Chapter 271 - 271: Green Token
Phoenix Yang's face was extremely gloomy, his eyes bloodshot, and he suddenly slammed his fist into the ground. With a boom, the ground cracked under his blow.
He gritted his teeth, his face full of unwillingness.
It turned out that Phoenix Yang ultimately failed to withstand the nine hundred Void Refining peak Tiger-headed monster and was defeated, forced to flee the Myriad Beasts Tower.
"Wh-what's going on? Shouldn't Young Master Phoenix Yang have entered the fourth floor? Why did he come out of the third floor?"
"Could it be that the one who entered the fourth floor wasn't Young Master Phoenix Yang at all, but that mysterious expert."
This caused a thousand ripples, and the demon cultivators once again began to discuss heatedly, their faces showing expressions of disbelief.
Someone actually surpassed Young Master Phoenix Yang?
At this moment, Phoenix Yang also noticed that the atmosphere was off. He seemed to have heard something about the fourth floor?
Phoenix Yang's heart suddenly trembled, and he quickly looked up at the Myriad Beasts Tower.
He saw that the light from the fourth floor was still dazzling and bright, almost blinding.
Phoenix Yang's pupils constricted, a storm raged in his heart, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
"No, impossible. The fourth floor. Who is it? Who broke into the fourth floor?" He roared up at the sky, his voice filled with unwillingness.
A Phoenix clan elite disciple quickly stepped forward, cautiously explaining in a low voice.
"Young Master Yang, it is said it's a Black Bear named Xiong Er. I heard his cultivation seems to only be at the Early Stage of the Nascent soul Realm."
"What did you say? A Black Bear? Early Stage of the Nascent soul Realm? A Black Bear can even reach the fourth floor?"
Phoenix Yang's face was ferocious, his eyes wide open.
He suddenly grabbed the collar of that Phoenix clan elite disciple and shouted, his voice like thunder, making the surrounding disciples' hearts tremble.
As the prodigy with the highest bloodline in the Phoenix clan, he should have been an unrivaled existence among his peers, but now he was being told that he was inferior to a mere Black Bear?
For Phoenix Yang, this was simply a great humiliation.
"Uh. Young Master Yang, th-that Black Bear must have hidden his cultivation."
"We also can't believe that such a small Early Stage Nascent soul Cultivator could really reach the fourth floor."
That elite disciple was so frightened by Phoenix Yang that sweat broke out on his forehead, and his voice trembled. He quickly began to explain, fearing to anger this Young Lord.
Phoenix Yang snorted coldly, released his hand heavily, and let go of the disciple's collar.
His face was gloomy, his eyes fixed on the brightly shining fourth floor of the Myriad Beasts Tower in the distance, his heart churning with rage and unwillingness.
"Young Master Yang, you don't really need to be too concerned."
"Even if that Black Bear has good talent, once he comes out, we can easily take him under our command. At that time, no matter how arrogant he is, he will have to bow his head, won't he?"
That disciple cautiously offered comfort, not daring to look directly at Phoenix Yang.
These words made Phoenix Yang's brows relax slightly, and his expression finally softened a bit. A cold sneer even appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Just as this disciple said, what if he broke into the fourth floor?
This was the Phoenix clan's territory.
As long as he wished, any foreign demon cultivator must submit to the Phoenix clan's authority.
Disobey? Then suppress him until he obeys.
"Young Master Yang, since that Black Bear can reach the fourth floor, he might be a Body Integration Cultivator."
"Shouldn't we notify the clan Elders and have them come to keep order, lest that Black Bear gets a chance to escape?" Seeing this, that disciple quickly added.
Phoenix Yang was stunned, then a glint flashed in his eyes.
"Good, your idea is excellent." He suddenly patted the disciple's shoulder, a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
With that, Phoenix Yang no longer hesitated. He directly took out a translucent jade slip, injected his Divine Sense into it, and immediately sent a message to the clan Elders.
He couldn't let that Black Bear run away.
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At the same time, Fang Hong had no idea that he had already been targeted by the Phoenix clan.
At this moment, he was appearing on the fourth floor of the Myriad Beasts Tower, following the golden teleportation light pillar.
When the light dissipated, his gaze fell upon the surrounding scene, and he was slightly stunned.
The scenery on the fourth floor was completely different from the first three floors.
Here was no longer an endless wasteland, nor was there the murderous intent of surrounding demons, but a magnificent and spacious grand hall.
The walls around the grand hall were towering and majestic, and the dome above was covered in a hazy mist, giving it a profound and ancient feeling.
Fang Hong's heart stirred. This scene bore some resemblance to his Star Tower.
In the center of the grand hall, there was a huge circular pool.
The pool was three to four zhang wide, filled with an unknown green liquid.
Green mist continuously rose from the surface of the pool, swirling and permeating, flowing in the air with an inexplicable spirituality.
The first time Fang Hong saw the pool, his mind was severely shaken, and an expression of pleasant surprise immediately appeared on his face.
The fourth floor indeed had a Treasure Trove.
He could not be mistaken about that green gas; it was precisely the mysterious gas he had refined on the first three floors.
"So that's how it is."
"This pool is the source of the green gas. The rewards from the first three floors all leaked out from here." Fang Hong's eyes were sharp as he pondered.
Although his heart was extremely excited, Fang Hong was not carried away by the excitement.
The more pleasant the surprise, the more likely it was to hide murderous intent.
So, Fang Hong immediately unleashed his powerful Divine Sense, thoroughly searching the entire grand hall from top to bottom, inside and out.
A moment later, Fang Hong's heart settled.
There were no obvious restrictions or traps within the grand hall; at least, no dangerous traces could be seen at present.
This made Fang Hong secretly delighted. Perhaps this fourth floor truly was the inheritance ground left by the demon god.
Fang Hong calmed his mind and slowly walked to the edge of the pool.
He saw a stone tablet standing beside the pool, inscribed with ancient, barbaric characters. The handwriting was mottled, bearing the marks of time's erosion.
Fang Hong focused his gaze and saw a sentence written clearly on it.
"Spirit Cleansing Pool, helpful for breaking through cultivation bottlenecks."
A short sentence, yet it exploded in Fang Hong's heart like a thunderclap.
"Spirit Cleansing Pool. It really is a wondrous treasure."
Fang Hong's spirit was invigorated. He reached out and lightly touched the pool water, immediately feeling a wonderful Origin Qi.
If one were to soak in it for a long time, a cultivator's physique and soul would undergo transformation, and cultivation bottlenecks could be easily broken through.
Although over the years, the Origin Qi in the pool had been continuously used as rewards and much had been consumed, the remaining Origin Qi was still astonishingly dense.
From Fang Hong's current cultivation perspective, it was completely enough for him to charge towards the Mahayana Realm.
Just as Fang Hong was observing intently, his Divine Sense suddenly detected something else at the bottom of the pool.
Fang Hong's eyes narrowed slightly. With a thought, he raised his hand and sent out a stream of magical power, instantly injecting it into the pool.
The green pool water suddenly churned, splashing up large amounts of water.
Immediately after, a thick stone pillar slowly rose from the bottom of the pool.
As the stone pillar gradually ascended, Fang Hong clearly saw two items resting quietly on its top: a green token and a dark, ancient scroll.
Fang Hong's heart stirred. Could this be the true inheritance left by the demon god?
He immediately concentrated his Divine Sense and carefully investigated these two items.
