"So this was 'Phoenix Seeking Mate'... Then you must be Ji Yuan, Mister Ji?"
The Immortal Mist Island cultivators knew the name of "Phoenix Seeking Mate." The Phoenix had not been missing for all that long, so naturally there was no reason for them not to know. Yet neither of them had truly heard "Phoenix Seeking Mate" before. Hearing it now, it was indeed heavenly music.
Ji Yuan smiled faintly and gave a slight nod.
"Ji, indeed!"
"This xiao melody is truly beautiful. Might Mister Ji have a Dao Companion?"
The Phoenix asked this in a voice of exquisite charm and musical elegance, and Ji Yuan immediately felt awkward. It was not quite appropriate to say "no," yet saying he did would be even less appropriate.
"Fellow Daoist Huang, Ji has a confidant and friend, a True Phoenix. This piece was composed after Ji was entrusted by the True Phoenix, inspired by watching her dance and listening to her song and cry."
The Phoenix upon the branches remained shrouded in a hazy layer of rosy clouds. It was clear that all of Immortal Mist Island truly regarded her as an elder. Though they undoubtedly wished to know what the Phoenix had encountered before, even a true immortal master like Dugu Yu did not interrupt the conversation between the Phoenix and Ji Yuan.
"Mhm, I have heard of it. Mister Ji, my name is Xi Huang. There is no need for you to address me by the term for a female of my race."
There seemed to be a hint of laughter in the Phoenix's voice. Then the rosy light around her receded, and the divine bird's form gradually contracted. Her colorful wings became hands, her talons became feet, and brilliant tail feathers drifted below her hem. At last, she transformed