Kong Xuan Relents, Zhurong's Request

"I'm not sure about that!"

Taking a deep breath, Qing Luan spoke.

She too felt that there was something amiss about this matter, something almost unbelievable.

After all, the information she had known back then contained nothing of the sort. Yet Vermilion Bird had brought it up this time, and it seemed that only Vermilion Bird knew about it. That was rather thought-provoking.

After taking a deep breath, Qing Luan said, "Golden Phoenix and I don't know about this matter."

"I can be one hundred percent certain of that."

"Because Vermilion Bird was the one who came out at the end. Mother said she had something to entrust to Vermilion Bird regarding becoming a Sacred Beast, so we sisters had no idea what happened during that final period."

"But if Mother's remnant soul truly exists, then there is indeed a great possibility that it was entrusted to Vermilion Bird. After all, becoming a Sacred Beast would inevitably make Vermilion Bird stronger. Moreover, the Phoenix Clan had indeed declined during that period and was fundamentally no longer able to provide Mother with energy for recovery."

As soon as those words were spoken, Da Peng and Kong Xuan's breathing quickened.

After all, this meant that Yuanfeng's remnant soul was very likely still around.

Though it was merely a remnant soul, and might not even be able to recover fully.

For beings like them, who had never seen Yuanfeng, it still held an enormous allure.

"Yuanfeng isn't dead!"

"That truly is an unexpected piece of news."

Li Yun and Zhurong exchanged glances, their hearts churning with stormy waves.

Neither had expected things to develop like this. The sheer scale of this turn of events left even them feeling incredulous.

With that thought, neither spoke again.

Only Kong Xuan and the others sank into