Today's second update: Chapter 2055! 2/4!
At the mention of this, Yuan immediately perked up and looked at the Phoenix Race members. "Why aren't you hurrying over to pay your respects to Brother Kun?"
Yuan's authority as Yuan Lord remained. Although the entire Phoenix Race had spread word that Yuan had been crippled, one thing had not changed: the Phoenix Lord had not issued a decree stripping her of her status as Yuan Lord.
Yuan still retained the authority of Yuan Lord.
Had that been all, those members of the Yuan-Chu Nine Veins who had long coveted a higher position would not have shown Yuan excessive respect. Given her condition, they might have been more inclined toward outward obedience and inward defiance.
But just now, Yang Yao had publicly revealed that Yuan was carrying Xu Kun's child. This news invigorated the Phoenix Race members who had followed her here.
It did not matter if Xu Kun was crippled, nor did it matter if Yuan was crippled.
But the union between the Azure Phoenix's sole legitimate son and a Yuan-Chu bloodline that had reverted to its ancestral origins was a huge matter!
The parents might have been crippled, but the child had been conceived before the two of them were ruined.
Yuan could rise in status through her child. This would not only make Athena and the others, who bore deep hatred toward her, wary of taking action.
To the Phoenix Race, this situation was even more important!
The fetus in her womb alone was enough to ensure her wealth and honor for the rest of her life.
Only those who had witnessed or heard of it knew just how protective the Phoenix Lord was of her children. Back when Yuan's ancestor had fallen at the hands of the Kirin