Dragon and Phoenix (1)

"Soul transfer was a success. Downloading soul data. Please wait."

The voice of the system echoed in the darkness, and before long Yin Mei opened her eyes. Thank god it was a success! She would seriously cry if she ended up failing and had to go to the punishment world after struggling for so long to complete the mission here. But, this was just the first step of things. She needed to thoroughly prepare to aid the demon king to the dragon throne, only then could she consider the mission done.

Information poured into her head as she fully regained her consciousness. She could feel that she was on a high quality bed, and the decorations around her were even more luxurious than before, and it was a turn around from the dark gloomy toned demon king's palace, instead decorated with beautiful golds and bright reds.

Sitting up, Yin Mei only felt that words couldn't describe how beautiful the room was. She felt that only the beauty of the demon king could match it. If he was placed inside this room, it would immediately become a hundred times more glamorous and beautiful of a scene.

She took her mind off of that, moving on to review the information.

This was the upper realm, ruled by the Jade Emperor. Under the Jade Emperor, there were still kings such as the dragon king, the demon king, the beast king, and etc. The mission was to have the demon king become the dragon king.

But, the problem was, was that the dragon king was a title passed down through blood lineage. There was no way that it would go to a serpent that had become a dragon by passing through the dragon gate without some serious work.

But, not only that... it seemed that Yin Mei discovered what the system met by "new" plot. She didn't know the exact reason why, but this upper realm had its very own brand new male and female leads. Yin Mei felt murderous intentions rising, as she wanted to punch the system, if only he was a solid object and not a floating orb of light.

That's right, she would not only have to help the demon king obtain the dragon throne, she would also have to deal with the male and female leads. Especially since both of them were smack in the middle of the route to victory, blocking the way splendidly.

The main obstacle was, once again, the male lead. The male lead was the prince of the dragon clan, Long Aotian, and was the general of the Jade Emperor's army. He was the number one most desired man in the upper realm, but his heart was stolen by some insignificant member of the medicine king's clan. This girl didn't have outstanding medical talent, nor did she have country destroying beauty. Her talent in medicine could be said to be passable, and her looks could be said to be delicate and pretty, but she was by far not the most beautiful girl in the realm. At least she wasn't another transmigrated something or another, or Yin Mei might have thrown a fit.

Anyways, why had Long Aotian fallen for her?

It was because after a long battle with the devils at the devil's seal near the edges of the upper realm, Long Aotian had been fatally injured. The one to find him and nurse him back to health was the girl, Yao Ling. Don't ask Yin Mei what she had been doing there in the first place, these sort of plot holes were always just lightly skimmed over.

Anyways, Long Aotian had been moved by Yao Ling's constant dedication and white lotus personality, falling in love with her and bringing her back home to declare that he would marry her.

This brought not only the outrage of the dragon clan, but also that of the phoenix clan, whose little princess was in a marriage agreement with Long Aotian.

As for that supposed little princess, that was in fact that body that Yin Mei was now inhabiting, Feng Hua. Feng Hua was the youngest daughter of the phoenix clan, and the only new child born in thousands of years. Because of this, she was especially spoiled and doted on. The phoenix was already a very vain and proud beast, so it resulted in Feng Hua becoming even more proud and vain. When she heard that her fiancé, Long Aotian, had actually broken their engagement for some no name girl, she was immediately outraged and set out to sort them both out.

Alas, Feng Hua didn't have the protagonist's aura, so she ended up defeated and humiliated at every turn, dying under the hands of the devil invasion after some underhanded tricks by Long Aotian (although phoenixes are immortal to an extent, they can be killed by devils).

"The next dragon king is my fiancé?" Yin Mei immediately made an expression of distaste. Not only that, but he was a bastard that would cheat on her before marriage, and still maintain that righteous position as if he wasn't in the wrong. Yin Mei could only solemnly say... all cheaters deserved to die!

It was too bad that the period in which Long Aotian was fatally injured and doing XX and OO with that Yao Ling was already over, so Yin Mei couldn't take the opportunity to strike when the enemy was down. She didn't realize just how vicious her thoughts had gotten after spending several years in this xianxia world, only taking killing the male lead as the natural course of action now.

But, things probably wouldn't go as easy as in the lower realm in this case. Everyone here had great power, and Long Aotian was the only son of the dragon clan. There was no way they would let things go if their heir was killed. Plus, if someone that high up died, the powerful Jade Emperor would personally take action against the criminal.

Yin Mei could only abandon such thoughts. But, if the dragon clan didn't perish, how else could the demon king ascend the dragon throne?

"What do I do...?" Killing the male lead wasn't an option, killing the entire dragon clan was even less of an option... there was no solution that Yin Mei could see.

And, the mission this time was just the main mission. There was no first mission to help give Yin Mei clues on how to proceed.

"Young miss," there was a knock on the door before it opened, and one of Feng Hua's personal maidservants entered. The girl was rather pretty, and according to Feng Hua's memories, was a human cultivator that was a member of the clan that served the phoenix clan.

It was too bad that even though she was pretty, it couldn't be compared to the natural beauty of the phoenixes. Especially Feng Hua, who was known as the number one beauty of the phoenix clan and the upper realm.

"Young miss, your fiancé is coming back from his campaign against the devils today. Should I help you get dressed?" The servant, Mei Lan asked.

Yin Mei waved her hand at Mei Lan, who proceeded to dress her in an extravagant fire red and gold dress, along with beautiful jewels.

Staring at the reflection in the mirror, Yin Mei could only say... this girl was too gorgeous, it really dazzled the eyes! The riches on her body, it didn't make her appearance gaudy at all, instead adding an extra layer of overwhelming dignity and elegance.

She definitely could now see why the phoenix clan was known as the most beautiful, and why Feng Hua was the number one beauty of the upper realm. This beauty was on par with that of the demon king's!

"The appearance is really similar to the demon king's," Yin Mei thought. But at the same time, the aura was a little different, causing others to not feel that they were the same the more they looked? Feng Hua's appearance was beautiful and gorgeous, while also having an extremely prideful and harsh aura that made her feel unapproachable. On the other hand, although the demon king had a pride engrained deep in his bones, it was more subtle and restrained. His beauty also had a lazier and more rotten feeling.

Yin Mei thought that if these two beauties were placed together, it would definitely be a feast for the eyes. She felt a little sad, thinking that she wouldn't see the demon king for at least another few years until he ascended.

But, there was no time to feel lonely. After all, she still had to deal with that cheater, and take the throne from him to give to the demon king. That cheater didn't deserve to be king. The only one who did was her demon king.

After Yin Mei was fully dressed, she exited her room with Mei Lan, the two of them walking out to the courtyard of the phoenix clan royal palace. The phoenix clan wasn't too big, and the majority of them resided in the palace, though most lived in the outer palace, while the royal family lived in the inner palace. Feng Hua was a member of the royal family, so naturally she lived in the inner palace.

"Lil' Sis!" Yin Mei heard an excited voice shout as a man rushed over. He was beautiful, of course, possessing a sort of flashy appearance that Yin Mei felt really blinded her eyes. Not exactly in a good way, but she didn't say anything.

This person who had run over like a pet dog was the second prince of the phoenix clan, Feng Liu. "Where are you going right now?"

"The young miss is going to go meet the young dragon prince, second young master." Mei Lan replied for Yin Mei before she could speak.

"Who said that you could talk? You're just a servant, as long as your master hasn't spoken yet, do you think you'll get a turn?" Feng Liu's personality seemed to take a 180 as he looked at Mei Lan in disdain, his voice cold. After all, he was still a member of the prideful phoenix clan. Normal people in this world wouldn't even see servants as equals, let alone them. But, most of all, it was actually because Feng Liu had heard some unsavory rumors these days, and didn't want his precious little sister to go meet Long Aotian, lest she accidentally dirty her eyes with something. Feng Liu's eyes narrowed. He really would need to discuss this with his parents and big brother. If those rumors really were true, they would need to immediately break this engagement!

Yin Mei didn't really know what was going on through Feng Liu's mind, but found the way that he treated Mei Lan a little harsh. Because Yin Mei was an ordinary modern day person, she saw servants as people equal to her (plus, she had been working as a servant until recently), so she immediately spoke in favor for Mei Lan. "Second big brother, Mei Lan didn't do anything wrong. She's my servant, so only I can scold her." She spoke bluntly and in a slightly rude manner, but this was actually how Feng Hua naturally spoke, so Feng Liu didn't notice anything weird.

"Alright, alright. My little sister is always right. I won't scold her anymore." Feng Liu said in a flattering manner, his eyes shining with a doting light.

Yin Mei snorted, rolling her eyes at this idiot. On the other side, Mei Lan let out a sigh of relief, feeling a bit of appreciation toward her young miss. Although her young miss seemed spoiled and arrogant, Mei Lan knew she was actually rather pure and kind on the inside. After all, she treasured her people the most, not even letting her own brothers treat them badly.

Feng Liu continued talking with Yin Mei, trying to entice her to stay with all sorts of playthings or fun activities, but she was stubborn, wanting to go see Long Aotian no matter what. Feng Liu felt really frustrated, but in the end could only let her go, running off to go grab their older brother, Feng Tian to accompany them for backup.

Yin Mei didn't know what Feng Liu was thinking, but also felt that it was better if she had the two big princes of the phoenix clan accompanying her to back her up, so decided to wait for Feng Tian and Feng Liu.

For now, the phoenix clan was her biggest weapon and thigh. They might be arrogant, but they really did treat Feng Hua sincerely and loved her. If it wasn't for that scum Long Aotian, Feng Hua would still have been living a good life as a pampered princess.

The three of them journeyed to the north gate of the capital city, waiting there for the arrival of Long Aotian and his army. Seeing them in the far off distance, Yin Mei's mouth couldn't help but curl into a cruel smile. She couldn't kill Long Aotian, fine. But she would definitely make sure this cheater would suffer.

As for the two brothers, they were feeling very stressed. Look at that smile, their precious little sister was definitely feeling very excited to see Long Aotian! If the information they had was really correct, then wouldn't her heart be broken? They had completely misunderstood Yin Mei's expression.