"Master, I want to ask, do you know about the Phoenix Clan?"
When Chu Lingwei was in the Spiritual Domain, the Yin soul had stated with certainty that it was from the Phoenix Clan, but before she could ask for clarification, her eldest disciple brother killed it.
"The Phoenix Clan?"
Bei Chenfeng looked at his young disciple, "You've seen someone from the Phoenix Clan?"
"Do they really exist?" The Master's tone suggested that the Phoenix Clan was a genuine race on the Profound Sky Continent.
"Thousands of years ago, there was a Phoenix Clan, but they were wiped out overnight. Not a single survivor remained within their clan," Bei Chenfeng nodded, sighing.
Chu Lingwei's heart skipped a beat, a pang of pain in her chest. Perhaps she was truly connected to the Phoenix Clan.
"Why were they annihilated?"
"I don't know."
"How can you not know? Don't you all know they were wiped out?" Chu Lingwei found it hard to believe that the annihilation of an entire race was not a significant event.
Bei Chenfeng shook his head, "Your Master truly doesn't know. By the time people on the Profound Sky Continent discovered there were no traces of the Phoenix Clan anywhere, the entire race had already vanished."
Chu Lingwei's brows furrowed, vanished?
"The ancestor of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect sought the Phoenix Clan but could not find them. He could only divine the heavenly secrets and discovered that the Phoenix Clan no longer existed on the Profound Sky Continent."
Bei Chenfeng recalled the events of that year. No one believed the Phoenix Clan would disappear. Many went in search, and the news they received was that there were signs of the Phoenix Clan's annihilation.
"Who did they offend?"
To annihilate an entire race was not something an ordinary person could achieve.
Bei Chenfeng shook his head, "I don't know. Even our Academy's ancestor went to investigate, but there was no news."
"Master, what kind of race were the Phoenix Clan?" Chu Lingwei asked curiously. Her first thought was of her own blood, which could revive infinitely.
"The Phoenix Clan disappeared a thousand years ago, and along with them, much of the records about them also vanished." Bei Chenfeng had only heard about it; he didn't truly understand.
Disappointment flickered in Chu Lingwei's eyes. She had thought her Master would know.
"Weiwei, where did you hear about the Phoenix Clan?" Bei Chenfeng asked, noticing the disappointment on his young disciple's face.
"In the Spiritual Domain, as we entered the central area, there was a large expanse of miasma. Inside were many ghostly souls of cultivators, and one of them said he was from the Phoenix Clan."
Chu Lingwei felt a sense of regret. If that nameless figure hadn't appeared so promptly, she might have been able to ask for more information. "However, he only said that one sentence before he was eliminated."
"That Yin soul was not from the Phoenix Clan."
"Why not?"
"All members of the Phoenix Clan do not transform into Yin souls after death," Bei Chenfeng said with a smile. "The Yin soul you encountered might have heard about the Phoenix Clan, and it became his obsession."
Was that so? Chu Lingwei wasn't sure.
"Master, do you know where Eldest Senior Brother has gone?"
Since her Master didn't know anything about the Phoenix Clan, she would have to investigate herself. Thinking that she hadn't seen her eldest Senior Brother since her return, Chu Lingwei couldn't help but ask.
"Your Eldest Senior Brother has been in seclusion."
"When did Eldest Senior Brother begin his seclusion?" Chu Lingwei found this answer a little hard to believe.
"Ever since you entered the Spiritual Domain, your Eldest Senior Brother had a premonition and returned to enter a deep seclusion." Bei Chenfeng answered all of Chu Lingwei's questions in great detail.
Emerging from her Master's cave dwelling, Chu Lingwei felt a bit dejected. The answers to the two questions she had asked her Master today were not what she had hoped for.
"Weiwei, are you unhappy again?"
Feng Ming returned to Chu Lingwei's side. Seeing the unhappiness on Weiwei's face, he frowned, sure it was about that Eldest Senior Brother again.
"How did you know?" Chu Lingwei couldn't help but chuckle. Feng Ming held a significant opinion of their Eldest Senior Brother.
"Because Weiwei's mood always turns bad whenever she mentions Eldest Senior Brother," Feng Ming answered as a matter of course. Anything that made Weiwei unhappy was definitely related to Eldest Senior Brother.
Chu Lingwei was amused by Feng Ming's words and hugged her.
"No."
"It definitely is," Feng Ming snorted.
"Let's go, we'll go see Eldest Senior Brother."
Chu Lingwei boarded a flying artifact and headed towards Eldest Senior Brother's cave dwelling. As expected, it was protected by numerous restrictions and barriers, giving the impression that he did not wish to be disturbed.
"Eldest Senior Brother."
Chu Lingwei stood at the entrance and called out softly.
There was no response.
"Eldest Senior Brother, Weiwei is here to see you." Chu Lingwei called out again.
After waiting for a long time, there was still no sound.
"Junior Sister, are you here to see Eldest Senior Brother?"
Nangong Luo appeared beside Chu Lingwei and tapped the restriction on Eldest Senior Brother's cave dwelling with his fan. Instantly, various runes flashed with light.
"If you shout here, Eldest Senior Brother won't be able to hear you."
"I just wanted to see if Eldest Senior Brother was inside?"
Chu Lingwei didn't believe that Eldest Senior Brother had returned here for seclusion after she entered the Spiritual Domain. At this moment, she recalled the face of Wuming from the Spiritual Domain, causing her eyes to dim.
"Eldest Senior Brother is definitely inside. This barrier was stabilized with his soul. If he wasn't here, this barrier wouldn't exist."
Nangong Luo found it amusing. His Junior Sister seemed unaccustomed to not seeing Eldest Senior Brother for a while.
"Let's go, Second Senior Brother will take you out for a walk." Nangong Luo pulled Chu Lingwei and they left on his flying artifact.
Shortly after they departed, the barrier in front of Leng Xingzhi's cave dwelling flickered slightly before quickly returning to its calm state.
"Junior Sister, where do you want to go?" Nangong Luo stood beside Chu Lingwei, admiring the scenery of their Spiritual Cultivation Academy.
"Second Senior Brother, I want to see the disciples who entered the Spiritual Domain with me."
Nangong Luo's smile instantly froze. Those people were not in good circumstances. "Junior Sister, what's so interesting about them? How about Second Senior Brother takes you to the city?"
"No, I want to see Ye Xuan and Wei Xiangyang," Chu Lingwei refused resolutely. If Second Senior Brother didn't take her, she could go by herself.
"Junior Sister..." Nangong Luo looked dejected. Junior Sister always made things difficult for him.
"Second Senior Brother, if you don't take me, then I'll go by myself." Chu Lingwei knew that Second Senior Brother would definitely take her, and a sly smile appeared on her lips, awaiting his concession.
"Alright, who do you want to see?" Since Junior Sister already knew their fate, seeing them wouldn't hurt. Nangong Luo reassured himself that it was definitely not because of coercion.
Chu Lingwei thought of Wei Xiangyang. He had stayed in the Spiritual Domain for seven hundred years. She wondered about the spiritual energy within him…
"Then let's see Wei Xiangyang first."
Nangong Luo waved his hand and directly took Chu Lingwei to the rooftop of a courtyard. The courtyard was surrounded by a barrier, but this barrier was ineffective against Nangong Luo.