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"Xun Er, why are you here?" On an unnamed cliff, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on a flat rock, asking the beautiful girl beside him.
"My father said he needed to send a message to the Xiao Clan, telling them to send someone to the Gu Clan when the Heavenly Tomb opens this time. Xiao Xuan wants to see you all," Xun Er replied.
"As for who comes, and who the message is for, my father didn't say," Xun Er smiled gently.
"Ancestor Xiao Xuan?" Xiao Yan was startled, asking with some confusion, "Is Ancestor Xiao Xuan still alive?"
Xun Er sat beside Xiao Yan, her elbow resting on her knee, one hand propping up her chin, saying:
"I'm not sure, he should be dead… but he was buried in the Heavenly Tomb. The Heavenly Tomb is a very mysterious place. After powerful individuals are buried here, they can transform into energy bodies with only their remnant souls, surviving in a peculiar way.
"Some remnant souls of weaker individuals from when they were alive have no consciousness, while powerful remnant souls retain their sanity. Besides the difference in life form, there's almost no difference from when they were alive.
"Your Ancestor Xiao Xuan is undoubtedly one of the most powerful of that group. His energy body, of course, also has complete sanity.
"There was some upheaval in the Heavenly Tomb recently, and he might have felt he couldn't wait any longer, so he had us send someone to notify the current Xiao Clan to quickly send people.
"The only Xiao Clan member I could find was you, Brother Xiao Yan."
Xiao Yan knew this was Gu Yuan and Xun Er trying to secure a benefit for him. If they were to search for the hidden Xiao Clan, it would be hard to say who would ultimately get this spot.
Ancestor Xiao Xuan's summons would likely bestow some benefits upon the arriving descendant.
"I understand," Xiao Yan nodded, indicating he would arrive on time.
Xun Er thought for a moment, then added, "Brother Xiao Yan, the opening of the Heavenly Tomb will likely be just a few days after Xun Er's coming-of-age ceremony. You must come to my coming-of-age ceremony!"
"Coming-of-age ceremony?" Xiao Yan recalled the Xiao Family's coming-of-age ceremony from back then, a trace of nostalgia appearing on his face.
Xun Er reminded him, "There might be some trouble then. Some people don't want to see me with you… With Brother Xiao Yan's strength, even within our Gu Clan, you are among the top tier of the younger generation.
"However, you still can't let your guard down. The four commanders of the Black Annihilation Army are currently at the same cultivation level as you."
Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow, thinking that it was indeed the Gu Clan; there were actually four peers at the same cultivation level as him. But he didn't take it too seriously. He had never lost when at the same cultivation realm.
In the sky, the Gu Clan Elder, who had been silently watching the two, stroked his beard and shook his head with a wry smile: "Sigh, it seems Miss Xun Er is deeply in love with this boy. Those youngsters in the clan will probably cause a huge ruckus."
"The Patriarch has already initially approved him. This matter is probably set in stone, and causing trouble won't help," another person said.
They withdrew their gazes and moved further away.
After Xiao Yan glanced at their previous position, he lowered his head to look at the ground again.
...
On Thunder Mountain, a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old sat atop a Amethyst Winged Lion King. She had her hair tied in a ponytail, wore yellowish-brown clothes, and had a lollipop in her mouth.
"Heh, this is so boring… There haven't been any missions lately, my body's almost going to waste," she slumped forward dejectedly, burying her face in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's thick mane.
"Isn't no missions good? It's very leisurely to just sunbathe and zone out," the Amethyst Winged Lion King yawned, shifted its body slightly, and rolled over.
"Ah, little lion, you're pressing on me, you're so heavy!" Xiao Qing was half-pinned by the stretching Amethyst Winged Lion King and pushed it away in dissatisfaction.
She struggled out from under the Amethyst Winged Lion King's back, patted her clothes, and brushed off the dust.
"I recently got something good again, look."
Saying that, Xiao Qing pointed behind her back with her thumb and said, "I have wings now too."
A pair of fiery red wings appeared behind her. The enormous wings were noble and beautiful, exuding a suffocating pressure.
Thunder Venerable, who was passing by not far away, felt the pressure and came over to look, his eyes widening instantly.
These wings were almost identical to the wings Feng Qing'er revealed after transforming… Was this a flying Dou Technique refined from a slaughtered Heavenly Demon Phoenix?
He couldn't help but get a headache.
It would be troublesome if Feng Qing'er saw it. Back then, Xiao Yan was only suspected of having something from a Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and they went to great lengths to pursue him. If it was truly confirmed that someone had used her clan members' wings to refine a flying Dou Technique, she would definitely notify her Heavenly Demon Phoenix Tribe behind her.
At that time, the Fenglei Pavilion would probably not be able to stay out of it. No matter which side they helped, they would greatly offend the other, and it would not end well.
Just as he was about to advise Xiao Qing to put away the wings and not be so blatant, a figure swiftly flew from a distance… It was Feng Qing'er, who had sensed the aura of her kin and came to investigate.
Thunder Venerable's heart sank. What he feared most had indeed come to pass!
Seeing that a conflict was unavoidable, he was in an internal struggle, contemplating which side to stand on.
To his surprise, when Feng Qing'er saw the wings behind Xiao Qing, she didn't shout something like "How dare you desecrate the corpse of my clansman," but instead took a few steps back, her eyes filled with fear, and asked:
"Where did you get your wings?"
She felt an immense pressure from those wings that made her involuntarily feel subservient, along with a faint, familiar aura… She felt she must have sensed this aura on some important figure in her clan.
Xiao Qing turned her head and glanced at Feng Qing'er, her eyes lighting up: "I almost forgot, there's a big bird here too…"
However, she immediately showed a lack of interest… Too weak!
She pointed at her wings and said, "You mean these? I tore them off a big bird I caught myself… At the time, Uncle Xiao Zhan and the others were busy digging out bird nests, and for a moment they weren't paying attention, and the largest big bird escaped. I chased after it and caught it."
Feng Qing'er had interacted with Xiao Qing a few times and could roughly understand her somewhat inexplicable words. The description "the largest big bird" combined with her somewhat vague memories, allowed her to identify the original owner of these phoenix wings.
"Patriarch…" Feng Qing'er's face turned pale, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
She had lived in the Central Plains for many years, and thus was spared when the Demon Phoenix World was sealed off and captured by Xiao Zhan and the others. Later, when she learned of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's mysterious disappearance, she had been investigating related matters.
Now, it seemed, she had an answer.
Who exactly was this child named Xiao Qing? How could she have torn off the Patriarch's wings to refine a flying Dou Technique?
Suddenly, a spatial rift appeared not far behind Xiao Qing, and a soft voice came from within: "Come back, the Patriarch wants us to hand over some things."
"Hand over things? All right, little lion, let's go back."
Xiao Qing's phoenix wings flapped, and she instantly vanished.
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