Chapter 726 - 386: Mist Spirit Eye Versus Black Phoenix Flame
Chapter 726: Chapter 386: Mist Spirit Eye Versus Black Phoenix Flame
Chang’an Palace.
Liu Xiaotang, dressed as a maid, kept her head down as she walked inside.
Si Minglan, Su Xin, and others had already entered the Western Emperor Palace. Liu Xiaotang had completed her mission of bringing the Cyan Lotus Sect to meet with Si Minglan and others.
Following Qiu Zhihe’s instructions, she didn’t follow them into the Western Empress’s palace but returned to Chang’an Palace to check on the situation.
Just as she was about to enter, a disciple dressed in the Zhenyang Sect’s Purple Sun Brocade Robe stopped her: "What are you doing?"
Liu Xiaotang raised her head, showing a timid expression: "Immortal Master, I’m a maid sent by the Miscellaneous Affairs Bureau."
While speaking, Liu Xiaotang noticed several Zhenyang Sect disciples moving around, with a few concentrating their spiritual power to draw on the outer wall of Chang’an Palace.
She had seen this action at Qiu Zhihe’s place.
They were setting up an array!
Liu Xiaotang’s heart skipped a beat, but her face remained softly delicate. The Zhenyang Sect disciple looked her up and down, then waved his hand:
"Go on in."
"Yes."
Liu Xiaotang entered Chang’an Palace and saw only disciples from Zhenyang Sect, each with a serious demeanor, as if prepared for battle.
There were also several commanding disciples and elders, seemingly chaotic, yet each occupied a position that subtly resonated with the array outside Chang’an Palace.
Liu Xiaotang’s cultivation was insufficient to discern the intricacies, but she could feel the oppressive atmosphere.
She was startled.
Could the master’s plan to attack Chang’an Palace be exposed?
These righteous path disciples have already prepared ahead of time?
If that’s true, the master coming alone would surely fall into a trap!
As she was pondering, Liu Xiaotang entered the courtyard where Qin Gengyun and Qiu Zhihe stayed. As soon as she stepped in, her divine sense throbbed with pain.
Her face turned pale, her heart raced; this courtyard was surrounded by several Nascent Soul powerhouses!
These Nascent Soul cultivators noticed her entering the courtyard and began probing her with their divine senses.
Her cultivation was low, unable to withstand the probing of a Nascent Soul’s divine sense.
But this confirmed her suspicion.
The master’s identity was likely exposed!
She must immediately go to the Celestial Tao Fighting Arena to inform the master!
At this moment, Zhang Zheng, Chen Yunfeng, and several disciples were watching Liu Xiaotang from afar.
According to Chen Qingmo’s instructions, they were ambushing and monitoring outside Qin Gengyun and Qiu Zhihe’s courtyard, finding it strange when a maid entered.
"A mere maid with a Foundation Establishment second-layer cultivation, that’s suspicious."
"In West Imperial City, mortals and cultivators mix freely, so it’s not necessarily odd. Let’s keep watching."
"The master just instructed us to send someone to the Celestial Tao Fighting Arena to inform Sect Leader Bai and Sect Leader Sun about Ruo Mei and others being remnants of the Demon Sect."
"Okay, I’ll go right away."
A disciple accepted the order and headed out.
Zhang Zheng asked, "Where’s Chun Ningzhi?"
Chen Yunfeng scoffed: "Him? Always flirting with Lin Qingchou; his Tao Heart is long ruined."
"The maid has left!"
Zhang Zheng’s expression turned serious; everyone saw Liu Xiaotang hanging clothes in the courtyard and then heading towards Chang’an Palace’s main entrance.
"Elder Zhang, Elder Chen, what action should we take?"
The disciples looked at Zhang Zheng and Chen Yunfeng.
The two exchanged a glance: "The master said... don’t let any suspicious person slip past!"
Liu Xiaotang left Chang’an Palace, hurriedly heading towards the Celestial Tao Fighting Arena.
She entered an alley, where suddenly a disciple in a Purple Sun Brocade Robe from Zhenyang Sect descended from above.
Liu Xiaotang let out an exclamation, her face showing just the right amount of surprise:
"Immortal Master, may I ask why you’re stopping me?"
The Zhenyang Sect disciple looked her up and down coldly, then asked: "Where are you going?"
Liu Xiaotang replied, "I’ve finished my work, and I’m heading home."
"Home? Are you from West Imperial City?"
Liu Xiaotang answered respectfully: "Immortal Master, this girl lives in a village outside West Imperial City."
"Oh?"
The Zhenyang Sect disciple’s expression grew colder:
"Since you’re leaving the city, why are you headed towards the Celestial Tao Fighting Arena?"
...
Celestial Tao Fighting Arena.
"Phoenix bird?!"
"Is this... Black Divine Phoenix Flame?!"
"Half a year ago, near Qinghe City, a dark divine phoenix’s aura appeared. Could it be Cheng Qingyu is connected to the Ancient Divine Phoenix?!"
Watching the striking black flame phoenix bird, some cultivators from Eastern Cultivator immediately recalled the divine phoenix aura that appeared near Qinghe City half a year ago.
At that time, the divine phoenix aura was extremely strange, seemingly an Ancient Phoenix Bird but enveloped in an indescribable dark aura.
Thus many people dubbed it the Dark Divine Phoenix.
Now seeing Cheng Qingyu form the phoenix bird with that eerie black flame made them associate it with the terrifying Dark Divine Phoenix aura from before.
Amidst the astonished cries, above Liu Su appeared an enormous, light-blue eyeball.
That big eyeball spun around like a human eye, then shot a beam of light, creating a giant black hole in front of Liu Su.
The imposing black flame phoenix bird plunged into the black hole, disappearing along with it.
The space around Liu Su immediately returned to normal, as if the black flame phoenix bird and the black hole had never appeared.
Cheng Qingyu’s eyes widened, looking incredulously at Liu Su: "Space manipulation? Have you, have you reached Divinity Transformation?!"
Crash!
The entire Celestial Tao Fighting Arena instantly erupted into a torrent.
"Divinity Transformation?!"
"He Su has entered the Divinity Transformation Realm?!"
"She can manipulate space freely; only those in Divinity Transformation can do that!"
"The first Divinity Transformation in five hundred years!"
"Wait, He Su is still showing Nascent Soul second-layer aura?"
Amongst the clamor, some realized Liu Su was consistently at the Nascent Soul second-layer, with no enhancement in cultivation.
"What’s that big eyeball? A magical artifact?"
"So lifelike, like a human eye, not like a magical artifact."
"I suddenly recall a kind of talent superpower in legend!"
"Could it be... Mist Spirit Eye?!"
"But no one has ever used the Mist Spirit Eye like this in hundreds of years! Who exactly is this He Su?!"
Many people in the stands recalled the Mist Spirit Eye, exclaiming at once, and the way they looked at Liu Su had changed.
"After achieving great success with the Mist Spirit Eye, one can actually control space?"
Below the battle platform, Qin Gengyun lamented.
They cultivated together on Hidden Moon Cliff at Zhenyang Mountain; Liu Su was often beaten terribly by Qiu Zhihe and the Celestial Phoenix Maiden. Yet, Qin Gengyun had never seen her use the ability to control space.
Qiu Zhihe said, "After arriving at West Imperial City, the Mist Spirit Eye improved by one layer; Susu has finally grown up and knows to strive harder."
"Mist Spirit Eye?"
Cheng Qingyu’s face turned dark; she had thought she could easily eliminate Liu Su with a wave of her hand. Unexpectedly, her full-force attack was effortlessly neutralized by the other party.
Her expression grew colder; the Black Divine Phoenix Flame soared into a massive tornado, enveloping the entire battle platform.
"I am the descendant of the Ancient Divine Phoenix; does a mere Mist Spirit Eye dare to provoke? Today, I’ll let you and that little wretch experience the most painful way to die!"