Dance Of The Phoenix
92. Princess Linghun Palace

"How are you, my daughter?"

The smile on the Queen's red lips welcomed Gu Yuena's presence in the dark room. Gu Yuena still did not know of this kind of place. The thing that he caught from the last two encounters, this place was his only means of connection with the queen.

There is only one that can connect them, that is, the soul power that comes from heredity and attachment. This is the dimension of the soul in which the soul will live and disappear after the body has died.

Looking at the woman in silence, Gu Yuena was immersed in her own thoughts. He doubted whether the person present in front of him was really his mother or not.

"When you were a child, you were a cheerful and curious child. Too bad I can only take care of my little daughter for a little while in two lives. You must be curious and confused about what happened."

"Two lives? What mean?" Gu Yuena finally looked at the woman's red iris.

Why did she say she took care of him in two lives? Gu Yuena's soul who was currently someone else, the Queen must have realized that.

"Come with me. You should have gotten what you got." The queen extended her hand towards Gu Yuena.

While Gu Yuena only looked at the helping hand in silence. "Why should I trust you?"

"Because I can't hurt my own daughter."

"You want to kill me." Gu Yuena denied. Their first meeting showed it. Moreover, the black fog that chased after him that day was definitely the subordinate of the Queen.

"It's a misunderstanding, believe me." He tried to convince Gu Yuena. "Come with me, and you'll get the answer. I'm not what you think I am right now. I'm the same person in your childhood memories."

Gu Yuena remained vigilant and full of suspicion. It was not wrong for Gu Yuena to suspect the woman claiming to be her mother.

"Don't you want to know why you can live in two worlds at once?" The queen was still on her feet to invite Gu Yuena along.

Gu Yuena nodded slowly. He wants to know all the hidden things that make him sometimes feel not recognize himself.

The Queen still extended her hand, trying to gain Gu Yuena's trust. After some consideration, Gu Yuena finally welcomed the snow-white hand and walked into the darkness.

No matter what speed, when he opened his eyes, Gu Yuena was already in such a large and magnificent camp. Everything is black and has lanterns and candles as lighting. It looks like an old castle. Contrast with the bright Yuansu Palace.

Flying monsters roam the air freely around the castle. There were many black robed people wandering around. When they saw his presence with the Queen, they immediately lowered their heads right then and there.

"Is this Linghun Palace?" Gu Yuena guessed. Their appearance was almost the same as the death creatures he had met with Gu Yuan and Huang Jingtian. But he realized, they are not the makhkuk death.

"This is only a small part of the palace." The queen walked in the opposite direction, hinting Gu Yuena to follow.

Gu Yuena's current condition was soul. But somehow the Queen condensed her soul so that it looked like a real body and was not translucent. He was even seen by those people.

Along the way, there were many people bowing their heads when they saw them pass by. Totally looking down without saying anything or showing a face. Feels very foreign.

Up to the front of the double door that was so high at the end of the stairs, the door opened by itself and was greeted by a row of black robes kneeling inside the room. A room with one large chair at the end that looks striking.

"We salute Her Majesty the Queen, the lord of Linghun Palace."

The words of the greeting were spoken in unison with an emotionless tone. The Queen turned her head towards Gu Yuena, then again extended her hand.

"Receive your position."

Gu Yuena was too shocked to the point of not being able to react properly. Naturally, he received the helping hand and entered the room in tandem.

Gu Yuena's feeling was uncomfortable. He was so agitated that he couldn't say anything. As soon as he entered this place, he felt that something in his soul was burning.

There were no gazes of questions or so, everyone was completely bowed. Gu Yuena noticed, the room became so quiet and gloomy, full of cold auras when the two of them appeared in this place.

In the end, how powerful was the Queen of Linghun Palace?

The Queen sat on her seat of greatness, while Gu Yuena stood beside the chair in a daze. What the hell is he doing here?

"Today, I have an important announcement to make to all of you." The echo of the Queen's voice sounded within the quiet room. Her pair of red irises looked very cold. "After years of waiting, my daughter Gu Yuena has reached her age limit as a phoenix. The owner of the legendary phoenix blood is here, as part of us, Princess Linghun Palace who will lead the cleaning of the world of the 5 palaces."

Gu Yuena looked at the woman full of surprise. What say? World cleanup?

"Long live the phoenix! Long live Princess Linghun Palace!"

The black-robed people cheered in unison at the praise. The silence that had been so cold before had disappeared replaced the searing cheers.

"What do you mean?" Gu Yuena directly asked in a stern tone.

The Queen raised one of her hands to everyone, leaving the room quiet again without a single sound.

"You can go."

The black-robed humans went out of the room in unison, leaving the mother and son to talk alone in the room.

"You said you'd answer everything. What are you doing now?" Gu Yuena confirmed his words once again. He really didn't want to look like a fool who didn't know anything.

"I've answered it. Other than because you are the phoenix, you are the Princess of Linghun Palace, the last descendant of Linghun Palace with the Gu clan. To carry out your duties as a phoenix is your duty."

"So you brought me just for this?" Gu Yuena went down the stairs where the throne chair was, then looked around with a slick smile. "My existence as a phoenix, what does that have to do with you?"

"I am your mother."

"My mother is dead. Killed him!" Gu Yuena raised her tone boldly. "That creature .. You sent it. You planned the murder of my entire family. My mother, my father, then my brother—"

"You still don't understand" he said.

The woman still looked calm, assuming Gu Yuena's reaction was a normal thing to be experienced due to trauma.

The Queen continued, "You are Gu Yuena, my daughter. Your life in another world is the life I created when those people made a mistake by breaking my orders. You are my daughter."

Gu Yuena was too unable to accept the woman's words. "You lied."

The Queen took a breath. "It will be difficult for you to accept it with incomplete memory. The point is, this is your third life. You are not someone else, but Gu Yuena herself. Not only you, Gu Yuan experienced it too."

Gu Yuena was silent.

Her sister?

"Where is he?" Gu Yuena thought it best to ask him. It must be that Gu Yuan was with the Queen based on what she knew after Gu Yuan's disappearance.

"You can't meet him."

"You hid it?"

"I protect him from those who want to separate our families. I once said that I would bring your father to life. That's not bullshit. I did all this for it."

Gu Yuena was getting more and more headache thinking about it. What does that woman want to do!

"I know this is hard to believe." The Queen stood up from the throne, went down the stairs and went somewhere behind the throne.

Gu Yuena frowned looking at the movements of the queen. What does the woman want to show you?

"Come here."

The Queen called out, making Gu Yuena naturally approach her. Not knowing the push from where, Gu Yuena's feet stepped just like that despite being filled with obvious doubt.

They entered the secret room inside a magician statue that stood firm and fused with the seat of the throne. Within the darkness, there were countless magician statues made of stone. The statues were neatly lined around the walls of a single room that was quite large.

Gu Yuena's gaze was fixed on a coffin right in the middle of the room. The Queen was near the open coffin, looking at what was inside with a shady look.

Gu Yuena's feet stepped closer, looking at the contents of the black coffin with a strong agitated feeling.

When the pair of red irises clearly saw who was inside, all the old memories flashed making him freeze right then and there. His sight was empty in an instant.

He felt dejavu.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

"What do you see?" Bai Youzhe asked as Gu Yuena stopped her story in the part of the Queen showing a coffin.

Right now, they were pulling over to rest in front of the campfire to warm themselves up at night. Actually, only Gu Yuena needed a campfire.

Gu Yuena looked squeezing her skirt. "My father .. who died in that accident."

Upon seeing the figure of the man she loved the most besides her brother once again in the same state, Gu Yuena felt unable to control herself. He feels back to the times where he had to watch his own father's funeral.

Who would have thought he would find his father in the same condition.

Then in essence, the Queen of Linghun Palace intended to revive her dead father. Gu Yuena knew the real reason her father was gone. Not an accident like the one he saw, but because of dragon blood.

Only, he still could not accept it even though many years had passed.

Bai Youzhe hugged Gu Yuena who seemed to be very downcast considering the past. He realized, he shouldn't have asked that in the end made Gu Yuena sad.

"What's wrong, I'm here." Bai Youzhe rubbed Gu Yuena's back affectionately.

Gu Yuena in Bai Youzhe's arms was reminded of something. He recalled the words of the Queen of Linghun Palace when showing the body of his father.

"His death was caused by the blood of a dragon. You must have known, dragon blood has a curse that will make it vulnerable at certain times. But ... There is one condition that will make the dragon's blood unable to last longer. When he reached the peak of his strength at level 9, he would become a dragon completely. Only, the wounds he received from the dragon blood would deteriorate and erode his soul."

That speech haunted Gu Yuena. Bai Youzhe had dragon blood, she did not want the same thing to make her lose again.

"Is your wound really healed?" Gu Yuena asked.

"I'm fine."

"Phoenix's blood really healed you?" Gu Yuena was still anxious.

"You healed me."

"I'm afraid .. The same thing will happen to you."

Understanding the meaning of Gu Yuena's words, Bai Youzhe smiled warmly. His nana was worrying about him, he was certainly happy. "It won't happen."

"If something happens, tell me." Gu Yuena was still anxious. Although an intimate relationship could break their curse, it only applied permanently to Gu Yuena. Bai Youzhe remained in a period of weakness, though not as often and not as severe as before.

"Good." Bai Youzhe tightened her embrace comfortably.

Gu Yuena suddenly thought of something and was about to step away a little, but Bai Youzhe still held her.

"It's so cold, you're still sick. Let me warm you up."

Gu Yuena returned Bai Youzhe's embrace and leaned back comfortably. "I remember, you were cold and hugged me for warmth. I want to kill you."

"But I finally caught you."

"I was so upset that time." Gu Yuena chuckled. At that time he was very blatant to show his meaningless hatred.

In fact, he had never hated Bai Youzhe. He shows hatred to cover his feelings as best he can and to lie to himself.

"Are you not angry?" ask Gu Yuena.

"Why should I be angry?"

"Tapaka I told you about my meeting with the Queen of Linghun Palace, I brought up about Gu Yuan. Luo Yi was with Gu Yuan, it was a sign that Luo Yi was in Linghun Palace."

"They won't hurt Luo Yi. Gu Yuan will definitely take care of her."

"Are they very harmonious?" Gu Yuena had absolutely no idea how deep their relationship was. He was never interested at that time.

"When in the academy, they were quite harmonious. Well, even though Luo Yi is sometimes stubborn, I admit only Gu Yuan can handle it. Gu Yuan doesn't look like a bad person either."

"Is it because he's my brother?"

Bai Youzhe shook her head. "Even though we are not friendly with each other, we still respect each other. I entrusted Luo Yi to her, she also entrusted you to me."

Gu Yuena chuckled. "So this is some kind of barter?"

"No, you're not an item." Bai Youzhe disagreed with Gu Yuena's joke.

"My dear this seems very sensitive." Gu Yuena pinched Bai Youzhe's cheek in a fit of anxiety.

"Is there any other reason this time why you called me 'honey'?"

"none. Just want to." Gu Yuena again leaned her head on the chest of Bai Youzhe's field. It felt so comfortable that he was sleepy.

Bai Youzhe chuckled at Gu Yuena's sometimes quick-changing behavior. Although rarely angry like before, Gu Yuena has her own character that is difficult to guess and different. He was more than happy to see Gu Yuena who kept smiling without thinking about any problems.

Bai Youzhe lowered her head and tilted her head to look at Gu Yuena's face. The woman was asleep apparently.

"Keep happy, I love you." The man kissed Gu Yuena's forehead for a while, then closed his eyes while hugging her.

Without feeling it, the Luo Clan was already in sight. After a few days spent on the journey, finally a certain dragon and phoenix pair arrived at the destination.

Gu Yuena and Bai Youzhe descended from their respective horses, walking side by side to the clan gate guarded by several clan disciples.

As soon as he saw Bai Youzhe's presence, one of them immediately ran to tell the insider. The rest opened the door with respect.

The current arrival of Bai Youzhe was indeed a bit sudden until they were all very surprised. The reason, if Bai Youzhe wanted to come, it would have definitely come some time ago since the letter was sent without stalling.

Just as the clan gates were opened, several large boards were falling down from the impact of someone causing a commotion. A large and loud bang sounded right then and there.

Gu Yuena was speechless looking at the ruins before her eyes. Was the Luo Clan so messed up that this junkyard fell right in front of the gate?

"Hurry clean!" The female voice shrieked from within. Many disciples hurriedly tidied up all the ruins at lightning speed, especially after seeing Bai Youzhe's presence that had their world struck by lightning many times.

They must have done something bad yesterday to the point of experiencing something like this. How could they ignore the Tianshuang Palace King coming!

Many people are confused. The woman who had previously reigned in a high tone fell silent a thousand languages when she saw the two figures standing before the gate.

In the next instant, several people from within the clan rushed out at lightning speed until a riot broke out. One of the men who looked very old pulled the woman down, then brought her to her knees in front of Bai Youzhe.

"We welcome the arrival of His Majesty King Bai, King of Tianshuang Palace. Please forgive for his impoliteness of not welcoming Your Majesty better and for the chaos that ensued. We deserve to be punished!"

"We deserve to be punished!"

They all even got to koktow with a deep sense of uneasiness. Although Bai Youzhe had once lived in the Luo Clan as a young master, it remained that his current position was that of a great king. They can't be careless.

"stand."

One command from Bai Youzhe's cold tone managed to make them obey him and stand up instantly. However, they still looked down to show guilt.

"Once again, apologize for our recklessness the elders who cannot govern the clan well. Previously there was an event within the clan, currently clearing it. Who knows, kids make a mess."

"Where is he?" Bai Youzhe ignored the elder's pleasantries and asked about the clan head.

"Chairman ...."

"What His Majesty would like to see him directly or ...."

"I won't linger here." Bai Youzhe replied succinctly.

"good. In that case, I will show it to His Majesty."

Bai Youzhe followed the five clan elders who flocked to greet him. The territory of the clan was so huge that they had to fly to go to the main residence.

Gu Yuena followed. But before he took out his wings, his eyes found a young woman looking at him with hostility. That woman was the one who was shouting earlier.

She was a beautiful woman in a bright green dress, making her look like a fairy. But that pair of eyes clearly did not show the friendliness of the elves.

Do they know each other?

Gu Yuena thought that woman was quite familiar. Where did they meet until they made her dislike him?

Ignoring that thought, Gu Yuena immediately went following the others.

He heard that Clan Leader Luo was sick from the Linghun Hall attack. Some time ago, the Linghun Hall had briefly come to the Luo Clan. It was fortunate that they could handle it, and the Linghun Hall seemed to have no intention of destroying. So they were still able to survive and managed to make the Linghun Hall retreat.

Now Gu Yuena was in the depths of the Luo Clan that was so large that it exceeded the residence of either Duke Gu or the Ye Clan.

As a large clan, the Luo Clan that was set up by the Tianshuang Palace had a great and influential reputation in the empire. The territory they possessed was even larger than the imperial palace.

This is the Luo Clan. An ancient clan that feared two countries at once.