In the middle of the night we finally reached the thirty-fifth day.

But as soon as I got here, I felt different. The flowers and trees that were originally full of pawnshops for 35 days turned out to be ...... It has withered and withered more than half of it.

I had never paid attention to these flowers and trees before. How many withered and how many newborns, I don't know. Every time I walk out of Qingwei Palace, I see a variety of flowers and trees, and I only know that I am in a good mood. But on the night of June, those flowers and trees that should have been vibrant, but from a distance, they were more than half decayed, and the central emotion was like a fish in the throat, unable to spit out, unable to swallow, stuck there and poked themselves in pain.

The thirty-five days of flowers and trees were all planted by Lord Tianzun before, and Aunt Su Ran only took care of them for him occasionally. I used to hear Aunt Su Ran say that the reason why many flowers and trees grow so well is actually because Lord Tianzun was afraid that they would wither when he planted them, so he injected a lot of immortal power.

Now, these flowers are withering like this—is it because Lord Tianzun really ......

I nestled in Shen Su's arms, didn't dare to think about it anymore, my head rested on his chest, and I couldn't help but whimper and cry out in a low voice.

"Little Phoenix, it's too late today, tomorrow morning I will bring you into the Qingwei Palace in the name of paying tribute to the Nine Heavenly Venerables, so that you can meet him. Are you ready? Shen Su straightened my feathers and asked.

I whimpered: yes, ready, but I want to see him tonight.

Shen Su stroked my forehead again, and persuaded: "The injury on your wings is not healed yet, and now you have been on the road with me for a day, and you are also in the dust, even if you look better than those phoenixes, but now you look a little dirty, so he may not come up to touch you......"

I nodded: You're right, don't be in a hurry...... I'll carefully sort out the description first, and in a few hours it will be dawn, and you will send me to Qingwei Palace early in the morning.

At this time, it was finally thirty-five days, and the wind and dust had finally settled down, and I only felt that the moonlight was cold, and the fragrance of flowers was accompanied by a bitter taste, which made me almost nauseous. Shen Su noticed my strangeness, and said as he walked: "I remember that there is a pond over there where the water is still clear, you can take a few sips first and slow down." ”

And the pond water that Shen Su said turned out to be a jasper pool.

When I saw the water lily sister in the pool and the little phoenix wood by the pool, I only felt that my heart was stripped away in an instant, and the bloody pain spread all over my body, and I fell from Shen Su's arms with a convulsion.

The water in the jasper pond has now dried up for the most part. It's not the same as it used to be. The water lilies in the pool were not as vibrant as usual, and when she saw a stranger making a joke, she would splash the water on the man's face, and now she seemed to have been drained of half of her aura, and only bloomed in the night, but the edges of the petals were withered and wrinkled. The same is true of the lotus leaves beside her, the edges withered and curled.

And my little phoenix tree, because it has not grown in thirty-five days since childhood, cannot be seen to wither, but—his original green and tender leaves, now all stained with dirt and dust, and the branches hang timidly, looking at the water lily sister in the jasper pool, the whole little tree, all the branches, all the leaves are full of sadness.

I whimpered, and it turned to look at me. Now that I'm a phoenix, it really doesn't recognize me.

I dodged Shen Su's hand that wanted to pick me up, and ran over with my wings, wanting to caress its leaves and comfort him. But when it saw me running past, it did have all the branches exploding, and it was so frightened that it looked like it was falling backwards. The dead wood behind the little phoenix tree tripped it, and it rolled into the distance, and many branches broke with its rolling movements, but even so, it still struggled to roll into the distance, and it was too late to estimate that its branches were broken, just to avoid me.

I stayed where I was.

Sister Water Lily wanted to "avenge" the little phoenix wood, but she only threw a few drops of water at me with all her strength.

How so...... How did it come to be......

Why is that little phoenix who kisses me and sticks to me and loves to eat poached eggs made by me afraid of me like this? Even though I'm a phoenix now, it shouldn't be so afraid of an animal.

Shen Su picked me up and said in a deep voice: "Actually, when I came here a few days ago, it wasn't such a bleak scene here. I don't know why it turned out to be like this in just a few days. That little phoenix tree seems to be afraid of you, did you know it before? ”

The little phoenix saw that I was pulled into Shen Su's arms and stopped chasing it, so he stood up with his body, and the whole little tree was trembling with fear, but it still trembled and moved over - not for anything else, because the water lily sister was still in the jasper pool next to me, and it was afraid that I would hurt the water lily, so even though it was afraid that I would be like this, it still trembled and moved over, opened the branches slightly, and stopped beside the water lily sister to protect her.

Little Phoenix Wood ......

Who made you like this? Why are you afraid of the phoenix? How have you been these days?

I looked at it and wanted to ask too much, I was so sad too much. But I can't say a word now, I'm in Shen Su's arms, stretching out my wings and wanting to hug it into my arms, I want to ask him a lot of words, but now, the night is solemn, I can't say a word, I can only let out a sad whimper while my body twitches, but none of them can understand it, they can't understand a word.

Shen Su stroked my back, and his voice was also dyed with sadness: "Little Phoenix, why are you sad to be like this......"

How sad I am to be like this.

Because the original thirty-five days of flourishing flowers and trees are now decadent and desolate.

Because the originally grumpy but energetic water lily sister is now dyed with petals.

Because the little phoenix wood, who was originally simple and cute, lively and docile, is now afraid and panicked.

Shen Su's body stiffened suddenly, and he pointed to the little phoenix wood and said to me: "Look at the small opening on its bark, was it pecked by something?" ”

I looked up in shock, and in the moonlight, I saw a lot of small openings in the bark under the trunk of the little phoenix wood, and the exposed core was originally tender white, but it was stained brown by the soil, so that it would not come out if I didn't look closely......

If I'm not mistaken, the shape of the opening, with rounded edges and a sharp and deep center - there is nothing wrong with the phoenix's beak.

I pecked Shen Su's shirt, showed him my beak, and screamed with grief and indignation: It was the phoenix that pecked it, and it was the phoenix's beak that pecked and hurt Xiaofeng!

Shen Su's eyes widened, his brows furrowed and he asked solemnly, "You mean...... The wound on the trunk of the tree was pecked by a phoenix, right? ”

I nodded abruptly, tears welling up: yes, yes!

"That's why it's so scared when it sees the phoenix......" Shen Su looked at me and muttered.

yes, yes...... That's why the little phoenix wood is so afraid of me. It is only more than two hundred years old, and it was injured like this by the phoenix, it is afraid...... But it is also a tree that can't speak, and when it is in pain, it can't speak, it can't cry out in pain, and when it sees it again, it can only roll and crawl away from it. So, it's now ...... It's going to be so messy and messy with dirt and dust......

Thinking of this, I couldn't help it anymore, looking at the little phoenix wood, and the low wails that came out of the tears echoed in the thirty-five days.

Xiaofeng, don't be afraid of me, I'm Liangyu, I won't peck you...... If I know which phoenix hurt you like this, even if I fight for my life, I will pounce on it and peck it fiercely to avenge you.

"Little Phoenix, if you really love this phoenix tree, then let's go first...... It's still afraid of you, and if we stay away from it, he might not be afraid of it. Shen Su whispered to me.

I looked at Xiaofeng, whose branches were trembling timidly, and nodded: Well, okay, let's stay away from it first. But I still couldn't help but lie on his shoulder, I wanted to look at Xiaofeng more.

Shen Su didn't stay any longer, and when he left with me in his arms, he whispered in my ear: "Little Phoenix, the way you are now, always makes me think of Madame unexpectedly." When I brought her out, she also put her cheek on my shoulder, and only a pair of eyes were still a little shining," he paused, and when he spoke again, his voice was extremely desolate...... In fact, at that time, she was already too thin to look good. I wrapped her around me with a big look, and when I went out, if it weren't for her eyes still moving, others might not even be able to see that I was carrying a person. When she went out, the night breeze blew, and a lot of her hair fell out, but it was only three days...... The last time, I was late, and she couldn't even remember me. Actually, if I had been a day earlier, I might have been able to take her back to that place. In that life, I only experienced two regrets, and I regretted it so much. The first time was when I rushed to the palace and saw Liuli, who had been killed by ten thousand arrows, held motionless in her arms by her wife. The next time was to pick up Mrs. and take her to the place where she was concerned, but she couldn't go back when she died. Both times, I was late. By the end of his voice, his voice was choked.

Shen Su and Liuli's wife were also so miserable.

In this world, there will always be times when the pace can't keep up with the speed of life, and I came for you in the dust, but I didn't have the opportunity to see you for the last time, leaving life and death separated and speechless. What is so sad and sad in this life is that I am still here, and you are annihilated.

Shen Su hugged me and gradually walked away, and in the dark night, Xiaofeng was no longer visible.

To this day, I found that I miss every time I meet Xiaofeng again, it spreads its branches and jumps over from a long distance, regardless of stretching out a few branches around my neck, and the whole tree hangs on me affectionately, and Lord Tianzun pulls it down and it doesn't let go.

But now, it was bullied, terrified, and couldn't avoid me when it saw me.

For the first time in my life, I hated myself as a phoenix. If I had been born in human form, little phoenix wood would not have seen me afraid to be like this. If I was born in human form, when my cultivation is exhausted, I can always say what I want to say when I hold on to my breath.