Xiao System: Diviner Yi Hua
Fire Phoenix 2: About the Meeting

Yi Hua retreated quickly to get away from the dried tree trunk. Especially when the buds from the tree grow rapidly. Before long the buds turned like green twigs and continued to extend.

"HuaHua, this Phoenix Tree has sensed the demonic energy in your body. He will chase," said Xiao who began to realize what was happening.

Yi Hua exclaimed at Liu Xingsheng who was still sitting on top of the tree trunk. "Prime Minister Liu, this tree is alive. Away soon," shouted Yi Hua.

Liu Xingsheng immediately moved away as fast as he could. Unfortunately the area where they stand is muddy. So Liu Xingsheng couldn't run so far. And, Huan Ran had to get closer to make sure the branches of the tree did not reach Liu Xingsheng.

CRUST!

CRUST!

The branches made sounds like broken bones. And, continue to grow like horrible long hands. Huan Ran slashed the branch of the tree closest to him.

NAH!

Huan Ran stared in disbelief at his sword which could not hurt the tree branch. "This twig can't be cut," he told, and immediately pulled Liu Xingsheng to follow him.

If they can't use weapons, they can't fight. Especially fighting in this muddy region. It is possible that the roots of this tree trunk also come back to life. The nature of the roots that can penetrate the soil is what Huan Ran feared. They will be in trouble if the roots of the tree tie their half-sinking feet to the trunk of the tree.

"Retreat first" Huan Ran ordered Yi Hua and An.

Yi Hua nodded quickly, but An looked calmer than Huan Ran. The man easily dodged as the tree branch headed towards him.

Yi Hua thought of stopping this movement of the Phoenix Tree first. They will come out of the river that has dried up. If they had to fight, they would have trouble in this place.

But it was true as Xiao said. The branches continued to lengthen, and in the end found what the twig wanted. The aura of the demonic furnace could not be hidden away. And, the twig already knew where he was going to look for 'eat'.

"Congratulations, Yi Hua. They will attack you simultaneously" Xiao commented.

Yi Hua was grieving in the heart. Congratulations said!

The twigs fused like a big roll. Its tip resembled a snake's head, and with a quick strike the twig attacked it. Only Yi Hua, of course. Because that withered twig wanted to absorb the demonic energy from Yi Hua. It was wrong if Yi Hua did not retreat, maybe he would soon be stabbed by the newly grown twig.

Yi Hua's hand grabbed one of the talismans and threw it towards the tree. "Shut up," Yi Hua ordered on his talisman.

SRETT!

The wooden twig that was affixed by the talisman of course stopped. However, the shoots that grew from the trunk of the tree were quite numerous. So that Yi Hua could not possibly take out all his talismans. It was because just by touching it, Yi Hua had already given this Phoenix Tree a lot of energy. The amulet won't hold this tree for so long.

Only this time did Yi Hua understand how powerful the demon furnace was within him.

CRING!

Yi Hua stared towards the voice. More precisely on the silver sound that was clanging from his left side. But not yet more clearly Yi Hua looked towards the sound, An had already moved quickly to slash the tree branch that was heading towards Yi Hua.

STAB!

"GRAHHHH!" The tree branch strangely let out a sound like a wild animal.

Then, the branches again shrank and dried due to the slash from An.

Didn't Prime Minister Huan Ran say that this twig could not be cut?

However Yi Hua did not have much time to think about it all. As long as the trunk of the Phoenix Tree had calmed down, Yi Hua had to immediately ascend to the higher outskirts. No one knows if bad luck comes to him again, and new problems will arise.

On the outskirts of the opposite side Liu Xingsheng shouted. "Are you okay, Yi Hua?" ask Yi Hua.

Yi Hua only answered with a nod. Then, his gaze headed towards the branch that cut off An's sword. Yi Hua picked up the clipped twig to observe.

"Xiao, does that mean that this Phoenix Tree is actually inhabited by something?" yi Hua asked quietly while observing the twig.

It was just like a tree branch in general. Perhaps what was different was that Yi Hua had seen this twig have a hand to tear off his opponent.

Xiao immediately replied, "You've seen it, haven't you? Just because you touched it, the tree trunk came back to life. It's probably true that the tree owner lost his powers."

Yi Hua sighed as he realized how dangerous it was to be the host of the demon furnace. Other than because this demon furnace was so wild and could destroy it, but this demon furnace could make Yi Hua always be targeted by bad energy.

"Why didn't you warn me earlier, Xiao?!" reprimand Yi Hua on his system which is getting worse in nature.

Then, as usual Xiao would argue quickly. "I don't feel at all about the creatures that inhabit this Phoenix Tree. Maybe his power is almost gone."

"Will the twig live again?" yi Hua asked An who was approaching her.

He looks calm as usual. The man watched Yi Hua closely. Just to check if the little clairvoyant was injured. After seeing Yi Hua still intact without being scratched in the slightest, An immediately replied to her.

"Although the branches have shrunk, it does not mean that they are dead," explained An while pointing at the trunk of the tree that returned to its original state.

Only the tree is dry.

Liu Xingsheng and Huan Ran had rejoined the two of them. There Liu Xingsheng looked a little tangled in fear. The Prime Minister initially only suspected that there were other creatures in the tree. But he didn't know if his guess was right.

"Do we need to destroy the trunk of this tree so that it doesn't come back to life?" huan Ran asked for an opinion.

An replied calmly. "The tree is just a container. Maybe someone like you, who usually just slashes here and there won't understand it. But don't create new anger. We are the new people who enter Yi Village."

Huan Ran's face clearly hardened in anger. He could not refute An's words, because in fact his sword could not slash the tree trunk. They had to stay away from this place to search for information about this Phoenix Tree.

Maybe this time they will deal with a God?

Why Gods?

For if something is believed by many for a long time, it will have much power. Although they still did not know why this Phoenix Tree withered, but the residents still believed about the existence of Gods in this tree. They cannot destroy what the local people believe.

"Say, the people here believe that the Phoenix Tree is like the protector of Yi Village. That was why this Yi Village was very rarely affected by calamity. Moreover, this village is still very pure natural resources," explained An who is still often asked Yi Hua about the origin of An's knowledge.

The man seemed to know many things, as if there was a book that could answer all questions. But An also does not look like a person who often reads books. He looks more like a bouncer than a student who reads books.

If indeed this Phoenix Tree was protecting, why would a disaster arise. Or, is it because its power is reduced that it can no longer withstand disaster?

An glanced towards the wooden trunk that had been damaged by his slash. "It could be a local God and this Phoenix Tree are two different things."

Whatdoes thatmean?

Not yet had Yi Hua asked An, the atmosphere around them suddenly changed. The wind roared loudly as if it was going to rain soon. He looked up at the sky, and the sun remained hot there. And, Yi Hua's eyes immediately hurt from staring at the scorching sun directly.

However he thought if this local God and the Phoenix Tree were different individuals. Perhaps the one who attacked them earlier was one of them. The obvious ... Perhaps the gods they believed had been completely lost, and all that remained was ...

"Yi Xia."

Yi Hua looked around to look towards the direction of the voice. However, he did not find out who the owner of this voice was. Even so, that voice sounded like the voice of a man.

Suddenly Yi Hua's vision blurred, and before long he could see someone in white clothes. It was the clothes of a Li Kingdom fortune teller. That figure was a man who was behind him.

"I'll call you Yi Xia. How's it?" the figure asked him.

At him?

Nope.

"HuaHua, don't get carried away by that voice. He was trying to take you," Xiao shouted in Yi Hua's ear.

So, I was daydreaming? Why does it feel so sleepy?

"Yi Hua."

Yi Hua's gaze was completely overawed. It was like seeing strange flashes that were very disturbing. Even so, he couldn't take that glint off his head.

"Please. Give us back our Miss. If he had never met that human, then he would not have become weak," The voice rumbled like it was close to Yi Hua's ears.

He no longer knew which voice he wanted to hear. But the last time he saw was a woman sitting on a tree branch. He doesn't look like a ghost from a thousand-island country, meaning a ghost in all-white clothes and laughing constantly. The woman had a face that Yi Hua was quite familiar with.

Sure oes. Who does not know his own face. And, that woman was similar to the face of the Diviner from the Li Kingdom, Yi Hua.

How could?

Is that her? I don't know.

The woman stuck her hand out at Yi Hua. "Can you see me, man?"

Then, Yi Hua involuntarily stuck out her hand at the figure. But the side of his view shifted. Now he saw a man before. It was the man in the clothes of the Li Imperial Clairvoyant standing there.

The beautiful woman ...

Yi Hua somewhat strangely described this because when he saw this figure he felt very beautiful. For her this figure was beautiful, meaning this Yi Hua was also beautiful as they were both very similar. The only difference was that Yi Hua rarely smiled sweetly, whereas that figure often smiled.

Then, when the figure of the man replied, Yi Hua began to understand the memories of who he saw this.

The figure of the clairvoyant man was the young appearance of a person. Although Yi Hua had only seen his father in this life once, that was in the memories of the original Yi Hua, but he was sure who this figure he saw was. However, the figure was not so difficult to recognize, even though time had eaten the young face.

The man dressed as the Li Imperial Clairvoyant replied. "I'm Shi Heng" he said as he welcomed a helping hand from the beautiful woman.

This ...

A TAP!

A TAP!

A TAP!

The sound came with the wind. Yi Hua looked behind him, and the wind blew until Yi Hua thought he would be carried away by the wind. Even so, he still lingered standing in his place.

Then, a root flashed again towards Yi Hua very quickly. It was even faster than An's hand trying to grab onto Yi Hua who was clumsy.

SRAT!

Yi Hua's small body was instantly enveloped by a swarm of roots. And, those roots pulled Yi Hua into the ground. It happened very quickly and also horribly. Then, Yi Hua was brought by that root to get into the ground. It was as if Yi Hua was no longer shaped and easily tucked into a hemisphere.

After that, the ground calmed down again like it had never been broken through by a root.

The atmosphere around them was very stressful. Even Liu Xingsheng lost his voice. The Prime Minister could only point towards the disappearance of Yi Hua. Also, Huan Ran whose hand was still on top of the sword algae. Huan Ran did not even have time to draw his sword to fight.

Don't they look useless now?

"What Yi Hua ..." Liu Xingsheng's words were stifled in the air. Then, he realized that this was the first time he was so afraid to look someone in the eye.

With her brother, Consort Qian, although she was scared, but Liu Xingsheng still dared to be around her. However, now he feels he does not want to be close to An. Especially when looking at An's eyes that were so sharp as if they could kill others just through his gaze.

The man's hand grabbed his black sword to stab towards the flat ground. The ground there was split very easily. However, there are only the roots of ordinary shoots. There are no such vicious roots.

And, there was no Yi Hua there.

Yi Hua seemed to have been destroyed and vanished.

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