booktalesy Chapter 106 Phoenix God
Chapter 106 Phoenix God
Chapter 106 Phoenix God
After Aya finished showering, she saw Yunhua sitting on the sofa with his back to the bathroom, meditating. His pet beast, Xiaoti, was lying on the floor. When Aya came out, Xiaoti looked up at her and then retreated back to its original spot.
Aya grinned mischievously and slowly approached Yunhua, wearing only a bath towel.
When Aya was only a few steps away from Yunhua, she pounced and hugged Yunhua tightly.
Feeling the soft touch from behind, Yunhua immediately snapped out of her meditative state.
Seeing Yunhua's blushing and somewhat flustered expression, Aya couldn't help but laugh and said to Yunhua, "I didn't expect Junior Brother to be such a naive child. He'll get used to these things after experiencing them more often."
After teasing Yunhua for a while, Aya reluctantly left and began to talk about some serious matters.
"This place is something else!"
Seeing Aya's serious expression, Yunhua quickly recovered from his earlier mood. He knew Aya must have a purpose in coming here, so he asked, "What did you find out, Senior Sister?"
Aya thought for a moment and decided to start from the beginning.
"I told you before that I never accept commissions from within China, right?"
"That's right." Yunhua nodded, then hesitated, "Is this an exception?"
"No, not at all. I just wanted to say that although I don't accept commissions from within China, it doesn't mean I don't pay attention to these kinds of commissions. In fact, I often do."
Just recently, I discovered another similar request in China, and the location is right here.
"Someone hired an assassin to assassinate someone here? Who?"
Aya shook her head and said, "I don't know either. The commission didn't specify a particular target, and it required a face-to-face meeting here. The commission specifically requested a shadow magic or curse magician. This isn't unusual; some assassination targets are so important that they go to great lengths to keep it secret."
However, after some time, I learned that all the assassins who had accepted the commission had disappeared; not a single one had returned.
"Kill him to silence him?" That was the first reason Yunhua thought of.
"That's possible." Aya agreed with Yunhua's guess, but then changed the subject.
"This isn't the first time we've encountered this situation. Usually, the Assassin's Guild would send someone to deal with those who violate the rules, in order to maintain the guild's prestige. But this time, the Assassin's Guild hasn't taken any action, which really piques my curiosity!"
"So you wanted to come here and check it out for yourself—you're really brave, aren't you?"
"There's no way around it, the thrill is irresistible. That's why I've stayed in the Assassin's Guild, and now I know the general situation."
"That's amazing!" Yunhua was surprised that her senior sister had investigated the matter so thoroughly in just one day.
After hearing Yunhua's praise, Aya said somewhat shyly, "Actually, most of the time I get my information from an information broker. I've been working with this guy called Gray Snake for many years. His intelligence capabilities have always been excellent, but his prices are too high."
In addition, he has another unique feature: if you travel to the location of the information source you want to buy and record all the conversations between the people you encounter, and then hand them to him, you can get a significant discount.
"Why do you do this?" Yunhua asked, puzzled. "What good will it do him?"
Aya wasn't too clear about this either, but guessed it was probably related to the way Gray Serpent gathered intelligence.
"In short, this is what happened. This city was originally called Fenglai City, but more than a hundred years ago, a bird demon named Nephthys appeared here. After it came here, it did not harm the local humans. On the contrary, it saved the city from destruction many times. Therefore, the locals respectfully called it the Phoenix God, and the city's name was changed to Fenglai City."
"The Phoenix God?" Yunhua murmured, surprised that such a thing had happened in this place.
"Although we don't know the exact strength of this phoenix god, this place has always been guarded by high-level mages, and they have never raised any obvious objections, which shows that the phoenix god's strength should be at least at the monarch level."
"And then?"
"Later, the Phoenix God encountered an extremely powerful demon. After a fierce battle, they perished together, and the people here gradually forgot about it. However, the older generation and those long-established families and organizations all know about it. It is said that even now, the Phoenix God's soul still wanders here, which is why the Assassin's Hall is unwilling to come here."
"Really?"
Aya: "Huh?"
"The soul of the Phoenix God?"
"There should still be something here. The Assassin's Guild wouldn't be so easily frightened by legends, so there must be something left behind by the Phoenix God here, which is why they dare not act rashly."
"What could it be?"
Anything that can make the Assassin's Guild wary is certainly no ordinary thing. If—
Yunhua shook her head vigorously, trying to completely shake off the thought that had just surfaced in her mind.
"That's right!" Yunhua suddenly realized, "What about those missing assassins?"
"I don't know either." Aya shrugged. "I'm not interested in what happened between them. I'm only curious about the Assassin's Guild, and besides, intelligence fees are very expensive!"
Seeing this, Yunhua didn't ask any more questions. However, she remembered that the old monk at the office had mentioned that Fenglai City had been rather unsettled recently, which gave Yunhua a bad feeling.
"Junior brother, would you like to sleep with your senior sister tonight?"
"There are two rooms here. If you're used to sleeping with something in your arms at night, Xiaoti can lend them to you."
After hearing this, Aya pouted and said, "Boring."
Meanwhile, a major change occurred at the open-pit mine. Instead of nightfall, a blue sun appeared above the mine, illuminating the surrounding area.
Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is not a "sun" at all, but rather an endless flock of Azure Flame Birds, whose blue wings are tearing through the darkness!
It's not just dozens or hundreds; a rough estimate would put it at three to five hundred!
"Damn it! Have these Azure Flame Birds gone mad? How come there are more and more of them every day? Where the hell are they coming from?!" Yunhua couldn't help but curse at the black-bearded officer she had met before.
"Sir, stop yelling! They're coming down again!" a soldier beside him reminded him.
Cursing was useless. Seeing the Azure Flame Bird flapping its wings and swooping down from the sky, the black-bearded officer threw off his coat, cursing under his breath while his hands kept moving.
"Wind Disc - Tornado!"
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