latelenovela Chapter 128 Spirit Bird Egg and Phoenix
Chapter 128 Spirit Bird Egg and Phoenix
The reason the system is so often criticized is because it always fails at crucial moments.
For example, now, with a formidable enemy at hand, it simply dusts itself off and runs off to upgrade.
Before today, Yun Yici had never heard it mention anything about upgrades.
Huai Chuan, unaware of the system's existence, specifically instructed Yun Yici, "This demon cultivator is not someone you can handle right now. Don't act rashly."
"If necessary, we can call Fuluan and the others out to help cover us and buy some time."
In Huai Chuan's view, it is not shameful to run away when you encounter an enemy you cannot defeat when you are weak.
Moreover, the fact that the opponent is a demon cultivator puts them at a disadvantage due to their home-field advantage.
As long as Yun Yici can escape to the ground, all the cultivators in this city will be her natural allies.
Yu Suqing, who was behind Yun Yici, was stunned by the sudden appearance of Di Zhao's stunningly beautiful face. She only came to her senses when she saw the spirit beast shop owner in his hand.
Yun Yici sensed that Mu Yunjian and Xiao Ba in her sleeves were about to burst out of control.
She said, "Don't be impulsive."
These words, seemingly spoken to Yu Suqing, were actually addressed to Mu Yunjian and Xiao Ba.
Although the system was being upgraded, it left her with a very important message before it left.
The young man in red was named Di Zhao, and he had an initial affinity of 50 towards her.
Based on past experience, as long as she doesn't do anything reckless and attack the other party, there's a high probability that the other party won't attack her first.
Yun Yici did not let go of Yu Suqing's hand. She calmly said to the emperor, "I am Yun Yici, a direct disciple of the Hongchen lineage of the Nanhua Sect. I entered this place only to rescue my friend."
"I have no conflict of interest with you, senior. Why don't you let us both go home?"
"We will leave Qishan City immediately and will not reveal a word of it to anyone. We will pretend that we have never been here."
Luo Jin, whose neck was being gripped by the imperial edict, shuddered and wet himself in fear.
If he had known earlier that Yu Suqing was acquainted with people from the Nanhua Sect, he wouldn't have dared to lay a hand on Yu Suqing even if he had a hundred times more courage.
Even if he were to escape from this demon's clutches, he wouldn't be able to escape the Nanhua Sect's pursuit.
Before he could even beg for mercy, the filthy, foul odor enraged the emperor.
The young man's smirk froze instantly. Yun Yici and the other man heard a sharp crack as Luo Jin, whom he was holding, had his neck snapped.
Yu Suqing gasped and quickly covered her mouth with her hand to prevent herself from crying out.
The young man released his grip and tossed Luo Jin, whose body was already dismembered, aside like trash.
Then he raised his hand, and the blazing black flames of the Flameheart ignited directly from where the corpse had fallen, almost instantly engulfing and burning the corpse and filth on the ground.
The illusion created by Qian Sui was shattered in an instant, revealing the original state of the dungeon.
The beast women imprisoned on either side of the flames screamed and howled.
Even though Yun Yici was still far away from him, she still felt a pang of fear. She could clearly feel the terror of the flames igniting her soul.
Her expression was solemn, but Huai Chuan recognized her identity.
Huai Chuan said urgently, "This is bad! This is the Phoenix's symbiotic flame. It might not be a demon cultivator, but an existence like Xiao Ba."
"Don't fight him. If you get your soul burned to ashes by his fire, it will burn you to ashes."
"If we can't escape later, the Lingwei Seal should be able to hold us off for a while."
The emperor was unaware that the woman before him already knew his identity and name.
He said, "I sensed a kindred spirit in you."
Yun Yici instantly felt the weight of the small eight-layered sword hidden in her left sleeve.
She recalled that the emperor's decree seemed to have come for the divine bird's egg, but the rumors spread by Qishan City were actually that it was a fake egg.
And she had a real egg, which hatched.
Before we understand the purpose of the imperial edict, we must not let him discover Xiao Ba.
Fortunately, just as Yun Yici was considering how to answer the imperial edict, a man appeared behind the edict like a ghost, holding a radiant egg.
The man was the same one who had led the group in black earlier.
He then respectfully carried the egg to the emperor's edict.
Even from a great distance, Yun Yici could still sense that the patterns on the egg in the man's hand were extraordinary.
"Your Majesty, I have dealt with the steward. This is the phoenix egg."
The man was extremely humble in response to the imperial edict, showing none of the noble demeanor he had displayed just moments before.
Yun Yici had previously seen the man in black walking in front, with Di Zhao following behind. He was also strikingly handsome, so she assumed that Di Zhao was her male concubine.
To everyone's surprise, this man in black was actually Emperor's subordinate.
It is likely that the emperor ordered his subordinates to act as if they were superior to the servants in order to cover up the truth.
The incomparably precious egg was presented to the emperor, briefly diverting his attention.
Yun Yici originally wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but he was afraid that he would make things worse.
After all, she couldn't handle just one imperial edict, let alone another man whose background she couldn't figure out.
Yu Suqing held her breath and stared at the spirit bird egg.
The stunningly beautiful young man in red lowered his head, his fair and delicate profile even more captivating than the radiant spirit egg.
The next moment, he sneered, "What wild egg? It dares to pretend to be a phoenix."
"Smash it."
The man in black replied in a low voice, "Yes."
Seeing that the magnificent spirit egg was about to be destroyed, Yu Suqing, in her desperation, finally couldn't help but let go of Yun Yici's hand.
She knelt on the ground, kowtowing and pleading, "This spirit bird egg is the last of my father's and Uncle Lin's hard work. Please, senior, show mercy."
The emperor actually stopped the man in black from moving.
However, he turned his head not to look at Yu Suqing, but at Yun Yici.
"What do you think?"
Although Yun Yici did not approve of her jumping out to court death at this time, she could understand it.
She forced herself to say, "It was a person who lied to you, not this egg. It had no intention of impersonating a phoenix; it was all based on someone else's words. You've already killed the person, so why make things difficult for an egg as well?"
This statement made the emperor look at her with curiosity for several moments.
He looked around and instructed his subordinates, "Let's go."
Yun Yici breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this matter was finally over.
Unexpectedly, the next sentence of the imperial edict was: "Bring them along as well."
The twilight clouds hidden in Yun Yici's sleeve were about to jump out, but luckily she caught them in time.
The emperor saw that Yun Yici had a living creature hidden in her sleeve, but he was too lazy to argue with her.
"You keep your men in check. If they continue to treat me rudely, I'll kill them next time."
"If you come with me willingly today, that would be best. Even if you don't come willingly, I still have ways to take you away."
"If you refuse to listen to reason and then have to suffer the consequences, then I won't care about the life or death of that woman beside you."
Yu Suqing remained kneeling on the ground, knowing that Yun Yici had done her a great favor. In order not to continue to burden Yun Yici, she secretly resolved to die.
Unexpectedly, Yun Yici reached out and pulled her up, then readily said to the Emperor, "I'll go with you, but I'm not traveling alone. I want to go back and say goodbye to my master and fellow disciples."