The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl

Chapter 217: The Origin of Qin Mountain

The passerby hurried along, the leader among them in his forties.

His features stern, a full forehead, and a large, imposing figure; even in the dark of night, this person moved extremely quickly, his shining eyes full of sharp light.

"A bunch of useless servants, Prince has only left the city a few days, and such a significant matter as the Princely Heir going to capture the Xuan Bird, yet you dare to conceal it."

This person is named Yang Ce, an aide in the Prince Manor. Although called an aide, he is the first Martial Artist by Prince Yang’s side, and apart from the Prince, he is the only expert at the Little Perfection state of the Xuan Bridge Realm.

Earlier, Prince Yang was commanded to patrol outside, and he escorted the Prince out of the city, little did he know that the Princely Heir would seize the chance to enter Qin Mountain.

To most people of Purple Cloud City, Qin Mountain was just a wild mountain for hunting, but as the first Martial Artist by the Prince’s side, Yang Ce knew far more.

The history of this Qin Mountain goes back even further than Longteng Country, rumored that a thousand years ago, there was a battle between a dragon and a phoenix.

Longteng Country has ancient legends of dragons.

But no one had ever seen a real dragon until a thousand years ago when a hunter near Qin Mountain witnessed a dragon and phoenix fighting.

Some say, at the end of the battle, the giant dragon triumphed, and the phoenix turned into a fiery fireball, falling to the summit of Qin Mountain, flattening a radius of ten miles on the mountain top.

Rumors have it the giant dragon sealed the summit with ice to prevent the phoenix from undergoing Nirvana and reviving from the dead ashes.

Since then, the giant dragon vanished.

But hunters living near Qin Mountain occasionally say some claim to hear the phoenix’s lament near the mountain, while others insist it is the call of the Xuan Bird.

Nevertheless, it is an undisputed fact that the Xuan Bird is a descendant of the phoenix.

Why would the Princely Heir, Sealing Spirit, choose to seal the only descendant of the phoenix inside Qin Mountain? That is utterly reckless.

The Xuan Bird dwells in the Ancient Forest, and Yang Ce hurried all the way to the forest.

Upon reaching the entrance of the Ancient Forest, Yang Ce and his team were stunned.

The Ancient Forest looked as if it had been struck by a hurricane, trees all toppled and in disarray; more heart-wrenching was that half of the guards from the Prince Manor were dead or injured, luckily, after a search, they found that Heir Yang was still breathing, pinned under a piece of pine wood.

Fortunately, they discovered him in time, any later and not even an immortal could have saved him.

Yang Ce was dumbfounded seeing Heir Yang in such a state.

"Lord Yang, what should we do now? With the Princely Heir in this condition, how can he participate in the Zixiao Palace Exam?"

The guards nearby also showed distressed expressions.

The Princely Heir was already fifteen, and Prince Yang had high hopes for him. With his abilities, he was fully capable of excelling in the Imperial Examination at Zixiao Palace, but now, in such a state, how could he participate in the exam?

"First, get the Princely Heir back and make utmost efforts to save him. Damn that Xuan Bird, when Prince Yang returns to the city, the first thing to do is to flatten Qin Mountain."

Yang Ce searched the vicinity but found no sign of the Xuan Bird, and had no choice but to take people to carry the Princely Heir down the mountain.

Before dawn, Xin Lin returned to Purple Cloud City.

"Gui Hu, what should I do at the Zixiao Palace Exam?"

Xin Lin quietly asked Gui Hu.

Perhaps because of capturing the Xuan Bird, Gui Hu seemed to be in a good mood, surprisingly not casting his usual sarcastic remarks on her during the journey.

"Fend for yourself."

Dropping these cold three words, Gui Hu stopped paying attention to Xin Lin.

He must quickly refine the Spiritual Energy drawn by the Heaven and Earth Devouring Spirit Array into Ghost Power, only by doing so could he refine the Xuan Bird.

Men are really unreliable, relying on others is worse than relying on oneself, forget it, just have to play by ear during the Zixiao Palace Exam.

Xin Lin looked speechless and very unwillingly returned to her residence.