Choose the best root bone

Currently, he was completely subject to Zhong Qing's will.

He subconsciously waited for Zhong Qing to issue the command to retreat.

"What should we do?"

"Since we've arrived at the Secret Realm's entrance, naturally we'll walk in!"

Zhong Qing glanced at Feng Buqun, speaking with an air of calm indifference.

As soon as these words were uttered, Feng Buqun was immediately flustered.

"Walk... walk in!"

"Aren't we going back first?"

His brain froze for nearly three seconds.

He looked bewildered, his eyes revealing a clear stupidity.

"How do we walk in?"

Zhong Qing did not reply, but instead took a direct step, walking straight towards the Formation.

After one, two, then three such steps, his figure completely disappeared into the grand Formation.

This scene made Feng Buqun's eyes widen.

"He... he really just walked in like that!"

No!

Could this be a fake Formation?

How could a Secret Realm guarded by a grand Formation be entered directly like that?

But with his cultivation reaching this level, how could he not discern the profundity of this Formation?

The subtlety of this Formation was the Peak of anything he had ever seen in his life.

Yet Zhong Qing walked through it as if nothing was amiss, as if strolling on flat ground.

Even though Zhong Qing had previously displayed many extraordinary feats.

But this scene was undoubtedly an explosive shock to Feng Buqun's heart.

He had never thought.

A Secret Realm protected by a grand Formation could be entered this way.

It was truly like a small knife cutting a butt, an eye-opener!

"If Master can treat all Formations in the world as nothing..."

"Hiss..."

Upon thinking of this situation, Feng Buqun couldn't help but gasp, contributing a negligible amount to global warming, then he quickly scurried after him.

He hadn't forgotten.

Only by staying within three zhang of Master could he himself be protected.

After entering the Formation, Zhong Qing pushed open the ancient bronze gate.

A grating, teeth-souring creak echoed across the vast, empty ground.

This bronze gate had stood here for an unknown number of years.

As it was pushed, the rust on the door continuously flaked off with a swishing sound.

As the ancient door was pushed open, a vast, desolate, and primitive aura rushed forth.

The Secret Realm within the door was also fully revealed before Zhong Qing's eyes.

As far as the eye could see.

A world unto itself lay within the door.

Upon the vast land, corpses were piled one after another.

These corpses ranged in size from several zhang to hundreds or even thousands of zhang.

A very few even reached the ten thousand zhang level.

They all had tiger bodies, dog heads, three eyes, and four wings on their backs.

Their fierce power was awe-inspiring.

Entering it felt like arriving in a world of epic giant beasts.

One Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound still had raging flames burning on its body.

The flames shot into the clouds, like a fiery mountain, threatening to burn through the heavens and earth.

There was another, around which, for hundreds of miles, a swamp of lightning had formed, with lightning constantly erupting from its body. That lightning was extremely terrifying; Feng Buqun felt his brow about to be torn apart just by observing it from afar.

"What terrifying Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound Clan!"

His expression was shaken.

Each of these Three-Eyed Phoenix Hounds had its own unique characteristics.

But without exception, all the corpses emitted monstrously fierce Death Qi.

Even the blood within their bodies flowed like a vast ocean.

The mere pressure from their bodies almost made Feng Buqun unable to bear it.

One must know that he was a Returning to One Realm expert.

In the entire Chaotic Land, he was among the top tier of existences.

Yet now, these Three-Eyed Phoenix Hounds, who had been dead for an unknown number of years, could exert pressure that made him feel immense pressure just from their bodies.

From this, it was clear how powerful this clan was at its Peak?

Indeed, if he couldn't clearly feel the Death Qi permeating these corpses.

He would even think these Three-Eyed Phoenix Hounds were merely sleeping on the ground.

Zhong Qing examined the corpses on the ground, a strange light in his eyes.

When a strong cultivator's cultivation reached a certain level, they could indeed preserve their bones from decay for a thousand years and from decomposition for ten thousand ages.

But the flesh and blood would slowly degrade with the passage of time.

Yet these Three-Eyed Phoenix Hounds were all lifelike, even their feathers were glossy.

They completely retained their state before death.

This clan indeed had commendable aspects in the Dao of the Physical Body.

It was just that these corpses were all too perfectly preserved.

There wasn't a single injury on their bodies.

How were they annihilated?

Zhong Qing was somewhat puzzled.

He strolled across the vast land.

Observing these corpses, which in his eyes resembled towering mountains.

Soon after, a look of surprise appeared in Zhong Qing's eyes.

"These Three-Eyed Phoenix Hounds were all killed by curses."

"And it was the same curse!"

At this moment, Zhong Qing gained a deeper understanding of the cruelty of this world.

One person's mistake implicated and affected the entire clan.

Annihilation of a clan seemed like just four light words.

Yet it completely erased a race from the long river of history.

How cruel!

However, these corpses, each of them, had impressive strength in life.

There were even experts above the Supreme.

They were excellent Materials for housing a Divine Soul, and since the curse was aimed at the Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound Clan's Divine Soul and had no effect on the Physical Body itself, it would allow the Twelve Demon Generals to switch Physical Bodies.

...

While Zhong Qing was deep in thought.

Above the vast land, within the clouds.

Several figures were whispering.

"It's been one hundred and fifty thousand years!"

"A full one hundred and fifty thousand years!"

"Someone has finally entered our clan's territory."

An ancient, senile Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound spoke with great excitement.

This Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound was a remnant soul.

His cloudy eyes shone brightly.

He looked greedily at Zhong Qing and Feng Buqun, as well as the Six-Winged Dragon Horse and Flying Elephant, below in the clouds, on the ground.

"Old Ancestor, if we occupy their Physical Bodies, we will have a chance to rise again."

"As long as Old Ancestor returns to his Peak, our Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound Clan will be able to regain its glory."

"And if Old Ancestor can live a second life, there might even be a chance to advance further."

"If Old Ancestor can take that step, the blood feud of our Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound Clan will surely be avenged."

"The opportunity for the Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound Clan to return to the world is now."

Another Three-Eyed Phoenix Hound was equally excited.

"No rush!"

"Wait a little longer!"

The Three-Eyed Phoenix Dog Ancestor suppressed the excitement in his heart.

"That Dust Emperor old man thought that by digging up our roots, extinguishing our souls, and even Sealing us here, he could completely make our clan disappear from the long river of history."

"But how could he imagine the true foundation of our clan?"

"There are still five days; after five days, the Seal will completely disappear."

"At that time, more living beings will step into this place."

"Choosing the best bone structure from among them will have a multiplying effect on our future recovery."

"We've waited all these years, so we don't care about this short while."

As the Three-Eyed Phoenix Dog Ancestor spoke, the others gradually calmed down from their excitement.

But in their eyes, Zhong Qing and his group had already become their meal; even if they didn't use their Physical Bodies.

Their flesh, blood, and essence would become nourishment for their recovery.

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