I hate you!

"Ready" asked Phoenix enthusiastically.

"Hmm" nodded Xuan Lung.

And as soon as the take a step, they are no longer in the labyrinth of soul introspection, they have come out and are free from the entanglement of lost souls.

Phoenix held Xuan Lung's left palm and said "Now, it's time for you to return to northern dragon palace and restore your kingdom there, your kingdom has now turned into a hideous place" in her last words, she acted as if, her body hairs stood on and oozed with fear, along her spine.

"hahaa..." both of them laughed, now they had returned to their behaviour, when they first met in their previous life.

"I don't think you need me to take you there, do you? I'm sure you know much better the short way to your cold and glummy castle." Phoenix chuckled, the reaction she made, with both hands raised on either side of her face, as if she wanted to frighten a child with a scary bedtime story.

"Hmm... you don't have to do that. I know the way" Xuan Lung replied with a chuckle, never thought they could reunite like they did in the past.

"Okay then, I have to go now" before she could take a step, she heard Xuan Lung ask.

"Where are you going?" His face showed curiosity and suspicion. Until he narrowed his eyes sharply at Phoenix, waiting for an answer from her. She suddenly appeared and rescue him from the labyrinth of soul introspection and now she just goes away like that.

"It's a secret, we will meet again, at the right time" Phoenix replied indifferently. not waiting for a reaction from Xuan Lung, she disappeared into thin air from his sight.

Phoenix did not realize that she had dazed her mind, until Xuan Ti's voice sounded close to her ear. "Qing-qing!"

She gasped "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you" she said embarrassed.

Xuan Ti smiled slightly, he brought his palm close to her cheek. His thumb stroked her cheek gently "It's okay, as long as you don't leave and disappear from my sight again".

"No, I will never leave you again" she replied in a firm and steady voice. Gave assurance to Xuan Ti.

The two hugged tightly and got even tighter. Finally, they were reunited, and nothing could separate them again.

In the midst of releasing the longing, Phoenix remembered her question. She leaned out her face and looked at Xuan ti with a curious face. "So how did your Dragon Pearl end up in Hai Zian's hands?"

"I don't know, at that time I was very sad for your departure, I was so absorbed in that sadness that I fainted in the middle of meditation. when I regain my consciousness, I found myself lying on the floor. I remembered before I fainted, I felt my internal energy circulation fall apart, my body seemed to be going up and down and finally because the pain I felt was unbearable, I lost consciousness. When I fully regained consciousness, I felt something strange about me, I didn't feel the presence of my dragon pearl within me. So that's why I meditated all this time, practiced until I felt the vibrations of the earth's pull. Then suddenly a force pulled me into a women womb, and I was born as an ordinary human." Xuan Ti thought hard, how and what happened the moment he fell unconscious before.

"Then why do you look so confident, when Nuba shows and challenges you, that he will destroy it, and without a doubt you destroy it yourself" hmm this is strange, very strange, Phoenix muttered in her mind.

"I just feel that my dragon pearl is in good hands, because I don't feel any pressure or evil energy from my Pearl. And I'm sure that in the end the Pearl will come to me again by itself" said Xuan Ti still confused but he defended himself from the curiosity of the woman in his arms.

"You… you are authoritative, but I didn't expect that you would be this reckless..." Phoenix's words caught in her throat. She couldn't stop thinking that a person like Xuan Ti could lose something so precious to him. "Stupid" she sneered.

"Yeah... I guess I'm an idiot" said Xuan Ti with a chuckle. Phoenix's attitude amused him. He thought that with Phoenix still in her Nhamso form, she was very cute and adorable. He can see another side of Phoenix, but this will end when she returns to her true form.

"You!" unable to get the words out, Phoenix got up from the bed sulking.

"Hey, Qing-qing!" Xuan ti called while laughing a little loudly. His lips lifted slightly, showing a mischievous grin, to him Phoenix's current behaviour was very cute.

"I hate you!" and with that, Phoenix opened the bedroom door, stepped out and slammed the door, then walked towards the kitchen, looking for Ru Qing.

Ru Qing was busy preparing breakfast when she heard footsteps coming into the kitchen. She turned her head and saw Phoenix stepping in through the door, but something was off about her and she couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. She scowled, brow furrowed, 'What brought her so early in this morning? XuanTi? Hmmm not possible. They just met again, there's no way he'd make Qing-qing sulk. Her curiosity asked "What happened to you? Why is your face so grumpy?"

"Ask your half-brother" Phoenix replied with annoyance.

"half-brother" Ru Qing's mind immediately caught who she meant. "He's not my half-brother, I don't want to have a half-brother like him" Ru Qing joked. When else would she be able to joke with her best friend, at this precious moment. only in this form could she joke with her.

"Yes, he is!" Phoenix exclaimed impatiently and her voice slightly raised.

"Stop sulking, you'd better accompany your mother in the backyard" and Ru Qing's words made Phoenix gasp, she almost forgot that her mother was here. Her face instantly changed three hundred and eighty degrees centigrade.She took a deep breath and exhaled. From sulking face turned into a calm and peaceful face.

"Right" and she immediately go from there, stepped out of the kitchen and went to where her mother was.

When Phoenix opened the back door, a cool atmosphere immediately entered her nostrils, went deeper into her throat cavity, continuing to spread to her lungs. She took a deep breath, filling her lungs full, which seemed as if she had not breathed for a long time like now.

She felt incomparably calm and peaceful. Nothing could replace the serenity and peace that she could enjoy only in her residence here.

This yard is still like the last time she left it, nothing has changed even a little. Ru Qing really took care of it very well. There was no one she could entrust the maintenance of her house to anyone other than Ru Qing.

The sound of birds squeaking, mutually answered from one bird to another, as if cheerful gossip on a sunny morning. A gust of wind, blowing slowly, blows away strands of hair that are loose from her hairdo which is not too neat but is still worthy of being seen and admired for her natural beauty.

Satisfied with reminiscing about the surroundings she looked around. And there he saw her mother sitting in a bench facing the fountain in the middle of the back yard. Without hesitation she stepped and approached her mother.

Still three steps away, she called. "Mom..." the soft voice, the voice she uses every morning to greet her mother at her home in the mountains of Lhasase city. Not to forget she smiled charmingly when her mother turned to look at her.

Her mother gasped, immediately turning to the source of the voice she knew very well, whose voice she heard. She turned around to convince herself she wasn't wrong. The woman who had brought her yesterday guaranteed to her that her daughter would be okay. She survived and was going somewhere she did not know where it was. After so many days of restless waiting, she finally appeared out of thin air. She immediately stood up, turned to face her only daughter. She smiled, the warmest smile she always showed every morning, then she spread her arms, ready to hug. Without waiting any longer, Phoenix immediately rushed into her mother's arms. There is no hug as warm as a mother's.

They hugged for a long time, until both of them felt a longing to be apart, even if it was only for a few days. But it certainly wasn't a pleasant experience, being separated from the barrage of thumps, bangs and their house being partially destroyed, as a result of a fight between Xuan Ti and Nuba.

"I missed you, Mom" finally couldn't stand it, Phoenix voiced what she felt. A sense of relief crossed her happily smiling face, in the crook of her mother's right shoulder.