Amidst the broken walls.
Qin Li and Yun Shiyu searched around.
They found quite a few bright gemstones, as well as rare gadgets, mostly second or third grade items without much value.
Unexpectedly, the two of them penetrated their eyes towards the most spacious palace, which had collapsed long ago, but judging from its footprint as well as its location, it was definitely the core of the entire palace.
“There are murals here!”Yun Shiyu seemed to have discovered something and stopped to observe.
Qin Li also walked over, and on top of a section of the remnant wall, he saw an evocative mural, depicting a very rude and primitive brushwork, painting a fiery red phoenix, spreading its wings and flying like a great sun hanging in the sky, exuding a grandiose aura.
Around the phoenix, surrounded by a hundred birds, including the green luan, fire crows, Hongqiao, Haidongqing, crack falcon, lightning bird …… are a respectful expression, looking up at the phoenix.
“What the mural depicts should be the owner of the Fire Hidden Mystic Realm.”Qin Li said.
Yun Shiyu said thoughtfully, “A long time ago, the heavens and earth were barbaric, the demon race ruled the four directions, and the human race was inferior to pigs and dogs. And amongst the Demon Race, there existed an Immortal King above, she was the Lord of the Flying Birds of the World, the True Phoenix!”
Qin Li nodded and said, “I’ve heard a little about her great name. It is said to be known as Nirvana Immortality, reborn from the fire. Unfortunately, the years are too merciless, even a phoenix has to decay. The powerful Demon Race of the past has also fallen apart.”
The two of them walked and chatted, observing the vicissitudes of the mural and also sighing at the relentlessness of the Great Dao.
“This mural, it’s a bit interesting!”
Qin Li stopped in his tracks.
On the mural in front of him, a palace in the mountains is depicted, luxurious and atmospheric, surrounded by dozens of fire crows carrying terracotta wine altars and entertaining guests. There was also a red plaque hanging in the middle of the palace, inscribed with the words “Flame Palace”.
Yun Shiyu laughed: “It seems that this is a place for the Phoenix Clan to entertain guests, and the fire crows are nothing more than slaves, and it’s a great stroke of luck for you to be able to obtain the Flame Palace plaque.”
“Perhaps the plaque was casually sacrificed by the True Phoenix, otherwise it would be difficult to survive the ravages of the long years.”Qin Li guessed.
As the two continued walking, they reached the end of the palace.
In front of them was a huge bird’s nest, carefully woven from sycamore tree branches, which should be the Golden Feathered Fire Crow’s nest, which was stacked with many spiritually glittering things, and at the centre were five red eggs, three feet tall, covered in fire patterns, and still carrying hints of golden radiance, exuding a rich vitality.
“These are the eggs of the Golden Feather Fire Crow!”
Yun Shiyu’s eyes were glowing with colour as she excitedly said, “These five Fire Crow eggs have a rich bloodline, if they were hatched and tamed into spirit beasts, they might be able to reach the Immortal King level. And normally, using the fire of the fire crows, one can also refine blades of superior quality.”
“Outer Dao Immortal King, how many do you want?”
Qin Li shook his head, “All five Fire Crow Eggs belong to you, but he altar wine belongs to me.”
Yun Shiyu glanced sideways, behind the bird’s nest, there was a modest terracotta wine altar, its precious light restrained within and devoid of light, “Rumour has it that the Phoenix Clan, collects ten thousand flowers and thousands of fruits and brews a kind of Immortal Wine, Agar Fruit Wine, which possesses an unparalleled and dreamy flavour.”
“Since the Outer Dao Immortal King likes it, this wine belongs to you, and the Fire Crow Egg belongs to me.”
Soon!
The duo finished their distribution.
Continuing to rummage for a meal, the two of them found a piece of animal skin from the bird’s nest, which was part of the Yuan Dan Treasure Map.
“Great, finally found it.”Yun Shiyu folded the two treasure maps together, and the beast skin actually melted and transformed into a sheet, vaguely revealing some lines, but they were not really visible.
Qin Li said, “According to the agreement, the treasure map is placed here with you, once there is news of other treasure maps, notify me immediately.”
“No problem!”Yun Shiyu smiled sweetly.
At this point!
This line was complete.
The two left the Fire Crow Cave side by side.
After all, having fought together, the two had counted a lot.
“Outer Dao Immortal King, what are your next plans.”Yun Shiyu asked.
Qin Li said, “I need a seventh-grade medicinal herb, the Wind Nourishing Grass, and I don’t know where or where I can find it.”
Yun Shiyu pondered for a while and said, “Forty miles to the east, there’s a boiling water lake, and the Wind Nourishing Grass should grow by the river. I’m fine anyway, so I’ll take you there.”
“Thanks!”Qin Li arched his hand.
The two of them took off in the air.
On the way.
The two of them naturally climbed into conversation with each other.
Qin Li accidentally discovered that Yun Shiyu wasn’t bad-tempered, she was just a bit tough and wouldn’t be polite, she sounded like a tomboy, but by the looks of it, she was a girl.
A quarter of an hour later!
“The Boiling Water Lake has arrived.”Yun Shiyu said.
Qin Li raised his head and looked up, there was a large lake in front of him, boiling water rolling, gurgling bubbles, steaming a large amount of white mist, coiling and not dispersing, as if it was steaming a sauna.
“The Nuisance Wind Grass prefers heat and is born from water, it will drum up a whirlwind, catalysing a white mist, obscuring the sight of cultivators and demonic beasts as a form of protection.”
Qin Li drew out the copper plaque and it was a fan.
A gale rises, whipping the great lake and blowing away the layers of white mist.
The line of sight opens up, the boiling water lake is crystal clear, and a dozen or so corpses are floating on it, all of them decapitated.
“Corpses again!”Qin Li’s heart tightened.
Yun Shiyu chimed in, “It smells so good! Looks like it’s cooked.”
Qin Li’s face twitched and he didn’t know how to answer. With a glance of his remaining light, he discovers that not far from the riverbank, there is a turquoise immortal grass, glistening with a glistening off-glow, drumming up the wind and blowing up a white mist.
“Wind Nourishing Grass, finally found it!”
Qin Li stepped into the water, took out a jade shovel, carefully dug away the Wind Nourishing Grass, and put it into a jade box. Lu Zhitao was considered saved.
Suddenly!
Boom boom boom!
The lake exploded, and a shocking change occurred.
Four black shadows leapt out in a fish leap, they were clad in black tags, their heads and tails were nowhere to be seen, and in their hands, they held a cold iron ice blade, slashing at Qin Li in unison.
“Found you guys a long time ago!”Qin Li calmly drew out the Thunderfire Copper Plaque and pumped it out, directly shattering the four ice blades and jerking the black-robed man out in the process.
“Not good, we’ve encountered an expert!”
“Retreat quickly, let’s go get help!”
“Messing with my Northern Region Demon Kingdom, you won’t have a good ending!”
The four black-robed men failed to land a single blow and immediately stepped into the air to escape far away, never to engage in a battle.
“Want to leave? Think beautifully.”Yun Shiyu drew out her sword weapon and slashed out sword qi, transforming it into a sword blade cage, completely trapping the four black-robed men.
Qin Li collected the Wind Nourishing Herb and said indifferently, “It seems that you are the murderers who massacred the City Lord’s Mansion, that being said, why did you do this?”
The black-robed men droned coldly, “Your Southern Domain deserves to die for your crimes, and you have opposed the Northern Domain several times, not only do we want to overthrow Qixia City, but we also want to massacre the Nine Great Clans’ Patriarchs, just to teach the Southern Heavenly Clan a lesson.”
Yun Shiyu’s eyes narrowed, “So it’s someone from the Northern Region’s Demon Kingdom, it’s really rampant, running to the Southern Region to kill people.”
“Tricked by being tricked by him!”Qin Li shook his head and sneered, “This is obviously framing, it’s just too deliberate. I suspect that the few of you, are all Demon Race!”
Qin Li snapped his fingers.
Golden light erupted, tearing and confusing the black robe.
The black-robed man revealed his true glory, and although he was also humanoid, he had horns on his head, dragon scales on his skin, and was dragging a tail behind his buttocks, clearly an Immortal Exalted-level Transformed Demon Race.
Yun Shiyu was greatly shocked, “Demon race, I didn’t expect it to be a demon race, how did you know about it, Immortal King of the Outer Path.”
“Guessed!”Qin Li said indifferently.
In reality, he had analysed it through the clues, the Qixia City Lord keeping a team of demon trappers, the Tower of Heads symbolising vengeance, as well as that black-robed woman who had actually selflessly helped the Fox Clan maiden, by association, he knew that it was the Demon Clan that had caused the rebellion.
He wasn’t sure before, but now that the evidence was clear, he realised that the Demon Race’s ambitions were not small.
“You Demon Race is quite calculating.”
Qin Li smiled faintly, “Killing the nine great patriarchs and framing the Northern Region Demon Kingdom so that you can disrupt the fragile balance at the moment, causing the four transcendent forces to kill each other, so that you Demon Race can reap the benefits and counterattack the Human Race!”
The eyes of the four demon clansmen were resolute as they coldly said, “Wind and water rotate, extreme prosperity turns to extreme decline, the Human Race has been in its prime for three eras, and it’s our turn for the Demon Race to return to the top and take charge of the four domains.”
“Delusional!”Yun Shiyu scoffed out, “The Human Race has four Immortal Kings above them, while your Demon Race doesn’t have a single one, and you still dare to speak so loudly.”
“Don’t worry about this, in the near future, our demon race will once again welcome a True Spirit!”The four demon clans laughed out loud.
The so-called True Spirit was the demon race’s name for those above Immortal Kings.
“Kill them!”
Yun Shiyu’s face turned cold, and her sword qi burst forth.
The four demons were fiercely frightened and directly revealed their true bodies, transforming into four jiao dragons, a hundred feet long, with teeth and claws, respectively, Water Jiao, Fire Jiao, Green Jiao, and Gold Jiao. All of them were powerful existences of the fifth grade of Immortal Dignity or above.
