Phoniex Requiem
Chapter 36: Our Lives Are Yours

Chapter 36: Our Lives Are Yours

The beastkin siblings were suspended in midair, not ten meters away from the raid just below. An animal could be thrown into the air at any time, and then they would lose their grip and fall.

“Kakak, release! Otherwise, we'll both die.” Zhuo Lin'er looked at her brother desperately.

"No, I won't let anything happen to you, Lin'er!" Zhuo Yifeng's forehead wrinkled, but she forced a smile as she looked at him. “Lin'er, don't be afraid! I promised Mom I'd take care of you for the rest of my life!”

"Sister Zhuo!" Lin Qingxue had already started crying. “Do not move, do not dare to move! I came to save you!” Ignoring his own limits, he tried to move towards Zhuo Yifeng.

But he barely had the strength to begin with, and in a hurry, he himself nearly fell off a cliff.

“Qingxue, don't try to move! Take care of yourself.” Lin Qingchen anxiously called out from beside him.

Even though Lin Qingchen was very worried about the beastkin siblings, she was much more logical than Lin Qingxue, and he knew that keeping himself stable and not causing more trouble was the only thing he could do.

“But Zhuo Yifeng and Zhuo Lin'er..” Lin Qingxue looked at her brother, tears streaming down her face.

“Don't move, one of you! I'm coming!" Yun Ruoyan had already ascended to the spot below Zhuo Yifeng, extending a hand towards Zhuo Lin'er. As long as Zhuo Lin'er was safe, Zhuo Yifeng would be able to save himself easily.

But at this moment, another incident occurred. The small tree that Zhuo Yifeng was holding onto had reached its limit, and was uprooted and completely detached from the cliff under the combined weight of the beastkin siblings.

The small tree was Zhuo Yifeng's only buffer, and as soon as the tree fell down, Zhuo Yifeng snorted softly as he began to fall along with Zhuo Lin'er.

"Geeh!" Everyone let out a panicked sound of horror at once, and Lin Qingxue was so frightened that she even closed her eyes.

At that moment, it felt as if the entire world had stopped. It took a while before he dared to open it once more, tears fell from his eyes like a flooded river.

"Sister, Brother Zhuo ..." She looked at Lin Qingchen by her side, her mouth shaking as if she was about to start crying in earnest.

"Stop crying!" Lin Qingchen really smiled when she saw his face.

"Sister, apa—"

"Hurry up, look down on you." Lin Qingchen pointed towards Yun Ruoyan. "Isn't your brother Zhuo okay?"

Lin Qingxue hurriedly looked down, seeing Yun Ruoyan's left hand gripping the sword embedded on the side of the cliff.

With his right hand, he held a jet-black spear, which was hung by Zhuo Yifeng. Zhuo Lin'er was safe in Zhuo Yifeng's arms.

The moment the tree fell down, Yun Ruoyan had activated the power of her bracelet, pulled out her sword and thrust it into the side of the cliff.

At the same time, he summoned a spear in his bracelet and quickly used his spell to extend it to twice its original length. “Take the spear!”

Zhuo Yifeng reacted very quickly, one hand reaching for Zhuo Lin'er's waist, and the other hand, the other spear tip.

Yun Ruoyan was usually unable to perform this series of actions so smoothly, but in that adrenaline-pumping moment and strengthened by the power of the bracelet, she somehow managed to manage everything.

The strength of the bracelet flowed through Yun Ruoyan's body, and she gathered it onto her right shoulder.

"Hold tight, I'll pull you!"

And then, amazingly, under everyone's gawking gazes, he slowly but surely raised his right arm and pulled the beastkin brothers to safety.

Yun Ruoyan, who looked like a rather thin thirteen-year-old girl, had actually managed to lift such a huge weight with just one hand, a feat that left the others dumbstruck.

Zhuo Yifeng himself was amazed, let alone the Lin brothers.

“Ruoyan sister, you are amazing! You're almost there!" Lin Qingxue cheered.

Meanwhile, Lin Qingchen muttered to herself, "How does Sister Ruoyan manage all of that ?!"

“Same as when he killed a sharp-fanged tiger, of course! Ruoyan's sister's talent definitely flourished again!” Even though Lin Qingchen felt just as confused, this seemed to be the only plausible explanation. He was not the type to care too much about specific things, and quickly disposed of his doubts.

Yun Ruoyan thought that she should look for another reason for her sudden strength, but no one was suppressing her for now.

He is relaxed and thinks that this might be what is meant by having the confidence of his team-mates, that although some things may be difficult to explain, they will choose to trust and trust him.

After a life filled with deceit and plans, being able to trust someone wholeheartedly was probably something he would never be able to do. However, he would also not let down anyone who was willing to believe him so deeply.

“Thank you for saving us.” Zhuo Yifeng looked at Yun Ruoyan, her expression suddenly becoming solemn.

Yun Ruoyan smiled back before muttering the spell to shrink Pei Ziao's spear to the size of a flute, which she had stuck to her waist.

"We beastkin have a mandate, that if someone risks his life to save us in our time of need, then our lives will belong to that person!" Zhuo Yifeng suddenly exclaimed.

Only then did Yun Ruoyan turn to look at Zhuo Yifeng once again, saying equally seriously, “None is so serious. You've saved us all too, and now we're balanced!

“No, that's true. This is the oath we take under the Beast King, to obey our saviors like our master.” Although Zhuo Yifeng insisted, Yun Ruoyan did not remember his words. After all, even if this was the code that the beastkin followed, Zhuo Yifeng could barely do anything if he refused his service.

Seeing Yun Ruoyan refusing to respond to his words, Zhuo Yifeng did not say anything more, but she started to frown stubbornly.

The stampede lasted until the night before the dust and noise finally subsided. Gazing at the corpses lying everywhere below them, Yun Ruoyan's entourage heaved a sigh of relief. It was finally over; their hands and feet were so sore and numb that they no longer felt like their limbs.

As night fell and the last remaining beast disappeared, the group finally descended the cliff and examined the corpses of the beasts scattered on the ground.

“We're really going to be rich now! With all these monster cores, I would be satisfied even if I was unable to enter Kongming Academy!” Lin Qingxue grinned so loudly that she could not keep her mouth shut. “Why didn't Grandpa give us his bigger storage bag? With so many magical beasts, we can't even take all of their cores! Too bad!"

When the others saw how many treasures were waiting for them, they all felt a joy that pierced through their hearts, instantly sensing that the struggle and fear on the cliff side was not in vain.

Since they had been living on the cliff all afternoon, they really did not have the strength to immediately clean and dissect the beast carcass, so they headed to where they rested last night once more.

The night passed without any commotion. Once again, Zhuo Yifeng insisted on taking the night shift alone, and Yun Ruoyan was unable to overcome her stubbornness. Moreover, since he used the strength of the bracelet during the day, he felt tired and exhausted. Instead of insisting further, he closed his eyes and immediately fell asleep.

The next day, when he woke up, he found Zhuo Yifeng curled up on a rock. Even his seemingly perfect physique could not stand such abuse, especially considering he had to look after Zhuo Lin'er and prepare food for everyone.

Yun Ruoyan felt it was not too bad to have such a capable young man working with her.

But then his gaze turned to Zhuo Lin'er, sleeping at Zhuo Yifeng's feet, and he shook his head.

It was not that she disliked Zhuo Lin'er; instead, the weak little girl was smart and thoughtful. However, her path was destined to be filled with trials and tribulations, and this was an atmosphere completely unsuitable for the little girl.

"Wake up, everyone!" Yun Ruoyan stood up and called out. In the blink of an eye, it was already the fifth day since they entered the imperial world. They had five more days to get to the royal exit; their journey so far had been quite difficult, and it was not wrong to expect the same thing back, either, so they need to make the best use of their time.

"Aah!" Zhuo Yifeng suddenly jumped from the stone. "I overslept!"

In the middle of his call, the others quickly woke up in succession.

"It's been a few days since you slept well, so it's perfectly normal for you to fall asleep," Yun Ruoyan smiled as she commented, her tone without the slightest bit of blame.

Regardless, Zhuo Yifeng was still extremely embarrassed. "I'll prepare the food." As he said so, he quickly ran into the path of the valley, after all, there were many corpses everywhere, and he did not need to spend any effort to hunt.

Even though it was summer time, its nature was full of spiritual energy, and the carcass of the beast itself was as well. This allowed their bodies to be preserved longer than they should have been.

Their campground was a small river, and while Zhuo Yifeng was away, the girls took the opportunity to bathe and refresh themselves. However halfway through, they heard Zhuo Yifeng's panicked cry.

What could make such a calm and collected person so worried?

"What's the problem?" Yun Ruoyan was the first to walk to Zhuo Yifeng.

"Hurry, come with me to the valley!"

"Is something wrong?"

Zhuo Yifeng was worried at once confused. His eyebrows fused together as he frowned and said, "The half of his carcass vanished overnight!"