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

Chapter 18 | The Final Fall

While Lan Zhan ran back to the castle, Wei Ying suddenly felt ill.

Yanli was wiping her brother's hot forehead when Wei Ying sat up and started coughing. When Yanli tried to help him, Wei Ying stopped and grabbed her wrist. He kept his head down, not looking his sister in the eye.

"A'Ying, .. are you okay?" asked Yanli, worried and a little scared.

"I'm feeling a bit better, but ... I'm quite thirsty." - he said with difficulty. - "Can you bring me a glass of water, because I'm a little dizzy." said Wei Ying (Dark Phoenix) in a slightly low, indifferent voice.

Yanli found him suspicious, so she decided that when she left the room, instead of the kitchen, she would immediately go to the doctor, but not only because of the sudden fever of Wei Ying.

"Sure, I'll get you a glass of water. But you stay here until then, please. Don't get up, okay?"

"Okay." replied Wei Ying (Dark Phoenix) shortly.

Then Yanli got up and left the room, and she quickly went to Shen Yue's room instead of the kitchen.

As soon as Yanli left, the Dark Phoenix got up from the bed. He was about to go down to the prison and destroy the demon. He didn't want to risk the chance that Wen Chao might one day escape. He hurried to the door, but was stopped there by Lan Zhan, who suddenly appeared. As soon as the Dark Phoenix's fire-orange eyes met the dragon's icy, steely gaze, he was gone in an instant.

Wei Ying looked at Lan Zhan questioningly, then slightly frightened. Since Wei Ying had known him, he had never seen Lan Zhan like this.

"Lan Zhan, ..."

As the dragon didn't reply, Wei Ying backed away from him, while Lan Zhan didn't let the distance between them increase.

After Lan Zhan closed the door, his cold gaze was once again locked on the phoenix.

"You're not going anywhere." - declared Lan Zhan. - "We need to talk, now!''

"Lan Zhan, you're starting to scare me. Why are you acting like this? What happened to you?''

"Are you asking me that? You, who has really changed? You, who have kept secrets from me?''

''Lan Zhan, will you tell me what you're talking about?''

"I'm talking about the fact that I finally know what you've been hiding from me. I know what the secret of phoenix fire is.''

Wei Ying said nothing this time. Although he wanted to speak, he was unable to at that moment. And his silence only revealed another secret to Lan Zhan.

"You ... you knew about this, right? About how the darkness disappeared centuries before. You knew of its sacrifice...'' said Lan Zhan.

"Yes, I knew. .. My father told me just today .... He told me that he brought me and Yanli back here because he didn't want the tragedy to happen to us again. He hid me and my sister here, but not from the world, but from the Wen brothers, because they wanted more than revenge and power. It was my dark power that they needed to -''

Their conversation was interrupted by an alarm. The door opened, and Lan Qiren stood in the doorway. His face showed concern, but also a little relief.

"Thank goodness I finally found you two. I have just been informed that there was an attack in the castle just a few minutes ago. A dark creature burst into the dungeon and freed Wen Chao. "

"WHAT?? ... He escaped??" asked Wei Ying loudly.

"Unfortunately, yes. So now you two will stay here in this room while we secure the area again. That beast has already wounded someone, and we don't want any more injured."