23: Chapter 23 I've finally found you

"I have finally found you." A slightly joyful voice drifted over from not far away.

The person who arrived was none other than Saint Master Feng Linglong of the Phoenix Sacred Land. At first glance, her stunning appearance didn't look like that of a middle-aged woman at all; standing beside Feng Xueni, they looked more like sisters.

However, the difference was that one was as passionate as fire, while the other was as cold and elegant as frost.

"She has finally come." Ye Xuan sighed inwardly; it was time for Feng Xueni to go to the Phoenix Sacred Land.

Some people's born destinies cannot be changed. Just like the late Grandpa Zhang, who, because he owed a debt to Feng Xueni's grandfather Wang Zhen during his lifetime, asked Ye Xuan to take Feng Xueni away.

Perhaps he had long known he would die, but Grandpa Zhang did not want to resist this outcome and accepted his fate willingly.

"It really is the Phoenix Divine Body. The heavens truly favor my Phoenix Sacred Land!" Saint Master Feng Linglong extended her delicate hand and carefully sensed it. Then, a look of realization appeared beneath the veil on her face. Her eyes stared fixedly at Feng Xueni, as if she were looking at a peerless treasure.

With such talent, the position of the Heaven's Mandate Supreme of this generation would absolutely belong to their Phoenix Sacred Land.

As for Ye Xuan, who was beside Feng Xueni, Saint Master Feng Linglong could not see anything unusual about him. On the surface, he was just a Thunder Spirit Body, and his talent was merely top-grade; it was not worth mentioning.

Just like that, Ye Xuan was automatically ignored by Saint Master Feng Linglong; after all, such talent was not worth her recruitment.

"Big sister, who are you?"

Feng Xueni finally couldn't bear being stared at any longer. Sensing the powerful aura beside her, she dared not offend the other party, fearing it would bring disaster upon Ye Xuan.

"Little one, do not be afraid. You possess the Phoenix Divine Body and are born to belong to my Phoenix Sacred Land."

Saint Master Feng Linglong gently stated the fact.

The Phoenix Divine Body had already become a taboo in the cultivation world. Whenever it awakened anywhere, the Phoenix Sacred Land would send people to bring them back. Any faction unwilling to hand them over had already been wiped out.

This was an immutable iron rule that had stood for thousands of years.

"Does this big sister want Xueni to go to the Phoenix Sacred Land to cultivate?"

Ye Xuan deliberately said with a puzzled expression.

"What are you to her?" Saint Master Feng Linglong glanced at the stunningly handsome Ye Xuan, her gaze slightly stunned for a moment, but she still asked.

"Big sister, he is my brother."

Feng Xueni suddenly hugged Ye Xuan's arm, her eyes filled with a trace of vigilance.

"Ah? Brother?"

"The brother of a Phoenix Divine Body holder is only an ordinary Thunder Spirit Body?"

Saint Master Feng Linglong's stunning face beneath the veil was slightly dazed, and then she let out a crisp and charming laugh, looking at Ye Xuan thoughtfully.

"Child, come back to the Phoenix Sacred Land with me. From now on, the Sacred Land will be your true home; everything in this secular world is meaningless."

"As for your brother with ordinary aptitude, in the future, you will simply be people from two different worlds." Saint Master Feng Linglong stepped forward, intending to reach out and take Feng Xueni's small hand, planning to take her away directly without any intention of explaining in detail.

"Although what you say is a fact, who can be certain of what the future looks like?"

Hearing this, Ye Xuan's expression darkened. Although the woman before him was extremely beautiful—even the current Feng Xueni was no match for her—her personality was truly too cold and unfeeling.

Just because she is in the Saint Realm, does that mean she can act recklessly?

If this woman had explained things properly today, Ye Xuan might have let her take Feng Xueni. After all, the resources of the Sacred Land were indeed vast, enough to give this silly girl, Xueni, a boundless future.

She wanted to take away the child entrusted to him by the old man on his deathbed, yet she hadn't given a single promise. Ye Xuan would absolutely not agree to this.

Even if this woman was in the Saint Realm, Ye Xuan had the confidence that in the future, he would have enough time to surpass her!

"Interesting. Little brat, this is the first time I have seen a kid who is only in the True Profound Realm dare to speak to me in such a tone."

The passionate Saint Master Feng Linglong sneered again, but there was no murderous intent in her voice. She simply locked onto Ye Xuan with an aura of pressure: "Let me see if you can bear the weight of those words!"

In an instant, that force, like an earth-shattering gravity, pressed Ye Xuan down so he couldn't straighten his back. Even so, it was impossible to make him bow his head. Resisting this earth-shattering gravity, he said coldly: "Senior, you are the master of the Sacred Land, yet you want to take my sister away based on a single word."

"If we part ways today, I do not know when we will meet again. By not leaving the junior and his sister time to say goodbye, is Senior not being too excessive?"

The Thunder Spirit Mystic Power seed inside his body suddenly surged in momentum. A flash of purple-white lightning emerged around Ye Xuan, instantly dispersing the gravity.

"Good lad, but relying merely on your looks is not enough to gain a foothold in the Shenxuan Continent!"

In an instant, Saint Master Feng Linglong's pretty face was slightly dazed, as if she had seen someone from the past. The aura around her dissipated in an instant, and she chuckled: "However, you are right. I should indeed give you siblings some time."

The beautiful woman looked at Feng Xueni, then at Ye Xuan, and could not help but think of that scene from a thousand years ago.

"Kid, I advise you to cultivate well. Although your talent is average, in this world, there is no such thing as a set future that cannot be rewritten; everything is possible."

"Hmph, hateful woman. Isn't she just relying on her powerful strength to scare me? I would like to see what your future destiny is actually like!"

Ye Xuan hated her to the point of his teeth aching. Seeing the moment Saint Master Feng Linglong turned around, he scanned above her head.

Destiny is as follows:

[Name: Saint Master Feng Linglong]

[Realm: Saint Profound Realm, 3rd Layer, Late Stage]

[Constitution: Exquisite Divine Body (Semi-awakened)]

[Luck: Peerless Elegance (Gold), Innate Charm Body (Purple), Top-tier Cauldron (Purple), Femme Fatale (Black), Teacher of the Empress (Purple)]

[Destiny: "Phoenix Empress" (Supporting Character), "Emperor Rebirth" (Supporting Character)]

[Affection: 60]

[Life Destiny: Since childhood, she was brought back to the Sacred Land by the previous Saint Master of the Phoenix Sacred Land, showing astonishing aptitude from a young age.]

[At ten years old, she broke through to the True Profound Realm; at thirteen, she broke through to the Spirit Profound Realm; at seventeen, she broke through to the Earth Profound Realm.]

[At nineteen, she topped the Heaven's Pride Ranking; at twenty-five, she entered the Heaven Profound Realm; at forty, she broke through to the King Profound Realm; at fifty, she broke through to the Huangxuan Realm; at sixty, she encountered a great opportunity and obtained a Phoenix Source Blood. After refining it, she reached the Saint Profound Realm, becoming famous throughout the Shenxuan Continent. At sixty-five, she assumed the position of Saint Master of the Phoenix Sacred Land.]

[Recent Destiny: She will step into an ancient battlefield to search for supreme treasures. In order to seek the supreme treasure needed for the Great Emperor Realm, she will obtain the supreme treasure, Phoenix Divine Source Blood, and her cultivation will break through to the 8th Layer of the Saint Profound Realm.]

[However, she will be hunted by Nangong Wudao, the Saint Realm ancestor of the Nangong Family in the Northern Profound Region, who covets her peerless beauty. Afterward, Nangong Wudao will force her into the Nangong Forbidden Land and cast an unparalleled forbidden technique, wanting to take her as a female slave. In order to prevent him from succeeding, Saint Master Feng Linglong will choose death over submission and finally detonate her own Mystic Power, thus perishing.]

[The fall of Saint Master Feng Linglong of the Phoenix Sacred Land will provoke the fury of the Phoenix Sacred Land's ancestor, Feng Lingtian, who will leave the ancestral grounds, take the Emperor Weapon Phoenix Sword, and engage in a bloody battle with the Nangong Family. After this battle, the Nangong Family will be severely damaged, but the Phoenix Sacred Land will henceforth suffer from a lack of successors and decline.]

"This woman is truly formidable!"

Ye Xuan clicked his tongue and sighed inwardly: "Using an unawakened Divine Body, she actually reached the fourth realm of humanity, the Heaven Profound Realm, by age twenty-five. Her final realm was also just a step away from the Emperor Realm."

Such talent is not the least bit inferior, even compared to those protagonists.

It's a pity that in the end, a black luck ruined everything.