Dance Of The Phoenix
Extra Chapter - Love and Hate

This was his first time out of the darkness that had accompanied him for over 20 years. The target is clear, Yuansu Palace.

The majestic and luxurious buildings of Yuansu Palace were covered by a large Academy consisting of several branches of it, Yuansu Academy. In order to get close to Yuansu Palace, he had to start from the academy.

However, it was unexpected that his small movements would attract the attention of the boy who had once been hiding from the slaughter when his teacher's claws were first shown before his eyes.

He smiled coldly. "Old not meet."

The man not far in front of him, who was tailing him, was Bai Youzhe. He did not know what Bai Youzhe's goal was to Yuansu Academy, but it seemed like it would be a problem for him.

He and Bai Youzhe were both dragons. Although he was a pure dragon, Bai Youzhe was half dragon and the original owner of dragon blood. He was reluctant to say that he was a clone, but his dragon blood was indeed just a duplicate of the dead Linghun Palace King.

Unexpectedly, the boy would develop into such. His arrival was troublesome.

Yang Xinyuan, who had only come out of Linghun Palace after a long time, now had to face off for the first time with Bai Youzhe, at Yuansu Palace. There was great hatred and resentment in Bai Youzhe's heart, and she just needed to trigger it to mess with the dragon blood on Bai Youzhe's body. That way, he could launch his action without any hassle.

However, Bai Youzhe progressed faster and almost rivaled him. Bai Youzhe wanted three soul stones to gain more power, so she lured him.

But who would have thought that Bai Youzhe would destroy him? He's actually pretty crazy.

Yang Xinyuan was too lazy to fight and let the man hit as much as possible. He was used to the wounds.

It was just that, he never thought, would see her beautiful pair of red irises under her sunny night. Those eyes felt familiar, very similar to his teacher.

In an instant, Yang Xinyuan recognized who the girl who had curiously and recklessly approached her was. Gu Yuena, Princess of Linghun Palace. He is also the owner of phoenix blood which can help him end the curse of dragon blood.

Because of Bai Youzhe, he could not linger and leave. He had already marked that he would approach Gu Yuena first, only then destroy this place for the Queen of Linghun Palace.

In a wounded state, he went to the Hidden Land and met with Yan Shuiyin. It was easy to get close to the witch and stay in the Hidden Land, part of the inner courtyard division of Yuansu Academy.

It was there, that he met Gu Yuena officially.

This is in accordance with his calculations. Yan Shuiyin was a magician, she was more suited to be Gu Yuena's teacher who was a witch. In this world, who would accept a witch? Only Yan Shuiyin could teach Gu Yuena.

Yang Xinyuan, as Yan Shuiyin's guest, made a good impression on Gu Yuena at the 'first' meeting and became closer to her.

Starting from giving the girl a magic essence scroll, then giving her some pointers regarding magic. Although Yang Xinyuan was an archer, she was also very knowledgeable about magic. He looked at Gu Yuena's development from beginning to end.

By the time they got closer, Gu Yuena was unsettled by him and had already dared to open up. After all, he thought that Yang Xinyuan was not dangerous to him.

Just like when Yan Shuiyin gave her a boring and tiring job, Gu Yuena would run to meet Yang Xinyuan and treat her to a meal.

"Since I've never seen you go out, I don't think you know what's best in the academy's cafeteria. Try this good thing I bought, it's very expensive, but you'll love it." Gu Yuena put all the food she bought in the cafeteria onto the table.

Yang Xinyuan simply looked on without showing any interest. "I don't like sweet."

Gu Yuena pursed her lips. "Then eat something spicy. If you do not like spicy, just eat salty or sour. If you don't like it, I've bought a bland one. If you don't like it too, eat what's there, I don't provide bitter food."

Yang Xinyuan accepted what Gu Yuena had given her without saying much more. He thought, Gu Yuena being nice is not without reason.

And sure enough ....

"After eating, come with me to clean up the Hidden Land library. Teacher is very strange. He ransacked the library just to find a book on wine, but he told me to clean things up by myself."

Although with a certain intent, Gu Yuena had a certain confidence in Yang Xinyuan to help her finish the job unbeknownst to Yan Shuiyin.

"Alright," Yang Xinyuan replied.

But who would know what the silent-looking man's thoughts were?

Yang Xinyuan helped Gu Yuena several times, which made Gu Yuena's trust in her even more. Yang Xinyuan also did not show any opposition towards Gu Yuena.

He expressed his emotions honestly, despite having certain intentions. However, the dragon's feelings on the phoenix never lied. He had even subconsciously protected Gu Yuena.

If he did not have a burden on his shoulders, he would definitely choose to remain at the time where he and Gu Yuena were together in the Hidden Land. Just like Gu Yuena, those times in the Hidden Land were memorable times for her.

Unfortunately, all the things that were passed through in the Hidden Land were as if they were mere good dreams. Ever since Yang Xinyuan received Li Hua's order to destroy Yuansu Palace, their relationship had already been irreversible as before.

Yang Xinyuan was a bit hesitant when she realized Li Hua's plan to destroy everything Gu Yuena had. So she decided to give Gu Yuena the pearl of life to find out who was in her heart. In addition to knowing Gu Yuena's heart, she could also carry out Li Hua's orders without hurting her if Gu Yuena came to her. That was why he had only sent clones to destroy Yuansu Palace and other places.

The destruction of Yuansu Palace made Gu Yuena chaotic and desperate. This is in accordance with his wishes. However, who would have thought Gu Yuena would fight to the death with her clone? It even managed to kill its clone, leaving Yang Xinyuan exposed to a backlash.

Not only did it make Gu Yuena close to death, her plan to bring Gu Yuena to her side failed miserably when the pearl of life instead brought Gu Yuena to Bai Youzhe who had just completed the unification of the three soul stones.

Li Hua was angry that his plan had failed. Gu Yuena was actually depending on Bai Youzhe. However, his actual efforts did not completely fail, as in the end Gu Yuena fell into the hands of Linghun Palace after Yang Xinyuan's attack directly on Tianshuang Palace.

During his time at Linghun Palace, Gu Yuena became cold and hateful. When she saw it, Gu Yuena would be indifferent and not at all mask her hatred.

Yang Xinyuan actually did not care much. Seeing Gu Yuena being so close to her, even meeting her almost every day, she was already quite amused. Merely, he preferred the moments in the Hidden Land.

While going to the Underworld, he built up his own strength and let Gu Yuena settle in his palace for a while. One did not know how good his mood was at that moment.

It was just that, as usual, Gu Yuena was extremely cold and only focused on the task that Li Hua had given her.

"Don't you like your room?" ask Yang Xinyuan. Although his face was flat and cold, there was a hint of gentleness in his emotionless tone.

Gu Yuena glanced at him at a glance. Rubbing Xiao Hei on his arm, he said, "I will go to collect 1000 blood in my own way. You didn't expect me to change your Hell Region with blood, did you?"

Gu Yuena looked at him flatly, then left. He muttered, "Yang Xinyuan, I really can't understand your true intentions."

Yang Xinyuan chuckled. More precisely, he was laughing at himself which had made Gu Yuena hate him so much. He was on the opposite side of Gu Yuena, so he would not hesitate to do cruel things even if the goal was just to make Gu Yuena angry.

"I plan on going to the Hidden Land to pick up something. Don't you want to come?" ask Yang Xinyuan. The only place with various unforgettable memories was just the Hidden Land.

Maybe Gu Yuena could forget, but Yang Xinyuan could not.

"Are you taking me to the grave you built yourself?" Gu Yuena did not even bother to turn around to look at him. He just clenched his fists, remembering all the best things that ended painfully.

Perhaps he wouldn't have behaved like this if Yang Xinyuan hadn't killed his teacher right before his eyes. His hatred is rooted.

"I don't have time to reminisce about the past with you," Gu Yuena said, before finally leaving.

In the end, wasn't Yang Xinyuan already defeated from the start? Yang Xinyuan could only do whatever she could do.

Merely, when seeing Gu Yuena sacrifice her own life for someone else, it felt irritating to her. Her obsession grew bigger with anger and thinking that Gu Yuena could not be hers, then anyone could not have her.

Li Hua gave Gu Yuena the nightmare seal and gave Yang Xinyuan the power to trigger the seal to cripple Gu Yuena. This gave him a chance to hold Gu Yuena by his side for good, as well as making Gu Yuena a tool to kill Bai Youzhe.

He couldn't get Gu Yuena's heart, but as long as Gu Yuena was alive, he could get the person.

But when Gu Yuena had been detained in the Spirit River, Gu Yuena was still doing extreme things to get away from her even though the seal had been triggered.

Even at such a time, Gu Yuena still showed her hatred and used her own life to get away from him.

He took care of Gu Yuena's life from Li Hua and gave her a warning as well as a choice. He would make various attempts to keep Gu Yuena from being killed by Li Hua, or even take him away. But Gu Yuena still did not care and still decided to fight against him.

Isn't Gu Yuena too stubborn? He was willing to do anything to stay away from her. Yang Xinyuan was furious!

He had used various means, from subtle means to cruel ways to hold Gu Yuena by his side. But why did he still fail? At this moment, he only wanted to kill the cause of all of his failed attempts.

If Bai Youzhe were to die, wouldn't Gu Yuena lose everything and go to her?

He just wanted Bai Youzhe dead!

"You really wanted to kill Bai Youzhe, right?" Li Hua looked at him meaningfully. The smile on his face had not faded since seeing Yang Xinyuan's arrival.

"What can I do?"

Li Hua snorted. "To be honest, I don't have to deal with Bai Youzhe. He I leave it to you. However, if the situation doesn't improve, you should use 'it' to kill him."

Yang Xinyuan understood the meaning of Li Hua's words. Using 'it' to kill Bai Youzhe, then it was the same as sacrificing his own life. If it could kill Bai Youzhe, it was all comparable.

What he had but others did not possess was the dragon blood essence. Bai Youzhe also had it, which made her even stronger.

If he were to restrain Bai Youzhe using the dragon blood essence, then block all the paths of his spiritual power, Bai Youzhe was no different from an ordinary human. He's gonna die.

It would definitely kill Yang Xinyuan as well and tear her soul to ashes.

Merely, he did not know how Gu Yuena would react. Would Gu Yuena be saddened by her death, or would she be happy and just focus on Bai Youzhe?

That will be answered soon.

The dragon blood essence was sacrificed when Bai Youzhe thought that he would be able to kill him with a single strike. As he had expected, Bai Youzhe was unable to do anything but look at Li Hua who was launching the final attack.

As a result of this all, Yang Xinyuan received the biggest blow. He was already severely injured, then sacrificed the dragon blood essence and got Li Hua's attack. That right made him unable to survive.

However, he felt a little relieved and pleased. Aside from being free from Li Hua's ambition, he was also able to see Gu Yuena before her death.

Gu Yuena ... looks surprised?

Unfortunately Gu Yuena could not see. He just kept quiet with a look of frustration and surprise.

The thing Gu Yuena did not realize, there was a drop of tears that came out while holding Yang Xinyuan who had lost her life.

Yang Xinyuan slightly smiled. This is what he wanted to see.

As it turned out, Gu Yuena had quite placed her heart on him. Although Gu Yuena refused to acknowledge and continued to hate, she basically could not kill Yang Xinyuan consciously. Not because he has no power, but because of his heart.

Gu Yuena's heart was very weak.

If only ...he had not been born as Yang Xinyuan in Linghun Palace ....

He died only to see a drop of tears aimed at him. He died, only for Gu Yuena to keep on remembering him.

"You won, Yang Xinyuan." Gu Yuena looked at the Hell Palace with a shady look.

Other than Yan Shuiyin, Yang Xinyuan was the one who cared about her back then. In the Hidden Land, he was alone. Almost the entire academy was hostile to him because of someone's trap.

Yang Xinyuan was his one-on-one friend in the inner courtyard. Gu Yuena knew that she had a certain feeling for him. However, everything was left only disappointment and pain when recalling the days in which the entire Yuansu Palace was slaughtered.

If he had not met Bai Youzhe in Wyvernia, after Yang Xinyuan had expressed her feelings, the situation might have been different.