With a bang, Ayao returned to her cave and immediately closed the door.
The starship's interior contains numerous cave dwellings, each belonging to one of the ship's passengers. Many passengers begin cultivating in their cave dwellings as soon as they board, refusing to leave until they reach their destination.
Ayao returned to her cave dwelling, closed the door, and reinforced the protective barriers with several layers. Her destination was the Netherworld, where her master was currently located. If all went well, she would arrive in the Netherworld in twenty years. Originally, she planned to seek out her master after transcending her tribulation and becoming an immortal, but because of the Mirror of Cause and Effect, she believed she already possessed sufficient power.
But she never expected to encounter Luo Bai's clone here. She clearly felt Luo Bai's divine sense sweep over her several times, which meant she had obviously attracted Luo Bai's attention.
She had just used the Eye of Truth, and she had a faint Phoenix Clan bloodline. If it was just because of that that Luo Bai glanced at her a few more times, that would be fine. But she was afraid that the guy might have developed other interests.
It's not good to be targeted by him.
She absolutely must not lead Luo Bai to where her master is.
To be honest, Luo Bai is partly to blame for how Master has become like this. You can't say it's his fault, but there are definitely reasons behind it.
Two million years ago, Master and Luo Bai fought fiercely for the Chaos Green Lotus for seven days and seven nights, but the lotus eventually ran away on its own.
Lotus had run away, so Master and Luo Bai stopped fighting. However, Master had consumed a lot of his energy. On his way back, he encountered the Crimson Bone Demon Lord. Because he had exhausted his true energy in the previous battle with Luo Bai, he was no match for the Crimson Bone Demon Lord and was seriously injured.
After returning to the Phoenix Clan, Master's younger sister, Feng Qing, took advantage of Master's serious injuries to launch a sneak attack. Master died in his own sister's killing formation, and only his remnant soul escaped. Through various coincidences, he ended up in Xuan Yin Mountain in the Netherworld. Because of his weakened power, he was sealed inside an ancient ruin by a magic array that automatically activated.
If Luo Bai hadn't depleted Master's power, then the Crimson Corpse Demon Lord wouldn't have been able to severely injure Master. And if Master hadn't been severely injured, he wouldn't have been ambushed by Feng Qing and ultimately perished. In any case, Luo Bai was involved.
Heaven knows whether the sudden appearance of the Crimson Skeleton Demon Lord and Feng Qing's sneak attack were instigated by him.
The Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan have been fighting since ancient times. Only a fool would bring Luo Bai to her extremely weak master.
Similarly, the Phoenix Clan is now in power because it is Master's younger sister, Feng Qing, so she cannot ask any member of the Phoenix Clan for help, not even Master's former confidants.
Two million years have passed; who knows what they're thinking now?
After escaping her predicament in her previous life, her master remained patient and waited until her power was restored before returning to the Phoenix Clan. Ayao understood that after being betrayed by her own sister, she could not trust anyone in the Phoenix Clan.
Ayao sat down at the table. She raised her hand, and golden light shimmered in it. Then, a copper coin with an aura of immortality appeared in her hand.
Ayao flicked the copper coin up to divine how to proceed.
Should we disembark or proceed to our destination?
The divination ultimately told her that it would be best to disembark.
After several divinations, she received the same answer each time, so she decided to disembark at the next stop ahead of schedule.
The starships travel long routes, so there are multiple stops along the way. The next stop for this starship is a cultivation planet called Tianlan Star.
It would be another month before they arrived at Tianlan Star. During this month, Ayao did not leave her cave dwelling and meditated there until they arrived at Tianlan Star.
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Three and a half years later, in a secluded cave in the Red Cloud Realm.
Inside the cave, a spirit tree several tens of feet tall was covered with yellow flowers. Under the tree sat a girl in purple robes, her face exquisitely beautiful. She was trying to break through to the Tribulation Transcending stage with her eyes closed.
The surrounding天地元力 (heaven and earth energy) surged wildly towards her, and the strange phenomenon was felt for hundreds of thousands of miles around. Some people tried to investigate with their divine sense, but due to the various restrictions outside the girl's cave, they could not sense the specific location.
Three days later, the girl finally succeeded in breaking through to the Tribulation Stage.
A ray of sunlight shone into the cave, and A Yao, who was meditating under the spirit tree, opened her eyes. In her blue pupils, two small phoenix marks shimmered with golden light, but the phoenix totem faded away after a while.
Ayao looked inward and thought to herself:
After disembarking from that starship, I arrived at Tianlan Star. After staying there for half a year, I went to Tianyin Star, and then used the teleportation array there to reach this Red Cloud Realm. During this time, I didn't encounter that Luo Bai guy at all. He probably isn't with me anymore…
If back then, Luo Bai was just curious and had no intention of delving into her affairs, then she would have truly been fighting wits with thin air for the past three and a half years.
However, for the sake of our master, we should be as cautious as possible.
Ayao took a gentle breath, and several wisps of ethereal energy swirled around her body. This ethereal energy, like colorful clouds, made her appear otherworldly and supremely holy.
Ayao raised her left hand, and a mirror appeared in her hand.
It is the mirror of cause and effect.
The Mirror of Cause and Effect flew up from her left hand and floated in mid-air. A Yao cast a spell on the mirror, and after it emitted a bright light, a figure was projected onto it. It was a girl dressed in white, dressed as a boy, with her hair tied high in a ponytail. She was surrounded by celestial light and looked heroic.
She looked exactly like A Yao, but she exuded the aura of a True Immortal.
This is A Yao at the True Immortal stage.
A Yao in her previous life, right after she had transcended tribulation and become an immortal.
"After entering the Tribulation Transcending stage, projecting my True Immortal self is much easier," A Yao murmured. Projecting her Immortal Emperor self was too difficult, unless she made countless preparations like before. But projecting her True Immortal self was much simpler.
Because she is projecting herself, she can accurately project any stage. For example, projecting herself when she has just entered the True Immortal realm consumes much less energy than projecting herself at the peak of the True Immortal realm. If she were to project someone else, she could not do it with such precision.
Ayao looked at her own projection.
After the projection is completed, there is no need to consume any additional power for eighty-one breaths. Therefore, these eighty-one breaths should not be wasted and should be used properly.
Just as she was about to have the projected version of herself take her to the nearest cultivation city, she sensed two auras.
As her divine sense spread out, she witnessed the following scene:
Thousands of miles away, lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, and snowstorm raged. A thousand-foot-tall ice phoenix and a several-thousand-foot-tall thunder dragon were engaged in battle.
This ice phoenix is only at the True Immortal Realm. She is a female phoenix with a very young aura, and she was probably born less than two thousand years ago. The thunder dragon is also at the True Immortal Realm, but it is at the peak of the True Immortal Realm. Judging from its aura, this thunder dragon is likely an avatar.
"Feng Ran!" A Yao exclaimed softly.
She recognized the ice phoenix; it was one of her best friends from her past life in the phoenix clan. She also vaguely remembered the thunder dragon; its name seemed to be Qian Qi.
Seeing that Feng Ran was seriously injured, A Yao gritted her teeth.
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