Night falls, the side courtyard.
Lu Zheng and Si Lingxi sat in the courtyard again, gathered around a small stove in which various vegetables and ats simred. The red pot released waves of spicy aroma.
"Gurgle gurgle..."
Si Lingxi picked up a piece of boiling snake at and casually tossed it into her mouth. Her white teeth and fiery red lips made a crunching noise as the snake at, infused with a trace of spiritual qi, was swallowed down her throat.
Although the day was fulfilling, those ingredients filled with spiritual qi couldn't be eaten at every al. One reason was that they couldn't be digested, another was that there weren't actually that many!
So even for Si Lingxi, the daily diet mostly contained food with traces of spiritual qi that didn't qualify as spiritual materials.
Much like many plants and animals growing near Wansong Mountain, although none counted as spiritual materials or were awakened, they naturally contained traces of spiritual qi due to the presence of Wansong Daoist.
Phoenix Mountain was no exception.
Moreover, because Si Lingxi had a penchant for eating snakes, many forces that raised snakes and thods relying on snakes in battle erged under the jurisdiction of Phoenix Mountain.
If soone unaware of the internal situation entered the territory of Phoenix Mountain, they might mistakenly think the ancestor here was a top-tier snake demon.
"Speaking of snake demons..."
Si Lingxi blinked, "That old snake spirit at Nine Bends Bay, has it reached a millennium in Dao practice?"
"Palace Master, three years ago it reached a millennia in Dao practice." Xuan i responded.
"Okay then, no need to keep it." Si Lingxi nodded, "Tomorrow, you and Bi Hu should go and capture him."
"Understood." Xuan i and Bi Hu respectfully replied.
Lu Zheng stroked his chin and asked, "How large is the body of that old snake spirit? I'm wondering if the equipnt I've brought is enough."
Liu Qingyan, "..."
Shen Ying, "..."
"Sir, I've seen that snake spirit under the moon swallowing the Moonlight Essence. It's over twenty zhang long and as thick as a barrel." Bi Hu said.
"Just its body is over twenty zhang, that's very large." Lu Zheng exclaid.
Si Lingxi shook her head and laughed, "There's no need to eat it all in one go, why rush?"
"Oh, right, that's true." Lu Zheng blinked, realizing his previous misconception.
Previously, the snakes he found were not very large, typically finished in one al.
In Phoenix Mountain, there was no need for Lu Zheng and his companions to act, so they had plans under Si Lingxi's arrangent to visit a flower valley up north the next day.
Just then, Si Lingxi's eye twitched as she turned to glance down Phoenix Mountain.
Soon after, a maid from Phoenix Mountain swiftly approached.
"Palace Master, below the mountain are Yun Yi from Colorful Cloud Mountain, Ying Xiaoran from Fei Niao Stream, Duan Hongyao from Liao Mountain, and Qi Yu Yan from Qingye Mountain requesting an audience."
"For what reason?" Si Lingxi asked calmly.
The maid shockingly said, "They claim to have news about another Phoenix Bloodline."
"What?" Si Lingxi suddenly turned back.
There were few things in this world that could cause Si Lingxi to lose composure, but a Phoenix Bloodline was certainly among them.
Si Lingxi frowned, seemingly sensing sothing suddenly. She waved and said, "Let them co to see ."
"Yes!"
The maid promptly acknowledged before hurrying away.
Lu Zheng blinked, "Is there a need to..."
"No need." Si Lingxi shook her head, "While the matter is significant, it's not secretive."
"Phoenix Bloodline..."
Si Lingxi said with so doubt, "I always thought that in this realm, now only I possessed the Phoenix Bloodline."
...
A mont later, two n and two won, led by the maid, ekly arrived at the rear courtyard and couldn't help showing surprise when they saw Si Lingxi and the three others sitting together.
By then, of course, Lu Zheng had already packed away the skewers and small stove, as it was a reception and couldn't be too casual.
The four people before them were seen at the banquet during the day. Their positions were relatively far back, indicating average cultivation. Qi Yu Yan, among them, was the dazzling lady who first presented the Fire Cloud Silk.
Leading them was Yun Yi, an apparently mature woman in a Colorful Cloud Silk Gauze Skirt, exhibiting a gentle and composed appearance, though now looking serious, with a jade box in hand.
With a wave of Si Lingxi's hand, the jade box flew to her, opening automatically. Inside was a drop of blood the size of a fingertip, sealed in the center of the jade box, glowing red.
A fiery aura emanated from the blood, as if it might ignite everything.
"Phoenix Divine Fire?"
Red Crane, standing behind Si Lingxi, couldn't help but confirm the resemblance to Si Lingxi's Phoenix Divine Fire.
Si Lingxi's elegant brows knit as she cautiously examined the blood in the jade box, then turned to the four, coldly asking, "Where did you acquire this drop of blood, and how did you obtain it?"
The pressure of the Phoenix descended, making sweat bead on the foreheads of Yun Yi's group, who hurriedly replied, "Palace Master, this Phoenix Bloodline is located 30,000 miles southwest."
Ying Xiaoran explained, "We gathered there briefly before attending your birthday banquet and happened upon her in that valley."
Duan Hongyao continued, "However, she seed severely injured at the ti and extrely alert to us, so we dared not offend."
Qi Yu Yan added, "Hence, we collected a drop of blood she shed in the valley and rushed to Phoenix Mountain for you to make a decision."
Si Lingxi's phoenix eyes swept over the four, and after a mont's silence, she nodded.
"Is she badly wounded?"
"Not gravely, not gravely!" Yun Yi shook her head, then hurriedly added, "Her injuries are severe but not life-threatening, and with a thousand-year Dao practice, her life is not in danger."
Si Lingxi narrowed her eyes, stood up, and said to the four, "Take to see her."
"Yes!" Yun Yi eagerly responded.
Si Lingxi looked back at Lu Zheng, "Do you want to go together? If..."
Lu Zheng nodded and chuckled, "Let's go together. Traveling thousands of miles into the Southern Border, without you, we wouldn't dare venture that far."
Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying hid their smiles, and Si Lingxi couldn't help but smile as well, "You've had millennia of Dao practice, there's nowhere you can't go."
"Fine, let's go."
"Palace Master, should we..."
"You don't need to go, just prepare a guest room." Si Lingxi instructed.
"Yes!"
Red Crane and the other three won promptly agreed, then watched as Si Lingxi waved her hand, lifting off with Lu Zheng, the trio, and the four others, heading directly south.
...
"Palace Master! It's over there!"
In the sky, Yun Yi pointed to what appeared to be an unremarkable valley.
However, given Si Lingxi's Dao practice, she could of course see that above this ordinary valley, layers of subtle fiery spiritual qi were swirling.
Si Lingxi descended from the clouds, alighting straight into the valley, and saw a woman in red, sitting cross-legged in the middle of the valley, her brow furrowed, her aura weak.
Si Lingxi's eyes flashed and she led Lu Zheng and the others to land beside the woman.
The woman suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with endless fear as she looked at Si Lingxi.
"Hmm?"
Si Lingxi frowned and placed a hand on the woman's shoulder, letting the Phoenix Power enter her body.
"What are you..."
Feeling the strangely familiar yet odd bloodline within the other, Si Lingxi's eyes narrowed; was this bloodline suppressing the woman?
No, no!
At that mont, as the Phoenix Power entered her body, the woman finally managed to speak.
However, her first words were a warning, "Be careful..."
The next instant, an abrupt change occurred!
The bloodline within the woman suddenly lost control, entangling the Phoenix Power Si Lingxi had transmitted and surged back into Si Lingxi's body.
At the sa ti, Yun Yi's group suddenly flashed to the four corners of the valley, emitting dense demonic qi.
"Activate the formation!"
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