“I borrowed it from Xiao Hua, not you, brother, and I am not shameless enough to accept money without paying it back. And like I’d said, I don’t want to be too reliant on you. If you can’t accept that money from Xiao Hua, then you should know how I feel.”
Hearing her words, Yuan nodded.
“Anyway, where can we buy a Spirit Fruit?” Yu Rou asked.
“Spirit Fruits are pretty rare, so only luxurious stores would have them,” Xiao Hua said, and she continued, “There’s a very popular place in Phoenix City named ‘Golden Phoenix Bazaar’, and you can find most rare and valuable treasures there.”
“Great! Where is this place?” Yu Rou asked.
“Approximately 5,000 miles away. If we leave now, we should arrive there by tomorrow morning.” Xiao Hua said.
“Tomorrow morning, huh? What do you think, Yu Rou? It won’t be my first time playing throughout the whole night,” Yuan said to her.
“Let’s do it. Since I only have one more day before I have to return to school, I would like to play with you for as long as possible.” Yu Rou nodded.
After retrieving his flying sword, Yuan picked up Yu Rou and jumped onto the sword before Xiao Hua flew towards the sky with them.
“Although it’s going to take some time, I cannot wait to be able to use the flying sword by myself,” Yu Rou said.
“Me too.” Yuan nodded.
After flying for some time, they descended to take a quick break. After flying for a few more hours, the siblings logged off temporarily for dinner.
Once they logged back into the game, they returned to their journey, and Yu Rou would fall asleep in Yuan’s arms shortly later.
Many hours later, by the time Yu Rou woke up, they had already traveled over 5,000 miles.
“Good morning, Yu Rou. We should be there within an hour,” Yuan said to her.
“Brother…? Oh no! I accidentally fell asleep since flying felt so good!” Yu Rou exclaimed. “I’m sorry, brother…”
“Why are you apologizing?” Yuan shook his head.
“Even though you are doing this for me, I fell asleep and left you alone…” she sighed.
“It’s fine. Anyway, look over there— I can see a phoenix.” Yuan suddenly said to her.
“What?! A phoenix?!” Yu Rou immediately turned to look at where he was looking to see a large bird in the sky.
However, once they got closer to it, they realized that the phoenix was actually an enormous phoenix kite that was being flown from the city.
“A kite?” Yu Rou mumbled in a low and surprised voice, as this is her first time seeing such a massive kite.
“Rumors have it there is a living phoenix currently living in the city, and that kite is used to honor the phoenix,” Xiao Hua said.
“Wait a second… A real phoenix living in the city? Surely, that must be fake, right? After all, who would be able to miss the majesty sight of a phoenix?” Yu Rou said.
“Magic beasts like phoenixes are considered as Divine Beasts, and they have the capability to take on a human form once they reach a certain cultivation base, so it’s not impossible that a phoenix could be living in the city disguised as a human,” Xiao Hua explained.
“If there’s really a phoenix, I’d like to meet one…” Yu Rou sighed as they descended a few miles from the city.