Chapter 224: It can be considered a fortunate opportunity

Did Snow Phoenix eat the Ice Silkworm?

Upon hearing this, my head instantly swelled — it's a tiger!

The Ice Silkworm is a poison; I wouldn't dare use it, yet this wounded little chick Snow Phoenix actually dared to eat it.

Wasn't she said to be dormant in the freezing layer?

Moreover, Snow Phoenix and the Ice Silkworm were placed separately, one above the other in two drawers, the Ice Silkworm on top, Snow Phoenix below, perfectly fine — why would Snow Phoenix climb up to eat the Ice Silkworm?

Li Qingying's next words were even more despairing: "Snow Phoenix not only ate the Ice Silkworm, she also drank the Dragon Bone Blood."

I only felt my vision go black, and I turned and ran back.

As soon as I entered, I saw the refrigerator door wide open, Snow Phoenix flapping her wings and crashing around the room.

Her wing tear hadn't healed; one wing was half-dragged, the other flapped desperately, like she was drunk, flying in a staggering manner.

As she flew, she stretched out her neck and hoarsely cried, her eyes blood-red, yet her eyelids looked frosted, a pale white, with blood dripping from the edge of her long beak, looking very painful.

When Gu Yan handed the Ice Silkworm to me, she told me how to use it and what would happen after it entered the body.

And what Snow Phoenix is experiencing now is only just beginning.

Moreover, she also drank Dragon Bone Blood; I don't know if the two will clash.

After all, Dragon Bone Blood should only be used after the Ice Silkworm's poison has merged into the flesh and blood.

It's a complete mess.

I took out my phone, chased Snow Phoenix to record a video and sent it to Uncle Huo, then I also gave a voice summary of the situation.

Soon, Uncle Huo's video call came through.

He had me point the phone camera at Snow Phoenix; after watching for a while, he exclaimed in anguish: "How could this happen?!"

Indeed, who could have imagined such a tiny-probability event could actually happen?

Snow Phoenix's cries grew fainter, her wing flaps slower, until with a patter she fell straight to the ground.

That moment frightened us all.

I clutched my phone and rushed over, not daring to touch Snow Phoenix on the ground, only able to point the camera at her.

She seemed frozen stiff; her already white feathers were now coated with a layer of ice particles, she opened her mouth and looked at me with pleading eyes, as if asking me to do something, yet unable to speak.

"Quick, bring water — use whatever size basin you can." Uncle Huo's voice suddenly sounded, he urged anxiously: "Once the water is brought over, place it beside Snow Phoenix; do not touch her, do not move her; from now on, everything depends on her own fate."

Li Qingying acted quickly; before long she brought several large basins over, I helped place them beside Snow Phoenix, Li Qingying connected the hose and poured water into the large basins.

When the sound of water started, Snow Phoenix blinked her eyes.

Then we saw her straining to move her stiff body, exerting all her strength to crawl toward the large basin that already had half a basin of water.

She moved so slowly it made one want to scoop her up and dump her into the water basin.

But Uncle Huo said not to touch her.

We could only endure and wait patiently.

Li Qingying had already filled several large basins with water, crouched beside me, and together with Uncle Huo on the video call we quietly watched Snow Phoenix.

Snow Phoenix crawled and crawled; as she moved, a layer of ice particles fell on the ground, and her movements grew ever stiffer.

Splosh.

A sound of water, and droplets sprayed outward.

Snow Phoenix finally fell into the water.

But the splashing water, before it could fall, actually condensed into ice particles in midair.

And the water in the several basins around was freezing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

We thought the water would turn to ice, but we never expected that the water in the basins would ultimately become pure white snowflakes.

Snow Phoenix was buried beneath the snowflakes, after which we could no longer see her condition.

Only the room temperature instantly plunged to extreme low, and Li Qingying and I were shaking from the cold.

Uncle Huo instead let out a sigh of relief, saying: "Fortunately it's Snow Phoenix; she naturally loves extreme cold, can withstand the ultra-low temperature brought by the Ice Silkworm's poison, and now she has unintentionally created her favorite survival environment, plus the boost of Dragon Bone Blood — for her, this is quite a fortunate opportunity."

"But the Ice Silkworm and Dragon Bone Blood were gathered to help Xiao Jiu suppress the innate curse," Li Qingying said unhappily, "Now Snow Phoenix has eaten and drunk them both — what are we to do about Xiao Jiu?!"

Uncle Huo was momentarily at a loss for words, not knowing how to comfort us.

Before hanging up the video call, he merely reminded us not to touch those basins and not to let anyone randomly enter this room.

I and Li Qingying closed the door, returned to the sitting room of the inverted house, and the two of us sat on the sofa facing each other.

Li Qingying carefully examined the "slave" character on my right cheek, worried.

"Xiao Jiu, will there be a problem with this innate curse?" Li Qingying asked, "Or perhaps there is no innate curse at all?"

I understood what she meant.

Feng Lishu has died; by rights, when she dies I should die as well.

But so far, aside from that character on my right cheek becoming clearer, my body looks fine.

I also have doubts: the innate curse… why does it seem, on me and Feng Lishu, not to resemble the legendary innate curse?

What's more puzzling is that Feng Lishu's death was also strange.

Why did that Brother Qiu, after Feng Lishu faced the Great Witch, mercilessly kill Feng Lishu?

What was he afraid of?

Whenever I think of the Great Witch, I recall that dream just now — my head felt as big as two.

I rubbed my brow and asked: "Are Liu Junyan and the others not in the Dang Pu right now?"

Otherwise, with such a commotion earlier, why didn't they come over?

"They're there, in the backyard," Li Qingying said, "Seventh Lord said too many things have happened lately; just in case, we need to further reinforce the backyard formation array. Right now they're immersed in the formation array, otherwise I wouldn't have come to wake you first."

That's right.

I had originally wanted to go straight to the backyard to check, but Li Qingying stopped me.

She said the formation array had just been completed and must not be disturbed casually; let me go back to rest first, and we'll talk again after dawn.

I returned to my room, leaned against the headboard, but how could I possibly sleep?

The scenes appearing in my dream are becoming increasingly bewildering.

The voice that has been urging me to return to Cangwu Mountain is unmistakably that of the Great Witch.

The fire in Cangwu Mountain, the woman standing in the flames, and her grasping Feng Wu—all of these are conveying what kind of signal to me?

And then there's the butterfly that appeared last… another butterfly!

Moreover, recalling how I twice saw Tang Xun's figure before, she seems to be giving me some kind of guidance, yet also acting as if she's avoiding me, which really annoys me.

Tang Xun… she's changed…