Chapter 107: Ode to the Phoenix: Fragment (2)
Through the guò sealing array, Yun Che was surprised to find that this place turned out to be a flat stone chamber. The stone chamber is unusually wide, with a length of 100 meters, not to mention 200 people, even if it is ten times more than that, it is enough to accommodate it. There is a long stone staircase on either side of the stone chamber, and it seems that there is another layer on top of it. Directly in front of the stone chamber is a long passage. The passage is about dozens of meters long, and at the end, it is clearly a red magic circle that rotates slowly, the same as the sealing array outside.
The formation that seals the entrance isolates the sight, but it does not isolate the sound. Outside, the howls of the Dark Mercenaries came in clearly and continuously.
"Blasting this formation out of the way!" was the voice of the Black Devil.
Then, a slight impact sound came from outside, and then suddenly there was a scream like a pig: "Ahhh
"Stand back! Stand back for me! This sealing formation is so weird, there must be some great treasure hidden in it! Give me a shift to guard here! I don't believe they haven't come out!"
Although they were in a safe place, the shadow of fear still hung over everyone in the Phoenix Relic Clan, and the sound from outside made them even more desperate. Yun Che frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he said to Lan Xueruo: "Senior sister, how long will it take for your giant snow sculpture to wake up." ”
Lan Xueruo shook her head and said worriedly, "I don't know either." Xiaoxue is not only overdrawn this time, but also vitality, it may take a long time to wake up, maybe a week, maybe a month...... It could be longer. ”
"If it can wake up, how many people can it fly out at a time?"
"Ten people should be fine. Lan Xueruo said.
"Ten people...... looked at the more than two hundred people in the stone room, and his brows tightened more and more. If the giant snow sculpture woke up, it would not be a problem for him and Lan Xueruo to escape. But he believed that with Lan Xueruo's temperament, he would never be willing to leave these people behind...... Although their life and death can be said to have nothing to do with her.
"Finally, I hid here, hoping not to offend the gods of the phoenix. Feng Baichuan stood at the entrance of the cave, his face full of gloom and resentment, as well as sadness and helplessness.
"At least for the time being, the phoenix is a divine spirit, and it is impossible to blame you for such a thing. Yun Che walked up to him and said.
"I hope so. Feng Baichuan sighed: "For many years, our clan has been keeping to ourselves, trembling, and never daring to do anything that might anger the spirit of the phoenix, because we are really afraid, but I didn't expect it to be ...... today And even then, it can only be temporary, and you have heard the voices of these thieves. They were obviously going to keep at the entrance of the cave. There is no food or water here, and we simply can't last a few days, especially for the elderly and children...... Alas. ”
"In terms of food and water, I have some here, more than 200 people, and if you save it, you can support it for ten days and half a month. Yun Che said.
"You?" Feng Baichuan looked at Yun Che with a look of disbelief. Yun Che's body was obviously clean and neat, and he didn't bring anything, how could he have water and food that could support more than two hundred people for more than ten days?
Yun Che didn't talk nonsense, wiped it on his left hand, and handed over the six cyan space rings to Feng Baichuan's hand. These spatial rings were also obtained by him in Xiao Zong's treasure vault, which was filled with water and all kinds of food, obviously, the treasure vault was not only used by Xiao Zong's sect as a place to store valuables, but also as a place of refuge in times of crisis, the strong defense in front of the treasure vault was extremely difficult to break, in case of accidents, they could escape to the treasure vault, these specially stored water and food in it were enough to support them for a long time, until the disaster passed.
Feng Baichuan explored the space ring, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face. At this time, Yun Che's voice came from his ear: "Patriarch Feng, there are a few things I don't understand. Your clan has the phoenix bloodline, and the phoenix is an ancient divine beast, and the phoenix bloodline is far more powerful and noble than the mortal bloodline, why can't your Xuan power even break through the primordial Xuan Realm? I remember you said 'curse' before, is it related to the curse?"
Feng Baichuan looked stunned, but he didn't speak for a long time.
"It's me who took the liberty of it, this should be your family secret, I shouldn't ask more. Seeing that Feng Baichuan was silent, Yun Che immediately said.
"No!" Feng Baichuan shook his head and laughed self-deprecatingly: "This is a family secret, it's just a punishment and retribution we suffered. ”
"Punishment, retribution?" Yun Che was surprised.
Feng Baichuan closed his eyes slightly, and said with a heavy face: "The phoenix is an ancient divine beast, it once descended on the Tianxuan Continent, in order to leave its own flames in the Tianxuan Continent, thus leaving a number of places of trial, and those who pass the trial can obtain the bloodline inheritance." And this phoenix bloodline can be passed on in reproduction. Thus, the Phoenix clan was born. According to the records of the ancestors, the phoenix left two places of trial in the Tianxuan Continent back then, one was in the distant Shenhuang Empire, and the other was here. It's just that the place in the Divine Phoenix Empire is well known to the world and has achieved the extremely powerful 'Phoenix Divine Sect', while this place in the Cangfeng Empire was found by the ancestors by accident and is not known to the world at all. No one would have thought that this desolate and dangerous Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range would actually have a relic of an ancient divine beast. ”
"In other words, this is just a place of trial, and it's not at all a treasure that the thieves outside guessed?" Yun Che said, nodding his chin.
"That's right. Feng Baichuan nodded: "The ancestors had a trial here, and at that time, the 'Phoenix Divine Sect' of the Shenhuang Empire had become the protector sect of the Shenhuang Empire, and its power covered the sky, and even the name of the empire was changed to the name of 'Shenhuang'. That place of trial had also become the highest forbidden place of the Phoenix Divine Sect, and only disciples of the highest level were eligible to enter. The phoenix bloodline is their greatest pride and glory, if they know that there is also a phoenix bloodline in other places, maybe it will not attract the same lineage, but ruin. ”
Yun Che nodded secretly, deeply convinced. The Divine Phoenix Empire was originally known as the Herro Empire, and later the Phoenix Divine Sect rose strongly and supported the new royal family, and even the name of the country was changed to the Divine Phoenix Empire. As a result, the phoenix bloodline has become the glory and unique symbol of the Divine Phoenix Empire. If they really found that there were other phoenix bloodlines that existed, then they would definitely do whatever it took to get rid of them.
"After the trial, the ancestors passed on the phoenix bloodline from generation to generation, and by the time it was passed on to the twelfth generation, it had developed into a powerful sect, but it never regarded itself as a phoenix, and the phoenix mark on the forehead had been hidden in front of people. In that generation, an ancestor fought with the flames of the phoenix, and the monstrous flames inadvertently spread to a small town, burning all 32,000 innocent people in the town. ”
Yun Che: "......"
"Such a heinous crime attracted the wrath of the Phoenix Spirit of the Land of Trials, and was cruelly punished, and the curse mark was laid in the phoenix bloodline of all the clansmen of that generation, so that the mystical power of all the clansmen was forcibly suppressed to the tenth level of the Primal Xuan Realm, and they could not take a step further for the rest of their lives. Moreover, even the phoenix mark has turned dark red and can no longer be hidden, as if it is this mutated mark to make all the clansmen remember the heinous sins they have committed. ”
"The ancestors had many powerful enemies, and their power was suppressed to such a low level that they had to choose to hide...... Later, they were horrified to find that this bloodline curse would actually be forcibly inherited, and their descendants were born with a dark red phoenix mark on their foreheads, and they were also unable to break through the first Xuan for the rest of their lives. The ancestors thought of countless ways to remove the curse mark, but it was left by the phoenix god, and how could humans interfere, and now thousands of years later, the curse mark still remains in our bloodline and has never disappeared. Our clan can only hide in this Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, keep to ourselves, pray every day to atone for the sins of our ancestors, and pray for the forgiveness of the Phoenix gods. ”
"Today, our clan has withered into this appearance, a small mercenary group can force us to this point of despair, heh......" Feng Baichuan laughed very sadly, and there was too much helplessness and unwillingness in his heavy voice.
Originally, this was indeed a secret that could not be told to outsiders, but now at this miserable and withering point, the so-called bloodline, the so-called secret of the race, has become a joke. Perhaps the greatest desire of all their clansmen is that they are not born with phoenix blood, but like an ordinary person. He also suddenly understood why, even in the face of the huge crisis of the entire clan being slaughtered, Feng Baichuan still didn't think of hiding the clansmen in this phoenix relic for the first time. That's right, they are afraid, their clan has spent thousands of years, dozens of generations to atone for their sins, and they are dreaming of the forgiveness of the Phoenix God, and how dare they do anything that may be disrespectful to the Phoenix God.
He turned around, looked at the red sealing array at the end of the passage, and said, "Patriarch Feng, is the place of trial left by the phoenix behind that sealing array?"
"That's right. Feng Baichuan nodded: "These two seals were left by the ancestors back then, and only the phoenix bloodline can be unlocked, in order to prevent outsiders from entering." ”
Yun Che suddenly made up his mind and said, "Then can you help me unlock that seal." ”
“...... Do you want to?" Feng Baichuan glanced sideways.
"That's right!" Yun Che nodded: "I want to see what kind of trial this ancient divine beast phoenix left behind." Now that I have such an opportunity, of course I want to try. ”
Feng Baichuan didn't refuse immediately, but asked, "Little brother, what is your current Xuanli level?"
"Enter the first level of the Xuan Realm. Yun Che replied truthfully.
"Absolutely not!!" Feng Baichuan looked disappointed, and then flatly refused: "It's not that I don't want you to enter. But...... When the ancestor passed guò the trial of the phoenix, the Xuan power had reached the realm of Lingxuan, and he had the fire system Xuangong, even so, it was extremely difficult to pass guò, and he obtained the blood of the phoenix and the phoenix god pill. Later, there were also some ancestors who passed the guò trial and obtained the Phoenix God Pill, but none of these ancestors' Xuan power cultivation was lower than the Spirit Xuan Realm. ”
"After the bloodline curse was lowered, no one was allowed to pass the guò trial. Even the first trial, no one can get through it. After all, how could the power of the tenth level of the Primordial Xuan Realm withstand the trial of the Phoenix Flame. And over the years, some clansmen who wanted to forcibly pass the guò trial even died inside and never came out again. You only have the power to enter the Xuan Realm level, and there is no possibility of passing the guò trial at all, and you may even suffer the danger of your life. ”