Is this… the divine beast White Tiger?
No… that’s not right! There’s no pure divine beast aura. Is it a demonic beast?
The woman’s pupils contracted. She struck the White Tiger’s jaw with a backhand punch, using the momentum to retreat a few steps. Her expression was calm, but her fingers felt slightly numb, revealing the hardness of the beast’s teeth!
When did the Fanyin family acquire such terrifying creatures?
At this moment, one person and two beasts faced each other, the atmosphere exceptionally solemn!
Inside the house, Jin Bao’er, after regaining her senses, quickly returned to normal. Realizing the other party had no malicious intent, and was merely instinctively resisting divine sense probes, she quickly walked out of the room!
“Jinhuang, Tianshu! Come back!”
Hearing the voice, the two small… oh no! Two big ones simultaneously turned their heads to look at the white-robed woman standing at the door. Their rage then slightly subsided!
The phoenix ignored everything else, shrunk rapidly, and landed. The miniature phoenix perched on the white-robed woman’s shoulder, looking at her with concern. Only after confirming she was fine did it breathe a sigh of relief!
The White Tiger was also the same. It quickly transformed into a small white cat and nestled into the woman’s embrace. It sniffed her, seemingly detecting nothing unusual.
Seeing this, Jin Bao’er’s heart warmed, and she smiled.
“Don’t worry, I just felt a little dizzy!”
Ultimately, she had been too impulsive. She hadn’t expected the other party’s strength to be so much greater than hers…
Thinking this, she looked at the calm woman not far away. At first glance, she felt a sense of familiarity… this demeanor and expression! They were so similar to hers!
The other woman’s eyes lingered on the little phoenix for a few seconds before turning to Jin Bao’er, her brow furrowing!
“Who are you?”
Before Jin Bao’er could speak, others from the Fanyin family, including the family head and Gong Jue Mianyin, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, arrived!
“What happened?”
After speaking, the Fanyin family head noticed the indifferent woman beside them and was stunned!
“Yingxue?!”
Fanyin Yingxue! Once the most talented young generation of the Fanyin family! A former hot candidate for family head… though now she was a woman nearing seven hundred years old! After the incident over six hundred years ago, her temperament changed drastically! She rarely appeared in front of outsiders.
Thinking this, the Fanyin family head’s gaze darkened. Why had she suddenly come out?
Gong Jue Mianyin was also quite surprised and perplexed by this person’s appearance.
Fanyin Yingxue turned to look at the Fanyin family head, her expression as cold as if she were looking at a stranger, her tone quite calm.
“Is ‘Yingxue’ how you address me?”
These few words caused the Fanyin family head’s face to turn pale and then flushed! He couldn’t help but say,
“Is this how you speak to your elder brother?”
However, Fanyin Yingxue didn’t even give him an extra glance! This made the Fanyin family head’s face darken even further!
She turned to look at Gong Jue Mianyin! A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
“From the Gong Jue family? Your strength is not bad!”
Indeed! Gong Jue Mianyin, as one of the most outstanding disciples of the new generation, was at the first stage of the Heavenly Dao Saint realm at just seventy years old! He was number one on the Divine Rankings! Famous throughout the Upper Realm!
Facing the compliment, Gong Jue Mianyin smiled slightly, appearing gentle and polite.
“Thank you, Auntie, for your praise! I just don’t know why you are here?”
As for Fanyin Yingxue’s rudeness, no one in the Fanyin family dared to say a word! Didn’t they see that even the family head dared not speak!
Jin Bao’er’s eyes lit up from the beginning. Fanyin Yingxue? Wasn’t this exactly why she had come here!
As expected, Fanyin Yingxue turned her head upon hearing this and looked at the phoenix on Jin Bao’er’s shoulder…
One must know that the phoenixes, like dragons, are not limited to one color. Golden-red phoenixes are not common! She had only seen one in her life! That was the contracted divine beast of that person!!
“Where did this phoenix come from?”
Jin Bao’er instantly understood!
Jinhuang’s mother was the contracted divine beast of that senior. The appearance and aura of the two phoenixes were quite similar. Fanyin Yingxue must have sensed this aura and suddenly appeared!
With this thought, it became clear! However, with so many people around, it wasn’t a good place to talk, so she calmly said,
“I came precisely for this matter. Since Senior also has questions, shall we find a place to speak privately?”
She was actually very grateful to that senior! If not for the immortal mansion he left behind, she wouldn’t have met Long Lixing, let alone contracted Jinhuang! And all the subsequent opportunities!
Now that she knew that senior’s whereabouts were unknown, and Jinhuang’s mother was also missing, as a beneficiary and companion, she had the obligation to find the truth!
Upon hearing this, everyone finally realized that the chicken-sized creature on Jin Bao’er’s shoulder did indeed look like a phoenix! A faint, scorching aura of the phoenix tribe and the pressure of a divine beast could still be felt in the air.
The Fanyin family head’s expression changed! He instinctively refused!
“You can say whatever you need to say here. We are all Yingxue’s family, and there’s nothing to hide! And I see that Immortal Fairy appears to be only in her thirties, and you shouldn’t know my younger sister, should you? If that’s the case, what else…” can be said?
Before he could finish speaking, a cold, sharp gaze was cast over, a killing intent flashing in an instant, making the Fanyin family head stiffen!
Fanyin Yingxue turned and led the way, leaving a group of people in silence, their expressions varied, clearly not daring to offend her.
Jin Bao’er decisively followed, sensing that something must have happened in the Fanyin family over six hundred years ago! It might even be related to the disappearance of that senior!
Gong Jue Mianyin watched the backs of the two as they left, something flashing in his eyes. He knew that Jin Bao’er agreed to go with a reason, and now it seemed… it should be Fanyin Yingxue! And that golden-red phoenix, he seemed to have heard of it somewhere.
The two traveled to the center of another courtyard. Beneath a three-story pavilion was a quiet pavilion…
“Speak, what is your purpose!”
Fanyin Yingxue turned back, her cold eyes fixed on Jin Bao’er, as if she would show no mercy if Jin Bao’er harbored any ill intentions!
Seeing this, Jin Bao’er did not delay and went straight to the point!
“To be honest, I recently ascended from the Lower Realm. Years ago, I was fortunate enough to obtain an immortal mansion, where Jinhuang was contracted. I came to the Upper Realm this time to find Jinhuang’s mother! And that senior who ascended seven hundred years ago, he had a phoenix with him…”
She didn’t need to say the rest. Fanyin Yingxue already understood! Upon hearing that she had ascended from the Lower Realm, her eyes showed more complexity and surprise!
Those who could ascend in the cultivation world were almost all cultivators with good talent and destiny. Sometimes, there might not be even one in a few hundred years. For example, the one before Jin Bao’er was seven hundred years ago! This showed that Jin Bao’er herself was quite outstanding.
Thinking this, she lowered her eyes and smiled with a hint of sarcasm.
“You want to know where he is? Hah! If I knew, I wouldn’t be waiting here for hundreds of years!”