newbobooks Chapter 133 What Does the Evil Phoenix Eat?
Chapter 133 What Does the Evil Phoenix Eat?
As the saying goes, it's easy to invite a Buddha but hard to send him away. Yun Yici didn't expect the imperial edict to be so decisive, and that Xiao Ba wasn't taken away either. Once she relaxed, she lost her energy.
Seeing her like this, and then looking at Xiao Ba, who had jumped from her hand onto the table and started pecking at the eggshell, Wen Fuyue sighed, "This egg is truly destined to be with our family."
"I originally thought this egg wouldn't hatch, which is why I handed it over to the Treasure Pavilion. I never expected it to end up in my apprentice's hands again."
Ning Tinglan said, "That man called Imperial Edict just now... although he's left, he might change his mind and come back. Why don't we leave sooner?"
Mu Yunjian, unusually, shared Ning Tinglan's thoughts and urged her to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible, saying they could discuss anything on the spirit boat.
Just then, Lin Zhao and Yu Suqing came in with tea.
They said they were going to prepare tea, but they knew they couldn't overhear the conversation between the Emperor and Yun Yici.
The two deliberately avoided talking in the tea room, and only entered with tea after seeing the emperor leave.
Upon hearing that Yun Yici and the others were about to leave Qishan City, Lin Zhao hurriedly pleaded, "My benefactors, could you please take us with you? I am willing to pay for the spirit boat we will travel on."
“Su Qing has already told me the whole story. Although Luo Jin has been executed, if we stay here, there is no guarantee that the city lord will not retaliate.”
"My family's shop was able to survive in this kind of place only because Luo Jin hoped that I could continue to cultivate spirit birds like my father, so he spared my life."
"I have stayed here for a few years because of my father's last wish. I don't want to let the living down because of this dead thing anymore, so I have made up my mind to take Su Qing to live in another city."
"Please help us one more time, our benefactors."
Yun Yici had originally planned to take Yu Suqing away, but seeing that Lin Zhao was sober and clear-headed, and that Wen Fuyue and the others did not object, she readily agreed.
Yun Yici and the others helped Yu Suqing pack up everything in the shop, while Lin Zhao was responsible for putting the spirit birds in the shop into the spirit beast bag.
As night fell, they finished packing up, leaving only an empty shop with a solitary lamp lit.
Yu Suqing stood in front of the shop, feeling a pang of sadness at being forced to leave her hometown.
Lin Zhao turned off the light without hesitation and said to her, "We will definitely come back."
The group followed Wen Fuyue and left the city without any problems.
After leaving the city, Wen Fuyue and the others rode their swords in front, while Lin Zhao followed behind with Yu Suqing riding a bird, preparing to return together to Yun Yici's spirit boat.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the group arrived in front of the spirit boat, a person stood on the deck of the spirit boat, which was decorated with faint light, looking down at them from the railing.
The bright, soft light shone on the proud and handsome young man in red, its brilliance even surpassing the radiance of the moon in the sky.
That nemesis actually caught up with us!
Yun Yici felt a toothache just looking at him, and his expression changed when he saw Wan Nian, who was tied up and left at the feet of the Emperor with tears in his eyes.
Yun Yici: "You promised us before that you wouldn't lay a hand on us."
The Emperor decreed: "I wanted to board the boat, but he dared to stop me. I have already shown you and your master face by sparing his life."
Yun Yici asked without speaking, "What are you doing on the boat?"
The emperor pointed at Lin Zhaoyu and Su Qing and said, "If they can get on the boat, why can't I?"
Mu Yunjian really wanted to advise everyone to just abandon the boat and run away, but unfortunately the emperor had also taken a fox as a hostage.
Yun Yici would never agree to abandon Wan Nian.
After some negotiation, with Wen Fuyue's consent, Yun Yici finally agreed to take the imperial edict with him.
The spirit boat room, which originally housed only the five of them (master and disciples), was now packed to the brim.
Yu Suqing and Lin Zhao each had a room, while the Emperor decreed that there should be one room.
The nameless subordinate of the Emperor, dressed in black, was allowed to sleep on the deck, but Yun Yici still arranged a room for him.
Yun Yici still remembered the time when the emperor threatened to terminate the contract, and the nameless, pitiful man was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy.
When she took him to his place, she secretly asked him, "Blink if you feel threatened."
He can speak; otherwise, he wouldn't have been instructed by the Emperor to contact Luo Jin and purchase the divine bird's eggs.
“He voluntarily offered his soul to me. If I break the contract, he won’t even be able to maintain his current form and will immediately dissipate into the world.”
The emperor's voice came from behind her. Yun Yici turned around and saw him leaning against the door, watching her leisurely.
The demon realm and the human realm have been at peace for a long time, but that doesn't mean there haven't been minor conflicts. The human cultivator in front of us is just such an "unlucky guy".
When passing through the border between the human and demon realms, he was captured by the demons and suffered endless torment. By chance, before his death, he sacrificed his soul to the emperor and became the emperor's servant.
After several encounters with the emperor, Yun Yici was no longer as afraid of him as before.
She asked, "Where did his soul go? Did you eat it?"
The emperor said speechlessly, "That was the offering I made when I entered into a master-servant contract with him. Why would I eat his soul?"
Yun Yici asked curiously, "So what do you usually eat? I heard you eat the flesh and blood of pure-blooded demons, is that true?"
The conversation was over, and the emperor left with a dark expression.
Unexpectedly, the man in black robes who had been silent in the room spoke up: "In Your Majesty's territory, the human race has always cultivated spirit rice and spirit fruit."
Yun Yici was surprised. She asked, "Are there humans in the Demon Realm?"
According to the man in black, Yun Yici successfully obtained the history of how the imperial edict rose to power.
In short, it survives by relying on the eggshell, just like a baby dog, when it hatches.
Because Emperor Zhao was born with a symbiotic fire that could defeat demons, he could ignite anyone he disliked, so the demons avoided him like the plague.
He quickly established his own territory and then gradually expanded and grew his power.
As for the humans who, according to the unnamed man, planted the spiritual rice and fruits by imperial decree, they were all human cultivators harmed by the demon race.
Previously, the emperor had enslaved the demons. Later, a man signed a contract with him, and the emperor found that his quality of life had significantly improved compared to when he was served by the demons, so he gave him some power.
Using the prestige of the imperial edict, the man seized the opportunity to take back all the human cultivators who had fallen into the hands of the demons in the vicinity of the territory, and organized them to plant spirit rice and spirit fruit for the imperial edict.
They learned of this news from a newly arrived cultivator before setting off for Qishan City.
The emperor was aware of the man's subtle actions.
The validity of the master-servant contract meant that he could not even have the thought of betraying the imperial edict, but this did not prevent him from helping his fellow clansmen who had fallen into the abyss while serving the imperial edict.
After the man finished speaking, he reminded Yun Yici, "Avoid going to the border between humans and demons."
Yun Yici thought to herself that this was also a person of strong feelings. She thought for a moment and asked, "Where are you going?"
The imperial edict only said to board the ship, but didn't say where we were going.