The Phoenix Comes (Part 1)

The Phoenix Comes (Part 1)

By Jiulu Feixiang,

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

There was a loud noise, and the basement suddenly trembled, as if a very hot air wave was sweeping out from the depths. Liu Yu's body tilted, and he had to hold on to the wall to avoid falling to the ground. When the tremor subsided, the disciples behind him were all whispering, guessing what kind of monster the Immortal Realm Lord had created this time, which made such a big noise at the beginning of its birth. Everyone was worried.

Liu Yu glanced at them, walked forward silently, pushed open the solid wooden door, and the next road was only for those who had obtained special permission.

Torches were placed beside the closed corridor. Perhaps it was Liu Yu's illusion, she seemed to think that the firelight today was brighter than in the past. When she reached the end of the corridor, the stone door in front of her was closed. Liu Yu raised her hand and knocked on the door knocker lightly, but after only one knock, the stone door collapsed. Liu Yu was stunned. The dazzling light in the room shone through the thick dust, so dazzling that Liu Yu couldn't help but squint slightly.

"It's done! Hahaha! It's finally done! It's finally done!"

Liu Ming's voice was hoarse with an almost crazy joy. His back looked a bit scary in the reflection of the fire. Liu Yu walked slowly to his side: "Master..." She looked past Liu Ming's body and saw that the house was in a mess, the alchemy furnace was overturned, and the flames were burning everywhere. In the fire, a young child stood quietly. He closed his eyes as if he was sleeping. He looked only six or seven years old, no different from an ordinary child, but there was a flame burning on his body.

Liu Yu was slightly surprised: "Master... what is this?"

"Feng Lai." Liu Ming's eyes were full of the light burned by the fire. He grinned, "His name is Feng Lai."

Liu Ming stepped forward, waded through the fire, stopped in front of Feng Lai, and carried him out of the sea of fire. Feng Lai was still sleeping. Liu Ming looked at him and smiled strangely: "With him, I can make more monsters, and I don't have to worry about not being able to control them. I just need to control this child."

Such a small child... is the monster that the master has worked hard to refine?

"But it hasn't woken up yet." Liu Ming stuffed Feng Lai into Liu Yu's arms, "Take him back and lie down first, I'll check if there is anything wrong." After saying that, he went to explore the room that was still burning with fire.

Liu Yu stared at Liu Ming blankly, then looked at the child in her arms, and finally sighed and took the order and left.

She walked out of the stone hall with the child in her arms. The disciples all pointed at her behind her back. Some said that the master was crazy, and some just shook their heads and sighed. Liu Yu ignored it until she took Feng Lai back to her room. Looking at the child's tender face, Liu Yu also felt that the master might not be normal. How could such a weak child have the ability to control those monsters.

Just as she was thinking, she saw the child's eyelids move slightly. Liu Yu leaned closer to look at him. In a trance, the child opened his eyes, and her face was clearly reflected in his red pupils.

"Feng Lai?" Liu Yu saw her smile unfold in his pupils. The child's eyes were clearer than the stream. "My name is Liu Yu."

Feng Lai blinked at her, as if he didn't know what she meant. Liu Yu pondered for a while, thinking that this child was created by the master, like a baby, without any understanding of this world, and probably couldn't understand what she said.

Liu Yu wanted to get up and leave, and wanted to pour him a cup of tea, but before she took a step, her sleeves suddenly tightened, and the child blinked and looked at her steadily, with a small hand tightly holding her sleeve. Liu Yu was stunned and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"

Feng Lai didn't say anything.

Maybe... he was afraid of being alone. Liu Yu thought so, and simply bent down and picked him up from the bed. Feng Lai let her pick him up in a daze, but subconsciously put his hands around Liu Yu's neck. He tilted his head and his breath sprayed on Liu Yu's cheek.

Liu Yu carried him to the table and sat down, letting Feng Lai sit on her lap. She took a cup, poured him a cup of tea, and then put it to Feng Lai's mouth: "Do you want tea?" The fragrant smell drifted into Feng Lai's nose.

He blinked and finally moved his eyes away from Liu Yu's face and fell on the green tea soup. He opened his mouth and tasted it carefully. The feeling brought by the taste made him open his eyes in surprise, and his eyes fell on Liu Yu's face again. Liu Yu smiled: "Tea." She taught him, "This is tea." "Fried?" "Tea." "Wipe..." "No, it's tea." "Tea." Hearing that he pronounced it correctly in just a short time, Liu Yu was also surprised: "You are so smart." "So smart." Liu Yu rubbed his head. Just when they were chatting happily, the door was suddenly pushed open.

The person walked into the room with a gloomy face and asked in an almost questioning tone: "What kind of monster has the master refined again!"

The smile on Liu Yu's face faded slightly. She touched Feng Lai's head and said softly, "Senior Sister." Shen Muyue said angrily before she walked into the inner room: "Does he know how many people of the Immortal Realm clan have been hurt by those monsters before!

And how many soldiers died while trying to catch monsters!" She walked around the screen, but saw a child with strange eyes in Liu Yu's arms. She was slightly startled, "Whose child is this?" Liu Yu was silent for a moment, then sighed, "This is the new monster that the master has refined."

Shen Muyue was stunned, and suddenly became furious: "Ridiculous!" She flicked her sleeves, and the force of the hem directly shattered the screen.

After the sound, the room was silent. Shen Muyue looked at Liu Yu quietly, "Are you still going to continue helping him?" Liu Yu was silent.

After not hearing the answer, Shen Muyue slammed the door and left with a sullen face. The screen fragments were scattered all over the floor. Liu Yu sat there exhausted, feeling indescribably depressed. In fact, she had doubted her master before. But now the number of monsters is beyond their control.

Instead of trying other ways to destroy them, it is better to follow the master's plan and make a more powerful monster for him to control...

Before she finished thinking about the troubles in her heart, Liu Yu suddenly felt a warmth in her eyebrows. Feng Lai's small fingers gently fell on her frowning eyebrows, rubbed them twice, and flattened the wrinkles. Liu Yu was slightly startled, and suddenly smiled: "It's okay."

She held Feng Lai's hand, thinking helplessly, but the master made such a child, this... How can she feel at ease to throw so many monsters to this child.

Feng Lai seemed to like Liu Yu very much, always sticking to her and refusing to get off. Liu Ming saw that he simply handed Feng Lai to Liu Yu to take care of, and he devoted himself to the busier process of refining monsters. Liu Ming never told Liu Yu how to educate Feng Lai, nor did he tell her what kind of person he should be.

It seemed that as long as someone fed him and kept him alive, it would be fine.

If you think about it carefully, the only thing he told her was to let Feng Lai have more contact with monsters. But how could Liu Yu feel at ease letting a child who knew nothing go to contact monsters alone? So she always brought him with her.

Feng Lai was very smart and sensible, and he learned everything quickly. In just ten days, he went in and out of the alchemy room with Liu Yu, and occasionally helped her. But even with Feng Lai's help, Liu Yu was still very busy.

In addition, she had to take care of Feng Lai's daily life and diet, so she became very haggard in the past half month. The criticism of monsters in the court was growing day by day. The elders invited Liu Ming and his disciples to the meeting hall to discuss whether to continue or stop the monster issue.

Before Liu Yu left, she arranged all the food for Feng Lai and left in a hurry.

No one expected that this meeting would last for three days. The elders wanted to persuade Liu Ming to give up the monster beast, but Liu Ming refused to back down. After three days of stalemate, Liu Ming finally walked away, saying, "It is a foregone conclusion that I will attack the heaven with the monster beast. Opponents can leave."

The elders had no choice but to disperse the meeting.

Liu Yu was able to leave the meeting hall, but when he returned to his room, he did not see Feng Lai. After asking, he learned that he had stayed in the alchemy room for three days and three nights. Liu Yu went to look for it, and as soon as he pushed the door open and entered the room, he saw Feng Lai reaching out to take something out of the still burning stove. Liu Yu was so scared that he hugged his waist and dragged him out without saying anything. Feng Lai kept shouting: "Wait! Liu Yu, wait! I'm about to get it!"

Feng Lai was strong, and Liu Yu couldn't get away from him. When he took out the things, his dirty face was full of smiles, but Liu Yu only lifted his sleeves and pinched his arm up and down to check it again. After making sure that there was no burn, she felt relieved. But as soon as she felt relieved, her anger could not be suppressed. She shouted in a stern voice: "You don't want this arm anymore! Give me the knife, I'll chop it off!" The words were fierce, and she must have been angry.

Feng Lai was startled by the scolding. Just as she was about to hold the things in her hand in front of Liu Yu's face, she silently took them back. She honestly took out a knife from the side of the furnace, handed it to Liu Yu, and then stretched out her arm.

Liu Yu was stunned, staring at Feng Lai: "Do you think I dare not chop it? Are you forcing me?"

"If you want to chop it, I'll chop it for you." His eyes did not dodge, as if to say, I'll give you whatever you want.

Liu Yu looked at him, and she didn't know what kind of taste surged in her heart. She stood in front of Feng Lai for a long time, and finally took the knife from his hand and threw it aside. She was about to hit him on the head with a slap, but the force that fell in the end was incredibly light. Feng Lai looked at her quietly, but saw a helpless smile on her face: "Stinky boy."

Feng Lai let Liu Yu's hand rub her head randomly, and she didn't know that the look in her eyes was rubbed by her like broken light.

Liu Yu suddenly stopped, and then gestured for a while: "Are you growing too fast?" She asked, "Why do you feel so much taller all of a sudden?"

Feng Lai did not answer this question, but handed the thing in his hand to Liu Yu: "Pills." He said, "It should be able to relieve fatigue."

After tinkering with it for three days, was it this thing that he reached into the fire to take? Liu Yu took the pill, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently, then sighed: "This... is poisonous..."

Feng Lai was stunned, as if all his strength was drained away in an instant. Liu Yu looked at his expression, then smiled, tilted his head back and swallowed the pill. Feng Lai was startled and reached out to stop him, but Liu Yu had already swallowed it. His heart tightened: "Liu Yu!"

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu Yu smiled, "Although a smile is a little toxic, it is very effective in relieving fatigue. Thank you Feng Lai."

Feng Lai looked at her in a daze. It was today that he understood two emotions, one was loss, and the other was heartache, or perhaps, it should be called heartbeat.

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