Besides its smaller size and changed feather color, Huang Xiao also noticed that the little black bird now had a very short tail. Unlike the Phoenix back then, with its long tail feathers, it looked quite ordinary.
But however it had changed, however ordinary it looked, to Huang Xiao, this was that Phoenix-only a Phoenix whose nirvana had failed, and, on top of that, one that had mutated after its aura fused with that of the Minghong Saber.
When Chen Xiangrong saw the little bird suddenly appear on Huang Xiao's shoulder, he asked in some surprise, "You keep a pet too?"
Huang Xiao smiled, not knowing how to answer. But Chen Xiangrong had only asked in passing and had no intention of pursuing the matter. He turned his attention elsewhere, watching the Ou Family's men search the remaining people.
Huang Xiao inwardly counted himself lucky that the Phoenix's aura was also quite ordinary, rather than as soul-shaking as it had been before. Otherwise, it would have drawn attention.
Yet just as Huang Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Ou Ge turned his gaze toward him. Looking at the little black bird on Huang Xiao's shoulder, a trace of puzzlement appeared deep in his eyes.
But he soon shifted his gaze to Chu Wu beside Huang Xiao.
Hmm? He concealed his aura so well that even I nearly missed him, but his strength is still somewhat lacking, Ou Ge thought. One of Chen Xiangrong's men? Which faction does he belong to? The Heavenly Sword Sect has intervened, so it is understandable that other forces would intervene too. Could that matter concerning the Eighteen Trading Companies really be true?
"Family Head, we've searched everyone. We found nothing unusual," an expert of the Ou Family reported as he approached Ou Ge.
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