Yunmian had heard about the Phoenix Clan's war with the evil demons more than once when he was in Qingqiu, but so far, he still hadn't figured out what exactly happened, only vaguely knowing that it was very dangerous and caused great suffering for the immortal clans of Nanyue Mountain.

  "Didn't you hear?"

  Yunmian shook his head, looking perplexed. "At the start of the war, my spiritual awareness had not yet opened up, and Qingqiu was also far away, so I don't know much."

  Jin Lan said, "It's actually a simple matter. In the world, living beings cultivate goodness to become immortal spirits, and cultivate evil to become demonic spirits. Goodness and evil cannot coexist. Demonic spirits can cultivate the Tao and achieve great things, but they cannot follow the Heavenly Way and reside in the realm of immortals. They live in the mortal world, yet still want to destroy the Heavenly Principle and occupy the throne of Heaven. The great demon who was once renowned for its evil deeds has now become a demonic bird, gathering a large flock of big and small birds to form an army. Our Phoenix of Nan Yu Mountain has been the leader of all birds in the world since ancient times. With a demonic heart, it wants to take its place, command the birds, and therefore launched a massive attack on the Immortal Mountains."

  "The bird tribe's cultivation was good, and they could travel thousands of miles in a day. They were also well-prepared and planned meticulously, catching the Southern Yu Mountain off guard. Moreover, the demonic birds were extremely skilled at reproducing and multiplying, with a single nest containing seven or eight eggs. They relied on feeding on the flesh and blood of mortal creatures to enhance their cultivation. After eating humans for one or two years, they could grow into powerful warriors with the intelligence of infants. In comparison, the Phoenix tribe's reproduction was much more difficult. The Heavenly Phoenix and Heavenly Female Phoenix usually took hundreds or thousands of years to lay a single sacred egg. Even ordinary immortal families had only two or three children, and they could only cultivate and grow through the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It would take at least ten or twenty years to raise a decent phoenix, and it would take hundreds or thousands of years to become a Heavenly Phoenix or Female Phoenix. The demonic tribe's attack was sudden, and their military strength was vastly superior. Southern Yu Mountain was initially unable to resist, and countless residents were killed or injured. In just three months, the two peaks of Pian Shan had been occupied by them."

  Jin Lan said up to here, remembering the desolate and miserable scene at that time, also couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

  Yunmian listened intently, but also felt tense, and hurriedly asked "Then what?"

  Jin Lan paused, his emotions seeming to lift slightly as he spoke. "At the time, fortunately, there was Empress Feng on her side - she was the eldest daughter of the previous Heavenly Master and in the prime of her life at a thousand years old. Her innate talent for combat was exceptional, earning her the title 'War Empress' from the age of a hundred. From seven to eight hundred years old, even the current Heavenly Master couldn't defeat her. Empress Feng had been visiting the previous Heavenly Masters on the Ninth Heaven when she learned about the situation in Nan Yu Mountain. She immediately flew back overnight from outside the Ninth Heaven and fought day and night with tens of thousands of demon soldiers for ten days, stabilizing the battle situation and reclaiming the mountain. Afterwards, there were several years of stalemate...

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  At this point, Jinlan couldn't help but glance at Yunmian and slowed down her voice, saying "My aunt is the war goddess of Nan Yu Mountain, and also the one in the hearts of all the Phoenix Knights. The phoenix is the master of all birds, and the birds are weak, so the phoenix family should take the lead, but the demon tribe has many soldiers, using a wheel battle strategy. My aunt was trapped in such an evil war, and for years she almost never closed her eyes. No matter how strong and powerful she was, it was hard to keep going on like this. The leader of the demons also saw this point and deliberately designed to separate my aunt from the Phoenix Army, using a elite army composed of thousands of great demons to pursue her alone. In the end, the demon leader appeared in person, and I heard that my aunt had been entangled with him for thousands of miles, but was forced to leave the Nan Yu Mountain boundary, and only then did she fall into the Xianjing demon's hands at Qingqiu. The demons thought my aunt was dead, and since Qingqiu country was strong, they were discovered by a Fox tribe officer that night and beheaded several demons, causing them to flee in panic. My aunt was afraid of startling the snakes, so after falling into the Xianjing demon's hands, she didn't take the initiative to appear, but instead focused on healing her body. Fortunately, fortunately, she met a kind little fox in the mountains.

  At this point, Jinlan looked deeply at Yunmian and bowed again to thank her.

  Yunmian also knew that the little fox was talking about her, but she felt a bit constrained. At that time, her spiritual wisdom was still unclear and she had only acted unintentionally, without thinking much about it, yet what she did at that moment unexpectedly held such great significance for another immortal clan thousands of miles away.

  Yunmian sat on the ground, somewhat embarrassed to receive Jin Hong's courtesy, but she thought for a moment and asked worriedly, "I heard earlier that during the battle with the evil demon, the evil demon destroyed many fields in Nan Yu Mountain used for planting Feng Huang grass. Did the evil demon invade deep into the mountain at that time? How are the fields now?"

  Jin Lan was taken aback, she didn't expect Yunmian to know about the Phoenix Grass as well.

  He said, "To be honest, it's true. Many of the demonic birds controlled by the demon tribe are born from blood and flesh, and they don't have any intelligence at all. They're reckless and don't care about their lives, and some even flew into the Nan Yu Xian City. Among them, many will grow up because they eat humans and living spirits, giving them strong bodies. Although they don't have a mind, they can find hidden places on their own and lay eggs to reproduce more. After the Queen of Birds defeated the demon king, we've been trying to get rid of these mindless demonic birds in our territory, and now it should be almost cleared up."

  He said, "Earlier our immortal officials collected a lot of phoenix grass from Qingqiu. It's said that the small foxes on Pian Shan planted many. Now the land that was damaged less is gradually recovering, and the situation has improved a lot. Thank you, Fairy."

  "Oh."

  Yunmian couldn't help but proudly puffed out her small chest and confidently perked up her ears when she heard the words "Just right, there are many little foxes in Pianshan".

  The two of them talked until this point, Yunmian thought she had asked everything she wanted to ask and was about to focus on eating her food, but Jinlan still had something to say.

  He took a look at Yunmian's appearance and thought of his aunt's deliberate matchmaking between them. Although he was unintentional, he was also curious about Yunmian and Wenyting, so he asked, "Yunmian fairy, speaking of which, you and Qingqiu's Wenyting young master should have a marriage contract."

  Yunmian nodded and said, "Yes."

  Jin Lan said, "I heard that the young master of the Wen courtyard seems to like you quite a bit."

  Yunmian's face turned slightly red upon hearing this. But Ting had indeed explicitly expressed his romantic feelings for her more than once, so Yunmian nodded obediently and then asked in puzzlement, "How did you know?"

  Jin Lan said, "It's probably because of this gentleman sitting across from us, who has been staring at me all along."

  "Roar"

  Yunmian turned her head back in surprise, and indeed saw Wen Ting sitting directly across from her, frowning deeply, staring straight at Jinlan beside her with a dark expression, seemingly not very pleased.

  When Yunmian and Jinxia discussed the war between Nanyu Mountain and Evil Yao, they had a lot to say back and forth, and the banquet hall was noisy. In order to hear each other's voices clearly, Yunmian and Jinxia both slightly lowered their heads and whispered to each other, looking like they were chatting intimately. Wen Ting saw it and felt somewhat unhappy.

  Yunmian didn't actually think there was anything wrong with this seat, she initially felt a little disappointed that she couldn't hook her feet under the table like usual at the immortal banquet, but then she realized that with this seating arrangement she could stare at Wenhing more easily without having to turn her head, and also watch him eat, and as long as they spoke loudly it was convenient for chatting too, so she immediately became happy, but unexpectedly Wenhing was actually quite unhappy.

  Yunmian slightly hesitated, then quickly got up and said "In that case, I'll go exchange seats with the official across from me. Since Your Majesty wants to treat me with the courtesy due to a princess of Nan'guo Mountain, I should be able to change seats, right?"

  Jin Lan thought for a moment, then smiled and stopped her, saying "Forget it, you sit here, I'll go swap places with Wen Ting instead. Feng Zhu is my uncle, and the Phoenix Official next to him I also know, I can find an excuse to switch places, that way nobody will be offended."

  "Ah, thank you so much."

  Yunmian hastily expressed his gratitude, truly moved by Jinlan's willingness to consider their well-being.

  But she tilted her head again, looking somewhat puzzled and said "However, Wen Ting is a bit strange today. At this distance, he should be able to hear what we're talking about, and we didn't say anything wrong. I usually talk to other boys like that, but I've never seen him so unhappy."

  Jin Lan paused for a moment and said, "I had some dealings with Wen Ting in the Eastern Heaven, Wen Ting's thoughts are sharp, he might have noticed something."

  Clouds sleep even more confused "perceive what"

  Jin Lan smiled and said, "Aunt wants to keep you in Nan Yu Shan Xian Jing, trying to match us two."

  “”

  Yunmian was shocked when she first heard this and took a step back in fright.

  Jin Lan thought for a moment, and smiled lightly. "There's no need to panic. It seems that Aunt isn't being very forceful in her intentions. She probably saw that you didn't show any clear signs of liking Wen Ting, the young master, and since the marriage wasn't your own decision to begin with, she wants you to meet other boys instead. That's why she arranged for you and Wen Ting to cultivate together in the same generation as me, likely with this intention in mind."

  Jin Lan paused for a moment, then continued, "Aunt probably wants you to carefully compare and not make any rash decisions before getting married. She's giving you the opportunity to choose between me and Wen Ting. If it wasn't like that, she wouldn't have arranged Wen Ting across from us today, or let you and Wen Ting cultivate together without intentionally offending each other. As a fairy and a young master, our cultivation is slightly different. You're currently a five-tailed fox spirit, which is already quite exceptional, but the young master has been a nine-tailed one since birth. However, don't worry too much, Fairy. Right now, it seems like there's no spark between us, so Aunt will probably give up after some time."

  After finishing speaking, Jinlan modestly bowed her head and proactively got up to switch seats with Wen Ting.

  Wen Ting's cultivation was indeed able to easily hear the conversation between him and Yun Mian, but when he heard Jin Lan speak like that, he paused for a moment, seeing that he really came over to exchange with himself, and immediately thanked him gratefully, then changed positions and walked over to sit down on the soft cushion beside Yun Mian.

  Wen Ting walked over to Yun Mian's side, and Yun Mian immediately turned around to look at his face. Then, with a happy expression, he went to hook his tail, and under the table, the two of them entwined their tails together.

  Yunmian recently felt a bit uneasy when seeing Wenheng, and after exchanging glances for a while, she couldn't help but feel her heart beating faster and her face flushing. Her eyes sparkled as she thought that it was because she hadn't expressed her liking for Wenheng strongly enough to Huanghou, so the empress hoped she would be more cautious, and Yunmian felt a bit bewildered.

  "Did you hear everything I just said?"

  Wen Ting replied, "Mm."

  Jin Lan did not deliberately hide it, so Wen Ting heard it very clearly. Precisely because of this, he was a bit uncomfortable instead.

  Yunmian said, "We'll be cultivating together with him on Nan Yu Mountain next time. He seems like a decent person and doesn't have a good impression of me. Even if the princess introduces us, you don't need to worry."

  Wen Ting listened to Yun Mian say this with a somewhat excited tone, his emotions slightly complicated.

  In his opinion, it's hard to say for sure, Yunmian is so lovely, the whole mountain and sea should like his fiancée. Jinlan may not have any romantic feelings towards Yunmian now, but who knows what will happen after living together day and night, it's really worrying.

  But he didn't say this in front of Yunmian, instead he glanced around and saw that after Huang Hou announced that nothing was forbidden, many phoenixes transformed into their original forms, dancing and showing off their feathers to the music in the immortal palace. He also transformed into his true form, sneaking onto Yunmian's cushion under the table and rubbing against her.

  He softly said "Okay."

  "Roar"

  Yunmian warmly wanted to snuggle up with him together.

  But Ting heard the courtyard and thought of Yunmian and Jinlan's previous words, his expression slightly condensed, and suddenly said "Mian'er, about that kind of evil bird without divine consciousness you were talking about earlier"

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