Volume 2 Chapter 125: Astonishing Divine Tree Dwelling Cyan Luan

  Looking at the extremely ferocious Zhao Zhuo, Nie Wen's face showed a bitter expression. Originally wanting to join forces with Han Qiang to take down Zhao Zhuo together, but now Zhao Zhuo was desperately suppressing himself in battle, while Han Qiang on the side was merely pretending to charge at Zhao Zhuo.

  Borrowing a knife to kill, Nie Wen immediately understood Han Qiang's intention. It was clear that Han Qiang wanted to use Zhao Zhuo's hand to get himself killed, and then he could snatch the treasure.

  With a low growl, Nie Wen didn't hate Zhao Zhuo, but he hated Han Qiang. Thinking of the decades-long friendship between the two, it was actually not as valuable as the temptation of a single treasure. Suddenly, Nie Wen had a feeling of great enlightenment.

  He let out a long sigh, gazed deeply at Han Qiang for a moment, then took Zhao Zhuo's sword and disappeared into the night sky with severe injuries.

  It was clear that Zhao Zhuo had not expected Nie Wen to make such a decisive decision to give up, and he was stunned for a moment. However, he quickly reacted because at this time Han Qiang's attack suddenly intensified, and even the defense of the pagoda was on the verge of collapse, with the possibility of being breached at any time.

  Zhao Duo's mouth corner revealed a cold smile, if Han Qiang had used his full strength from the beginning, then he might not have been able to attack Nie Wen with peace of mind, and it would not have been possible for him to cause such severe injuries to Nie Wen.

  As for Han Qiang's intention, Zhao Zhuo understood it clearly in his heart, so he coldly smiled in his heart. However, no matter what, even if Nie Wen and Han Qiang joined forces with all their might, Zhao Zhuo hadn't used the North Ming Kunpeng method yet could still handle the two of them. Once he used the North Ming method, the two of them wouldn't be a match for him even in their prime.

  Nie Wen gave Han Qiang a pitiful glance. Although Zhao Zhuo didn't know the relationship between Nie Wen and Han Qiang, he could tell from the complex look in Nie Wen's eyes when she left that their relationship was not simple. However, no matter what, when Han Qiang chose to sacrifice Nie Wen, his fate was sealed.

  Han Qiang's face was filled with shock and disbelief, retreating step by step, the Dazzling Shield in his hand already shattered beyond recognition. If it weren't for this top-grade spirit artifact blocking Zhao Zhuo's fatal blow, Han Qiang would probably have fallen on the spot.

  The Nine Sons Ghost Mother Yin Yang Sword revolved and fluttered around Zhao Zhuo's body, gazing faintly at Han Qiang's desperate face. Zhao Zhuo sneered: "Originally, if you two didn't come to provoke me, I wouldn't necessarily interfere with your affairs. But since you chose to deal with me, don't blame me for not being polite."

  Looking in the direction where Nie Wen had left earlier, Han Qiang sighed: "If I had known today, why bother with the past? It's me who wronged Brother Nie, and I should have been punished."

  Han Qiang suddenly self-destructed his Yuanshen, and even the Dharma body followed suit. It was clear that Han Qiang had realized he couldn't escape death, and with a sudden enlightenment like Nie Wen, his heart filled with remorse, he chose to end his own life. Even Zhao Zhuo beside him was somewhat surprised.

  Han Qiang's body fell to the ground, and looking at that peaceful face, Zhao Zhuo waved his hand and struck a big hole in the ground, then pushed Han Qiang's body into the hole and buried it.

  At this time, Bai Jingjing had already retrieved the Heaven Flag that fell from the sky. Looking at the simple and unadorned Heaven Flag, Zhao Zhuo infused it with his magic power. Suddenly, the Heaven Flag grew larger, gently waving back and forth, releasing powerful energy that swept across all directions, its might not inferior in any way. However, Zhao Zhuo held the Nine-Child Ghost Mother Yin-Yang Sword, while Bai Jingjing held the Eastern Wood Green Dragon Seal, both of which had stronger attacking power than the Heaven Flag, making it completely unnecessary to use the Heaven Flag.

  Zhao Duo looked at Bai Jing, and the two had a tacit understanding. Bai Jing shook her head, and Zhao Duo smiled as he held the Tian Fang flag: "In that case, I'll give this flag to Little Sister. She doesn't have any powerful magical artifacts in her hands, so giving her the Tian Fang flag will increase her chances of survival."

  Bai Jing nodded slightly.

  Put away the heavenly flag, Zhao Zhuo said: "It seems that there are not many cultivators who have entered this time. It's only been a short while, and we've already met Jin Yu and Qing Que, two elders, as well as these two people. We can't help but take a walk around, maybe we'll find some treasures."

  Not long after the two left, a figure appeared in front of the tomb that Zhao Zhuo had built for Han Qiang. It was none other than Nie Wen, who had escaped earlier.

  Nie Wen stood in front of the tomb, his facial expression changing unpredictably, finally letting out a long sigh before turning around and disappearing into the night sky.

  Zhao Duo and Bai Jing didn't pay attention to these, anyway Nie Wen couldn't threaten them, for these potential enemies who were not a threat Zhao Duo didn't put his heart into it, besides Nie Wen might not be their enemy.

  For nearly half a year, Zhao Zhuo and Bai Jing walked through an area of hundreds of millions of miles, during which they discovered many heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Although none of them were particularly precious, at least they enriched Zhao Zhuo's collection.

  Of course, there were not a few struggles encountered along the way. Whether it was seeing others fighting for various treasures or competing with others for a certain spiritual object, dozens of battles took place, including strong people from the Return to One period and cultivators who had not yet reached the Solid God period.

  In this process, Zhao Lian and others who were in the treasure tower were released by Zhao Zhuo to follow him. When they encountered someone with poor cultivation, they would naturally temper Zhao Lian's abilities. If they encountered a strong opponent, they would simply retreat and flee with their tails between their legs. Thanks to Zhao Zhuo's cunning, no one had ever suffered any losses.

  Zhao Lian skipped ahead, while Jing Buxie and Jing Buwang looked around cautiously with a vigilant expression. As for Jing Qingyi, he fell behind Zhao Shuo and Bai Cangqiang, his eyes shining brightly as he scanned the surroundings, as if there was some treasure on the ground.

  Zhao Luan ran to Jing Qingyi's side and smiled: "Qingyi, stop looking, there's no treasure on this land"

  Jing Qingyi shook his head and said: "Earlier wasn't I asked to find a large piece of refined gold? If I'm not careful, it'll slip past me."

  Zhao Lian rolled his eyes, thinking that Jing Qingyi finding the refined gold was like a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse - it was already a stroke of luck to have encountered such a thing once, and to think of encountering it again would be simply impossible.

  A loud and clear cry echoed, a colorful light covered the sky.

  Zhao Duo furrowed his brow, took a few glances around, and immediately led the crowd to hide in a dense thicket. Just as they had barely hidden, they saw that patch of colorful light approaching. When it got close, Zhao Duo realized that it wasn't some kind of rainbow-colored light, but rather several Azure Luan birds teasing a few cultivators.

  Those few cultivators were at most in the Divine Transformation stage, and they weren't even a match for these few Azure Luan birds. Even the weakest of the Azure Luan birds had cultivation at the initial stage of Returning to One, and they could toy with these few cultivators, who didn't have any ability to resist.

  Suddenly, a cyan bird spewed out a mouthful of cyan flames from its beak. The cyan flames stuck to the bodies of several cultivators, and all that could be heard were the mournful cries of those cultivators as they struggled and howled in agony amidst the flames.

  However, several monks were unscathed, not even their clothes were burned to a thread, yet several monks eventually fell to the ground, without a breath of air on their bodies.

  He took a deep breath of cool air, and a cautious glint appeared in Zhao Zhuo's eyes. The Qing Luan fire was the kind that could burn souls, and it could be said that almost 99% of cultivators couldn't handle it, no matter how high their cultivation level was. As long as they came into contact with the Qing Luan fire, it was almost impossible to escape death.

  After several people disappeared and were burned to death, several green peacocks made a loud cry and flew up. The sky was filled with a layer of haze. Several beautiful green peacocks gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

  After the Bluebird disappeared, Zhao Zhuo said in a low voice: "Is this the Bluebird? It's really domineering and majestic."

  Zhao Luan's eyes lit up, and if it wasn't for Bai Jing pulling him back, who knows whether he would have rushed out just now.

  "Ah, it's a blue magpie bird, Second Brother, that's a blue magpie bird!"

  Upon hearing Zhao Lian's excited voice, Zhao Zhuo smiled wryly and nodded: "No need for you to say it, I also know that's the Qing Luan bird. I know you want to possess the Qing Luan Fa Xiang, but you've seen how formidable those Qing Luan birds are; we're simply no match for them."

  Bai Jingyan furrowed her brow and said, "The Qing Luan bird is both beautiful and dangerous. If one doesn't have absolute strength, it's best not to provoke this spirit beast."

  It's clear that Bai Jingjing doesn't agree to take risks for the sake of the illusory Qinglian Fa. Zhao Lian knows that Zhao Zhuo and Bai Jingjing are right, and a disappointed look appears on his face.

  Zhao Zhuo felt a wave of unbearable thoughts in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "Isn't it just the Qing Luan bird? I can even catch the Kun Peng, this Qing Luan bird isn't something that anyone can encounter. Since we've encountered them, it means that we have a fate with these Qing Luan birds. Who knows, maybe we can find some young Qing Luan birds to refine into Fa Xiang."

  Zhao Luan's eyes lit up, but soon Zhao Luan shook his head with a worried face: "Second brother, I don't want to use the Qing Luan Fa Xiang anymore. Let's not take risks, these Qing Luan birds are not something we can afford to provoke right now."

  "Don't worry, Second Brother isn't a fool and won't go to his death blindly. If I didn't have confidence in it, I wouldn't do it. Let's go take a look first."

  Jing Qingyi opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, so he said nothing. As for Jing Buxiao and Jing Buwang, they wouldn't mention any opinions, as long as Zhao Suo's decision was agreed upon by the two brothers, that was enough.

  Bai Jing saw that Zhao Zhuo had made up his mind, so he didn't try to persuade him anymore. Instead, he signaled for Qing Yi and others to enter the treasure tower.

  Perhaps the Azure Bird had never encountered the sky and earth for a long time, anyway they moved without any cover, and could see that dazzling light from dozens of miles away.

  Taking into account the keen sensitivity of the Qing Luan bird, Zhao Shuo, Bai Jing and Zhao Luan hung far away, tens of miles outside, and walked for tens of thousands of miles without seeing the Qing Luan bird fall.

  As expected by Zhao Zhuo, on the way he indeed found several batches of people hanging far behind the Qing Luan bird, apparently with the same goal as them.

  Zhao Luan exclaimed in surprise: "I didn't expect that apart from us, there are actually people who have the idea of catching the Qing Luan bird, and it's not just one group of people. It's really unbelievable."

  Zhao Duo didn't show as much surprise as Zhao Lian, and after hearing Zhao Lian's exclamation, he chuckled softly and said: "Silly girl, don't you think about it? With the Qing Luan bird making such a big commotion, apart from us, I'm afraid anyone who notices the Qing Luan bird will be tempted to take advantage of it."

  Zhao Luan's face suddenly showed a look of realization, and he stared at Zhao Zhuang: "Big brother, I know now, didn't you think of this point long ago?"

  Zhao Duan smiled slightly and said, "I don't have such great abilities. I just thought ahead that it's possible some cultivators might not be able to resist the temptation and go after these Azure Luan birds, but I didn't expect there would be so many people."

  Bai Jing said: "I think you had planned to use these people from the very beginning"

  "How can it be called exploitation? Everyone's goal is the Azure Bird, and when the time comes, each will rely on their own methods."

  Rolled her eyes, Bai Jingjing, who knew Zhao Shuo quite well, wouldn't believe his words.

  "Look quickly, the green bird has come down. Good heavens, what is that? Is this still a tree? How can it be so big!"

  A cry of surprise from Zhao Lian's side, and now Zhao Duo and Bai Jing also looked at the front with a face full of astonishment. The towering tree in front of them was like a giant mountain piercing into the clouds.

  "What a shocking wood! Is this the legendary shocking wood? It is said that in ancient times, there were several kinds of strange woods. One was the tung tree where the phoenix lived, and the other was the shocking wood where the blue bird lived. Legend has it that the shocking wood is tens of thousands of feet tall, with a canopy covering hundreds of millions of square miles."

  Zhao Duo muttered to himself, Zhao Luan and Bai Jing had looks of astonishment on their faces.

  A loud, clear call came from the dense foliage, and soon several kingfishers flew out, their iridescent feathers glistening in all directions.

  Almost ten Azure Swallow birds flew in pairs, swirling and soaring through the air. This wondrous sight could probably only be seen in a place like this, a blessed land of caves. If it were in the mortal world, these Azure Swallow birds would likely have been caught or killed by humans long ago.

  Perhaps it was because they knew the ferocity of the Qing Luan bird, but the cultivators with the same goal as Zhao Zhuo stood in groups, gazing from a distance, and no one rashly rushed out.

  It's already hard to deal with one Azure Luan bird, now there are nearly ten Azure Luan birds appearing, let alone a whole team, even if all the cultivators present rush up, they might not be enough for these Azure Luan birds to kill.

  Looking from afar at the blue bird flying into the dense foliage and gradually disappearing, the cultivators who were hiding in the dark one by one appeared.

  When a number of people appeared, these cultivators were first stunned, and then each retreated to their own teams. In this place, there was no room for reason, as long as one's strength was strong enough, anything could be seized.

  There are about twenty people in four teams, which means each team has only four or five people. Think about it, if there were more people, even if they found some treasure, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

  One of the teams had a higher overall strength, with two cultivators in the Great Circle of Spiritual Communication and two in the Initial Stage of Returning to One, they could easily deal with even a Qinglian bird.

  The remaining teams all have a strong player in the first round, otherwise, like Zhao Zhuo and Bai Jing, they might not be able to survive in Funiu Cave Heaven.

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