Yaozun is chasing me to open the screen

Phoenix doesn't look like a woman.

But Shuang Jiangnian didn't ask.

He did not doubt the identity of this monster, such a graceful and elegant monster, full of integrity, he did not think about anything other than Phoenix.

But, how could Phoenix appear beside him?

Why did Fenghuang know about Yan Hualan's relationship with him?

Shuang Jiangnian was stunned for a moment, her lips moved slightly, not knowing how to answer this question.

The phoenix's eyes were sparkling, and the red lips were slightly curved.

"Don't be nervous, and don't rush to deny it. This is not something to hide." She said slowly, "I won't force you to respond to him."

Her voice is like a ring, male and female are indistinguishable, pleasant to the ear, and you will feel good when you hear it.

Shuang Jiangnian lowered her eyes and replied, "I don't know."

He didn't know whether Yan Hualan really "pleasing" him, or whether that feeling was just due to the dependence of the fledgling complex.

A trace of regret flashed across Phoenix's eyes, and then it turned into a relieved smile.

A person who can easily enter Hualan's sea of ​​consciousness is probably in love with Hualan to the bone, but the person in front of him doesn't know him.

"There will be a day," she said.

Shuang Jiangnian raised her eyes and said, "My lord, what kind of state are you in Yan Hualan's sea of ​​consciousness now? Don't you..."

"No, I died more than a hundred years ago." Phoenix said, "The me now is the last remnant soul left in Phoenix's feather coat—and, I will disappear completely."

Shuang Jiangnian felt a little sad for Yan Hualan.

"Yan Hualan misses you very much, maybe if you meet him in person, he will be very happy. Why don't you go and see him?"

"I came to you because I want to ask you something." Fenghuang looked at him sincerely, "I want you to stop Hualan from continuing to investigate the cause of my death."

Shuang Jiangnian was taken aback.

Sadness welled up in Fenghuang's beautiful eyes: "Fenghuang Yuyi has been polluted by demon energy, what he saw may not be true. And... I don't want Hualan to know the real cause of my death."

If everything goes according to the plot in the book, Yan Hualan will witness the scene where Qilin kills the phoenix with his own eyes.

However, Fenghuang said that Yuyi was tampered with, and the "truth" he will see was forged by others?

What made him even more incomprehensible was that Fenghuang actually wanted to cover up the real murderer.

Shuang Jiangnian pondered.

"You are a smart child. No matter what you guessed, please hide it from me." Fenghuang begged, "As a mother, this is the only thing I can do."

"Naturally." Shuang Jiangnian hid her emotions, "It's not too late, I'll go find him now."

The phoenix floated behind him.

She is indeed no longer alive, and her figure has become translucent. If they come a few years later, perhaps this last remnant soul will also be wiped out.

Shuang Jiangnian glanced at her protruding Adam's apple from the corner of her eye, thinking that she hid her doubts well.

But Fenghuang saw it and said with a smile: "It's rare, isn't it? I'm androgynous."

Shuang Jiangnian, who was shuttling through the maple forest, crooked.

"It's rare." He said calmly, "It has been said that the phoenix is ​​the male and the phoenix is ​​the female. I didn't expect the real Phoenix demon to be one."

"I can change into any gender at will, especially after becoming a spirit body." Phoenix floated to his side, pressed his chest, and it immediately swelled up, "If you prefer that image..."

Shuang Jiangnian pretended to be calm: "No, I have no preference, it's entirely up to you."

Fenghuang said seriously: "But you don't need to worry, Hualan is a real man, you can be nice to him, he won't suddenly change gender during the double cultivation."

Cold sweat broke out on Shuang Jiangnian's forehead: "Thank you for your reminder, I'm not worried."

Fenghuang laughed softly, and his smile was bright, bright and incomparable.

Only then did Shuang Jiangnian realize that Fenghuang was narrowing him down, trying to make him happy.

No wonder the Yaozu still miss her more than a hundred years after she left, and when they mentioned her, they would show that kind of respectful and kind look.

Yan Hualan's character of escaping casually and without the pretensions of a demon king is probably transmitted from her.

The slightly heavy atmosphere just now gradually became lighter.

It didn't take long before Shuang Jiangnian found Yan Hualan.

Black energy lingered around Yan Hualan's body, and the devil's poison engulfed his legs, dragging him forward step by step like a rope of an evil spirit.

In front is the abyss of the sea of ​​consciousness.

If you fall into it, the abyss will swallow the light in Yan Hualan's heart and trap him in darkness forever.

Shuang Jiangnian's eyes froze, and they fell beside him: "Hualan."

Yan Hualan did not hear his call.

Shuang Jiangnian went straight through the devil's poison and held his hand.He found that Yan Hualan kept his eyes closed, but his eyeballs were moving rapidly, as if he was experiencing something.

Mo Du laughed and invaded his consciousness from the seven orifices, creating a deeper illusion.

—Dream within a dream.

Fenghuang said solemnly: "Dream within a dream, the dreamer has no idea that it is an illusion created by others. He thinks that he is still in the sea of ​​consciousness, believes that it is true, and cannot escape by himself."

She said to Shuang Jiangnian: "I am not a living person in reality, you must wake him up."

In the book, Yan Chen is as strong as Yan Chen, but he was also deceived by this dream within a dream.

Shuang Jiangnian reached out to pull out the devil's poison, and the devil's poison fled away in fear of him.However, there was still more black energy overflowing from Yan Hualan's body, which was difficult to get rid of.

"Yan Hualan, wake up."

Shuang Jiangnian held his face in his hands, stood in front of him, and called out loudly.

Yan Hualan was still advancing towards the abyss, at a certain moment, Shuang Jiangnian's heels were empty, and they had reached the edge of the cliff, and he and Yan Hualan would fall down together by a hair's breadth.

With only a slight difference, the demonic poison will be completely purified.

"Yan Hualan, open your eyes and look at me." Shuang Jiangnian said, "Those dreams are all fake. Open your eyes, and I will be right in front of you."

The sand rolled down, and they moved a little further into the abyss.

Shuang Jiangnian had nowhere to stay, he hugged Yan Hualan, his legs were tightly wrapped around his waist, and behind him was the dark abyss.

He hugged Yan Hualan's face and kissed her.

The last ray of devil poison was also sucked into his mouth by him.

In a dream.

Yan Hualan followed Fenghuang's back and kept moving forward in the blood-red maple forest.

He saw a sharp claw piercing through Phoenix's lower abdomen, and took out her demon pill.

The sky is covered with dark clouds, and the wind and rain are about to come.

Yan Hua's eyes and canthus were about to burst, so he was about to step forward to help Fenghuang, and smash the murderer's body into thousands of pieces.

But it seemed that there was an invisible body clinging to him, preventing him from moving forward, and whispering his name in his ear.

It was my brother's voice.

"Hualan, none of this is real, wake up and look at me."

Yan Hualan stopped and hugged the transparent figure in a daze.

"Don't go—" came a sharp voice.

In the dream within the dream, the head of "Phoenix" suddenly turned to the back, and stretched out its sharp claws towards Yan Hualan.

Its face was corroded into a chaotic state, its whole body was full of demonic poison, and it was still pretending to be a phoenix, roaring: "My son, don't go, save mother—"

However, Yan Hualan's heart is clear, and he is no longer fooled by the devil's poison, and has seen through its true identity.

"You're not my mother. You're lying to me."

His heart was filled with loss and hatred, and the peacock's real fire erupted, tearing the dream within the dream into pieces.

"Phoenix" let out a scream, vaguely the sharp sound of vines.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, Yan Hualan slowly regained consciousness.

When he opened his eyes, he found that his brother was hugging him tightly.

The gloom brought by the devil's poison disappeared in an instant, Yan Hualan only felt bathed in the peach blossom wind under the warm spring sun, and gently kissed Shuang Jiangnian's neck.

He curled his lips into a smile: "...I knew that my brother must be in love with his heart, and he secretly hugged me and kissed me while I was unconscious."

Shuang Jiangnian indifferently grabbed his ear and pulled it away.

"If I don't do this, I will be pushed into the abyss by your own hands."

Yan Hualan coughed a few times in embarrassment, and quickly stepped back ten meters with him in his arms.

After getting away from the abyss, he still didn't let go, just pinching Shuang Jiangnian here and there in this posture, he couldn't put it down.

From the corner of her eyes, Shuang Jiangnian caught a glimpse of Fenghuang who was secretly smiling next to her, and the base of her ears was tinged with red.

"Don't make trouble, let go." He whispered, "...There are still people here."

"Who?"

"Someone you'd love to see."

Yan Hualan let go of him and followed his gaze.

Fenghuang stood there quietly, with cloudy hair on her temples, the back of her head swayed lightly, and she was magnificent.

Yan Hualan was stolen when she was a phoenix egg, and she never saw her mother with her own eyes.

But with just one glance, he recognized her.

"You are just as I imagined." He murmured.

"You are different." Fenghuang frowned, "Hui Lan is more handsome and powerful than I imagined. He is already a demon king who can stand on his own."

Yan Hualan landed in front of her, staring at her with slightly red eyes, but couldn't take the last step forward no matter what.

Fenghuang raised his hand first, and touched the child's forehead.

Her hand was almost transparent, directly passing through Yan Hualan's consciousness.

Yan Hualan went to touch her hand, but was in vain.

"How could you..."

"It is true that I passed away a hundred years ago. I left this remnant soul and did not go to reincarnation, but I also look forward to seeing you again." Tears welled up in Phoenix's eyes, "To be able to see my child grow up at the last time As an adult, I have no regrets."

The teardrops in Yan Hualan's eyes trembled, but in the end she didn't shed tears in front of her mother.

My lord, you don't cry.

"Who killed you?" He raised his face, his eyes were determined, "I want to avenge you."

Fenghuang sighed softly: "No one harmed me, I was the one to take the blame."

Since she said so herself, no matter how doubtful Yan Hualan was, he could only believe her.

"Then do you...do you have any regrets? I'll help you."

"My only regret is that I didn't grow up with you when you were taken away." Fenghuang smiled and looked at Shuang Jiangnian, "But it seems that my son already has a good match that can accompany him for a lifetime."

Her figure became more and more transparent, and it only needed a gust of wind to blow it away.

"Any other wishes..." She stared deeply at her child, "Hualan, mother hopes that you will live happily and sunnyly, and be safe and happy forever."

"I will remember." Yan Hualan said hoarsely, "Is there anything you want to tell Yan Qing? I'll bring it to him."

Phoenix paused.

"……No."

Her voice turned into a sigh in the wind, slowly dissipating.

Eagerness flashed across Yan Hualan's eyes, and then he reached out to catch her phantom.

As the breeze blew, he opened his palm, and there was only a bright red maple leaf in his palm.

A familiar nursery rhyme rang softly in my ears.

As a mermaid, Shuang Jiangnian's humming has the ability to affect emotions, the pain and hatred in Yan Hualan's heart gradually subsided, and what remained was more of the warmth that his mother gave him in the end.

"Is this what my brother's mother sang to my brother?"

Shuang Jiangnian was slightly surprised: "How do you know?"

The images of the dark house, the sea, and the boats flashed in Yan Hualan's mind.

"Instinct," he said.

"I think of my mother." Shuang Jiang said in a youthful voice, "Mothers who love their sons in the world are probably like this. I just want their children to be safe and happy."

It was the first time he talked about his family.

Yan Hualan's eyes moved slightly, and he embraced him in his arms.

"Mother-in-law must be a very gentle person."

"Hmm..." Shuang Jiangnian finally realized, and raised her eyelids: "Who is your mother-in-law?"

"Then change it. Mother, mother, mother-in-law, anyway, brother's mother is my mother... Oops, it hurts."

Shuang Jiangnian couldn't bear his mouth that destroyed the atmosphere, and directly withdrew from the opponent's sea of ​​consciousness.

The foolish smile on Yan Hualan's face slowly disappeared, he lowered his head, and held the red maple leaf tightly.

Red Maple Ridge.

The illusion was short this time, and Yan Hualan remembered everything that happened in the sea of ​​consciousness.

The illusion cast on the phoenix feather coat was broken, and the vine's consciousness was crushed by Yan Hualan. It let out a piercing howl of pain, like a baby crying.

"How, how could you treat me like this!" It waved its cane frantically, "I am your mother!!"

Under its control, spirit beasts and mortals began to riot collectively, stretching out their claws and rushing towards them.

"What the hell is this?" Yan Hualan ran away with Shuang Jiangnian in his arms, with disdain on his face, "I am such a beautiful boy, how could it be possible that you, an ugly ghost, laid eggs?"

When someone called it an ugly ghost, the vine danced even more frantically, almost killing its "cheap son".

Shuang Jiangnian noticed that the pelican demon in his palm was emitting fiery red light, and his figure was submerged in the hot red light, as if in... Nirvana.

"Huh?" Yan Hualan looked at Pelican in surprise, "Why does he have the aura of a phoenix? Does my mother have another son?"

He curiously touched the mass of red light, and in an instant, the red light passed through his heart, and through the phoenix blood in his body, it shot straight at the old and withered red maple tree.

The gray maple leaves were instantly ignited by the flames. Instead of being burned to ashes, they were nourished in the flames to become even more bright red.

"Ahhh-!"

The real fire of the Phoenix was ignited on the vines, and they were broken one by one.They fell to the ground and became dead snakes, which were soon consumed by the flames.

When she was dying, Teng Man remembered that she was not Yan Hualan's mother, nor did she have the spirit of Phoenix.

It is just an ordinary ghost vine in the Red Maple Ridge. Under the enlightenment of the devil, it made its home on the huge red maple tree, robbing the red maple tree of its vitality, aura... and even its memory.

As a mother, the joyful conceiving, hatching, and guarding of eggs never belonged to it, but to the remnant soul in the red maple tree.

And it is just the most insignificant pawn under the devil lord.

"The devil will not let you go... I will wait for you in hell, until you are doomed..."

The sharp and hoarse voice was gradually swallowed up by the Phoenix True Fire.

The red glow in Shuang Jiangnian's palm flew up and melted into the burning red maple tree.The crimson light gradually went out, and the huge red maple tree disappeared, leaving only a small child.

The child was dressed in red and was only three or four years old. When he closed his eyes, the ends of his eyes were raised, like a pair of phoenix eyes.

Yan Hualan felt like he was still dreaming: "He looks like a phoenix, and he still has the aura of a phoenix on his body."

Shuang Jiangnian tried to release the extremely yin water aura on the child's forehead, and the child's soft little hand hugged his hand and rubbed it enjoyably.

Immediately afterwards, a small bright red maple leaf grew on top of the child's head.

Yan Hualan was dumbfounded: "Brother watered him to sprout?"

"That's right." Shuang Jiangnian looked up at the ancient tree that had disappeared, "He is the maple tree demon."

The phoenix feather coat and the remnant soul on the feather coat have been hidden in the red maple tree for more than a hundred years. The maple tree demon guards it day and night, and has already integrated the breath and spirit left by the phoenix into his own bone marrow.

It is the demon born from the death of the phoenix.

And the ghost vine demon is just a monster planted by the devil to eat away the power of the red maple tree. After all, the ghost vine was only half successful before it was contaminated with the aura of the phoenix.

Yan Hualan was stunned: "So last year in Hongfengling, it was this little thing that saved me?... Then it followed me and turned into a pelican??"

Even species have changed!

To be honest, Shuang Jiangnian didn't understand why the maple tree demon turned into an unrelated bird.

Watered by the spirit of water, the child opened his eyes, which were as beautiful as a phoenix.

Shuang Jiangnian had a bad premonition.

According to the routine of the common script, this child is connected with Yan Hualan by blood, and was nurtured by his water aura to grow up, and then...shouldn't call them "father and mother", right?

The child looked at him, then at Yan Hualan, and smiled brightly.

"Daughter-in-law! Damn it!"

Shuang Jiangnian: "Pfft."

Yan Hualan choked on his saliva: "Cough."

Never thought.

Yan Hualan's mouth twitched: "You little brat, whose son are you calling?"

"I'm not a kid." Maple Demon said in a straight voice, "I'm a little fairy."

The two stayed together.

The system helps to clarify: [Host, she is indeed a girl. ]

She is a cute little girl like Yuxue who looks like a phoenix.

Shuang Jiangnian felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, and hugged the child.

"My daughter-in-law is so good." The maple demon sweetly kissed him on the shoulder.

Even Yan Hualan didn't get this kind of treatment.

Yan Hualan suddenly became sour: "Are you pretending to be good on purpose to lie to my brother? You are obviously a long-billed bird that only has bad breath and is especially edible. How can you become a little fairy?"

"When I was deprived of my mind and unconscious by the ghost vine, I would imitate the people around me." The little maple tree demon tilted her head and said seriously, "The shape of the pelican is transformed by imitating your characteristics."

Male bird - Yan Hualan.

Can eat - Yan Hualan.

Ai Duo Ren - Yan Hualan.

As for bad breath...

Yan Hualan burst into tears: "Brother, I definitely don't have bad breath, you know, we've kissed so many times..."

Shuang Jiangnian gave him a speech silence technique, which made his head ache.

Then he looked at the little girl tenderly: "Can I call you Xiaofeng?"

Xiaofeng grinned: "Yes! I like this name!"

"But I don't like the title 'daughter-in-law'." Shuang Jiangnian said gently, "How about calling me 'Brother Anian'?"

"Brother Nian!" Xiao Feng shouted crisply.

The year of frost and crimson should be born.

He secretly glanced at Yan Hualan, and privately sent a voice transmission to Xiaofeng: "The real culprit who killed Phoenix..."

"Xiaofeng knows. But Sister Fenghuang won't let me tell, so I won't tell." Her big watery eyes dimmed, "Even if Brother Nian treats me well, I won't tell."

Shuang Jiangnian instructed: "When Yan Hualan asked, Xiao Feng said she didn't remember."

Xiaofeng nodded, and her chubby index fingers met together.

After Ghost Vine's death, Xiao Feng regained his mind, and other humans controlled by Ghost Vine gradually came to life.

Looking at the unfamiliar scene around them, they were a little unsure of what was going on.

"Where is this? Didn't I drink at the inn, how did I end up on the mountain?"

"My body hurts."

"I seem to have been attacked by some ghost before..."

These mortals are people who were bound by the ghost vines from nearby in the past 100 years. When they were connected to the ghost vines, their bodies were in a static state. After the ghost vines died, Xiaofeng returned the vitality of the ghost vines to them.

They seemed to have had a short dream, but after waking up, it was a hundred years later.

How to arrange these mortals is a problem.

"You were indeed attacked by monsters, but now that the monsters have been eliminated, everyone is safe." Shuang Jiangnian's clear voice sounded, "When the situation subsides, Xianmeng will provide you with a generous compensation to help you recover family business."

His demeanor is cold and detached, which fits the appearance of a fairy who is not stained by the world of mortals.The remains of the ghost vines around, the traces of burning fire, and the gloomy mist all over the mountain all confirmed his statement from the side.

Only then did people feel scared, and after looking at each other in blank dismay, they all knelt down and thanked the immortal for saving their lives.

There were more urgent voices.

"Immortal Chief, where is my baby? Did the Immortal Chief see my baby when he saved people?"

"Princess Xian, our mother is also gone."

"Immortal Elder!" "Immortal Elder..."

Only a small number of people survived the ingestion of the ghost vine, and for those who died within a hundred years, even Xiao Feng couldn't bring them back to life.

This is not the story of happy reunion after all, death is inevitable.

Shuang Jiangnian looked calm: "I'm sorry. We couldn't save everyone."

A mother who had lost her child rushed towards him like crazy, and was separated by a transparent aura wall three feet away.

"My child..."

She slid on the ground, crying heart-piercingly.

No matter they are mortals, immortal cultivators, or even the nobles of the monster clan, the iron principle of resurrection from the dead treats them all equally.

Shuang Jiangnian looked back at Yan Hualan.

Yan Hualan was holding Phoenix Yuyi in a daze, his pupils were not focused, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The phoenix feather coat is not a well-crafted cassock, it is actually a piece of skin—but with age, the blood inside the skin has dried up, and only the feathers of the phoenix are shining brightly.

It is the skin peeled directly from the phoenix.

Xiaofeng interrupted Shuang Jiangnian's thoughts: "Why don't we just place them in Fengcheng. When I was just born, I could always feel that Sister Fenghuang felt sorry for Fengcheng. If Fengcheng becomes prosperous again, she will Will the spirit in the sky be happy too?"

Shuang Jiangnian was a little absent-minded: "Well, this is a good way."

A few branches and leaves grew on the top of Xiaofeng's head, feeling the situation of Red Maple Ridge: "It will take another three days for the fog to dissipate. These mortals urgently need clean water and food. I will protect them here, and the supplies will come soon." Please, Brother Nian."

Shuang Jiangnian nodded, and took the initiative to hold Yan Hualan's hand: "Then let's go down the mountain to deliver a message to the Yaozu."

Yan Hualan raised her head and smiled at him, but the smile was a little pale no matter how you looked at it.

The illusion remained in the mist, and they walked down the mountain hand in hand.

Hands can always reveal the slightest emotional changes.

Shuang Jiangnian could feel that from a certain moment, Yan Hualan's fingers tightened slightly, cold sweat broke out from the palm of his hand, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged uncontrollably.

He raised his eyes and saw that Yan Hualan's face was pale and his back was slightly bent, as if he was carrying something invisible.

"What's wrong?" Shuang Jiangnian expressed silently with her eyes.

Yan Hualan forced herself to curl her lips: "Brother, I feel that there is..."

Shuang Jiangnian listened carefully.

Bloodshot eyes appeared in Yan Hualan's eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "...it's nothing."

Shuang Jiangnian was still watching him.

In the original book, Yan Chen hugged the phoenix feather coat like this, walked down the mountain alone through the mist of phantoms.

He hugged his mother's blood-stained and dry fur, and in the phantom, he was carrying the newly skinned mother on his back.

There was no skin, and the bloody flesh was tightly attached to his back, the blood soaked through the cassock, Yan Chen's entire back was hot and sticky, and there was still blood dripping down his heels, hitting the blades of grass .

Yan Chen hugged the only feather coat left by his closest relative in this life, feeling the scorching heat from his mother behind him, slowly raised his feet, and walked down step by step.

Will you be sad?Will you be angry?Or hate?

Shuang Jiangnian looked at Yan Chen.

In his hallucination, Yan Chen's eyelashes trembled slightly, the focus of his sight slowly shifted to him, and there was bottomless darkness in his eyes.

He lightly rubbed Phoenix Yuyi with his cheek, like an innocent baby kissing his mother, and then raised a flamboyant and crazy smile at Shuang Jiangnian.

"I will not be sad. Because the phoenix will be with me forever, forever."

Yan Chen stared at him, his lips were as red as blood, and his voice was as gentle as a lover whispering.

"And as long as you live, you will die one day. Why don't you stay by my side forever as a skin like her."

Hearing this, Shuang Jiangnian smiled lightly.

The pain of being skinned by Yan Chen in the nightmare is still in his heart, but now he is not so afraid.

Because of Yan Hualan, he understood Yan Chen.

Peel off the skin, just because you like it too much, and you are too afraid that the person you like will die suddenly one day-so it is better to seal him in the most vivid moment first, so as not to be abandoned in the future.

"You're just a twisted wretch." Shuang Jiangnian raised her brows, "Are you that lonely? You're so lonely that the dead skin will accompany you."

He saw Yan Chen's pupils shrank, and his face suddenly turned cold.

That coldness is just a protective color for children's weaknesses to be exposed.

Shuang Jiangnian hugged Yan Chen from behind.

The phantom dissipated suddenly as if frightened, and Yan Hualan's voice came from the front.

"Brother?" He said unexpectedly, "But brother, behind me there is..."

"There is me."

Shuang Jiangnian hugged him warmly and pillowed on his shoulder.

"—Behind you, there is only me alive."