The Phoenix Comes (Part 2)

The Phoenix Comes (Part 2)

By Jiulu Feixiang,

Translated, Edited and Arranged by Angel Chua 10/11/2024

Feng Lai looked at Liu Yu blankly: "What is marrying?"

Liu Yu smiled and patted his head gently: "This can only be understood but not expressed in words. You will understand it naturally when you should. So before you understand, you'd better go back to sleep."

Feng Lai did not move. Liu Yu looked at him for a long time, and finally sighed as if admitting defeat: "Okay, I will stay with you until you fall asleep. Come on, go back to the house." She took Feng Lai's hand and walked towards his house, but Feng Lai stopped and did not move at all. He looked at Liu Yu, and the moonlight and Liu Yu's silhouette were imprinted in his red pupils. "Then I won't sleep." If he doesn't fall asleep, Liu Yu will always be with him.

Liu Yu was startled, looking into the boy's eyes, and suddenly wondered if she had made this child too dependent on her...

Liu Yu was determined to separate them from each other. Feng Lai had been clinging to Liu Yu for a few days. Liu Yu thought about it and thought that maybe Feng Lai's world was too monotonous. Apart from her, there was nothing else. Liu Yu caught a bird for Feng Lai, and originally intended to make it a toy for him, but she didn't expect Feng Lai to be so happy after getting the bird that he stopped clinging to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was very pleased, but a few days later, the bird suddenly died. It seemed that it couldn't stand the increasingly powerful Immortal Realm beast aura on Feng Lai.

Fenglai came to Liuyu holding the dead bird: "Liuyu, what happened to it? Why doesn't it move, and doesn't it look at me?" Fenglai's eyes were so sad that Liuyu couldn't bear to look at them. She touched Fenglai's head and said, "The bird is dead."

Fenglai looked at her: "What do you mean dead?"

"It will never move again, and will never open its eyes to look at you again." Liuyu explained to him, "It means... losing it."

"Why..."

"Maybe... you are not very good at controlling your own power."

Fenglai looked blank, and didn't ask Liuyu anything else. He just buried the bird with her. Since then, Fenglai no longer raised birds, and no longer pestered Liuyu to sleep with him.

Fenglai's power was still growing. Liuming ordered Liuyu to take Fenglai to the place where monsters were tamed every day, in order to let Fenglai get familiar with other monsters and learn how to subdue them. Although Liu Yu was still worried, she still took Feng Lai there when she thought of the power of his flames. She just stayed by Feng Lai's side, fearing that a Immortal Realm beast would come and hurt Feng Lai.

However, Liu Yu didn't expect that she would be the one who got hurt in the end, and the one who was protected... was also her.

When the barrier made of blazing flames unfolded around her, Feng Lai stared at the Immortal Realm beasts outside the barrier with bloodshot eyes.

Outside the barrier, those bloodthirsty guys surrounded them. Liu Yu covered her arm that was accidentally scratched by a Immortal Realm beast and gritted her teeth, "It's my fault for being careless." She looked at the little Immortal Realm beast on the ground that had been burned to ashes by Feng Lai and sighed, "These guys have smelled the smell of blood. I'm afraid it won't end well today." There were at least dozens of Immortal Realm beasts outside, staring at her and Feng Lai covetously. As long as they found an opportunity, they would pounce on them and eat them clean.

Liu Yu frowned. Feng Lai had not grown up yet. It was inevitable that he would be at a disadvantage compared to so many monsters...

She was anxious, but she saw Feng Lai turned his head and looked at her: "Don't be afraid." He said, "No matter what, I will take you out."

The firelight illuminated the overly beautiful face of the boy. Liu Yu's heart moved suddenly. She turned her head quickly, secretly cursing herself for being inexplicable. When she came to her senses and was about to discuss a strategy with Feng Lai, she saw Feng Lai stepping on the barrier and walked out of the flames alone.

Before Liu Yu shouted, he waved his hand, and a huge flame burst out from his palm, burning a charred straight line on the ground. No matter the monsters or trees in front of him, they were all burned clean by this blow. Obviously, for Feng Lai now, using such a great force is still very tiring, and his flame barrier immediately weakened a lot. Feng Lai turned his head, and before he could say the word "go", he saw a black object suddenly penetrate his flame barrier, attack Liu Yu's waist from behind, and wrap her up.

Feng Lai's pupils suddenly shrank, and he reached out to grab Liu Yu, but the black object was a few points faster than him, dragging Liu Yu out. It turned out to be a monster in the shape of a frog, and the black object was the frog's tongue! It took Liu Yu, who was dragged back, into its mouth. Feng Lai only heard a "gulp", and did not hear Liu Yu make any sound, and was swallowed into its stomach.

Feng Lai froze in place in a daze. The frog did not look at Feng Lai again, but turned around and jumped to run. "Stop!" Feng Lai's voice was hoarse, like a ghost from hell, "Stop!" He flashed, but in a flash, the frog that jumped into the air was suddenly torn in half, its stomach was broken, and its internal organs fell to the ground. Amidst the blood and water, something was struggling wrapped in flesh.

Feng Lai rushed forward, tore the flesh apart with his sharp claws, and carefully pulled Liu Yu out. "Liu Yu..." His voice was trembling, and there were twinkling lights in his red eyes. "Cough!" Liu Yu lay on the ground, coughing heartbreakingly. "Liu Yu..."

He was so helpless that he seemed to be about to cry, "You..." He wanted to grab Liu Yu's hand, but he was afraid that he would hurt her if he grabbed her too tightly. He had gradually understood that Liu Yu was different from him.

He felt no pain when he was injured, and his wounds healed quickly, but Liu Yu was different. Compared with him, Liu Yu was even a bit like a porcelain, too easy to break. "Are you going to die soon..." Liu Yu's body was full of liquid from the monster frog's stomach.

The liquid was poisonous and made it difficult for her to breathe. She twisted a heart-protecting spell to protect her heart pulse, turned her head and was stunned. Feng Lai looked at her in panic and helplessness, just like when he came to her with the dead body of the bird that day, with a deep sense of helplessness in his eyes. Liu Yu was so easily distressed. "I won't die." She tried to calm her breath. "I won't die.

I've eaten the elixir, and I'm immortal." She raised her hand with all her strength and touched Fenglai's cheek. "So, don't show that expression. I'm fine..." The muscles on Fenglai's face trembled uncontrollably.

The frog fragments on the ground were trembling as if they were about to recover. Fenglai's eyes turned cold, and a cluster of flames appeared out of nowhere and burned the meat into ashes.

He picked up Liuyu horizontally, turned around, and stared at the monsters behind him. The evil spirit overflowed from his body. The monsters were all shocked and retreated to the side. Fenglai then lowered his head and looked at her: "I'll take you back."

The words actually became gentle at this moment. Liu Yu, who was held in Feng Lai's arms, realized that this child had grown up without her noticing...

At that time, it was only two months since Feng Lai was created. After another half a month, Feng Lai's appearance was no different from that of an ordinary young man. Standing with Liu Yu, they looked like a couple.

The gossip between Liu Yu and Feng Lai gradually spread in the sect. Liu Yu did not not hear it, but she did not want to pay attention to it, or...

It was undeniable that she seemed to have some strange thoughts about Feng Lai, and it was out of her control. At the same time, the opposition forces in the court were getting stronger and stronger, and Liu Ming ignored them completely.

A few days later, the monsters escaped from the place where they were tamed and killed hundreds of people. The elders in the court were furious. All officials and Liu Ming's disciples wrote to Liu Ming together, asking him to destroy the monsters. Liu Ming ignored them.

Shen Muyue directly severed the master-disciple relationship with Liu Ming and discussed with the opponents to destroy the monsters.

Liu Yu was also shaken at this time, and finally found a day to go and have a good talk with her master and persuade him. However, she couldn't find Liu Ming no matter where she went, so she had to give up.

On that day, Feng Lai also disappeared, and it was not until the next day that Feng Lai came back from outside covered in blood.

Liu Yu looked at the blood on his clothes in astonishment: "What... happened?"

"Liu Ming asked me to command the monsters to kill all the opponents." Liu Yu suddenly felt weak all over, her knees softened, and she fell on the chair. Feng Lai hurried forward to support her, squatted on the ground, looked at her anxiously, "I didn't listen to him, Liu Yu, don't panic, I've always remembered what you said, I didn't kill anyone."

Liu Yu's eyes finally saw Feng Lai's eyebrows: "This blood..."

"It's mine." He said it so easily, "Liu Ming was very angry and cut me with a knife, but it doesn't matter, the wound has healed, and I don't feel any pain."

Liu Yu grabbed Feng Lai's sleeve, looked at him covered in blood, thinking about how many times he had been stabbed, the pain in his heart drilled into his bones: "Why didn't you hide, you..."

"Because he is your master, you can't listen to him in other things. But if you just hit a few times to vent your anger, it doesn't matter."

"It does matter!" Liu Yu bent down and wiped the blood off his face with her sleeve. The more she wiped, the more her hands shook. "You have to get out of the way next time. No matter who hurts you, you have to get out of the way. If you can't get out of the way, try your best to protect yourself. OK?"

Seeing the pain in Liu Yu's eyes, Feng Lai looked at her with cold eyes: "Will Liu Yu feel bad if I get hurt?"

"Yes." She stared into his eyes and said seriously, "Yes."

At such a close distance, with such clear eyes, Feng Lai could hear his own heart beating uncontrollably. He didn't know what was going on. He suddenly moved forward and gently touched Liu Yu's lips with his lips, then he blushed first: "I won't make Liu Yu feel bad anymore."

Before he finished speaking, he turned and walked out, leaving Liu Yu alone sitting in the room, covering her lips, dazed.

In the evening, there was a knock on the door. Fenglai walked into the room and saw Liuyu sitting in the same position as in the morning. He was slightly startled: "Liuyu, you haven't left the room all day and haven't eaten anything." He put the tray in his hand on the table. Liuyu seemed to be awakened by the sound and turned to look at him blankly.

Fenglai had changed into clean clothes and stood aside. He handed her the chopsticks. Liuyu took the chopsticks and looked at the food but didn't eat it. As if she had been thinking for a long time, she looked at Fenglai: "Are you, are you..."

A word lingered on her lips, but she couldn't say it. Fenglai squatted down and looked up at Liuyu's eyes: "I like you." He said, "I have heard a lot of words these days. I understand what it means to marry you and what it means to like someone.

Liuyu, I like you, only you. What about you?" "Me?" Liuyu didn't know how to answer the sudden confession of love from the child she raised, and the question was thrown back to her in an instant. "I..."

Her hesitation made Fenglai doubt himself, and a look of loss slowly appeared in her eyes. Liuyu felt a pain in her heart, and she stopped sitting on the stool and let Fenglai look up. She squatted with him, holding Fenglai's hand and letting him touch her heart.

Feeling her extremely fast heartbeat, she said: "If, if you can't stand that person having a little bit of grievance and sadness is love, then I should be the same as you..." Fenglai's eyes suddenly lit up, he looked at her, and the smile on the corner of his lips couldn't be suppressed. "I like you!"

He suddenly pounced forward and hugged Liuyu in his arms, "I like you!" He kissed Liuyu's lips, but just gently, without any other movements. Finally, he suddenly asked, "Liu Yu, I will marry you. Can I sleep with you again?" Liu Yu's heart beat like a drum: "Yes...Yes."

The next day, Liu Yu became Feng Lai's wife, but no one held a wedding for them, and no one came to celebrate and bless them. The two did not even wear the formal dresses that the newlyweds should wear. In a place where only the two of them knew, they became husband and wife.

In the third month after Feng Lai was created, there was a voice of opposition in the court. Liu Ming found Feng Lai again, but Feng Lai still did not listen to him. Liu Ming was furious and drew his sword to kill Feng Lai. However, Feng Lai did not take the beating this time. Liu Ming had no choice but to leave.

Soon, Fu Sheng was created to replace Feng Lai. Fu Sheng was indeed much easier to control than Feng Lai, but his power was not as strong as Feng Lai. If he was asked to control the monster, he was afraid that he still lacked the strength. Liu Ming tried every means to research a drug that would make Feng Lai a puppet. At this time, someone in the court informed the heaven of the monster rebellion.

The heavenly soldiers and generals came down to the mortal world, but they were no match for the thousands of monsters. However, soon, the Heavenly Lord asked the God of Action to come down to the mortal world. Liu Ming was anxious and put the unfinished medicine in Feng Lai's drinking water.

Feng Lai fell into a coma after taking the medicine. With his own strength, the God of Action stopped thousands of monsters, captured Feng Lai, killed Liu Ming, and opened up the Xutian Abyss... The voice drifted farther and farther in the darkness.

Shen Li opened her eyes and saw the moonlight coming in from the window. She was confused for a moment, not knowing where she was. "What's wrong?" Xingzhi, who was beside her, gently placed his hand on her waist, and asked with a hoarse voice after waking up, "Did you have a nightmare?" Shen Li shook her head: "I dreamed of them..." "Who?" "A lot of people." Shen Li said, "It was a long dream."

She said softly, as if she saw Liu Yu alone, with a growing belly, in the war, trekking through thousands of mountains and rivers, walking to the front of Xutianyuan, guarding the gate of Xutianyuan, looking forward to meeting Fenglai inside, but in the end she died outside the gate separated from Fenglai, and her bones were buried in the yellow sand. Shen Li closed her eyes and suddenly remembered the moment when Fenglai opened his eyes in Xutianyuan that day, that extremely hot sigh, hiding a thousand years of longing.

For him, these thousand years were just a big dream, and after waking up from the dream, he lost his most precious thing.

So... in the end, he stepped into Xutianyuan without hesitation. Maybe it was to save her daughter who had never met her, or maybe it was just to follow Liu Yu's footsteps...

But no matter what it was, no one could verify it. Everything was buried in the disappeared Xutianyuan... "Xingzhi."

She turned sideways, put her head close to Xingzhi, and also reached out to hug his waist, "Tomorrow, let's go to the Immortal Realm Realm to have a look." "Huh?" "I want to go and see where they left."

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