Chapter 36.2 - This brat is from the Phoenix Bloodlines!

A/N: Important author's note in the author's thought. Please read it and reply in the comment >.<

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Li Xinwen could hear the panic in Sun Xiao's voice so he quickly grabbed his bathrobe and rushed out to his door without even drying himself. His body was still wet, with water dripping down from his hair to his skin. The bathrobe on his body was loosely worn, revealing most of his chest.

When he opened the door, he could see Sun Xiao's panic-stricken face. It lasted for a few seconds before Sun Xiao's face turned red, and his expression turned flustered. Upon seeing this change, Li Xinwen became confused and he reached out to touch Sun Xiao's forehead.

"Ah'Xiao, your face is red. Are you alright?" Li Xinwen asked in a worried tone. He ran his mind through everything he knew about Zhuo Yang body type, wondering if there was something wrong with Sun Xiao's cultivation. The temperature of people with pure Yang body type tends to be higher than normal, if they couldn't reign in their spiritual energy it could sometime cause them harm instead.

Sun Xiao, on the other hand, turned even more nervous as he found his eyes unable to move from his brother's figure. He had almost forgotten why he had called Li Xinwen for. Fortunately, he still remembered and he quickly shook his head to make his thought clearer.

"I'm okay, Xin-gege. But... there's something in my room. Earlier, I tried to cultivate and suddenly, some of the spiritual energy I gathered were sucked away by something from my drawer!" Sun Xiao informed Li Xinwen. "Xin-gege, is there a ghost in my room? You mentioned before that ghost can also cultivate and that there are malevolent ghost and benevolent ghost..." Sun Xiao clearly looked afraid as he mentioned the word ghost.

"Ghost?" Li Xinwen turned to look at the door to Sun Xiao's room. He activated Mo Yan but he couldn't see anything that resembled a ghost. If there was indeed a ghost, then he will need to ask them to move away, or if they are hostile, eradicate them. Ghosts are full of Yin energy, and someone with a body like Sun Xiao does attract them. But these beings are not good for Sun Xiao as they absorb Yang energy.

"Xin-gege, was there really a ghost?" Sun Xiao asked when he saw that Li Xinwen's expression was full of seriousness.

Li Xinwen turned his attention back to Sun Xiao and just offered him a smile. Raising his hand, he gently rubbed the other's head. "There's no ghost. Don't worry," Li Xinwen assured the young boy. "But this still needs to be investigated. Let's go to your room first," Li Xinwen said and they walked over to Sun Xiao's room.

The door was still in an opened state, showing that Sun Xiao didn't even have time to close them in panic. When they entered the room, Li Xinwen did not sense any presence made out of Yin energy. In fact, the room was rich with Yang energy which shows that Sun Xiao did cultivate before. Using Mo Yan, Li Xinwen was still unable to see anything that was amiss. But seeing Sun Xiao's state, there was no doubt that the boy had found something here when he's cultivating earlier. He remembered that Sun Xiao mentioned that the energy was absorbed and the cause seemed to be coming from the drawer.

"Ah'Xiao, which drawer did you sense the thing that was absorbing the energy?" Li Xinwen asked. Sun Xiao quietly pointed at the drawer beside his table. Li Xinwen walked over or at least attempted to when he felt his arm was being hugged tightly. Turning back, he saw Sun Xiao holding on onto his arm with a worried look.

"What if there really is a ghost?" Sun Xiao said when he saw Li Xinwen's questioning look. "I don't want anything to happen to Xin-gege..."

A low chuckle escaped Li Xinwen's lips as he playfully pinched Sun Xiao's nose. "Don't worry. A ghost can't harm me," Li Xinwen said in an assuring tone. "You know how strong Ge is, right?"

Sun Xiao continued to look at Li Xinwen before finally nodding his head. He let go of Li Xinwen's arm with reluctance and watched as Li Xinwen walked over to the drawer. His eyes continued to train on Li Xinwen's figure as the other pulled the drawer open and looked inside.

Li Xinwen's eyes narrowed as he looked inside the drawer. There were a few books, notes, and several new, unopened pen. Other than that, there was the gift that Xue Rui had given Sun Xiao. 'There is nothing here, ah. Did Ah'Xiao imagined it?' Li Xinwen thought. Activating Mo Yan once more, Li Xinwen looked at each item until it rests on the gift from Xue Rui. His eyes widened as he carefully picked up the egg-shaped stone. The ember coloured egg seemed to shine slightly upon being picked up before dimming once more.

"Ah'Xiao, try and cultivate again," Li Xinwen said, his eyes never leaving the stone egg in his hand.

Sun Xiao didn't ask any question and quietly closed his door before he sat down on his bed and began cultivating. The spiritual energy within the room swirled and started to gather around Sun Xiao. When Sun Xiao started to absorb the energy, something finally happened. The stone egg in Li Xinwen's hand started to glow. Some of the spiritual energy that Sun Xiao was about to absorb travelled towards the egg. When Sun Xiao noticed this, his brow furrowed and he was about to stop when he heard Li Xinwen's voice.

"Don't stop. Continue," Li Xinwen told the boy. "Ge is here. Nothing will happen to you."

Sun Xiao heard the gentle tone from Li Xinwen and started to relax once more. He trusted Li Xinwen and continued to absorb the energy.

Li Xinwen, on the other hand, continued to eye the stone egg in his hand. He didn't know the origin of this item, but he could sense a dormant life within. To confirm his suspicion, Li Xinwen tried to put the egg into his storage ring. When the process failed, Li Xinwen knew that the stone egg is not just mere decoration.

[Lanyu: Master!! Is there someone with you? I could sense that bastard outside!]

'There's Ah'Xiao, why?' Li Xinwen asked, narrowing his eyes. He had already told Lanyu about Sun Xiao, so the spirit knew about his brother and wouldn't have disrespected him. But Lanyu's tone seemed a bit suspicious.

[Lanyu: Only your brother? But... I feel like there's someone else there...]

'Hmm... there is this stone egg in my hand, and I believe it to be an egg for some creature,' Li Xinwen replied to Lanyu.

[Lanyu: That must be it! On the day I met master, someone was absorbing the spiritual energy that I've gathered. This lower realm is already lacking in spiritual energy, and he actually took what I worked hard on! Master must help Lanyu teach him a lesson!]

Lanyu sounded like a child that had been bullied and wronged as he complained to Li Xinwen. Li Xinwen just shook his head with a smile on his face. 'This thing hasn't even born yet, ah. How to teach him a lesson? And its only absorbing spiritual energy to nourish this life inside. Who knows if this creature can be of help to Ah'Xiao in the future.'

[Lanyu: If master wants to, Lanyu can help figure out what kind of creature it is. Just send it inside.]

'Are you sure you're not going to crack it open and cook it as revenge for what happened before?' Li Xinwen decided to tease Lanyu.

[Lanyu: Master!! Lanyu won't do that. Master should know that Lanyu can't hide anything from master since we formed a contract...]

Lanyu sounded distressed that he was being bullied by his master. Li Xinwen just chuckled and send the egg into the dimension for Lanyu to look at. After a while, he heard Lanyu's voice again in his mind.

[Lanyu: Master, it looks like this brat is actually a beast from the phoenix bloodlines, ah!]