White mist condensed before Xu Kun, gathering into an icy crystal mirror that reflected his figure.
"Fourth Aunt, you've gone too far!" Xu Kun said angrily.
This was no way to play. Wasn't this going back on her word?
Xu Kun was horrified to discover that he could not escape Yun Hongyi's world of white mist.
Jingwei had left at far too convenient a time. She had not waited to take him out, leaving him here alone.
Yun Hongyi had pulled the old eat-and-spit-it-out trick, blocking Xu Kun once again.
However, Xu Kun had truly misunderstood Yun Hongyi this time. At that moment, she had already returned to the tree canopy, standing beside the Phoenix Lord alongside Jiang Zhuohua and Tai Si.
Faced with this sudden development, the three women all looked at the Phoenix Lord in surprise.
Yun Hongyi in particular looked utterly confused.
For no matter how unwilling she was, she knew that with Xu Kun's abilities, he had passed the trial she guarded.
This unexpected twist was the Phoenix Lord's doing.
Did Yun Hongyi, as Xu Kun's Fourth Aunt, truly dislike him?
Of course not. It was precisely because she appreciated him so greatly that she was angered by his inability to return to the Phoenix Race.
She and the freedom-loving Mu Qingxuan had entirely different temperaments.
Mu Qingxuan pursued love and yearned for freedom. Though she had returned to the Phoenix Race twice, she had ultimately decided to remain among humanity.
Yun Hongyi was different. As a daughter born when the Phoenix Lord attained the Dao, her ambition was to strengthen the Phoenix Race.
Jiang Zhuohua looked upon the countless birds of the mortal world, seeing them all as her people. She was a symbol of compassion.
Yuan Lichang focused on the Yuan-Chu Nine Veins. Granted