Killing Demons: Upgrading from Calligraphy

"Oh?"

His eyes moved slightly, and the middle-aged scholar looked at Qi Xiu with some surprise:

"You kid, you have quite a good eye."

"I don't know why the senior called me here?

Don't you want us to take away the Phoenix inheritance?"

Qi Xiu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the middle-aged scholar admit it. He concluded that the middle-aged scholar was the ancient phoenix tree, and there was some element of guesswork in his conclusion.

"It seems that you really want the Saint's inheritance? But you already have the inheritance of the True Dragon Clan in your body. Even if you get the power left by the Saint, you can't use it. What's the point?"

Instead of answering Qi Xiu directly, the middle-aged Confucian scholar asked back.

The Holy Lord he mentioned was obviously the Phoenix Emperor who had passed away.

Hearing the middle-aged scholar's question, Qi Xiu fell silent immediately. He certainly could not say that he was a person from later generations.

The purpose of taking the Phoenix inheritance is to threaten Yue Hai Zhen Zun and get the method of returning to the afterlife from him.

But faced with such an existence, lying is obviously not a wise move.

Seeing Qi Xiu remained silent, the middle-aged scholar chuckled and did not ask any more questions:

"Forget it, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it."

"Thank you for your understanding, senior." Qi Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

“The Saint’s inheritance is of great importance. Anyone who obtains it will soar into the sky and achieve an unparalleled status.

So it is not so easy to take away the inheritance." The middle-aged scholar stretched out his hand and stroked the stone table in front of him.

Suddenly, like ripples on the water, a clear and transparent picture of light and shadow gradually emerged on the surface of the stone table.

In the picture were the Peacock Great Sage and the Golden-Winged Roc, as well as the Moon Sea True Venerable and Song Baiyi.

The four of them were now trapped in a vast sea of ​​fire. The fire was pure gold all over, with all kinds of colorful lights and an extremely rich royal aura. Between the flickering flames, the sound of the great Dao roared continuously, shaking the heavens and myriad realms, explaining the immortality of the dark world.

In the center of this sea of ​​fire, all kinds of divine lights illuminated hundreds of thousands of miles, sweeping across the four corners of the world and destroying everything.

In the Phoenix Nest Cave, the great Dao divine ban does not exist.

The strength of Yuehai Zhenzun and Song Baiyi was finally brought into play.

Especially the Supreme Protector of the Tang Dynasty, who relied on his powerful blood and energy to force away the sweeping divine fire and prop up a territory.

But the Peacock Monkey King and the Golden-Winged Roc on the other side seemed to have a much harder time.

Although they are ancient vicious birds, their cultivation level is completely on a different level from that of the Yuanshen Zhenzun.

At this moment, facing the endless burning of the divine fire in the Phoenix Nest Cave, he had no choice but to reveal his true form, constantly flying to avoid it, and looking for a gap to survive in the cracks.

The mouth of the Peacock King was still moving slightly.

It seemed like he was cursing a Taoist who had disappeared inexplicably!

“If one’s heart is filled with greed, one will be burdened by greed.

These four people entered the Phoenix Nest Cave Heaven for the inheritance of the Holy Lord, and were bound to be oppressed by the cave heaven.

The Holy Lord is a person of great virtue, and the legacy he left behind cannot fall into such hands."

The words of the middle-aged Confucian scholar made Qi Xiu's eyes move slightly.

If we go by this standard, he actually belongs to this category.

Noticing the change in Qi Xiu's eyes, the middle-aged scholar smiled lightly twice, and his eyes became deeper:

“You are different from them, although you all come here for the Holy Lord’s inheritance.

But you carry something in you that they don't have.

Your arrival is not accidental.

What a long and vast river! What a night it is tonight.

You're right, baby."

When Qi Xiu met the middle-aged scholar's meaningful gaze, his head buzzed.

What night is this?

Did he see it?

The middle-aged scholar did not directly point out his identity as a person of later generations, but these two sentences were equivalent to revealing his true identity.

"Hahaha, don't be nervous, don't be nervous, I mean no harm." With a hearty laugh, the middle-aged scholar slowly stood up and stood with his hands behind his back.

“When the Holy Lord passed away, I wanted to die with him.

But the Holy Lord’s last wish is for me to wait here. One day, a real dragon will come here and take away the inheritance he left behind.

In order to fulfill the Holy Master's instructions, I have waited here for endless years.

Today, I can finally complete my mission.”

Looking at Qi Xiu with a smile, there was a hint of relief in the middle-aged scholar's eyes.

Without the phoenix, what is the use of the phoenix tree?

But he had to listen to the Holy Lord's last wish.

He has been guarding this place for so many years just to wait for the real dragon that the Holy Lord mentioned to come.

But when the Holy Lord passed away, the True Dragon Clan had already disappeared from the Tianyuan Realm for many years.

After waiting for so many years, he even felt that the Holy Lord did not want him to perish with him, so he left these words.

But today, he finally waited for it.

Although this real dragon is not so pure, it seems to have only 50% to 60% bloodline at most.

But he was sure.

This person is definitely a genuine dragon, not one of those imposters who use dragon blood and claim to be dragon species.

"The Holy Lord's instructions?"

The middle-aged scholar's words did not dispel Qi Xiu's surprise, but made him even more unbelievable.

The Phoenix Emperor actually accurately predicted that he would come to take away the inheritance he left behind.

Am I carrying something different from them?

What is it?

Just when Qi Xiu was about to ask the middle-aged Confucian scholar, he saw the being transformed from the sacred paulownia tree waved his hand lightly.

“You haven’t reached the Yuan Shen realm yet, and knowing many things would be disadvantageous to you.

When you reach the realm of primordial spirit, you will find the answer.

I have trapped these four people for you, you can go and get the Holy Lord's inheritance."

Interrupting Qi Xiu's question, the middle-aged scholar gave Qi Xiu a light push.

All of a sudden!

Qi Xiu felt that everything around him was collapsing. He seemed to have fallen into the weak water where not even a feather could fall, and he kept sinking.

Just before the scene in front of him was about to be completely submerged.

He saw the middle-aged scholar transformed from the sacred Wutong tree raise his head slightly, a smile on his face, and his figure gradually disintegrated.

call--

When he opened his eyes, the sacred Wutong tree surrounded by red gold was standing in front of him. Qi Xiu raised his eyes slightly.

I found myself standing in front of this sacred tree.

I don’t know whether I have never entered the Phoenix Nest Cave, or after entering, I was sent out by this sacred tree.

But no matter what, with the approval of this sacred tree, he should be able to take away the Phoenix inheritance smoothly.

Qi Zheng bowed and saluted towards the sacred tree. When he was about to turn around and leave, he saw the sacred tree suddenly burst into a red halo, and the eighteen precious leaves of the paulownia tree in its body sensed the call and flew out on their own.

The next moment!

I saw a dazzling beam of light flying out from each of the nine phoenix nests hanging on the sacred Wutong tree and pouring into the precious leaves.

In an instant, in the center of the precious light, the eighteen precious leaves were seen overlapping and blending together, swaying and blooming with layers of brilliant light, shining brightly and dazzlingly.

Finally, the eighteen precious leaves merged into one, turning into a red-gold precious leaf, emitting endless divine light. The faint imprint of the Phoenix on it became even more solid, as if there really was such a divine bird hiding in it.

“I have nothing, but I have injected nine mouthfuls of phoenix essence into this leaf. It may be able to help you at the critical moment.

Go for it. "

The Phoenix Leaf returned to his hand, and the voice of the sacred Wutong Tree also came to Qi Xiu's ears.

"Thank you for the gift, senior."

Qi Xiu solemnly put away the precious leaf and bowed to the Wutong tree god to express his gratitude.

After helping Qi Xiu to sacrifice and refine the Phoenix Leaf, the sacred Wutong tree, which was originally tall and upright, as if cast in bronze and surrounded by red clouds, quickly rusted and shattered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A blink of an eye.

This supreme divine tree, which has infinite lifespan and can kill a True Spirit with ease, turned into a rain of light that covered the entire land of inheritance in front of Qi Xiu.

“I have done my best to fulfill the Holy Lord’s instructions.

Hahahaha, my lord, Wutong is coming!"

Amidst a joyful laugh that shook the heaven and earth, Qi Xiu seemed to see the middle-aged scholar walking on the clouds and chasing after his only master.

As the sacred Wutong tree dissipated, the nine Phoenix Nests that were originally hanging on its branches also fell to the ground like nine big stars, making the entire inheritance place shake and tremble.

Looking at the traces left after the Wutong sacred tree disappeared, Qi Xiu sighed slightly, then glanced at the nine phoenix nests, turned around and turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared into the distance in an instant.

Flying high in the sky at an extremely fast speed, Qi Xiu's eyes were shining as he looked around. The Peacock Sage had just brought him here and deliberately took a detour to confuse the direction, and even reversed the position with a secret method.

But he had no idea that Qi Xiu's dragon eyes could see through illusions and directly perceive the energy.

He only needs to follow the traces of energy he came from and he can return the same way.

Across the void, flying all the way.

In the blazing flames that penetrated the sky, Qi Xiu returned to the place where he had started before.

The eternal volcano that the Peacock Great Sage said was the place where the Phoenix Emperor was reborn from the flames!

In fact, ever since he came here before, Qi Xiu had already noticed with his dragon eyes that this place was unusual. This volcano seemed extremely dangerous. It was a forbidden area where even the true spirit could be buried.

But vitality is hidden, and the magic is concealed within.

Combined with what the Peacock Great Sage also mentioned, this was the place where the Phoenix Emperor was reborn from the fire.

So that was Qi Xiu's guess.

The true location of the Phoenix inheritance is not in the Phoenix Nest at all.

But in this volcano!

What the Peacock Great Sage and other guardians believed was most likely false information deliberately left behind by the Phoenix Emperor before his demise.

This is to prevent these guardians from taking away the inheritance he left behind.

Now it seems that my previous guess was correct.

“It’s ridiculous that when the Peacock Great Sage was young, he was already planning how to enter the Phoenix Nest, how to take away the inheritance, and how to leave this place of inheritance that he called the Birdcage.

Little did they know that the inheritance had been right under their noses.

It’s just that they call themselves the adopted sons of the Phoenix Emperor, divine birds and ferocious beasts.

They would never believe that the Phoenix Emperor would place the inheritance where they could easily obtain it.

This is the opportunity given to them by Fenghuang.

It’s just that they can’t see it.”

Gazing at the volcanic molten sea below, Qi Zheng was about to head in to pick up the Phoenix inheritance, but he suddenly felt the entire inheritance site shake violently.

next moment!

I saw a golden hand that held up the sky and the earth and grasped the sun and the moon suddenly appeared. Boundless and dazzling golden Buddha light quickly burned up the universe. The domineering and indifferent voice of Lang Lang chanting scriptures instantly resounded through the world, exuding an unparalleled aura that suppressed all things and was the only one in the world.

“This is… the Shangdu Protector!

The generals of the prosperous Tang Dynasty were indeed extraordinary.

It actually broke the dilemma of the Wutong sacred tree!"

His eyes flashed, and Qi Xiu understood in his heart that it must be the Supreme Protector of the Never-Sleeping Ancient City who broke through the dilemma of Fengchao Cave Heaven.

“We need to work harder.”

Knowing that once the Supreme Protector came to his senses, there was no way he would be able to take the Phoenix inheritance from this Yuanshen Zhenzun, Qi Xiu immediately turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared into the volcano again.

……

A pair of official boots fell down, extinguishing the flames that were still burning stubbornly. Song Baiyi tightened the armband around his wrist, raised his right hand with a solemn expression.

I saw the string of green Buddhist beads that he had been playing with in his hand slowly fall down.

The Buddhist beads that were originally flowing with Buddha's light and had a miraculous appearance had now become dim and obscure. The shadow of the Buddha who was originally chanting scriptures inside was blurred to the extreme, the Sanskrit chanting was no longer available, and the sandalwood was unclear.

The most important thing is that one of the emerald green Buddhist beads is now covered with cracks. With a slight shake, it is completely weathered and turns into a puff of smoke and disappears.

Seeing the Buddhist beads shattered, Song Baiyi's eyes twitched slightly. After taking a deep breath, he stretched out his left hand and suddenly pinched a fair and delicate neck.

"You don't know what's going on in the Phoenix Nest Cave Heaven, do you?"

Being pinched by Song Baiyi, Yue Hai Zhenzun instinctively wanted to resist, but when she met Song Baiyi's angry tiger eyes, she immediately suppressed the thought.

Although they are both true spirits.

But compared with this great general of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the two are not on the same level at all.

“Please forgive me, Protector General. This was a trap set up by the Phoenix Emperor. I was deceived.

Look at those two ancient vicious birds, it's the same, we were all deceived."

While trying his best to explain, Master Yue Hai pointed at the Peacock Saint and the Golden-Winged Dapeng, who had been burned into bald birds by the divine fire in the Phoenix Nest Cave and were trying their best to recover their physical bodies.

And her words also calmed Song Baiyi down a little.

Indeed, even the adopted sons of the Phoenix Emperor, such as the Peacock Sage and the Golden-winged Roc, had dived into the Phoenix Nest Cave, which showed that the old Phoenix Emperor had indeed set up a mystery.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, he let go of Yuehai Zhenzun. Song Baiyi's eyes flashed and he grasped the key in an instant. Then he suddenly flashed and came in front of the Peacock Great Sage and the Golden-Winged Roc.

When the two ancient ferocious birds saw Song Baiyi coming, they hurriedly cast spells and tried to leave.

But at this moment, the Phoenix Nest Cave was broken open by Song Baiyi using a secret treasure, and the divine ban of the Great Dao was temporarily ineffective.

Even though they both had extraordinary bloodlines, they were no match for this great general of the Tang Dynasty, the True Master of Yuanshen.

With a thought, Song Baiyi froze the two ancient ferocious birds in place. Without saying a word, he suddenly kicked the golden-winged Roc.

All I heard was a roar and a vibration.

This extremely ferocious bird instantly exploded into a ball of blood, its soul was completely destroyed, and it was deader than dead.

Witnessing the tragic death of the Golden-Winged Roc, the peacock was filled with grief and indignation, but he dared not show it at all, let alone make a sound.

He knew that Song Baiyi was seeking revenge for the previous incident when the Golden Winged Roc chased them.

After killing the golden-winged Roc, Song Baiyi came to the peacock with his hands behind his back, looking down at him with a pair of cold eyes, which were like a knife that wanted to pierce into his body.

"Tell me, where is the Taoist priest who was with you?"

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