Chapter 230: The Legend of Rebirth from Fire

If one said the Phoenix Blood Stone was fake, it wouldn't be entirely true, after all, the crime scene was placed right here; it was a stone soaked in real phoenix blood.

Exposing this matter wouldn't cause any problems. The only disadvantage was that the Phoenix clan would lose face, destroying the world's impression of the Phoenix clan's arrogance.

The people present knew a little bit about the style of the Congwendao Sect. Although the style was not upright, it wasn't a big mouth either, and wouldn't go around shouting when they knew something.

So the truth of the Phoenix Blood Stone would at most circulate within the Congwendao Sect.

Everyone focused their attention on Jiang Shan again. Jiang Shan was not resistant to the Congwendao Sect becoming an insider.

"Who doesn't know the reputation of the Congwendao Sect? Subduing demons and eliminating devils, righteous and awe-inspiring, keeping promises. I believe several fellow Daoists will not tell this matter out."

Anyway, it wasn't like the Phoenix clan hadn't lost face in the Congwendao Sect. Compared to that time, the Phoenix clan selling blood couldn't be considered losing face.

Lu Yang and the other two nodded. This matter actually didn't count as a big deal.

Li Haoran was curious and pointed to the government runners who were making Phoenix Blood Stones not far away: "How does the County Magistrate ensure they won't leak the secret? By adding money?"

There were quite a few government runners working here, more than a dozen. If one person leaked the secret, the matter of the Phoenix Blood Stone couldn't be kept.

Who knows who might accidentally say it out with a big mouth.

The County Magistrate shook his head: "They definitely won't leak the secret."

"Why?"

"You should know that wearing the Phoenix Blood Stone for a long time can strengthen yang. In the final analysis, it is the credit of phoenix blood."

"Wearing the Phoenix Blood Stone can strengthen yang, so guess what the effect will be if you work in an environment where the air is full of blood mist?"

"If one person leaks the secret, they will not be allowed to work here next time."

"Okay."

"By the way, I heard that the phoenix can be reborn from fire. Is there really such a thing?" Lu Yang remembered that old phoenix not long ago, bathing in true fire, as if it were about to be resurrected, and couldn't help but think of this ancient legend.

Jiang Shan nodded heavily, his expression full of solemnity and worship: "Yes, but this matter is almost a legend in our Phoenix clan."

"Legend has it that in the ancient era, our Phoenix clan had an ancestor who cultivated to a realm one step away from proving the Immortal Dao Fruit. Every move had supreme majesty, and one thought could change the world. Looking at the history of the Phoenix clan, she was also the strongest. In the entire record of the demon race, one couldn't find a few opponents who could rival her."

"This ancestor had a world-shaking great decisive battle with the ancestor of the Dragon clan. In that battle, even the stars in the sky were turned into powder, the sun was extinguished, and the universe was dead silent."

"No one knew the outcome of that battle. Our Phoenix clan had a Body Integration stage expert who stopped in the distance and was able to catch a glimpse of a fragment of the battle."

"He saw our Phoenix clan ancestor lying quietly in the universe, without life breath, her soul silent, completely dead."

"Her body was like a small boat, rising and falling with the waves, but the Dragon clan ancestor didn't think the outcome was decided. On the contrary, she was on guard on the side."

"Only to see suddenly, immortal fire rose from her body. She bathed in the immortal fire, spread her wings, and roared to the sky. The immortal fire was brilliant, more dazzling than the sun. She, the old lady, made bursts of phoenix cries, resounding through the universe."

"It wasn't just our Phoenix clan; many Body Integration stage cultivators were watching this world-shaking battle from a distance and saw this scene. If you have the chance to go to other demon races to read classics, you can find relevant records."

"Since then, there has been the saying of phoenix rebirth from fire, but that is something only the ancestor could do. Some people in the clan guessed that perhaps only by cultivating to the ancestor's realm can one ignore life and death and be resurrected from the dead. Therefore, phoenix rebirth from fire is no different from a legend for our ordinary Phoenix clan."

Jiang Shan spoke modestly. He was a pure-blooded phoenix, a rare existence in the Phoenix clan, with noble blood and prominent status. If it weren't for this identity, how could he get the guidance of Third Senior Sister Gan Tian, and how would he come to Luofeng County to supervise the production of Phoenix Blood Stones?

"So the matter of rebirth from fire is true. I thought it was a rootless legend." Su Shishi expressed that she had broadened her horizons. She had always rarely interacted with people, let alone talked to Phoenix clan members.

Others also nodded one after another, indicating that they had learned something: "Presumably that Phoenix clan ancestor has reached the realm of merit and creation, which is by no means comparable to ordinary Body Integration stage cultivators."

"May I ask where this Phoenix clan ancestor is now?" Lu Yang was more concerned about this question. Maybe he could know the whereabouts of the Qilin Immortal through this Phoenix clan ancestor.

Jiang Shan shook his head: "The ancestor has disappeared for a long time, and even the oldest clan elder in the clan doesn't know her whereabouts."

"Fairy, do you know about the phoenix rebirth from fire?" Lu Yang just remembered that he still had the Immortal Fairy, the golden finger, in his spiritual space.

The Immortal Fairy was sleeping and was woken up by Lu Yang.

The Immortal Fairy rubbed her eyes, yawning, unable to open her eyes, dazed: "What did you just ask?"

"Does the Fairy know about the phoenix rebirth from fire?" Lu Yang asked again.

The Immortal Fairy had just woken up, and her memory was a bit chaotic. She tilted her head, thought for a long time, and then said: "There is such a thing."

Worthy of being the head of the five ancient immortals, she had a lot of knowledge.

The so-called "having an old person in the family is like having a treasure" is the reason for this.

The Immortal Fairy yawned again before saying: "I remember that the Dragon clan genius and the Phoenix clan genius fought because they were fighting over a man. I happened to be watching from the side at that time. Tsk tsk tsk, the two of them were ruthless, lighting fires, burning paper, pulling hair, drawing circles, cursing, etc. There were many tricks."

"Wait, wait, what do you mean by lighting fires, burning paper, pulling hair, drawing circles, cursing?" Lu Yang thought to himself that this didn't sound like two Body Integration stage experts fighting.

"Oh, it's just that the two of them attacked each other with race true flames, burned semi-immortal grade talismans, and used the other's hair as a medium to set up formations to cast curses on each other." The Immortal Fairy explained casually.

"... You continue."

"Anyway, the two of them fought quite fiercely. Later, the more they fought, the more they got carried away, and their moves became more and more ruthless. I watched the Dragon clan genius have the upper hand."

"It wasn't the first time the two of them fought. The Dragon clan genius's winning rate was 60%. It's normal for the Dragon clan genius to win this time."

"Just when I thought the outcome was about to be decided, the Phoenix clan genius showed the unique skill she learned from me—the feigned death technique. She lay on the ground and feigned death, her vitality dissipated, and no one could tell she was a living person."

"The Dragon clan genius encountered this situation for the first time and was in a dilemma. If she said she won, there was no sense of achievement. If she said she lost, that was even more nonsense. But she couldn't hit a dead person; it wouldn't look good if it spread."

"At that time, she had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way—using fire to burn the Phoenix clan genius."

"The Phoenix clan genius was in pain from being burned and screamed. She jumped up suddenly, and the sound was so loud that the entire universe could hear it."

"Later, I don't know what happened, but it was spread by people as phoenix rebirth from fire. I don't know who spread the rumor; it's really immoral."

The Immortal Fairy shook her head, a bit dissatisfied with the Phoenix clan genius: "She hasn't learned the feigned death technique well enough. If it were me, I would definitely be able to continue feigning death."

"Fortunately, no one knows that I taught the feigned death technique. She learned it so poorly that I'm embarrassed to say I taught her. It's shameful."

Lu Yang: "..."

The shameful one is you, Fairy?

(End of chapter)

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