The tale of the Ice Phoenix Dragon

Chi Cheng was bewildered by the unmasked hatred in his mother's amber eyes and the venomous tone with which she spoke.

Chi Yulan was notorious for her untameable temper and short-fuse attitude, yet she had never expressed such seething dislike for anyone or anything other than the Han Clan.

Han Xiaoyan glanced fully over her shoulder at the Grandmistress, shaking her head pleadingly to refrain from revealing the dark history and misdeeds of the Han Clan.

Chi Yulan sighed in frustration, deciding to be lenient enough to pardon the Han Clan from being exposed to its sins.

'Liu Tanyi…' Chi Cheng uttered the name mentally. 'Han Yijun said that was his mother's name when we were together at Chiyun Mowu…what fate did she face at the Han Clan? I wonder if it's related to the crime Father mentioned in his letter that Han Xuelian committed…I should try to find out about that somehow.'