Rat could not be killed by ordinary thods, and even if it died, it would revive and escape after a while. Only by first letting it burn in a fire, and imdiately splashing it with water once it erged from the flas, would it die with one splash.
She hadn’t expected to accidentally catch such a valuable Fire Rat; if its fur were sold outside, it would fetch a pretty price! Holding the Fire Rat, Xuanji, in high spirits, landed on the ground and turned to see Yu Sifeng’s cyan figure flitting around the edge of the forest, seemingly anxiously searching for sothing. She hurriedly waved her hand and shouted, "Si Feng! Co quick! Look what I caught!"
No sooner had the words faded than he rushed over, his complexion an iron blue, eyes dark as ink, silent, just staring at her intently. Xuanji was startled by his expression, and her smiling face unwittingly fell, muttering as she pointed at the Fire Rat, "You... look, this is... a Fire Rat..."
Yu Sifeng gazed at her deeply, and after a while, he finally spoke, "You... ran off alone, without a word to say, just to catch this thing?"
Xuanji nodded blankly, a sense of foreboding filling her heart, but the source of it was elusive— he was angry, very angry, but crucially, she couldn’t figure out why he was angry.
Yu Sifeng watched her for a mont, then suddenly let out a few low chuckles and turned to leave. He really was like a fool, wasn’t he? So wretched he nearly had nowhere to hide. He hadn’t intended to neglect her; it’s just that by the ti he realized, she was no longer there. He thought she left after seeing him talk to Lanlan, feeling uncomfortable, so he quickly ca out to find her. But, he was wrong again; she didn’t care at all, she was still just as... heartless. If so, why should he painstakingly search for her, tell her he’d been looking for nearly two years, making his nearly extinguished heart burn again?
He had long understood that no matter what he did, she would never take him seriously. All that mattered was his company, so she wouldn’t be alone. She was like a myriad of silken threads he couldn’t shake or escape; aimless, not understanding love, only knowing to cling to him, to embrace him, trying to pull him into an abyss.
She was truly his demon, making him feel alive as though dead, hope turning entirely to despair.
"Si Feng!" She called out to him again with that soft and tender voice, helplessly clinging to him.
He wanted to dodge as if he had seen a ghost, but suddenly his chest ached sharply, a hot, bitter liquid slid from the corner of his mouth, and he could no longer stand, collapsing onto his back. He heard her scream, then fell into a warm embrace, struggling in vain; she held him tightly in her arms, her face pressed against his, the salty taste of tears on his lips.
He caught her wrist with a trembling hand and said with a shaky voice, "I... don’t want to see you anymore... go away!" After he spoke, darkness engulfed him, and he lost consciousness.
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Initially, Yu Sifeng felt extrely cold, as if he were standing naked in a snowy, icy world, freezing to the point of rigidity, his blood ready to turn to ice. After a while, the blinding snowstorm transford into a scorching sumr day, the sun fierce and hot, baking his skin to the brink of cracking, and inside him, a fire burned his organs, unbearably painful.
In a daze, he thought he saw the Great Palace Master standing opposite him, smiling faintly at him, softly calling, "Si Feng, co to daddy. That woman is your demon, give her up! Daddy will give you everything, you must be well!"
He felt a welling of emotion and stepped forward calling out, "Daddy
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