Before he could finish his sentence, Sheng Lingyuan had already unlocked the screen - before activating this thing, you have to draw a small symbol.

He had seen Xuan Ji draw it about a thousand times, although he didn't know what it was for, it wasn't difficult to learn.

Xuan Ji pounced to grab it back: "You'll cause family conflict like this! Give it back to me..."

Sheng Lingyuan caught him and effortlessly flipped him over, pressing him against the bronze cauldron.

His feather, which was radiating light near his chest, was perfectly pinned down.

The light source was suddenly blocked, and the bronze cauldron became dark.

The familiar scent quickly approached, invading his entire nasal cavity.

Before Xuan Ji could catch his breath, his lips were sealed by the cold lips of Sheng Lingyuan.

"It's so cold," Xuan Ji shivered, instinctively wanting to transfer his warmth to Sheng Lingyuan.

Suddenly, the blue light from his phone pierced his eyes.

He heard Sheng Lingyuan chuckle softly in his heart, "So obedient... Number one, let's go to the Yong'an Ferris Wheel for New Year's Eve... What's the Yong'an Ferris Wheel?"

Xuan Ji: "..."

This is too embarrassing!

This jerk!

With one swift motion, he pushed Sheng Lingyuan down.

Sheng Lingyuan dodged and laughed, "Number two, let's adopt a pet together (not a Bifang, or a human). Spare me, please. Having you around is already enough for me to handle. Why get a pet? Number three, let's settle down in the mortal world and buy the small apartment in Yong'an for work and settle in Dongchuan during vacations."

Sheng Lingyuan paused for a moment, feeling touched.

"Stop dreaming, Dongchuan has household registration and housing purchase restrictions! And for Yong'an, even if you sell me, you can't afford to buy a house there," Xuan Ji was furious. "Only in Chiyuan Valley do I have property rights, we can build a house anywhere without anyone's permission. Will Your Majesty come with me?"

Sheng Lingyuan grabbed his wrist, "I'll be with you, even if we have to spend our lives in this small bronze cauldron, it's not a bad thing."

The two of them were buried deep in the magma, surrounded by both noise and silence.

It seemed as though the world was collapsing outside of the bronze cauldron, leaving only the two of them in this moment.

In that instant, Sheng Lingyuan suddenly felt a sense of his obsession dissipating.

"You dare!" Xuan Ji caught the fleeting thought in his heart and tightened his hand that was resting on Sheng Lingyuan's shoulder.

He refused to let go, "I don't want titles or positions, I want a person! If you dare to give up on me, even if I become a ghost, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth!"

Sheng Lingyuan snapped out of his daze and chuckled softly, "Get off me. The figurehead is dead, but there are still others waiting to be dealt with. It's not over yet."

As Sheng Lingyuan spoke, he waved his hand in the air and regained control of the crow that had been sent to Xiao Zheng's side.

Xiao Zheng had brought the crow with him onto the helicopter. The crow was a lucky survivor of the explosion, as one of the field agents had opened its cage and set it free.

Though half of its feathers were missing, it had at least kept its life.

Xiao Zheng and his team had already landed on the ground. Dan Lin was calling for confirmation of the abnormal energy levels in the Chiyuan Grand Canyon, while another team of field agents searched for Luo Cuicui and the leader of the True Nature Sect.

"The abnormal energy levels above Chiyuan are decreasing," Dan Lin reported.

Xiao Zheng asked, "What's going on? Why are they decreasing?"

"Director, the signal in the Biquan Mountain District Bureau has been restored. They reported that the ancient tomb in their mountain suddenly erupted like a volcano... Yes, I know there are no volcanoes in the Biquan Mountain Range - it seems like the abnormal energy that should have flowed into the Chiyuan circled around the country and ended up in Biquan Mountain."

Xiao Zheng was shocked, "What about Xuan Ji and the others..."

At that moment, the sound of flapping wings behind him could be heard, and a crow landed on a nearby dead tree.

The crow, whose feathers were almost falling out, calmed down and its eyes emitted a dark, obsidian-like glow.

Without any small talk, it exchanged information with Xiao Zheng in a concise and straightforward manner.

"What? You were buried under magma?" Xiao Zheng's scalp tingled - being trapped in a bronze cauldron surrounded by magma would surely turn someone into a roasted chicken.

"Is there enough air? Do you have food and water? What should we do? I'll send someone to the scene right away..." Before he could finish his sentence, the crow suddenly went crazy, flapping its head and bouncing on the tree branch, pecking at it like a woodpecker.

The emperor would never be able to produce this bird's behavior.

Xiao Zheng said, "This is not good, we lost contact again."

"It's not lost, don't worry," a line of words appeared in the black mist surrounding the crow, "Oh my, this crow is so fat, look at its belly... can it still fly?"

Xiao Zheng: "..."

Although he didn't know what kind of spell this was, he knew who was speaking behind the bird.

Thanks to their connection, the "Crow Phone" was like a hands-free device, allowing Xuan Ji to control the crow directly without the need for Sheng Lingyuan to relay the message.

"I'll send the message," Xuan Ji said. "Oh my, Your Majesty, I'm kneeling for you. You didn't write many characters correctly! And you guys, especially Old Xiao, are really good at pretending. Don't say anything outside about how the Emperor of Humanity is illiterate. It's so embarrassing."

Xiao Zheng: "..."

Although the Emperor's handwriting had few strokes and lacked some dots and lines, it didn't affect understanding.

Moreover, when he spoke, he was concise and at a moderate pace, with each sentence making sense.

But this guy, on the other hand, doesn't make spelling mistakes. He writes a bunch of characters that pop up like bullet comments, mixed with a bunch of inexplicable pinyin abbreviations and emoticons.

He's like a lone bird, "chirping" among a group of crows having a meeting.

Director Xiao felt like his head had split into two, as if he had accidentally stumbled into a forum for middle and high school students discussing their idols.

"We're okay," Xuan Ji said. "No need for a rescue. Right now, Biquan Mountain is like a hot pot. Don't bother bringing us any food. Once the temperature drops, we'll figure out a way to get out ourselves. Don't worry, Director Xiao. We little immortals don't have such high demands for survival. We can survive without eating, drinking, or even breathing."

Xiao Zheng dryly replied, "Is that so? That's really energy-saving and environmentally friendly. With your immortality, do you even need a salary?"

"No way! How could we have no need for it!" Xuan Ji playfully pecked at Director Xiao and then fearlessly flew up to his head to look down. "Don't bother looking for Luo Cuicui. He's probably been eaten... Has the Biquan Mountain District Bureau been contacted? What's the situation over there?"

The aftershocks of Biquan Mountain continued to rumble.

Fortunately, the mountainous area was not suitable for human habitation, and there were not many residents nearby.

Another mountain slide occurred, causing the firefighters and field agents to quickly retreat from the surrounding area.

On the helicopter that was now cut off, an observer lowered his binoculars and hesitated before saying, "I think there's something on that mountain."

"That mountain is already burnt to a crisp, of course there's something there! Can't you see the huge fire?" replied another.

"No, it's the exposed rocks at the bottom. It looks like a human figure..."

The entire Biquan Mountain was now covered in ash and the plants had turned to dust. The sand and stones on the surface were rolling down, revealing the green stones underneath.

"Oh my god..."

The entire mountain was a huge statue of a goddess, exquisitely carved and lifelike, even down to the strands of hair.

It was definitely not a natural formation.

The material of the stone was unknown, but it was not afraid of the evil fire. Instead, it burned cleaner and cleaner.

Only at the centre of the goddess' eyebrows were there sparks flashing, exactly where half of Luo Cuicui had collided into.

At the same time, the calming Echo Sound waves sounded from all directions, and the aftermath department was busy calming the emotions of the people. The field agents next to them were not idle either, continuing to fight against the mutated plants that grew from the big pit.

As the mutated plants had no brains and attacked in a pattern, they were quickly figured out by the field agents despite their strength.

Ping Qianru had just regained her senses when she heard a cheer from beside her, followed by a loud noise - the field agents had pulled out the mutated tree with its sharp teeth and claws by the roots.

One of the field agents saw her looking over and took off his protective helmet, shouting at her, "Sister, aren't we awesome..."

The cheers around suddenly stopped, and the overconfident field agent was taken aback.

He turned around to follow his colleagues' gaze and saw a deep pit where the tree had fallen.

At the bottom of the pit was sacrificial text in circles, surrounding a strange and beautiful goddess statue.

She had been buried underground for thousands of years, yet not a speck of dust had touched her, and she smiled enigmatically at him.