Chapter 126

As the island master of Niguang Island, Qu Feiqing possessed a fairy-like, clear, and elegant face and spoke lazily, always with a smile: “I heard that the disciples of the Xuanxu Sect went to the Western Mountain. Haven’t you always wanted to see the legendary Fire Phoenix? Why not go to the elders of the Xuanxu and see it for yourself in their mirror?”

The elders of the Xuanxu Sword Sect all trembled at the words. Tian Xanzi pretended to be calm and collected, and he pulled the Mystic Mirror inside.

“Really?”

The young woman was none other than Lin Qian, the master of the Beast Taming Sect. After listening, her eyes lit up as she turned her head.

“I heard that the Fire Phoenix on the Western Mountain is quite interesting. I plan to capture it as a spiritual pet during the next opening of the secret realm. Elders, can you let me see it?”

The elders of the Xuanxu Sect glared at each other, winking at each other, and the scene was as chaotic as ants on a hot pot.

Tian Xanzi’s expression was complex, hesitating to speak. After exchanging a glance with Zhen Xiao, he silently turned the mirror to face the direction where Lin Qian was.

In the image, the land was burned to a black-red color. Amidst the devastation, a huge body stood out.

Bald head, bald body, bald wings, and tail.

And the darkness that surrounded it, like the color of a deep night, with wings half open and half closed, seemed to still be expressing its confusion and sadness from its past life.

The blackness gave it a charred appearance, yet it sought light.

Even through the mirror, a faint smell of meat could be detected.

“This, this…”

Lin Qian’s lips and voice trembled together as she looked at the familiar yet strange bird from her memory. “The Fire Phoenix?”

“Well, it got roasted by its own fire.”

Tian Xianzi scratched his head and yelled hastily, “There’s no other way; it’s all burnt like this… How about letting Ning Ning and the others bring back some dried meat for you to taste?”

Lin Qian’s eyes darkened, her face was expressionless, and her eyes were sharp.

“Perhaps it encountered a melee.”

Qu Feiqing comforted her softly for a few words, then added, “By the way, Liu Ying is traveling with Ning Ning. I wonder if Elder Tian Xianzi could let me see what she’s doing now?”

The elders all looked distracted; some looked around to see the scenery; some drank tea with their eyebrows lowered; Ji Yunkai even whistled and pouted.

Tian Xianzi’s expression became even more complicated.

This time, he didn’t dare to act but instead signaled for Qu Feiqing to adjust the angle of the Mystic Mirror herself. With a slight movement of her fair wrist, the figure of a young girl appeared on the mirror’s surface.

In the image, Liu Ying held a jade pendant in her hand, laughing with a simple and sincere yet bitter smile, shouting to everyone, “Didn’t expect that! Actually, I’m a spy sent by Niguang Island, specifically to steal the jade pendant!”

Qu Feiqing had thought that the charred Fire Phoenix was the end of it all, but she never expected it to be the beginning of all tragedies.

Who could tell her?

Why her beloved disciple Liu Ying had also been charred.

Liu Ying had once been such a beautiful and lovely girl, but her current appearance was so ghastly that it was unbearable to look at directly.

Her fair face was covered in black ash, making her look like she had been digging coal in the underground for ten years. The most horrifying thing was her hair.

The bangs in front seemed to have been burned, all curled upward into a twisted, coiled shape like seaweed.

From the front, it looked like she had gone bald prematurely, with only a few curly strands surviving on the top, like a few tenacious weeds growing in the vast desert.

But in just half a day, she had gone from a fragrant young girl to a charred and fragrant bald head, swaying back and forth while crying out, “Threaten me, bully me, and roast me over the fire? You’re not human; this is karma!”

Some people were alive but already dead.

For a moment, it was hard to tell who was more miserable, Liu Ying or the Fire Phoenix.

Qu Feiqing rarely suppressed her smile; her expression turned dark and her gaze sharp.

Tian Xianzi:…

Tian Xianzi: “Um… this two female Bodhisattvas, can I still have a chance to explain?”