Seeing Feng Hongyi so determined, Alaric Ye naturally didn't say much more. After all, if anyone were to suffer, it wouldn't be him. If Feng Hongyi ended up embarrassed, Alaric Ye would be more than happy to witness it a million times over. He had already given her a heads-up, so if anything went wrong, it couldn't be blamed on him.

"In that case, let's begin," Alaric Ye said, raising his hand first.

Feng Hongyi nodded gently and raised her slender, fair hand to press against Alaric Ye's palm. Her hand was so warm that it felt incredibly comfortable to Alaric Ye. The key moment was when their palms touched; Alaric Ye sensed the flame hidden within his Fortune begin to stir slightly, possibly due to sensing the true Phoenix Origin.

Alaric Ye lacked the Phoenix Origin and hadn't coexisted with a phoenix, so he could only vaguely sense the flame within his Fortune but couldn't control it. However, Feng Hongyi, a genuine phoenix of millions of years, was different.