Chapter 251: He is forever my greatest confidence!

I immediately turned, ran back to the room, took down the largest bow on the wall, gripped it, and tried it.

The bow remained sturdy, and its string was still strong.

As I turned to leave, I saw the golden mask placed on the dressing table.

I walked over, picked up the golden mask, and put it on my face.

Coming out of the room, I glanced again at the paulownia leaves; the number of swaying leaves had decreased even more.

I felt myself over, confirming that the Cangwu Dark Seal was present, the Witchcraft Notes were there, and even the willow branch bracelet on my wrist was still there.

The jade pendant given by Hu Yulin and the Golden Copper Coins given by Liu Junyan were both worn around my neck.

I turned and ran toward the back of the waterfall, casually closing the stone door.

I couldn't confront Feng Xianqiu head‑on, after all he has the entire Feng Clan behind him.

Fighting him here would be asking for trouble.

And fighting him here would be asking for trouble.

Moreover, the tea garden behind the waterfall lies on the backside of Dark Wilderness Mountain, neighboring Lingdie Valley.

Although a high mountain separates them, and I don't know what lies beyond it, I think: first, the stone door can hold for a while; second, compared to a head‑on clash, my chances of escaping from the rear are a bit higher.

But I also understand in my heart that this is merely trying to revive a dead horse.

My first reaction told me to avoid, but as I passed through the waterfall, the cool droplets struck my face, snapping my reason back into focus.

I recalled my mother's words.

Can I really trust them completely?

The Snow Phoenix once betrayed me, but it was for the sake of her entire clan and her ancestors.

And this time, I am facing the Snow Phoenix clan……

It felt as if there were some telepathy; I only sensed something in my soul giving me great courage, then I turned, reopened the stone door, and walked back.

I returned beneath the paulownia tree, left hand gripping the bow, right hand drawing the string, aimed upward, always ready.

As soon as I saw Feng Xianqiu's shadow, I would attack immediately.

Although this bow is not Feng Wu and may not shoot flames, I have merged my mother's inner elixir, gaining some internal strength, and I will do my best to defend myself.

This also gives the Snow Phoenix Clan a chance to prove their loyalty.

After all, I bear the heavy responsibility of unifying and revitalizing the Feng Clan, and I need the Snow Phoenix Clan's strength and support.

This is an excellent opportunity to test them.

Even if I ultimately lose and am captured by Feng Xianqiu…… perhaps before I would fear him seizing me and controlling me with the birth‑bound curse, but now I won't.

Mother told me that my older sister lacks spiritual consciousness.

Earlier I had already guessed many unreasonable aspects.

For example, Feng Xianqiu had long controlled Feng Li Shu; why not put her on the throne as Phoenix Lord and then sideline her?

If Feng Li Shu's identity were merely a pretense, he clearly controls my sister's remnant soul, so why create another Feng Li Shu?

Mother's words helped me untangle all the twists and turns here.

I can now almost certainly conclude that Feng Li Shu is not my sister; she is a puppet Feng Xianqiu uses to confuse outsiders' sight.

Feng Li Shu obviously has no knowledge of this; otherwise her hostility toward me would not be so deep.

And why Feng Xianqiu, while controlling my sister's remnant soul, would go to the trouble of creating this puppet Feng Li Shu…… is simply because my sister lacks spiritual consciousness.

If he had initially pushed out my sister, who lacks spiritual consciousness, how many in the Feng Clan would still support him? Follow him?

After all, my sister and I were placed under the birth‑bound curse as soon as we hatched; the grave mistake has already been made.

As someone who also knows witchcraft, Feng Xianqiu's first thought would surely be to conceal the facts, launch a puppet, and then secretly use his own witchcraft to make amends.

Thus, Feng Li Shu also bears the birth‑bound curse on her.

This birth‑bound curse on her was not placed by the Great Witch, but by Feng Xianqiu himself!

Precisely for this reason, she is so easily subjected to my backlash.

Because she was never my true source of nourishment.

Only when Feng Li Shu became completely useless did Feng Xianqiu decisively abandon her.

Now, the one in his hand looks exactly like Feng Li Shu on the outside, but its core is my true older sister.

She lacks spiritual consciousness.

So even if I fall into Feng Xianqiu's hands, he will not kill me.

He will control me, seeking a way to reverse the birth‑bound curse so that I can fuse with my sister……

Since I won't die instantly, there is still a chance to escape!

Actually, there is one more thing.

I have been in Dark Wilderness Mountain for over ten days; in these ten days, how much could have happened outside?

Liu Junyan could not possibly have abandoned me after sending me into Dark Wilderness Mountain.

He is forever my greatest confidence.

I believe in him!

I had made all mental preparations to welcome Feng Xianqiu's intrusion, but what I didn't expect was that Feng Xianqiu simply couldn't come down.

When the paulownia leaves were covered in snowflakes, they suddenly began to rustle.

The entire paulownia tree's leaves seemed to be trembling.

Snowflakes fell abundantly.

They landed on my head, body, and the ground, then instantly turned into meltwater.

A loud boom.

I only felt a powerful surge of heat erupt from the paulownia trunk, shooting straight upward.

The bright red color of the Nirvana fire shone through the Chinese parasol tree leaves, turning the whole space red.

The scorching heat vaporized the freshly fallen snowmelt, causing it to disappear quickly.

The Chinese parasol tree leaves, which had been white from being wrapped in snowflakes, turned back into lush green, swaying in the wind and rustling.

Amidst these Chinese parasol leaves, a snow-white little bird with three plumes on its head swooped down, bumping around like a headless fly, and finally landed on the ground, transforming into a human shape.

Who else could it be but Xue Feng?

Last time we parted at Dang Pu, Xue Feng said she would find a place to enter seclusion, rest well, and prepare to rescue her clan.

Almost a month and a half has passed since then; I never expected her to suddenly appear here.

After assuming human form, she first stared at me for a while.

I didn't know whether she was puzzled by my mask, or whether she had caught my mother's scent on me.

Afterwards, she again performed a great salute toward me.

This was the third time.

I reached out and pulled her up, asking, "How did you come down here?"

"The six great elders of our clan combined their efforts in a ritual to send me down," Xue Feng said. "The Right Protector is still above."

I frowned.

So it was still Feng Xianqiu who forced the Xue Feng clan to come down to break the Nirvana fire, but evidently this first formation array is insufficient to support Feng Xianqiu's descent.

Xue Feng winked at me, a sly smile playing on her lips: "I originally couldn't find a chance to come down, but I happened to doze off, and the Right Protector himself handed us a pillow."

I asked, "Before you came down, did you know it was impossible to truly break the Nirvana fire?"

"Of course," Xue Feng said. "If it were really that easy to break, the Right Protector would have come down long ago; why would we wait until now? Sister, I can't stay here too long or I'll get burned, and the time the six great elders can mediate is limited, so I'll take you out now."

I took a step back.

Feng Xianqiu is right above, and the six great elders are originally under his control.

Is Xue Feng taking me out now to save me?

Or is she leading me into a trap?