Starting with the Magic Absorption Technique: I swept through the fantasy world.

"You're going to the academy too?" Wang Mu asked, his eyes wide.

Xu Ya smiled and said, "Can't I go?"

Wang Mu thought it made sense, and besides, what business was it of his if the Phoenix Clan princess went to the academy? So he said, "You have thousands of guards, do you still need my protection?"

“This time I’m traveling light, with only two people with me. My many guards are probably no match for you alone. I already knew your skills on the mountain. Besides, being with you is more interesting than being with these guards.”

Seeing the Phoenix Princess's sly smile, Wang Mu couldn't help but think of Feng Ji. How come all the high and mighty Phoenix Princesses are two-faced? If one is a demon, this one is a fox.

"Cousin, what's going on?" The princess saw the two exchanging glances and guessed that something must be going on between them. Her heart ached, so she went to ask.

At this moment, she was lost in thought. The emperor was never short of beautiful girls, and she was not afraid to compete with him. But Xuya was her cousin. Did she really want to compete with her cousin for his affections?

But how could I possibly give up? That was impossible.

Right now, Lixue has even forgotten who her cousin is.

Seeing her cousin's jealous look, the Phoenix Princess knew things were going badly, and quickly said, "It's nothing serious, just that on the day of the spirits, some guy secretly went up the mountain for some reason, and we just happened to run into him. By the way, Your Majesty, aren't you really coming with us?"

Wang Mu looked at the Phoenix Princess's eyes and knew that if he continued to talk, he didn't know what else she would say. Besides, he had only teased her that day, and if the Phoenix Princess said anything casually, it would be a desecration of the Phoenix Princess.

Helpless, he could only say, "Since there are two beautiful women accompanying me, there's no reason for us not to go together. It's just that I have rather high standards."

Lixue was overjoyed to hear this, and even temporarily put aside her earlier question about her cousin. "Tianzi, where are you staying now? Why don't you come back with us?"

Wang Mu quickly waved his hand, saying that going back with the princess would be awkward, not to mention the countless rules of the palace. He might even have to bow and kneel before that damned emperor, which he had no desire to do.

He said, "Whenever you set off, I'll come find you tomorrow."

Lixue thought about it and agreed. If she suddenly brought the emperor back, her father and mother wouldn't know what to say if they found out. "We'll meet at the South Gate around eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Is that alright?"

"Okay, okay, then it's settled. See you at the South Gate at eight o'clock sharp tomorrow morning. I'm off now."

After Wang Mu finished speaking, he immediately left. If he stayed any longer, who knew what kind of trouble the Princess of the Li Yan Phoenix Clan would cause? It was best to leave now.

Xu Ya watched the figure hurriedly leaving and couldn't help but giggle. Her actions even made the surrounding guards wonder if this was the holy and elegant princess of the Li Yan Phoenix Clan.

Lixue watched the Phoenix Princess from the side, quite surprised, wondering how her cousin could have changed so much.

Soon, Xuya also realized something was wrong. She quickly stopped smiling, regained her usual dignified and elegant demeanor, and said to the princess, "Cousin, let's go back."

Back in the palace, Lixue's joy was evident on her face. When the emperor and empress questioned her, she dared not speak and ran off with the Phoenix Princess by the hand.

Upon arriving at the room, the princess asked Xuya about the Emperor's affairs on the sacred mountain. The Phoenix Princess did not hide anything from her, and since there was no one else present, she told the princess everything.

Speaking of danger, Li Xue said, "Isn't this person afraid of being hurt by the Frost Dragon?"

"Seeing how worried you are, cousin, how long have you two been seeing each other?"

"I...I don't know." When asked, the princess lowered her head shyly. Then, thinking about how the emperor treated her, she realized that it might just be wishful thinking on her part, and she couldn't help but feel sad.

Xu Ya asked, "Is it because you've fallen for him, and he doesn't know?"

“He might know.” Li Xue’s voice was even softer, tinged with helplessness and bitterness.

"Since you know that, does that mean he likes you too?"

"I don't know." The princess shook her head gently, a sadness in her heart.

"That is how the matter?"

Lixue and her cousin have a deep bond. When she opened up about her feelings, she realized that she didn't know who to talk to normally. "Maybe I upset him in the past and caused him a lot of trouble. A few times I almost killed him, so he doesn't like me."

"No way! If he really disliked or hated you, he wouldn't have let us sit down like he did today. It's obvious that he doesn't hate you, and he seems to understand you quite well."

"Really?" Lixue looked up and asked happily.

"Cousin, it seems you know him very well."

"Of course, cousin. I won't lie to you. I've investigated the Emperor, and he's not your average person. He mobilized a lot of people. Guess what the result was?"

Lixue was startled and worried, and asked, "Is there something wrong with him?"

"For some reason, we can only find information about him from the last year or two, and there's no trace of anything before that. Isn't that strange?"

"Is that so?" Lixue's eyes widened, a bad feeling creeping into her heart.

The Phoenix Princess released the princess's hand, stood up and said, "Cousin, you should know that when our sect wants to investigate someone, it's not difficult to trace their family back hundreds or even thousands of years, but we just can't find out anything about this guy."

"Could he be a foreigner?" Li Xue was still shaken by the incident involving foreigners in the imperial city years ago, and now she was afraid that the Phoenix Princess would say that the emperor was from a foreign race.

Xu Ya gently shook her head, "No, as princesses of the Phoenix Clan, we have our own secret methods to determine whether someone is of a different race."

Upon hearing this, the princess felt a great weight lifted from her heart, and her pale complexion improved considerably.

The Phoenix Princess added, "Cousin, it's not that I didn't warn you beforehand, but besides Princess Ira, there's an even more formidable figure by the Emperor's side. You must be careful."

"Who?" The princess hurriedly walked to the Phoenix Princess's side, her face full of anxiety.

"Feng Ji, that witch."

"What? You mean the Phoenix Princess? How is that possible?" Li Xue was stunned. How did this bring up the Dark Phoenix Princess again?

"Cousin, let me tell you, doesn't a girl dressed in black occasionally appear by the Emperor's side?"

"I haven't seen her, but some people have seen her outside the academy. I heard she's very beautiful. Could she be Princess Feng Ji of the Phoenix Clan?"

Xu Ya nodded. "The last time I went to the academy was for her. I don't know what her relationship with the Emperor is."

How did she come to know the emperor?

"All I know about this is that their meeting was accidental, and it seems they even had a conflict. However, I suspect that Feng Ji did it intentionally and deliberately concealed their relationship. I need some more time to investigate."

Lixue gleaned something from her cousin's words and hurriedly asked, "Are you saying that the Emperor is often with Princess Fengji of the Phoenix Clan?"