Dance Of The Phoenix
70. Masked Man

"Xiao Yuena, my pitiful student, you finally remember the direction to return~" Yan Shuiyin with her drunken accent welcomed Gu Yuena's arrival at the doorstep. The appearance of the female man was very slovenly.

"Yes, I'm back." Gu Yuena who originally acted as if nothing had happened, now smiled faintly.

Yan Shuiyin looked in all directions as if looking for something. "Where is the boy?"

Gu Yuena understood who that brat Yan Shuiyin was referring to. He simply replied casually as he entered the pavilion. "Of course, I didn't meet him on the way here. Ah, we met before. But I decided to take a different direction."

Yan Shuiyin snorted, "Lately the boy has been disappearing a lot. I hope he doesn't come back to trouble me. He hasn't even paid the rent."

Gu Yuena chuckled, then picked up the still intact wine on the table. "What if I celebrate my return? This time, I'll accompany you for a drink."

Yan Shuiyin snatched the wine bottle in Gu Yuena's hand greedily and stingily. He saw the girl alert. "Don't touch my stuff!"

"Usually you're offering me to accompany you for a drink."

"It's just a pleasantries. Kids like you can't drink, it's not good for health." Yan Shuiyin now raised her tone like her own son's mamarahi.

Gu Yuena pouted. "Teacher, I'd like to get drunk for a second." He touched his chest dramatically. "I've just ... felt the heartache .. maybe?"

"Huh, is there a man who would dare to hurt you? Don't make it up!" He even doubted there was a sane man who dared to approach this strange student of his. If there was, would Gu Yuena be this gentle?

"Are you doubting your student's charm? There were a lot of horrible men outside, and I left them. But I feel uncomfortable."

Yan Shuiyin laughed out loud. "I just believed it." Where perhaps this fierce disciple was left behind, it must have been the woman who left the man. It is very suitable to be his student.

"Teacher, I feel uncomfortable." Gu Yuena made clear the situation.

"not comfortable? Are you sorry?" Yan Shuiyin looked at the woman with a mocking grin.

"Eitherway. I just feel .. pity? I feel sorry for myself." Gu Yuena sat down while propping up her forehead with both hands. He was upset all the time.

Yan Shuiyin understood Gu Yuena's intentions. The phoenix blood stopped him from liking someone, despite wanting to.

"I wonder who the man you mean." Yan Shuiyin looked at him thoughtfully. But the one being stared at was just looking on with caution. He chuckled, "Alright, if you tell me, I'll give you a bottle of wine."

Gu Yuena approached the teacher, intending to ask him something. "Teacher, is it possible for someone to like two people at the same time?"

Yan Shuiyin looked at her disciple strangely. Like two people? Is this student experiencing a sickening love triangle? He should be upset.

"Maybe it could happen. But still, you can only choose one of them. Think about who you trust more. Because trust is the only weapon for the success of a relationship. Take the example of your father in the Yi Empire. Does he trust his wife? Of course not, that's why he had another wife through momentary attraction. You should be able to tell which is love and momentary attraction."

"Love?" Gu Yuena wondered. "I don't think I love someone, let alone marry carelessly like Gu Shan." Come to think of it, why could her mother marry such a person?

"Then alone for life." Yan Shuiyin clucked. This student is too stiff for romance.

"So, should I throw all that away? I'm going to die anyway, no one's going to remember." Gu Yuena sighed. He took the wine bottle secretly, but Yan Shuiyin held back the wine bottle that his disciple was about to steal.

"Who would no one remember? Even if you're going to die, you can't die in vain and just disappear. At least, I accept students not to waste." Yan Shuiyin, snorted in annoyance, then snatched the second wine Gu Yuena wanted to steal.

"Can't you lighten up a little?" Gu Yuena smiled wryly.

"Honestly to me, you're worried about choosing that guy and that kid who doesn't pay rent, right?"

"Who is that guy?" Actually Gu Yuena had a conjecture, but she did not want to make any misunderstandings.

"How am I supposed to know his name if you don't tell? The one who once made many disciples did not pass and scared the dean of the outer courtyard."

"Oh, that." Allegedly right.

"Really, right?" Yan Shuiyin snorted when she saw Gu Yuena who was just silent while looking down. His guess is no longer wrong. "I told you, don't trust men easily. It's enough that I'm a fool, don't get it to you."

"I'm not crazy to be stupid." Unknowingly Gu Yuena insinuated to her own teacher until Yan Shuiyin fell silent. But he had no intention like that. Gu Yuena continued, "I feel confused and uncomfortable. But I've decided to leave everything."

"That's great."

"I won't think of anyone else anymore" continued Gu Yuena.

"Focus on your cultivation."

"I'll look for Linghun Palace if need be."

Yan Shuiyin directly clicked Gu Yuena's forehead furiously. "Did you never listen to my words?"

"But .. someone said my mother is still alive and became the Queen of Linghun Palace." Gu Yuena spoke as she rubbed her pierced forehead. Pretty sick.

After hearing Gu Yuena's words, Yan Shuiyin fell silent without being able to say anything.

That's absolutely true.

"I only want to meet him once, is that wrong?" Gu Yuena complained again.

Yan Shuiyin looked at Gu Yuena with a complicated gaze. After a moment of thought, he handed a bottle of wine to Gu Yuena. He could not say anything so had to shift the topic.

"It's too young for you to know." Yan Shuiyin placed the wine bottle into Gu Yuena's hands. "Get me a drink."

Gu Yuena blinked her eyes. "You said I was too young."

"You're 19 years old, right? No problem."

"How did you know?" Gu Yuena was curious. Today was supposed to be his birthday. That was why, he was eager to drink to get rid of all the burden of his mind and grief.

"Take me as a psychic."

Gu Yuena smiled faintly. Whatever the reason, he wouldn't ask any further. After all, it was no secret even though not many knew.

Yan Shuiyin knew Gu Yuena did not like birthdays, so gave her a drink of wine to forget the sadness—as well as shift the topic.

At first the woman did not plan so, but rather made Gu Yuena as busy as possible to forget the sadness. But drinking with him is not bad either.

They have not met for a long time.

"Later, don't forget about your purpose of going to Yuansu Palace. Once your power level reaches level 6, I'll take you right away."

Gu Yuena was silent for a while as she was about to open the wine bottle in her hand. He looked at Yan Shuiyin, "I recently broke through level 6."

Right then, Yan Shuiyin choked on the wine she drank until she coughed. What did the girl say just now? Breaking through levels? How can it be so fast!

"You're serious?" Yan Shuiyin looked at him in disbelief. What was that dream last night?

Gu Yuena simply nodded followed by a grin. He opened the bottle of wine and cheers with his stunned teacher.

After being aware of the trance, Yan Shuiyin only then saw Gu Yuena who was coolly gulping wine in the bottle and pounding the table like an angry person.

"Why not say it since? Know that, I just directly brought you to Yuansu Palace!"

Yan Shuiyin's shout made Gu Yuena almost choke. The girl looked at her teacher with an accusatory look, but immediately lowered her gaze when she saw the fire-filled woman.

"You didn't ask." Gu Yuena replied indifferently. "Again, I had an accident when I broke through and did not gain strength perfectly. There's still some practice to do."

Yan Shuiyin was finally willing to calm down after Gu Yuena briefly explained. It is natural to have an accident. Breaking that fast must have had certain consequences. I don't know what this little short-lived student had experienced.

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Wirefall border which is a forestry is now filled with a crowded aura. Some horses sped towards the city, carrying a bad aura that would make anyone think that they were not good people.

There are about 30 humans riding horses in distinctive uniforms. Two of them—in the front row—have a striking appearance and looks already 4-headed. He led his group in a resolute voice approaching the city.

Lin Clan, that's them. A large clan that served in the Yuansu Palace. But lately, Yuansu Palace ignored them due to the focus on the lost treasures.

They had been sent to search for the stolen ice jade, but they had instead deviated in search of the treasures that had appeared for thousands of years once in the northern mountains because they did not want to miss the precious opportunity and make use of the palace accommodation.

The ice dragon tears.

The main ingredient of making fire poison reliever pills was rare. The fire poison not only infected the phoenix blood owner, but also some high-strength fire element possessors. Aside from being the main ingredient of the pill, the ice dragon tear could also be used as an ice-element weapon made by a forge. The weapon will be stronger than ordinary weapons.

But when they were about to take the precious treasure, a masked man out of nowhere appeared just like that took the tears of an ice dragon and killed many clan envoys.

It was not only the Lin Clan that wanted the treasure. There were several other clans who sent their greatest cultivators to fight over treasures. Unfortunately killed by a young man who aroused the anger of everyone, led by the Lin Clan.

They form a partnership to find the man. Until finally, the trail of the mysterious man was found unexpectedly in Wyvernia, precisely in Wirefall. They instantly rushed away from the Lin Clan towards Wyvernia.

"Do you think he's a Wyvernian? We can't just enter the city without an insider." One of the two middle-aged men looked at the city gate with a sekptis.

Even though they came from a large clan, it still required a special invitation to enter the Wyvernia region. They had to go through the forest to cut off the main road.

"No, he's not Wyvernian." The murky green sliced old man from the Lin Clan vividly remembered that the man he met had the facial features of an eastern person—alau masked. Although it only spoke a few words, the language used was also the language of the Yi Empire.

"Huh, this guy is really sneaky!"

"I'll find someone to help us get into Wirefall." The cloudy green sliced man spurred his horse towards the gate.

In this silent night, there were only a few guards standing guard at the city gate. They have special suits as knights of Marquess Gill as the ruler of Wirefall.

The arrival of the envoys of several clans this time would attract the attention of the marquess.

But he had not had time to summon a knight, the knights at the city gate collapsed instantly as if they had eaten a lot of sleeping pills.

The murky green sliced man looked so alert. He hurriedly returned to his group, before finally finding a black figure standing on top of the city gate all by himself like a majestic single statue.

The black robe of the figure fluttered in the wind. His masked face, not covering up his good looks that made many people surprised.

He still looks very young. He should still be early 20. But the pressure exerted was greater than that of an early 20-year-old boy.

The green sliced man shouted towards him, "So it's you. I advise you to give up and face each clan head for offending the wrong person! The Lin Clan would also not spare anyone who committed murder against its members!"

The masked man smiled coldly. His mood was bad, just as they had come to register themselves at the gates of hell.

They won't forgive him? Nonsense, he doesn't need forgiveness.

The figure disappeared without saying anything. This made the clan unity group wary and started to set up a defensive formation.

Their numbers were overwhelming, no matter how good the man was, it still took time to finish them all off. Hence, they prepared to set up a formation first to search for the man's whereabouts and block his attacks.

Unfortunately, the speed of the formation of the few clans was not fast enough to match the speed of killing the masked figure. In one blink of an eye, blood flowed over the ground and splashed out on a single strike that slashed the necks of the formation makers.

The figure was like a shadow that flashed as it used its bare hands to kill them.

Only level 5. Even they were still nothing in the eyes of the young phoenix.

The combined clan became frightened when it saw a black figure standing several meters away from all of them.

"Wait for what else? We have an advantage of numbers. Attack him as quickly as possible and don't let him strike back, then we'll win!" The man beside the green sliced man exclaimed furiously.

It made everyone's blood blaze, and drew weapons towards the man. The man had killed a few of them with great strength, his strength must have been drained.

Unfortunately, they don't know what they're up against.

The green-sliced man looked at the figure closely. He did not attack, but hesitated. He had never seen a man so strong. Is that guy not human?

When the gabunga clan attacked, the man did not even move from his place. It made the green-sliced man even more wary. There must be something.

"Wait!" The green-sliced man shouted to stop them all when he realized there was no one around. Everything is on that guy.

But late. Just as his voice fell, blood flowers scattered and dyed the green foliage as well as the dry ground. In just a short moment, the sound of screaming and fear echoing in the darting black fog brought down everyone in an instant.

Such a deadly and terrible attack. The green sliced man took a few steps back, facing the man who was already like a demon in his eyes.

This was much more terrifying than the battle in the northern mountains.

He's not human!

"Remember, you delivered your own lives." The man glanced at the green sliced man coldly.

"Si ... Who are you?" The green-sliced man from the Lin Clan looked at the figure with fear.

The masked man smiled coldly. His hand grabbed the mask he was wearing, then took it off to show a beautiful face that was without gaps.

The red stain on his jaw made his appearance even more inhumane. A pair of shining night blue irises, like deep dark and cold skies.

"Bai Youzhe."

After revealing his identity, he turned around and disappeared in the dark fog, leaving the half-dead old man behind.

Bai Youzhe ... Bai ... It was the Bai family!

Just deserve ....

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A few days after Yan Shuiyin gave Gu Yuena strict training in order to control her own strength, Yuansu Palace who heard the news about Gu Yuena sent their representatives to invite the girl to the palace.

Unfortunately, Gu Yuena was not in the Hidden Land. The figure they were looking for was now sitting with a bored face in front of his two friends who continued to babble long excitedly.

When Gu Yuena was still in Wyvernia, the outer courtyard examination was again held after 6 months had passed. Mu Xinhuan and Shen Jialin managed to pass the examination this time around and obtain different training territories.

Mu Xinhuan was in the Misty Valley, while Shen Jialin was in the Cloud Pool where Lin Susu was a senior. Shen Jialin constantly complained about Lin Susu being manipulative and felt that she was the princess that her ladies had to serve.

Gu Yuena grew tired of Shen Jialin's complaints about Lin Susu.

"You guys are so excited that you don't give me a chance to talk" said the blood-red sliced girl.

Shen Jialin instantly realized since then continued to talk non-stop and full of emotion. "Sorry, I'm too excited. Then, is there anything you want to say?"

Gu Yuena looked at the two of them flatly, then sighed. "Congratulations on your graduation. I only found out today because I just returned to the academy."

"Ah, thank you very much. If it wasn't for you, it would be hard to enter the inner courtyard." Mu Xinhuan chuckled.

"You've been very popular lately. I heard you're going to Yuansu Palace sooner." Shen Jialin said with excitement.

Gu Yuena nodded slowly. "There are some things I have to do."

"Is Lin Xi bothering you again?" Mu Xinhuan asked. The story of their quarrels had already spread across the academy.

"I don't even have time to meet him."

"I heard Lin Xi will also enter Yuansu Palace. His strength had already reached level 6 recently after years of training in the inner courtyard. He will be a knight in Yuansu Palace, representing the Lin Clan and will be the next clan head."

"I've heard." Gu Yuena responded lightly.

Basically, the popularity of the two of them had already equalized the popularity of Yun Qiao. Lin Xi as the future clan head thus considered as the protagonist, Yun Qiao was already like a male protagonist who was revered and juxtaposed with Lin Xi, Yun Qiao was already like a male protagonist, gu Yuena, who is an evil woman, plays a hated antagonist in the story of both of them.

At least, that was the rumor he heard.

"Xiao Yuena, what if she makes trouble again this time?" Shen Jialin was curious as to what Gu Yuena would do.

Gu Yuena looked at the two of them with a mysterious look. Indeed, it seems like it would be interesting if someone made trouble. But he was already lazy to respond to a fool and add to his wealth.

Travel in Wyvernia not enough to drain a lot of money, what else is the wealth increased by the loot from Alfonso. He hitchhiked for free at the baron's residence and the rest was paid for by the two strange men, he barely touched his wallet other than to buy people and cheap change of clothes. The dress she was wearing was free.

If anyone makes trouble, inevitably he must teach him a lesson by extortion. In this way, that person would get unlucky fate after running out of treasures.

"Depends on mood." Gu Yuena finally answered that.

Amidst the three humans' conversation, the Yuansu Palace envoy came to give the news that it was time for Gu Yuena to face the Yuansu Palace King.

Shen Jialin and Mu Xinhuan were obviously very surprised. So suddenly.

While Gu Yuena received the order with pleasure. This news must have been heard by Lin Xi, and the two of them were about to depart together.

Ah, he hoped that the strange woman would let him sleep well before meeting the Palace King Yuansu.

He just wanted to fall after a long trip.