477: Chapter 477 Crimson Glow

Li Xihe was the sole true Disciple of Daoist Lord Lihuo; who in the entire Southern Border would dare not give her Face?

No matter how impressive Liu Xuan was or how extensive his network, in her eyes, he was merely a dog raised by the Peach Blossom Demon Lord.

According to Daoist Lord Lihuo's intentions, the Peach Blossom Demon Lord would be her natal spirit beast in the future.

Liu Xuan was the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's dog, which meant he was her dog; for a dog to actually dare defy her orders was simply seeking death!

"Buzz~"

A crimson Flying Sword appeared in her hand, its Sword Intent breaking through the suppression of the Formation's power as the blade pointed directly at Liu Xuan.

"Buzz~"

A white-clothed figure descended from the sky as Demon Lord Bai Leng blocked the path between Liu Xuan and Li Xihe.

"Fellow Daoist Li, fighting is prohibited within the Star Academy. Stop!"

Li Xihe was startled! The anger on her Face subsided slightly, but the Sword Intent and Aura on her body did not withdraw even a fraction.

"Bai Leng, this person is insubordinate and disrespectful to me. Do you intend to stop me?"

Demon Lord Bai Leng was Peach Blossom's confidant, yet she was actually standing up for Liu Xuan, making the anger in Li Xihe's heart burn even brighter.

Ever since that great battle back then, the Peach Blossom Demon Lord had kept her at a distance.

Now, she was merely disciplining a Golden Core subordinate, yet Bai Leng actually stepped in to stop her, giving her no Face at all.

"Fellow Daoist Li!" Bai Leng's expression was calm, her tone strictly business-like. "Liu Xuan is the Sect Master's confidant; you have no right to dispose of him. If there are any issues, you can go to the Sect Master to explain."

While the two were speaking, a streak of green light flashed by, and Yun Yao appeared beside Liu Xuan, questioning furiously, "Who wants to hurt my husband?"

"Husband?"

Li Xihe was a bit dazed. She knew Yun Yao; she was the Nascent Soul Immortal Crane who had made a Breakthrough in the Peach Blossom Palace two years ago.

'Isn't she the natal spirit beast of the Beast Taming Sect's Star Academy Head's Disciple? Liu Xuan is her husband?'

Liu Xuan kept a relatively low profile, and Yun Yao rarely went out; the outside world only knew that Liu Xuan had married Yun Xian, not knowing that there was also something between them.

It was already rare for a Yao Beast and a Human Race Cultivator to become Dao Companions, and moreover, Yun Yao was still the natal spirit beast of a Beast Taming Sect Cultivator; she hadn't considered this possibility at all.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

Li Xihe laughed out of extreme anger. "You all want to oppose me, don't you? I will go to Sister Peach Blossom to reason this out!"

Bai Leng was the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's subordinate, and Yun Yao was also a subordinate cultivated by the Peach Blossom Demon Lord. Li Xihe believed she was in the right, so the Peach Blossom Demon Lord would surely help her.

"Xihe, why waste words with them? Those who disrespect the Lihuo Lineage must be punished!"

Just as Li Xihe was about to fly toward the center of the Peach Blossom Palace, she saw a red-robed man appear in the sky above the courtyard.

The man had a high nose bridge and wore a flowing crimson fire robe; he had a male body with feminine features, and every movement carried a strange, demonic temperament.

Chixia Luan Bird! He was Daoist Lord Lihuo's natal spirit beast, with a Peak Nascent Soul cultivation.

As soon as he appeared, the space in the small courtyard seemed to freeze, and a layer of rosy light shrouded the sky, even obscuring the great sun condensed by the Yin Yang Harmony Transformation Grand Formation.

The Chixia Luan Bird looked up at the 'great sun' condensed by the Formation, then looked at Liu Xuan, revealing a very twisted expression of greed.

He felt a high-level True Fire Aura from the Liu Mansion's Formation; this kind of True Fire was very compatible with him and might even help with his advancement.

'How could a mere Golden Core True Person be worthy of possessing such a treasure?'

A flame claw condensed and then descended from the sky, reaching toward Liu Xuan.

"Begone!!"

A pitch-black tree branch whipped out from underground like a python, directly striking the flame claw and causing it to dissipate into a patch of rosy light.

The Peach Blossom Demon Lord appeared beside Liu Xuan, looking coldly at the Chixia Luan Bird in mid-air.

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

...

Several more black tree roots emerged from around the courtyard, fiercely whipping the Chixia Luan Bird.

The stars across the sky shone brilliantly, and the entire Star Academy took on a strange appearance of intermingled darkness and light.

The flames all over the Chixia Luan Bird's body were suppressed by the starlight and forced back into his body; then, he was whipped by the black tree branches until sparks flew everywhere and his robes were torn.

"Peach Blossom!!"

The Chixia Luan Bird's Face distorted as he roared, "You dare hurt me! You dare betray the Dao Lord!!"

The Peach Blossom Demon Lord smiled faintly. "Is hurting you the same as betraying the Dao Lord? Those who don't know better would think you'd already been promoted to a Dao Lord!"

"I am the Dao Lord's natal spirit beast; when the Dao Lord is absent, seeing me is like the Dao Lord himself arriving!"

The Chixia Luan Bird transformed into a majestic and handsome Luan bird burning with crimson flames; enduring the fierce whipping, he barked angrily:

"If you dare offend me today, there will be no place in the entire Southern Border for you, Peach Blossom!!"

"Fool!"

Peach Blossom sneered and said faintly, "I not only dare to hurt you, but I also dare to kill you. Do you believe it?"

Peach Blossom knew the Chixia Luan Bird's situation clearly; although he was Daoist Lord Lihuo's natal spirit beast, his Bloodline was only at the peak of the fourth tier, meaning there was basically no hope for advancement.

Daoist Lord Lihuo had not given up on him for the time being, but only because he hadn't found a better choice yet.

The Chixia Luan Bird had arrived at the Southern Border a year ago; he spent half his time fighting desperately at the front line and the other half making money in the rear. He had gathered the faction of the former South Courtyard Grand Elder Ye Gu and many Azure Profound Sect forces, making him the most radical faction on the current battlefield.

If he were truly valued by Daoist Lord Lihuo, why would he be in such a hurry to grab money and resources? And why would he personally risk himself at the front line?

Since he arrived at the Southern Border, he had been subtly targeting the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's faction; what was he afraid of?

"Fool!" The Peach Blossom Demon Lord said with a playful expression. "Tell me, if I use all my power to kill you, would I have a chance to take your place and have the True Lord help me break through?"

"You're delusional!!"

The Chixia Luan Bird grew anxious; he seemed to forget the injuries on his body as he stared fixedly at Peach Blossom below.

"Delusional?"

The Peach Blossom Demon Lord said faintly, "My strength is comparable to a Dao Lord's Dharma Idol and can injure the true body of the Demon Saint Xuanyu. My chance of breaking through is more than ten times greater than yours."

"It is nothing more than an attribute mismatch; in the Five Elements, Wood generates Fire. At worst, I'll take the risk of switching my cultivation path. No matter how you calculate it, I have more of a future than you!"

Blood-red light bloomed in Peach Blossom's hand as a heart containing a dense, bloody Aura emerged, and a heaven-shaking killing intent shrouded the horizon.

"Why don't we make a bet and see if the Dao Lord will descend his Dharma Idol to save you?"

With the appearance of the blood fiend tree heart, the Aura on the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's body instantly soared, and the phantom of a black tree that blotted out the sky seemed to grow within the starry sky.

After several years, the Circumference of Heaven Stars Grand Array had extended to the earth veins within a hundred-thousand-li radius of the Star Academy, its power several deciles stronger than back then.

Although the Peach Blossom Demon Lord had not gone to the battlefield, the monster beast flesh and blood and souls from the front line were all collected and sent back to nourish the blood fiend tree heart.

The energy contained within the blood fiend tree heart was also much stronger than it had been back then.

Overall, the current Peach Blossom Demon Lord was even stronger than when she had injured the Demon Saint Xuanyu's true body.

"Wait!!"

As soon as the Chixia Luan Bird saw the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's Aura, he immediately wimped out. In a true life-and-death struggle, he had no confidence in escaping, and he certainly didn't expect the Dao Lord to descend his Dharma Idol to save him.

'Wasn't it said that Peach Blossom was heavily injured in the great battle with the Demon Saint Xuanyu??'

'Where the hell does she look even slightly injured?'

The Chixia Luan Bird roared in his heart. The reason he dared to come to the Peach Blossom Palace's territory and act so arrogantly was precisely because he was certain that Peach Blossom was injured and could do nothing to him.

'If you weren't injured, why were you hiding? Was it just to toy with me?!!'