"What's weird?"

"The houses in the village were set on fire one after another, and several families were burned to death. The old woman's expression dimmed in a blink of an eye.

"How could it catch fire?" Jian Chen couldn't help asking.

"At first, we thought it was the families who were careless, but then we realized that something was out of the ordinary. ”

This time, Jian Chen did not speak, but quietly listened to the old woman's story.

"Those who were burned to death were all people who had been in contact with the fire phoenix at that time. ”

"At that time, there were a total of five hunters who came into contact with the fire phoenix, and four of them suffered fire in their homes one after another, and their whole family was burned to death. ”

"And what about the other one?"

"Because there was a precursor to the fire in the previous four households, the people in the clan were very attentive to the last family. ”

"One night, there was also a fire in that house, and the fire was very strong at that time, although everyone had been prepared, after all, there was no way to recover. ”

"Which family is also dead?" Jian Chen said.

"No, the family ended up with a baby girl. ”

"Baby girl?" Jian Chen shuddered.

Won't it be?

"That baby girl, unlike ordinary children, has the marks of a fire phoenix on her body. ”

"The imprint of the fire phoenix?"

"Under normal circumstances, girls are no different from ordinary children, but whenever she is bullied or stimulated, a fire phoenix will appear behind her, but this seemingly illusory fire phoenix can really hurt others. So everyone named her Huofeng. ”

In Jian Chen's heart, strange feelings began to surge.

This girl is her future mother.

"Because of his talent, Huo Feng is very unpopular in the clan, and many children, including adults, avoid him. ”

These talents may not be what she wants. Jian Chen sighed.

"When the girl was seven or eight years old, an old man came to the tribe. The old woman didn't seem to hear Jian Chen's sigh, and the speed of her mouth suddenly became faster.

The old man found the girl and told the people that he could let the girl control the abilities in her body. ”

"The girl has no relatives and no reason, and everyone in the clan avoids her, so the old man easily took the girl away. ”

It wasn't until the girl was fifteen years old that she returned. ”

"At that time, the fire phoenix had already come out of the ground and was a beautiful woman. ”

It's just that everyone is still wary of her, and some people even conspire to kill Huofeng. ”

Huofeng knew that she was not popular, so she left a few days after she returned. ”

Later, the old man returned to the tribe and found that Huofeng was not there, and after questioning, he learned that she had left. ”

At that time, the old man seemed to be very anxious, and kept complaining about why everyone didn't leave the fire phoenix. ”

Everyone didn't know why, and in the end, the old man reluctantly told everyone the truth. ”

"At that time, the hunters caught the legendary fire phoenix. There is something in the body of the fire phoenix that we don't know about, which can make itself burn. ”

"Let yourself burn?" Jian Chen exclaimed.

"Those hunters unknowingly activated the kind of thing in their bodies, causing themselves to burn, and then burning the whole house. ”

"There is such a strange thing?" Jian Chen exclaimed.

The old woman ignored Jian Chen's emotion, and just continued to take care of herself, "The old man said that the kind of thing in the body of the fire phoenix can be infectious, so those hunters who have come into contact with the fire phoenix have that kind of thing in their bodies, but that girl is different. ”

"The fire phoenix didn't have direct contact with that kind of thing, but that Orion inherited it from her body. ”

"This kind of inheritance is different from the original direct contact. ”

"This ability can be controlled, and sometimes even neutralized. ”

"In the years when the old man took Huofeng away, he has been living with her on the icy and snowy mountains. ”

"The cold outside world controls the fiery qi in the body of the fire phoenix very well. ”

"It's just that one day, the old man didn't pay attention, and Huofeng was too lonely, so he went down the mountain alone. ”

She had gone back to the village to see her old friends, but she didn't expect that everyone would see her as if they were seeing a monster. ”

"The devastated Fire Phoenix left the tribe, and eventually caused the final catastrophe. ”

"Catastrophe?" Jian Chen was startled, "Since she is already gone, how can she be?"

"Legend has it that when the fire phoenix arrived in Huachen, he used his body's special ability to kill in Huachen's rivers and lakes, so it attracted many enemies. ”

A year later, when those Huachen Jianghu people heard that Huofeng had died, they actually vented their anger on the tribe. ”

"The people of the entire tribe were killed by the inexplicable intruders of the rivers and lakes, and they didn't even let go of the children!"

At this, the old woman's expression became particularly sad and angry.

"How can this group of villains be so frustrated!" Jian Chen clenched his fists and stood up suddenly.

"Where there is a cause, there must be an effect. The old woman sighed deeply, "In the past ten years, I have finally seen that the cause of this qiē is caused by our people themselves. ”

"If we give Huofeng enough tolerance, she will not leave the tribe and go to Huachen, and she will not cause disasters in the future. ”

The bright eyes began to gradually gray, and Jian Chen saw that the old woman's body seemed to be slowly paralyzing.

"Old man, what's wrong with you?"

"Thank you, thank you, you're still alive—" The old woman's hands suddenly grabbed Jian Chen's hand.

"Old man, you are—" Jian Chen looked at the old woman puzzled.

"You're the child of the fire phoenix, aren't you?" the old woman's eyes stared at Jian Chen.

"Your eyebrows, your smile, your angry look are almost exactly the same as your mother's. ”

"I—" Jian Chen didn't know if he should admit it, but in the end, he bit his lips and nodded heavily.

"He's right, the child of the fire phoenix has finally come to me. My child, my grandson—" The old woman began to choke in an instant.

"Wai-Sun?" Jian Chen's gaze froze, staring at the old woman incredulously.

"Huofeng is my youngest daughter, and when everyone drove her away, I—I didn't have the courage to keep her. ”

"You're mine—?"

That grandmother, Chen Jian still didn't call out after all.

"I know it's hard for you to accept it for a while, I don't force it, I can see my relatives before I die, and even if I die, I can look at it. ”

"Old man—you—" Jian Chen found that the old woman's body was slowly becoming stiff from paralyzed, and his heart panicked.

"I'm finally leaving, child—I know—because of the grievances of the older generation—you've suffered a lot—"

The old woman's eyes grew dull, and her expression seemed to become more dazed.

The hand that grabbed Chen Jian was clenched tightly, and Chen Jian's hand was in pain, but he couldn't hold back a word.

"You are gone, you don't, your relatives, go to, find, look for you, your father, he, he, he."

Before she could finish speaking, the old woman tilted her head and lost her breath.

Jian Chen looked at the old woman in a daze, and suddenly broke off in his arms.

His heart had now fallen into the valley of ice, and he wanted to tremble with the cold.

"Outside-mother-in-law-" This belated title made Chen Jian's heart ache.

Without saying a word, Jian Chen sat on the bed and silently looked at the old woman who had long been silent in his arms.

The sun has long since set, and the stars have risen again.

Jian Chen sat like that until the east turned white.

The first rays of sunlight shone through the thick dust on the old woman in her arms, and her face became paler and paler.

Jian Chen finally moved, picked up the old woman and walked out the door.

In the mountains behind the village, Chen Jian dug a grave for the old woman.

He didn't know the old woman's name, so he could only write an anonymous name on the wooden sign in front of the grave.

The place where the payment is made is his grandson Chen Jian.

Kneeling quietly in front of the grave all day, Jian Chen staggered to his feet.

Looking at the simple mound bag in front of him, Jian Chen suddenly wanted to cry.

Why, before I have explored the truth, the people around me always have to leave one after another.

Don't give yourself the slightest chance to stay together, or even give yourself a day of family affection.

And the only father, his only relative in this world, regards himself as a thorn in his side and pushes himself into this situation where he can't turn over.

Chen Jian suddenly felt so sad and helpless.

I just want to have a loved one, but I have to pay such a huge price.

Turning around slowly, Jian Chen raised his head.

The blinding sunlight stared at him, making his eyes a little frightened.

Soon, however, he opened his eyes.

With his fists clenched tightly, a kind of firmness appeared in Jian Chen's expression.

A kind of arrogance and firmness.

In Huachen's martial arts garden, Shangguan Yunrui was pondering.

In his mind, a detailed conversation with Wan Lin after his detoxification came to mind.

At that time, Wan Lin heard that Cheng Feng was dead and Chen Jian was missing, so she was anxious to go out to find Chen Jian.

"Senior Sister Wan, don't be impulsive, now that Jian Chen is missing, you are so reckless, there is no benefit at all. Shangguan Yunrui patiently dissuaded.

"Jian Chen's martial arts have been abolished, and there are people outside who want to take his life, how can I rest assured?" Wan Lin looked anxious.

"I've already sent Second Brother Mei to take someone to look for it, let's wait for news here with peace of mind. ”

"One more person, one more power. Wan Lin still can't let go.

"The rivers and lakes are so big, where are you going to find him?" Shangguan Yunrui frowned, "If you want to help Jian Chen, don't you just find a way for him." ”

"What else can be done?" Wan Lin saw that Shangguan Yunrui seemed to have something else in mind.

"Since Jian Chen came back, we have been very passive. Wherever something happens, we go to put out the fire. But often in vain. ”

"What does the Shangguan Alliance Master mean?"

"Senior Sister Wan, Yunrui has an idea, I don't know if Senior Sister Wan agrees. Shangguan Yunrui looked at Wan Lin.

"As long as I can help Jian Chen, Lin'er will fully cooperate. Wan Lin pursed her red lips.

With Senior Sister Wan's help, Yunrui was relieved. Shangguan Yunrui was silent for a while and began to speak slowly.

"After Jian Chen returned to Huachen, he went to Tianshan Mountain for the first time, and his killing of your senior brother Wan Qian was the source of doubts about Jian Chen's reputation. ”

"Regarding the matter of Jian Chen's killing of the senior brother, I still have a lot of puzzlement. Hearing Shangguan Yunrui mention the cause of Wan Qian's death, Wan Lin's heart began to churn again.