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Under the leadership of Luo Shuo, Chen Heng and his group came to a small courtyard.

The small courtyard looks very plain, not royal at all.

There was only one guard guarding the door, and there were not even a few demon servants in sight.

"Your mother is... quite simple."

Chen Heng sighed as he looked at the small courtyard that was even inferior to his own Chen Mansion.

"My mother said that it is enough to have a house to protect you from the wind and rain. It is useless if it is too luxurious."

"Your father only has a wife like your mother?" Chen Heng looked around and found that there was really only such a small courtyard here.

"No, my father had a total of sixty-two wives, but only my mother survived after giving birth to me."

Luo Shuo shrugged and pointed to a fenced area in the distance.

"The other concubines could not withstand the power of my father's blood and were burned to death during childbirth."

"I see." Chen Heng nodded. Indeed, the power of ancient divine beasts like the Golden Crow is not something that ordinary demons can enjoy.

"Mom! I'm bringing my friend to see you!"

Luo Shuo ignored the guards on the side and pushed open the wooden door of the small courtyard.

"You're almost a hundred years old, and you're still so frizzy." As soon as the wooden door opened, a middle-aged woman in black attire came forward.

Next to the middle-aged woman stood an old woman with a wrinkled face.

"Mom, this is my new friend, Brother Chen Heng." Luo Shuo took the queen's hand and introduced Chen Heng and his party to her.

"Are you...human?" The queen looked at Chen Heng and then at Bai Jun behind Chen Heng.

As for She Qing and the others, they were simply ignored by the Queen.

"Yes, I am indeed a human race." Chen Heng nodded and looked up and down at the queen in front of him.

"No, on you..." The queen's palms trembled slightly and she stared at Chen Heng in disbelief.

"Mom, let's stop talking in the yard and go inside to drink water and chat."

Luo Shuo didn't notice the change in his mother's demeanor at all, and pulled her towards the house like a child.

"Okay, okay, let some guests come in too."

The queen touched Luo Shuo's head lovingly and nodded gently to Chen Heng and others.

Following the queen into one of the two rooms, Chen Heng naturally sat on the chair.

"Aunt Hu, go and help make some tea." The queen still looked gentle and virtuous, and she ordered the old woman beside her softly.

"Yes." The expression on the old woman's face did not change at all, and she turned and left the room.

"Brother Chen, I won't argue with you. Why do you have the aura of the Dark Phoenix on your body?"

The queen looked at Chen Heng curiously.

Hearing this, Luo Shuo, who had always been happy, froze on the spot and turned to look at Chen Heng stupidly.

"Are you sure?" Chen Heng stretched out a finger, and dark black flames wrapped around his fingertips.

"Yes, this is the Nether Fire of our Black Phoenix." The Queen nodded, and also stretched out a finger to release the black flame.

"It's just that your Nether Fire is a little different from mine, but they are still the same thing."

The queen frowned slightly. She always felt that the Nether Fire in Chen Heng's hand was a little different from hers.

"Besides, you are a human race, and you don't have spiritual energy in your body like that little brother. How do you use Netherworld Fire?"

"My flame is called Nether Heart Fire." Chen Heng glanced at the silly Luo Shuo, turned to the queen and said.

"When I was seriously injured and dying, I drank a bowl of black phoenix stewed with hundred-year-old demon ginseng before I came back to life."

"Since then, I have had the ability to control this Netherworld Heart Fire."

As for the fusion of Netherworld Fire and the Five Elements and Five Zang Diagrams, Chen Heng has not told anyone.

"That's it." The queen nodded after hearing this, and seemed to have no feelings about Chen Heng eating the Black Phoenix.

"Is it tasty?"

"?" Chen Heng.

"It doesn't taste good, it's a little fishy."

Chen Heng was stunned by this question. The queen's brain seemed to be a little weirder than his.

"Brother Chen, just eat what you want, don't worry about what I say."

The queen smiled at Chen Heng and didn't take the matter of Chen Heng eating the Black Phoenix to her heart at all.

"We, the Dark Phoenix clan, are already at odds with each other and are few in number."

"I remember that there were only two brothers of mine and me in the entire Eastern Demon Alliance."

"My two brothers are safe and sound, so your food should be from other places."

Chen Heng kept talking, and no one doubted whether his words were true or false.

Even Bai Jun had a look of realization on his face, not doubting the authenticity of what Chen Heng said.

"Okay, my curiosity is satisfied, let's talk about something else."

The queen smiled and began to chat with Chen Heng.

"By the way, I have always heard outside that the Queen of the Demon Emperor is a nine-tailed fox. What is going on?"

Chen Heng glanced at the old lady who came in with tea.

"Didn't I say it before? We, the Dark Phoenix clan, can purify our blood and enhance our strength by devouring each other."

The queen personally poured a cup of lark tea for Chen Heng.

"Your Majesty was unable to move on the throne. He was worried that I would be in danger if my identity was revealed, so I asked Aunt Hu to be my substitute."

"It seems that Aunt Hu is quite effective as a substitute. She even fooled you."

Chen Heng looked at Aunt Hu, whose face was full of wrinkles, and then at the empress, who was still charming.

Aunt Hu immediately understood what Chen Heng meant. She lightly touched her face with her palm, and an extremely charming face appeared in front of everyone.

"That's it." Chen Heng nodded and continued to look at Aunt Hu.

"I have a little fox demon under my command. I wonder if Aunt Hu has any training methods that the fox clan can use?"

Now that he's here, Chen Heng always feels uncomfortable if he doesn't pick up something.

Moreover, since I have a good relationship with Luo Shuo now, I can't directly pick out Aunt Hu's demon pill.

"Young master actually adopted a fox demon?" Aunt Hu was a little surprised.

"Yes, that little fox is quite smart. I plan to nurture it well." Chen Heng put down the teacup in his hand.

"Then I do have the fox clan's cultivation method here, but it requires the blood of the Sky Fox to practice it."

Aunt Hu frowned, seeming to weigh something.

"Let's do this. I will separate part of my natal essence and blood, and you can use my natal essence and blood to purify the bloodline of that little fox."

Before Chen Heng could say anything, Aunt Hu had already cut her wrist with her nails and squeezed out a drop of blood.

This drop of blood turned into crystal the moment it hit the air, like a crystal clear ruby.

"Mr. Chen, just give this drop of blood essence to the little fox."

Putting the essence and blood into Chen Heng's hand, Aunt Hu took out another stack of bamboo slips from her personal package.

"This is the secret method of the Sky Fox. Every time you advance to a higher level, one tail will be born."

"When you practice to the extreme, you will become a nine-tailed celestial fox, which is also the great demon of the imperial realm."