After her identity was exposed, she began to chase her husband to the crematorium

"The bird painted on this wall is called the Phoenix. It is one of the mythical beasts that existed in the world in ancient times. According to legend, the Phoenix has the power of immortality. It only needs to lightly flap its wings to make the whole world burn. , is a quite powerful existence.”

"It is said that after the divine war in ancient times, the phoenix fell into a deep sleep. After it fell asleep, its power was scattered to various parts of the world. Even if it was separated from its body, these powers still possess quite powerful divinity. These powers absorb the heaven and earth in various places. The essence gradually condensed into a magic crystal ball."

"According to legend, at the beginning of the establishment of the Akatsuki Dynasty, the Heavenly General Emperor Hersius, who was known as the God of War, received inspiration from the ancient gods and found the Dragon God, the Phoenix Power, who was hosting two of the four ancient gods in the south of the world. fragments, and established the original Akatsuki Dynasty as its capital in the south of the world, and sealed the power of the two divine beasts in two different locations in the kingdom."

Grandpa cleared his throat and looked around worriedly. After confirming that no one was following him, he continued: "After the death of Emperor Tianjiang, the successor king does not have as powerful a magic power as the previous king, and cannot seal two divine beasts at the same time. power, so he selected two families in the country that had a strong affinity with the power of the mythical beasts, and ordered these two families to guard and seal the crystal balls of the mythical beasts for generations."

"And our Scato family was one of the families chosen to seal the Phoenix Power."

Lux looked at the ball on the pillar in astonishment. She didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary crystal ball actually had such an ancient origin.

And she could also see that the crystal ball in front of her had reached the end of its life, and the power above it was getting thinner and thinner. I'm afraid it wouldn't take many years for this bead to turn into an ordinary crystal ball. .

She stared at the red crystal ball and seemed to hear a very vague Sanskrit sound in a trance.

This voice seemed to be guiding her, but the distance was really far away.

Her heart was in a trance, and she could only vaguely feel some kind of calling...

271.The inheritance of Phoenix

But there is a saying that everything will not be so easy. After grandpa finished speaking, he immediately talked about the dilemma that their family is currently facing.

"Now the power of the Phoenix Crystal Ball has been almost exhausted in the generations. Since my great-great-grandfather's generation, there have been very few people in the Skatu family who have inherited the perfect Phoenix bloodline. Although we have passed through The method of blood washing to enhance the strength of the bloodline is of no avail. After the death of the last clan member with the perfect Phoenix bloodline in my grandfather’s generation, until today our family has never given birth to anyone who can take on a big position."

Lux asked: "Then why do you no longer use blood washing to improve your bloodline?"

Grandpa sighed again and said: "Because the blood-washing plan was lost for some reason. After the only old man in the family who knew the whole process died, our descendants had no way of knowing the specific process of the blood-washing. With the tyranny of the Xiao Dynasty, All things related to the Phoenix inheritance of the Skartu family were forced to be destroyed."

Lux said in shock: "How could this happen? Is there any connection between our family and the Xiao Dynasty?"

After subconsciously asking this question, Lux came back to her senses.

You must know that the king of the first Akatsuki Dynasty appointed two families to guard the crystal ball. I am afraid that from that time on, the Skatu family has been under the surveillance of the royal family for generations.

Grandpa said: "During the reign of the second-to-last king of the Akatsuki Dynasty, there were constant wars on the borders of the Magic City. Due to years of tyranny, the national treasury was also very empty and the country's military strength was not very optimistic. So the king took up the idea of ​​​​our families. And gave us two ways. One is to keep our loyalty forever and destroy all inheritance items that may strengthen the family. This includes how to inherit the power of the crystal ball and the blood-washing process, and transform the entire fighting family into Merchant family.”

"This is also the reason why our Skatu family became an auction house family. From that time on, our family's overall magical strength can be said to have collapsed."

"Although the paper process of crystal inheritance has been destroyed, I know the specific method. The power of the crystal is now close to drying up. If we don't find a way to inherit this last power to the descendants of the family, I'm afraid Phoenix's The power will just dissipate.”

"Lux, our family is at a critical moment now. You must step forward to save our entire family from the fire."

In fact, the moment she saw the crystal ball, Lux had already guessed her fate.

Even though there was a nearly dry energy crystal placed in front of her, the power hidden there was extremely powerful for an ordinary magician. She didn't know if her body could withstand such a powerful force.

What if she accidentally dies here...

When she thought of this, Lux's body began to tremble involuntarily. She looked at her grandfather with weak eyes, but what could be seen on her grandfather's face was only a little bit of unbearability, but more of determination.

She knew that she had no choice.

It seems that she has never had a choice from before to now.

Her life so far has always revolved around her family, whether it was studying financial management for the family or being promoted to the position of patriarch at a young age.

She didn't have a choice in any of this.

She could only purse her lips, let out a long sigh, and then nodded heavily.

From that day on, the basement door was tightly closed.

In the underground of the Magic City, an unusually huge force has been brewing since that night.

In fact, the moment the door closed, Lux's eyes were still looking at the top of the stairs through the gap in the door.

Her eyes seemed to travel through the dimensions of time and space, and she couldn't help but come to the young man.

Who is she subconsciously thinking about?

Perhaps only she herself knows this question.

......

After Lux went into seclusion, the Skatu family was completely immersed.

At dawn the next day, the old patriarch of the family walked out of the basement alone, continued to take drugs to activate body functions, dragged his slightly heavy body step by step to the family meeting room, and began to deal with the issues of the past few days. Family affairs.

But what they didn't know was that a disaster was quietly befalling the Skartu family.

Time progressed to the night when Jingchen came to Akatsuki Village. In a forest outside the Skatu family mansion, a small group of mysterious people suddenly gathered.

These people were all wearing purple robes, and they were obviously members of the Hel religion.

Among this group of people, a middle-aged beautiful woman standing at the front of the team was also wearing a robe, but she was the only one who did not put on a hood, and everyone else stood behind her very respectfully. , obviously this person is the leader of this team.

They have been hiding in this area since very early and have been observing the situation of the Skartu family since a few days ago.

According to their investigation in the past few days, it was confirmed that the family's defenses were at their weakest at present, and other members of the family were busy with various financial matters and had little contact with each other.

It is almost certain that this is a business family that has fallen into the sunset. Even if they don't attack the Skartu family today, they themselves may not be able to survive this family competition.

Leader Hel observed for a while, and soon there was a commotion behind him. One of the people who had previously controlled Pele hurriedly came to the leader, first saluted respectfully, and then said: "Master, this family matter I have investigated it clearly."

So she told what she knew about Lux, and the leader nodded. Judging from the information she had obtained before, apart from the patriarch, the only person who can best fight in this family is currently Get off Lux.

The others are all low-class people. The main reason why the Skatus family can avoid being invaded when their combat power is so empty is because the Skatus family's mansion is very close to the alliance's meeting hall. Only one street away.

But according to the intelligence they had, someone had attacked the Skartu family before and escaped unharmed, so they concluded that it would take some time for the Alliance people to investigate the scene, and this Some time is the best time for them to invade.

This time, they had no intention of letting anyone in the family come out alive.

"This mission must be done cleanly and without leaving any traces."

"After tonight, the Skartu family will no longer exist in this world, and we, the Church of Hel, will take their place and become a new force in the Magic City."

“End our painful life of crawling along the border for many years and stand up again on this land!”

No one behind them dared to say yes. They had been trained to remain calm. However, after these words, everyone's magic aura began to surge.

If Jing Chen were here, it would not be difficult to find out that each of these people is a ruthless person with a magic power level of thirty.

And this leader has a magic level of 39, which is already a ruthless character in the magic city.

272.I have no idea about you

This team launched a surprise attack on the Skartu family this night.

However, even though the configuration of their team was already quite strong, they still seemed very cautious and delayed the time until late at night. When the lights of the Skartu family were extinguished, the leader slowly opened his eyes and looked at the moonlight. They were in the shadow of the mansion below, and the shadow formed a perfect shelter for them.

"It's time to go."

"Leave no one alive, kill them all."

Sand~

There was still no answer from behind, but the believers behind them all disappeared in a flash, leaving only the leader staring at the Skatu family building with a slight smile on his lips.

This seemingly peaceful night will set off a bloody storm in this neglected noble.

It is worth mentioning that the Hel Cult began to act a few days after Lux entered the underground chamber.

In the past few days, Lux has been trying to absorb the last bit of power left in the crystal ball according to the method given by her grandfather, but the progress can only be described as touching.

In the first two days, she tried to get in touch with the crystal ball, but when her magic power lingered near the crystal ball, not to mention getting in touch, she couldn't even peek into the power in the crystal ball. The reason was obvious, Lux The Phoenix bloodline in her body is too thin, and the successors of all generations must be people with perfect bloodlines, and also people with perfect bloodlines. This is the first time for a person with marginalized bloodlines like her to undergo such a ceremony.

But it’s not her fault. Magic is about bloodline inheritance and innate advantages. Bloodline inheritance mainly depends on the previous generation or generations of the family. This is a thing similar to genetic inheritance. If the parents do not have high magic level, If you are strong, your children will not be able to take any advantage in the blood inheritance, which will also directly affect the innate advantage.

The so-called innate advantages refer to attribute quality and attribute adaptability. Although adaptability is inherently bad, you can rely on later drug conditioning or your own efforts to achieve a high adaptability, but attribute quality is determined from the beginning. Well, it's almost impossible to change.

This is why those with legendary attribute qualities are so favored by others. Even if they fight each other with the same attribute, both of them are at the same level. The magician with higher attribute quality will naturally cause more damage. It will also be higher. This principle is very similar to the game.

But what about Lux?She has nothing.

The lowest attribute quality can only be said to be moderate adaptability. Although the family has provided her with a lot of resources, Lux's bloodline is like a pool of stagnant water. No matter what is put into it, it will be lost. Not only does the magic level increase slowly, It is even resistant to many special drugs, which is unpredictable.

In the end, even she gave up.

In the past two days, she had been releasing the little magic power in her body. The fire magic, which was extremely weak compared to the crystal ball, was wandering around the crystal ball.

Two days later, Lux herself had the idea of ​​giving up.

She wanted to cry, and she did cry. It was useless to cry about herself, because the world was unfair to her.

But the tears evaporated, and she could only hold all her resentment in her heart and release the last of her accumulated magic power.

But when these magic powers hit the surface of the crystal ball, they dispersed directly like before, dissipating directly in mid-air like garbage.

She felt sad in her heart and could only sigh helplessly.

However, due to the high-intensity use of magic power in the past two days, her body was already a little weak at the moment. A huge sleepiness hit her heart, and her last bit of strong will became extremely weak.

In the end, she didn't listen to her grandfather's words, and fell asleep as soon as her willpower weakened.

To be precise, he probably fainted.

Her body fell limply to the floor in the center of the room, and all the magic surrounding her and the crystal ball dissipated, and the room fell into silence again.

But the moment Lux lay down, a faint firelight suddenly lit up on the floor of the room where she was sitting. The firelight slowly outlined obscure patterns on the ground, completely enveloping her and the crystal ball.

That night, Lux had a very strange dream.

In the dream, she was in a space surrounded by flames. The sky was red and there was no earth under her feet, but she stood there miraculously, surrounded by flames.

These flames were all around her, but she didn't feel any heat, instead she felt a little warm.

Soon, a figure slowly walked out of the flames in front of him. Lux looked around and was stunned when she saw the other person for the first time.

The person who came was none other than herself. To be precise, it should be herself who had not yet taken off her mask.

In the past, Lux could only see her own face in front of the mirror. No matter where she looked at this face, she had no real feeling in her heart.

She felt that this was not a human face that existed in this world, but just a mask that had been artificially carved.

They stared at each other, but they exuded completely different auras.

Lux looked at her in the past and was silent for a while before saying, "It's been many years."

"Huh?" Lux was stunned.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, I could still see humans in this place. You have a smell that I am very familiar with."

"But the smell is very thin, as thin as air."

Lux also smiled helplessly and said, "Are you talking about the smell of blood?"

Now that things have happened, whether you call it coincidence or fate, the first thing Lux can imagine is Phoenix.

Maybe Phoenix transformed into his previous appearance, although Lux didn't know why the powerful man did this.

Phoenix kept looking at her and asked, "Are you here to absorb my power?"

Lux shook her head.

"Do not."

This seemed to be the first time Phoenix received such an answer from a human who met it, and it seemed a little shocked for a moment.

"Oh? Then why did you come to see me?"

Lux smiled softly and said: "Actually, I still don't know if I am dreaming. It is obvious that my power has not been transferred to the crystal at all. I also fainted due to excessive use of magic power."

"But whether it's a dream or I've met you by chance, my thoughts are the same from beginning to end. I'm not interested in your power. Even if my family hadn't brought me to the basement, I wouldn't have known it. Your presence.”

"They hope that I can inherit your power to help the family get out of trouble and allow our family to continue to survive in this city. They say this is what I should do."

"That's all they would say, but they never considered me."

Phoenix raised his head slightly, staring at the red sky of this world, thoughts filling his eyes.

"In the past, everyone who came to see me said this, humans always have many reasons."

Lux said: "Your power seems to be very weak now. Since you are a divine beast, why don't you think of a way to leave here? Instead of watching your power fade away under my house, why not find a chance to escape?" , go to the outside world to recover yourself."

Phoenix shook his head and said: "Today's world no longer has the power of the period I lived in."

"Existences like me cannot survive in today's world. The laws of this world are rejecting us, and the power here refuses to be absorbed by me."

"The world seems to no longer recognize our existence."