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83.09% To Rise Again in the Apocalypse [BL] / Chapter 111: Chapter 36.2 - This brat is from the Phoenix Bloodlines!

Chapter 111: Chapter 36.2 - This brat is from the Phoenix Bloodlines!

A/N: Important author's note in the author's thought. Please read it and reply in the comment >.<

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Li Xinwen could hear the panic in Sun Xiao's voice so he quickly grabbed his bathrobe and rushed out to his door without even drying himself. His body was still wet, with water dripping down from his hair to his skin. The bathrobe on his body was loosely worn, revealing most of his chest.

When he opened the door, he could see Sun Xiao's panic-stricken face. It lasted for a few seconds before Sun Xiao's face turned red, and his expression turned flustered. Upon seeing this change, Li Xinwen became confused and he reached out to touch Sun Xiao's forehead.

"Ah'Xiao, your face is red. Are you alright?" Li Xinwen asked in a worried tone. He ran his mind through everything he knew about Zhuo Yang body type, wondering if there was something wrong with Sun Xiao's cultivation. The temperature of people with pure Yang body type tends to be higher than normal, if they couldn't reign in their spiritual energy it could sometime cause them harm instead.

Sun Xiao, on the other hand, turned even more nervous as he found his eyes unable to move from his brother's figure. He had almost forgotten why he had called Li Xinwen for. Fortunately, he still remembered and he quickly shook his head to make his thought clearer.

"I'm okay, Xin-gege. But... there's something in my room. Earlier, I tried to cultivate and suddenly, some of the spiritual energy I gathered were sucked away by something from my drawer!" Sun Xiao informed Li Xinwen. "Xin-gege, is there a ghost in my room? You mentioned before that ghost can also cultivate and that there are malevolent ghost and benevolent ghost..." Sun Xiao clearly looked afraid as he mentioned the word ghost.

"Ghost?" Li Xinwen turned to look at the door to Sun Xiao's room. He activated Mo Yan but he couldn't see anything that resembled a ghost. If there was indeed a ghost, then he will need to ask them to move away, or if they are hostile, eradicate them. Ghosts are full of Yin energy, and someone with a body like Sun Xiao does attract them. But these beings are not good for Sun Xiao as they absorb Yang energy.

"Xin-gege, was there really a ghost?" Sun Xiao asked when he saw that Li Xinwen's expression was full of seriousness.

Li Xinwen turned his attention back to Sun Xiao and just offered him a smile. Raising his hand, he gently rubbed the other's head. "There's no ghost. Don't worry," Li Xinwen assured the young boy. "But this still needs to be investigated. Let's go to your room first," Li Xinwen said and they walked over to Sun Xiao's room.

The door was still in an opened state, showing that Sun Xiao didn't even have time to close them in panic. When they entered the room, Li Xinwen did not sense any presence made out of Yin energy. In fact, the room was rich with Yang energy which shows that Sun Xiao did cultivate before. Using Mo Yan, Li Xinwen was still unable to see anything that was amiss. But seeing Sun Xiao's state, there was no doubt that the boy had found something here when he's cultivating earlier. He remembered that Sun Xiao mentioned that the energy was absorbed and the cause seemed to be coming from the drawer.

"Ah'Xiao, which drawer did you sense the thing that was absorbing the energy?" Li Xinwen asked. Sun Xiao quietly pointed at the drawer beside his table. Li Xinwen walked over or at least attempted to when he felt his arm was being hugged tightly. Turning back, he saw Sun Xiao holding on onto his arm with a worried look.

"What if there really is a ghost?" Sun Xiao said when he saw Li Xinwen's questioning look. "I don't want anything to happen to Xin-gege..."

A low chuckle escaped Li Xinwen's lips as he playfully pinched Sun Xiao's nose. "Don't worry. A ghost can't harm me," Li Xinwen said in an assuring tone. "You know how strong Ge is, right?"

Sun Xiao continued to look at Li Xinwen before finally nodding his head. He let go of Li Xinwen's arm with reluctance and watched as Li Xinwen walked over to the drawer. His eyes continued to train on Li Xinwen's figure as the other pulled the drawer open and looked inside.

Li Xinwen's eyes narrowed as he looked inside the drawer. There were a few books, notes, and several new, unopened pen. Other than that, there was the gift that Xue Rui had given Sun Xiao. 'There is nothing here, ah. Did Ah'Xiao imagined it?' Li Xinwen thought. Activating Mo Yan once more, Li Xinwen looked at each item until it rests on the gift from Xue Rui. His eyes widened as he carefully picked up the egg-shaped stone. The ember coloured egg seemed to shine slightly upon being picked up before dimming once more.

"Ah'Xiao, try and cultivate again," Li Xinwen said, his eyes never leaving the stone egg in his hand.

Sun Xiao didn't ask any question and quietly closed his door before he sat down on his bed and began cultivating. The spiritual energy within the room swirled and started to gather around Sun Xiao. When Sun Xiao started to absorb the energy, something finally happened. The stone egg in Li Xinwen's hand started to glow. Some of the spiritual energy that Sun Xiao was about to absorb travelled towards the egg. When Sun Xiao noticed this, his brow furrowed and he was about to stop when he heard Li Xinwen's voice.

"Don't stop. Continue," Li Xinwen told the boy. "Ge is here. Nothing will happen to you."

Sun Xiao heard the gentle tone from Li Xinwen and started to relax once more. He trusted Li Xinwen and continued to absorb the energy.

Li Xinwen, on the other hand, continued to eye the stone egg in his hand. He didn't know the origin of this item, but he could sense a dormant life within. To confirm his suspicion, Li Xinwen tried to put the egg into his storage ring. When the process failed, Li Xinwen knew that the stone egg is not just mere decoration.

[Lanyu: Master!! Is there someone with you? I could sense that bastard outside!]

'There's Ah'Xiao, why?' Li Xinwen asked, narrowing his eyes. He had already told Lanyu about Sun Xiao, so the spirit knew about his brother and wouldn't have disrespected him. But Lanyu's tone seemed a bit suspicious.

[Lanyu: Only your brother? But... I feel like there's someone else there...]

'Hmm... there is this stone egg in my hand, and I believe it to be an egg for some creature,' Li Xinwen replied to Lanyu.

[Lanyu: That must be it! On the day I met master, someone was absorbing the spiritual energy that I've gathered. This lower realm is already lacking in spiritual energy, and he actually took what I worked hard on! Master must help Lanyu teach him a lesson!]

Lanyu sounded like a child that had been bullied and wronged as he complained to Li Xinwen. Li Xinwen just shook his head with a smile on his face. 'This thing hasn't even born yet, ah. How to teach him a lesson? And its only absorbing spiritual energy to nourish this life inside. Who knows if this creature can be of help to Ah'Xiao in the future.'

[Lanyu: If master wants to, Lanyu can help figure out what kind of creature it is. Just send it inside.]

'Are you sure you're not going to crack it open and cook it as revenge for what happened before?' Li Xinwen decided to tease Lanyu.

[Lanyu: Master!! Lanyu won't do that. Master should know that Lanyu can't hide anything from master since we formed a contract...]

Lanyu sounded distressed that he was being bullied by his master. Li Xinwen just chuckled and send the egg into the dimension for Lanyu to look at. After a while, he heard Lanyu's voice again in his mind.

[Lanyu: Master, it looks like this brat is actually a beast from the phoenix bloodlines, ah!]


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Lin_XiaoLong Lin_XiaoLong

Chapter 15/15!!

This should've been the last of the daily update release but since we're really really close to the end of volume 1, I have a proposition to make.

1. I continue with the daily update until the end of volume 1. Chapter 36 is the last chapter for volume 1 so there should be a few more releases in WN (about 5 or 6). But after volume 1 ends, I'll take a short break (around 1-2 weeks)

2. Return to updating twice a week starting next week. If I do this, I won't take a break in-between volumes.

The reason for this is because:

a) The daily updates are taking a strain on my poor stockpiles. So I need to make more XD

b) There's a webtoon short story contest and this author is joining it with another artist. So I need some time to focus on the script >.<

c) This author needs to do one final check on volume 1, do some editing and change a few things before continuing to volume 2.

With that said, this author needs an extra pair of eyes in order to edit the volume 1 soon. If anyone would like to offer their service, just leave your contact detail in the comment and I'll reach you out! If you don't want to leave your contact detail, you can reach out to me via discord: LittleDragon#5678

Chapter 112: Chapter 36.3 - Is it a phoenix or is it a chicken?

'Phoenix bloodlines? How pure are his bloodlines?' Li Xinwen asked Lanyu.

[Lanyu: Unfortunately, I won't be able to figure that out until this brat is born. But as long as master let him cultivate with master's younger brother, he should be able to be born in a few years.]

After saying that, Lanyu sent the egg back to Li Xinwen who then stared at it. After a while, he placed the egg back in its place, then turned to Sun Xiao. The boy had entered a deep state of cultivation so Li Xinwen didn't want to disturb him. He was just about to leave when he sensed Sun Xiao was getting restless. "Ah'Xiao?" Li Xinwen called out, wondering if there was something wrong.

But the moment his voice left his lips, Sun Xiao regained his calmness. Seeing this, Li Xinwen figured out that the boy was probably still afraid about that ghost, so he didn't want Li Xinwen to leave. In the end, Li Xinwen could only settle on the floor near the bed and waited patiently.

Ten minutes passed, and Li Xinwen felt his eyes were getting heavier. He then remembered that after he undid the seal, he also went through with refining the pills. 'It was no wonder that I'm mentally tired...' Li Xinwen thought to himself as he closed his eyes. He wished that he could drink the lake water without repercussion again. 'This is all because of the demonic qi. When I see that An Wuya again, I will make him pay... with interest.'

Two hours passed, and Sun Xiao finally opened his eyes. When he couldn't see Li Xinwen in his line of vision, he showed a panicked expression. His eyes immediately landed on the drawer, where he felt some of the spiritual energy he gathered earlier had escaped to. In his mind, he was still thinking that there is a ghost inside. He was just about to run again when he finally saw Li Xinwen near his bed on the floor, asleep in a sleeping position.

Li Xinwen was still wearing the bathrobe so Sun Xiao could see the other's well-sculptured chest. All of a sudden, Sun Xiao was reminded of the dual cultivation technique that he had read a few days ago to which, most of them contains an obscene description. When he realized where his mind was heading, Sun Xiao quickly shook his head and cleared his thought. His hand reached out and shook Li Xinwen's shoulder lightly.

"Xin-gege, Xin-gege, wake up," Sun Xiao tried to wake Li Xinwen up but the tone of his voice was soft, betraying his attempts of waking the other up.

But Li Xinwen is a cultivator. Unless he had entered deep cultivation, if someone were to wake him up, he could naturally hear them. Opening his eyes, Li Xinwen stared at Sun Xiao. "Done?" Li Xinwen asked.

"En," Sun Xiao replied. "Umm... Xin-gege, what about the ghost?"

"Ghost? There's no ghost, Ah'Xiao," Li Xinwen replied with a chuckle. "The one responsible for stealing those energies you gathered is that egg you got from Xue Rui."

"Egg?" Sun Xiao appeared confused. He appeared as if he is trying to remember what item it is that Li Xinwen was referring to. "Is it that amber coloured stone egg?" Sun Xiao asked.

"Correct. That egg is actually a beast egg. Belonging to the phoenix bloodline," Li Xinwen told Sun Xiao. "I don't know how it got to its current state, but it's still alive. As long as you continue to help him absorb spiritual energy, it will be born in a few years," Li Xinwen repeated what Lanyu had told him earlier.

"So... it's not a ghost?"

"No," Li Xinwen said with a chuckle as he raised his hand and gave Sun Xiao a gentle pat on the head. "Being afraid of ghost. How are you so cute, ah! How about this... since you're really scared of ghost, Ge will teach you something so you can see them," Li Xinwen said with a smile.

"Won't seeing them is scarier?" Sun Xiao asked meekly.

"Ah'Xiao is scared of a ghost... then what about zombies? Compared to ghost, Ge thinks that zombies are more ugly," Li Xinwen replied.

When Li Xinwen said it like that, Sun Xiao suddenly felt that the ghost are not as scary. The reason why ghosts are scary is that you can't see them at will while they can make themselves appear whenever they want when they want to scare people. 'If I can see them at will... then they're no different than zombies,' Sun Xiao thought. Since he wanted to protect his family from zombies, he must first get used to these scary things.

"Then, Xin-gege, can you teach me how to see them? And, can you also teach me how to fight them?" Sun Xiao asked.

"Fighting them is not that much of a problem. As long as you can see them, you can use your spiritual energy to attack them. But before you do, always ask them first. Not all ghost are dangerous," Li Xinwen explained. "Some are only lost, not knowing that they have already passed."

"Then, if I met with these kinds of ghosts, what should I do?"

"Talk to them, help them solve what shackled them to this world so that they can enter the cycle of reincarnation," Li Xinwen replied. "But if they are a malevolent ghost, there are two ways to deal with them. One, if they are not hostile to you, help them solve their resentment. But if they are hostile, destroy them."

"Is destroying them the same as killing them? If we destroy them, will they still enter the cycle of reincarnation?" Sun Xiao asked.

"En. But only after they received their due punishment in Diyu."

"What if we help solve their resentment?" Sun Xiao asked again.

"That depends on the outcome. If the ghost let go of their resentment peacefully, they won't be punished," Li Xinwen replied.

"Then what about the zombies? Does Xin-gege think that they are the same as ghosts?"

"That... I don't know," Li Xinwen said as he shook his head. "Until I've seen them, I won't know what they are. They might be a ghost but they also might be a monster," Li Xinwen added.

After the question and answer session, Li Xinwen finally taught Sun Xiao how to use Moyan. The boy was truly gifted and paired with Li Xinwen's guidance, Sun Xiao was able to activate Moyan on his thirty-sixth attempt. When Li Xinwen saw the boy's pupil had changed colour, he gathered the spiritual energy on top of his palm and started to shape them. Li Xinwen did not condense them, so without Moyan or similar technique to it, one will not be able to see them. It would've made a perfect concealed attack if it were not for the fact that uncondensed spiritual energy is harmless. "Can you see them?" Li Xinwen asked. "What shape are they making?"

"A bird...?" Sun Xiao replied. "It looks like that bird from the painting. The one that guards the south..." Sun Xiao sounded unsure but Li Xinwen just smiled at him.

"Not wrong, but not correct either. This is indeed a bird, but it's not Zhuque," Li Xinwen told Sun Xiao.

"Then, umm... Fenghuang?"

"Right. And go follow it's trails," Li Xinwen said as he let the phoenix shaped spiritual energy flew over to Sun Xiao's drawer where the egg rests. At first, Sun Xiao was still afraid but remembering what Li Xinwen told him earlier about the egg, he gathered his courage and went forward. He slid the drawer out and grabbed the egg in his hand, then looked at Li Xinwen, silently asking what he should do next.

"Whenever you cultivate, just take it out and place in near you. Beasts understand even before they are born. If you let them know you do not mean them any harm, once they are born, they will, in turn, help you. And with you helping it cultivate, it might even think of you as their parent," Li Xinwen explained.

"Oh, okay. Then... should Ah'Xiao just treat it like an unborn pet?" Sun Xiao asked.

"En. You can say that," Li Xinwen said. Then after a while, Li Xinwen called Lanyu up. 'Lanyu, do you think that Ah'Xiao can form a contract with the beast within the egg?'

[Lanyu: Since the beast in the egg has already gained sentience, he should be able to. Try dropping a drop of blood on the egg and see if it will be absorbed.]

Li Xinwen hummed in acknowledgement before he turned to Sun Xiao again. "Ah'Xiao, try giving the egg a bit of your blood."

"Giving blood?" Sun Xiao cocked his head sideways in confusion. "Like... to form spiritual contract?"

Li Xinwen nods his head and walked over to Sun Xiao. "Ge won't hurt you. So trust me, alright?" Li Xinwen said as he took one of Sun Xiao's hand into his. He used his spiritual energy to form a very thin needle and quickly puncture Sun Xiao's forefinger. Then, he told Sun Xiao to smear the blood over the egg.

The blood seemed to boil upon the surface of the egg before it disappeared. They waited for a second, then a minute. Unfortunately, there was nothing. Li Xinwen in the end, had to ask Sun Xiao: "Ah'Xiao, can you sense anything?"

Sun Xiao only shook his head and Li Xinwen can only let out a sigh of disappointment.

"Ah! Xin-gege, Xin-gege!!" Sun Xiao's call brought Li Xinwen's attention with him. "I think... the umm... bird inside is trying to communicate with me," Sun Xiao said as he looked straight to Li Xinwen.

"Oh, what did it say?" Li Xinwen asked, feeling slightly excited.

"Umm... 'Chirp chirp'?" Sun Xiao repeated the sound he heard in his mind to Li Xinwen which resembles the sound that a small chick would make. The innocent expression on the young boy's face only made Li Xinwen felt even more helpless with mixed emotion. For one, he found that Sun Xiao was being cute with how he mimicked the sound of a young chick. On the other hand, he was now suspicious of the true identity of the beast inside the egg.

Li Xinwen to Lanyu: Are you sure it's a descendant of the phoenix bloodline or just a chicken?

Lanyu who was accused wrongly: Master, believe Lanyu, ah! Lanyu has travelled to a lot of realms. How can Lanyu mistakes a phoenix with a chicken? Wuwuwuwu... Master is bullying Lanyu again...


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