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

Chapter 19 | The power of a mother's love is eternal

After the loss of Wei Ying, Lan Zhan remained at the ruins and mourned. He was clutching the necklace and staring at the ash-covered earth. ... 🥀 Lan Zhan paid no attention to the voices around him, nor to the calls. He just stood still, silently waiting for the sparks to ignite and for Wei Ying to return. ... But that did not happen.

After Lan Qiren and Xichen rushed over to Lan Zhan, they called him several times, but received no answer. Then they tried to get the broken-hearted dragon boy off the ground. But then Lan Zhan began to resist, for he did not want to leave the place where he had last seen his love. It didn't matter to Lan Zhan that he was on the Wen's former estate. He insisted on staying there and waiting for Wei Ying's return. In the end, the two dragons had no choice but to stun Lan Zhan.

While Qiren and Xichen were taking the unconscious Lan Zhan back to the Wei castle, Changze, with a little help, rescued his own son's ashes, before it was too late. The elderly phoenix did not want his only son to rest among the demon's shadow claws at any cost, as had happened to Sanren. 

Changze had to deal with several pains on his own that day. He had barely returned to the estate and entered the front door when Yanli ran to him and hugged him tightly. She sobbed and tried to talk to him, but Changze quieted her, not wanting her to talk but wanting Yanli to calm down. While Changze comforted his daughter, he watched as Shen Yue walked quickly past him and then continued down the corridor, holding a gold box with protection symbols on it. At Changze's behest, when Shen Yue returned to the estate, tried to hide the box from the broken-hearted Yanli's eyes. Neither Shen Yue nor Changze wanted to break the tragic news to Yanli in this way.

The legend of darkness and Dark Phoenix was repeated, but this time not with Sanren and Ruohan, but with their children. Fate decided to close the path of this legend forever.

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When Lan Zhan woke up, he was not alone in his room. Qiren and Xichen were sitting on the couch. Xichen got up and sat down on the bed to take care of his brother. But Lan Zhan said nothing. After many years, the young dragon was silent again. Xichen and Qiren felt helpless after seeing Lan Zhan, despite their comforting words, was cold to them again. Finally, Qiren decided to give the young dragon some time and try to talk to him again later.

After Qiren and Xichen left the room, Lan Zhan got out of bed and stepped out onto the balcony. Despite the morning mist and cold, beautiful sunny weather welcomed him. The vast estate was in a grey and orange light. After Lan Zhan had stared into the distance, waiting only to see Wei Ying's fiery red wings in the sunlight. But the longer he stood there, the more it hurt him to think that nothing was happening because he had lost his only love forever. He pulled the necklace from his pocket and clenched his fists tightly. 

" >> Like the fire of the phoenix that never goes out, so ...", Wei Ying quoted, but the dragon continued instead.