EBE Chapter 595 The Elder Doesn't Want to Take Care of the Child 37 (The End)
Chapter 595 The Elder Doesn't Want to Take Care of the Child 37 (The End)
The narrow cave gradually widened, and a faint light shone from ahead, illuminating a small area.
Yue looked dazed, letting Zhao Zhao lead her toward the altar where the demon dragon had once been imprisoned.
Above the altar, formed from ancient and mysterious black stones, a massive broken lock covered with ancient runes extends from all directions and lies on the empty ground. In the very center, where the demonic dragon was originally locked, a bright and radiant pale pink flame now shines.
The tiny flame shrank to a small ball, yet two hundred years later it still shines brightly, its light enough to illuminate caves several miles away.
“Loriel…” Zhao Zhao couldn’t help but murmur softly.
This flame once symbolized a vibrant life.
"Ugh..." Yue let go of Zhao Zhao's hand and covered her mouth to stop herself from crying out loud.
With her body no longer restricted, Zhao Zhao's mind went blank, and all she could see was that ball of fire. She moved her feet toward the center of the altar.
Yue swore that he was only distracted for a few seconds, and when he came to his senses, he saw Zhao Zhao reaching for the ball of flame with her bare hands, and for a moment his heart seemed to stop.
“Zhao Zhao!!!”
Don't touch it with your hands!
He immediately spoke up to stop them, and at the same time leaped forward.
However, right before his eyes, Zhao Zhao's fair hand gathered the flames in her palm, her eyes wide with fury.
Fortunately, a second, two seconds later, Zhao Zhao turned around, holding the flames, and smiled sweetly at him.
His body was completely unharmed.
My heart, which had been pounding in my chest, returned to its place. Right, look who's holding the Ancestral Dragon's Life Flame!
He curled his lips into a smile and said to Zhao Zhao, "Now that we've got it, we should be going."
As he spoke, he took out a bottle: "Put it in." This was a bottle specially used by the Phoenix Clan to collect spiritual fire, capable of holding all flames in the world.
"it is good."
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief the moment the Ancestral Dragon's Life Fire was poured into the bottle.
Yue smiled gently and said, "Let's return the life fire together after we're done using it."
He gently stroked the bottle with his fingers: "When Ye's emergency is over, you should accompany me to explore the Dragon Clan."
"......"
Zhao Zhao suddenly took a deep breath. He stared at the bottle containing the life fire in Yue's hand, and as he walked out, he slowly changed the subject.
Since acquiring the Ancestral Dragon's Life Flame, Zhao Zhao's energy loss has become increasingly noticeable.
"System, is this how I die in this world? Why? I don't understand." He felt as if his life force was being drained by the life-giving fire.
It's already a rare thing that the little fireball has been able to persist for so long without going out. Now it's absorbing three months of your life force so that it has enough energy to help Ye undergo Nirvana.
Zhao Zhao had no questions, but she did have one: "Can the Ancestral Dragon's Life Flame absorb anyone's life force to provide itself with energy?"
No, only certain people can, like you~
Zhao Zhao made a rare joke: "Me? The destined one?"
Yes, a chosen one.
Lending three months of his life to the Fire of Life to help him save Ye was a worthwhile deal.
As Yue emerged from the Endless Cave, her smile faltered slightly, and she gazed towards the nearby jungle.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Zhao followed Yue's gaze. With much of his energy gone, he had focused most of his efforts on maintaining his image in front of Yue, so he didn't notice anything unusual for a moment.
Yue stared at that spot for a while, and only when she realized there was no danger did she slowly relax her vigilance.
"Nothing, let's go."
"Okay." The system did not warn of any danger.
Zhao Zhao no longer had any doubts, and spread her wings to fly eastward with Yue.
Meanwhile, on the other side, several dragons, including Zhulong, Yili, and Agavin, who had transformed into human form, were concealing their auras and hiding in the jungle.
"Little El once said that two Phoenix Clan members would come to the Endless Cave to retrieve a ball of flame two hundred years from now. Are you referring to those two?"
“It should be.” Zhulong’s gaze fell on Zhao Zhao in the distance, then slowly shifted to Agavin, whose face was tense: “Stop fooling around, have you forgotten what Little El said? We can’t touch those two.”
"But, but they took away the flame of life!"
Zhulong nodded, his deep eyes filled with tenderness: "Yes, our little El is really smart. He actually predicted that the Phoenix Clan would take away flames."
Agavin: ......
Irrick rubbed his head: "The life-giving fire will be sent back, don't worry."
“Oh.” Agavin nodded sullenly.
Little El really loves the Phoenix Clan. Two hundred years ago, because of this prophetic dream, he came specifically to "warn" them not to bully the two Phoenix Clan members.
These two were lucky, otherwise he would definitely have beaten them up!
.......
Despite Zhao Zhao having used all her strength to travel, it still took her a day and two nights, much longer than when she left.
After returning to the Phoenix Clan, Zhao Zhao stopped at the foot of the summit of Wangdian Mountain.
He said expressionlessly to Yue, who wanted to stay with him, "Go and take the bottle containing the life fire to the Second Elder. Go quickly."
"Aren't you coming with me? And why do you look so pale?" Yue was extremely worried because Zhao Zhao's health had been so abnormal throughout the journey.
The crimson-gold fire phoenix circled anxiously in mid-air, and Zhao Zhao had to soften her voice to comfort it: "I'm fine, I just need to go back and rest for a while."
"Go and take the bottle to the Second Elder for me."
"You can come back to me later."
After speaking such a long passage, Zhao Zhao's breathing became unsteady and her vision blurred.
"Chirp!" A phoenix's cry swept overhead. Zhao Zhao watched Yue fly towards the mountain peak and clouds, her expressionless face stiffly curving into a smile.
Goodbye, my two little cubs.
"boom!"
Yue hurriedly pushed open the main hall door and threw the bottle containing the Ancestral Dragon's Life Fire to Bai Yu.
"The Life Flame! We've got it back!"
He turned to leave without glancing at Ye on the bed.
Bai Yu grabbed his arm: "Wait, Ye's rebirth still needs your help."
"..."
Yue closed his eyes; his heart was racing with anxiety.
But he knew that if Zhao Zhao knew that he hadn't helped Ye Niepan in order to see him, she would be heartbroken and disappointed.
So he agreed.
Thus, Yue, who helped Ye undergo Nirvana, and Ye, who was undergoing a near-death experience during his Nirvana, both missed seeing Zhaozhao one last time.
......
In the depths of winter, the biting wind rages and all things wither. In the royal palace atop the mountain, the withered flowers and plants tremble in the cold wind, making crisp sounds.
In a warm and comfortable room of the royal palace, a young man in a black and gold robe, with bloodstains at the corner of his mouth, huddled by the bed, clutching a crimson summoning stone. His handsome face was terribly thin, making his features appear even more angular.
"Zhao Zhao, Yue hit me again..."
"...He doesn't listen to you, you should deal with him..." he murmured softly with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen into a nightmare.
Wearing a golden crown, his head suddenly slammed against the edge of the bed. Ye slowly opened his eyes, his pure gold pupils filled with pain: "Zhaozhao..."
More than a month has passed since Zhaozhao left.
Ye couldn't accept reality. In his view, he had just had a very painful sleep and a very desperate dream.
After waking up, Bai Yu told him that he had successfully undergone Nirvana and his strength had greatly improved. However, before he could even rejoice, Bai Yu's next words filled him with despair, and his mood plummeted to rock bottom.
"Zhaozhao has left us... His body has shown no signs of life."
There were no signs of life...
Xi Yan said that the Ancestral Dragon's life fire had consumed three months of Zhao Zhao's life, but he did not know why the passing of those three months of life would cause Zhao Zhao to die.
He seemed to be going crazy; whenever he closed his eyes, vivid images of various forms would appear.
Perhaps due to the extreme emotional fluctuations, Ye coughed up another mouthful of blood.
"Cough cough cough!" Heart-wrenching coughing echoed in the quiet room, and then suddenly she burst into tears.
Yue said that he was the one who killed Zhaozhao... He said he wanted to beat himself to death.
Having gone through Nirvana, he was strong enough to beat the arrogant Yue to the ground, but he didn't. He just stood there and let Yue vent her anger.
Looking into Yue's bloodshot eyes, he coughed up blood and said with a smile, "Yue, once you've vented your anger, stop making a scene. Zhao Zhao doesn't like us fighting."
The winter sun shone through the window frame into the room, falling on Ye's face. He stared straight at the light without closing his eyes.
Two lines of tears dripped down her cheeks and onto the ground.
"I won't fight, I won't be naughty, and I won't make you angry."
"I will fulfill the responsibilities of a Phoenix Lord. I will dedicate my life to the Phoenix Clan and the Spirit Realm, contributing to the prosperity of the Phoenix Clan and maintaining the stability of the Spirit Realm," he said, word by word.
This is something Zhao Zhao often told him when he was a child.
"I was wrong......"
As he spoke, he began to apologize again.
In my hazy thoughts, a noisy shouting suddenly broke out outside.
"Tsk! What's all this noise about!"
Ye swayed as he got up, about to see what had happened, when a sentence floated into his ears.
"Princess Yuefeng committed suicide..."
Ye froze in place, then sat heavily back down on the ground, staring blankly at the summoning stone.
"Zhaozhao, Yue won't hit me anymore..."
"From now on, I will be the only one protecting the Phoenix Clan."
.......
The elder didn't want to take care of the child. (The End)