Mentioning the Primordial Life Tree, the palm-sized red bird blinked.
"I’ve heard my mother speak of the Primordial Life Tree, said it could appear anywhere deep within the Cloud Forest.
Even my mother couldn’t locate it.
I’ve only heard that it appears only to those with great fortune.
My mother also said there’s a powerful Holy Beast guarding it, and most people who go there are courting death."
Yang Yan squeezed her hand with some force.
"You didn’t lie to me?"
The palm-sized red bird’s eyes turned pale.
"No, I didn’t. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel·fire.net
If you don’t believe me, I can take you to my mother, and you can ask her."
Yang Yan released her grip slightly to let her breathe.
"Fine, take me to see your mother.
Once we get there, you better not play games with me.
Otherwise, I won’t just kill you, I won’t spare your mother either," he said coldly.
The palm-sized red bird nodded.
The palm-sized red bird flapped her wings, coughing a few times.
Then she flew forward, not at a fast pace.
"*You humans are truly heartless!*" she said wistfully.
Yang Yan remained expressionless, pretending not to hear her words.
"*So quick to kill,*" she continued. "My name is Fei Hong, what’s yours?"
Yang Yan’s gaze didn’t move.
"You’d best not know my name."
Fei Hong glanced sideways.
"Why? Is your name so special?"
"No, but knowing my name,
you might end up dead, either by my hands or someone else’s."
Fei Hong clicked her tongue.
"*That’s so terrifying!? Just knowing your name means death.*
*You’re too dangerous!*
*Then again, those daring enough to enter the Cloud Forest to seek the Primordial Life Tree aren’t afraid of death,*" she said.
Yang Yan’s eyes shifted slightly.
"What kind of Holy Beast are you?"
"Me, I am the Sacred Bird Doro.
Within me flows not only the Royal Holy Blood but some Divine Phoenix bloodline as well.
Which Sect are you from, and why are you seeking the Primordial Life Tree?" Fei Hong asked curiously.
Yang Yan’s gaze deepened.
"Knowing these won’t do you any good."
"You don’t want to say, then just don’t say it. *Why make yourself sound so frightening?*
*Knowing your name means death, and knowing other things does me no good either.*"
*She didn’t understand!*
Yang Yan ignored her, walking behind her.
After about an hour of travel, Fei Hong turned in the air.
"Bad guy, we’re almost at my home, my mother’s just ahead," she said.
Yang Yan’s eyes sparkled as he peered through the mist.
He saw a place beyond the mist that looked like a Paradise, teeming with various Spirit Grass.
Among the Spirit Grass walked a voluptuous beauty.
As if sensing Yang Yan’s gaze, she turned her head.
She waved toward Yang Yan, and the scene before his eyes vanished.
"A demon beast at the Sovereign realm!"
Just then, Fei Hong shouted ahead.
"Mother, mother, I’m back," she said joyfully flying forward.
The mist surged, a white hand emerged, and Fei Hong landed atop it.
Then the figure Yang Yan had seen earlier emerged through the mist and appeared before him.
"Why did you bring a member of the Human Clan back?" she asked gently.
Fei Hong lay nestled in the woman’s palm, grooming her feathers.
"Mother, he’s someone I met on the road, thought he was a good person.
So I befriended him and brought him back to ask you something," she replied.
"A good person?" The woman smiled. "I see him shrouded in a terrifying aura of blood.
The number of human lives taken, the number of demon beasts slain.
At least a hundred thousand each, and he’s hidden his true face. Not a good person at all."
Her words startled Fei Hong.
"Mother, *is he really that ruthless?*"
*She hadn’t imagined Yang Yan killed so many people, so many demon beasts.*
"Yes, but I see emperor’s purple aura in him.
As an emperor, for him, killing so many people and demon beasts is normal.
But to call him a good person, you’re simply too naive and don’t understand people," said the woman, brushing Fei Hong’s back.
"You were born a King, entered the Saint Realm at the age of three.
Under my protection, you hadn’t encountered people and are too naive to understand the complexities of human nature.
The person you brought today might even harm us."
"What? He shouldn’t harm you, right?"
"Not necessarily. Asking him might reveal things." The woman continued.
"Young man, brought here by my daughter, what do you want to know?"
Yang Yan ignored her earlier suspicions, only speaking upon hearing this question.
"I want to know where the Primordial Life Tree is!"
The woman pointed her hand further forward.
"If you have the fortune, just keep going forward to find the Primordial Life Tree.
But let me warn you, getting close to it isn’t so easy!
Even if your physique is strong, and your spirit unyielding, it’s still not enough," she said softly.
"I understand, thank you for the warning, I won’t bother you any further."
Without another word, he headed deeper into the Cloud Forest.
His figure moved as if he were undergoing instant teleportation, constantly shifting positions.
As for the woman behind him, he couldn’t contend with her, not yet.
In the hierarchy, the Sovereign realm was far superior to him.
King, Semi-Saint, Saint, Saint King, then Sovereign.
This being, who could ascend at least to the Eight Layered Heaven, stayed here for reasons that were not simple.
"Mother, he’s gone," Fei Hong said.
"Yes, he’s gone," the woman watched Yang Yan’s retreating figure, her thoughts swirling.
She sensed an overwhelming power inside Yang Yan, roaring within him.
Every roar made her feel her own bloodline resonate, as if being suppressed.
"*Could his blood no longer be human?*" she thought to herself.
Fei Hong flapped her wings, taking flight.
"Mother, you said he’s not a good person?"
"Perhaps I misjudged, maybe he’s good.
Being able to see me and decisively turn to leave, he’s no ordinary person."
"Good? Mother, won’t you help him?"
The woman shook her head.
"I can’t help him, what he’s seeking is the Holy Medicine, the Primordial Life Tree.
Even for me, acquiring the Primordial Life Tree wouldn’t be assured.
It is the Holy Medicine, with no trace or form.
Within the Six Realms, it cannot be confined.
Especially with that Holy Beast guarding it,
even I can’t contend with such a being!"
Fei Hong showed a look of concern.
"Then if he goes, isn’t he doomed?
Mother, you have to save him."
"Save him, why?" the woman chuckled. "Could it be, my daughter, at such a young age, has begun to fall in love?"
"No, Mother, I just feel that he has an aura that attracts me.
At first, I didn’t notice, but after getting close, I felt something.
That aura is so mysterious!
How do I describe it? Just smelling it makes me feel elevated," Fei Hong quickly explained.
The woman’s brows subtly furrowed.
"Could it be his blood is...
Come, let’s go in and take a look."
With a wave of her hand, she and Fei Hong vanished from the spot.