The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Shen Yifei immediately made up his mind.

This woman is actually a member of the Phoenix Clan!

He suppressed his excitement, walked up to the man in the brocade robe, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "Shopkeeper, what did this girl steal from you? How many spirit stones did she steal? I'll pay for it."

The man in the brocade robe sized him up and down, then snorted, "You stole a piece of my Fire Spirit Mushroom and ate it! That's a treasure worth three thousand spirit stones! Kid, can you afford to pay for it?"

Without a word, Shen Yifei counted out three thousand spirit stones from his storage ring and threw them directly at the man in the brocade robe. "Shopkeeper, is this enough?"

The man in the brocade robe took the spirit stone, weighed it in his hand, and his expression immediately changed. "Haha, that's enough, that's enough. Young master, you're very generous. You can take this girl with you."

Without saying much, Shen Yifei walked to the pillar and reached out to untie the ropes binding the woman.

The woman had been tied up for a long time, and her hands and feet were numb. As soon as the ropes were untied, she fell directly to the ground. Shen Yifei quickly reached out to support her, and what he touched was soft and warm.

"Girl, are you alright?" Shen Yifei asked softly.

The woman looked up at him, her golden eyes filled with gratitude. "Thank you for saving me, young master."

"It was no trouble at all." Shen Yifei helped her walk towards the inn.

Back in the inn room, Shen Yifei asked the woman to sit down and poured her a cup of tea. "Miss, what's your name? How did you end up like this?"

The woman picked up her teacup, took a sip, and remained silent for a moment before speaking: "My name is Feng Wu, and I escaped from the Wutong Secret Realm."

Shen Yifei's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't show it on his face. "The Wutong Secret Realm? That's Phoenix Clan territory, isn't it? How did you escape from there?"

Feng Wu bit her lip, a tear glistening in her eyes, "The Phoenix Clan... something has happened to the Phoenix Clan."

Upon hearing the words "Something happened to the Phoenix Clan," Shen Yifei felt a surge of excitement. It seemed that his decision to come to Phoenix City this time was the right one.

But his expression remained unchanged. "Miss Feng, don't be hasty, tell me slowly, what happened to the Phoenix Clan?"

Feng Wu bit her lip, looking at Shen Yifei. She didn't know why she trusted him; this young man gave her an inexplicable sense of closeness.

After hesitating for a moment, Feng Wu said, "I am the personal maid of the Phoenix Clan princess. Half a month ago, the clan leader... the clan leader passed away..."

"The Phoenix Clan Chief is dead? Aren't all Phoenixes supposed to have a lifespan of ten thousand years?" Shen Yifei had heard that Phoenixes were immortal and could even be reborn from the ashes.

Feng Wu nodded. "Our Phoenix Clan does indeed possess immortality. Our clan leader was cultivating a technique when he accidentally went into a qi deviation and severed his own meridians, leading to his death."

"He severed his own meridians and died?" Shen Yifei frowned. "Your Phoenix Clan Chief's cultivation level shouldn't be low, right? How could he suffer a qi deviation? There must be some hidden story behind this, right?"

A flicker of grief and indignation flashed in Feng Wu's eyes. "Young Master guessed correctly. The Clan Chief didn't suffer a qi deviation for no reason. Someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes!"

"Do you know who's behind this?"

Feng Wu nodded. "Elder Feng Xiaotian, before the clan leader went into seclusion, the elder gave him a jar of Phoenix Spirit Wine. I suspect it was poisoned!"

"Doesn't your clan leader have any sense of vigilance at all?"

"Young master, you may not know this, but the clan leader treats Feng Xiaotian like his own brother. He even wanted to marry his sister Feng Ming to him. However, Feng Ming said that Feng Xiaotian was a despicable person and left the clan. Her whereabouts are still unknown."

Upon hearing Feng Wu's story, Shen Yifei immediately thought of Su Yunzhao's mother!

Could Feng Wu be referring to Feng Ming as her?

Ye Qianqiu's mother-in-law, Ye Wuhen's maternal grandmother!

This world is so small; two sticks and you can stir up your enemies.

More importantly, the princess now has to call Fengming "aunt," and Su Yunzhao should be her older sister!

Thinking about this, Shen Yifei felt a headache coming on. Before he came, he had been thinking of refining Su Yunzhao into a human pill.

If he were to have an affair with the Phoenix Princess because of this romantic, things would get really messed up.

Seeing his expression change repeatedly, Feng Wu asked, "Young Master, Young Master, are you alright?"

Shen Yifei waved his hand and smiled, "It's alright, it's alright, please continue!"

Feng Wu continued, "As soon as the clan leader was buried, Feng Xiaotian said that the princess was colluding with the human race, so he put her under house arrest. Before she was captured, the princess gave me the Phoenix Clan's heirloom jade seal and asked me to take it out of the secret realm."

"A priceless imperial seal? What is that?"

"To become the patriarch of the Phoenix Clan, one must possess the Imperial Seal! Otherwise, no one in the Phoenix Clan will recognize him as their patriarch!"

Shen Yifei understood: the Imperial Seal of Heirlooms! This thing was the lifeblood of the Phoenix Clan Chief's position.

Whoever holds the Imperial Seal is the rightful clan leader. Without the Imperial Seal, no matter how powerful or high your status, the Phoenix Clan will not recognize you as their leader.

In other words, the Feng Wu in front of us holds the key to the core of the Phoenix Clan's power.

Unexpectedly, he found a treasure after spending three thousand spirit stones.

Just as Shen Yifei was secretly pleased, a loud male voice suddenly came from downstairs at the inn, "Innkeeper, is that kid who spent three thousand spirit stones to buy a woman staying here?"

Upon hearing the man's voice, Feng Wu turned pale with fright. "Young Master, you must hide! This is someone the Grand Elder sent to kill me!"

After saying that, she was about to jump out of the window.

Feng Wu had only one thought in her mind: Shen Yifei had saved her, and she couldn't let him be implicated.

Shen Yifei reacted quickly and grabbed her.

"Miss Feng, if you trust me, relax your senses and I will send you to a place where no one will be able to find you."

Just then, the man shouted, "Quick! It's on the second floor!"

Then I heard a thumping sound on the stairs.

Before Feng Wu could think any further, she quickly relaxed her senses, and Shen Yifei pulled her into the Cauldron of Myriad Things.

When she opened her eyes, she found herself standing in an open space, with a range of rolling mountains in the distance, shrouded in mist and ethereal beauty.

There was a four-story pavilion in front of her, and three women were standing downstairs, looking up at her with curiosity.

By the lake, a little girl was fiddling with bottles and jars, seemingly busy with something.

"Where...where is this?" Feng Wu stared wide-eyed, completely unable to believe what she was seeing.

"Miss Feng, this is my master's spatial artifact." Hongxiu stepped forward with a smile. "You can live here from now on. It's very safe, and no one will be able to find you."

Before Feng Wu could figure out what was going on, Liu Mengli and Mo Ran pulled her into the pavilion.

As Liu Mengli walked, she turned back to look at her, clicking her tongue twice. "What a beautiful girl. No wonder she's from the Phoenix Clan. Her skin, her eyebrows, tsk tsk... Master has been at odds with birds lately."

Feng Wu felt a little embarrassed by what she said, so she lowered her head and followed them into the pavilion.

Inside the inn outside, Shen Yifei had just put Feng Wu into the Myriad Things Cauldron when the door was kicked open.