"Sister, what's wrong?"
Little Phoenix tilted her head and asked when she saw Sylphania's strange behavior.
"Nothing, I just think you're very cute!"
"What's your name! Why do you call him Teacher Shen!"
Sylphania crouched down slightly, bringing her gaze parallel to Jean Grey's.
"My name is Jean Grey, and I'm Teacher Shen's student. Teacher Shen said he would teach me magic."
Jean felt a very kind connection from the beautiful big sister in front of her, so she didn't hesitate to explain her relationship with Shen Mu.
"So that's how it is!"
"Then, Jean, welcome to Alfheim."
As Sylphania's words fell, the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees swayed instantly, as if welcoming Little Phoenix.
Jean again.
Teacher Shen, who was nearby, was currently being surrounded and examined in circles by a group of Little Elves.
"Are you really Your Excellency Dragon?"
"You look much better now!"
"But Your Excellency Dragon, you've become so small. Zoe still likes the big Your Excellency Dragon."
"That's right, Your Excellency Dragon doesn't even have wings anymore!"
...
A group of Little Elves chattered about Shen Mu's new appearance, their voices as clear and pleasant as larks, so Shen Mu didn't find it noisy.
"It seems you're still more familiar with my original form!"
Saying that, divine power flowed through Shen Mu's body, and his form began to change rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he had returned to his dragon form.
Then he roared, tilting his head back, and spread his massive wings.
Instantly, a group of Little Elves flew and clung to Shen Mu's body.
Shen Mu's transformation here naturally left Little Phoenix dumbfounded.
"Dragon... Teacher Shen is a dragon..."
Little Phoenix was even having trouble speaking clearly!
After all, in U.S. cultural perception, dragons and demons are synonymous with evil.
"What, didn't Shen tell you his true identity?"
"Although he is a dragon, he is also truly the Sun God."
Sylphania couldn't help but speak when she saw Little Phoenix's shocked expression.
"My teacher is a god?"
Little Phoenix heard something else that was hard for her to believe.
At this moment, she somewhat understood why Shen Mu seemed to know so many mysterious things.
However, she then recalled what Shen Mu had said—that she might become even greater than many gods in the future.
Now she somewhat believed it!
"Jean, seeing me like this, are you scared?"
Shen Mu, covered in Little Elves, walked up to Little Phoenix and asked.
"No, I'm not scared. You're my teacher, and I believe you won't hurt me."
Saying that, Little Phoenix bravely approached Shen Mu and reached out to touch his indestructible black scales.
"Hahaha! Very good, today you can play with these little guys for a while, and tomorrow I will officially begin teaching you magic knowledge."
Shen Mu sent the Little Elves clinging to him to play with Little Phoenix, while he and Sylphania walked off in another direction.
"Are you perhaps a little curious about Jean's identity?"
As they walked, Shen Mu returned to his human form and said to Sylphania beside him.
He knew that with this old-timer's discerning eye and ability to glimpse into the future, she would surely sense Jean's uniqueness.
"Is it really that legendary ancient power residing in her body?"
Sylphania asked, still shaken, thinking of the terrifying, illusory Shadow that had just appeared before her eyes.
As an ancient being of the Elven Kingdom, she knew some of the Universe's hidden secrets.
"That's right, it's that power, but it's not complete; it's just a larger fragment of it."
Listening to Shen Mu's words, Sylphania couldn't help but roll her eyes.
That legendary power, even if it was just a fragment, was enough to make that little girl an extraordinary powerhouse!
At least she herself had felt a great terror in the face of that power.
However, after thinking about Shen Mu's even more abnormal growth rate, Sylphania felt somewhat relieved!
"How do you plan to teach Jean? And can you really be a teacher with your magic attainments?"
Sylphania was skeptical about whether Shen Mu could teach this student well.
"Of course, she's just a little girl, teaching her is effortless for me."
"You should know that in Midgard, the current Sorcerer Supreme has been begging me to be her successor, but I've refused her every time!"
Hearing his teaching abilities questioned, Shen Mu naturally argued his case forcefully.
Although Sylphania didn't fully believe what Shen Mu said, she believed most of it.
This was also why she could entrust the entire Elven Kingdom to Shen Mu.
Moreover, Shen Mu's ability to freely return to Alfheim from Midgard also indicated that he had indeed mastered teleportation magic.
However, what she didn't know was that Shen Mu had not only mastered magic but had also acquired the Space Stone.
That was even more convenient than teleportation spells.
"Then why did you bring Jean here is..."
"The Phoenix Force residing within Jean has not fully awakened yet, and it might have some negative effects on her unconsciously. So, before I formally teach her, I plan to meet that incomplete Phoenix."
"If we can communicate well, that's fine, but if it's disobedient, then I might have to use some unconventional violent methods!"
Shen Mu knew that the Phoenix Force had a partial self-awareness.
Sylphania understood Shen Mu's meaning. To put it bluntly, he wanted to issue a warning to it, telling that power to behave, or he would beat it into submission.
Only Shen Mu could come up with such an idea!
"Are you confident you can withstand that power?"
Sylphania looked at Jean, who was having a blast playing with the Elves in the distance, and asked.
"It's just a larger fragment of power, I haven't given it much thought."
To be honest, the current Shen Mu definitely couldn't handle the complete Phoenix Force; if he encountered it, he would definitely turn and run as fast as he could.
Hmm! Perhaps even half of the Phoenix Force would be the same.
However, the one residing within Jean's body now was just a fragment, so it was not to be feared.
"When you say that, I feel relieved!"
Time passed quickly, and Little Phoenix, who had played all day, was now lying in a giant flower bud, having fallen asleep.
Shen Mu and Sylphania walked up to her.
"What are you going to do?"
Looking at the sleeping Jean, Sylphania asked Shen Mu.
"Of course, I'm going directly to find that Phoenix!"
Shen Mu leaned down, extended his index finger, and gently touched Jean's glabella with a faint glow.
Immediately, Shen Mu felt himself being pulled into an unknown place, surrounded by what seemed like the vast starry Universe.
In the distance, there was a crimson ball of light emitting a dazzling glow, and the matter and spacetime around it were constantly collapsing and reforming.
Shen Mu knew that was the avatar of the Phoenix Force, so he flew towards it without hesitation.