Climbing the last mountain, the eyes suddenly opened up, there was no towering green mountain, only a plain between heaven and earth.

Yang Zixiao and his entourage looked at the bustling city in the distance below the mountain, and said in their hearts that it was Wufeng City. The reason why this city is called the Five Phoenix City is because Nanzhou is a descendant of the Vermilion Bird, and the five phoenixes are all evolved by the Vermilion Bird. Another reason is that the four seasons here are like spring, and the flowers bloom in five colors: red camellia, white pear blossom, purple azalea, yellow chrysanthemum, and blue hydrangea, and these five colors correspond to the color of the five phoenixes.

Although Wufeng City is slightly smaller than Baiyan City, the largest city in Central Continent, it is also one of the largest cities in the world. The An family is the largest pharmacist in Nanzhou, and An Ming is the most powerful pharmacist in the world today, but he rarely refines medicine now. Returning home with peace of mind, the three of them didn't wander around the city too much, and went straight to Anfu in the city.

The guards at the door saw Anxin, hurriedly opened the door, and let people pass the word: "The eldest lady is back!" For a while, the house was busy. An Fu is very large, divided into a front yard, an atrium garden and a backyard. He has been in the pill business for generations, so he is extremely wealthy, and he is one of the best in this southern continent. The elixir of An Jia is sold to the whole world, so An Jia has a wide range of friends, and people come to visit from time to time. The subordinates are accustomed to it, but today is different, the eldest lady is back! That is the master's favorite daughter! The subordinates are cautious, for fear that something will go wrong.

Anxin led Yang Zixiao and Xiaoxuan to the front hall and saw An Ming, who was already waiting in the hall.

An Ming heard from his subordinates that Anxin brought a man and a woman back, the man was handsome and the woman was charming. An Ming couldn't help but feel a little surprised in his heart, he knew that his daughter was extremely cold and arrogant in her bones, and she had almost no friends, let alone bring people back home!

An Ming was a little surprised to see the three of them, that handsome young man had seen it himself, it turned out to be the young man who stirred up the storm in the auction house in Yunzhou City last time, the one who spent a million to buy Wuji Dan!

"Dad, this is Yang Zixiao. He...... He was also a disciple of Suzaku-in. This is Xiao Xuan, Yang Zixiao's sister!" When he faced his father to introduce Yang Zixiao, he couldn't help but feel a little empty in his heart.

An Ming didn't understand his daughter, looking at his daughter's appearance, he was even more puzzled in his heart, but his face was not revealed.

An Ming turned his head to look at Yang Zixiao and Xiao Xuan and said with a smile on his face: "Since you are Anxin's friends, then you don't have to be polite, just call me uncle." ”

"Hello, uncle! My name is Yang Zixiao. Yang Zixiao bowed and said, and Xiao Xuan saluted and called his uncle.

An Ming has a good impression of Yang Zixiao, but he doesn't have a good impression of his sister. The woman named Xiaoxuan is too charming, she shouldn't be a lady, why can Xin'er become friends with her? Is it because of this Yang Zixiao?

If Xiao Xuan knew that An Ming, who was smiling in front of him, had this opinion of him, he would probably pull off the old man's beard one by one!

"Are you a disciple of the Vermilion Bird Academy?" Yang Zixiao's name is somewhat familiar......," An Ming seemed to remember something.

"Yes. Yang Zixiao nodded.

An Ming nodded and praised: "Hero boy! Of course, our family is also the pride of the sky!"

Anxin heard his father's words, and his expression darkened. I want to say something, but I don't know how to open it. She thought she didn't care, and it was very easy these days, but listening to her father's words was extremely uncomfortable. It turns out that I still care, what I care about is my father's expectations, and I have worked hard to cultivate myself since I was a child, and I have spent countless elixirs and painstaking efforts. Even more when he meets people, he praises how good he is, if he tells his father the truth, I don't know how his father can accept it.

An Ming didn't see the loneliness on Anxin's face, and continued to praise his daughter, who was his greatest pride. "My daughter is very talented, and now she is a master of the three veins. He is the youngest three-vein master in this Nanzhou...... Oh...... Yes, you seem to be the third pulse too!Hehe, both of you are the youngest three pulse masters in this Nanzhou!"

Yang Zixiao saw the loneliness on Anxin's face, and said in her heart that she cared so much, but she pretended to be relaxed and comforted herself. At this time, when I heard my uncle's praise, I thought of how sad it would be if my uncle knew that he was at ease and now his cultivation was lost? Yang Zixiao felt extremely guilty in his heart. He forced a smile and responded to An Ming, but his heart was very uncomfortable.

"Dad, they're tired all the way, let them go and rest first......! I have something to say to you!"

"Uh...... I'm really sorry, nephew, I forgot that you guys have worked hard all the way. I've asked people to prepare two guest rooms, you guys go and rest first, and we'll talk tomorrow!" An Ming called the maid and took the two of them to rest.

"Xin'er, what's wrong? You seem to have something on your mind, I think this Yang Zixiao is good, and his cultivation is similar to you......"

"Dad, I'm an ordinary person now!" An An summoned up the courage to interrupt An Ming's words.

"Well, Daddy also wants to be an ordinary person, wants to live a stable life, and it is enough to have you and your mother by your side. ”

"Dad! I mean I've lost all my cultivation and become an ordinary person!" Anxin had suppressed tears from the corners of his eyes.

An Ming was startled at first, and then was silent for a long time. Exhaled deeply, stabilized his emotions, and said softly, "...... It's okay, don't cry, no matter what, you're Daddy's baby daughter!"

Anxin threw himself into his father's arms and cried loudly, as if he wanted to vent all the grievances in his heart.

"Can you tell me what's going on?" An Ming gently patted his daughter's back, his most beloved and proudest daughter is now abolished. He didn't have a heart like a knife, but he couldn't show it.

An Xin shook his head and refused to say, only saying that everything is fate.

An Ming knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he changed the topic and asked about Yang Zixiao and Xiaoxuan. However, he found that whenever his daughter talked about Yang Zixiao, there was something strange. Her original sad mood slowly calmed down.

"Go meet your mother, she's in the backyard. She also thinks about you, don't tell your mother, I'll talk to her slowly in the future. ”

"Well, I see, Dad!" Anxin wiped away his tears and went to the backyard.

An Ming sat alone in the front hall, staring blankly at the roof, his heart full of grief. He could see from his daughter's demeanor that her daughter didn't have too much resentment. It should really be fate, the maid has already added lamp oil a few times, but it didn't alarm him.

It wasn't until the sky was getting bright that An Ming sighed, slowly got up and went to the backyard. Faltering, full of old age.

In the afternoon of the next day, Yang Zixiao, Xiaoxuan, and Anxin came to the front hall to drink tea, they knew that the old man was in a low mood, so they came to chat with him.

However, as soon as he entered the front hall, he saw An Ming's face was yellow, his beard was messy, and his eyes were bloodshot, and he hadn't slept all night.

Anxin was a little distressed, and just wanted to go up and say a few words of comfort. But I heard my father preemptively say: "I flipped through the book all night, and finally found a trace of record on an ancient Dan recipe, I think it may be a good thing that my heart is gone!"

Without waiting for everyone to speak, An Ming continued: "It is recorded in the Book of Gu Dan that with the blood of the Vermilion Bird as the guide and the Red Shape (Vermilion Bird Shape) as the furnace, you can perform blood sacrifices and reshape the divine beast...... Similarly, with the blood of the green dragon as the guide, and the green shape (green dragon shape) as the furnace, the blood sacrifice can be performed to reshape the divine beast. I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Yang Zixiao and Anxin don't understand very well, but Xiao Xuan knows very well, this is a blood sacrifice!

"With the Four Elephants Spiritual Qi as the furnace and the Four Elephants Awakened Bloodline as the guide, you can reshape the Divine Beast! But if there is no Four Elephants Spiritual Qi as a furnace, the awakened bloodline will definitely die in the blood sacrifice!"

Yang Zixiao and Anxin glanced at each other, frowning. Knowing that this is what Liu Qingluan once said, someone used blood sacrifices to kill those awakened bloodlines. Liu Qingluan didn't explain, but An Ming did.

An Ming continued: "According to the ancient Danfang, the Vermilion Bird Aura is one of the four elephant aura, and only the descendants of the ancient Mi Xi can master it! If the four elephants are split, they will be spiritualized. It is said that after the fall of the last Mi God thousands of years ago, the elixir condensed by the Four Elephants Exercise was divided into four crystals, and the four colors were divided into red, black, white, and blue, corresponding to the Four Elephant Divine Beasts. Each of them can transform the aura into its corresponding form! Unless there is an awakened divine vein, who can control these four elephant true qi? And for thousands of years, almost all the awakened bloodlines have died in blood sacrifices!"

An Ming was extremely shocked when he learned about this last night, and he also discovered this secret after careful study in a Gu Dan recipe that he got by chance!

An Ming saw that the three of them were silent, thinking that they were also shocked by the news. Who was secretly presiding over this matter? Did the Yunmeng, the Qianmeng, and the Four Academies participate? He didn't dare to think about it in detail, for fear that too many secrets would be involved! These were enough secrets for them to settle down and destroy their families!

Yang Zixiao thought for a long time and said, "Uncle didn't tell outsiders, right?"

An Ming shook his head and said, "I only found out last night!

"The stakes are very high! The truth behind it is far from being as simple as my uncle imagined! Uncle must not investigate any further, and don't tell anyone!

An Ming looked at Yang Zixiao, then at his daughter, and exclaimed, "You guys, you already know?"

The three of them all nodded, and Yang Zixiao saw that An Ming and An Ming still couldn't let go of this matter, so he said: "Uncle don't think about this matter anymore, now that Anxin has no cultivation, he should not have to participate in the blood sacrifice!"

"I'm afraid not!" Xiao Xuan poured a basin of cold water and said: "Peace of mind is the awakened Vermilion Bird bloodline, and it can't be avoided!

An Ming fell into the ice cellar, and then suddenly remembered that Yunmeng already knew what was in his heart!

An Ming said with great regret: "Xin'er is indeed the awakened Vermilion Bird bloodline, when she was born, the sunset was as red as wings, ten thousand birds were famous, and the fiery birthmark on her chest resembled a Vermilion Bird! I thought it was a very honorable thing, so I told several elders of the Cloud Alliance. There were so many babies born at that time, and if I had deliberately concealed it, no one would have known! But I didn't expect it to be so dangerous! I was blamed for being confused for a while!"

Anxin looked at his father's self-blame, and he couldn't bear it. She couldn't tell her father that Yang Zixiao was the awakened divine vein, and that was a matter of Yang Zixiao's life and death!

Yang Zixiao looked at the depressed An Ming and felt guilty, all of this was caused by himself! If something happened to the old man, shouldn't he regret it for life?

Yang Zixiao stroked the old man's hand and said, "Uncle, don't worry, peace of mind will be fine." Then leaned over and whispered a few words in An Ming's ear.

An Mingmeng's eyes widened, his eyes full of disbelief! How could it be! He must have comforted himself! There has been no god in this world for a long time, where did the divine vein come from!

After glancing at Yang Zixiao gratefully, he nodded to his father.

An Ming looked at his daughter's expression and knew that his daughter would not lie to herself. But this shocked him even more! There was still an awakened divine vein? The prophecy came true!

After a long time, An Ming came back to his senses and looked at Yang Zixiao with joy. The stone in his heart was put down, and the whole person was relaxed, and he laughed hahaha!

An Ming, who was in a happy mood, liked Yang Zixiao very much, and pulled him to start chatting. began to ask about Yang Zixiao's family history, and Yang Zixiao was a little overwhelmed. guided the topic to alchemy, which is even more in line with An Ming's hobby. He began to tell the story of the brilliance of his own alchemy, Yang Zixiao was not interested in refining medicine at all, and listened hard. Occasionally, there was a sigh of admiration, and occasionally there was a hint of adoration. The old man was extremely useful, and he was even more energetic, sweeping away the depression just now.

Anxin watched his father on the side in a good mood, and he was very grateful to Yang Zixiao, and the haze hidden in his heart during this time was all dispelled.

In the evening, An Ming and An An took a walk in the backyard. An Ming and his daughter walked side by side, and saw that her daughter's eyes were wandering, and her thoughts drifted somewhere. After hesitating for a long time, I finally couldn't help but ask: "Xin'er, tell your father the truth." What is the relationship between that Yang Zixiao and you? Don't think that Dad can't see it, Dad is a person from here, the way your mother looked at me was exactly the same as the way you looked at Yang Zixiao!"

Anxin was spied on by his father, and suddenly came back to his senses, and his little face turned red. I didn't know what to say, but I heard my father sigh and say: "Through my observation in the past two days, this child is smart, kind, humble, and respects his elders......!

"Dad!" Anxin looked ashamed and angry, seeing that the more his father said, the more outrageous it became, he couldn't listen to it anymore, and interrupted his father's words.

"Alright, alright, you young people's affairs, you do it yourself, I don't get involved. But you have to be careful, that Xiaoxuan is definitely not Yang Zixiao's sister. Look at her bewitching appearance, Yang Zixiao will be charmed by her sooner or later!"

Anxin is a little helpless, his father is like this, like an old naughty boy.

"No, Dad, you think too much!"

"Really, then you mean that Yang Zixiao will not leave you?" A hint of cunning flashed in An Ming's eyes.

"Hmm... How can you do this!" Anxin couldn't get angry and ran away.

An Ming looked at his daughter's back, stroked his beard and smiled slightly. In the past few days, he has gone from despair to hope, and he has learned that there are many things that he does not need to think too much about. It doesn't matter if he Yang Zixiao is an awakened vein, my daughter likes it. Whether the prophecy comes true or not, as long as the heart is happy, everything else doesn't matter!

A few days later, An An and Yang Zixiao Xiaoxuan embarked on the journey back to Suzaku Courtyard. The end of the year is imminent, and the annual inner courtyard competition is about to kick off!