Chapter 933: Fused

That egg also sensed Xiao Jiu's spiritual awareness; instantly agitated, the red aura around it surged up, forming a ball of blazing fire that rushed toward Xiao Jiu's spiritual awareness to devour it.

Whoa!

Xiao Jiu was startled; this guy had such a huge appetite, even wanting to devour her spiritual awareness. Without thinking, she pinched her sword finger to her brow and sent a ball of Nirvana fire toward that flame.

At the moment the two flames collided, the expected huge impact did not appear; after being pressed together, the two flames actually began to slowly merge.

Xiao Jiu stared in astonishment at the two flames about to become one, her mind full of doubt.

She had previously speculated that this egg, having absorbed earth vein spiritual energy and come into being, and being so large, might be a dragon egg.

Even if it were some rare snake egg, that would also be possible.

But it was obvious she was wrong.

The other party's flame collided with her Nirvana flame; not only was it not devoured by the Nirvana flame, it actually merged with it, which is enough to show that the nature of that flame is extremely similar to her Nirvana flame.

It is very likely to be the origin itself!

So, the egg deep underground that is about to break out of its shell… but looks in poor condition, is very likely a… phoenix egg!

Even after the two flames completely merged, Xiao Jiu still could not accept this idea; after all, a phoenix egg is something she knows to be rarer than a dragon egg.

After all, she has had contact with the dragon clan; she personally witnessed Zhong Susu giving birth to two children.

But the Ancient Feng Clan was once exterminated; pure phoenix bloodline is so rare it once became a myth, and no one would believe that a phoenix egg is hidden in some corner deep in the earth veins.

Just as Xiao Jiu was about to sink down further, hoping to get close enough to touch the egg with her own hands to confirm or sense whether it really is a phoenix egg,

Zhong Susu and her unhatched second child have always had a strong mutual sense.

Xiao Jiu couldn't get her wish; perhaps because she just released the Nirvana flame, her spiritual awareness was disturbed, and now it is swiftly withdrawing.

Xiao Jiu knew she had to return, and she glanced once more at the egg.

Originally, the red aura wrapping the egg turned into flame and merged with the Nirvana flame; after that, the egg's appearance looked more weathered. Xiao Jiu then pushed out a force, directly sending the merged flame onto the egg.

In the next instant, the red aura wrapped the egg again.

This time, the red aura infused with Nirvana flame was more vigorous, containing a trace of Xiao Jiu's spiritual power, which would greatly benefit the egg's repair.

Soon, Xiao Jiu's spiritual awareness returned to her main body.

She opened her eyes and found herself lying in Liu Junyan's arms.

Liu Junyan's brows were full of worry: "Xiao Jiu, are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

Xiao Jiu got up and told Liu Junyan everything she had sensed with her spiritual awareness.

Liu Junyan was also very surprised: "If that really is a phoenix egg, its age might be far greater than ours; after so many years it still hasn't hatched… could it be a stiff seedling?"

Xiao Jiu's heart skipped: "No… could it really be? If it has been a stiff seedling for so long, even with earth vein spiritual energy impact, it would be hard to awaken; if it can awaken and continuously absorb earth vein spiritual energy, that shows it is still growing, only perhaps it suffered serious injury back then, and healing hindered its normal development; now that earth vein spiritual energy has revived, it has awaited such a great opportunity."

Liu Junyan agreed with Xiao Jiu's view: "No matter what, we can at least confirm it is not something bad; that's enough. Let's go back first, and we'll talk after Shan Shan arrives."

Shan Shan is the Feng Clan Chief; if she appears in this region, the other party's sense will be stronger.

Xiao Jiu nodded, and the two went down the mountain together.

The night passed without a word.

The next day at noon, Shan Shan finally arrived; as soon as she entered, she shouted anxiously: "Mom! Mom! Did you see that egg? How is it?"

Liu Junyan came out to greet her first; seeing her, the precious daughter's first words were: "Dad, where's Mom?"

"Shan Shan."

Only then did Xiao Jiu come out; Shan Shan rushed over, hugged Xiao Jiu's arm affectionately, and said: "Originally I could have arrived early this morning, but my little uncle wanted to do divination, insisting I wait; am I late?"

"Not late." Xiao Jiu asked, "Have you eaten lunch? Are you tired?"

Shan Shan shook her head: "We had lunch on the way here."

At that moment, A Cheng and Tang Xun also walked into the courtyard one after another, greeting Liu Junyan.

Xiao Jiu was very surprised; she hurried forward, hugged Tang Xun, then embraced A Cheng: "Why did you also come?"

"We hadn't planned to come, but before Shan Shan left, A Cheng was worried, so he helped her cast a divination." Tang Xun explained, "A Cheng saw something unusual in the divination, possibly related to the Feng Clan, so we came along just in case."

Xiao Jiu and Liu Junyan exchanged a glance, then recounted what Xiao Jiu had sensed with her spiritual awareness the previous day.

After listening, Tang Xun patted A Cheng's shoulder and said: "A Cheng's divinations hardly ever miss."

A Cheng's eyes showed excitement: "Sister, exactly where is it? I want to go see it now."

Shan Shan also exclaimed excitedly: "I want to go too!"

"It is hidden very deep; my spiritual awareness left my body and sank a considerable distance before I sensed it." Xiao Jiu said, "I'm not sure whether you will also be able to sense it when you go there."

A Cheng said: "We have to try to know."

Thus, the group went up the mountain again.

This time they headed straight for that side of the mountain.

Standing at the mountain's summit, Liu Junyan and Tang Xun felt nothing special; Xiao Jiu felt a little uncomfortable, but much better than before.

The strongest reaction was from Shan Shan.

She almost rushed to that point as soon as she went up the mountain, without needing Xiao Jiu's guidance.

A Cheng kept calculating something, highly focused, his lips and fingers moving.

No one disturbed A Cheng; everyone waited for his conclusion.

"Mmm…"

A Cheng suddenly let out a muffled groan, one hand clutching his chest, a thin trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Liu Junyan noticed immediately, one hand supporting A Cheng, the other pressing on his back, she infused a bit of true qi into him.

Everyone gathered around, concerned: "A Cheng, what's wrong?"

"I was too anxious, kept trying to probe its details, and suffered a backlash." A Cheng said, "But I can now be certain that it originally should have been a member of our Feng Clan, and a high‑ranking spirit bird."

Tang Xun suppressed her excitement: "Even you were backlashed; just how high must its rank be!"

"Very high." Shan Shan interjected, "If it's not one of the Four Sacred Birds, then it's a phoenix body like mine."

Xiao Jiu said, "If it really is a phoenix egg, then by seniority it would rank far above us; once it hatches, if it is willing to return to the Feng Clan, for the Feng Clan it would be nothing short of a priceless treasure..."