Chapter 157: Obtaining the True Phoenix Inheritance

"Gangzi! It seems there's no chance..."

Seeing the little Zhenhuang refuse point-blank, Mengchen knew that gaining insight into the Zhenhuang Dharma was now hopeless.

"It is only because this is the Zhenhuang Gudian, the dojo of the person I respect most; otherwise, if you wished, I would certainly have taken it for you," the Vajra Pestle responded.

Following this, the voice added with a hint of desolation: "I do not wish to make things difficult for her descendants! Since there is no fate, let us go! The Zhenhuang Dharma does not necessarily have to be obtained here."

"Mm!" Mengchen replied in his heart, his mind already made up to leave resolutely.

"Since that is the case, then my Kunpeng Technique and Jiuyou Ao True Dharma will also have no fate with you!" Before leaving, Mengchen said to the little Zhenhuang.

As he finished speaking, Mengchen turned his head, his eyes looking with some disappointment one last time at the red lotus on the Dao Platform and the Zhenhuang Rune within that red lotus.

That was the fortune of the Ten Fiends, the Zhenhuang Dharma! A unique cultivation method capable of becoming stronger through Nirvana; unfortunately, there was ultimately no fate.

Finally, Mengchen turned around resolutely and walked toward Heizi and the others.

At this moment, the little Zhenhuang suddenly scolded sharply: "Stop right there! I brought you here; even if there is no merit, there should at least be hard work. That you cannot obtain the Zhenhuang Dharma is your own incompetence, don't blame me. You must fulfill the agreement and leave behind the Kunpeng Technique and the Jiuyou Ao True Dharma."

Now she had figured it out: this bald youth was not that person, so there was no need for her to give him a pleasant expression.

Her mind was made up; if he obediently and sensibly handed over the two True Dharmas, she would not make things difficult for him and would send him out properly. But if he did not cooperate, she would beat him until he did.

"What do you want to do? Don't think I'm truly afraid of you." Mengchen turned around, looking at the little Zhenhuang, his expression stern.

Previously, when he called out to the Vajra Pestle and received no response, he had been wary of her. Now that Gangzi had suggested he leave and had his back, why should he fear her?

Xiyao, Heizi, and the Tianhu Shaonü saw this sudden situation and felt it was bad, their expressions becoming grave.

Yuechan, on the side, was naturally happy to see this, secretly rejoicing in her heart, thinking that the hateful, shameless scoundrel was finally going to receive his comeuppance.

"I said, if there is no merit, there should be hard work; you must leave behind a reward."

The little Zhenhuang's tone grew increasingly cold, two balls of raging fire igniting in her eyes. At this moment, golden-red light surged over her entire body, as if she were bathing in flames, her aura quite magnificent.

"Impossible, unless you take out the Zhenhuang Dharma to exchange!"

Mengchen's resolve was firm; this little Zhenhuang must possess the complete Zhenhuang Dharma, and she clearly did not want to exchange it.

And her current display suggested she intended to take it by force, so it was even more impossible to give it to her.

"Hmph! Fine! Since you want the Zhenhuang Dharma so much, I will give it to you now," the little Zhenhuang said with a dark face, snorting coldly.

Immediately, a pair of gorgeous golden-red True Phoenix Wings suddenly extended from her back, and in an instant, she flew into the high sky, transforming into her true Zhenhuang form.

"Ah..."

Accompanied by a sharp cry, endless true fire erupted from the Zhenhuang's body, possessing the momentum of a prairie fire. In an instant, it shrouded the high sky, the terrifying aura extremely shocking.

The Tianhu Shaonü, Heizi, and Xiyao stepped forward at this instant and stood with Mengchen; this attitude already explained everything.

Conversely, Yuechan, on the side, remained motionless, her willow eyebrows slightly raised, looking very much prepared to watch a good show.

"Wife, are you not coming to stand with your husband?" Mengchen glanced sideways, his main attention focused entirely on the little Zhenhuang to prevent her from suddenly attacking.

"Hmph! You shameless scoundrel deserve to be taught a lesson; you'd better look out for yourself!" Yuechan snorted lightly, a trace of mockery appearing on her fair and exquisite face.

Mengchen said indifferently: "Fine! It's one thing that you, Yuechan, do not observe wifely virtues, but you actually hope for your husband to suffer! When we return, I will certainly teach you a lesson. I must let you know that husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and when disaster strikes, they should face it together." Hearing what Mengchen said, the Tianhu Shaonü, with her beautiful and charming face, looked very stunned and said: "Uh... my silly brother, this saying is 'husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly apart', right?"

"You talk too much!"

Mengchen turned back and gave a light reprimand, lowering the hand he had raised, which had intended to fly toward her shapely buttocks. He thought, just for the sake of her being willing to stand with him, he would spare her this once.

"You... you are too shameless!"

Yuechan was enraged; how shameless must a person be to say such things?

She was determined to become an immortal and had always been pure-hearted and ascetic, never touching the slightest bit of romantic love. For him to say she did not observe wifely virtues was simply the greatest insult, surpassing all previous ones.

"Shh...!"

As Yuechan's arms danced lightly, glowing light surged, and she grasped a long sword. The glowing light bloomed with infinite brilliance, her graceful figure drifting like an immortal, and she flew to attack with a calm face.

"Heh, an internal fight has broken out. This bastard really deserves it!" The little Zhenhuang high above saw this and sneered inwardly.

She appeared unhurried, thinking she would first watch how Mengchen would deal with this.

"Shh..., Boom!"

At this very instant, the red lotus on the high platform suddenly erupted with a beam of red light that shot straight into the sky with great momentum. The red light seemed to pierce through the river of time, with countless great stars hanging in the void, rotating there; the scene was shocking.

Almost at the same instant, a crimson light shot down from among those stars of unknown origin, dense with crimson Runes, shrouding Mengchen in an instant.

Heizi, Xiyao, and the Tianhu Shaonü, who were beside him, were instantly knocked away by the red light, and Yuechan, who was thrusting her sword, was also successively forced back by a giant force.

Shrouded by the red light, the crimson Runes within it instantly rushed into Mengchen's body, causing his body to shake as he heard a grand voice.

It was a primitive Dao, yet it hid a kind of hegemony, as if containing the majesty of the Immortal Dao, as if an ancient supreme being was speaking to him about the mysteries of the Dharma across the river of time.

In this instant, he obtained the supreme True Dharma. This Dharma was exactly the Zhenhuang Dharma he now longed to obtain; it was the inheritance of the Ten Fiends Zhenhuang, obtained across the endless river of time.

In just an instant, the little Zhenhuang in the high sky opened her small mouth into an "O" shape, feeling it was unbelievable.

"He... he is actually that person. Mother is transmitting the Dharma to him across the river of time."

The little Zhenhuang was thrilled at this moment; at the other end of the river of time, she seemed to feel the presence of her mother.

Slowly, the little Zhenhuang transformed back into human form, the biting aura on her body surface dissipated in an instant, and the flames covering the high sky also vanished.

Xiyao, Heizi, the Tianhu Shaonü, Yuechan, and the others were all shocked; such a phenomenon was truly astonishing and rare in the world.

"This... what exactly happened?"

Although they did not know what Mengchen was experiencing at this moment, they could feel that Mengchen's aura had become increasingly vigorous and solemn, as if he had attained the Great Dao.

The joy on Mengchen's face was unconcealed. What he had not expected was that he could obtain the complete Zhenhuang inheritance without any warning, and the complex and profound True Dharma was instantly comprehended by him; it was simply inconceivable.

However, at this moment, he noticed that in the red lotus on the Dao Platform ahead, the previously reflected Zhenhuang Rune, accompanied by the sky-piercing red light, had all floated up, condensing into a blurry, beautiful silhouette within the red light. Beside her were some blurry characters; looking closely, one seemed to be able to make out a few.

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