136: The blazing phoenix in the sky

At the same time, Wei Qingyan ignored the somewhat dazed Lu Wenzhong.

She merely lifted her skirt, took small, quick steps out of the carriage, and looked up at the sky.

The next moment, she understood why her Master Lu was so astonished.

Xiao Qingyuan was continuously gathering flames around him.

In an instant, a giant flaming Phoenix formed around him.

It charged rapidly towards the blood-sea-like rain of arrows.

In just a flash, it incinerated all obstacles, rushing straight into the arrow rain.

It burned a long path of flames.

Its speed even doubled again, and in just a moment, it quickly vanished from the sight of everyone below.

Everyone was stunned into silence.

This was the first time anyone had treated the Great Wei Kingdom's army formation as nothing, even directly charging and breaking through the encirclement of arrows without the slightest regard.

The blood-sea-like arrow rain, which seemed incredibly powerful when gathered by Qi and blood, instantly turned to ashes under those flames.

Now everyone knew that the person was too lazy to bother with them.

If this person wasn't in a hurry to leave, they would only need to fly on their sword and circle through the crowd.

Or charge directly towards the central army tent... what then would be the meaning of their existence as elites?

Everyone was confused.

Wei Qingyan also stared blankly in the direction Xiao Qingyuan had left, her beautiful eyes filled with shock.

However, she quickly returned to the temporary camp.

She turned to Lu Wenzhong and asked, “Master Lu, this... Superior Qingyuan doesn’t seem to have killed Chu Fuxie, which means...”

However, Lu Wenzhong recovered from his shock, shook his head, and said with a bitter smile, “No... He, how could such a person be someone else’s pawn? Because... the Seventh Prince, he’s not worthy...!”

However, the very next second after he finished speaking.

A Cultivator at the Qi Refining Stage - Late Phase rushed over.

Shouting through the curtain, “This is bad! General Chu... General Chu, he...”

Upon hearing this, both of them were immediately startled.

Lu Wenzhong cast another water mirror.

What he saw was Chu Fuxie's stiff, frost-covered face, before he slowly breathed his last.

Immediately after, a red light from a Soul Tracking Spell slowly flew out from his corpse.

However, it couldn't find anyone, no matter what.

Finally, it slowly dissipated, unwillingly.

The two couldn't help but look at each other in surprise, remaining silent for a long time... At this moment, Xiao Qingyuan had no idea how much shock he had left in others' hearts.

After glaring to death that unlucky vanguard general, he didn't take the person to heart.

Just a Mortal, who offended an Immortal and attacked him indiscriminately.

Killing him was just killing him!

However, he didn't quite understand the Great Wei's official system and power structure.

At this moment, he still had no idea who he had killed.

In fact, the Great Wei Kingdom had an iron rule: the generals of the Wei Warriors absolutely could not be Cultivators, and the imperial family would always be the sole controllers of the Wei Warriors, meaning each generation's emperor.

No Cultivator was allowed to meddle.

There could be Cultivators in the army, but their status would never be higher than that of a general!

Even in the Wei Kingdom's court, examples of looking at official positions rather than cultivation levels were everywhere.

There were also many examples of high-ranking officials without cultivation controlling Cultivators through power and interests.

And although the Chu family was a Mortal family, three generations, and even more generations above that, were absolute confidants of the emperor.

Their influence was not small, and their strength was not weak.

No one would have thought that the son of this generation's family head would be glared to death by someone.

Even the army formation's Qi and blood, which could negate an Immortal's Spell, did not have the slightest effect.

How incredibly unbelievable was this?

However, Xiao Qingyuan didn't have much of a clue about this.

He subconsciously ignored that other Foundation Establishment Cultivators couldn't be as awesome as him.

At this moment, he was still muttering in his heart:

“Too weak, the attack power is not even as good as cultivating ten thousand Innate experts wholeheartedly!”

“Attack power is dispersed, flashy but not practical.”

“What's with this disappointment?”

He carefully recalled their recent exchange.

In fact, after he had tested the so-called army formation's Qi and blood with those semi-finished Nirvana Pearls.

He already understood in his heart.

“What ten thousand Wei Warriors killing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.”

“Nonsense!”

“Unless the Foundation Establishment Immortal doesn't run and stands there to take the blows, it's truly possible for them to be worn down by the army formation.”

“But won't they run?”

“Sooner or later, they can kite ten thousand people to death.”

“The mobility difference is too great. Just this one aspect, no matter how fancy the army formation is, it won't work.”

“These Wei Warriors are at most useful for defending cities, and might be able to put up a fight against Foundation Establishment Stage Demon Beasts that lack intelligence.”

“If five hundred thousand people gather together, they can indeed rapidly open up new lands.”

“Even if they are attacked by two or three Foundation Establishment Stage Demon Beasts, they won't be afraid.”

“Paired with Foundation Establishment Immortals to finish things off, they can still be somewhat effective.”

“Oh, right, they can slaughter Qi Refining Stage Cultivators, but those are all their advantages, nothing else! Conclusion—it's better to pursue an elite soldier strategy.”

“If it were ten thousand Innate experts, or even ten thousand Grandmasters, Great Grandmasters, the effect would definitely be different.”

“Only then could they truly solo a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!”

And the reason Xiao Qingyuan dared to boldly charge into the blood rain in the end.

It was because he saw that although the Qi and blood of these army formations were grand in scale and wide in attack range, their point-to-point killing power was not strong.

Even the damage of the Thunderclap Pearl had an overflow, exploding over a large area.

The blood rain, at best, was astonishing in its range, but its attack intensity hadn't even reached the limit of the Qi Refining Stage.

Coincidentally, his Spiritual Eye talent, coupled with the intensity of the Spirit Communication Flame, was not afraid of this Qi and blood.

He just charged straight through the arrow rain!

It wasn't difficult at all.

As for why he condensed a Phoenix, ahem, it was purely to show off his flame control cultivated during this period, purely for the sake of showing off... Xiao Qingyuan thought this, retracting the spiritual flames swirling around him.

Perhaps... he could also find a way to make the flames around him more condensed.

Then he could use this skill to beat that golden-haired monkey he couldn't beat last time... Night had fallen deeply.

Xiao Qingyuan then, in a rush, arrived at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Chamber of Commerce in Jiujiang Prefecture, just a second before it closed for the day.

He finally grabbed the door that the attendant almost closed.

The startled attendant, also a Cultivator, looked Xiao Qingyuan up and down, who was covered in dust and looking disheveled, then impatiently waved his hand and said, “Go away, go away! Where did this beggar come from! How dare you come to a place like this to beg for food?”