"Wow, so many people!"
"So beautiful!"
"And there are so many people too—it feels so lively and prosperous!"
Du YueYao, Yang Caiyi, and even Liu Qingquan were all visiting Phoenix Mountain for the first time.
A hundred li of crimson forest, mountains blanketed in red leaves, and a great mountain shaped like a phoenix. Though its overall extent was not as vast as Jade Dragon Palace, its imposing presence was not the least bit inferior.
"Welcome back to the mountain, Palace Mistress!"
When Si Lingxi returned, she did not conceal her aura, and all the demons around Phoenix Mountain answered with clear cries.
Honglu, Bai Yuan, Bi Hu, and Xuan Mei, the four great maidservants, came out together to greet them.
"Welcome Young Master Lu, the two madams, and the young ladies back to the mountain!"
Si Lingxi nodded. "Let us return to the mountain."
"Yes!"
The four maidservants turned back, and the red leaves across Phoenix Mountain swayed in the wind. Streams of heat rose up, turning to mist and dispersing the little winter chill that southern frontier already possessed.
At the foot of Phoenix Mountain, aside from a Divine Fire Cave Heaven, several underground fire veins also crossed through the shallow depths below. Geothermal energy was abundant, and within several hundred li, the temperature was higher than in the surrounding regions.
It was only because the area was too vast and the terrain was not something like a valley that Phoenix Mountain's surroundings were not springlike all year round.
Even so, the cities, mountain fortresses, and tribes near Phoenix Mountain had almost never experienced the bite of deep winter.
From midair, Lu Zheng saw that some of the small plains and mountainous land below had been cultivated and planted with crops such as corn and sweet potatoes. There