??370: Chapter 022: Phoenix Perches on the Parasol Tree
370: Chapter 022: Phoenix Perches on the Parasol Tree
The breath of the Heavenly Tribulation could not be felt by cultivators who hadn’t reached the Sword Tribulation Realm.
But real geniuses were exceptions.
Zhou Yan was a true genius, and so was Feng Jiu Xian.
A true genius could, through a re exchange of gazes or clashing of Sword Intents, trigger the aura of the Heavenly Tribulation—a phenonon as incredible as a myth.
Yet this wasn’t a myth; it was a fact.
As Feng Jiu Xian’s gaze t Zhou Yan’s, their wills collided in an instant.
Zhou Yan’s eyes were calm, discreetly withdrawing his gaze without a trace.
In Feng Jiu Xian’s indifferent, spiritual eyes, there was a clear flicker of shock, as if a cultivator who could look her in the eye and retract his so composedly was beyond her expectations.
She hadn’t spoken yet when she noticed that Zhou Yan, having withdrawn his equally indifferent gaze, turned around with tranquility and continued to stand on the peak of his own mountain, gazing into the distance.
It was as if he hadn’t seen her at all.
Feng Jiu Xian’s beautiful brow furrowed slightly; her gaze still sharp, she kept her eyes on Zhou Yan’s retreating back.
After a long while, seeing that Zhou Yan showed no reaction, Feng Jiu Xian appeared contemplative and revealed a faint, proud smile, saying, “A rare Thunderfla Sword Body, coupled with the inexplicable aura of the Tao, and even the charm of Ancient Scriptures…
This shows you’ve had an extraordinary past.
Hmm, interesting.”
Feng Jiu Xian seed to be murmuring to herself, but her light words clearly reached Zhou Yan’s ears.
Zhou Yan’s silhouette paused for a mont; the seemingly calm ti was actually not peaceful.
Because in his Master’s mories lay the great secrets of the Undying Fire Phoenix Clan.
Therefore, Zhou Yan had a lot to ponder over Feng Jiu Xian, and these considerations were extrely important.
But Zhou Yan would not show it.
He turned back, his eyes bright and profound, unfathomable, yet also carrying a hint of a light smile, teasingly saying, “Little girl, don’t act so mature before you co of age.
After all, aging is not a happy matter.”
Zhou Yan spoke as if he were a deep old man, giving advice to his younger kin.
Feng Jiu Xian’s body shook, her expression turning colder as she fixed a piercing look on Zhou Yan, saying, “I see you’re just a little brat yourself, what’s with the act of being so mature?
Even that Saint said you’ve only cultivated for twenty-three years!
You’re only alive now because you ca out from an ancient sealed land, so what’s there to boast about?”
Feng Jiu Xian retorted sharply.
Her voice was filled with an inexplicable anger.
However, after speaking, she herself seed startled, because she wasn’t soone with a quick temper, nor was she soone who would react so fiercely to soone else’s words.
But now, facing this cultivator with the Thunderfla Sword Body, she found it difficult to control her emotions.
Sothing very strange surged within her, as if…
this person was entwined with her by destiny.
It was a terrifying sensation, such that once clarity dawned upon her, she fell silent.
Despite her behavior being inconsistent with her usual character, now that the words were out, she would not try to cover them up, rely lifting her proud head unnaturally, looking down at Zhou Yan with a disdainful gaze.
Zhou Yan, too, was montarily startled, but soon he had a sense of realization, thoughtfully saying, “Little girl, the ancient lineage of Thunderfla was once connected to the Undying Fire Phoenix Clan, and my inheritance is even older than yours.
Calling you ‘little girl’ is not unreasonable.
Moreover, you may deceive others, but how can you deceive ?
You have a hidden injury, clearly from an innate deficiency since birth.
From this, it seems that the internal struggles within your Fire Phoenix Clan must be quite severe.
Otherwise, as the daughter of a Saint, you would not be born with such deficiencies.
That is to say, soone clearly did not want you to be born.
Yet, despite that, you were still born and you have grown up well.
Not yet twenty, you’ve already reached the Realm of the Sword Soul Third Layer Heaven…
This speaks to your exceptional talent.”
Zhou Yan casually derived all this.
His analysis caused Feng Jiu Xian’s face to fluctuate with uncertainty.
She stared at Zhou Yan as if looking at a monster, clearly not expecting him to derive such terrifying information from the slightest sign of her impeded vital energy.
And as Zhou Yan’s conjectures were indeed mostly correct, she suddenly beca sowhat wary of Zhou Yan, this monstrous being.
Even though Zhou Yan’s Realm seed to match hers, and even though she felt she was stronger than him, for so reason she found Zhou Yan very frightening, feeling as if his strength might actually surpass her own.
Seeing Feng Jiu Xian’s uncertain expression, Zhou Yan’s mind was already clear.
For such a proud woman, if he had said anything wrong, she would not miss the chance to mock him and would have outright sneered at him.
Especially with matters like digging up soone’s secrets, she would have even more reason to do so.
But she didn’t, leading him to surmise his guess was close to the mark.
“So what if that’s true?
You know I have talent.
Humph, you aren’t much older yourself, yet you act so formidable in front of
just to impress , aren’t you?”
Feng Jiu Xian instinctively behaved sowhat childishly in front of Zhou Yan, a far cry from her deanor during the test in the main hall of the Guanghan South Mansion.
But Zhou Yan knew the reason behind this.
The Phoenix Perches on a Wutong Tree.
The Undying Fire Phoenix, together with the Primordial Thunderfla—they had a relationship of dependency.
Zhou Yan’s constitution was that of the Undying Fire Phoenix, a destined connection, not rely dependent on whether they were familiar with each other or strangers.
Just as the Emperor Qi Sword Body naturally restrained other Sword Bodies in the Sword Dao.
Zhou Yan’s Thunderfla Sword Body had an innate attraction to the Original Flas within the Undying Fire Phoenix’s Chaos Sword Body.
Zhou Yan was like a firm-standing tree that the Feng Jiu Xian instinctively wanted to rely on.
This was the root of everything.
Otherwise, the collision of Sword Intent between Feng Jiu Xian and Zhou Yan—the clash of Chaos and Thunderfla—would not have possibly attracted the aura of a Heavenly Tribulation.
Zhou Yan knew the reason but wouldn’t speak of it, for he also needed to understand the Nirvana characteristics of the Undying Fire Phoenix’s constitution.
Thunderfla was an ultimate form of Flas, and if he could obtain the capabilities of the Undying Fire Phoenix, he would be much more confident about this marriage recruitnt.
“If you put it that way, what can I say?
If you are interested, or if you want to hear
analyze further, why don’t you co over for a talk?”
Zhou Yan turned around, facing Feng Jiu Xian.
His figure was like a lonely crane, his garnts flowing, his deanor transcending the mundane, resembling a tiless Grandmaster, exuding a unique charm.
Feng Jiu Xian paused for a mont, initially intending to refuse, yet heard Zhou Yan laugh and say, “What’s the matter?
The proud prodigy of the Undying Fire Phoenix, though in a state of downfall as a Holy Daughter, is still a Holy Daughter of her generation.
Do you dare not co over?”
“What is there to fear?
What can you possibly do to ?”
Feng Jiu Xian said with a cold face, full of arrogance.
Although she knew Zhou Yan was provoking her on purpose, and she also knew this was his way of goading her, sotis these simple thods were the most effective.
“I naturally won’t do anything to you, just, well, feeling a connection.
Co over, and I will give you an opportunity to avoid a tribulation,”
Zhou Yan said calmly.
His eyes carried a soft smile, and the corners of his eyes also bore a hint of laughter, approachable and extrely gentle.
Such a smile removed the previously tense atmosphere between them.
Feng Jiu Xian pondered for a brief mont, then her body turned into a ball of fire, suddenly arriving at the peak where Zhou Yan stood.
Not only that, this ball of fire was so powerful that upon landing, the entire mountain was instantly scorched and vaporized into a blackened wasteland by the intense and fiery aura.
Zhou Yan, sowhat embarrassed, looked at the mountain peak that had suddenly evaporated into a charred wasteland, and after grinning, ultimately said nothing.
“Hmph, look at you, still speaking so grandly.
You think, by using a ntal assault to make
lose my composure and combining it with charming words, you intend to glean a series of information from ?
I may lack experience, but people like you, I have seen plenty,”
Feng Jiu Xian said with a proud expression on her face, as if she were an arrogant Little Princess, utterly delighted with herself.
Zhou Yan quietly watched Feng Jiu Xian until she felt uncomfortable, then she snapped, “What are you looking at?
Keep staring and I’ll gouge out those thieving eyes of yours!”
“Haven’t you noticed that in front of , you’ve dropped your pretense of a demure character and instead revealed your true nature?”
Zhou Yan suddenly asked.
He did not intend to beat around the bush but asked directly.
Feng Jiu Xian was montarily taken aback, evidently realizing the peculiar situation for herself.
Then she truly cald down, and her expression turned genuinely cold.
Her eyes were filled with chilling intent as she said coldly, “Are you scheming against ?”
“What’s in it for ?
What will I gain?”
Zhou Yan countered.
Feng Jiu Xian reined in her emotions and stood there coldly, her previously naive and innocent personality vanishing completely.
Now, she was like a frosty Goddess, capricious as a turned page and limitless in her murderous aura.
Her fiery personality managed to co across so icy cold—a true case of polar opposites, signifying she had cultivated her Flas with a chilling aspect.
That was truly terrifying.
“Speak up, what’s your purpose?”
Feng Jiu Xian said icily, her deanor slightly more restrained.
Because during the prior interaction with Zhou Yan, she unwittingly found herself completely opening up as if she were talking to an elder in the family, utterly letting down her guard and not cultivating any sense of wariness against Zhou Yan.
Not only that, but she had also whimsically set his mountaintop ablaze, leaving him taken aback.
Yet seeing Zhou Yan’s astonished look honestly gave her a mont of inexplicable pleasure, only now realizing how irrational it all was.
They had just t; why would she act in such a way?
Yet she did exactly that, feeling it was all natural.
Considering all this, even with all her pride, Feng Jiu Xian suddenly felt that Zhou Yan was incredibly fearso!
He was an enigmatic and sinister Cultivator who surely possessed terrifying abilities yet to be unleashed.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have so blatantly fought against that genius Xiao Tianlun known for the Sixth Transformation Sword Void!
Feng Jiu Xian might not have been highly intelligent, but that did not an she was foolish.
Realizing this, she suddenly regretted coming to the mountain and initially regretted trying to detect Zhou Yan with her Sword Intent-filled gaze without cause.
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