The group's beloved wife: She is the phoenix, she is the king

Before knowing the enemy's strength, launching a well-timed magical attack can be a good way to deal with them. —Foreword

The voice was indeed Fan Nuoxi's, but to the gray cloud of gas, it sounded disbelief mixed with a sense of dread.

"You...you're not dead?"

Fan Nuoxi, transformed into a ball of air, stretched out a pair of soft, cloud-like hands and hugged the person in front of her. "You can breathe, so why should I die?"

"I don't care what you are, but these ugly things around you dare to hurt my people, so I'm going to demand an explanation."

"If you can't control those things, I might have a moment of kindness and slaughter them all!"

"And incidentally, it'll save you some food rations!"

Upon hearing this, the gas cloud seemed to lose all its color, its entire color changing from gray to snow white.

"you you……"

"Weren't you looking for me? I'm right in front of you now, why aren't you saying anything?"

A pair of tiny eyes emerged from the colorful cloud of air, and a little hand reached out to pat the cloud.

"You have the guts to provoke me, but not the guts to look me in the eye, or even speak to me?"

The air mass was slapped by Fan Nuoxi with a crackling sound, as if she had forgotten what she was going to say.

Seeing this, Fan Nuoxi conjured a steel fork and stuck the air mass into it.

"Not going to say anything? Then I'll become a barbecue cloud."

As Fan Nuoxi spoke, she used her magic to start a fire and sprinkled some seasoning on it.

The air mass quickly detached itself from the steel fork, trying to shake off the seasonings, but the seasonings were like chewing gum, completely unmoved.

The air mass couldn't help but sneeze several times, its body feeling both burning and tingling, making it feel uncomfortable all over.

Thus, Qituan and Fan Nuoxi quickly distanced themselves from each other, as if afraid that Fan Nuoxi would play another prank.

"What do you want?"

"Apologize first, then tell me why you're looking for me? Are you seeking revenge or looking for relatives? What do those natural disasters outside have to do with you?"

Fan Nuoxi demonstrated her purpose by turning the steel fork in her hand.

It looked somewhat eerie under the firelight.

The ball of air clearly hadn't expected Fan Nuoxi to be so direct. It paused, its color slowly darkening. "I...I'm sorry..."

"I'm looking for you... to reminisce and to seek revenge..."

"As for the changes outside, I didn't do them. I've been stuck here the whole time, I don't... I don't have that kind of ability."

"I see. We don't have much to reminisce about, but the grudge has already been settled." Fan Nuoxi looked the cloud of energy in front of her up and down and said slowly.

After saying that, Fan Nuoxi was about to leave, but the air mass blocked her way.

"You...you don't remember me?"

"This is the first time I've seen you today. Even with a bad memory, I can still remember your soft and fluffy appearance."

Fan Nuoxi swung the steel fork, her eyes seemingly filled with a hint of craving.

"You've already ruined me like this, and you still want to eat me?" The ball of air trembled in disbelief, and subconsciously pulled away a little more.

Fan Nuoxi deliberately swallowed and then extended the steel fork toward the cloud of air. "You dare to bully my people? So what if I eat you? Anyway, you won't feel any pain, and it doesn't look like you'll lose a piece of flesh."

"Grandma, it's a blessing that I'm coming to your door to make you some raw marinated food!"

Enraged, the air mass immediately drove Fan Nuoxi out of the abyss.

"You stingy little thing, you won't even let me have a bite." Fan Nuoxi held the steel fork, feeling the weightlessness as she flew into the air, but deliberately provoked him.

"You wait for me!"

The air mass couldn't help but roar in anger.

"Ah!"

“Okay, I’ll wait for you to come over. I’ll make you a variety of flavors, including five-spice, spicy, garlic, cumin, and barbecue…” Fan Nuoxi laughed.

The air mass condensed, "..."

How come this guy has become more and more shameless over the years?

The worst part is, this guy forgot about himself?

It's truly... a situation that leaves it speechless with suffering!

If it weren't for its current weakness, which limits it to that form, it would definitely lock up those who displease it and teach them a lesson.

After escaping the abyss, Fan Nuoxi simply flew into the sky and turned into a colorful cloud. Tan Ying and the others were also turned into small clouds of various shapes by Fan Nuoxi.

"Dear Master, you couldn't have really wanted to eat that thing just now, could you?" Tuanzi looked at Fan Nuoxi, her voice trembling.

Fan Nuoxi readily admitted, "It does look quite delicious."

Tan Ying then floated toward Fan Nuoxi, analyzing, "That thing feels quite eerie; it shouldn't be here in the first place."

"The sudden appearance of the fissure in the ground today, along with the strange force preventing it from closing and the unusual sounds," Dongfang Junyan added. "Could it be that Xu Nuan is trying to regain control?"

“That is indeed possible.” Fan Nuoxi confirmed the guess. “To avoid risks, I turned you all into this. Now it seems like a good choice.”

"Any living thing that appears on the ground will be hunted down and killed by all kinds of disasters, but becoming one of them can effectively avoid these harms."

As soon as the words were spoken, the elites of the Cold Realm and the accompanying physicians, who had transformed into clouds, all spoke up in unison, "Thank you for saving us today, Divine Envoy. We are willing to follow you to the death."

"You don't need to thank me like this. I just did what I could. After all... I also bear some responsibility for the current situation."

"What we need to do now is to find the core area that caused all this. Only if the problem there is solved can the disasters here be reversed."

After saying that, Fan Nuoxi floated away first.

Other clouds followed closely behind.

Several hours later, the clouds gathered together again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Divine Envoy, we have discovered many previously unexplored places where there are also formations and restrictions. Moreover, the formations are of different styles and have different uses. These are all formations that have never been discovered before." The leader of the elite team, "Yun," floated to a spot not far from Tan Ying and reported.

"Some formations seem to have been set up by divine messengers, human cultivators, or celestial officials to protect a region of land. However, after so much impact and change, most of the formations have dissipated and many of them have been destroyed."

"Only the Divine Envoy and a few other operational formations still have the power to continue operating, but they are on the verge of dissipating."

"There are also some formations that stir up the winds and clouds, gradually encroaching on other places, growing stronger and stronger..."

"Besides that... we also saw some sleeping monsters, and they seemed to carry a trace of the divine messenger's aura."

"Some of them haven't existed for very long..."

Upon hearing this, Fan Nuoxi subconsciously recalled the monsters that Zhong Yao had raised back then.

The aura emanating from the "black-hearted cotton" she met today seemed somewhat familiar, but she was certain she had never seen her before today.

Could it be that this "black-hearted cotton" has some connection with those monsters that steal one's luck?

But the monster beside that "black-hearted cotton" doesn't seem to feed on luck...

This is such a headache!

Dongfang Junyan seemed to have the same idea as Fan Nuoxi, and pulled her into his arms before she could react.

"Your Excellency, what should we do next?"

“This…” Tan Ying looked at Fan Nuoxi, “I still need to discuss this with the Divine Envoy.”

Upon hearing the sound, the team leader, "Yun," stepped aside.

"I have indeed noticed some of the situations they mentioned before, and I even led people to destroy some of the less effective formations. Logically speaking, after so many years, there shouldn't be such strong signs suddenly reappearing now..."

Tan Ying felt somewhat uneasy.

"I'm worried that those formations are meant to sacrifice you. Maybe you shouldn't go?"

"It's nothing more than some things wanting my luck and my life," Fan Nuoxi said unsurprised. "But I'm not one to be slaughtered."

"When Ayan and I were exploring, we destroyed a few array formations and restrictions, but the storms in those areas still haven't stopped."

"So...you mean those formations might be some kind of illusion, not the most crucial thing, right?" Tan Ying caught the implication in Fan Nuoxi's words.

“Yes.” Fan Nuoxi did not deny it. “Some formations look very old. Logically speaking, even if they are powerful, they should have failed without a reliable power supply. So I think that for them to operate again, there must be some kind of power to support them…”

"The fact that these disasters continued even after the formation was destroyed shows that the force was not bound by the form of the formation. There must be a source or node somewhere. If we can break through it, we might be able to find a way out."

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This chapter's screenwriter: Fan Nuoxi

Artistic Director: Dongfang Junyan

Guest appearance: A certain "tainted cotton" (referring to substandard cotton)