Chapter 341: The Phoenix of the First Heaven changes its route, and the Demon of the Second Heaven is slain and the Fire continues [5500 words in 2-in-1]
On the suspended island of the Chu family camp.
In the center of the crowd was a very tall man, at least two heads taller than an ordinary person. He was dressed in dark purple clothes and a thick black cloak, with broad eyebrows, a nose as high as a mountain, and a pair of deep, gloomy eyes.
Surrounded by several Chu family retainers, he sat on a large chair with carvings of ferocious beasts.
There was also a tall woman standing behind the chair, also wearing a black robe, with long dark hair and a cold face.
Looking at the progress of the Qi family in cutting the tree clothes, the woman leaned forward and said, "Young Master, we may not be able to catch up with the Qi family today."
"No problem."
Although the man has a burly build, if you look closely, you can see that there is some youthful heroism in his strong features, so he should not be very old.
He waved his hand and said, "Qi Kexiu is quite clever. He came up with the idea before me this time, so it's normal for him to be ahead of us. This secret realm will be open for many days, so it's okay to let him win this day first."
As the man spoke, his eyes turned and there was a hint of double pupils. Wherever his eyes passed, there was a strong sense of oppression.
"Ha." He smiled coldly at first, then said in a domineering low voice: "As an ancient sage named Lu said, being fat first is not considered fat, but being fat later will crush the kang!"
"yes."
The woman behind him seemed to be frightened by the spirit in his words. She unconsciously took a step back before nodding in agreement.
Unlike the Qi family, which had several candidates for succession and many competitions within the family, the Chu family of this generation had determined that the child with a natural tyrant body would be the only successor to the Chu family since the day he was born. The last natural tyrant body that appeared in the world was the previous owner of this secret realm, Chen Fuhuang.
The strength of the tyrant body can be seen from this.
The young man in front of him was the young master of the Chu family, who was also considered to be the best among the seven families of this generation, Chu Xiangyu.
However.
Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud bang from the suspended island on the Qi family's side! Chu Xiangyu looked back and saw that the Huaxu Wutong tree on the island was actually cut off by a flying meteor!
After a rumbling sound, the huge ancient sycamore tree collapsed...
Seeing this, Chu Xiangyu's pupils shrank, and he said in a very domineering voice: "Wow——"
The eyes of the woman behind the chair lit up, "The Qi family's Wutong tree is broken? The one that the Golden Phoenix is leading must be us!"
"This is a surprise..." Chu Xiangyu nodded.
As they were talking, suddenly a ray of golden light spread out from the distant sky, and in the blink of an eye, there were thousands of rays of light.
"The Golden Phoenix is coming!" someone shouted.
The golden phoenix that flew out of the darkness was extremely large, with its wings spread wide enough to hold up a suspended island. The giant turtle that had carried thousands of people couldn't help but shrink its head when it saw it.
No wonder it was scared, compared to this big bird, it was just a small turtle.
Each of the brilliant golden feathers of the Phoenix seemed to be emitting dazzling golden light, which instantly illuminated the distant darkness. With a slight flap of its wings, it flew to the tops of several suspended islands.
It seems to be looking for something...
But there aren't many options right now.
The other suspended islands are empty, only the islands of Qi and Chu are inhabited.
When its gem-like eyes, shining with divine light, swept across the treeless island in the air, it seemed to reveal a fleeting trace of confusion...
It's like a multiple-choice question with only two options, and one wrong answer has been eliminated, so it becomes obvious how to choose.
“Huh——”
The golden phoenix let out a loud and clear cry, and then flew towards the Chu family's floating island.
However……
Just when it was about to take over the suspended island where the Chu family lived, another strange change occurred.
On the slightly empty island of the Qi family, a green tree suddenly sprang up.
As soon as this tree appeared, it instantly swept up all the wood qi around it, forming a wood qi vortex, and grew wildly. But the most eye-catching thing about it was not how fast it grew, but this tree...
So handsome?!
Although it was strange to use this adjective to describe a tree, the word popped up in everyone's mind at the same time.
And...it is so accurate and appropriate when used on this tree.
It seems that not only humans can feel this kind of handsomeness... The Golden Phoenix in mid-air suddenly stopped.
Obviously, this was also the first time it had seen such a scene.
As the saying goes, without the paulownia tree, you can't attract the golden phoenix.
There is an ancient bond between the Golden Phoenix clan and Huaxu Wutong, almost like a blood contract.
But as the saying goes, green plums cannot defeat the gift from heaven.
The moment the golden phoenix saw the tree, it suddenly felt shaken.
The Huaxu Wutong tree that had been with us for thousands of years suddenly became insignificant.
After a long struggle that lasted almost half a breath, the golden phoenix resolutely changed the direction of its flight.
Turned to the small island where the Qi family was!
“Puff.” Chu Xiangyu frowned as he watched this scene happen, his expression disillusioned, and he said in a very domineering voice: “My goodness…”
The woman behind him also shook her head in confusion, "This secret place is really strange."
"Chu Ci..."
Chu Xiangyu stood up suddenly and ordered, "It seems that we still lost today, but we must find out where the Qi family's... that handsome tree... came from?"
"yes."
The woman named Chu Ci responded.
…
In fact, it was not only the Chu family who were confused. Even the Qi family was confused, including Qi Kexiu who saw Li Chu transform into a tree.
Li Chu's idea was very simple, just give it a try.
If I chop down one of your trees, I will become a tree to top it. Anyway, as long as the wood qi is sufficient, it can grow infinitely, and it is not impossible to top the position of the Huaxu Wutong tree.
However, Li Chu himself did not expect that the effect would be so good.
When the golden phoenix saw the tree it had transformed into, it changed its course without hesitation...
Bang——
The Golden Phoenix flew to the bottom of the suspended island, picked up the island on its back, and advanced forward with it and the cultivators from the Qi family on the island. Thick darkness gradually enveloped everyone on the island.
Li Chu also changed his body shape back and let out a long sigh, finally he did not get into trouble.
Across from him, Qi Kexiu looked at Li Chu hesitantly and asked, "Brother, who are you?"
Li Chu heard this and replied, "I have already said it before. I am just a small Taoist priest in Deyun Temple in Jiangnan."
Qi Kexiu became even more confused.
This Deyun Temple is not a well-known immortal sect, and... the name sounds a bit unorthodox, how could such a person appear? The transformation technique he used just now was clearly an immortal technique!
It's okay if it's just a magic, but how can it be so powerful?
It was simply... outrageous! But there were so many outrageous things that he didn't even know where to start. Amidst the countless surprised gazes around him, Golden Phoenix entered the second world.
boom--
…
fire.
When Chen Huaji opened his eyes from the darkness, all he saw was a small cluster of leaping red flames, covering a small area of three to five meters in radius.
"Old Du? Taoist Xiao Li? Where did you go?"
Not seeing his own people, Chen Huaji suddenly felt a sense of crisis and shouted hurriedly.
"Stop shouting. They won't be able to hear you even if you scream your throat out."
Another voice came from the fire.
Chen Huaji looked over again.
The fire was burning in a short tree stump, besides him, there were four or five other people, looking at each other. When their eyes met, they all looked a little strange and fearful, obviously they didn't know each other.
The person who just spoke was a middle-aged man wearing Qi family clothes.
"I am a steward of the Qi family's eldest house. I have entered this second world before, so I can tell you about the rules here first."
The Qi family steward held his neck high and glanced at the few people from the corner of his eyes.
"The first level of this secret realm is 'Golden Phoenix Guidance', and the second level is 'Demon Slaying and Fire Continued'. The darkness outside is filled with monsters and ghosts, some of which are powerful and evil, and are quite dangerous." He said.
"Ah?" Someone immediately panicked, "When the Qi family asked us to come, they never said we would die!"
"Don't worry." The Qi family steward turned his hand and said, "It happened too suddenly, so I didn't have time to explain it to you. But our Qi family has already explored the rules of this place. The evil spirits in the dark are most afraid of the fire. As long as you don't leave the range of the fire, you won't be attacked by any evil spirits."
"Huh..." Chen Huaji let out a long sigh, "That's good."
"But this fire will eventually go out." The Qi family's steward suddenly added.
"ah?"
"And the fuel that keeps the flames burning is the blood crystals that the evil spirits drop after they die. So... if you want to live in peace, you have to hunt down the evil spirits."
The Qi family steward's face was reflected by the firelight, and his expression seemed uncertain.
"As long as we can hold on for twelve hours, once the time is up, those with the strongest flames will be led to the third level of the secret realm. The others can also leave safely."
"Twelve hours..." Chen Huaji asked weakly, "Then how long can this fire last?"
The Qi family steward said, "It will gradually go out in less than an hour."
"What?" Chen Huaji immediately touched his forehead with his hand.
But everyone present was a cultivator, and after knowing the specific rules, they were not afraid anymore.
"What are you afraid of?" Someone shouted, "We are here to make a fortune anyway. Instead of being timid, why not make the fire bigger and break into the third secret realm!"
"Well said." The Qi family steward smiled and said, "I wonder what realms you are all in? Let's keep each other informed, and we will know each other well when we work together again."
Immediately, everyone informed each other of their realms and discovered that except for the Qi family's manager who was in the early stage of Dragon Transformation, everyone else was only in the Divine Integration Realm.
After hearing this, the Qi family steward frowned and said, "With our current strength... it may not be possible to hunt down too many evil spirits. We should focus on guarding the fire and protecting ourselves."
"Then how can we protect ourselves?" someone asked.
After a pause, he continued, "If many people go into the darkness together, it will inevitably attract more powerful evil spirits, which will be very difficult to deal with. The best way is to find someone to step into the darkness first to attract the evil spirits, and then lead the evil spirits to the vicinity of the fire. Then we can work together to kill the evil spirits."
"That's good." Chen Huaji agreed readily, "Only one person can lure out the evil spirit, and the rest can stay in the firelight, which is much safer."
After he finished speaking, there was silence all around.
Chen Huaji asked again: "Who will go to lure out the evil spirit first?"
The air remained silent.
"Huh?" Chen Huaji blinked: "Why are you all looking at me?"
The Qi family steward said, "Your cultivation level is the lowest here, so naturally you should be the first to lure out the evil spirits."
"What's the logic behind this..." Chen Huaji wanted to protest, but when he looked at the ferocious faces opposite him, he immediately understood the logic.
Because the person with the lowest cultivation level can't beat anyone, so who can I bully if I don't bully you...
After thinking for a while, he added: "I am a member of the Xuanyi Guards under the Chaotianque Sect. If anything happens to me, you will all be held responsible!"
"Hmm? Chaotianque?"
"hehe……"
The people in the firelight looked at each other and sneered at the same time.
Chen Huaji also pursed his lips.
If it were in other places in the Heluo Dynasty, how could the disciples of Chaotianque be bullied like this? But in Tiannan Province, Chaotianque was just a decoration, so naturally no one respected it.
In addition, if Taoist Priest Xiao Li were still alive, no one would dare to bully me like this.
The Qi family steward said coldly: "Master Xuanyiwei, don't waste time. I'll give you an incense stick of time. If you haven't made up your mind, don't blame me for sending you out..."
"Don't think I'm afraid of you!"
Chen Huaji shouted, then waved his sleeves, stood up, and said in a sonorous tone: "I can walk by myself!"
…
Li Chu also came to such a campfire.
In the fierce firelight, there were four or five figures around.
Looking ahead, there were two young men of similar age on the opposite side. They were wearing similar clothes and seemed to be disciples of some immortal sect.
They were obviously very happy to be together, as the law of randomness could actually bring them together into the same school.
On the left hand side is a sturdy man with a scar. He is carrying a big knife on his back and has a scar on his face that runs through both sides. It is very scary and makes his appearance inevitably ferocious.
On the right was a smaller girl, whose facial features looked quite delicate under the firelight. She was blinking her big eyes uneasily and looking around.
However, when her eyes fell on Li Chu, her uneasiness suddenly disappeared.
In fact, it was not just her. The other three people were also silent for a moment when they saw Li Chu.
Just now outside, they saw with their own eyes that the young Taoist priest cut off the Huaxu Wutong tree with one sword, and it transformed into an extremely handsome tree, attracting the Golden Phoenix.
This series of god-level operations is simply inhuman.
If it were someone else, they might not be able to remember his face clearly, but even if his face turned into ashes, it would be impossible to mistake it.
Li Chu saw that everyone was looking at him and realized that he should be the one to break the silence, so he asked, "Do you know what's going on here?"
"I know!" A young man raised his hand flatteringly, "My master has a good relationship with the Qi family's housekeeper, so he told us the rules of the second world before we came here."
Then, he gave a brief explanation of the rules here, which were almost the same as what the Qi family manager had said.
"In this case, if we want to protect ourselves here, someone has to go out and lure the evil spirits here..." the scarred man said immediately.
There was a fierce light in his eyes.
He glanced at the two young fellow students and then at the little girl, and no one dared to look at him.
Then he glanced at Li Chu again.
Then he quickly looked away, not daring to look at Li Chu at all.
After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Then the first person to attract the evil spirits must be... me."
"Huh?"
The others were a little surprised.
Li Chu asked: "Why is this?"
Scarface said, "It's obvious that those youngsters have never experienced the dangers of the martial arts world. The situation outside is unclear, so it would be better for someone to go out and explore the way first."
Li Chu said: "It might be better if I go."
"You?" Scarface was startled, "But isn't your cultivation the strongest among us?"
"Is this a conflict?" Li Chu asked back.
"But..." Scarface was stumped by the question.
According to his experience in the martial arts world, in such a dangerous situation, the strongest person will inevitably push those weaker than himself to explore the way first in order to preserve his own strength.
It has almost become a rule.
The reason why he took the initiative to apply to be the first to go out to lure out the evil spirits was that he was worried that Li Chu would push out several young people with weaker strength, which might cause people to die in vain.
But Li Chu asked this, obviously he didn't think so. If he said it again, it would be bad if it reminded him...
After thinking for a while, he said, "I am the oldest here, and according to seniority, it should be me who goes."
"How can we talk about this now..." Li Chu shook his head and said, "If someone with strong strength goes out, the possibility of damage will be smaller."
"No matter what, I'll go..." Scarface was a little embarrassed and still insisted.
"It's better for me to go." Li Chu didn't give in either.
Scarface said: "Not letting me go means you look down on me!"
Li Chu said: "Then give me some face..."
Scarface said, "At least let me go once. Now that I'm here..."
Li Chu said: "Don't argue, it's New Year's Day..."
Scarface said, "Why don't we go together?"
"Hmm?" Li Chu paused, then nodded and said, "Okay."
The three young men nearby were stunned. Somehow, they felt like they were paying the bill at a restaurant...
…
As he spoke, Li Chu and Scarface walked out of the small area covered by the fire.
Far from the fire, it was full of thick darkness. With Li Chu's eyesight, he could barely see a foot away from him. And it was isolated from all spiritual consciousness and breath, so he had no way of predicting what would emerge from it.
The two walked forward side by side, taking every step very cautiously.
"Hey, what's your name brother?" Scarface suddenly asked.
"Deyun Temple, Li Chu." Li Chu replied, and then asked: "What about you?"
"My name is Niu Sandao. I'm a swordsman traveling in southern Xinjiang. I don't have a master."
Li Chu responded again.
Scarface smiled and said, "I think you are a good person. You have strong cultivation and you don't bully others. You can accomplish great things. Keep practicing well and you will be able to overcome the bad luck."
Seeing that Li Chu was also able to enter this secret realm, he thought that his cultivation level was also below the level of Zhan Sui.
They were chatting idly when they suddenly heard Niu Sandao shout, "Be careful!"
It turned out that a shadow flashed behind him, and suddenly a lightning-like shadow jumped out. The figure was completely unclear, and it came very quickly! It went straight to Li Chu!
In a hurry, Niu Sandao had no time to dodge, so he used all his strength to push Li Chu hard! Bang! He wanted to push Li Chu away to avoid the attack, but a huge force rebounded back, Li Chu did not move at all, and he was instantly lifted into the air...
Li Chu had already reacted before he cried out in surprise, and the Pure Yang Sword in his right hand had already come out of the bag, and he chopped it fiercely! Boom——
A red dragon swooped down on the flying black shadow, and it was swallowed up before it could even reveal its shape.
The red dragon flew out several dozen feet, dispelling a large area of darkness before it dissipated. The surrounding darkness flowed back again like thick ink.
"Huh?"
Li Chu then noticed that Niu Sandao beside him was gone! He called out, "Brother Niu, Brother Niu?"
"I... I'm here..." A vague voice came from dozens of feet away.
Li Chu walked over quickly and found Niu Sandao lying on his back on the ground with his hands in a weak position, as if he had suffered serious injuries.
"How did you get hurt?" Li Chu asked.
"Yeah..." Niu Sandao groaned and was a little puzzled.
"Why am I injured..."
(End of this chapter)
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