Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

"Well"

After an unknown amount of time, Jiu Feng frowned, covered his aching head, and slowly sat up. His eyes slowly opened, revealing a deep confusion.

"Brother Jiufeng, are you awake?" Xiao Yan, who had already been scolded by Cai Lin, saw Jiufeng wake up, squatted down and asked in a concerned voice: "How do you feel?"

"It's okay. So, are you Xiao Yan?"

Jiu Feng was stunned for a moment, and glanced around, and found several strangers following Xiao Yan. Among them, only Yao Tianhuo was someone he had seen before.

At this time, Fenghuang walked over and spoke slowly, opening his mouth.

"Jiufeng, this opportunity of the ancient Bodhi tree is too harsh for you. For your safety, it is better to give up this opportunity. Do you have any opinion?"

Phoenix said this, and his words sounded like a negotiation, but his tone revealed that there was no room for doubt.

"Oh okay, I know."

Jiufeng nodded blankly. Not to mention that Fenghuang's words were reasonable, there were two people that Jiufeng was most afraid of in his life. One was his father, and the other was the aunt in front of him. As long as what these two said did not involve Feng Qing'er, Jiufeng would not dare to disobey.

"Why is he here too?"

Jiufeng pointed at Xiao Yan and asked, and Fenghuang immediately gave a reply.

"He also came here for the opportunity of the ancient Bodhi tree. We will work with them to help him get the opportunity."

Feng Huang answered in such a concise way, and naturally did not reveal the relationship between Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er. Feng Huang knew her nephew too well. If she really told him, Jiu Feng, who was an extreme sister-con, would definitely find Xiao Yan and fight him to the death.

"Help him. No problem, no problem."

Jiu Feng muttered softly, it would be better to say that he had no power to decide. After all, among all the people present, he and Xiao Yan had the lowest realm. Moreover, after the previous battle, Jiu Feng also clearly understood that although Xiao Yan seemed to be at the same level as himself, his strength was definitely far above his.

You have to know that at that time, Xiao Yan was able to defeat himself with his strength of the peak of the third level of Dou Zun. Now, three years later, he has reached the peak of the ninth level of Dou Zun, which is the same level as himself, but he has been standing still. There is no way he can defeat him.

But then again, my aunt is actually willing to help a human who has nothing to do with her to seize the opportunity. So there must be something between him and my aunt, right?

Jiu Feng looked at Xiao Yan suspiciously. Was she really going to have a human uncle?
At this moment, Yao Chen walked over with a gloomy face. Xiao Yan noticed that Yao Chen's expression was not right and frowned slightly.

"Senior Yao, what's wrong?"

"We just took a look at the remaining beast corpses and found something wrong." Yao Chen looked at Xiao Yan and asked in a deep voice, "Xiao Yanzi, do you know the difference between a ferocious beast and a demon beast?"

"Eh?"

Yao Chen's question made Xiao Yan stunned for a moment, and he scratched his face in embarrassment.

To be honest, he had never thought about the difference between magical beasts and ferocious beasts. He just followed Yao Chen and the others in calling them that, and had never considered the more detailed reasons.

"Disciple doesn't know."

Xiao Yan did not hide anything. If he didn't know, he didn't know. There was no need to pretend to know.

Yao Chen was not surprised by this, and his eyes revealed a bit of helplessness.

Although he was Xiao Yan's teacher, Yao Chen thought about it carefully and realized that there were many things that he should have taught Xiao Yan but he had never taught him. In this way, he was indeed unqualified as a teacher.

Then Yao Chen coughed twice and explained to Xiao Yan in a serious expression.

"The biggest difference between magic beasts and fierce beasts is [emotion] and [consciousness]." Yao Chen raised a finger and said slowly: "The so-called consciousness is to realize what you are. When magic beasts grow to a certain age, they will give birth to the so-called spiritual wisdom. This spiritual wisdom allows them to fully recognize their own existence and the differences in this world."

"Even if low-level monsters don't have this consciousness, they still have emotions similar to humans, such as anger, fear, sadness, or grief. These are the most basic cores of being a living being."

Speaking of this, Yao Chen's brows furrowed a little.

"But the fierce beast is completely different."

"They have no emotions, nor do they have consciousness. They have only one purpose from birth to death, which is to completely destroy all living things within their sight. Not only are they unaware of their own existence, they also have no emotions such as fear or anger."

"Even in my opinion, these beasts are not so much living creatures as they are viruses that should not exist in this world. Viruses that exist only to destroy other creatures have no other meaning."

Listening to Yao Chen's narration, Xiao Yan also frowned, but did not say anything. He just listened quietly to what Yao Chen said next.

"And what I'm going to say next is the key point. It is precisely because they have no consciousness and no emotions that these beasts are more easily controlled by humans, because they simply don't know how to resist, and they don't have the ability to resist." Yao Chen put his hands behind his back and glanced at the remains of the beasts in the distance. "I have just carefully investigated these beasts and found that their souls are mixed with soul marks that do not belong to them."

Phoenix's expression changed instantly, and his eyes became cold.

"what do you mean?"

"The reason why these ferocious beasts besieged you was not a coincidence, but a human-caused result."

As soon as Yao Chen finished speaking, Fenghuang asked again in a cold voice.

"who is it?"

It can be seen that anger was rising in Fenghuang's heart. You know, if Xiao Yan and the others had not arrived by chance, Fenghuang and the others might have really died in the siege of these ferocious beasts!

Yao Chen also felt Fenghuang's anger and raised his hand slightly to signal Fenghuang to calm down.

"We can't make a conclusion about who it is, but we are very familiar with the method of setting the soul mark." Yao Chen's ruby-like eyes also revealed anger. He said in the first sentence that he couldn't make a conclusion, and then he said this in the second sentence, "There is no doubt that this is a unique soul control method of the Soul Palace, which others may not be able to learn even if they want to."

"Soul Palace. That's not surprising."

The Phoenix murmured in a deep voice. Not to mention that the Soul Palace had a terrible reputation on the continent, the previous attack on the Starfall Pavilion by the Soul Palace was caused by the appearance of the Phoenix, so it was natural for them to hate the Phoenix and even the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan behind the Phoenix.

"That is to say, someone from the Soul Palace has also entered the Savage Ancient Territory, right?"

When Fenghuang came to this conclusion, his eyes became sharp, and Yao Chen nodded slightly.

"That should be the case. This opportunity to find the ancient Bodhi tree is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There is no reason for the Soul Palace to give up."

Yao Chen said this, but he was not surprised at all. The Soul Palace had the support of the Soul Clan, and the clan leader of the Soul Clan was in their Tianhe Alliance. Based on the temperament of that woman, it was impossible for her not to send the Soul Palace to disrupt the situation.

Thinking of this, Yao Chen glanced at Xiao Yan obscurely.

So far, that woman has caused Xiao Yan a lot of trouble. I wonder what that woman is up to this time.

"Anyway, let's head to the deepest part first."

Yao Chen stated the immediate goal. No matter what conspiracy the Soul Palace hiding in the dark had, they had to find the ancient Bodhi tree that was nowhere to be found first.

At this moment, on a piece of wasteland in the deepest part of the Savage Ancient Domain, hundreds of men in black were surrounding an empty space. If Xiao Yan and the others were there again, they would be able to immediately determine the identities of these men in black from the dark aura they emitted.

Soul Palace!

Without exception, these men in black are all soul envoys affiliated with the Soul Palace!
The open space surrounded by these soul messengers appears empty from the outside, but if a powerful cultivator approaches, he can immediately feel that there is a barrier that cannot be detected by outsiders. Everything within the barrier is hidden, and energy is flowing out from the barrier that even a Douluo would be frightened by.

Through the barrier, what comes into view is a towering tree with a thick and strong trunk and lush and dense leaves, but it clearly exudes a chilling and cold aura that makes people feel frightened. This tree is like a living creature, constantly emitting an extremely strong resentment that makes people dare not approach it.

This is the goal of Xiao Yan's trip, and also the purpose of many forces coming here, the ancient Bodhi tree.

And under the ancient Bodhi tree, there was a group of fierce people gathered. The leader was a woman wearing a mask. She looked up at the ancient Bodhi tree in front of her. The cherry lips under the mask couldn't help but sigh.

"As expected, this ancient Bodhi tree once fought against the Dou Emperor. Even after such a long time, I can still feel its extraordinary aura."

The masked woman was generous with her praise, but anyone could tell that although she said that, her tone sounded nonchalant.

Then the masked woman slightly side-glanced, and her scarlet eyes beneath the mask glanced at her subordinates behind her.

"How are things going?"

After the masked woman finished speaking, an old man with a sinister expression stepped forward first, looking at the masked woman with awe in his eyes.

The Soul Clan’s elder, whose soul is broken, has the strength of a mid-stage four-star Douluo!
"Please rest assured, Chief. I have already personally arranged everything you ordered."

As an elder of the Soul Clan, there are many things that he doesn't need to arrange personally, he just needs to give orders to his subordinates.

However, Hunduan didn't dare to do so.

He had heard about Hun Mie Sheng in the clan, and the clan leader ordered him to go to the Xiao family to get the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. However, because Hun Mie Sheng arranged for his subordinates to do it, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade that should have been brought back turned into a woman from the Xiao family.

To be honest, when everyone in the clan heard the news, no matter if they were on good terms with Hun Mie Sheng or not, they couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for him. The final result was so different from the clan leader's order, but he was still able to survive. It was really Hun Mie Sheng's luck that was extremely high.

With the previous experience of Hunmie Sheng, Hunduan naturally dared not slack off on the orders of the masked woman again. He personally supervised the whole process from beginning to end. Hunmie Sheng was lucky to be alive, but he did not want to pin his life on such a thing as luck.

"very good."

The masked woman said lightly, looking at the ancient Bodhi tree again, her scarlet eyes flickering slightly, and it was unknown what she was thinking.

At this time, a young man stepped forward, with an arrogant and heroic spirit, obviously a young man with outstanding talent.

Hun Feng, the most outstanding divine bloodline of the younger generation of the Soul Clan, is recognized by everyone as the successor to the next clan leader. His strength has reached the late two-star Douluo. You must know that even Gu Xun'er of the Gu Clan, who has the strongest divine bloodline on the surface, is only in the early two-star Douluo. This is enough to show how terrifying the talent of the candidate for the next clan leader of the Soul Clan is. Moreover, the majority of the resources of the younger generation in the clan are occupied by Hun Feng alone, which is enough to show how much the elders of the Soul Clan value this young clan leader.

Hunfeng bowed and interrupted the masked woman's thoughts in the horrified gazes of Hunduan and others.

"Master Patriarch, there is something I don't understand."

Hunfeng spread out one hand and spoke proudly, but Hunduan on the side grabbed him with a look of horror and signaled him to stop talking.

However, Hun Feng turned a deaf ear and continued speaking to himself.

"They are just a bunch of ants. Why should you be so calculating? All the masters of our clan are gathered here. What is there to be afraid of?"

The masked woman, whose thoughts were interrupted, raised her eyebrows slightly, looked sideways, glanced at Hunfeng, and then turned her scarlet eyes to Hunduan.

"he is?"

"Master Hui, this young man is called Hun Feng. He is the most talented person among the younger generation of the Hun Clan, and he is also the young patriarch selected by the elders of our Hun Clan."

Hun Duan answered timidly that the masked woman had never asked about the next successor of the Hun Clan. When an elder asked about this before, the masked woman just casually said "It's up to you."

Although the masked woman said it casually, the Soul Clan elders certainly didn't dare to be so casual. After several years of ruthless screening, they chose Hun Feng, the most talented junior who had fought his way up, as the young clan leader.

Although the Soul Clan elders had reported the matter of selecting the young clan leader to the masked woman, they obviously did not take it to heart when they heard her question. This time, Hun Duan brought Hun Feng here to give him some experience. Before leaving, Hun Duan sternly warned Hun Feng not to talk nonsense, but he did not expect that Hun Feng would be so arrogant and completely ignored his warning.

Hun Feng also had something to say in his heart. Who was he? The young patriarch of the Soul Clan, the next patriarch of the Soul Clan. His status was even at the same level as those Soul Clan elders. Moreover, he did not say anything disrespectful to the masked woman. Why couldn't he say anything?

"Oh, yes, I think you did say that."

After hearing this, the masked woman nodded with some understanding in her tone. This calm tone made Hun Duan feel relieved.

Phew. Fortunately, it seems that the clan leader is not dissatisfied with Hun Feng’s unauthorized remarks.

However, before Hunduan could completely relax, the masked woman spoke again.

"Get another one."

"Eh?"

Hun Duan was slightly stunned. Before he could figure out what the masked woman meant, Hun Feng's body suddenly exploded without any warning. Blood splattered all over the people around her, but no one dared to hide. Only the masked woman did not have a single drop of blood on her body.

Then, the only remaining head of Hunfeng fell to the ground and rolled on the blood-spattered ground. The arrogance on his face had not yet faded, deeply touching the hearts of Hunduan and others.

The young patriarch whom they carefully selected died so easily just because of a question.

"We don't need others to question what we do."

The masked woman said this coldly, and turned her gaze to the ancient Bodhi tree again, thinking about something, leaving Hun Duan and others standing there trembling, and no one dared to say a word. (End of this chapter)