Above the stars

Phoenix Palace.

When Fenghuang brought Sheng Xinhuai to the palace where his father lived, Zhong Daolong was drinking with Zhong Tianque and Zhong Tianyi.

Yu Huoshui was also there. His assessment time was extremely short. He didn't even enter the last two levels of the Yama Canyon and the Kunlun Snow Realm. He was sent out by Tang Bandit at the entrance of the Yama Canyon.

So he was a blessing in disguise. He consumed very little yin and yang energy. After he came out, he didn't even need to use the recuperation cabin to recover as before. He was extremely lucky.

Presumably he would not thank Tang Bandit.

When Zhong Daolong saw Phoenix coming, he immediately put down the wine glass in his hand and asked worriedly: "Are you awake? Is there anything wrong with your body? Have you had it carefully checked by a doctor?"

"I'm fine. I made dad worry." Phoenix expressed his thanks.

Then he said to Zhong Tianque, Zhong Tianyi and Yu Huoshui: "I also thank my three brothers for their concern."

"It's okay." Zhong Tianque nodded.

"Her face is rosy and she seems to be recovering well." Zhong Tianyi said with a smile.

Yu Huoshui glanced at Fenghuang, lowered his head to drink, and said nothing.

Obviously, he was still holding his breath.

He rushed to the Phoenix Palace so quickly, and probably expressed his grievances and unwillingness in front of the Zhongs and his son.

Fenghuang looked at Zhong Daolong and said, "Dad, do you have something to ask me about?"

"It's okay, I'm just worried about your health, so I told Xinhuai to wake you up." Zhong Daolong said with a smile.

He pointed to the sofa opposite him and said, "Sit down."

Then he said to Sheng Xinhuai: "Xinhuai is also sitting here. I heard that you have a good drinker. Let's have a drink tonight."

"How can I be qualified to sit in front of the king?" Sheng Xinhuai stood behind Fenghuang, refusing to sit down.

"Sit down, sit down, you and Phoenix Tianyi are all friends, and your dad and I have been old friends for many years. We are all family members tonight, only elders, no king."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhong. You're welcome." Sheng Xinhuai sat down next to Fenghuang and said, "I know Uncle Zhong's place is full of good wine, and I've been wanting to ask for a drink for a long time."

"That's how it should be." Zhong Daolong laughed loudly, seeming to like Sheng Xinhuai's bold and straightforward style, and said: "There are two wines that Uncle Zhong himself is reluctant to drink. Let's open them together tonight and try them out. Chen Feng Lei, go take out the two bottles of Pyramid that I have collected and open them."

"Master, that kind of old wine needs to be sobered for two hours. It tastes best at that time." Chen Fenglei reminded from the side: "I'm afraid it's too late to wake up now."

"Why are you awake? The most important thing when drinking is your mood. When you are in a good mood, you will be happy no matter what you drink. Go get it and don't be wordy. Otherwise, you will think that we are arrogant."

"Yes, Lord." Chen Fenglei hurried to the wine cellar to get wine.

Zhong Tianyi looked at Sheng Xinhuai, a radiant woman, and took the initiative to pour her a glass of red wine and said, "Teacher Sheng, we meet again."

"Yes, I have met His Highness the Second Prince." Sheng Xinhuai greeted Zhong Tianyi with a smile.

“Just call me God’s will.”

"You wouldn't dare."

Zhong Tianyi smiled and said nothing.

He knew that Sheng Xinhuai had always been very wary of him, for fear of having something to do with him.

Is it because he dislikes his poor reputation? However, her reputation is not much better.

Stinky fish and rotten shrimp, aren't they a perfect match?

Zhong Daolong looked at Fenghuang and asked: "Fenghuang wants to enter Egret Academy? Why don't you discuss this matter with your father? Although Egret Academy is difficult to enter, my father still has some friendship with Xuanyuan Mingjing. I said hello to him and he must be I’m still willing to give dad this face.”

"Thank you, Dad." Phoenix thanked him again and said, "Actually, I don't want to enter Egret Academy."

"Oh? Since you don't want to enter Egret Academy, why did you take part in this assessment again?" Zhong Daolong looked at Fenghuang opposite and asked.

"Actually, there are two reasons." Fenghuang said: "First, I am very interested in the annual assessment content of Egret Academy. After hearing about it last time, I thought about going in and giving it a try myself. See if I can rely on myself. Can you pass the test with your strength?"

Phoenix smiled bitterly and said: "You have all seen the result. Not only did I fail to pass the test, but I also brought so many players into danger, preventing them from displaying their true strength. I still feel guilty to this day. Woolen cloth."

Zhong Daolong smiled, waved his hand, and said comfortingly: "Don't feel bad. This matter has nothing to do with you. Alertness to unknown dangers is originally part of the assessment. They were summoned by you to the snow peaks, but they were not aware of the surroundings. He did not pay attention to the environment and did not even understand the dangers caused by doing so."

"It's okay not to accept such candidates. Egret Academy will not accept them. Just think that you are checking them for Egret Academy, and they all failed to pass the test."

"That's right." Sheng Xinhuai echoed from the side: "This is how I comforted her just now. Those candidates are stupid, do not observe and understand the surrounding environment and terrain, and have no ability to deal with unknown dangers. Such students are originally You shouldn’t pass the assessment. Uncle Zhong, do you think so?”

"Not bad. Xinhuai is right." Zhong Daolong glanced at Sheng Xinhuai and raised his glass to her.

"As for the second reason, you should know it even if I don't tell you." Fenghuang looked at Zhong Daolong and explained aloud: "Tang Bandit is my savior. He saved me several times in the old land. I have always thought in my heart How can I repay you?"

"Although I asked my father to move the two brothers to Xinxing, buy them a house and find a school, and even transfer money. However, I still feel that I can't repay his life-saving grace."

"After I heard that he participated in the recruitment assessment of Bailu Academy, I thought to see if I could help him there."

"Although he couldn't help much, he has already reached the final level through his own ability. I was already seriously injured at that time. If he is willing, he can get rid of me at any time and get the Death God's Soul that truly belongs to him. But, in this way, at least I don’t have that feeling of indebtedness anymore.”

"I don't like to owe people anything. If I have a debt, I want to pay it back on the spot. After this assessment, we are settled this time."

Zhong Daolong picked up his wine glass and drank without making any comments on Fenghuang's remarks.

The others were also silent, knowing in their hearts that now was not the time for them to interrupt.

Believe it or not, Zhong Daolong has his own judgment.

What do they need to do?

After a long time, Zhong Daolong looked up at Fenghuang and said with a smile: "How did I hear that you and Bandit Tang are close and are a couple?"

"Who said that?" Phoenix asked.

"Hahaha, what's important about this? You just need to answer me yes or no."

"No." Phoenix said categorically: "I admit that we are close, but it is definitely not the kind of relationship that Dad heard about."

He didn't even confess to me.

"Really?" Zhong Daolong smiled gently, making it difficult to guess his true thoughts.

"Uncle Zhong, you misunderstood." Sheng Xinhuai said aloud.

"Oh? What did I misunderstand?" Zhong Daolong looked at Sheng Xinhuai and asked aloud.

"Fenghuang and bandit Tang are not in the relationship you said."

Sheng Xinhuai looked shy and said, "Actually, the relationship between me and Bandit Tang is actually closer."