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Earlier...
At the center of the courtyard, Xu Weiyan remained standing before the dead pine tree, utterly still and surrounded by her flame shield.
A short distance from her, Qin Yuelian raised a hand to her head, a bit disoriented by the trance, and she drew in a sharp breath in realization.
"Not good! They've discovered the Mistress's identity!" She said aloud.
She briefly forgot her rage against Xu Weiyan who had ignored her all this while, standing still within the unyielding shield.
But Qin Yuelian quickly steadied herself and her startling pink sword reappeared in her hand.
If she dared return to her Mistress without killing Xu Weiyan, she herself might end up dead!
"Xu Weiyan..." She began. "Or rather, I should say, 'Yan Liwei'! To think I severely underestimated you. So all along, you were that irritating phoenix, wearing the body of a mortal?!"
She swung out her sword. "Just as well! I will hold nothing back from now on!"
A surge of her aura exploded around her, and a lotus symbol appeared on her forehead.
The prettiest of blossoms bloomed across her arms and on parts of her neck and face, turning her into an unbelievably beautiful entity, with a large double-tiered, six-petal white lotus beneath her feet.
She raised the brilliant pink sword and her qi gathered to the sword in a massive pink wave, causing their surroundings to quake for miles.
"You should be proud before you die...! I haven't shown this form to anyone in almost a Millennia!" She finished, giving the sword a mighty swing and directing all that impossible aura towards Weiyan.
The pink arc of aura slammed into Weiyan's shield which held for a few seconds. But the shield began to crack under the immense pressure, and it shatterered, letting the massive aura fly straight to Weiyan.
There was a huge flash of light as the aura crashed into her, causing a massive explosion, and Qin Yuelian shielded herself from the shockwave and the flying bits of debris.
"Hmph!" She scoffed as things settled down and the light died away, revealing a completely destroyed courtyard.
The pine tree was blown apart into tiny splinters which had flown far and wide, and the courtyard itself was now leveled into mere dust heaps.
The damage would have been much worse if her Mistress hadn't been protecting the city, and Qin Yuelian breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that she hadn't done anything to anger her Mistress.
"That hit can even kill a High Immortal..." Qin Yuelian mused aloud. "Much less one misguided Mortal! Hmph!"
She swivelled, intending to leave, but she froze in her tracks. "Im- Impossible!"
Standing before her was Xu Weiyan!
"No...! Th- This can't be!"
The Weiyan before her was no longer blank-eyed, but her features were still expressionless.
Gone were her battered and bloody light-blue Yueyan disciple robes, and gone were all her earlier injuries.
Xu Weiyan's looks could only be described as divine, with pristine gold and white robes, gold sandals, and most astounding of all, large golden wings which glowed brightly like the most brilliant of treasures.
And this was when Yinying had first appeared atop the roof...
'Wah! Is this still the mortal Xu Weiyan?!' He thought. 'Since Xu Weiyan and Yan Liwei are the same, perhaps Yan Liwei has taken over?!'
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The Endless Promise {COMPLETED}
FantasyYin Xiaolong, the fearsome black dragon, is finally dead. But as the world rejoices, he awakens - reborn as Zhang Luoyin, a powerless human poisoned by his own family, and who is identical to his former self. Even worse, he must marry Xu Weiyan, the...
