Chapter 1019: The sky falls down (2/2)
“Gu Qishao!”
Suddenly, Han Yunxi’s stern voice echoed in the cave. Somehow she’d ended up hovering in mid-air to look at him.
“Gu Qishao, hold on!”
Han Yunxi was wreathed in dazzling light like a goddess of fire radiating splendor in the skies. She saw Gu Qishao from above but didn’t sympathize, pity, or panic. Instead, there was only determination! All of her emotions were swallowed up by this steadfast faith.
“Gu Qishao, you better listen up! If the sky falls, we’ll prop it up together! Hold on for me! If you dare to die, you’ll have to shoulder the consequences!”
So speaking, fire suddenly filled the skies before flooding the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace, Long Feiye with knitted brows, and Gu Qishao on the ground. Even the gaping Pill Furnace Master and his disciples were swallowed up in the light, which grew to illuminate all of Medicine Requesting Cave.
Pill Furnace Master struggled to open his eyes against the glow and look up. What he saw was the shadow of a phoenix emerging from the top of Han Yunxi’s head! Shocked, he blurted out, “Alunite Phoenix![1] That’s the Alunite Phoenix! She actually possess the phoenix’s power!”
Pill Furnace Master wanted to take a closer look, but the image only lasted for a second before it transformed into a huge flame dragon that poured into the furnace! In a flash, the celestial fire enveloping Long Feiye and Gu Qishao dissipated completely along with their burn scars. All that were left were the internal injuries. As Pill Furnace Master mentioned earlier, celestial fire was capable of attacking the internal organs.
But what was this now?
Hadn’t Han Yunxi changed her energy into fire as well? Wasn’t she supposed to shoulder a portion of the counterattack just like Long Feiye and Gu Qishao? Why did this happen instead? Long Feiye and Gu Qishao both looked up at Han Yunxi, who looked exceptionally serious with her eyes closed.
“Han Yunxi!” Before Long Feiye could fly towards her, a huge heat wave burst from the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace and headed straight towards Han Yunxi.
“Don’t!”
“Poison lass!”
Both men rushed forward and were simultaneously thrown aside. Still, they climbed to their feet and ran right back. But Pill Furnace Master cried out, “Don’t disturb her! This is the phoenix’s power. The internal energy within her body has been awakened! If you interrupt her now, she’ll enter deviation!”
Phoenix’s power?
Neither Long Feiye nor Gu Qishao understood, nor were they certain they should trust Pill Furnace Master. But soon it became evident that the fire around Han Yunxi was growing more and more brilliant. A large shape began to take form behind her back like slowing spreading wings.
“Phoenix wings…” Long Feiye muttered as he recalled her birthmark.
Very soon, the shapes fully unfurled as shadowy phoenix wings. They were a grand, noble sight that was both solemn and dignified. One couldn’t help but feel awed. Following that, the figure of a phoenix slowly emerged from Han Yunxi’s back.
“A phoenix! It’s really a phoenix!” Gu Qishao was dumbfounded.
Once the phoenix extricated itself, it spread its wings to cover Han Yunxi. In a flash, she had vanished into the fires.
“Where is she?!” Long Feiye asked with an ashen face. Even if this was the phoenix’s power, he was still worried. Unless that woman was in the palm of his hand, he would always fret.
“Why is it like this?” Gu Qishao was perturbed as well.
“To control the phoenix’s power, she must undergo the Trial of Alunite,” Pill Furnace Master said, his eyes fixated on the burning inferno above them. “Three days. It’ll take three days! As long as she can bear it, she’ll be unbelievable in the future!”
“And if she can’t?” Long Feiye and Gu Qishao asked at the same time.
Pill Furnace Master finally turned to look at them. “Then even her bones won’t remain!” [2]
In that instant, Long Feiye and Gu Qishao’s sky came crashing down...
1. I did my best but this name doesn’t really make sense. 凤凰盤涅 fenghuang pannie is literally “phoenix, big rock, alunite.” We’re going literal this time.
2. Are you laughing? I’m laughing, because HYX and LFY tried so hard to get him free and now she’s the one delaying their dual cultivation for three days instead with similar threats as the stakes. This...kind of reads like a rehash...