As compared to Meng Wan who had borrowed the power of the Extreme Yin Crown, Yan Zhaoge's personal strength was, at the end of the day, the first to discover the arrival of that fiery phoenix.
Witnessing the phoenix silhouette that had suddenly erupted from Tang Yonghao's body and the dawn mist of moral virtue of black and white, Yan Zhaoge seemed to have comprehended something.
The initial goal of that descendant of the Southern Exalt's lineage in coming to the underwater palace this time should have been this phoenix bone.
This piece of phoenix bone only contained the dawn mist of virtue, and lacked the true meaning of the other four virtues.
There was only one possibility for the other party to think so highly of him.
While the Southern Exalt's Phoenix True Form Scripture possessed the true intent of the phoenix, it was truly incomplete of the Five Virtues.
The Virtuous Thick Earth, the Nether Virtue White Qi, and the Fortuitous Purple Light.
It was hard to say about the Holy Virtue Water Ripple, but from the looks of it, the Moral Dawn Mist was most likely lacking in cultivation methods.
It was because of this that the person before them had taken the risk of crossing boundaries, barging into the territory of the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory, barging into the Royal Reed Sea in search of this phoenix bone.
This also explained why Wang Hui and the others had actually dared to act viciously against a descendant of the Southeastern Exalt like Ye Xin in order to keep it a secret.
If this matter was known by the Southeastern Exalt, it would be very difficult for Wang Hui and the others to succeed.
The relationship between the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory and the southern Blazing Heaven Territory had never been good.
If the phoenix bone fell into Golden Court Mountain's hands, they would have many ways to manipulate it.
The Flame Phoenix flapped its wings and surrounded Tang Yonghao. It wanted to refine him alive and restore his precious bones.
Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge slashed out with his sword.
Having slain Li Jin of the Southern Exalt's lineage, enmity with the southern Blazing Heaven Territory had already been sown.
If the Southern Exalt's lineage's cultivation base rose greatly, it would clearly be disadvantageous to them.
That fiery phoenix was merely a puppet. Having eaten Yan Zhaoge's sword, its flames instantly dissipated, its feathers seemingly falling off non-stop.
"You again!" Fire Phoenix was enraged.
Yan Zhaoge said casually, "Obtaining the method, but not the meaning; even if I let you obtain this phoenix bone, so what? You still cannot cultivate the Dawn Mist of Virtue. "
The fire phoenix fell from the sky, the flames around its body gradually extinguished.
This puppet had been cleaved into two by Yan Zhaoge's sword, unable to move any longer.
The aura of the Fire Phoenix gradually became dim and weak. The spirit energy and martial fist intent that had originally remained within it all dissipated.
Before the fiery phoenix had completely vanished, it gazed at Yan Zhaoge, "Having obtained that bone and cultivating in the dao of virtue, I will naturally do some things to conveniently accumulate virtue and refine it into a black and white mist."
"What I think and what I usually do and what I do when I practice are two different things. I don't always need the Moral Dawn Mist to fight against my enemies."
"I cultivate the Phoenix Technique to become stronger, not to turn myself into a phoenix. Paying attention to accumulating the five virtues is for cultivation."
At this moment, the other party's emotions had already calmed down. "People practice martial arts, not martial arts to control people. To be controlled and restricted by martial arts is like buying the casket and returning the pearls. Who would do such a stupid thing? "
Yan Zhaoge laughed, "This kind of thing is a matter of opinion."
The flames gradually dispersed, and what appeared before everyone's eyes was a folded phoenix. At this moment, it was jet-black and charred, gradually burning into ashes.
"I heard your final words just now. So you are not related to the Exalted Solar Luminary at all, only having picked up the Extreme Yang Seal by chance."
Yan Zhaoge looked like he was smiling whilst also not at the paper phoenix amidst the flames.
The other party said mildly, "While the passageways of the underground palace are currently chaotic, I already know this place. Please wait for a moment. This Zhuang will be there very soon."
Before that paper phoenix was completely incinerated, he glanced at Meng Wan from the corner of his eye, muttering to himself in a voice that no one could hear, "So similar …"
As the phoenix vanished, everyone exchanged looks.
Looking at Yan Zhaoge, Tang Yonghao had a rather complex expression on his face. Still, he cupped his hands towards Yan Zhaoge, thanking him for saving his life.
Glancing at the scattered ashes, Yan Zhaoge smiled, "There are many who want to find trouble with me. You will have to queue up."
With that, he gazed elsewhere.
The hearts of Kang Maosheng, Zhang Chao and the others jolted slightly now as they discovered a powerful aura suddenly approaching from another direction.
Carefully feeling its power fluctuations, Kang Maosheng blurted out, "Senior apprentice-uncle Qi!"
A tall, middle-aged man flew over, his face sallow and his gaze cold.
Having met him a few times before, Yan Zhaoge knew that he was called Qi Wei, the descendant of Daoist Shi who had come to the Royal Reed Sea alongside King Xuanwen and Shen Lingzi that year to conquer the world, a leading formation grandmaster of the Grand Xuan Dynasty and even the Royal Reed Sea.
Seeing this, Kang Jinyuan was instantly overjoyed, "It's great that senior apprentice-uncle Qi has come!"
Yan Zhaoge smiled lightly, flipping his palm as a great golden seal instantly appeared amidst space, resembling the blazing sun in the sky as it was even more terrifying than when Zhang Chao executed the Purple Sun Wheel.
Just having approached, before Qi Wei could even discern the situation, his field of vision was completely filled by sunlight.
The mighty Extreme Yang Seal descended towards Qi Wei's head, instantly leaving him dazed.
He was proficient in formations. Given sufficient time, making use of the geographical advantage to set up a formation, he would be able to dominate the masses, his strength far surpassing that of martial experts of the same cultivation level.
Conversely, however, he was slightly weaker in terms of his cultivation base.
While Yan Zhaoge had yet to reach the Seeing Divinity stage at the end of the day, wielding the Extreme Yang Seal now, Qi Wei's head was still nearly covered in blood.
It was only thanks to the protection of the mid-grade Sacred Artifact, the Blurry Shadow Woven Robe, that he had managed to block this blow.
Regaining his wits, Qi Wei's gaze instantly turning colder as he looked at Yan Zhaoge and the injured Kang Maosheng again.
He said not a word as he retrieved thirteen yellow flags, throwing them out.
The thirteen flags fluttered in the wind, light shooting out in all directions as numerous streams of radiance linked together, enveloping this region of space.
The environment of the underwater palace was complex with intersecting passageways. Having only just arrived here, Qi Wei would not have been able to set up a formation in advance.
Still, he was indeed highly skilled in formations as he had already reached the point where he could virtually establish a formation with a casual wave of his hand.
"Good!" Yan Zhaoge could not help but nod in admiration.
Still, while he was admiring, Yan Zhaoge did not stand on ceremony in the slightest as he pushed out with a palm, the Extreme Yang Seal striking out with a domineering momentum once more.
The glorious sun descended amidst the formation, right at the crux of Qi Wei's formation, causing it to be hard to activate and circulate as he wished.
Illuminated by the all-encompassing sunlight, the thirteen flags shook simultaneously as the formation became unstable.
Qi Wei snorted, waving the formation flags with one hand while retrieving other treasures with the other, wanting to set up a second formation in succession!
Even as Yan Zhaoge wielded the Extreme Yang Seal, he had already long since slashed out with a sword, targeting Qi Wei himself.
Qi Wei's movements slowed for a moment as he wielded the Blurry Shadow Woven Robe to protect himself. A black shadow moved about on his body, enveloping him as he instantly flashed to the side.
Then, a formation that flickered with the light of thunder appeared above Yan Zhaoge's head.
Thunder roared, heavenly thunder rumbling five times!
Yan Zhaoge's feet moved consecutively, his body rotating as he ingeniously saw through the formation, avoiding the direct bombardment of the thunderbolts.
Then, he executed the Yin Yang Finger, directing yin and yang, shifting heaven and earth.
Numerous thunderbolts instantly changed directions, shooting towards Kang Maosheng and Zhang Chao! (To be continued.)
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