Chapter 110: Killing.

"Phoenix, look! He's following you as you turn to go down the mountain!"

Shang Youqing followed Cheng Huang's direction and saw the shadow of the "blue carp" she had released when she left the stream as a child. It was nestled against the bank, following her closely.

Even when the stream was blocked by rocks and unable to swim across, the blue carp, relying on its lingering remnant of resuscitation, floated silently and quietly behind the little phoenix on its almost transparent dragon scales.

The young phoenix was completely unaware of this, having been followed all the way to Wutong Mountain.

Cheng Huang watched with growing rage, unable to resist another roar.

"Is Ying Shixue sick? Phoenix, you saved him, so it's fine if he's ungrateful, but why is he still haunting you?"

Shang Youqing's gaze slowly settled on the lingering dragon scale behind Little Phoenix. "He's not haunting me. He's simply thinking of a way to use me to escape Kunlun Mountain."

Ever since then, Ying Shixue's lingering presence has shadowed her.

Sometimes it transforms into the sycamore tree where she lives, sometimes into a small fish in the spiritual pond where she retreats. Sometimes, even the faint glow of the dragon scale transforms into a cool breeze

, caressing her feathers. Finally, one night, an extremely severe downpour descended upon Wutong Mountain. Thunder and lightning shattered the cracks in the mountain's barrier.

Amidst the thunder and rain, the dragon scale's shimmering light infiltrated Little Phoenix's courtyard, stealthily plucked her spiritual roots from her slumber, and successfully transformed into a human clone, descending into the human world. The more Cheng Huang watched, the more he couldn't stand it.

After seeing that the spiritual roots of his phoenix were actually pulled out by this ungrateful evil dragon, he was so angry that he wanted to turn into a vicious beast on the spot and tear the dragon's clone into pieces! "I really have never seen such a shameless person. What does he think of us phoenixes--" 

Shang Youqing covered his mouth with an expressionless face, "Okay, shut up. After all, this is not a glorious past for your phoenix. Give your phoenix some face and stop making such a loud noise." 

"Uh, phoenix--" 

Cheng Huang grabbed Shang Youqing and struggled for a few times, but the next second the world spun around, and they actually retreated back to the scene where they picked up the dying blue carp by the stream in the Little Phoenix Mountain Forest... 

Cheng Huang was stunned again, and belatedly realized that this was the Guixu maze repeating the obsession world of Ying Shixue. 

After Shang Youqing put down his hand, Cheng Huang couldn't help asking again, "No, I'm a little confused, so why is Ying Shixue's obsession with the past when he was haunting Fenghuang? Didn't he succeed in the end?" 

Shen Jichuan, who had been standing silently beside Shang Youqing, suddenly spoke in a deep voice at this time: "I'm guessing, is it possible that there was a mistake in a key link of Ying Shixue's layout, which led to his obsession and regret." " 

How could there be a mistake, he even... Fenghuang..." 

Cheng Huang said halfway, and was glanced at by Shang Youqing again. Then he remembered what Fenghuang said just now about saving her some face, so he had to stop talking, and looked at the "little carp" that was successfully rescued by Fenghuang and swam towards the stream... 

"You can't use normal people's thinking to understand... this dragon." 

Shang Youqing paused and suppressed the hatred in his heart for the time being, and analyzed calmly and rationally: 

"I don't think what Chen Jichuan said is completely unreasonable. Since he will be trapped here forever as long as he can't get rid of his obsession, we can re-analyze his every motive and behavior through this world of obsession to see what caused him to have obsession and regret--" 

Cheng Huang: "Then I think it must be that rainy night in Wutong Mountain. This evil dragon with a wolfish heart and a dog's lungs, he might just regret waiting in Wutong Mountain for so many years before finding the opportunity to extract the phoenix's spiritual root!" 

Chen Jichuan looked towards the direction of Kunlun Mountains: "On the contrary, I think that Ying Shixue's obsession should have appeared when Qingqing had not yet left Kunlun Mountain." 

The two had different opinions, so they had to look at Shang Youqing standing in the middle, waiting for her opinion as one of the parties involved. 

"Phoenix, what do you think?" 

Shang Youqing didn't answer immediately. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "...How about this? Since we have different opinions, we can split up for now and investigate the events we each consider suspicious. We'll meet back here in half an hour." 

Chen Jichuan frowned at this. "Qingqing, don't forget that Ying Shixue is also in Guixu. What if he tries to find us while we're apart..." " 

It's okay. He can't do anything to me in Guixu. Even if there's any danger, I'll summon Chenghuang in time." 

Knowing that the longer they stayed in Guixu, the more disadvantaged they would be, they didn't hesitate at this critical juncture and quickly split up. 

Shang Youqing retreated to the stream's edge. Like a bystander, she lowered her eyes and watched coldly as her younger self rescued the little blue carp over and over again. 

Several times, she had clearly gathered the phoenix's spiritual power at her fingertips, only to find herself helplessly watching her younger self release the carp into the stream... 

She watched this scene over and over again, obsessively, for an unseen amount of time. Suddenly, a familiar chill approached from behind. 

Before Shang Youqing could turn, a biting wind brushed her cheeks. The snow-colored figure had already arrived, standing beside her, following her gaze with a calm gaze. 

"Although Cheng Huang cannot approach you in the world of obsession, you, the person involved, are fully capable of touching your younger self," 

he said, his calm, cold gaze returning to her face. "So, Cheng Huang is right. The kind-hearted little phoenix is reluctant to even take action against the slightest trace of remnant in this world of obsession." 

Shang Youqing calmly retreated to the tree behind her, leaning against it to prevent her ankle from losing its balance. 

She coldly stared at Ying Shixue who appeared in front of her and said, "Really? Then have you ever thought that what if I was waiting for you to show up?" 

"Wait for me?" Ying Shixue looked at her, "I thought you would never want to see me again." 

Shang Youqing's face was grim: "Unless you die." 

Ying Shixue smiled indifferently and slowly walked forward, "Do you know that the way to leave Guixu faster than resolving obsession is to kill the obsession itself." 

Ying Shixue finished speaking calmly, without even giving Shang Youqing a chance to react. The little phoenix who had been a child in the world of obsession appeared on this mountain road again. Before he could find the dying blue carp, he swung a cold light and killed the carp for her.