Chapter 3: Seven-Colored Rosy Light Transforms into a Phoenix

Lu Xun classmate, are you going back to school?

Yeah, going back to school.

A luxury car worth ten million carried Lu Xun toward Rong Cheng No. 1 Middle School.

Rong Cheng No. 1 Middle School is a martial school for cultivation; Lu Xun is 19 this year and will graduate in a month.

At this pace, in a little over an hour, Murong Wan will be able to activate the Linglong Treasure Body.

In the back seat of the luxury car, Lu Xun monitored Murong Wan's condition via the system.

Every minute or so, the activation progress of the Linglong Treasure Body increases by 1%.

Master, please go to the Martyrs' Cemetery in the Northern City District.

Huh? Okay, Lu Xun classmate.

Halfway there, Lu Xun suddenly changed his destination.

The car changed direction and headed north.

Lu Xun classmate, we've arrived; do you need me to wait for you?

Thanks, Master; no need to wait, you can go back.

An hour later, they arrived at the Martyrs' Cemetery.

After passing a fairly strict inspection, Lu Xun stepped inside.

The Martyrs' Cemetery is vast, with tombstones one after another, the edge unseen at a glance.

The space inside has been expanded; in reality it doesn't take up much land.

Several minutes later, Lu Xun arrived before a joint burial tomb.

Looking at the black-and-white photo on the tombstone, Lu Xun stared blankly.

In the photo, his parents held hands, leaning close, smiling brightly.

These are his biological parents.

They died in battle during a great catastrophe.

Lu Xun sat down on his buttocks before their tombstone, waiting patiently.

Murong Wan's activation progress reached 80%.

Time passed minute by minute.

Lu Xun remained silent; the things he should have said, he had already said countless times before.

How long has she been like this?

It's already been over an hour, Grandfather.

You Chu family people are just unreliable; taking this long to notify me—quickly tell me what exactly happened!

A roar sounded outside Murong Wan's villa.

Chu Youqing almost cried.

Over an hour passed, and Murong Wan still stood there motionless.

Chu Youqing tried to push her, but was bounced back by a force, nearly getting injured.

After such a long time with no movement, Chu Youqing worried something had happened, so she notified Murong Wan's father—her maternal grandfather, Murong Zhan.

A fourth-realm master.

In the High Martial Era, martial arts, Daoism, and magic proceed side by side; different systems have different realm divisions. For convenience in comparing strength, a unified numeric notation is used.

For example, the first realm of martial arts is Opening Meridians; this realm is the same in both martial arts and Daoism.

The second realm is the Sea of Qi Realm, equivalent to the Daoist Gathering Qi Realm.

The third realm is the Penetrating Aperture Realm, equivalent to the Daoist Condensing Yuan Realm.

Before Opening Meridians, there is actually much to do, such as body tempering, which counts as part of Opening Meridians.

What? Borrow a son? That's utter nonsense—where is that brat? I'll wring his neck!

After learning the truth, Murong Zhan flew into a rage like thunder.

His vigorous blood and qi made the surrounding trees tremble.

Ah-choo~

In the cemetery, Lu Xun sneezed.

Is someone thinking of me?

Lu Xun thought, not without a bit of self-admiration.

Grandfather, it's not his fault, nor the aunt's; it was my idea to suggest to the aunt.

Although Chu Youqing feared her maternal grandfather, she still took responsibility.

Huh?

Murong Zhan's eyes flashed like lightning, making Chu Youqing's heart pound.

Grandfather, you don't know, the great-uncle and his lot are colluding with the Wang family...

Tian'er, how did you come here?

Chu Youqing had barely spoken when Murong Zhan's loud voice cut her off.

Uncle, I just happened to be passing by, heard that Sister Wan'er had an accident, so I came to check.

A figure appeared at the gate.

Chu Youqing looked and saw that it was indeed the great-uncle she had just mentioned, Murong Tian.

He is the son of Murong Zhan's younger brother.

You came so fast? Sure enough, a night owl tailing you—definitely not holding back a fart!

Chu Youqing softly snorted, pursed her lips, and hid behind her grandfather.

She certainly didn't want to greet the other party.

Soon,

In front of the villa, a crowd came bustling in.

The Murong family is prosperous; Murong Wan has many brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces.

Moreover, Murong Zhan also has two brothers and several sisters; the whole family is extraordinarily large.

"What are you all doing here? Get back, Xiao Wan isn't seriously ill."

Seeing so many people arrive at once, Murong Zhan gave Chu Youqing a warning glance, then roared at the many descendants.

This was to tell Chu Youqing not to reveal the matter of borrowing a child.

Otherwise, if the matter accidentally gets out, Murong Wan's reputation will be ruined.

The renowned top beauty of Rong Cheng, his daughter Murong Zhan, a fourth-realm master, actually went looking for someone to borrow a child!

Borrowing a child was bad enough, but he also ended up exposing his own problem.

The face of his Murong family would have to be thrown away onto the ancient Starry Sky Road.

In the sky, a streak of flowing light rapidly approached.

That was an Immortal Cultivator flying on a sword.

"Aunt He has arrived!"

Murong Zhan let out a sigh of relief.

The visitor was Aunt He; when she opened her Meridians, she unlocked a Heaven Earth Meridian—the Spirit Pivot Salvation Meridian.

This is a medical Meridian.

This makes Aunt He's medical skill exceptionally high; she can heal both martial cultivators and Immortal Cultivators, so even though Rong Cheng normally forbids flight, Aunt He is not restricted.

"Huh?"

Just as Aunt He was about to place her hand on Murong Wan's wrist, she sensed a recoiling force.

Even with her strength, she could not use spiritual power to examine Murong Wan's body.

This made Aunt He feel astonished.

She is a Third Realm Immortal Cultivator.

Murong Wan is just an ordinary person!

Aunt He did not give up; she formed a hand seal and wiped it across her own eyes.

She activated a special ability granted by the Spirit Pivot Salvation Meridian.

Spirit Pivot Eye!

It can see through a person's Meridians and precisely diagnose the cause of illness.

"Ah..."

Upon looking, Aunt He felt her eyes suffer intense burning.

It was like an ordinary person forcing themselves to stare at the sun.

"Aunt He, what's wrong?"

"Little Wan must have encountered some astonishing fortune!"

Aunt He exclaimed in shock.

She saw a hint of the Bright Hall.

"She's twenty-five and still hasn't opened her Meridians—what kind of fortune could she have?"

Murong Zhan didn't believe it.

Perhaps it was to refute his words.

The next second,

Murong Wan suddenly opened her eyes.

Her body began to glow.

An invisible ripple spread from her body.

"This is..."

Aunt He sensed something extraordinary, her breathing gradually becoming stagnant.

"Look up at the sky."

Someone pointed toward the sky.

Everyone looked up and saw that the sky had somehow been filled with seven-colored rosy light.

"Vast rosy light, and it's seven-colored... this is a heavenly omen!"

Murong Zhan took a deep breath.

An omen!

Heavenly omens are not common; they are usually caused when a powerful expert breaks through a major realm.

When an unparalleled genius opens their Meridians and unlocks some extremely rare Heaven Earth Meridians, it likewise triggers an omen.

For example, there once was a heaven‑chosen prodigy who opened the Burning Heaven Martial Meridian, causing an omen of ten‑thousand‑zhang red clouds like blazing fire.

Also, a monster‑level talent opened the Nine Heavens Thunder Meridian, summoning heavenly thunder that danced like dragons.

In this era where talents constantly emerge, a myriad‑zhang rosy light is actually not a major omen.

The problem is, these rosy lights are seven‑colored.

That makes it extraordinary.

"Grandfather, it's not just ten‑thousand zhang; the whole of Rong Cheng is covered in the rosy light!"

"Such a vast area—Heavens, could it be that an unparalleled powerhouse has been born?"

Everyone was startled.

Rong Cheng, as a city with a population of millions, spans several hundred li.

The area of this heaven-and-earth phenomenon is rather too large.

"Look at little Wan!"

The crowd attracted by the seven-colored rosy light lowered their heads to look.

All they saw was Murong Wan's whole body enveloped in a glaze-like halo, with mysterious spirit patterns faintly appearing beneath her skin.

Her originally hanging black hair moved without wind, the tips condensing into specks of starlight, as if the Milky Way fell to the mortal realm.

"Wow!"

"Little Aunt, what's happening?"

Everyone was startled.

"The rosy light has turned into a phoenix!"

A child clapped and shouted in surprise.

The seven-colored rosy light in the sky actually transformed into a phoenix dancing gracefully.

Furthermore, celestial sounds came from the void, as if myriad goddesses in the clouds were singing in unison.

"The seven-colored rosy light turned into a phoenix, Murong elder brother, you have given birth to an extraordinary daughter!"

He Gu's gaze never left Murong Wan.

"You mean, this heaven-and-earth phenomenon was caused by little Wan?"

Murong Zhan Meng stared fiercely at He Gu, his eyes shooting out sharp light.