Senior, senior! It's not that I lack sincerity in offering sacrifices to you. It's that greedy Paoxiao that ate the offerings I prepared for you!
She murmured in her heart, conjuring two more fresh fruits and placing them in their original spot. Then she turned around to leave.
As she turned, she came face - to - face with those golden beast pupils that sent shivers down her spine.
Yaohua's shrill scream pierced the sky.
Heavens! It scared this phoenix half to death!
When did this fierce beast come back!
Why didn't it make the slightest sound!
Senior, you've wasted the offerings I presented to you!
You didn't even give me a warning!
Yaohua grabbed the little yellow chicken that had somehow fallen on the ground and took off flying.
The Paoxiao billowed clouds and mist, obstructing her vision.
Yaohua smelled a strange odor in it, mixed with the scent of the fresh fruits.
Damn it! This beast really did eat the fruits she offered to the senior!
She quickly used the True Fire of the Phoenix to block the clouds and mist.
The system couldn't help but get a bit nervous. "Quick! Use the key to open the door and get out of here!"
Yaohua felt around her waist and let out another shrill scream. "Where's my key!"
Looking down, she saw the little yellow chicken holding the key in its beak, its black eyes rolling over to look at her.
She let out a sigh of relief and was about to take it.
Suddenly, the little yellow chicken opened its beak -
"No!"
"Cheep -"
The key fell into the bottomless clouds and mist.
Yaohua's vision went black, and she almost spat out blood in anger!
This little chicken must be taking revenge for what she said before!
She quickly flew in the direction where the key had fallen.
The clouds and mist were vast. Where was there any trace of the key now?
Yaohua had no choice but to land on the ground and search slowly.
If she had known this would happen, she would have placed a spell on the key. Otherwise, how could she have ended up in such an awkward situation?
At this time, the little yellow chicken knew it had caused a big problem and followed along to search for the key.
Thankfully, the fierce beast didn't catch up. Otherwise, she really wouldn't have known what to do.
As if it had heard her thoughts, accompanied by a series of whimpers, the clouds and mist gradually dispersed, and Yaohua finally saw the key she had been searching for everywhere.
Yaohua blinked. "System brother, that bunch of keys hanging on the Paoxiao's head looks so familiar."
"Yes," the system said coldly. "Now that bunch of keys belongs to the Paoxiao."
At this point, if she wanted to get the key, there was no turning back.
Yaohua kicked the little yellow chicken away to make it avoid the Paoxiao's attack. She transformed into her true phoenix form and dived down.
The blazing True Fire of the Phoenix rained down on the Paoxiao one after another. However, as soon as the Paoxiao opened its huge mouth, all the attacks were swallowed by it.
A strong gust of wind hit, followed by a suction force. Yaohua watched helplessly as it devoured everything around it. Her heart grew more and more uneasy.
If she died here today with the Immortal Dendrobium Herb, what would happen to her master?
No, she absolutely couldn't die here!
Thinking of this, she suddenly gained strength. The True Fire of the Phoenix around her turned into solid iron chains that tightly wrapped around the Paoxiao's neck just grazing its mouth.
The Paoxiao kicked up its hooves impatiently, and the sand on the ground flew towards Yaohua in waves.
Yaohua almost had her eyes blinded by the dust.
She flapped her wings and used the wind force to push back all the messy things that were flying towards her.
The suction force gradually disappeared as the true fire tightened, replaced by a sky - full of clouds and mist.
Alarm bells rang in Yaohua's heart. Just then, her scalp suddenly tightened, and goosebumps rose on her body.
Puff -
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through her back. Then, her body was uncontrollably pressed down by something until she was slammed hard on the ground.
The clouds and mist dissipated. She looked up and saw the Paoxiao lowering its head, sniffing her body.
The bunch of keys hung beside Yaohua's ear, but its goat hooves stepped on Yaohua as if she were prey.
She could even feel the beast's saliva dripping on her wings.
The True Fire of the Phoenix tried to repel it, but to no avail.
"System brother, help me!"
The system pondered. "First, transform back into a human."
Yaohua did as it said and transformed into a human form. Her cheek was tightly pressed against the ground - pressed by a goat's hoof.
For a moment, she felt like a fish on a chopping block.
"What should I do?"
She didn't want to die!
In a flurry, something appeared in her hand.
Yaohua was stunned.
She subconsciously felt it.
At the moment, she couldn't see what she was holding in her hand. She just felt that it was a bit smooth - it shouldn't be a potato, right?
Then, something wet and soft licked her hand.
What was that!
Thankfully, the next moment, she felt the thing in her hand being taken away.
A sweet fragrance wafted over.
"System brother, what did you give me?"
"Yew berries. They're poisonous."
"Can they poison it to death?"
"Of course not. These berries are the most fragrant. They smell better than you."
Feeling a few more berries appear in her hand, Yaohua didn't know what to say for a moment.
"System brother, how many of these berries do you have? Can they last until someone comes to rescue me?"
"These are the last few."
That feeling of blacking out in front of her eyes came again. Yaohua sighed. "My life is over."
"Don't worry. The Paoxiao is a smart fierce beast. Otherwise, it wouldn't have survived here until now."
After the system said this mysteriously, it stopped talking.
Although Yaohua was filled with resentment, it seemed that she wouldn't die anytime soon. So she started thinking about how to escape.
"Big Brother Paoxiao, it would be great if you could understand what I'm saying," she sighed softly. "If you eat me after eating the berries, you'll never be able to eat such delicious berries again. If you don't eat me, I can bring you such berries every day. That's such a good deal."
After saying this, she suddenly realized that this idea was quite reasonable, so she tried to communicate with the Paoxiao.
"I'm a phoenix, and you're a Paoxiao. We both have ancient bloodlines. Maybe we were related tens of thousands of years ago. You must be so bored and lonely here all by yourself. If I bring you berries every day, you won't have to keep those unpalatable and smelly things anymore."
The hoof on her back seemed to loosen a bit. It seemed that there was hope!
Yaohua's eyes lit up. Just as she was about to continue persuading, the goat's hoof stepped on her hard again.
Feeling that the berries in her hand were almost eaten up, the Paoxiao reluctantly licked her palm, showing that it really liked the yew berries.
The stingy system said these were the last yew berries. What should she do next...
Yaohua was worried. Was it really going to eat her?
She gritted her teeth and reluctantly conjured the raspberries she had picked in the Zhao Wu Mansion.
She had originally wanted to save them for her father and brother, but now, out of desperation, she had to take them out to save her life.
The sudden appearance of the berries made the Paoxiao let out a series of happy whimpers. Then it buried its head again and chewed the berries in Yaohua's hand.
The Paoxiao ate happily, and the hoof on Yaohua's back loosened a bit more.
Yaohua gritted her teeth and pressed against the wall, quietly summoning the True Fire of the Phoenix.
Forget it. First, take the key on its head.