The Rising Phoenix

"Are you really that Bai Xifeng?" Qin Suyin asked.

"Yes. I am." Bai Xifeng smiled.

"Wow, you are really Bai Xifeng." Yuan Jian looked shocked at Bai Xifeng.

"Hmm... I am leaving this evening." Bai Xifeng said.

"Yeah... Why are you in a hurry?" Patriarch Yuan asked.

"I need to be in Heavensky City for enrollement test." Bai Xifeng said.

"It is in two months later." Patriarch Yuan said.

"Well, I am going there by foot. That is why I need to start walking." Bai Xifeng stated.

"Why are you just rent the carriage?" Yuan Weimin asked.

"My teacher told me that I need to train my body by walking." Bai Xifeng said.

"We are going together." Fang Daiyu chimed in.

"I see. Then, there is nothing that I can do to stop you." Patriach Yuan sighed. "But please wait for a moment. I am going to get something for you."

Patriarch Yuan called his butler and whispered something to him. The butler nodded and left. A few minutes later, the butler came back with a box. He gave the box to Bai Xifeng.

"What is it?" Bai Xifeng asked.

"A gift for saving my family member." Patriarch Yuan said.

Bai Xifeng opened the box and saw the gold coins inside the box.

"This..." Bai Xifeng looked at Patriarch Yuan.

"Please accept it. I know it might not be enough for saving a life. But it is what I can spare to give. I promise you a favor. If you need our family in the future, we will definitely help you." Patriarch Yuan made the vow.

"It is my personal favour. Young Lady Bai, I will help me when you need me in the future." Yuan Jian said.

"Me too." Qin Suyin chimed in.

They did not know that this favour would help them in the future.

"Okay..." Bai Xifeng nodded. She then turned to Fang Daiyu and Fang Zihao. "I am going to leave two hours. You can get ready if you want to follow me."

"Yes." Fang Daiyu nodded.

"In the meantime, how about having lunch together?" Patriarch Yuan said.

"Yes." Bai Xifeng nodded.

Bai Xifeng seemed to be excited. Patriarch Yuan noticed it since yesterday. Bai Xifeng loved eating. So, he asked the chef to cook a lavish meal.

Bai Xifeng's eyes lit up when she saw the meal. Everything looked delicious. Everyone was at the dining table except for Yuan Jian and Qin Suyin. Qin Suyin could not leave the bed yet. So Yuan Jian was accompanying her.

The meal was excellent. Bai Xifeng rubbed her stomach satisfied with the meal. Starting a journey with a full belly was a good start.

Bai Xifeng and Fang Siblings started their walking journey to Heavensky City. Fang Sibling hugged their grandfather before leaving. Old Man Fang was smiling seeing his grandchildren's backs. The three of them left Subei City.

"Xifeng, do you feel scared once travelling alone like this?" Fang Daiyu asked.

"Yeah. Once. In the past, when I was a little girl." Bai Xifeng stated.

Well, she was not talking about her childhood in this ancient fantasy world. It was about her childhood in the modern world. She was a small girl at that moment. Walking alone was indeed scary even though it was in the middle of the city. No one care to ask her about her condition. Everyone just dealt with their own stuff. They did not have time to care about others.

It was not until Bai Xifeng collapsed. Someone called the police. She was admitted to the hospital. When she woke up, the police and doctor asked about her name and her parent.

Bai Xifeng could remember her name. Bai Xifeng. However, as for her parent, she did not remember that. The police tried to search her parent. Nothing. So, the police had no other choice to place Bai Xifeng into the orphanage.

Bai Xifeng grew up there. She went to school. She was good at study. The teachers liked her because of that. Bai Xifeng knew that she needed to study to get out of poverty. That was when she began to obsess with money.

She entered all kind of competitions that offered money as their prize. At 12 years old, she joined an math competition. She did not know it was Olympiad Math Competition. She did not know it was a big competition.

At first, it was online competition. She answered about 200 questions online. She was selected to compete with 20 people offline. When she told her teacher about that asking if her teacher was willing to take her to the competition venue since the competition venue was in the another city, needed three hours of driving, her teacher was shocked.

Her teacher asked her twice if she was really in that competition. Bai Xifeng answered her teacher in casual tone. Her teacher was speechless for a moment before telling Bai Xifeng that the competition was basically for a genius. Being called for competing offline was a great honour. Not to mention, Bai Xifeng was just a 12 years old girl at that time.

Bai Xifeng did not care much about that. She was aiming for the prize money. First place would get 50 thousand yuan. It would be enough for Bai Xifeng to continue her study in the university in a few years later.

Her teacher began to tell the principal about Bai Xifeng's achievements. Like her teacher, the principal was also shocked when he heard that.

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