Chapter 11

  Ignoring the blood-colored carnivorous vine that was struggling and screaming "Squeak squeak" in her hand, Feng Qi started to use the Beast Taming Technique she had just learned. Although it was called the Beast Taming Technique, making a contract with this plant shouldn't be a problem, right?

  With that, a crimson light flashed by, and the contract was formed. In his mind, he had a thread of connection with this blood-colored man-eating vine.

  "Master..."

  By his ear, a faint voice suddenly sounded, making Feng Qiujue jump in fright. Then he heard: "Master, don't be afraid, it's me, Xue'er."

  Blood child?

  "You are the Bloodthirsty Vine." Feng Qiexia tightly grasped the slightly twisting blood-colored vine in her hand, thinking to herself that this Bloodthirsty Vine King had already possessed spiritual intelligence beforehand. Unexpectedly, after forming a contract with it, she could actually converse with it now. Not bad! Not bad!

  "Yes, master, I am..." The blood-colored man-eating vine replied obediently in Feng Qiyue's mind. Following that, with a hint of surprise in Feng Qiyue's eyes, it wrapped itself around her neck again with a "whooshing" sound. This time, Feng Qiyue didn't stop it. The blood-colored man-eating vine sparkled with a bright red glow under the sunlight, looking truly beautiful. Worn as a necklace, it seemed quite suitable.

  "Xie er......" Seeing Xie Qi didn't follow up, Feng Fei and others turned their heads back.

  "Coming!" Feng Qiexia responded with a single word and hastily followed up.

  A group of people, vast and numerous, marched towards Liede Mountain. The further they went, the hotter it got in front of them. Unconsciously, sweat dripped to the ground, and with a "hiss" sound, green smoke rose up. Before long, everyone's clothes were soaked with sweat.

  "Damn it! What kind of godforsaken place is this, it's simply going to kill me! I really can't take it anymore!" Wiping away her sweat, Feng Qiuxia gazed out at the desolate landscape where not a single blade of grass grew, and sandstorms frequently swept through.

  Upon hearing Feng Qi's unusually "bold" words, Feng Fei looked at her with some helplessness, and after feeling heartache, she sighed in a helpless tone: "Qie'er, as a girl, you can't be so rough."

  Feng Qiuxia was panting heavily at this time and couldn't care less about pretending to be a gentle lady anymore! Anyway, these were all people she had acknowledged as her own, so it's better to let them get familiar with her true self sooner rather than later, lest she got tired from pretending.

  "Brother! Actually, I'm just a rough person like this. The weakness and timidness before were all fake. From now on, Feng Qiuye doesn't plan to pretend anymore! So you'd better get used to it quickly, hehe..."

  Feng Qiuxia laughed so hard that she was heartless and ruthless, leaving everyone speechless.

  However, such a reckless and rude her, perhaps more in line with the three words Feng Qi Xie. They are the most pure-blooded phoenix of the Phoenix clan, although their aura is low, but their hands are cunningly strong, and they are also rare alchemists, it's supposed to be like this "arrogant" and "overbearing".

  Alas! This person! As long as they are labeled "genius", everything becomes justified!

  Among this group, Feng Fei is the most rational! No matter what kind of person she becomes or how strong she will become in the future, to Feng Fei, she is just his sister, nothing more. So it's better for him to change his rough behavior.

  At this moment, he slightly frowned and was about to scold Feng Qiu a few words, but suddenly remembered!

  "Halt! Who are you people, daring to intrude on our Fire Clan's territory? What is your reasoning?"

  Everyone heard the sound and looked up, only to find that on the high slope, a group of people were standing, and at a glance, they were from the Huo family.

  It seems they still missed it by a hair's breadth, and couldn't help but feel a pang of regret in their hearts, yet there was nothing they could do about it.

  At this scene, Liè Rì Shān must have been occupied by the people of Huǒ Jiā! Fèng Fēi sighed helplessly: "Xié ér, let's go!"

  "Why walk?" Feng Qiuye didn't understand, and it was a good habit to ask when he didn't understand. Feng Qiuye decided to figure it out.

  Feng San sighed, "There has always been an unwritten rule among the few big families that once they enter a treasure-hunting area, whoever arrives first gets to go first and start searching. Those who arrive later can only wait quietly. If the first arrivals really find treasure, those who come later are not allowed to make a fuss. If they don't find anything, we have to wait until they leave before we can enter this area to search."

  Upon hearing this, Feng Qi's eyes narrowed slightly as he said lightly: "If it's not going to be a formal agreement, then what's the point of waiting around? Let's go! If we're late, the Evil Fire might really bring disaster to the Huo family!"

  Everyone's face turned black, and they all lifted their sleeves to wipe away sweat.

  "Please, Seventh Young Lady, if only things were that simple! You're recklessly charging in like this, what if the other families find out? It'll cause public outrage!" Feng Fei suddenly became anxious as he saw Feng Qiujie take a step forward to charge in, and hastily grabbed her arm, saying urgently.

  "Feng Qixia smiled lightly: 'Brother, don't think things are too complicated. In my eyes, Feng Qixia, if I want to do something, I'll just go and do it. With this goal in mind, everything else is unimportant!' As soon as she finished speaking, she broke free from Feng Fei's grasp and headed towards Lie Ri Mountain."

  However, after just a few steps, I felt a tug on my wrist. Feng Qiuhuang turned around and saw that the golden thread was tied to Huo Zui, who was now holding a wine jug and lying on a rock, drinking again!

  This drunkard, Feng Qi's evil intentions were secretly cursed in his heart, but he also understood that he was so drunk there must be a reason for it, and didn't bother with him anymore!

  But at this time, he had to follow her and couldn't drag her down. The evil fire was bound to win, and even if there was only a slight chance, he couldn't let it go.

  "Huo Zui, you'd better get up for me." Understanding is one thing, but if this kid dares to hold her back, she won't let him off either. Although he has saved himself many times on the way here, a debt is still a debt, and gratitude is still gratitude. Feng Qiexia will never mix them together.

  Huozui glanced at her lightly, continued to pour wine, Feng Qiexie suddenly lifted him up with one hand, Huozui held the wine jar, his body swayed slightly, and leaned on Feng Qiexie's shoulder, saying in a soft voice: "Xie, I can't walk anymore! It's so hot..."

  Feng Qiye, who had initially wanted to kick Huo Zui out, only then discovered that his body was scorching hot next to hers. She instinctively reached out to touch his forehead and found that his temperature was abnormally high, not like he was faking it. Her voice involuntarily softened: "Hold on for a bit, we'll leave as soon as we're done. Let me support you while walking, okay?"

  Huozui Wanfen, who was "weak", nodded slightly, leaning his entire body against Feng Qiye's, lightly sniffing the sweet scent of a young girl emanating from her, and couldn't help but feel a slight flutter in his heart. A hint of dizziness appeared in his narrow phoenix eyes.

  Isn't he always disgusted by women's touch? Why is this sinister and vicious girl an exception?

  He's really becoming more and more unlike himself! Oh, no, it's been since he had the bad luck to run into that girl that he's become more and more unlike his former self!

  In the past, he always thought that women were hypocritical and loved to deceive people, pretending to be weak, and absolutely couldn't be trusted.

  But this Feng Qiyuan, her evilness, her sinister nature, her viciousness and her duplicity have never been hidden, they are all openly displayed in front of the world.

  However, her arrogance and domineering attitude will not make people feel disgusted, but rather make them feel passionate and heroic. Therefore, even if she is overbearing and unreasonable, it will not make people dislike her, but rather think that this woman is extraordinary, doing things in a unique way, never following the conventional rules.

  He has never been a good person since he was drunk with fire, so he doesn't think it's bad to be sinister and dark-hearted, it's just that he is particularly disgusting towards women.

  His heart suddenly tightened, women are untrustworthy, this is his deep-seated understanding, but since he met Feng Qiuyi, his defensive thinking has become weaker and weaker.

  Is there something? Has it changed in the intangible?

  "Halt, take another step forward and no matter who you are, the Huo family will not be polite!" Seeing Feng Qiuye and others advancing without following the rules, the people of the Huo family suddenly became angry! They coldly shouted.

  Upon hearing this, Feng Qiujie raised an eyebrow and smiled lightly: "Then how exactly do you plan on being impolite?"

  People of Huo's family, the first to appear on Lie Ri Shan, thinking that Feng Fei and others were forced into the Man-Eating Vine area earlier, making it difficult for people to think too much.

  So, Feng Qi's eyes were slightly cold, and he didn't know if this Fire Clan was innocent or not?

  The Huo family members were enraged by Feng Qiyuan's provocative words and immediately swarmed out, blocking everyone's path: "Those who know what's good for them should leave quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being impolite!"

  "Aren't you tired of repeating the same sentence over and over again?" Feng Qiye said lazily, clearly not taking him seriously.

  Today under this scorching sun, she has already made up her mind! She already possesses the Danzun Divine Scroll, and the Zunwang Ding also has a clear outline; that evil fire must be obtained no matter what!

  Although it is not certain that the evil fire is on this Lieday Mountain, it is extremely hot here and the Fire Clan's defense is so tight that it would be difficult to make people suspicious, so she can't just leave like this!

  She's determined to climb Liede Mountain today!

  "You're a wild girl from who-knows-where, daring to be so insolent in front of our Fire Family. Do you not want to live? One of the young masters of the Fire Family said, seeing Feng Qiujie being so arrogant and still not retreating under the scorching sun on Liedao Mountain, which was a major taboo for them. No matter what family someone was from, when it came to interests, they would not be polite."

  At this, Feng Qiujie smiled lightly and said: "Even if I didn't want to live, it's not like you could help me anyway!"

  "You...!" The young masters of the Huo family were furious, and with a loud "hiss", they collectively drew out their long swords. One of the young masters shouted loudly: "At this time, we don't care what family you people are from, just remember the rules set by the several major families. No matter what family, once you enter a treasure-hunting area, the first to arrive gets the priority to search first, while those who come later can only wait quietly. If the first to arrive really finds treasure, those who come later cannot make a fuss. Even if no treasure is found, you must wait until we leave before you can enter this area to search. So retreat quickly now! The Huo family will let bygones be bygones, otherwise..."

  The fire family's children deliberately prolonged the tail tone, and the warning meaning was self-evident.

  Feng Qi's eyebrows twitched slightly: "We've finally arrived at Lieday Mountain, and you want us to leave empty-handed? Aren't you being a bit too unreasonable?"

  She had never had a good impression of the Huo family, from the initial encounter with Huo Zui to the later Huo Yanling who was arrogant and domineering, and now these somewhat annoying young masters of the Huo family, she disliked them all.

  If she were to find evidence that Feng Fei and the others had been forced into the Man-Eating Vine area, then the Feng and Huo families... Hehe... Feng Qi's evil and cold smile, she would not permit anyone to harm any of the people in the Feng family whom she cared about.

  When Feng Qi heard this, the fire family disciples immediately fell silent. Another fire family disciple suddenly spoke up: "Do you want to destroy the peace between several major families? Even if you are a Feng family disciple, when your family master blames you, can you younger generation bear the responsibility?"

  "We can't afford it, can your Fire House afford it?" Feng Qiexia sneered with a smile.

  "What do you mean?"

  "What do you mean?" Feng Qiye raised an eyebrow, his eyes full of malice: "We were previously forced into the Man-Eating Vine area by someone, and in this Black Wood Ancient Forest, we've only seen people from your Huo family. If it's about breaking the peace between several families, I think it's not us Feng family, but rather you Huo family."

  "You're talking nonsense..." The young master of the Huo family suddenly became furious.

  "Feng Qi's tone was surprisingly relaxed as he said, 'Whether it's nonsense or not, only you Fire Clan people would know. We almost lost our lives and barely made it out of the Man-Eating Vine area to this Blazing Sun Mountain. You think we'd just leave like that? I think you're the ones dreaming. Since everyone has broken the rules, let's just forget about it...'"

  "No way, you're not allowed to go up." The young masters of the Huo family blocked the way with their swords, and all of them frowned coldly, as if daring anyone to come forward, they would fight to the death.

  The Feng clan's children were afraid that Feng Qiniang would suffer a loss, so they quickly protected her and stood in front of her.

  "Get out of the way..."

  "Don't let..."

  At this moment, both sides drew their swords and were about to clash when a slightly gloomy voice rang out: "What's going on here?"

  "See the host..."

  The crowd of young people from the Huo family bowed in unison, and then dispersed. A man in his forties with a square face walked out, his sharp eyes scanning the crowd. However, when he saw the group of young people from the Huo family, he couldn't help but feel a jolt of surprise, which quickly turned into a stern expression. He said in a commanding tone: "Although you are the younger generation of the Feng tribe, I'm sure you're not unaware of the rules and etiquette between the major families?"

  The eyes of the Feng clan's children flickered slightly, flashing unnaturally, but seeing that Feng Qiujie didn't move, they remained standing still on the spot.

  Feng Qi's eyes narrowed as she sized up the so-called master of the Huo family, her instincts stirring up dislike. Not to mention that he might be the culprit who drove Feng Fei and others into the Man-Eating Vine area, just now, she didn't overlook it. The moment the master of the Huo family appeared, Huo Zui's body stiffened, with a slight tremble, and for an instant, the sadness and resentment emanating from him couldn't be hidden.

  In his heart, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for that arrogant and cold-blooded young man. The harm he had suffered was probably related to the master of this fire family.

  And look at Huo's family master, Huo Yun's gaze swept over Huo Zui's body, that gaze was so strange as if he had never known this person before, it really made people curious.

  Huozui, what kind of person is he after all? Is he really a member of the Huo family? If he is indeed a member of the Huo family, then why doesn't Huo Jingyun, as the head of the household, seem to recognize him?

  But if he wasn't a member of the Huo family, his surname wouldn't be Huo, and the hatred he had for the Huo family was something even she could feel!

  People with contradictions are really curious!

  However, it's clear that this isn't the time to satisfy her curiosity. As their eyes met, she lazily said: "Don't you know that sentence should be asked of the Huo family master? Now we just want to discuss a fair outcome. Why did you force my brothers into the Man-Eating Vine area? Why did you destroy the peace between several families? Why do you want to exterminate us, the young ones of the Feng tribe?"

  It is indeed true that when one wants to frame someone, there's no need to worry about finding an excuse. Feng Qi's shameless display was simply flawless.

  Moreover, her innate intuition that was always on the mark told her that this matter was absolutely related to the Huo family. At this point, in order to achieve her goal, she would stop at nothing!

  Moreover, Feng Qi has always been ignorant of the two words "shameless", even if the person who wants to harm the young masters of the Feng family is not from the Huo family, she will still frame them for this crime.

  The people of Huo's family were furious when they heard the words, but since the host was present, they didn't dare to make a scene. One by one, they were so angry that their faces turned red and their necks thickened, looking quite comical.

  Huǒ Jīngyún's gaze slightly condensed, and he couldn't help but carefully examine Fèng Qīxié. The fact that Fèng Fēi and those little brats were able to walk out of the Man-Eating Vine area alive was probably related to this girl, wasn't it?

  This time, they really misjudged! This seemingly ordinary little girl doesn't seem so simple after all!

  "It's said that our Huo family forced you into the Man-Eating Vine area, but do you have any evidence? Otherwise, the crime of slandering other families is not something a little girl like you can bear. Huo Yun's face was cold, and an invisible pressure pressed down on Feng Qiexia, not believing that this three-star Xuan Shi still didn't crawl down."

  However, things often turn out unexpectedly, and even a master of fire can have miscalculations.

  Intimidation? Ha!

  Feng Qiuxia sneered coldly in her heart. She had cultivated the Phoenix Blood Residual Volume, so ordinary intimidation would have no effect on her.

  "What is the main evidence?" She raised an eyebrow, her expression lazy yet extremely sharp as she said: "Just think about it, since we entered the Blackwood Forest, we've only seen people from your Fire Family. Not a single person from any other family has been seen. And the first to arrive at Lava Mountain were also your Fire Family. From this, it can be inferred that in order to prevent our Feng Family from coming to Lava Mountain to find the Evil Flame, your Fire Family might have secretly plotted against us behind our backs. What do you say, Head of the Fire Family?"

  Huajingyun's face suddenly turned iron-green.

  Huozui looked at Feng Qiuyi with contempt, this girl had a talent for talking nonsense with her eyes wide open. Earlier, she had clearly seen Ye Jia's young master Ye Lin, and even "teased" him, but now she was pushing it off cleanly.