Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu teleported into the Demon Locking Tower from the Four Symbols Formation Eye on the thirtieth floor.
The plan to go to the Demon Locking Tower had been set for a long ti, and Ling Yunpo naturally did his howork in advance. He had a rough idea of what demons and treasures were hidden on each floor.
On Senior Sister An’s side, the main goal was to find her the Purple Mansion secret dicine.
For himself, he wanted to find fragnts of the Kunlun Mirror and, along the way, see if there was anything useful for those at the Golden Core Realm.
To get back on track, the reliance of cultivators on the external world decreases layer by layer as they progress from the Foundation Establishnt Realm to the Golden Core Realm, and then to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Foundation Establishnt requires Daoist Foundation Perfection, which involves collecting a large amount of Purple Mansion secret dicine—in plain terms, it ans relying on external things for cultivation.
The Golden Core Realm is relatively more independent, and the grade rank of the finally ford Nascent Soul mainly depends on the grade rank of one’s own Golden Core. Secondly, it is determined by the integrity of one’s essence after passing through the Heavenly Tribulation—the forr examines the solidity of your Daoist foundation while the latter is purely about strength. Of course, having powerful magical treasures and Flying Swords is also crucial.
As for the ones reaching the Nascent Soul Realm and ascending to immortality through Feather Transformation, it primarily depends on one’s own Daoist foundation—if soone cos through with a high-grade Golden Core and a high-grade Divine Infant, they will be between a Golden Immortal and a Daluo Golden Immortal when they finally ascend.
However, if one has an interdiate-grade Golden Core or an interdiate-grade Divine Infant, even if they perfectly pass the Feather Transformation Heavenly Tribulation, they are most likely to reach the ceiling of a Heavenly Immortal.
As for those with a low-grade Golden Core or a low-grade Divine Infant... they won’t even have the chance to undergo Tribulation, and their path of cultivation will already be cut off.
So it seems that although the path of cultivation is long, the most important thing is to steadfastly take each step.
If Senior Sister An ends up forming only a Third Grade Golden Core, it will be very difficult for her to form a Divine Infant in the future, not to ntion becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal—she could at best beco a Golden Immortal. Therefore, this ti Ling Yunpo had clearly calculated and resolved to earn that last one hundred years of cultivation for Senior Sister An.
"First is the forty-seventh floor," Ling Yunpo said to his senior sister, "Behind the Death Gate on the forty-seventh floor, it is said there is a secret realm with many huge phoenix trees."
"There, the Vermilion Birds and Phoenixes dwell, and if one can obtain the Phoenix Essence Blood, they can refine an ancient Purple Mansion secret dicine known as the ’Nine Revolutions Vermilion Phoenix Pill.’"
"Nine Revolutions Vermilion Phoenix Pill?" An Zhisu said worriedly, "I’ve never heard of this na before."
"This pill recipe is only circulated within the Phoenix Clan, so it’s normal that Senior Sister hasn’t heard of it," Ling Yunpo said with a smile, "Just wait outside, Senior Sister, while I go fetch the dicine."
"Be careful, Junior Brother," An Zhisu could hardly bear to part.
Having parted with An Zhisu, Ling Yunpo calmly walked toward the Death Gate.
In the Demon Locking Tower, the Phoenix Clan mbers each possess the strength of the Golden Core Realm’s Obscure Weave Rank, with quite a few at the Nascent Soul Realm.
If one were to forcefully snatch the pill by violence, even a Nascent Soul Elder entering would have a difficult ti, requiring a true immortal to intervene.
However, Ling Yunpo already had an ingenious plan, unthinkable to an ordinary person, thanks to his great wisdom.
"Ah Jing, give Junior Sister Xu’s template!"
"Oh, the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart, right?" the Kunlun Mirror asked knowingly.
"No! What I want is the Phoenix Bloodline’s template!" Ling Yunpo said irritably, as if to say, you’re playing dumb with , "You’ve scanned Ying Long before, and let obtain Ying Long’s Essence Blood, which enabled to mimic the Dragon Clan’s Long Long with their bloodline."
"Now that you’ve scanned Junior Sister Xu, and I’ve taken the Nine Revolutions Vermilion Phoenix Pill containing Phoenix Essence Blood, creating a temporary Phoenix template shouldn’t be a problem, right?"
"No problem," the Kunlun Mirror answered, "Actually, I think even without using an illusion technique, with your eloquence and clever mind, you should be able to blend in with them..."
"Am I the kind of person who casually adds difficulty for myself when I’m not busy?" Ling Yunpo replied unhappily, "Cut the chatter and hurry up!"
"Sword Master actually isn’t denying it," the Green Duckweed Sword marveled, chatting privately with the Kunlun Mirror, "Could it be that he truly could blend into the Phoenix Clan without relying on an illusion technique?"
"Don’t know," the Kunlun Mirror chuckled, "But if it’s him, no matter how outrageous the thing he does, I wouldn’t be surprised."
"Neither would I," the Green Duckweed Sword expressed complete agreent.
With the new illusion template generated, Ling Yunpo turned into a handso young man with red hair, red eyes, and fair skin, and walked out from the passageway.
Behind the Death Gate of the secret realm lay a vast valley.
A mountain spring bubbled and streams trickled, the sound of rippling water filled the air. The phoenix trees and tall arbors swayed, rustling softly. It gave Ling Yunpo the illusion of having returned to the Hundred Flower Valley.
Soon, several cultivators flew over from the distance, shouting:
"Who goes there! How dare you trespass into our clan’s secret realm... Eh?"
"Are you from our clan?" The three circled Ling Yunpo, sensing the extraordinarily pure phoenix bloodline essence on him and noting that the bloodline rank was quite high.
"I am of the Vermilion Bird Clan, what clan are you from?" Ling Yunpo asked in return.
"Hey, Vermilion Bird." One of them laughed, "That’s a na we haven’t heard in a long ti. Humans usually just call us Phoenixes, rarely do they discern the difference. Brother, what’s your na? Did you co from the outside?"
"My na is ’Feng Jiu’." Ling Yunpo took out the excuse he had prepared earlier, "Due to certain reasons, I drifted from the Eastern Emperor Realm to the Mortal Realm, and was recently captured by the humans, who then sent here."
"Eastern Emperor Realm?" The Vermilion Bird cultivators looked at each other, expressions of surprise and suspicion dawning on their faces.
The Cultivation Realm and the Eastern Emperor Realm had been separated by an impassable divide created by the Sun True Obscure Sword for nearly a hundred thousand years, making communication between the two nearly impossible.
Demons entering the Demon Locking Tower are often those who live in secluded corners of the Cultivation Realm and are captured by Shushan before being confined within.
Like Ying Long, a demon who stord into the Mortal Realm from the Eastern Emperor Realm, only to be imprisoned in the Demon Locking Tower, the probability of finding one in this place was less than one in ten thousand.
"You’re from the Eastern Emperor Realm?" One of them pretended to disbelieve and probed, "Then tell us, where in the Eastern Emperor Realm is the Vermilion Bird Clan stationed? And what’s the na of the current clan leader?"
"The entire Feathered Clan resides in South State, and our Vermilion Bird Clan lives on ’Wu Island’ in the Southern Sea," Ling Yunpo replied smoothly, obviously well-inford about the Eastern Emperor Realm, "The current clan leader is called ’Feng Li’, a direct descendant of the ancient Vermilion Bird Ancestor."
The Vermilion Bird cultivators exchanged silent glances, revealing no emotions.
Most of the Vermilion Bird Clan within the Demon Locking Tower were born there and had never ventured into the world outside the tower.
Their knowledge of the Vermilion Bird Clan ca in snippets from the clan’s ancient records, yet it coincided with what Ling Yunpo had said... and his account was even more detailed.
After all, everyone knew that the main Vermilion Bird Clan took the surna Feng (following their ancient ancestor), but no one knew the current clan leader’s na for sure.
With this in mind, they imdiately smiled and beca much more enthusiastic about taking Ling Yunpo back to their clan.
On the way there, everyone chatted incessantly, asking Ling Yunpo about the Vermilion Bird Clan’s situation in the Eastern Emperor Realm:
"Feng Jiu, I heard that after Emperor Ying Long was imprisoned, the Jiaolong Clan of Central State rapidly declined. So, who now rules over the myriad demons in the Eastern Emperor Realm?"
"The Qilin Clan. They struck a secret alliance with the Xuanwu Clan, then convinced the Azure Dragon Clan from Eastern State to join their side, eventually picking up the political fruits left by the Jiaolong Clan," Ling Yunpo, naturally well-versed in the history of the Eastern Emperor Realm, answered without hesitation.
"Oh! So, did we, the Vermilion Bird Clan, just stand by and watch this happen?" another cultivator asked, puzzled.
"Of course not," Ling Yunpo replied with a smile, "We never submitted to the Jiaolong, let alone the Qilin. It is rely that with the Qilin Clan allied with the Xuanwu, persuading the Azure Dragon, and marrying into the White Tiger Clan, it was tough for our Feathered Clan in South State to contend with the powers of the other four States."
"After that, with the Azure Dragon and White Tiger Clans rely watching from the sidelines, we fought several battles with Central State!"
"Is that so!" they all exclaid, quite thrilled by the news.
The Vermilion Bird Clan was innately proud; learning that their main clan had been clashing with the Qilin Clan filled them with a sense of vicarious honor.
Moreover, since Ling Yunpo’s detailed narrative matched with portions of their clan records and the rest seed too accurate to be fabricated, they believed almost all of it.
As for the last bit of doubt, they would have to wait until their clan leader had t this "Feng Jiu" before they could reach a final conclusion.
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