Chapter 977: Intercepted by the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan on the Road

While Lin Feng and Feng'er were heading to the Northwest Continent, far away in the Meteorite Pavilion in the Southern Region of Central State, Yao Chen was now sitting in a bamboo house on a mountain peak, his face full of surprise and astonishment as he gazed at the pale white flame before him.

More precisely, it was a woman's face inside that pale white flame.

"Shanshan, is that really you?"

After a long silence, Yao Chen immediately trembled as he reached out his hand, incredulously touching that face inside the Bone Chilling Flame.

Although his palm would pass straight through upon touching the Heavenly Flame,

but he was still extremely excited.

He had been searching for this person for over a hundred years, and today he finally found her successfully.

Seeing his appearance, Han Shanshan's heart was likewise overwhelmed with excitement.

Upon hearing his question, she immediately nodded heavily, her voice slightly choked with tears as she said, "It's me."

"But why are you inside the Bone Chilling Flame?"

After receiving her answer, Yao Chen then spoke with a complex tone.

Thinking of the person he had painstakingly searched for over a hundred years, who had always been by his side, he couldn't help but feel a hint of resentment.

And he wasn't sure whether this resentment was directed at himself for not discovering Han Shanshan's existence all this time, or at her for always hiding inside the Bone Chilling Flame and never coming out to see him.

As for Xiao Yan standing nearby, he stared blankly at the person and flame, unsure of what was happening or what he should do.

After all, from the conversation between the two just now, this woman was clearly acquainted with his teacher.

But hiding a person inside a Heavenly Flame—this was still the first time he had heard of such a thing!

And upon hearing Yao Chen's resentment, Han Shanshan immediately pursed her lips and said aggrievedly, "You jerk, do you think I wanted to stay in here? All of this was still for the sake of saving you back then."

As soon as she finished speaking, she began to explain what had happened back then.

"Back then, you learned about the Bone Chilling Flame from that guy Feng Xian and wanted to subdue it, and I, not feeling at ease letting you go alone, also went with you to that place."

"But I never expected that the Bone Chilling Flame had existed for an incredibly long time, its power astonishingly strong; the three of us were directly suppressed by it, and you, due to engaging in a soul battle with the Bone Chilling Flame, were on the verge of annihilation. In the end, I"

"Bang!"

However, just as Han Shanshan had said that, a sudden feeling of palpitations welled up from deep within her heart.

At this moment, she seemed to sense that, in the darkness, a terrifying existence so powerful it could not be described was staring at her intently.

As long as she dared to speak, the person behind her would cause her and the Bone Chilling Flame to vanish completely from this world.

Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and immediately changed her words: "I was forced to have no choice but to use a secret technique, sacrificing myself to save you. But unwilling to just perish like that, I clung to the mindset that it's better than waiting to die, and forcibly occupied this Bone Chilling Flame as my dwelling with my soul."

"And perhaps I was just lucky—my soul actually survived, but due to excessive loss of soul power at the time, I fell into a slumber, only to awaken not long ago."

Since she could not tell Yao Chen the truth, Han Shanshan could only fabricate a reason and then explain why her soul appeared inside the Bone Chilling Flame.

"Well, you really are lucky then."

After hearing her description, Yao Chen also felt extremely shocked.

Such a strange matter, even for him, was the first time he had heard of it.

But soon he furrowed his brows and said, "However, why is it that I and Feng Xian have no memory at all of what you just said?"

"Back then, in order to prevent you from grieving for me, I cast a secret technique that erased part of your two memories. That's why it's like this now."

Looking at the doubtful Yao Chen, Han Shanshan then gave a half-true, half-false explanation.

"Is that so?"

After hearing her explanation, Yao Chen nodded and did not dwell on the matter further.

And immediately afterward, he became excited like a child, clenching his fists and saying, "Anyway, those previous things are no longer important; now that you have successfully awakened and your remnant soul is still relatively intact, my disciple just happens to have a way to let you be reborn with a physical body!"

While speaking, Yao Chen extended his finger and pointed at Xiao Yan standing nearby.

"Oh, you jerk, you're actually taking on a disciple now?"

Upon hearing that he had indeed taken a disciple, Han Shanshan's expression instantly showed a hint of surprise, and she then turned her gaze toward Xiao Yan nearby.

"You two can finally be said to have remembered me!"

Seeing his teacher and that mysterious woman looking over, Xiao Yan's heart suddenly welled up with tears.

After chatting for so long, these two can finally be said to have remembered this living person.

And upon hearing the hint of surprise in Han Shanshan's tone, Yao Chen immediately put on a displeased face and said, "I happen to be the Number One Alchemist of the Continent after all; taking on a disciple isn't wrong, is it?"

"Number One Alchemist of the Continent?"

Upon hearing those words, Han Shanshan tried not to laugh and said, "On the Dou Qi Continent, have all the alchemists really died off? Now it's actually your turn, a Seventh-Tier Alchemist, to be the Number One Alchemist of the Continent."

Hearing that, Yao Chen instantly jumped up and said, "I think you're sleeping in confusion; a Seventh-Tier Alchemist is something from over a hundred years ago. Now, I am an Eighth-Tier Peak Alchemist, a Primary Half-Saint Expert!"

While speaking, Yao Chen's chest unconsciously straightened, wearing a proud expression.

"An Eighth-Tier Peak Alchemist?! A Half-Saint?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Shanshan's face inside the Bone Chilling Flame drastically changed.

She suddenly realized that ever since she performed that secret technique, she had been trapped in the river of time, unable to perceive the flow of time.

She had always thought that, from being trapped until now, only ten or eight years had passed.

But now it seems that is not the case.

Thinking of this, she gazed with dread at Yao Chen, who had become younger after breaking through to Half-Saint, and asked, "How long has it been since I went missing?"

Seeing that he did not know the current time, Yao Chen first stared blankly, then slapped his own head and suddenly realized, "Look at my brain—today, upon reuniting with you, I instantly forgot all these years during which you have been asleep, unaware of the passage of time."

Immediately afterward, he introduced to her: "Now, it has been over a hundred years since you disappeared."

"Over a hundred years."

Upon hearing the result, that face inside the Bone Chilling Flame instantly became defeated.

And after Yao Chen finished speaking, it seemed he also thought of something; his expression changed slightly, and his previous smile vanished completely.

"Is my teacher still around then?"

After a long silence, Han Shanshan's calm voice suddenly rang out again.

However, beneath her calmness lay a hidden trace of trembling.

And Yao Chen, under the gaze of the former, remained silent for a long time before he heavily exhaled a breath and said in a deep voice: "He began closed-door training to break through to Battle Saint ten years after you disappeared, but ultimately failed."

"Boom!"

Just as the former's words fell, the pale white flame before him suddenly flared up.

However, regarding the affairs of the Southern Region of Zhongzhou, Lin Feng naturally knew nothing.

At this moment, he was holding Feng'er's smooth, tender little hand, speeding swiftly through the silver passage.

Gazing at the silver passage beside him that was constantly receding, Lin Feng furrowed his brows, then he looked toward Feng'er and said: "Good wife, we."

Mid-sentence, his expression suddenly changed as he shouted loudly: "Feng'er, be careful!"

And at the same time as the former's reminder, Feng'er also, relying on her bloodline, detected those people secretly following behind.

However, upon seeing their whereabouts discovered, those people in the dark placed their palms before them, and formidable Dou Qi instantly condensed in their palms.

Then that person's palm struck out, and in an instant a golden energy palm print several hundred zhang in size appeared out of thin air, shattering the spatial passage before the two, pushing aside the surrounding void storm, and suddenly pressing down toward Lin Feng below!

"Husband, be careful!"

Seeing the sudden attack, Feng'er gave a delicate shout, her jade foot lightly tapping the void, her graceful, curvaceous figure instantly appearing before Lin Feng.

Then she extended her soft hand, forming a golden palm print even purer than before in the void, carrying surging Dou Qi, and directly sweeping toward the incoming palm print.

"Boom!"

In the next moment, the two Dou Qi palm prints collided, producing a heaven-shaking roar that suddenly echoed throughout the surrounding space.

And that sneak attacker, upon seeing the power of Feng'er's attack, immediately exclaimed in shock: "Half-Saint?!"

Obviously, this sneak attacker did not expect that Feng Qinger's strength is no longer that of a previous Battle Venerable, but a Half-Saint!

But soon his face sank as he coldly snorted: "Although you have had a fortuitous encounter, after all you are merely an elementary Half-Saint; do you really think you can defeat this Elder who is an advanced Half-Saint?"

And while Feng'er was being restrained, two figures, each with a pair of azure-red wings spanning tens of zhang behind them, seized the opportunity, bypassed the two combatants, and directly attacked Lin Feng.

"Hmph."

Seeing two eighth-rank Heavenly Demon Phoenixes approaching, Lin Feng let out a cold snort from his throat, then he inwardly bellowed: "Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes!"

As his words fell, his Dou Qi cultivation rose in an instant from the peak of five-star to nine-star Battle Venerable.

"Hiss~"

Immediately after, he took a deep breath, his cheeks slightly bulging.

"Roar!"

Then, in the astonished gazes of the two, Lin Feng suddenly let out a chant from his mouth.

And at the instant the chant rang out, wave after wave of tangible sound waves successively penetrated the bodies of the two attackers.

"Why can you use our Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan's sound wave Dou Technique? Pfft!"

The two people struck by the sound wave had not yet finished uttering their shocked cries when their faces suddenly showed an unnatural flush, and immediately after, a mouthful of bright red blood spurted from their mouths.

At the same time, the two people were as if struck by a hammer, and their bodies violently flew backward.

And Lin Feng, whose combat experience was extremely rich, naturally could not possibly pass up this excellent opportunity.

At the instant the opponent flew backward, Lin Feng lightly tapped the void with his toe, and his figure instantly turned into a stream of light that shot out.

While the two had not yet reacted, Lin Feng had already arrived beside them, his fists swiftly extending.

"Fierce Bear Shattering Earth Fist!"

Accompanying the landing of his light shout, on each of the two Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan members' chests suddenly appeared an extra fist.

"Pfft!"

Struck again, those two Heavenly Demon Phoenixes saw their vitality instantly wane, and the speed of their entire bodies retreating suddenly increased by another level.

However, this time Lin Feng did not continue to pursue the victory.

All that was seen was his soaring figure first pausing, then his feet quickly tapped the void, turning into a series of afterimages as he swiftly retreated backward.

After all, the opponent is Feng'er's clansman, and unless it is a necessary moment, he also would not directly strike to kill.

Otherwise, at that time the difficult part would still be his own wife.

Otherwise, he would not have deliberately held back when using the Earth-Tier High-Grade Sonic Dou Technique that Feng'er gave him just now.

After all, with his initial Heavenly Realm soul power combined with dragon energy to execute the top-tier Earth sound wave Dou Technique, those two, who are not skilled in soul, will basically suffer serious injury even if they don't die.

Even if he comes back later, he will leave behind difficult-to-heal hidden injuries.

"Trash, two nine-star Battle Venerables, not only failing to capture a five-star Battle Venerable, but instead being defeated by the opponent in just a few moves!"

And that Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan expert who had just exchanged moves with Feng'er, seeing his side's two people defeated, his voice filled with violent anger, immediately echoed endlessly throughout this sky.

Although he was scolding, that Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan expert also did not abandon his teammates.

Seeing the opponent still retreating, he fiercely waved his sleeve, and a gentle burst of energy shot out with a swoosh, landing behind those two and causing their retreating figures to quickly stop.

At the same time, that Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan expert also took a step, and in the next moment he transformed into the form of a rather imposing middle-aged man, appearing within Lin Feng and Feng'er's field of view.

And after his appearance, his gaze fixed firmly on the Lin Feng couple ahead, he angrily rebuked: "Feng Qinger, as a noble member of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan, you dare to violate clan rules, having relations with such lowly commoners, polluting our clan's bloodline, bringing shame upon our Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan."

Having said this, his face sank, and he said with great solemnity: "I, in the name of the Law Enforcement Hall Elder, according to clan regulation article three on polluting the clan's bloodline and article six on leaking the clan's inherited techniques and Dou Techniques, will immediately strip you of your phoenix bones, seal your strength, and thereafter imprison you in the ancestral land for a thousand years!"