Return of the Phoenix Lady

"Have you heard? There are ghosts haunting the Cliff of Lifeless again!" Farmer A said mysteriously.

"What? It appeared again? How did you know?" Farmer B asked in horror.

"It's Old Man Zhao again. He was so poor that he couldn't make a living. A few days ago, he went to the outskirts of Wuming Cliff to chop firewood. As a result, he saw a white shadow flash by, and then several shadows of different colors flashed by quickly. He was scared to death and ran out in a hurry." Farmer A whispered.

"What? A few years ago, ghosts appeared in Wuming Cliff. Everyone said that they were the souls of the wronged who entered Wuming Cliff and died tragically. They had been quiet for a while until recently. How come they appeared again now? Now everyone in our village is in a panic. We are afraid of angering those ghosts. No one dares to go in to chop wood or hunt." Farmer B shook his head.

"Oh... isn't it! I wonder when we can live a peaceful life!" Farmer A and Farmer B sighed together.

At the junction of five countries, there is a feared place. It is said that there is a thick fog there all year round. Once you enter, you will get lost and unable to find your way. In the end, you will either be trapped and die or fall off the cliff. Hence, it is named "Lifeless Cliff".

At this moment, deep at the bottom of Wuming Cliff, there was a large house of a completely different style. No, it wasn't just one house, it was more like a large house composed of several houses of different styles. To the left of the house, there was a natural hot spring pool, with wisps of green smoke rising from it. To the right, there was an open space large enough to accommodate a thousand people.

In front of a distinctive two-story building in the center of the mansion stood a grove of sweet-scented osmanthus flowers. Even before approaching, one could smell the refreshing fragrance. Deep within the grove, beneath a flourishing sweet-scented osmanthus tree, stood a chaise longue. A young man in white lay dozing lazily on it. Beside him sat a beautiful woman in red, her head bent, intently peeling fruit. A moment later, a young woman in yellow approached, a cup of tea in hand. She approached the two of them and waited patiently for the young man to wake. A gentle breeze rustled, and the delicate sweet-scented osmanthus petals danced in the forest, their fragrance wafting across the air.

Thus, a picture of beautiful boys and girls with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers appeared perfectly before our eyes, especially the peerless looks of the three people, which were so perfect.

After a while, the red-dressed beauty opened her red lips and spoke in a charming voice, accompanied by a gloating smile: "Rou'er, do you know? I went to the Liu Mansion that day and made that Meiruo very angry."

"Hehe~" The girl in yellow chuckled a few times before asking, "Why are you going there?"

"Hmph~ It's still that Liu Hexian. He asked for tea, so I delivered it to him personally!" said the beautiful woman in red disdainfully.

"That's interesting, tell me about it!" The woman in yellow said with a look of attentive listening.

"Hehe~" The beautiful woman in red chuckled a few times, raised her eyes to glance at the person on the soft couch, and then said slowly: "That day, I was bored, so I remembered the tea that Liu Hexian wanted. I had nothing to do, so I set off, took the tea, and delivered it to Liu's house in person! Then guess who received me? Haha, that's right! It was Mei Ruo! She looked at me with jealousy and anger, but didn't dare to show it too obviously. You didn't see her expression! Haha! I want to laugh when I think about it now! Haha..." The woman in red laughed without any image as she spoke.

The girl in yellow also covered her mouth and chuckled, but when she glanced at someone pretending to sleep beside her, she coughed lightly and said, "Okay, mind your image, then what?"

"Why worry about my image? There were no outsiders around anyway. And then, who was I looking for? That was a really stupid question. I guess she was so angry that she was confused! I said I was looking for Liu Hexian! She immediately stopped talking, glared at me fiercely, and then said, 'What do you want from my husband?'" The red-dressed beauty imitated Meiruo's tone at the time and continued, "Then I said, 'Prime Minister Liu came to our Meiye Tower a few days ago and fell in love with the tea there. He asked Meiye to send some over when he is free, so Meiye accepted the invitation and came.' Guess what she replied?"

The girl in yellow shook her head, indicating that she couldn't guess.

The beautiful woman in red said in a strange voice, "How dare you! Is the tea you have comparable to the one at the Prime Minister's Mansion? It's just some low-grade tea from a brothel! I don't know what's in it, who would want it!" After a pause, she continued, "Then I said, 'Prime Minister Liu loves it!' Her face almost twisted with anger when she heard it, and she shrieked, 'You bewitched him! You shameless vixen!' She spoke in a tone that made her want to tear me into pieces."

"That's too much! How did you respond to her?" the girl in yellow said somewhat displeased.

"Hehe! I said, 'Didn't the Third Madam also come from a brothel? Doesn't that mean that the Third Madam has seduced Prime Minister Liu and turned into a vixen?' She was immediately furious with me. She grabbed the tea and threw it on the ground and hit me, but luckily I dodged it. While hitting me, she shouted in a very rude manner: 'Get out! Get out! Is the Prime Minister's Mansion a place where a lowly thing like you can come? Get out! Don't let me see you again!'"

"How could she scold you like that!" The girl in yellow looked at the beautiful woman in red with some heartache.

"It doesn't matter! Just treat her as a fart. I will say: 'Third Madam, don't forget that you also came from a brothel!' Then I left. I think Liu Hexian will have no peace this time! His vision is really not good! How could he fall for such a vicious woman! Hehehe~" The beautiful woman in red said with an evil smile.

After a pause, the red-dressed beauty said sweetly to the young man on the couch, "Master, what do you think of Mei Ye's performance?"

"Very good!" The eyelids that had been lightly closed finally opened, and a pair of bright eyes instantly added brilliance to the entire osmanthus forest.

"Master, have some tea!" The girl in yellow beside him also walked forward gracefully and handed over the fragrant tea.

"Thank you!" the young man said politely.

"Young Master, are you okay? This Ying Jue is really something, how could he use such heavy hands!" The girl in yellow complained.

"No problem."

That's right, this beautiful young man is the deceased Xinghan from the Five Nations Academy, and the current head of the Linli Pavilion - Liu Hanxing. The beautiful woman in red is Mei Ye, and the girl in yellow is Yi Rou.

"Xing'er, are you feeling better?" The man in white with a bright smile on his face and the elegant and otherworldly banished immortal man walked leisurely out of the osmanthus forest and walked towards Han Xing, bringing a burst of refreshing fragrance.

These two people were at the Five Nations Academy. One was Jin Yifeng, who was rumored to have mysteriously disappeared after losing a good friend, and the other was Bai Li, who was rumored to have left in anger after losing his beloved disciple.

"Xing'er, you are so amazing. The architecture here is really wonderful. It is somewhat like the style of an academy!" Bai Li looked at Han Xing with admiration.

"You're welcome. Now that you're done with the tour, go back quickly!" Han Xing said lightly.

"Xing'er, are you driving me back?" Bai Li said a little aggrievedly.

"What do you think?" Han Xing raised his eyebrows and glanced at Bai Li.

"You are such a heartless girl! It's all in vain that I love you and do so many things for you!" Bai Li kept on complaining about Han Xing.

Han Xing rummaged around in an indecent manner, and with a wave of her little hand, a handful of grass with a faint fluorescent light flew towards Bai Li.

Bai Li took it with a satisfied smile, then said, "That's good enough. You continue to recuperate! I'll go and clean up for you." Han Xing breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Bai Li leave contentedly. Since he came here, he had plundered many good things, which made Han Xing very upset, and she hoped that he would leave as soon as possible.

"Xing'er, luckily you're okay. You don't know, I was almost scared to death when I first heard the news!" Although Jin Yifeng's words were exaggerated, every word came from the heart.

"Sorry, Brother Feng, I made you worry." Han Xing smiled apologetically.

"It's okay with me, I'm just worried about your friends..." Jin Yifeng didn't continue, saying with some concern.

"Don't worry, I've already informed them in advance." Han Xing thought of Mu Juetian, Liu Hanyang, Shui Youran and He Ruofu. He didn't say anything about them, but it shouldn't be a big problem. After all, they are too close to Liu Hexian and his daughter, and it would be bad if they said it out loud.

"Well, what are your plans now?" Jin Yifeng was a little looking forward to it. How exciting would Xing'er's revenge plan be?