Dance Of The Phoenix
15. Phoenix Blood

"Receive it!"

Gu Yuena handed the box containing the gift to Gu Yuan. After the puzzling tragedy earlier, Gu Yuena and Luo Youzhe went to the pavilion where the Luo Clan was located and met Gu Yuan as well as Luo Yi.

"This ...." Gu Yuan received the box and opened it. When he saw the contents, he immediately knew what it was. Eyes sparkling.

Gu Yuena replied, "Yesterday has not had time to buy a gift and only bought it after the celebration. It was a gift from both of us. I chose, he paid."

Luo Yi pulled next to her brows. "When did you guys get along?" He looked at his cousin suspiciously.

"Slightly fixing the relationship doesn't matter." Luo Youzhe casually replied. However Gu Yuena's expression became visibly objected.

"Who's fixing the relationship?" Gu Yuena sneered. Where would he make peace with that show-off guy.

"You'll soon be brothers, so don't fight often." Gu Yuan glanced at his younger brother who was following his way of speaking without a sound. Gu Yuena instantly kept silent when she noticed it.

"Gu Yuan, don't expect me to be able to call you 'sister-in-law', I still don't approve." Luo Youzhe spoke lazily without caring for Luo Yi's gaze towards him, whereas Gu Yuan was indifferent. Luo Youzhe glanced at Gu Yuena, then continued, "But being the older sister of Nana is pretty good. You take it easy, no one can oppress him but me."

Gu Yuena turned the eyeballs. "Luo Youzhe, you expect too much. Don't think I'll call you respectfully. Besides, you have no right to call me 'Nana'."

Luo Youzhe snorted. "Don't know who introduced herself as Nana, then ran away so enjoying something."

Gu Yuena's face was red. It could be that the man in question discussed it in front of Gu Yuan and Luo Yi. He is not afraid of karma!

"Luo Youzhe, I hope we never see each other again!" Gu Yuena turned her annoyed face while folding both of her arms around her chest.

Gu Yuan and Luo Yi only paid attention to the small debate without interfering. These two people, only his age had increased, but his attitude had decreased to that of a child.

After the small debate, the two humans regained their composure and only paid attention to Gu Yuan and Luo Yi's interactions. They—especially Gu Yuena—feel to be in the wrong place. This was the first time she had seen her brother being so gentle to a woman other than her. He's jealous!

Unable to resist jealousy, Gu Yuena left without saying a word. He hugged Xiao Hei in his arms, stepping with wide strides out of the pavilion towards his own pavilion.

There remained Luo Youzhe who was in the midst of the couple's intimacy. She looked at her obedient and sweet sister. Because of this, he went out of the residence to seek the wind. He will not interfere in anyone's business.

On the side, Gu Yuena had arrived at her pavilion. His arrival was welcomed by Chu Xin and helped her change into a slightly dirty outfit. Even Gu Yuena was only aware that her clothes had patches of dirt and dust from the forest.

Chu Xin helped Gu Yuena copy the clothes. But when he helped take off Gu Yuena's clothes, he was surprised to find some bruises on Gu Yuena's body. He looks fine, but who would have thought that bruising would be that bad.

"Miss ...." Chu Xin felt guilty. I don't know what happened to her nona, she should have followed her nonanya from the beginning so as not to get hurt like this.

Gu Yuena noticed. It was only fitting that he felt his body was uncomfortable, it turned out that he was slightly injured. But just a small wound, not a problem at all.

"Just apply the medicine, it's not a big wound." Gu Yuena responded lightly, yet Chu Xin looked panicked.

"Miss, a girl's body should be well guarded and avoid the slightest injury before marriage."

"I just fell, no big deal." Who will get married anyway? Gu Yuena was lazy to talk about it. It shows how weak he is. It seems like he should be seriously training. If you need to do closed training. The enemy he faced was too strong.

Chu Xin treated the bruises on Gu Yuena's back carefully and painstakingly. After applying the medicine, he took Gu Yuena's clothes and wore them by him.

Lately Gu Shan had become very good at giving good clothes to Gu Yuena, especially after Gu Yuan's return. All those shabby clothes were thrown away, replaced with new ones. They even ordered a lot of clothes.

Gu Yuena sighed, feeling very tired and wanting to sleep alone. Unfortunately, he still had to translate the file that Duke Gu sent and finished tonight. He has to be patient.

He went to the study and started translating. But suddenly something happened that made him stop writing.

He was reminded of the book he had bought at the Dark Market, as well as the mysterious book he had stolen from the Ting Le pavilion.

Gu Yuena took out the two books. Xiao Hei also appeared, standing on the table to take a look. When Gu Yuena opened the shabby book, she glanced at Xiao Hei.

"How are you going to practice? I'm not a summoner and I won't be a summoner."

"Meow~" Xiao Hei meowed many times as if to tell something. However Gu Yuena was just silent, not understanding the cat's intent.

"You just do as you like." Gu Yuena surrendered. He handed the shabby and torn book just like that to Xiao Hei.

He saw a large and thick book on the other side. The book looked very old-fashioned and had a paper made of leather so it felt thick. This book has been around for a very long time as if it came from hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

Opening the book, the writing in it was exposed randomly and difficult to understand. Gu Yuena frowned. Fortunately, he understood ancient Mandarin and understood what was written there.

He flipped through every page and saw many strange images painted. There were many images of phoenixes and dragons as well as magic circles of unknown meaning. The images also looked extremely sinister, as if they were all bloodthirsty monsters and human hunters.

"Phoenix blood?" As far as Gu Yuena read, he only caught the term 'phoenix blood' which was stamped with the image of a phoenix so dark with the magic circle.

The blood of a phoenix is a gift or curse that comes to a certain person. It was rare for the legendary phoenix blood to show itself or even appear on the surface, as they were unlike the elemental strength that was passed down from the old man.

The phoenix blood had its own power, the purest heavenly fire in the world. But if the type of phoenix in the phoenix blood was a darkness phoenix, then the fire was referred to as hellfire. They are extremely powerful, can even shake the world with their existence.

A child born with phoenix blood would gain boundless power with an incredible cultivation speed. But their lifespan was so short, it could only reach 20 years of age.

The only way to solve the phoenix blood deficiency was to equip it with dragon blood. When a phoenix and a dragon meet, it will manifest eternal power and unleash a phoenix blood curse that erodes the life of its owner.

But dragon blood was rarer than phoenix blood and difficult to train. If the phoenix blood can speed up the cultivation process, then the dragon blood requires many sacrifices to cultivate that will produce great power.

Most of them died young because they could not get through the sacrificial process that began at a young age. Each time the owner of the dragon blood broke through the level, he had to go through a lot of pain to receive a strength greater than usual.

Even in some cases, dragon blood can erode his soul slowly and hurt him for a long time. In order to avoid that suffering, dragon blood needed phoenix blood to help him. This will conclude a mutually beneficial mutual relationship.

In addition to talking about the secrets of the phoenix and dragon blood, he also discovered some information attachments with the magician as well as Linghun Palace. This book was created by the predecessor of Linghun Palace in conducting research on the blood of phoenixes and witches. If the owner of the phoenix blood trained to become a magician, he would gain more power than he should.

Witches are a sacred and forbidden profession. Anyone who trained as a witch would be killed, as they were considered a curse and a bearer of bad luck.

They are magic users without spells. While magic when issued without a spell, can be used massively and infinitely so that it can disrupt the balance of the world.

Their power also relied on curses with various magic effects that harmed many people. They are deadly and can turn the earth into a sea of blood by instilling forbidden curses and killing in horrific ways.

If the owner of the phoenix blood trained himself as a magician, he would become the strongest magician in history and be able to rule the world in just one hand. Unfortunately, all of that research is over. Because for many years, the phoenix blood had always died at the age of 20.

Gu Yuena read such a thick book to the end. Everything written there was about the witch training and phoenix blood as well as the results of the research conducted by Linghun Palace.

A young witch is required to understand the magic circle. For those who have photographic memory and deep rigor, it is not a big deal to learn it in a short period of time.

As long as they mastered the various phases of the magic circle and applied them, they would no longer need to use spells to cast magic and use it infinitely. All magic circles in books are basic magic circles, but the effect of their power can exceed that of a magic spell.

Someone just walked into the room alone. Ting Le's sudden presence made the atmosphere dim. Chu Xin at the back continued to try to stop Ting Le and spread her hands in front of Ting Le so as not to enter any further.

"The lady can't be like that. The work that Duke Gu gave up was more important, it could not be interrupted or stretched. If Duke Gu finds out the Madam is interfering with Miss's work ...."

"Only a lowly servant, dare to threaten me?" Ting Le looked at Chu Xin intently, while the one being stared at felt no fear or anything of the sort at all. Chu Xin instead looked at Ting Le warily.

"I don't dare threaten Madam, hope Madam can go back to see Miss next time." Chu Xin remained at his stance. It did not move a single inch from its place.

Ting Le turned his head towards Gu Yuena's desk, where the girl was writing as if she didn't care about him. "Yuena, is this how you educate servants? If not, let me educate him directly."

Gu Yuena stopped writing. He put the brush into place, then stood up and looked at Ting Le who had come.

"Yuena didn't know that Madam was coming, sorry to offend Madam." Gu Yuena smiled, then glanced at Chu Xin. "Chu Xin, let the Madam meet me. You stand in front."

"Good, Miss." Chu Xin directly complied. He also went out of the room. Before the door was completely shut, he looked at Ting Le sharply and suspiciously. Just be careful when bullying nonanya.

The door is also closed. There was still silence, before finally the sound of footsteps could be heard from Gu Yuena's feet stepping towards Ting Le. Ting Le just stayed in his place, putting on an arrogant face as if he was the noblest person in the world.

"Gu Yuena, ever since Gu Yuan returned to the residence, you have increasingly shown your true attitude. We better take your pretenses as obedient girls who make me sick." Ting Le spoke in an annoyed tone. This morning Jiang Weiwei suddenly disappeared, surely Gu Yuena had done something to him.

Gu Yuena just smiled gently. "Did the Madam come just for this? Yuena did not know, what was the meaning of the pretense that Madam had said."

"Gu Yuena, don't assume I'm a fool like your father who foolishly believes in your development. I know clearly, you're not at all the 'compliant child' you've been playing. You're jealous and want to rival my good Li'er?" Ting Le snorted. "You're just like your mother, Li Hua. Jal*ng who is shameless and two-faced to achieve what he wants."

"The lady doesn't have to worry. I have absolutely no interest in following Fifth Sister. Also ... Don't use any nicknames to insult my mother, however my mother's position in the residence is higher than yours. Shouldn't you thank me for being the cause of my mother's death? You owe me a debt, for having launched your plan to achieve this position, even if only as a substitute." Gu Yuena responded calmly. Although he was a bit upset that his mother was being vilified, he should not be rash.

Ting Le was actually getting angrier at Gu Yuena's remark confirming her position. She is the Duchess of the Duchy, not that ja*lang Li!

"Gu Yuena, you've become good at talking." Ting Le laughed. "I should have released more monsters to kill you and Li Hua. Unfortunately, Li Hua was too strong to withstand all the monsters. The Wyvernian State is different."

"So you killed my mother." Gu Yuena smiled obliquely. "You're not afraid I'm gonna leak this secret to my brother? I wonder what he would do for a murderer like you."

Ting Le laughed even more amusedly as he walked towards Gu Yuena's study table. He sat down on a chair, then looked at Gu Yuena coldly. "I'm not stupid to talk to you about this without preparation. You've ruined all my efforts, of course I have to go one step ahead of you."

Ting Le opened Gu Yuena's study desk drawer, then retrieved the ledger that Gu Yuena had just picked up from her pavilion. Gu Yuena just stayed in place watching.

Ting Le clucked. "The cup is here, you must have read it all out of curiosity. What do you think they'd think if I told you that you kept a witch book in your place? Are you going to be accused of being a witch?"

"Just do. After all, I can't cultivate." Gu Yuena replied casually. Based on his analysis, they were all—except Luo Youzhe—still not knowing that he could cultivate. He didn't know why they couldn't identify him, but it was an advantage.

But Ting Le's reply changed all those assumptions. "It seems you still don't understand. They don't know that you can cultivate, but I do. I just need to get you to put your power out in front of them, right?"

"You don't know." Gu Yuena thought Ting Le was just bragging. If true, he wanted to know how Ting Le knew about it.

"Yuena dear, are you still unaware of something? I told Jiang Weiwei to spy on you and render you useless with various kinds of medicine. But that doesn't rule out the possibility that you can't cultivate just because of some of those drugs. If you weren't stupid, you should have been cultivating long ago."

Gu Yuena did not know these details. But in an instant, all of that remaining memory came making him empty for a while.

Ting Le was right, Gu Yuena who used to cultivate secretly and train outside as a mage. That was the reason he always got his own guidance when going to break through levels. The medicines made him look like trash, let alone a mage having such a weak physique that no one was suspicious.

"Gu Yuena oh Gu Yuena, it seems like there's a lot you don't know. You're not that smart to plan against me. You think that expelling Jiang Weiwei will keep you safe? You're too naive."

Gu Yuena was confused. He drove Jiang Weiwei away? Since when? So actually Jiang Weiwei didn't 'go home'?

But for now, Gu Yuena did not need to deny anything. Let the woman misunderstand and not know the truth. That'll make it easier.

"I don't think I need to pretend in front of you anymore. Just tell me what you want, I'll consider." Gu Yuena sighed while folding both her hands on her chest. He wanted to know Ting Le's true purpose.

"Because you're the same age as Li'er, then it doesn't matter if I marry you to someone. Tomorrow morning, your candidate will come. That's when you have to accept it and leave quickly."

"So you're going to kick me out?" Gu Yuena pulled her eyebrows.

"You should thank me for taking responsibility as your mother's successor."

"I'd be more grateful if you killed me now. Know it? I'm so sick of it." Gu Yuena said lightly.

Ting Le stood up, then walked over to Gu Yuena. "If it's better to die, why not just give your life to Mister?"

"That strange creature? The fog blobs are ugly and like to chase people like crazy dogs?" Gu Yuena laughed, let alone seeing Ting Le's dark face comforting her.

"You'll regret what you said." Ting Le raised his chin haughtily. "You don't know who you call 'crazy dog'—"

"Although he is a god, I don't care either. Madam, you are in inclusion with a foreigner and threaten the safety of the Duke's residence. I have a lot of evidence. As long as I leaked it, your life ended then and there. You also know what's gonna happen to your favorite son." Gu Yuena smiled. He raised his hand, pulling the ledger that Ting Le was holding using spiritual power. "What if I said you were a witch? You and your son will be burned."

Ting Le was getting angry. The green magic in his hand formed before finally giving a giggle at Gu Yuena's neck. The chuckling grew louder as if it was going to break Gu Yuena's collarbone.

Gu Yuena could not do anything as long as the vines started to spread all over her body. He was so strong he felt tight. His neck was burning as if he wanted to break, while his breathing was choked. This power was stronger than him, he could not resist.

"I didn't promise I wouldn't kill you. If you want to die, I'll give it to you." Ting Le smiled wickedly.

Although he was weak, Gu Yuena was weaker than him. As long as he managed to make Gu Yuena unable to do anything, the girl would not be able to escape from his grip.

"You'll be sorry." Gu Yuena tried to escape as much as she could, but she was unable to move. He could only speak and looked at Ting Le coldly.

"Yes, I will regret and cry at your funeral for not being able to take good care of you. I'll send you the last flower to take you away."

The vines' snares were getting stronger as if they were going to fuse them. Gu Yuena was increasingly unable to breathe. He can even hear the sound of bone cracks that begin to be affected by the winding of the vines. He no longer felt his own body.

As the pressure and tangles of plants covered his entire body, none of them were aware that a glint of red glimmered across the crevice of the vines. Ting Le was carried away by the euphoria in his heart, seeing the same face as someone he hated now paled and was about to die in his hands.

Gu Yuena closed her eyes to control the energy in her body. He entered his spiritual consciousness, seeing the darkness and chaos of qi as a result of Ting Le's attack.

But when his body reached the limit to withstand the tremendous pressure that was crushing the bones, he saw a gust of red wind appear in the darkness.

It looked like a thin stream of energy, yet it was as red as blood. The stream moved like a gust of wind, slowly condensing like a thread and transforming into a phoenix that flew at lightning speed.

Gu Yuena's eyes were wide-eyed as the phoenix struck him like lightning and enveloped his body full of vines as if locking him up.

Everything went dark for a moment.

What is phoenix blood?