bookcurios Chapter 157: Phoenix Dance in the Fire
Chapter 157: Phoenix Dance in the Fire
Chapter 157: Phoenix Dance in the Fire
The Fire Phoenix Dance was not Ye Wenyan's sudden whim, but was a confirmed existence.
It is an ancient sacrificial ritual of the Xuanmai Ye family, used to allow those with the strongest spiritual power to dance in the fire, dancing out the phoenix soul, and the phoenix cry reaches the sky to summon the soul, so as to obtain guidance and enlightenment for the future.
This Fire Phoenix Dance Xuanmai dance was performed by all the previous family heads. Ye Wenyan even saw her grandfather dance it when she was very young, and she herself started learning it when she was three years old. Every dance step and every posture and movement had strict requirements for accuracy, including which foot to step into the fire first, how high to lift the foot, and which direction to face when entering the fire. These were all very particular.
She later concluded that the accuracy of the actions in this ritual should be like a real phone number. Only by ensuring that every number is accurate can you dial the number you want to call. Otherwise, no matter how many times you dial, you will never find the person you want to find.
The same is true for the Fire Phoenix Dance. If you want to use the Phoenix's cry to ask the sky, you must first dance out the Fire Phoenix. This requires precise movements, and every detail must be correct. Otherwise, if the Fire Phoenix does not appear, there will be no Phoenix's cry to ask the sky.
Ye Wenyan was the last head of the Xuanmai Ye family. Grandpa once said that the Fire Phoenix Dance had been passed down for thousands, even tens of thousands of years, and had gone through so many heads of the family, but she was the only one who danced the best. Or in other words, she was the only one who communicated with the Fire Phoenix most smoothly.
Just like now, just after stepping into the fire, the Phoenix Soul was awakened and flew into the sky, shocking everyone who saw this scene.
On the Yanhua Mountain, Emperor Master Li Yuan silently watched a fiery phoenix soar into the sky in the direction of the Fenghuang Yufei Palace, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corners of his lips.
The phoenix danced in the fire, and asked the heavens with its cry. This was the aura that the little girl he had chosen should have, and it was not just that. A red light suddenly appeared, rushing towards the fire phoenix, and they met in the night sky, calling out a dragon's roar.
The cry of the phoenix accompanied by the roar of the dragon made this New Year's Eve go down in history and will still be talked about hundreds of years later.
Lian Shi knelt on Yanhua Mountain, filled with excitement. He asked Shi Liyuan: "Master Emperor, is this a sign of spiritual power reviving?"
Shi Liyuan shook his head. "Spiritual power cannot be revived, but cracks have appeared in the way of heaven. Perhaps with the help of this crack, we can break through the shackles of the human lifespan of only sixty years. This is an opportunity for mortals, and it will also be the lifelong mission of this deity and Miss Ye Si."
In the Phoenix Flying Palace, everyone was astonished by the fiery phoenix rising into the sky, and some even saw the dragon's roar that was emanated from the red shadow.
Perhaps people do not know what the Fire Phoenix is, but everyone remembers the historical records: The Emperor Red Spirit, with the dragon as his soul, the dragon's roar reaches the sky, and the dragon's soul suppresses the earth.
At this moment, the dragon souls and dragon roars came out together. Is this a warning from the emperor to mortals? Everyone knelt down and shouted to the red dragon: "Emperor Tiansui! Emperor Tiansui!"
The fire phoenix in the sky laughed softly. No one could hear it except the red dragon. So he asked casually, "What are you laughing at?"
Huo Feng spoke briskly: "I'm laughing at you for not staying in Yanhua Palace properly, but having to come and join me in the fun. What, you want to dance with me on New Year's Eve? Shi Liyuan, can you dance?"
As the woman in the fire danced, the raging flames seemed to coexist with her. No matter how she danced, she could not be hurt at all.
Someone noticed that Miss Ye Si's body seemed to be emitting a faint silver light. With the silver light protecting her body, the fire did not approach her, allowing her to dance.
But looking at the young lady from the Li family again, although the knife-tip dance was also rare and she danced it gracefully, but everything is afraid of comparison. Under this comparison, the knife-tip dance seemed too simple and almost not worth watching.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Wenyan. Apart from the Li family, no one else cared about what Li Yanran was doing. Even the Li family was attracted by the fire phoenix and red dragon in the air, and they were all wondering: When will the emperor be able to transform into a fire phoenix in addition to the red dragon?
Yes, no one thought that the fire phoenix was summoned by Ye Wenyan. They all thought that the Emperor's spiritual power had advanced again, and in addition to the dragon soul, he had gained a phoenix soul. The dragon and the phoenix met in the air, which indicated that the world of Northern Qi was peaceful and harmonious, and it was a great omen.
Many people were so excited that they shed tears, and some even kowtowed continuously in the direction of Yanhua Palace.
Ye Wenyan looked at this scene, and the smile on her lips became even stronger. But besides laughing, she was still trying to communicate with Huo Feng.
The Fire Phoenix Dance is a sacrificial ritual and a way of asking for revelations from heaven. Every generation of the Ye family’s patriarchs would use this form to divine the things that perplexed them.
But even though she had skipped it in her previous life, she never asked any questions through this ritual.
Because Grandpa said that the future of the Ye family is already very clear, and it is useless to ask the sky with Fengming. Fire Phoenix Dance can only give inspiration, but cannot provide a solution. It is a kind of foresight, but not a means of saving lives.
Ye Wenyan deeply agreed with this.
But today, when Huo Fengwu rose again, she suddenly wanted to ask about Northern Qi. Where exactly was this place that did not exist in the familiar history and was completely unfamiliar to her? Would she be able to see the person she wanted to see here again?
She also wanted to ask about the future of Northern Qi and whether it was possible to conquer it after a lifespan of sixty years.
Now that she is here, she cannot live only sixty years, otherwise this trip will be in vain.
That’s right, it was Wen Feng. This was the real purpose of her coming up with the idea of competing with Li Yanran.
She never cared about the intrigues between women. No one could force her to do anything she didn't want to do. Even if Li Yanran asked her to dance in front of so many people, if she didn't have the heart to do so, she could just crush the petals and cripple Li Yanran's dancing feet.
The reason why I agreed was to take this opportunity to perform the Fire Phoenix Dance.
At this moment, the person was in the fire, but she did not feel the heat, and it was even more impossible for the flames to burn her clothes and body.
Surrounded by spiritual energy, there is no difference between dancing in the fire and dancing outside the fire.
It was the appearance of Shi Liyuan's red dragon shadow that surprised her. It was not until this moment that she realized that Shi Liyuan had already cultivated a dragon soul in his primordial spirit, and that person's primordial spirit was spiritual.
It's good this way, with the phoenix singing and the dragon roaring, they are evenly matched, she likes this feeling.
The dance entered the middle stage and Wen Feng began.
Ask where the Northern Qi is!
Feng replied: Space-time vortex, beyond dimension.
Second, ask her if she can see the person she wants to see! Feng replied: Yes, I can, wait until the sky is broken and the sea is closed.
The third question is whether the shackles of heaven and earth can be opened, and whether the life span of Jiazi can be extended!
Feng replied: When the phoenix dances and the dragon roars, the flowers of the world will bloom again. The day you break the heavenly way will be the day you live a hundred years.
Finally, maybe the Fire Phoenix was in a good mood when she met the Red Dragon, so she gave her another revelation for free -
The Northern Qi Dynasty has recently experienced an earthquake and a disaster!
The red dragon retreated and the fire phoenix fell back. Ye Wenyan heard a scream from Miss Li who was dancing on the tip of a knife nearby.
The question was conducted in a conscious state, and no one heard it. People only watched the dragons and phoenixes dancing in the night sky, but forgot that a long time had passed, so long that Miss Li could no longer hold on. Her Qinggong was broken, her feet stepped on the knife, blood was all over the ground, and she rolled down from the knife formation.
Madam Li Tao rushed over with a cry, hugged her daughter tightly, and kept shouting, "Imperial Physician! Please ask the imperial physician to save my daughter, her legs cannot be disabled, please save her!" Only then did people remember that there was someone else dancing, and this was a competition, a life-and-death contract.
So everyone looked towards Li Yanran, and at the same time they saw Fourth Miss Ye gracefully emerging from the fire without being hurt at all.
Some people were surprised that Fourth Miss Yu Ye was not afraid of fire, even her clothes were not afraid of fire. Did she use some magic?
Some people also felt sorry for Miss Li, who was a healthy person, but now her feet were covered in blood, and the blood was flowing all over the ground. If she wasn't careful, her tendons would be broken.
Tao was almost going crazy. Li Zhiyuan also rushed over here and kept calling for the imperial physician.
Empress Dowager Li could no longer sit idly by, so she personally summoned the imperial physician to treat Li Yanran's injuries, and also asked the palace maids to carry Li Yanran to Yong'an Palace for temporary placement.
Tao went with them. It was inconvenient for Li Zhiyuan to go to the harem, so he had to stay.
But he was not idle either, and pointed out that Ye Wenyan was the murderer on the spot, and said: "Being able to dance in the fire is simply the work of a demon. Miss Ye Si is an alien, a demon who came to harm humans!"
Some people didn't like what he said, so Wu Fei immediately held up the life-and-death agreement that was signed before the dance competition: "It was Miss Li who first proposed the competition, and she insisted on having it despite all dissuasion, and even signed the life-and-death agreement. Now that the Li family has lost, they are biting back at Miss Ye Si. Aren't you too overbearing? Do you think that the rules and principles of Lin'ancheng are up to you, the Li family?"
Then someone started to make a noise: "The Li family can't afford to lose! Signing a life and death agreement and blaming Fourth Miss Ye is too cheap."
Li Zhiyuan gritted his teeth in anger, "Don't you think about why Ye Wenyan can dance in the fire? Is this what a normal person would do? If she is a monster, she is a threat to the entire Lin'an and even the entire Northern Qi. Today it is my Li family that is in trouble, tomorrow it may be the Zhang family or the Wang family. Sooner or later, everyone will fall into her hands!"
"Who are you cursing, Lord Li?" Ye Wenyan walked back to Mu with a smile, holding Mu's arm and asked Li Zhiyuan, "Is it not enough that the Li family is unlucky? Are you trying to drag other officials into it? The Li family is too vicious to curse like this during the New Year."
Ye Wenyan's words made the court officials named Zhang and Li present very angry, and they started to curse at Li Zhiyuan immediately.
For a moment, there was chaos outside the hall.
Feng Zhaolian came over happily, grabbed Ye Wenyan's arm and shook it, "I knew our beauty is the most powerful. This move is so cool that even I have to lose."
Jiang Wanting and Chi Feifei also came closer. Chi Feifei boldly predicted: "Li Yanran's foot may not be healed. She may be lame in the future. Wen Yan, you have directly destroyed the hope of the Li family."
Jiang Wanting said with a smile: "Let the Li family dream about their future! Having one queen is not enough, they want to count on another one. It seems that the Northern Qi harem will definitely belong to their family. They want to take care of everything!"
Ye Feiyu stood aside, constantly looking at Ye Wenyan, fearing that she would be hurt in the slightest. At this time, the Guiyue envoy seemed to have been sobered up by the scene of the fire phoenix soaring into the sky. His mind was spinning, and he soon came up with an idea...