Chapter 120 – Heavenly Phoenix Ridge
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Master Shadow
“I’m fine,” Xiao Yun said as he waved his hand. “I’ll be fine after resting for a while.” Xiao Yun closed his eyes, using his Martial Spirit to refine the poison.
Within Xiao Yun’s sea of consciousness, the jade-green branch’s halo flashed, letting out large runes as it started absorbing and refining the remainder of the poison. This process was quite slow, as if even the Martial Spirit found it difficult to refine this poison for its own use.
This was because the poison was too powerful and domineering – if it was just an ordinary poison, as soon as the Martial Spirit’s halo flashed, the poison would be instantly refined.
When he heard Xiao Yun’s words, Feng Yu Yao let out a breath of relief, silently waiting.
After a while, Xiao Yun deeply breathed in, opening his eyes, and looking much less lethargic.
“Is young sir Xiao alright now?” Feng Yu Yao’s beautiful eyes blinked, asking courteously in her soft voice. Now, she had completely changed her view of Xiao Yun. This youth in front of her was a peerless genius who simply could not be compared to. After all, even experts did not dare to come into contact with the Essence-Corroding Heavenly Poison!
Xiao Yun nodded and said, “Mm. This Essence-Corroding Heavenly Poison is too domineering; my cultivation isn’t strong enough, and I’m unable to completely extract it for you within a short period of time. I need to take it slow, so it may take a while.”
“Time is not a problem. For young sir Xiao to be willing to help, Yu Yao is already extremely grateful,” Feng Yu Yao said with her watery eyes, a slight look of shyness on her face. She no longer had her heroic and valiant demeanour, and instead looked like an embarra.s.sed girl.
“However, I’ll be partic.i.p.ating in the Heaven Origin Sect’s examination soon, so I’m not sure if I’ll continue to have time to extract your poison,” Xiao Yun said.
“Partic.i.p.ate in the Heaven Origin Sect’s examination?” Feng Yu Yao said as she looked at the youth strangely. With this sort of talent, did he even need to partic.i.p.ate in this examination? From how she saw it, he would be a rare existence in the entire Nanjiang Capital, let alone in all the Moonwind Kingdom.
However, Xiao Yun interpreted this look as disappointment and worry, and thought that the Seventh Princess was afraid that he would not save her. He said rea.s.suringly, “Don’t worry, as long as I become stronger, the speed at which I can extract your poison will become faster. Furthermore, there’s still some time until the examination, so I can help you extract your poison once every 2 days. I’m sure that will be enough to stabilise your poison.”
“Thank you, young sir Xiao,” Feng Yu Yao said with a grateful look. “If young sir Xiao needs anything, please don’t hesitate to ask.” She simply did not know how to thank this youth. From how she saw it, this youth was so extraordinary that normal things would not be good enough for him.
“I indeed have a request,” Xiao Yun said. “Is there anywhere in the palace with dense Essence Qi?”
“There is,” Feng Yu Yao replied without even having to think about it. “There’s an Essence Vein with incredibly dense Essence Qi. Geniuses of our Imperial Clan can go there to cultivate; since young sir Xiao has requested this, I’ll ask Imperial Father to make an exception and allow you to go there to cultivate.”
“I’ll have to trouble Princess then,” Xiao Yun said as he smiled.
“Young sir Xiao is too courteous,” Feng Yu Yao said as he charmingly smiled back. After chatting with Xiao Yun for a bit longer, she went to find Emperor Feng.
Emperor Feng was sitting solemnly outside with his eyes closed, seeming quite calm. As Xiao Yun and the Seventh Princess came out, he rose up and asked, “Yao’Er, how are you feeling?” In actuality, he already knew.
“Imperial Father, young sir Xiao is indeed incredible; he has already extracted much of my poison.” Feng Yu Yao gave a rare smile. She elegantly walked forwards and said, “Imperial Father, we need to properly thank young sir Xiao.”
Emperor Feng laughed and said, “Haha, but of course. Young sir Xiao, we will have to rely on you to keep helping Yu Yao in future.”
“As long as it’s within my abilities, I won’t refuse,” Xiao Yun replied.
“Very good,” Emperor Feng said. “If you need anything, as long as it is within our power, we will try to satisfy you.”
“I need some medicinal ingredients.” Xiao Yun did not hold back, and listed out some medicinal ingredients. These were all things that were required to refine the Soul Heaven Pill. After all that had happened, Xiao Yun’s thirst for strength grew more and more.
It was not just his own strength that needed to increase – in order to protect himself, the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow needed to become stronger as well.
“Very well, that can be arranged. We shall immediately send people to gather these medicinal ingredients,” Emperor Feng said after hearing the list of things. “As long as you can help Yao’Er extract her poison, you can take these medicinal ingredients, as well as anything from the Imperial Palace. We will do our best to satisfy you.”
“Young sir Xiao is also looking for a place to cultivate,” Feng Yu Yao said.
“You can take him to the Heavenly Phoenix Park,” Emperor Feng said.
“The Heavenly Phoenix Park?” Feng Yu Yao stared for a moment, and immediately replied, “Yes, Imperial Father.”
After this, Feng Yu Yao personally brought Xiao Yun to an outer park within the Imperial Palace.
“The Heavenly Phoenix Park is an importance place left behind by our Feng Imperial Clan’s ancestor, and it does not merely contain dense Essence Qi. Since Imperial Father has agreed to let you cultivate there, he must be thinking of gifting you with a great opportunity. Make sure you seize that opportunity,” Feng Yu Yao said as they walked.
“An opportunity?” Xiao Yun frowned, not understanding what this Princess meant.
“Haha, I can’t say anymore than that,” Feng Yu Yao said as she smiled.
Xiao Yun gave a slight nod, and did not ask any further.
“Who is this youth? The Seventh Princess is actually personally leading him.”
“Are they going to the Heavenly Phoenix Park? That’s one of the Imperial Clan’s most important locations!” On the way, the Imperial Palace’s guards all looked at them strangely, feeling incredibly shocked. The Seventh Princess had a very distinguished status, and back then, she was even more powerful than the Princes. Despite been poisoned, Emperor Feng still dearly treasured her, and very few people could attain her good graces. When they saw that the Seventh Princess was walking side by side with a youth, and even chatted and laughed with him, who wouldn’t feel shocked?
Soon, Xiao Yun and the Seventh Princess came to a fairly remote area of the Imperial Palace. There were various mountain ridges here which were covered with mist. There also seemed to be a mysterious aura about this place. In this place, breathing in the air could cause one’s pores to open up, and the dense Essence Qi could cause one to feel intoxicated.
The two of them came to a mountain ridge, and saw a memorial arch in front of them. There were a pair of phoenixes carved on the memorial arch which gave off an ancient aura. This aura could cause one’s mind to tremble, and Xiao Yun couldn’t help but stare.
“This is the Heavenly Phoenix Park,” Feng Yu Yao said, looking at the memorial arch with a hint of respect in her eyes.
“So this is the Heavenly Phoenix Park.” Xiao Yun’s eyes lit up, feeling quite astonished. From the layout of the Imperial Palace that he had seen from above, this was most likely the phoenix’s neck, the most key location. Who would have thought that Emperor Feng would allow him to cultivate here?
“This was where our Feng Imperial Clan’s ancestor used to cultivate, and there are many of his remnants within,” Feng Yu Yao said. “There’s also an Essence Gathering Formation that can help you cultivate. Of course, if you want to comprehend some of our ancestor’s Martial Skills, you can do that too.” As Feng Yu Yao spoke, she led Xiao Yun up.
In front of the memorial arch were 2 complete stage True Essence realm cultivators. This was a forbidden area, and without Emperor Feng’s permission, even Princes and Princesses could not enter.
With Emperor Feng’s medallion, Feng Yu Yao brought Xiao Yun into the Heavenly Phoenix Ridge. After entering, Xiao Yun immediately felt as if he was submerged within Essence Qi.
There were also many medicines growing within the Heavenly Phoenix Ridge, and even some rare spiritual gra.s.ses.
“This is where the junior members of our clan cultivate,” Feng Yu Yao said as she brought Xiao Yun to a courtyard within the mountain ridge. This was a sunken area in the mountain ridge which had various halls and towers, giving off an ancient air. What was shocking was that there was a tall platform about as big as a pavilion, where all of the Essence Qi in the surrounding area streamed towards.
“That’s the Essence-Gathering Formation,” Feng Yu Yao smiled as she explained. “Only the geniuses of our Imperial Clan can cultivate there; otherwise, even Princes do not have the right. Haha, since young sir Xiao is so talented, and is my benefactor, you can go there to cultivate.”
“Thank you very much, Princess.” Just as Xiao Yun slightly sensed it, he could immediately tell how powerful that formation was. If he cultivated inside, he would receive great benefits.
“Over there are a few Dao-Comprehending Steles left behind by my ancestor. If you have time, you can go over and have a look. However, don’t obsess over them too much.” Feng Yu Yao introduced the various remnants to Xiao Yun, and he silently memorised them as he began to see the might of the Imperial Clan more and more. This Imperial Clan was far more powerful than he had expected.
He suddenly remembered that Emperor Feng had said that even though the Seventh Prince was only a year older than the Ninth Prince, he was already half a step into the Essence Core realm!
“Young sir Xiao can cultivate here at ease. If you need anything, feel free to come and find me at any time,” Feng Yu Yao said.
“Mm.” Xiao Yun nodded, feeling incredibly eager to cultivate within that Essence-Gathering Formation.
Afterwards, Feng Yu Yao left behind a medallion and left.
“I wonder if this Essence-Gathering Formation will be able to help me step into the True Essence realm.” After Feng Yu Yao left, Xiao Yun held the medallion and walked to the Essence-Gathering Formation. Light flickered, and profound runes gathered into a formation.
Xiao Yun held the medallion and infused his Essence Qi into it. A few inscriptions upon it swirled around, causing the Essence-Gathering Formation’s Restriction to flash.
The Restriction then opened, turning into a door of light that Xiao Yun stepped through onto the platform. After entering, Xiao Yun felt as if he had stepped into a dense sea of Essence Qi.
There was a praying mat on the platform upon which one could sit cross-legged. Looking closely, there were also a few formation pillars stabbed into the platform which shone with runes and gathered the Essence Qi towards this place.
Sitting cross-legged on the praying mat, Xiao Yun did not have to worry about lacking Essence Qi at all.
“No less expected from this Essence-Gathering Formation; it’s incredibly marvellous,” Xiao Yun exclaimed as he sat within the formation.
Within the Moonwind Kingdom, only the Imperial Clan would have something like this.
“The Essence Veins here aren’t that great, but the effect is superb because of the formation,” the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow said calmly.
“Yiya!”
Yiyi also seemed quite excited as she opened her mouth, continuously absorbing the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
However, not too long after, the little fellow lost interest, because this Heaven and Earth Essence Qi was far less attractive than Xiao Yun’s dewdrops. Nevertheless, Xiao Yun continued to sit cross-legged, activating the Heaven-Devouring Divine Art as he absorbed the Essence Qi.
The Heaven-Devouring Sparrow also exited the Heaven-Devouring Tower, madly absorbing Essence Qi. Even though it was in a soul form, absorbing Heaven and Earth Essence Qi would allow it to strengthen its soul.