Zhu Yan'er's Secret: A Cauldron Physique?

"So that's why!"

At that moment, Zhu Yan'er seemed to realize something and blurted out, "No wonder the Vermilion Bird clan leader made me choose!"

"No wonder she had me leave the Vermilion Bird Lineage!"

What?!

Leave the Vermilion Bird Lineage?!

Li Yun, Qing Luan, and Sect Master Tongtian all stared at Zhu Yan'er in astonishment.

That was no simple feat. The difficulties involved made it seem nearly impossible.

Yet Zhu Yan'er had done it. And from the looks of her, she hadn't been burdened by the Phoenix Clan's Causality or Karma. It was simply...

"Zhu Yan'er, weren't you born in the southern polar region?"

Qing Luan asked the question before she could stop herself.

After all, if Zhu Yan'er had managed to leave the Vermilion Bird Lineage, she couldn't have been born there.

That region was the Vermilion Bird's stronghold. Those born there enjoyed her protection, but they would still be touched by some of the Phoenix Clan's Karma and Causality.

They might not bear as much as other Phoenix Clan Members, but the Vermilion Bird Lineage was itself part of the Phoenix Clan. Its members were affected from the moment they were born.

"I wasn't!"

Zhu Yan'er nodded. After a moment's thought, she said, "I was born in a place of emptiness. I don't know where it was."

"All I know is that after I was born, I cultivated according to the techniques passed down to me. I took human form there in that empty place, and afterward, the Vermilion Bird clan leader brought me out."

Qing Luan was at a loss for words.

Li Yun and Sect Master Tongtian, meanwhile, looked thoughtful. They had a rough idea that the Vermilion Bird had arranged it.

They didn't know how she had done it, but keeping Zhu Yan'er free