80: Chapter 80 Azure Phoenix Essence Blood and Illusory Phoenix Silk

Detestable, she was actually implicated by Lin Bufan!

No! It seemed like the original body was implicated by him...

Forget it, this account should be tallied on that brat's head. She wasn't greedy; in the future, it would be enough for him to repay her with a hundred or eighty treasures.

With a new thought every second, Lin Qingyu happily jotted down a tally against Lin Bufan in her heart.

"Child, you are a bloodline descendant of my Azure Phoenix clan, and perhaps... you are also the last person in this world carrying the blood of the Azure Phoenix."

Oh... So this bloodline that could torture a person half to death was that legendary Azure Phoenix bloodline.

Lin Qingyu secretly complained in her heart, but her face still revealed a trace of excitement.

"Senior, is this Azure Phoenix bloodline very powerful?"

Silence. After a long silence, that ethereal voice sounded once again.

"Our clan once shook the heavens in the past, and later withered due to a massive upheaval. But if you awaken your bloodline with qinghuang blood essence and break through your realm within the time limit, you can step by step forge the unparalleled Qinghuang Sacred Body!"

"Oh, then Senior, please hand the blood essence over to this junior."

The young girl's calm reaction caught the other party off guard once again.

"Aren't you going to ask what consequences there will be if you fail to break through within the time limit?"

Lin Qingyu secretly rolled her eyes in her heart.

She knew; she knew too well, having already been tortured to death many times by this damned bloodline.

The qinghuang blood essence given by this mysterious senior definitely had to be used, because she could sense that the other party was not lying; after all, the palpitations of the bloodline would not deceive her.

But Lin Qingyu would never use it in reality. When the next simulation approached the end of her life, that would be the time it truly came in handy.

Naturally, she couldn't answer like that right now, so Lin Qingyu blurted out smoothly.

"Senior, as the last bloodline of the Azure Phoenix clan, this junior naturally should carry the glory of our clan. In order to let our clan shake the heavens once again in the future, mere risks are truly not worth mentioning."

"Good child."

That ethereal voice seemed much closer.

"I can sense that you didn't say these words from the bottom of your heart..."

Lin Qingyu: "..."

"Haha, but it doesn't matter. To be able to hear these words today, my heart is greatly comforted."

After a brief pause, that voice became much deeper.

"Child, even if I don't give you the qinghuang blood essence, you are still destined to experience numerous hardships and karmic fires in this lifetime. This is an inescapable fate for our clan's bloodline."

Hearing this, Lin Qingyu fell silent. She truly felt that her life was quite miserable...

The next moment, a droplet of blood radiating a golden light emerged within the dark space.

The instant Lin Qingyu's gaze touched the droplet of blood, her mind trembled violently.

"Screeech——!"

A vast vault of heaven suddenly unfolded before her eyes. A cyan phoenix that blotted out the sky spread its wings and cried out long, its pupils like the sun and moon, and its feathers like mountains and rivers.

The cyan phoenix above the vault of heaven seemed to sense her existence and lowered its gaze to look over.

The moment their eyes met, Lin Qingyu felt as if her soul and spirit were about to shatter.

That Azure Phoenix gazed at her for a moment, and finally transformed into a stream of light that plunged deep into the blood droplet, leaving behind only a whisper:

"Since my blood has been given, I hope you will not fail the name of the Azure Phoenix."

The next moment, Lin Qingyu's consciousness abruptly returned, but that droplet of golden blood had already disappeared.

"It is in your dantian. Whenever you want, you can refine it at any time."

Hearing this, Lin Qingyu hurriedly quieted her mind and discovered that there indeed was an extra droplet of golden blood within her inner world. It was just like a blazing sun, steadily occupying the intersection of postnatal and innate qi, standing firm and unmoving.

"When you smelt the blood essence, your physique will gradually begin to awaken, but it also means you will embark on an even more difficult path."

Following closely, a scarlet-red stream of light drifted out from the darkness and slowly landed in Lin Qingyu's palm.

The brilliance receded, revealing a divine and extraordinary feather.

"This item is named huanhuang silk. After refining it, it can transform into all kinds of clothing and adornments at will. It is an adulthood gift for the children of our Azure Phoenix clan. Its initial grade is a spirit artifact, and in the future you can search for materials to upgrade it. The method for upgrading is also within this feather."

That ethereal voice grew weaker and weaker.

"Child, if matters cannot be done, giving up might not necessarily be an incorrect path..."

Without waiting for Lin Qingyu to open her mouth to thank, after those words fell, her consciousness was abruptly yanked back to her main body. Before her eyes was still that simple bedroom.

Only the blood essence in her dantian and the feather shimmering with flowing light in her hand told her that everything just now was real. Meanwhile, the phoenix jade on her left hand had already turned into ashes, slowly drifting down from her fingertips.

"Hoo~"

Lin Qingyu let out a long breath, her emotions complicated and hard to describe for a moment.

Never had she expected that the legend she once listened to as a story was actually true, and she was even a descendant of that story's protagonist.

Then was she of the demon race or the human race?

After a moment, Lin Qingyu shook her head in self-deprecation. She couldn't even keep her male body; did it matter whether she was a demon or a human in the future?

Only powerful strength and a long lifespan were the truest backing on this solitary grand dao.

Stowing away the feather, Lin Qingyu turned around and walked towards the outside of the house.

A black dress draped down from her shoulders, wrapping around her entire body in an instant. The moment her footsteps stepped out of the courtyard gate, her figure had already slowly dissipated into the cramped alley like mist.

...

Half a year later.

Today, Doujian Peak was exceptionally lively, with countless figures surging towards the mountainside from all directions.

There, a pitch-black grand hall stood towering imposingly. The three characters "Doujian Hall" on the plaque beneath the eaves exuded a bone-chilling, murderous aura.

This place was precisely the location of Doujian Peak's once-every-decade grand competition.

At this moment, inside a spiritual-energy-dense cave dwelling located at the peak of the mountain, Ling Shuanghua was pointing at the nose of Doujian Peak's First Elder, True Immortal Qingming, and cursing bitterly.

"Old fellow, how could you let Junior Sister Qingyu leave the sect alone? It's been nearly half a year with no news at all, and you can actually still sit comfortably."

True Immortal Qingming looked at his own granddaughter with a face full of helplessness, wondering when his granddaughter's relationship with that lass had become so good.

Right now, he couldn't hit her, nor could he bear to scold her, so he could only let out a heavy sigh:

"Shuanghua, rest assured, Grandfather gave her a sword talisman for self-protection, nothing will go wrong."

"What use is a sword talisman? She hasn't even reached Qi Condensation yet! When she encounters danger, by the time you get there, she'll probably be completely dead."

Ling Shuanghua had originally been utterly disappointed in her grandfather's eye for accepting disciples.

After all, that senior brother and second junior brother were simply blocks of wood. With so much difficulty, a pretty junior sister finally arrived; although she looked a bit cold and aloof, she couldn't help being so good-looking!

Ling Shuanghua really liked this junior sister, but she never expected that after she went out to execute a task and returned, bang, the junior sister was gone...

"Old fella..."

"Screeech——!"

Just at this moment, a resonant cry sounded from outside the cave dwelling.

Ling Shuanghua's eyes lit up, her figure turning into a stream of light as she swiftly darted out of the cave dwelling.

True Immortal Qingming shook his head helplessly, but he also felt relieved in his heart. However, the moment his spiritual sense touched that familiar aura, his expression changed slightly, his figure flashed, and in an instant he arrived outside the cave dwelling.

Standing atop a Qingluan Winged Wind Bird was a young girl in white. Seeing the two people outside the cave dwelling looking over, the young girl calmly cupped her hands in a salute:

"Master, Senior Sister."

The fierce wind at the summit whistled, blowing her clothes fluttering and snapping loudly.

Yet the young girl's figure remained unmoving like a mountain, with faint spiritual light circulating around her body. Her aura had undergone earth-shaking changes compared to half a year ago.

True Immortal Qingming probed out with his spiritual sense once more. After carefully confirming it, he still seemed somewhat unsure, and only slowly spoke after a long while:

"Good disciple, you are at the ninth layer of Qi Condensation... peak?"