263: Chapter 263 My Name is Feng Fei

Great Saint Realm First Stage — — Great Saint Realm Second Stage — — Great Saint Realm Third Stage!

Jiang Li was forced back several steps by that wave of scorching heat, her small face flushed red, yet her almond-shaped eyes were astonishingly bright, as she whispered incessantly: "As expected of the Phoenix Clan, to so easily refine the Emperor's Blood of the Great Emperor Heavenly Phoenix!"

Shen Qingyuan slightly raised his hand, and an invisible barrier blocked that wave of scorching heat three feet in front of Luo Qingyue and Jiang Li.

He looked at the Phoenix not far away, a flash of surprise involuntarily crossing his eyes.

The Phoenix's aura climbed to the Saint Realm Sixth Stage before slowly stopping; this had already reached the limit of what it could absorb.

It slightly closed its eyes, the golden light around its body gradually receding, and when it opened its eyes again, its crimson-gold vertical pupils contained a layer of profound heat, as if holding a trace of the dao rhyme of the Fire Dao.

"Many thanks to you, Venerable One, for your grace!" It lowered its head, bowing slightly in the direction of Shen Qingyuan.

Shen Qingyuan waved his hand and sat back down on the soft couch, taking a sip of the spiritual tea handed to him by Luo Qingyue: "Not bad. Being able to absorb one-tenth of the Emperor's Blood, your Aptitude can be considered top-tier within the Phoenix Clan."

A flash of surprise crossed the Phoenix's eyes; it had not expected Shen Qingyuan to see through it at a single glance.

That was correct; it had only absorbed one-tenth of the energy within the Emperor's Blood.

The remaining Emperor's Blood was all sealed within its body.

Just now, it had obtained the Legacy left behind by the Great Emperor from the Emperor's Blood of the Great Emperor Heavenly Phoenix. As long as it followed the Legacy and Cultivate step by step, once it fully refined the remaining Emperor's Blood, it would be able to make a Breakthrough to the Saint King Realm in one go and become a Great Yao of the Saint King Realm!

The Phoenix gazed at Shen Qingyuan, its eyes filled with awe.

It descended from mid-air, folding its wings, and the flame patterns all over its body retreated into its body like a receding tide.

The next instant, its body began to shrink and solidify, its bones emitting faint clicking sounds, while its feathers transformed into a crimson-gold robe that draped over its shoulders.

When the light completely dissipated, a young man stood under the wutong treasure tree.

He appeared to be in his early twenties, with a slender figure and handsome features. Between his brows, he bore the unique flame patterns of the Phoenix Clan, and his long crimson-gold hair cascaded behind his shoulders, glowing with a warm luster under the moonlight.

Those vertical pupils had already retracted into normal pupils, yet a trace of molten golden light still remained deep within his eyes.

He looked down at himself for a moment, then bowed to Shen Qingyuan.

"Venerable One, my name is Feng Fei."

Shen Qingyuan leaned back on the soft couch, holding his teacup, and looked him up and down a few times: "You're certainly more pleasing to the eye than that bird form."

The corner of Feng Fei's mouth twitched slightly, but he did not refute it.

Jiang Li bounced over from the courtyard entrance, circling Feng Fei several times, her almond-shaped eyes shining like two stars: "Wow! I didn't expect you to be so young! Judging by your appearance, you must be less than a thousand years old, right? To be able to Cultivate to the Saint Realm in under a thousand years, your Aptitude is truly terrifying!"

Feng Fei felt somewhat uncomfortable under her gaze and slightly turned his face away: "It's... it's alright. I am the one with the most outstanding Aptitude in the Phoenix Clan."

He gave a dry cough and turned to Shen Qingyuan, his expression becoming a bit more solemn: "Venerable One, I have a request."

Shen Qingyuan set down his teacup: "Speak."

"I wish to return to Tiannan once," Feng Fei said, his gaze slightly fixed and his voice lowered. "Back then, I was hunted by the High Priest of the Red Snake Tribe in league with several other experts and nearly perished. If not for the rescue by an Elder of my clan, I would have already been buried in Tiannan. Now that the Emperor's Blood has entered my body and my cultivation has greatly advanced, I wish to go and settle that grudge."

He paused and looked at Shen Qingyuan: "There is someone manipulating the Red Snake Tribe from the shadows. Although that High Priest Chi Tuo only has Saint King Realm cultivation, the person behind him who hails from the Celestial Domain is the true root of the disaster. If that person is not eliminated, it will surely cause more trouble in the future."

Shen Qingyuan looked up at him for a moment and tapped his fingertips lightly on the armrest of the soft couch: "Someone from the Celestial Domain?"

"Yes," Feng Fei nodded, his tone firm. "When I was being hunted back then, I sensed a trace of aura that did not belong to Cangxuan. That aura shared the same Origin as the spiritual power on Chi Tuo, but it was far more overbearing. That person is hidden extremely deep; I have never even seen his true face."

Shen Qingyuan's lips curled slightly: "Interesting. Since someone from the Celestial Domain has gotten involved, then I cannot ignore it."

He raised his hand, and his slender fingers lightly slashed through the Void Realm. A spatial rift opened silently, and from within the rift, a jet-black figure covered in scales slowly emerged. Its half-human, half-snake form shimmered with a ghostly blue luster under the moonlight.

The nether dark snake puppet.

The moment Feng Fei saw that Puppet, his pupils contracted slightly: "A Quasi-Emperor Realm Puppet?"

"Take it." Shen Qingyuan pushed it with a casual gesture, and the Puppet slowly landed in front of Feng Fei. "Although you have refined a portion of the Emperor's Blood and your cultivation has greatly advanced, the Red Snake Tribe is, after all, one of the top Yao Race forces in Tiannan, with a deep foundation. Coupled with the person behind them, with your own strength, I fear you might capsize in the gutter."

Feng Fei gazed at the silent nether dark snake puppet before him, his fingertips tightening slightly before relaxing, a complex emotion surging in his eyes.

He took a deep breath, knelt on one knee, and cupped his hands: "Feng Fei will definitely not disgrace this mission."

Shen Qingyuan waved his hand: "Go."

Feng Fei stood up, bowed deeply to Shen Qingyuan, turned around, and strode toward the courtyard gate.

His crimson-gold robe fluttered in the night wind, and the nether dark snake puppet followed closely behind, like a silent shadow, quietly trailing in his wake.

Jiang Li watched that departing figure and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Brother Qingyuan, does he have a grudge against the Red Snake Tribe? I heard that the Red Snake Tribe is a top force in Tiannan."

Shen Qingyuan leaned back onto the soft couch and took a sip from his teacup: "Rest assured. With him taking a Quasi-Emperor Realm Puppet back, it is the Red Snake Tribe that should be worried."

Jiang Li blinked her eyes, thought about it, and felt that was indeed the case.

She pulled Luo Qingyue to sit on a stone bench nearby and looked up at the golden wutong treasure tree overhead: "Sister Qingyue, are the Yao Race in Tiannan all very ferocious? I heard that there are Great Yao everywhere over there, and there are even quite a few Saint Realm Yao Kings."

Luo Qingyue poured her a cup of spiritual tea, her tone solemn: "Li'er, you usually stay in the Central Plains and don't have much contact with the Tiannan Yao Race, so you don't understand them. You must remember that the Tiannan Yao Race and our Human Race have had a blood feud for generations and have been fighting each other for many years. If you ever encounter them, you must be extremely careful."

Jiang Li nodded heavily, a rare look of seriousness appearing on her small face: "Sister Qingyue, I understand!"

Shen Qingyuan listened to their conversation without interrupting.

He leaned on the soft couch, gazing at the full moon gradually setting in the night sky, his gaze somewhat distant.

Celestial Domain.

This was not the first time he had heard these two words.

From the Emperor who hid in a broken Small World and devoured the Origin of Cangxuan, to the warning left by Venerable Chiling before his death, and now to the mysterious person hidden behind the Red Snake Tribe that Feng Fei mentioned...

The Celestial Domain seemed to have many arrangements in the Cangxuan world, and the people from the Celestial Domain behind these were all different.

It was just unclear what was so special about Cangxuan that it attracted the covetousness of so many experts.

Shen Qingyuan withdrew his gaze and lightly rubbed his fingertips along the edge of the teacup.

No matter what it was, he did not fear it.

As the saying goes, soldiers are blocked by generals, and water is blocked by earth; he also wanted to see what kind of characters were truly hidden within this so-called Celestial Domain.

"Tiansha Abyss, Zangtian Ruins... Celestial Domain's secret arrangements... someone behind the Red Snake Tribe..." He muttered to himself, a flash of amusement crossing his eyes. "Perhaps that Ye Chen knows some inside information."

Thinking of this, he stood up and entered the Xuantian Secret Realm.

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