The bright moonlight shone on the bluestone slabs. Shops lined both sides of the street. Banners and signboards fluttered in the wind. People came and went, and lanterns were everywhere. It reminded Ye Zhen of the night of the Lantern Festival in the capital.
"Ming Yu likes the little rabbit lantern the most." Ye Zhen stopped in front of a lantern stall and looked at the little rabbit lantern hanging at the top. Her longing for her daughter was overwhelming.
"This lantern is different from the ones in the human world. After adding spiritual power, it can fly to the place you want to go." Little Fire Phoenix explained.
Ye Zhen's eyes burned. "Can it reach the human world?"
Little Fire Phoenix was speechless. It didn't know either, but it shouldn't be possible.
"Ming Yu likes to stick to me. I don't know how she's been these days." Ye Zhen took a deep breath and smiled reluctantly. "But with Ah Zhan by her side, she should be better."
"Let's buy this lantern." Little Fire Phoenix whispered. The thought of Ming Yu alone in the human world made its heart ache. If Ye Zhen knew that Mo Rongzhan was Emperor Mo, he didn't know how distressed she would be.
The more she missed Ming Yu now, the more she would resent Emperor Mo in the future.
"Okay, this lantern is much better than the ones in the human world." Ye Zhen smiled and bought a little rabbit lantern with gold coins.
Taking the lantern, Ye Zhen felt different. "Does this lantern have spiritual power?"
"Of course. The person who made the lantern must be at least in the Qing Realm. Every lantern is infused with spiritual power. Look, there is a spirit stone inside. As long as you pour spiritual power into the stone and make a wish, the lantern will float … to the hand of the person you want to give it to." Little Fire Phoenix said excitedly.
She wanted to give it to Ming Yu, but could it be sent to the human world? Could it be delivered to Ming Yu?
Ye Zhen knew that Little Fire Phoenix wanted to comfort her. She smiled. "Well, let's go put the lantern. I hope it can be delivered to Ming Yu. Although I know it's impossible, it's always good to have hope."
"Yes, yes." Little Fire Phoenix nodded vigorously.
"Then buy a little tiger one for Ming Xi." Ye Zhen said.
"Alright." The little Phoenix felt bitter in its heart. Its Primordial Spirit had once possessed Ming Xi's body, and so it should have been able to sense Ming Xi's aura in the Xuantian Continent. But after so many days, it was still unable to sense Ming Xi. This wasn't a very good sign, but it didn't dare tell Ye Zhen about it.
It hid too many things from Ye Zhen. It didn't know when it would break out, and she would be very angry.
Ye Zhen bought another Tiger King lantern and flew to the city wall with Little Fire Phoenix.
"I hope they can reach my children and let them know that even if I am not with them, I will miss them." Ye Zhen whispered, injecting spiritual power into the spirit gathering stone.
In order to make the spiritual power more effective, Little Fire Phoenix plucked out two feathers and put them in the lantern. "Mingyu and Mingxi will receive it."
Ye Zhen held the same hope.
The two lanterns slowly broke away from Ye Zhen's hands and rose into the night sky. Stars dotted the sky, but they were not as bright as the two lanterns.
"Let's go back." Ye Zhen whispered, no longer looking to see where the lanterns would go.
Little Fire Phoenix was still looking at the two lanterns. When the Tiger King lantern suddenly disappeared in mid-air, its eyes flashed with astonishment.
That lantern went to find Ming Xi! Could it be that Ming Xi was in the Xuantian Continent? Then how could it not sense him?
If he wasn't in the Xuantian Continent, then it would be like a little white rabbit's lantern, floating and floating because it couldn't find the place it wanted to go. But Ming Xi's lantern disappeared.
"What's wrong?" Little Fire Phoenix's strange silence made Ye Zhen a bit uncomfortable.
Little Fire Phoenix didn't respond for a long time. Ye Zhen asked it a few times before it recovered.
"No, nothing." Little Fire Phoenix hurriedly said.
Ye Zhen said, "Go back to the space. Your injuries haven't healed for long."
Little Fire Phoenix still wanted to understand Ming Xi's problem, so it didn't resist and returned to the space.
Regarding Ming Xi's problem, the only person it could find was Emperor Mo.
The space had always had a secret that Little Fire Phoenix had never mentioned to Ye Zhen. If Ye Zhen knew, she definitely wouldn't enter the space again.
When Emperor Mo had taken the space away with his doppelganger, he had actually split the space into two. This was also why there was a gap in the space that led to the Xuantian Continent. Ye Zhen only had half of the space. The other half was with Emperor Mo, but … in order to prevent Ye Zhen from finding out, Emperor Mo had already completely split the space. Unless he undid the seal, Ye Zhen wouldn't be able to find out that there was another half of the space.
As a Little Fire Phoenix that had always lived in the space, it naturally understood the space the best.
If it wanted to find Emperor Mo, it could only go through the other half of the space to find him.
Ye Zhen returned to the inn and sat down cross-legged to cultivate. She circulated the spiritual energy in her body through her Qi Sea, refining and stabilizing it. She didn't notice that Little Fire Phoenix had already gone to the other side of the space to meet with Emperor Mo.
"What's the matter?" Emperor Mo received Little Fire Phoenix's urgent message and asked Little Fire Phoenix to meet him in the other side of the space.
"City Lord, something must have happened to Ming Xi." Little Fire Phoenix called out anxiously.
Emperor Mo narrowed his eyes. "You burned your own feathers to find me just for this?"
"Ye Zhen sent Ming Xi a lantern today, but it disappeared." Little Fire Phoenix jumped anxiously in place, not noticing Emperor Mo's indifference.
Emperor Mo's cold face didn't change at all. "So what?"
"City Lord, if something happens to Ming Xi in the Xuantian Continent, Her Majesty … Ye Zhen will definitely be very sad." Little Fire Phoenix knew that Emperor Mo had sealed the doppelganger's memories, so he didn't have a deep father-son relationship with Ming Xi. But no matter what, Ming Xi was still the City Lord's son. "She thought that you would be accompanying Ming Yu in the human world."
Emperor Mo frowned slightly. "She wants to return to the human world?"
If that was the case, he would definitely do everything he could to send her away. If she stayed here, he would soon not be himself.
"She won't leave until she finds Ming Xi." Little Fire Phoenix said in a low voice. "City Lord, Her Majesty hasn't been happy in a long time."
Although Ye Zhen was still talking and laughing, she wasn't the same as before.
Emperor Mo's heart clenched fiercely. He said irritably, "I will send someone to find Ming Xi. I will inform you if there is any news of him."
"Thank you, City Lord." Little Fire Phoenix was happy, but it felt a little lonely. The City Lord was looking for its own son, but it still had to say thank you. This was clearly something the City Lord should do.
It really felt sorry for Ye Zhen.
"Do you know what Her Majesty is going to do to her?" Emperor Mo asked lightly.
Little Fire Phoenix whispered, "Her Majesty is very good to Ye Zhen."
Emperor Mo's face darkened. "Go back. You are not allowed to break the seal without permission in the future."
"Yes, City Lord."
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(Nine-Headed Bird Academy)
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