Hua Ci rarely called Lu Ye "husband." Whenever those two words left her lips, it never meant anything good.
"What is it you don't understand?" Lu Ye forced himself to remain calm.
"Since when did my husband have Phoenix bloodline? Yet us sisters never knew." Hua Ci spoke softly, her breath fragrant against Lu Ye's ear.
A storm of lightning flashed through Lu Ye's mind, but his tone remained steady. "That... was actually a Secret Technique I cultivated in the past. It wasn't because of any bloodline."
"So that's how it is." Hua Ci seemed enlightened. "Then Old Tree was right."
"What did Old Tree say?" Lu Ye grew somewhat nervous.
"Want to know?"
Though Hua Ci was too close for Lu Ye to see her face clearly, he could almost picture the teasing expression she wore.
"Not especially..."
"Old Tree said that the Phoenix Race's Phoenix Nirvana Technique is an innate talent. Aside from members of the Phoenix Race, there is another special circumstance under which one can use it even without Phoenix bloodline." Hua Ci ignored him and continued on her own.
Lu Ye did not dare speak, because a small hand had also pinched his waist from the other side.
He did not know whether it was Su Yuqing or Nine Radiance...
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Hua Ci pressed relentlessly.
"Old Tree knows that much?" Lu Ye was doubtful. There was no orthodox Phoenix Race in this starry sky, so logically, Old Tree should not have known anything about the Phoenix Race.
This woman is trying to trick me!
"Old Tree heard a great deal about Star Abyss from a senior named Yang Qing." Su Yuqing quietly reminded Lu Ye by his ear.
Lu Ye's body stiffened. He had calculated everything, yet failed to account for