"Can you bring me back to the Eternal Phoenix Domain now?" Yuan looked at the Primal Monarch.
"Eternal Phoenix Domain? How are you related to those annoying birds?" Dragon God inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"My companion is waiting for me there," he said.
"Does it have something to do with your wish?"
"Yes. I need the treasure to get rid of her curse."
"Ah. Can you bring me back to the Divine Dragon Sanctuary first? I also have a friend waiting for me there." Yuan quickly said, nearly forgetting about Yingzi.
The Dragon God nodded. While he had problems with the Eternal Phoenix Domain and Primordial Phoenix, he wasn't unreasonable enough to cause trouble for someone purely because they had connections to the phoenixes there.
Yuan returned to the Divine Dragon Sanctuary shortly after. He was teleported directly to Yingzi's location.
"Congratulations on winning the Dragon God Festival," Yingzi said to him.
"Thank you."
"Look! It's the Primal Monarch's descendant!"
The nearby beings quickly noticed him and began gathering around him.
"We're going to return now," Yuan said to Yingzi.
A rift appeared before them the next moment. Yuan and Yingzi stepped inside it, disappearing from the Divine Dragon Sanctuary. The others tried to follow, but the rift closed before anyone else could enter it.
Meanwhile, when Yuan emerged from the other side, he was already inside the Primordial Phoenix's world. The place was initially empty, but a bewildered voice resounded shortly after they appeared, "Seriously? You're just going to waltz into my personal world like that?"
The Primordial Phoenix appeared before them the next moment with a displeased expression on her face.
"Uhh… That old booger sent me here when I told him I wanted to return. I never specified where, too." Yuan immediately expressed his innocence.
However, the Primordial Phoenix was silent, and she was staring at him with a somewhat dumbfounded expression.
"You… what have you been doing for the last two years?" The Primordial Phoenix asked, as she was greatly shocked by how much stronger he'd gotten in such a short time.
'He's essentially a different person! And he reeks of dragon's scent even while in his human form!'
"A lot has happened, but I will not get into it. Here, this is what you asked for." Yuan retrieved the Sacred Chalice of Purification and showed it to her.
"Wow, you actually managed to acquire it? How did you do it?"
"Do you know of the Dragon God Festival?"
"I have heard about it. Something about the winner will have their wish granted by the Dragon God."
"Well, I won it and wished for the Sacred Chalice of Purification." He gave her a brief explanation of how he acquired the treasure.
"Is that so…"
The Primordial Phoenix wasn't familiar with the specifics of the Dragon God Festival, but she had heard of its notorious difficulty.
'I heard that almost any wish could be granted. To think he'd use such a precious opportunity just to save my daughter…'
Primordial Phoenix looked at Yuan in a different light.
She accepted the Sacred Chalice of Purification and said, "Give me a week—a month at most to remove the curse."
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