Leng Qingxiang and the others came to a big mountain beside Weishui River after a day's galloping. The mountain was surrounded by green cypresses and overgrown with weeds. There was not a single farmer within dozens of miles.
Leng Qingxiang poked her head out of the carriage and looked at the lush mountain. She smiled and said,""Master, where is this? What a beautiful mountain. Have we arrived at Phoenix Palace yet?”
" This is Phoenix Mountain," the woman in black said with a bright smile." Our Phoenix Palace is deep in the mountain!"”
"Phoenix Mountain. The name matches our Phoenix Palace perfectly. Master must have spent a lot of effort to choose this address, right?”Leng Qingxiang laughed excitedly.
"Actually, I came up with the name of this mountain at the last minute. I'm not too sure what it's called!”
"I don't care what its name is. I think it's good enough to be called Phoenix Mountain!”Leng Qingxiang shouted excitedly.
"Alright, no matter what mountain it is, it's our territory!”Lu Liang, who was outside the carriage, heard the conversation between Leng Qingxiang and his master and interrupted with a smile.
"Exactly, exactly! I call the shots in my territory, whatever I want to call it!”Leng Qingxiang was intoxicated by the beautiful landscape, and a child-like innocent smile appeared on her face.
As everyone laughed and laughed, the carriage quickly drove into the depths of the mountain. The mountain path here was steep, and the carriage could not go up at all. The three women in the carriage jumped down one after another and slowly walked forward with the others.
Looking at the smoke-filled mountaintop, Leng Qingxiang joked happily,""Master, don't tell me you're going to bring everyone to ride the clouds!”
"I don't have that ability!" The woman in black smiled faintly.”
Miss Xiao Die's body was delicate, and she was drenched in sweat after a few steps. She panted and said in a delicate voice,""Master, when will we arrive?”
The woman in black pointed at a dense forest in front of her and said,""We'll reach it after passing through that forest!"
"Oh!" Xiao Die answered, a little depressed as she lowered her head to wipe the sweat off her face.
Seeing that Xiao Die was having a hard time walking, Leng Qingxiang shouted at Hu Yue,""Hu Yue, come here quickly!"
"Miss, what's the matter?" Hu Yue hurriedly ran to Leng Qingxiang's side.
"Look at Miss Xiao Die's face full of sweat. Why don't you care? I order you to carry her up the mountain!”
Hu Yue giggled and bowed her head happily."This subordinate will obey!"
Xiao Die heard Hu Yue's words and lowered her head in embarrassment.
Leng Qingxiang pulled Xiao Die's hand and smiled,""There's nothing to be embarrassed about.”
Hu Yue smiled and pulled Xiao Die onto her back. She hummed a tune and ran to the top of the mountain.
Leng Qingxiang's expression suddenly turned ugly as she watched them leave. She laughed coldly as the same scene appeared in her mind. An unruly little girl bullying an honest young man, and every time she would make him carry her down the mountain! But now that time had passed, that honest young man would never appear in the girl's life again. She was destined to be alone in this life, destined to be tortured by hatred until she was covered in bruises!
Seeing Leng Qingxiang staring at Hu Yue and Xiao Die's backs in a daze, the woman in black coughed lightly and said,""Qingxiang, are you thinking about the past?”
Leng Qingxiang smiled bitterly.”
"Alright, let the past be the past. Master promises to find you a suitable husband!”
"Master!" Leng Qingxiang recovered from her sadness and realized that her master was implying something. She blushed and pouted,"I don't want a stinky man. I want to live independently!”
"Good, good, good! Live independently!" The woman in black smiled brightly and pulled Leng Qingxiang forward.
About ten minutes later, they passed through a dense cypress forest and came to an open land. The birds were chirping and the flowers were fragrant. It looked like a paradise. The woman in black clapped her hands gently, and five yellow-robed men jumped down from a nearby mountain. They knelt down and shouted,"Welcome back, Palace Master!"
Everyone looked at the five burly men in surprise, and at the same time, they turned their puzzled eyes to the woman in black. They had always thought that the Phoenix Palace would be built by everyone. They did not expect that there were already experts waiting here. It seemed that the Phoenix Palace had already existed for a long time!
The woman in black smiled and looked at Leng Qingxiang."Quickly get everyone up!"
Leng Qingxiang pointed at her own chest in surprise and asked in disbelief,""Are they calling me Palace Master?"
"Of course, the five of them are the five great guardians of our Phoenix Palace!”
"Oh, then everyone, get up quickly!" Leng Qingxiang immediately straightened her back and raised her voice after learning the identities of the five men. She was the Palace Master of Phoenix Palace. This was the first time she met the five guardians. She must not lose her status and let them think that she was a little girl who had not experienced the world. Then, how could she manage Phoenix Palace in the future and make them submit to her!
The five burly men slowly got up and led the group into a narrow path on the mountain peak. After passing through this narrow path, they arrived at an empty field. There were fruit trees, crops, and a castle made of stone. It was more than ten feet tall. Seeing the scene in front of them, everyone admired the woman in black even more. Not only had she built the Phoenix Palace, but she had also planned everyone's food. There were fruit trees and food. They did not need to go down the mountain to be self-sufficient.
"Palace Master, please!" The five burly men led Leng Qingxiang and the others into the castle. The decorations in the castle were very special. There were murals made of tree branches, utensils carved from stone, and carpets made of animal skins, which made the castle full of primitive beauty.
The woman in black looked around with Leng Qingxiang and said with a bright smile,"The five guardians have worked hard. It's indeed not bad to be able to use local materials to build such a good house!”
"Thank you for your praise, Master!" The five burly men bowed.”
The woman in black smiled lightly." Alright, everyone must be tired after a day of walking on the mountain road. After dinner, go rest. We will discuss other matters tomorrow!”
Everyone followed the five men to have dinner. The kitchen was at the corner of the first floor. A girl called Guihua had already placed a sumptuous dinner on the stone table. Everyone finished their dinner under the invitation of the woman in black and went back to their rooms to rest.
Leng Qingxiang and Xiao Die followed the woman in black to the bedroom on the second floor. When they saw the beautiful decorations in the room, Leng Qingxiang clapped her hands happily. This place was not as primitive as the first floor. There were everything that women liked here, such as the bed curtains made of gauze, the silk curtains, the beautiful bronze mirror, and the white jade basin.
"This house is simply too beautiful. It's much better than that underground palace that doesn't see the sun!”Leng Qingxiang touched the soft bedding with her hand, her face beaming with joy.
The woman in black nodded and smiled." The five guardians are very thoughtful. They have prepared everything we want!"”
Xiao Die was also very happy.”
"Alright, go and rest!" The woman in black smiled.
"Master, then Xiao Die will take her leave first!”Xiao Die bowed slightly and slowly left the room.
Watching Xiao Die walk away, Leng Qingxiang closed the door and pulled her master to sit on a stone chair covered with tiger skin.
Seeing Leng Qingxiang's mysterious look, the woman in black smiled faintly and said,""Qingxiang, what are you doing?"
Leng Qingxiang stared at her master for a long time before she said seriously,""Master, I find you more and more mysterious! You opened a brothel in the capital, and there are actually people here who built a Phoenix Palace for us. Are there your people everywhere in the world, and they respect you so much? Who exactly are you?"
After hearing Leng Qingxiang's words, the woman in black laughed loudly."Master is not as godly as you say. There are my people everywhere in the world.”
"Master, then tell me, what is your background? There are actually so many experts willing to work for you?”
"Do you really want to know?" The woman in black took a sip of hot tea and looked up at the cold fragrance.
"Yes, I really want to know. This question has been in my heart for a long time and I have never dared to ask you. Now that I've worked hard to realize our dreams according to your wishes, it's time for you to tell me your true identity!”Leng Qingxiang looked at the woman in black excitedly, hoping that she could reveal her true identity. Ever since she met this woman, she felt that she was a mystery. This mystery made Leng Qingxiang suspicious day and night. However, guessing was just guessing. She wanted this woman to answer her doubts personally. Only then could she truly follow this woman without worry.
Seeing Leng Qingxiang's expectant gaze, the woman in black coughed lightly and said in a low voice,""Is my identity that important to you?”
"Yes, sir!"
"Good! Then Master will tell you!" The woman in black took a sip of tea and slowly said,""It started forty years ago. My parents were from the Western Regions. They believed in a kind of divine religion in the Western Regions. This religion was very famous in the Western Regions. Many people sent their children to the religion to learn martial arts and spells. My parents were no exception. When I was six years old, they sent me to the divine religion at the foot of Tianshan Mountain to learn spells and martial arts. My teacher was a very beautiful woman. She was called 'Snow Fairy' by the disciples of the Western Regions divine religion. She was kind. She treated me like her own child. Under her nurturing, I was already a very famous disciple in the sect when I was ten years old. My spells and martial arts were better than other children.
Just as Master was happy about my excellence, something bad happened. I remember clearly that it was a snowy night. Master was teaching me sword techniques when a few disciples of the God Sect suddenly barged in from outside. They held the Sect Master's personal order, saying that Master had killed an elder of the sect and wanted to bring her to the prison for interrogation. Master knew that someone was framing her, but she did not fight back and followed those people. I cried for the whole night when I saw my master being taken away by those people. The next day, when I was about to go to the Hierarch to argue, my master was beaten black and blue and was released. Seeing her covered in blood, my tears dried up. That hateful Hierarch had wasted my master's martial arts and asked her to stay far away from the Western Regions and never return to the God Sect. Seeing my master's misery, I wanted to seek revenge from the Cult Master, but she wouldn't let me go no matter what. She said that the man was very cruel, and if I didn't leave the Western Regions quickly, I might be hurt by that man. Under my master's forceful obstruction, I temporarily gave up on my plans for revenge. I found a camel and left the church with my master overnight. After walking for three days and three nights, we finally left the territory of the God Sect. We didn't expect to encounter a sandstorm. The flying yellow sand swept away all our luggage and almost caused us to lose our lives.
Without water and food, we couldn't move. Seeing me on the verge of death, Master told me to kill camels to satisfy my hunger. There was food, but it also meant that Master and I couldn't walk out of the desert. Her body was covered in injuries, and the tendons in her hands and legs had been broken by that detestable Cult Master, so she couldn't move at all. In order to let me walk out of the desert safely, Master finally chose to bite her tongue and commit suicide. Before she died, she told me the truth. It turned out that the Cult Master had a penchant for losing his arm. He fell in love with a swordsman from the Western Regions, and that swordsman fell in love with Master at first sight. In order to get rid of this love rival, the Cult Master killed Master and fabricated a murder case to make all the disciples in the Cult see Master as an enemy.
After my master died, I ran alone in the desert, afraid that the eccentric Cult Master would come after me. But what I was afraid of still happened. Cult Master sent a large group of people to catch up with me. Just as I was about to be hacked to death by those people, that swordsman appeared in time. In order to save me, he killed all the disciples of the God Sect who chased after me. After learning that his master had passed away, he was in so much pain that he finally killed himself. Seeing the people around me die one by one, I was extremely afraid. I ran for my life and finally came to a village. A farmer took pity on me and adopted me. At that time, I was ten years old. In order not to be chased by the people of the Divine Religion, I gave up my previous martial arts and spells and began to live a simple life.
Five years later, my adoptive parents passed away and I came to the Central Plains. I met a master in the Central Plains. In a fight with him, he wasted my martial arts. After I recovered, I came to the prosperous Chang 'an. When I first arrived in Chang' an, I had no one to rely on. In order to make a living, I entered a brothel and became a famous singer in Chang 'an. Later, I met a man who changed my fate. He treated me very well and we even gave birth to a lovely daughter. However, my beautiful life was destroyed by me. I couldn't stand his obsession with martial arts and his indifference to me. I betrayed him in the end and eloped with another man. I thought that this man could give me the most stable and blissful life, but unexpectedly, he was just as obsessed with martial arts as the previous man. Disappointed, I chose to be alone in the end. I decided to strengthen myself and avenge my master. However, another man appeared. Not only did he know the art of disguise, but he also knew the art of disguise. In order to learn the art of disguise and the art of dealing with the Western Region's Divine Religion, I eloped with this man again. In three years, he taught me the unique art of disguise. Later, this man was killed by my enemy, and I created my own Jianghu!”After talking so much, the black-robed woman was a little thirsty. She took a sip of tea and was about to continue when Leng Qingxiang's eyes widened and she cried out,"You are Thousand Face Changing Yang Xiaoyu?"
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]