"The younger generation is truly formidable, indeed!" Ancestor Xuanyun sighed inwardly as he looked at Wang Xuanyi, who was fighting him with such composure and was still in phantom form.
"Senior, are you still in good shape?" Wang Xuanyi looked at Ancestor Xuanyun with some concern, and they began to sympathize with each other. In Ancestor Xuanyun, he saw a kind of courage and spirit to risk his life for the sect, which was also what he admired. As the leader of a sect, Wang Xuanyi felt that this old man was just like himself, and it was not easy for him.
"It's nothing serious, just an old injury that has flared up again. Wang Xuanyi, I should thank you for showing mercy, which has allowed me to live for several more decades."
"Senior, is it worth it?" Wang Xuanyi looked at the old man he had beaten to the point of near death and wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with him. In fact, their strengths were about the same, the only difference being their age. The old man had almost exhausted his lifespan to stand on the same level as him, and he only had about two or three hundred years left to live. His every move was filled with the aura of old age, which greatly limited Xuanyun's strength.
"My path to immortality has long been severed. To be able to contribute my remaining time for future generations and the sect is certainly worthwhile." After saying this, Xuan Yun coughed violently, unable to suppress the cough even as he circulated his cultivation technique. Wang Xuanyi glanced at Xuan Yun with regret, then bowed and returned to Tianfu Star.
After finding Xu Chen, Wang Xuanyi and Xu Chen sat at the entrance of the spaceship, watching the various races come and go, and began to talk. Xu Chen took out a pack of cigarettes and lit it to Wang Xuanyi's surprise.
“Master, it’s a pity your true form isn’t here, otherwise I could have tried this thing too.”
"cigarette?"
"Hmm... Hmm? Master, how did you know?" Xu Chen was a little stunned. Then he remembered the purpose of his return to the sect. He quickly found what appeared to be dragon blood from the pile of spirit stones in the storage bag in the rest cabin, took it out and handed it to Wang Xuanyi. Wang Xuanyi used his spiritual power to grab the jade bottle and examined it carefully.
"This is?"
"Master, you don't recognize me?"
Wang Xuanyi claimed to know nothing about it. He looked at the two drops of golden liquid emitting a faint golden glow in the bottle and hoped his disciple could explain what was inside. Xu Chen was completely bewildered. His master hadn't seen dragon blood? Impossible. Then… had he made a mistake? He picked up the bottle and examined it carefully, desperately trying to find even the slightest evidence to confirm that it was indeed dragon blood.
“Master, actually, I thought it was dragon blood.”
"Chen'er, did you find this for your third grandfather?" A touch of emotion appeared in Wang Xuanyi's eyes. Although the liquid in the bottle was not the dragon blood he remembered, he was still very gratified for Xu Chen.
"Yes, Master. Before I left, my third grandfather seemed to be on his deathbed and urged me to leave, telling me that I must find this thing."
Even though it wasn't true, Wang Xuanyi still opened his storage space and put the jade bottle inside.
"I'll take it to your third grandfather, Chen'er. What about you?" Wang Xuanyi looked at his disciple tenderly. In this alien world, he recalled the time he spent traveling around with Xu Chen.
"I want to take Li'er back to the sect so that she can get to know her future home."
"Very well, my good disciple, I'll take my leave now."
Goodbye, Master!
Seeing his master slowly disappear, Xu Chen stood up and walked into the cabin. Unexpectedly, Wang Li was standing there blankly. Xu Chen quickly went over and took her hand, intending to comfort her. After all, what happened at the venue had nearly brought him and Wang Li to the brink of death as well.
"Chenchen, you can talk to ghosts? Ahhhh, are we already dead, Chenchen!" Wang Li looked at Xu Chen with a look of horror. When Xu Chen heard the word "ghosts," he instantly understood what Wang Li was talking about. He smiled and explained to Wang Li.
"Lili, we're not dead. If you don't believe me, let me pinch your cheek." Xu Chen reached out and pinched Wang Li's cheek. Wang Li immediately felt the pain, then waved her hand and jumped up and down, as if to confirm whether she was still alive.
“That was my master just now; he saved us.”
"Master? Chenchen, how could your master be..."
"That's his... um... clone. Lili, let's set off." Although there was nothing left to send back to the sect, it would be good to take Wang Li back to see it. He had originally planned to visit their second destination, the Eternal Nebula. However, after this incident, Xu Chen decided not to linger and to take Wang Li home as soon as possible.
A little over a month later, the two arrived at Crimson Phoenix Star aboard Little White. Upon reaching the planet's outer edge, squadrons of flying cultivators appeared before them. The entire planet shimmered with a fiery red light, resembling a burning phoenix egg. The spaceships and cultivators were clearly separated, without interfering with each other. Even from outer space, Xu Chen and Wang Li could see massive teleportation arrays on Crimson Phoenix Star, their dazzling silver light contrasting sharply with the surrounding fiery red hue.
"Chenchen, the color of this planet is so strange. No wonder it's called Crimson Phoenix Star. It's so red!" Wang Li said to Xu Chen while taking a picture.
"That's because this planet is the corpse of the phoenix."
"Phoenix??? Corpse? Chenchen, are you sure you're not joking?" The phoenix is a legendary divine bird. Wang Li couldn't understand how it could appear in this vast and boundless starry sky, and how its corpse could turn into a planet.
“Yes, not only this No. 1, but the other eight are also part of the phoenix’s corpse. Lili, do you want to guess which one is its head?” Xu Chen picked up the light screen and pointed out the positions of the nine planets in the starry sky to Wang Li.
Wang Li looked left and right, but still couldn't figure out what the connection was between the round planet and the corpse. Xu Chen's reason for this guess was that when he arrived at Chifeng No. 1, he heard some so-called ancient myths and legends.
"Let's go see the Extinction Sea, try some local snacks, and then head to Tianquan Star." Xu Chen put the equipment on Wang Li and himself and arranged the itinerary for the next few days.
"The Sea of Ashes?"
"Legend has it that the sea was formed from the flames inside the phoenix's body, but I think that's a bit far-fetched. If it's flames, how could it turn into water?"
"I thought it was a sea of fire."
"No, no, no, it's just that the seawater is red."
The two opened the hatch and stepped into the air of the Crimson Phoenix One. Wang Li curiously stepped on the soil and found it to be extremely soft, even though they were in the spaceship landing site.
"Shouldn't we lay a layer of cement or asphalt? Chenchen, what do you think?"
"Perhaps they felt it wasn't necessary, after all, the owner of this place is a cultivation sect..." Xu Chen glanced at the soft soil under his feet and said with a hint of helplessness.
Wang Li seemed to be deep in thought. The two walked out of the landing site of the Crimson Phoenix No. 1 spaceship. Relying on his memory, Xu Chen led Wang Li on a walk to a small town near the Sea of Ashes.
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