Chapter 697: In Front of Phoenix City

A mysterious light flashed, and Yun Che was teleported to the first floor of the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce.

As the lowest "level" floor of the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce, the atmosphere here was not as rich and spiritual as the seventh floor. Yun Che looked forward, and saw a simple and elegant independent room. The layout should be an ordinary reception room. He did not have time to see the whole picture here, and his eyes were fixed there.

Beside the dark red wooden table, a middle-aged man with a gentle face slowly stood up and smiled at him: "Che'er, you're here."

Yun Che opened his mouth, and a sharp sourness came from his nose. He quickly stepped forward and bowed heavily: "Uncle Xia..." He paused and immediately changed his words: "Father-in-law, I finally see you again."

"Hehe, get up." Xia Hongyi stretched out his hand and helped Yun Che up. He looked at him gently and nodded happily: "In a blink of an eye, it has been more than six years, and you have grown up. Although your appearance has not changed much, when you and Qingyue got married, you were only up to my forehead. Now, you are already half a head taller than me."

Indeed, he had never seen Xia Hongyi since he was forced to leave Xiaomen that year. When he returned to Floating Cloud City, he wanted to visit Xia Hongyi first, but he learned that he had left home and was nowhere to be found. Three years ago, he came to Shenhuang City and accidentally learned that he was in the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce, but he felt guilty for not meeting him... Now that they meet again, more than six years have passed.

Yun Che did not feel any negative emotions such as dimness and silence from Xia Hongyi, but a kind of peaceful leisure and elegance, which also made him feel better. He smiled and said: "If you want to talk about growing up, Yuanba is the one who has really 'grown up'. If my father-in-law sees Yuanba now, he may not recognize him."

"Oh? So, you have seen Yuanba?" Xia Hongyi smiled more gently, but his eyes showed deep concern.

"Yes." Yun Che nodded heavily. The Black Moon Chamber of Commerce was the most well-informed. He believed that Xia Hongyi already knew a lot of things: "Yuan Ba ​​is really amazing now. He is now guarding the last line of defense of our Cang Feng Nation, carrying the heaviest and greatest mission of our Cang Feng Nation on his shoulders... With him, even if the Divine Phoenix Nation has thousands of troops, it will not be able to invade the Imperial City!"

"Good... Really good." Xia Hongyi nodded gently, and his still peaceful smile revealed deep pride and satisfaction.

"When our Cang Feng escapes the disaster and recovers, you and your son can be reunited... And this day will definitely not be far away."

"Yuan Ba..." Xia Hongyi said softly, followed by a sigh, with too many complex emotions that no one could not understand. No one would have thought... including his father, that Xia Yuanba, whose talent could only be called mediocre in Floating Cloud City and could only be a laughing stock in Blue Wind Profound Palace, would rise at a mythical speed in just a few years. Now, he has stood at the top of Tianxuan, which shocked the four major holy places.

Compared with the shock and disbelief of others, Xia Hongyi's feelings about Xia Yuanba's changes are much more complicated.

The two sat opposite each other and talked freely. Yun Che has always respected Xia Hongyi very much. Because during those years in Floating Cloud City, he only had two people as elders... one was his grandfather Xiao Lie, and the other was Xia Hongyi. Because apart from his relatives, Xia Hongyi was the only elder who really cared about him, a "useless person", and was always gentle to him. He never mentioned a word to refuse his genius daughter to marry a "useless person" like him, and even most of the wedding matters were handled by him personally.

Having experienced the grievances, life and death of two lives, he knows better than anyone how precious the real warmth is when one is at the most desperate and surrounded by others' cold eyes and ridicule.

Xia Qingyue entered the Ice Cloud Immortal Palace, and Xia Yuanba's whereabouts were unknown... The blow to Xia Hongyi was too heavy. In order to find the whereabouts of Xia Yuanba, he abandoned his ancestral business, left Floating Cloud City, and entered the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce with the opportunity left by his ancestors, and even entered the headquarters by chance.

In the years at the Black Moon Headquarters, he did the same things every day, met different people, and inquired about his children and Yun Che every few days, which gradually made his mood become more and more peaceful.

"Father-in-law, there is a question that I want to know the answer to. But as a junior, perhaps I shouldn't ask..." Facing Xia Hongyi, Yun Che wanted to ask the doubts that had been entrenched in his heart for a long time, but even though he had decided to ask, he was still tangled and hesitant... After all, it might very likely touch Xia Hongyi's most sensitive nerve.

"Are you asking about... Yuanba and Qingyue's mother?" Xia Hongyi looked at him and said slowly.

"..." Yun Che was surprised.

"Haha, anyone would be surprised." Xia Hongyi smiled faintly, and then a layer of melancholy appeared on his face: "Yuanba and Qingyue were obviously born in a merchant family. Our Xia family has been a merchant for generations. I, my late father, and my grandfather are all like this. I only practice the profound way occasionally and have no interest in it. However, Qingyue has a very high talent for the profound way since she was a child, and Yuanba... has shown a talent far beyond that of ordinary people in recent years."

Yun Che was silent for a short time and nodded gently: "Because I know more about the inside story, I have more doubts than others."

"I already know that Yuanba has a special power called 'Bahuang Divine Vein'. I don't know what the 'Bahuang Divine Vein' is, but I know that the Holy Emperor of the Huangji Holy Land, the first person in the Xuan Dao of Tianxuan Continent, favors Yuanba because of this. After it was exposed three years ago, the other three holy lands were also shocked. Even in the past three years, many people came to visit me openly or secretly. After finding out my origins and my profound power, they all returned disappointed, hehe..."

Xia Hongyi shook his head slightly and smiled faintly. His expression was not helpless, but a kind of self-mockery that others could not understand.

Xia Hongyi's many reactions all showed that he was not too surprised or unable to accept the heaven-defying talents displayed by his son Xia Yuanba and daughter Xia Qingyue respectively, but more melancholy. Yun Che said, "I just asked this question out of curiosity. It has nothing to do with what my father-in-law doesn't want to say..."

"It was a cold winter twenty-five years ago." Yun Che's voice had not yet fallen when Xia Hongyi's voice rang out. He looked up at the blue ceiling, his eyes becoming vague and hazy: "I completed a big business deal outside. It was getting dark on the way back, and there was a sudden heavy snowfall. The cold was unbearable. In order to return to Floating Cloud City before dark, I took a shortcut and crossed a mountainous area where dangerous profound beasts often appeared. Halfway through the journey, I suddenly stopped. The servant reported to me... I found a person unconscious in the snow ahead."

"It was a young woman about my age, dressed in white, but mostly stained with Blood. Although I was only in my twenties at that time, I was born in a merchant family and was taught by my family since I was a child. I knew that as a businessman, I must not get involved in the grievances of the mysterious. Saving such a person of unknown origin, who was obviously being hunted by enemies, was a great taboo for a businessman. However, the woman was not only extremely beautiful, but also had an indescribable special temperament. She was unconscious in the snow, her breath was weak, but she was so weak that people could not control the desire to protect her... In the end, I rescued her and brought her back to Liuyun City... Although I knew very well at that time that this behavior might bring great harm to myself. "

"..." Yun Che listened quietly. He knew that the woman rescued by Xia Hongyi must be the mother of Xia Yuanba and Xia Qingyue.

They met in this way.

So, what is her identity?

"After I brought her home, she didn't wake up for a long time, and her vitality was getting weaker and weaker. So I looked for famous doctors everywhere, and even sent people to Xinyue City for doctors many times, but they all said that she was 'out of life and there was no way to save her'. After seven days, I had given up, but she woke up faintly... After waking up, she was not only extremely weak, but also had lost all her memories."

"Lost all her memories?" Yun Che frowned fiercely.

"That's right. She didn't know why she was injured, where she came from, or even who she was. Maybe it was because of the head injury that caused her amnesia. After that, she stayed in the Xia family. Because she was always weak, she almost never left the house, and I took care of her personally. In order to make her better, once I found a place with the best Lingzhi and snow ginseng, I would buy it at any price... But the strange thing is that no matter how she nourished herself, she was always weak. She would be out of breath after walking a dozen steps, but fortunately, she never had any other symptoms."

All kinds of nourishment...even a lot of nourishment, but still weak? At the same time, there is no sign of weakness and inability to be supplemented?

Yun Che frowned, and a trace of confusion flashed across his face.

"Because I met her in the cold winter and snow, I named her Dongxue, which just happened to correspond to 'Summer and Winter'. I spent every day with her and fell in love with her. Although I still didn't know who she was or where she came from, I still couldn't control my emotions and married her two years later. Not long after, she became pregnant. Because her physique was too weak, the doctors advised her to give up the fetus, otherwise it would be extremely dangerous to give birth. I also advised her the same, but she insisted on giving birth... Only seven months later, she suddenly gave birth prematurely and gave birth to Qingyue."

"Perhaps because of the premature birth, and then In addition, her mother was too weak, so Qingyue didn't cry or move when she was born, and her whole body was cold. The midwives and doctors all said that she was dead. Fortunately, your father Xiao Ying came and realized that Qingyue still had a chance of life, so he transferred all his profound power to Qingyue to protect her heart and save her last chance of life. It was also under Xiao Ying's full rescue that Qingyue miraculously recovered an hour later and cried..."

"..." Yun Che was deeply touched. He had heard Xiao Lie talk about this when he was very young, and almost everyone in Liuyun City knew about it. It was also because Xiao Ying saved Xia Qingyue's life that Xia Hongyi, with endless gratitude, proposed to marry Xia Qingyue to Xiao Ying's son on the spot to repay his life-saving grace.

Xia Hongyi closed his eyes slightly and continued, "I thought Qingyue had suffered this disaster since she was born, and her body would definitely be weak and sickly, but surprisingly, Qingyue has been healthy since she was a child, grew up safely, and is extremely intelligent, and her mind is far more mature than her peers. Her mother's health also improved rapidly after giving birth to her. Within a month, she was no different from an ordinary person, and no longer looked weak. A year later, she gave birth to Yuanba for me..."

At this point, Xia Hongyi's voice paused. He still looked up at the sky, his eyes were completely blurred, and his hands were trembling faintly. Hand in hand with the one he loves, he has both children, his wife has recovered from illness, his children are healthy, and he still maintains a rich family fortune... In the eyes of everyone, especially Xia Hongyi's own eyes, he already has the most perfect life. Life.

Xia Hongyi was silent for a long time, seeming to be immersed in the infinitely beautiful joy and satisfaction of that time. After a long time, Yun Che finally broke the silence: "Then...what happened next? Grandpa said that Yuanba and Qingyue's mother died of illness...is it true?"

He had never doubted this before, and had no reason to doubt it.

But at this moment, he had no reason not to doubt it.

"When Qingyue was four years old and Yuanba was three years old, she... left." Xia Hongyi said in a dreamy voice.

"Leave...?" These two words can have many meanings.

"She flew away... flew away like a fairy."

Yun Che: "!?"

"On that day, she suddenly recovered the memory that had been dormant for many years, and also regained the strength that had been dormant for many years... She did not stay for one more day, or even for one more hour... She just left... Although she was crying , but she left extremely resolutely... She said that when she recovered her strength, her aura had already been discovered... If she didn't leave, she would bring a huge disaster to me and her children... When she left He also said... we will never see each other again in this life... and we should never look for her... just treat her as..."

Xia Hongyi's voice was very painful. Even though nearly twenty years had passed, Xia Hongyi's reaction proved that he still had not forgotten or let go. He has a huge family fortune and is the richest man in Liuyun City, but he has never married again in these years, not even taking a concubine. It is conceivable that the woman he named "Dongxue" holds a lot of weight and irreplaceable status in his heart.

"Then... did she... ever mention... or vaguely mention... where she went?" Yun Che asked tentatively in a small voice, thinking about how he should comfort Xia Hongyi at this time.

Xia Hongyi did not shake his head. He let out a slight breath, and in a voice as vague as mist, he said the four words that had always been engraved in his heart, but no message or trace had been found in more than ten years...

"The Realm of the Gods."

"!!" Yun Che was suddenly stunned and did not come back to his senses for a long time.

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When Yun Che walked out of the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce, the time was approaching noon.

He looked at the bright sky and sighed heavily: "I really didn't expect that Qingyue and Yuanba's biological mother... would be so bizarre and complicated. No wonder they have such a terrifying talent, an Overlord Divine Vein, A heart of ice and snow and an exquisite body of Nine Mysteries… Their mother actually came from such a place.”

"The first time I heard the name 'Realm of the Gods' was from the Dragon God. This time, I actually heard it from Uncle Xia." Yun Che exhaled a long breath, unable to calm down the turmoil in his heart.

"A woman who can give birth to a daughter with the overlord's divine veins and a heart of ice and snow will definitely have a high status even in the world of gods." Jasmine said calmly.

"No woman would really want to say goodbye to her husband and children forever... She must have great difficulties." Yun Che said to himself: "If one day, I can go to that place called 'Gods If it's a place like the Boundary, maybe we can try to find her traces... even for Yuanba and Qingyue."

Feeling the fluctuations in Yun Che's soul when he was talking to himself, Jasmine in the Sky Poison Pearl moved her delicate eyebrows slightly, and suddenly said: "Do you really have plans to go to the Realm of the Gods?"

"Of course." Yun Che nodded directly: "After all, I personally promised the Dragon God back then to work hard enough to find and reach the place called the Realm of the Gods. I can have such a powerful body, blood, and soul now, It’s all given at the cost of destroying myself. Naturally, I have to do what I promise, but it’s only with all my strength... If I can’t reach that state in my life, there’s nothing I can do.”

"I suggest you persuade yourself to give up this somewhat stupid idea." Jasmine said coldly.

"Huh? Why? You don't want me to go there?" Yun Che was slightly stunned.

"Hmph, now is not the time for you to think about these things." Jasmine changed the subject forcefully: "You should think more about the relationship between the Black Moon Merchant Guild and the Supreme Sea Palace now."

"You don't have to think about this." Yun Che turned around and glanced at the dark waning moon towering in the sky: "Behind the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce is the Supreme Sea Palace...or, the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce is originally from the Supreme Sea Palace. The other half.”

"The other three holy places have their own huge resource chains and resource areas, but the Supreme Sea Palace is located on the sea surrounded by water, but its status in the four holy places has never declined, even surpassing the Sun Moon Palace and the The Mighty Heavenly Sword Territory is second only to the Supreme Saint Territory. How could it be possible without the huge resource supply in the mainland, and this huge resource chain is naturally the Black Moon Chamber of Commerce."

"Zi Ji should have guessed that I would think of the relationship between Black Moon Chamber of Commerce and Supreme Ocean Palace based on what he said. However, this should not be a secret at the level of the Holy Land. It is Zi Ji who forcibly bought ten Overlord Pills from me, which really tricked the other three Holy Lands." Yun Che stretched out his hand and nodded his chin: "In this way, his Supreme Ocean Palace will take ten pills alone, and the other three Holy Lands will grab twenty pills... No! The Supreme Ocean Palace will definitely come to grab these twenty pills, otherwise it will make the other three Holy Lands suspicious. In this way, one family has five pills, and the Supreme Ocean Palace has fifteen pills alone..."

"Well, and then my Ice Cloud Immortal Palace has three thousand pills!"

"That's how it is in the Holy Land, hahahaha!" Thinking of this, Yun Che was in a good mood and strode to the west... directly in the direction of Phoenix Divine Sect.

"Hmph, you used the Sky Poison Pearl, a mysterious treasure, to refine something and look down on a group of forces from a lower plane. It's simply blasphemy! You are actually proud of it!" Jasmine snorted coldly, extremely disdainful.

"Next, how should I collect the debt..." Yun Che looked in the direction of the Phoenix Divine Sect, and his voice suddenly became gloomy.

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Phoenix City is located in the southwest of Shenhuang City. It belongs to Shenhuang City and exists alone. It is a special city within a city. Phoenix City, like the Shenhuang Palace, is the core station of the Phoenix Divine Sect. The difference is that one is the core of power and the other is the core of power. Both of them have unparalleled prestige and deterrence in the Shenhuang Empire and even the Seven Profound Sky Kingdoms.

Approaching Phoenix City, a palpitating sense of oppression and obviously scorching air came towards him.

This is the second time Yun Che has come here, but compared to three years ago, both his purpose and mood have changed dramatically. Looking at the phoenix sculpture on the city gate, which was holding its head high and spreading its wings, releasing a blazing glow, he no longer had the amazement and faint awe he had three years ago. What flashed through his mind was the scarred land of Cangfeng Country, the dilapidated city, the displaced people, the battlefield full of corpses... Cang Wanhe's tablet... Cang Yue's tears... The shouts of the Cangfeng warriors... Sikong Du's angry and desperate roar...

The anger and hatred ignited in his chest and burned violently... He could not forget the purpose and mission of coming here, and he could not forget the bloody 50 million... and the hatred of the country's destruction that almost came.

"Who are you! This is Phoenix City, not a place for mortals like you, get out of here!"

In front of the gate of Phoenix City, the Phoenix disciples guarding took a few steps forward and shouted at Yun Che in an arrogant tone. He did not sense the Phoenix aura from Yun Che, and the citizens of Shenhuang City who did not have the Phoenix aura were just inferiors in the eyes of the lowest-ranking Phoenix disciples, and naturally had no qualifications to enter Phoenix City.

“Hmm? Why does this person look a little familiar?” The guard disciple on the right curled his lips and said.

Yun Che narrowed his eyes slightly, and said gently with an indifferent expression: “Go and tell your sect master Feng Hengkong that Yun Che is here to visit.”

He spoke very slowly, but every word was filled with boiling murderous intent.