Blue Phoenix Chapter 1 - A Whole New World

Hui Yue breathed in the fresh, crisp air. He was standing within a mountain range that was filled with ancient trees. No living creatures were near him, and he was standing on shaking legs, unable to fully comprehend that he had finally escaped the underground world.

In the end, three years were spent under the surface, two years together with his friends and one year on his own. The last year had tempered him immensely, and now he dared not befriend anyone, nor stay too long in one place. He knew that currently, his friends were waiting for him at the capital of Taiyang Kingdom. However, Hui Yue was no longer within the borders of Taiyang Kingdom, but in Shenyuan. The most mysterious place on the entire continent.

Around Hui Yue were massive trees. Trees so tall that it was impossible to see the top. They had small vines hanging down them. The temperature was humid, and many plants were growing on the ground. Looking around one could see nothing apart from plants, even magical beasts had long since vanished. As Hui Yue moved around, he felt the fresh air surrounding him. The air was clean after a hard rainfall had cleared it up.

Having stayed within the clearing for some time Hui Yue looked around him, and with a determined nod of his head, he started moving towards the east while staying in the mountain range. He was looking for an area where it would be possible for him to cross the border. A place to leave behind the dangers within Shenyuan and enter the safe and familiar area known as the Taiyang Kingdom.

The landscape which surrounded Hui Yue was filled with an astonishing forest; a forest which had not been touched for eons. The forest was filled with plants of every shape and size. Hui Yue traveled through the forest for a very long time before he came across the first magical beast.

The beast he came across was not a highly ranked beast. It was instead an Iron Blood Bat. It was living its life within the treetops, so far above the young white-haired man that he was incapable of fighting it.

As Hui Y

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