In the Floating Temple’s Water Clan cave, a bunch of little monsters, including the seventh-grade little demon trying to snag the Celestial Divine Jade, gathered in front of a patch of trees, basking in the glorious light of the Jade Phoenix Divine. Their faces were lit up with expressions of comfort and bliss.
What once was a nice watery area now looked like a sunny beach.
Thank goodness it wasn’t the sun; otherwise, before long, they’d all end up as crispy salted fish!
The baptism of the ancestral true spirit brought about a subtly transformative change, creepily slow.
Murong Xiao had half his face covered in scales from Ming Jiao, his expression regal. He might be a half-demon, but among the Ming Jiao clan, he had the purest bloodline. Go figure!
“Why do I feel like I have some backward growing spikes on my shell?”
“Sigh, that’s just bad. So flashy!”
A Xuan Ao Monster King sighed with a grin, boasting about his own improvements.
“I’ve only made a little progress, but given time, I’ll be every bit as impressive as the human race’s Xuanwei!”
The Swordfish Great Monster poked his nose into a rock, looking rather puffed up with pride.
Why did their Swordfish clan settle here in the South Border? Mostly because one of their ancestors was tough enough to be compared to a prized weapon and followed a legendary swordsman, gaining quite a reputation, making it so all the swordsmen wanted to wield a swordfish as a weapon.
“We need to start pushing back against the bird clan!”
Wu Qing chuckled, suddenly sneezing like she caught a cold.
“ACHOO!” — Boom!
The water in the cave gathered into a mist, and even the clouds became charged with a hint of thunder. Suddenly, it started pouring rain!
The monsters gasped in astonishment. In just a short time, the bloodline aura of Wu Qing became visibly stronger!
With her hands on her hips, Wu Qing surveyed the stunned monsters, clearly pleased with their reaction.
Before she could say anything, a crackling sound buzzed in her ear:
“Look~ look~ at~ my~~~”
“Hold on, Man! Don’t start electrifying things here!”
It was pouring rain!
Everyone knows that if it’s not pure water, it conducts electricity—clearly the storm Wu Qing called wasn’t just plain old water.
So amidst the downpour, the sound of crackling filled the air as every water demon sparkled in the rain.
Fortunately, Wu Qing was highly skilled at controlling the vapor, and the area of the downpour wasn’t too large, so she quickly stopped the rain.
Otherwise, Little Ke would come out to see water full of flipped-over things.
“I’ve seen the Celestial Divine Jade from a distance a few times, and it didn’t seem this effective.”
The Xuan Ao Monster King couldn’t help but ponder.
Now that it could turn him into a monster king, it was all thanks to the Celestial Divine Jade, which he had been lucky enough to have some rare interactions with.
“I heard it was said that when the Celestial Divine Jade fell into the hands of the bird clan, the light emitted was like a huge candle, good for only two monsters to comprehend.”
Wu Daming scratched his head: “Yeah, if it were as amazing as it is now, our Water Clan’s territory would have been gobbled up by the bird clan ages ago.”
Murong Xiao opened his eyes, his voice reverberating with a hint of thunder:
“They’re in there dual cultivating.”
“Hmm? Is it Wu Mo and the Qingluan Divine Maiden?”
“Ah… so it’s the True Dragon bloodline and the True Phoenix bloodline activating together that has made the Celestial Divine Jade resonate so intensely.”
“Should we go in and thank them?”
The monsters were all quite appreciative.
Murong Feng recalled his long-awaited reunion with his wife and felt a little embarrassed:
“I don’t think that’s necessary.”
“Hm….”
Wu Qing glanced at Murong Xiao, who looked like he was about to break through, then shifted her gaze to the trees, revealing a hint of complexity.
The supreme treasure of the demon clan was shining brilliantly in the hands of a pair of human youth; who would have thought?
Is it possible that…. this isn’t such a bad thing?
…..
“What was all that crackling outside just now?”
Ke Mo opened his eyes slightly; the light from the Jade Phoenix was too bright, like holy light, completely obscuring the outside situation.
All he could make out was the icy, soft little hand beside him, the pure visage reflecting the Jade Phoenix’s brilliance—her expression was blank as if she had no feelings at all. No wonder everyone called her the Qingluan Divine Maiden; however, her slightly pursed lips had a hint of a rosy sheen.
Looks delicious…
What am I thinking? Must be the Ming Jiao bloodline messing with me!
To calm himself down, Li Mo instinctively licked his lips but momentarily forgot something important.
Then Ying Bing fluttered her eyelashes and opened her eyes.
The Ice Chunk’s stare.
“Emmmmm.” Li Mo poised himself to lean back tactically.
But Ying Bing merely raised an eyebrow and stretched her other hand over.
Pinching the nose of a certain world-renowned Sky Flood Dragon.
Li Mo: “??? Wait, what?”
Just saying…
He realized he was not just a warrior with the four channels of Guan Shen but had seven Xuan Dan circling inside him, also transforming into a Ming Jiao. With all that, holding his breath until morning wasn’t a big deal.
But looking at her furrowed brow and those thinly veiled reproachful eyes, he suddenly felt a bit suffocated?
“Stop getting distracted. Focus on training.”
Ying Bing withdrew her long, slender hand, releasing Little Li’s nose and mouth before grabbing his hand.
“Alrighty.”
Li Mo nodded, steeling himself.
Earlier, he had just condensed a new transformation. While his speed was already fast, to be honest, he wasn’t fully focused. They were spiritually connected, and clearly, the Ice Chunk sensed it, which is why she retracted her hand.
Mostly because when he had licked his lips earlier, her mental state had clearly rippled.
Speaking of which, it seemed she had also comprehended some profound martial arts.
“Jade Phoenix Form.”
Ying Bing whispered.
If Li Mo understood this divine skill, he might think it was somewhat related to the 72 Transformations. Only the latter was purely about transformation, not changing one’s consciousness.
Meanwhile, the ultimate purpose of the Jade Phoenix Form is to deeply experience the divine intent of a hundred birds and ultimately integrate into one, condensing the Phoenix form.
“Sounds impressive.”
“That’s a divine skill.”
Seeing his curiosity, Ying Bing summoned the Zhuque true spirit from the Jade Phoenix Divine.
The process was similar to the last time with the Wang Kongque true spirit’s embodiment.
Her plain clothes swirled with blazing light, instantly transforming into luxurious palace attire, resembling something that a beautiful master might wear.
Three thousand strands of black hair danced like flames, her eyes igniting with stunning and deadly fiery color.
“Did you see it clearly?”
Ying Bing leaned in a bit closer.
“Uh… not worse than the divine arts I’m training.”
Li Mo nodded. He remembered he hadn’t seen the Ice Chunk’s face so closely before, feeling her warm breath brush against his face as she spoke…
Is this still the Ice Chunk?
Suddenly, she seemed to bloom extravagantly, not only warm but scorching hot, making him feel like he was sweating.
“I’m having a hard time concentrating,” Little Li said earnestly.
This was too intense!
He felt like his weak point was undergoing a test many times more intense than Murong Brother’s challenges.
“…..”
Actually, he didn’t need to say anything; Ying Bing already knew.
But thinking back to the times they shared a bed, took baths, and how he had bullied her with her blushing embarrassment—it made her feel a strange urge to reclaim her dignity.
And the downside of this “Jade Phoenix Form” was that one’s temperament might change a bit…
Yes, it must be due to this divine skill.
“Wait a moment.”
The air suddenly grew heavy.
“This true spirit is….”
“Cold Goose.”
