Guobao was also helpless. His situation was not as good as it seemed on the surface. Although he held a prestigious position, he was, after all, just a pawn who was destined to die.
He was already exhausted from quickly gaining a foothold in the clan. Moreover, to be honest, he didn't have a very good relationship with this guy, Zangtou. It was already good enough that he could spare some time to investigate. How dare this guy complain about him here?
"I'm warning you not to go too far. If it weren't for Sisi's sake, I wouldn't even bother to look at your family's affairs. I just didn't expect you to come so quickly. I had only just started investigating when you arrived. Who can you blame?"
For once, the person in charge of the hidden head remained silent for a long while before saying, "Alright, I understand. I'll leave directly later, and I'll figure out what's going on here myself."
Guobao glanced at the little phoenix on his shoulder and swallowed back the words "You think you can do that?" that were on his lips.
"Alright, don't be too lazy. With your current talent, breaking through and advancing won't be difficult. Especially since you're different from us. As long as you're willing to work hard, how could you still be just a fifth-level demon?"
Hidden head drooped and remained silent. It naturally understood what the national treasure meant. Phoenixes have a talent called Nirvana. As long as it was willing to endure the suffering of being reduced to ashes, it would be a seventh-level great demon by now. With a little more effort, it might even be more powerful than Ye Sisi.
"I will break the contract with my father after I leave, otherwise Nirvana will also affect her. But I still have to thank you for today."
Guobao nodded: "Alright, stop dawdling."
Sensing the spatial fluctuations in front of her, Ye Sisi was stunned. Only a day had passed, how come the hidden head had returned?
"Dad, run!"
Upon hearing the sound, Ye Sisi quickly sat up from the tree branch, reached out and grabbed the hidden head in her palm. Without asking any questions, she activated the short-range teleportation talisman on her arm.
With a flash, Ye Sisi appeared a hundred miles away, and at the same time, she quickly activated the teleportation token at her waist.
This teleportation plaque is directly connected to the teleportation array inside that house in Xianyin City. Although building the teleportation array was a bit troublesome, it allows for free teleportation within a domain, but this long-distance teleportation cannot be interrupted.
This is also why she used a teleportation talisman first, because there were two seventh-tier demons following behind Hidden Head, which was equivalent to two split spirits.
She could win a fight, but she was afraid of making too much noise and being ganged up on as a cultivator. If she didn't run away quickly in that situation, she would be a fool.
Fortunately, she was clever and successfully activated the teleportation token, and then the two of them arrogantly escaped.
The figure of an old man with red hair emerged from the void and laughed at the air beside him: "Fellow Daoist Lin, these two children are quite fast."
Dressed in a black robe, the tall and beautiful Lin Wei slowly walked out of the void and smiled, "Isn't this good? Only those who can bend and stretch can live long."
"It's good that this young Daoist is not greedy. Otherwise, even with Fellow Daoist Lin's face, I would have taught him a lesson."
Lin Wei had a strange expression, thinking that ignorance was bliss and that it was incredibly audacious to teach her a lesson.
She, the strongest in the Spirit Realm—no, not anymore, but the second strongest veteran Tribulation Transcending Realm—only dared to follow quietly as a transparent protector. Yet this old Qilin dares to be so arrogant; he's really stubborn.
Li Xun asked in confusion, "Why is Fellow Daoist Lin looking at me like that? By the way, what is the background of this young fellow Daoist? Could he be Fellow Daoist Lin's last disciple?"
Lin Wei shook her head: "My last disciple is Yu Ze. I don't have the energy to take on another disciple. As for this little girl, I would like to take her on, but I don't have the courage."
Li Xun's eyes widened, and his striking red hair stood on end: "What? There are disciples in this world that you, Lin Wei, dare not accept? Why don't I give it a try? Anyway, I'm thick-skinned and have nothing better to do. As for the difference between humans and demons, we cultivators don't have that many rules."
Lin Wei looked at the old Qilin with pity, thinking, "You're just asking for trouble."
Ye Sisi successfully returned to the house. To be honest, she felt it went a little too smoothly, but she didn't have time to think about it too much. Anyway, she had escaped, even though she didn't even know who her enemy was.
"What happened? Who did you offend?"
With his head drooping, Zangtou recounted in detail his encounter with Fulin and the national treasure.
"Oh, that Elder Fu Lin guy probably wants to devour you and advance further. What are your plans?"
Hidden Head slumped listlessly on the stone table and said, "What plans can we have? We should focus on improving our strength first. Otherwise, what good will it do even if we go back?"
Ye Sisi thought about it more deeply. If it were just her grandfather, who was hiding his head, being possessed by a demon, it shouldn't have escalated to this point.
After all, there were plenty of cultivators and demons who had been possessed by demonic seeds before. If it weren't for the discovery of the Cleansing Stone and the method to identify demonic seeds, things would still be in chaos.
So, if it was Zangtou's grandfather who was tricked, then Zangtou's parents and other close relatives shouldn't have been implicated, since it wasn't his grandfather who actively colluded with the demons.
Moreover, Zangtou was inexplicably thrown into Cangjing. No matter how you look at it, it seems like there's a scheme involved, a scheme targeting Zangtou's grandfather's faction. It feels similar to the struggle for the throne, or perhaps even more complicated. However, there are too few clues, and no matter how smart she is, she can't figure it out.
"Father, let's break the contract. After that, I will go into seclusion to undergo Nirvana, and then I will go to the Undying Fire Domain. It is said to be the place where an immortal bird perished, which will be of great benefit to my cultivation."
Just as Ye Sisi was pondering the fantastical question of how the phoenix could have perished, she quickly pulled herself back to reality. The poor child Zang Tou was already pitiful enough; she couldn't afford to be distracted at this moment.
"Where is the Undying Fire Domain again? I've never heard of it."
"Of course I haven't heard of it. I only found out about it after I awakened some of the inherited skills when I entered the Demon God Temple this time. To be precise, it should not be in the Spirit Realm. It is an independent space, but it seems to be different from those small secret realms. I can't explain it in detail, but as long as I successfully undergo Nirvana for the first time, I will be able to sense the entrance to the Undying Fire Domain. Then I can just go in directly."
Ye Sisi was truly amazed. She felt that the inheritance of the demon race was more advanced than the secret realms of human cultivators.
"How likely is it that we can achieve Nirvana?"
The creature suddenly raised its head and proudly preened its feathers: "Of course it's huge. In your human terms, it's a death sentence."
Ye Sisi...
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