Chapter 620 - 66: Bird Eggs and Spine
Princess Qingyuan, Li Yingxuan, did not even trust her sister Li Shu, whom she had lived with for decades, let alone outsiders.
There was only one exception.
Ah Nan Tu!
Once the Hall Master of Profound Flame Hall, now her personal bodyguard.
With two blades in hand, Ah Nan Tu hacked his way through, driving away a flock of Nether Death Crows to enter a Divine Temple.
"Over a thousand years have passed, this city has nearly become a monster’s nest!"
Seeing the mountain of crow dung, Ah Nan Tu frowned and unleashed flames with a wave of his hand.
As the dung burned, thick smoke billowed, and the stench was overwhelming.
"This is the most important Holy Land of Yama Sect, yet they only dare to let monsters roam, not allowing any living person to enter."
Li Yingxuan’s long sleeves flared, and a gust of wind swept away the smoke as she spoke:
"It seems the Sect Leader of Yama Sect doesn’t trust his own disciples, no wonder it’s fallen to such a state."
"Commandery Princess."
Ah Nan Tu asked curiously:
"Why did the Yama Sect decline?"
"Is it really as the legends say, related to the third Celestial Master?"
"Mm." Li Yingxuan nodded, pacing the Divine Hall with her hands behind her back:
"I don’t know what the Yama Sect was thinking; they actually allowed Outer Celestial Demons to cross into this world. If not stopped, it would certainly lead to disaster."
"The Celestial Master’s demon sealing originated from this event."
"Outer Celestial Demons." Ah Nan Tu squinted. He was quite familiar with the term, after all, his name was derived from the legendary Outer Celestial Demon:
"Do such beings truly exist?"
"Of course."
Li Yingxuan’s expression was one of inevitability:
"The Ruyi Celestial Demon Saber, one of the Ten Great Divine Skills, borrows the power of the Six Desires Celestial Demon."
"Huh..."
"Back then, when the Celestial Master sealed the demons, only the Six Desires Celestial Demon escaped disaster by hiding in the Ruyi Celestial Demon Saber, borrowing power from beyond."
"So that’s how it is!" Ah Nan Tu was surprised.
The Ruyi Celestial Demon Saber is the inherited Cultivation Technique of the Demon Heaven Six Paths Joyful Sect, both a cultivation technique and a demon saber.
For centuries,
The Joyful Sect has relied on this saber, never lacking experts in the Scattered Immortal Realm.
However...
It’s rumored that this saber is extremely bizarre; none of the past Sect Leaders of the Joyful Sect have lived long, as a Scattered Immortal they could only live one or two hundred years at most.
Lesser than even an ordinary Master!
"Indeed!"
Li Yingxuan circled the Divine Hall, stopped in a corner, and set her gaze on a seemingly ordinary oil lamp with a smile:
"This hall holds a treasure!"
"Congratulations, Commandery Princess." Ah Nan Tu hastily cupped his hands:
"The Yama Hall has been hidden away for over a thousand years, yet this oil lamp remains bright as ever. With so many exotic beasts and monsters roaming, yet unable to extinguish its flame, this treasure must be extraordinary."
"Mm."
Li Yingxuan nodded slowly, her sleeves released a Magical Treasure, emanating Spiritual Light enveloping the oil lamp.
A few hours later.
She took a deep breath and opened her eyes.
"It’s actually the Sun True Fire, one of the three great Pure Yang True Fires, and the lamp oil is refined from the Cloud Whale Oil of an Ancient Fierce Beast."
"Not bad at all!"
The power of the Sun True Fire is terrifying. If this flame falls upon one’s body, even a Rogue Immortal would face unavoidable doom.
This fire,
Has not appeared for several hundred years.
As for the body of the oil lamp, she did not intend to elaborate.
"Let’s go!"
With a light wave of her sleeve, Li Yingxuan started to walk out, just a few steps and she saw someone rush in, panicked.
"Commandery Princess!"
"Help!"
"Fellow Daoist Kuang." Seeing the person, Li Yingxuan frowned:
"What happened?"
Kuang Shiqing had a resounding name and decent cultivation base, having already proven himself a Master, yet his temperament was indeed not very good.
"Someone is trying to kill me..."
Kuang Shiqing appeared flustered, pointing backwards:
"That kid from the Taishi Family!"
Behind.
A young man stopped, staring coldly at Kuang Shiqing, then snorted and retreated.
A few flashes and he disappeared into the city.
Apparently, he knew he couldn’t match the three of them and chose to retreat voluntarily.
"Taishi Duan." Ah Nan Tu was astonished:
"Seems he hasn’t proven himself a Martial Sect?"
"Yes."
Seeing the opponent retreat, Kuang Shiqing also breathed a sigh of relief, face filled with shame and anger as he explained:
"If it were outside, how could Kuang be afraid of him? There are restrictions here limiting cultivation base, strength cannot be fully displayed, otherwise..."
"Otherwise..."
"Once outside, Kuang will make him pay!"
Li Yingxuan shook her head wordlessly.
"Let’s go."
"The clue to the Karmic Mirror has been found."
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"Crack!"
A thunderbird with a wingspan of over two zhang flashed in, its speed nearly beyond the realm of perception.
In the sense of Divine Thought, only two winding bolts of thunder were rushing in along a certain path.
"Ha!"
Letting out a deep shout, Fang Zheng, unable to make many movements, muscles and tendons bulging, simultaneously activated several Secret Techniques.
Heart Intent Fist—Unsettled Qiankun!
"Bang!"
A man and two birds collided solidly.
Fang Zheng’s fist burst with lightning, while the thunderbird’s beak pecked out flashes of electricity, crazily rolling in the great hall.
"Boom..."
"Clang!"
The man and two birds exerted themselves fully, battling fiercely.
Ultimately, the thunderbird began to weaken due to the excessive dose of anesthetic in the wine.
Among them, the male bird was the first to lose combat capability.
"Bang!"
Fang Zheng grabbed the thunderbird’s claw, lifted it high, and slammed it onto the ground, creating a large pit.
Fortunately, the rock here was solid, and the place had an array restriction; otherwise, even the Divine Hall might not withstand such turmoil.
"Huff...huff..."
Panting desperately, Fang Zheng lowered his gaze to see the claw marks deep enough to reveal the bone on his body, gasping coldly.
Luckily...
Luckily, he was cautious enough, and luckily, only this pair of thunderbird kings had retained their strength.
Otherwise,
today might have been disastrous!
"Humph!"
"Bullying Fang Mou, don’t blame me for being rude to your offspring."
With a cold snort, Fang Zheng stepped to the depths of the nest, picked up a human-head-sized egg, and smashed it.
Opening his mouth,
the contents of the egg poured into his stomach like nectar.
Thunderbird eggs are indeed good items, natural nourishing Spiritual Medicines, renowned even in ancient times.
Moreover,
thunderbird eggs are more precious than the birds themselves.
Some beings fought fiercely with thunderbird flocks just to obtain an egg.
The egg liquid entered his mouth.
Instantly transforming into a surging heat that flowed to his limbs and bones, along with strands of the Power of Thunder refining the skin, muscles, and bones.
In just a moment,
it equaled more than a month’s arduous cultivation.
"Great treasure!"
Fang Zheng’s eyes brightened, cracking open several more eggs, swallowing them continuously until he couldn’t eat anymore.
"Burp..."
He burped after becoming full and rummaged through the depths of the nest, eventually pulling out a spine nearly two zhang long.
"Divine Bone?"
"Which Thunder God is this?"
Although it was just one bone, it contained divine power that clearly couldn’t be compared with an ordinary bone.
"Fortune!"
Expression filled with delight, Fang Zheng hoisted the spine, packed the leftover eggs into the Storage Pouch until it could hold no more, then dashed outside.
A quarter of an hour later.
Fang Zheng sat cross-legged in a room of the deities’ followers, took an Array Map from his Storage Pouch and tossed it.
The Array Map sparkled with Spiritual Light, enveloping the entire room.
Then, he cracked open a thunderbird egg to consume, forming hand seals to begin the Refinement of the Divine Bone using Devouring God and Casting Sacred Bone technique.
As his cultivation base increased, the speed of refining the Divine Bone accelerated.
The key is...
During this time, he crazily consumed various Spiritual Medicines, especially Yin-Attribute Treasure Medicine, assisted by thunderbird eggs.
The ninth checkpoint of the Yama Heart Sutra was already unknowingly loosening.
At a certain moment.
"Click!"
As the Divine Bone fully merged into his body, not yet entirely refined, a sound of breakthrough rang.
Yama Heart Sutra ninth...
Hmm?
Sensing an alarm in his heart, Fang Zheng suddenly opened his eyes, reaching forward and grabbing with five fingers bent, Palm Thunder manifesting.
"Boom!"
Thunder roared.
"Tsk tsk..." A figure chuckled softly:
"Little one, you have some skills."
