“Have some fun?!” Phoenix repeated my question with disbelief. I felt a chill down the back of my neck. “I came to look for you!”
I wasn’t sure what came over the mortals in the room; they all stared at Phoenix unblinkingly. The fat man from the next booth swallowed hard and said, “Truly, he is the creme de la creme! A god among men!
Chapter 16
Lao Hu once said, “Beautiful people usually aren’t too bright, because all the nutrients go to their looks” I realized today that the same could be said of Phoenix.
The High Priestess is a busy person with barely any time to spare; to bother her for some measly herb is folly itself and would surely anger her. And once angered, she would of course refuse you the herb. This has nothing to do with enmity between the two realms.
Chapter 15
Pu. I heard the sound of needle piercing flesh, followed by muffled cry of pain, which sounded like it came from Phoenix.
“Hurry, go!” The body that pushed me down rolled off and I was able to crawl to my feet. Before me stood Phoenix, shielding me from a pale-faced, spear-wielding creature just steps away. Upon seeing its blood stained lips, it dawned on me that I was in trouble; I turned to run.
PROLOGUE
The cold moon illuminated the deepest of night, the night of first frost.
The twenty-four priestesses of the fragrances knelt in the iridescent glass temple within the Palace of A Hundred Flowers, breathing softly. Outside, the shadows cast by branches dancing in the night breeze carved the moonlight into pieces of broken jade.
From the Eye of the Snail 