Dark Poenix: A Flaming Legend [ Wangxian FF ] 🐦🔥

Chapter 7 | Surprise

Lan Zhan's first night in the castle was not as pleasant as he had thought. It was after midnight when the dragon tossed restlessly in his bed. He was breathing heavily, his forehead was dripping with sweat, his eyes were often squeezed shut in his sleep.

In his sleep; - He was near a precipice. The sky was covered with darkness, slowly blocking out all the light around him. In moments, day turned to night. Lan Zhan was then seized with terror, not because of the cold air of the darkness, but because of the man he saw standing at the edge of the precipice: it was Wei Ying.

Wei Ying looked at him with hopeless, tearful eyes, and then his gaze stared off into the distance as he slowly backed away from him. With every step Wei Ying took, Lan Zhan became more and more frightened and panicked.

As soon as Lan Zhan saw the phoenix and realised what he was up to, Lan Zhan instinctively wanted to rush over to stop him. But no matter how hard Lan Zhan tried, his legs didn't obey him for some reason. Lan Zhan reached desperately for Wei Ying. But the phoenix was too far away from him.

"Wei Ying! Wei Ying! ... Don't do it! ... Stop!" shouted Lan Zhan.

But Wei Ying apparently did not hear Lan Zhan's cries. He just took another two steps, and then, to the dragon's greatest horror, he tilted backwards to fall into the abyss. But instead of falling, the phoenix turned into a mist.

At this, Lan Zhan just called out the phoenix's name again, before he woke up from his nightmare. He sat on the bed for minutes.

Then after his heart calmed down a bit, he got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face. He went back to bed, although he could no longer fall back asleep after the nightmare.

But Lan Zhan wasn't the only one who lay sleepless in his bed that night after a nightmare.

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Early in the morning, Lan Zhan refreshed himself, and after leaving his room, he headed downstairs.

The only sounds in the mansion were the soft chatter of dishes and the servants working there, mainly from the dining room and kitchen.

Lan Zhan got to the bottom of the stairs, turned around and walked towards the back entrance. There were already some people outside on the back terrace.

The two youngest members of the Jin griffin family were chatting happily with each other when the young dragon approached them.

"Oh, good morning, Lan Zhan! ... Oh, are you alright? I'm only asking because you look tired." asked Qin Su curiously.

"I just had a little nightmare last night. But I'm fine." replied Lan Zhan somewhat coldly to let them know that he did not wish to say more about this subject.

"Oh. Okay." said Qin Su, and Jin Zixuan continued before an awkward silence could form.

"And, .. what would you like to ask us, Lan Zhan? Because I suppose that's why you came here, isn't it?" asked Jin Zixuan, getting to the point. He had gotten to know the dragon's unchanging nature quite well over the past few years.