Fengyunlu

Master Gu Yuan sensed something was amiss. He quickly turned to examine her carefully, noticing a strange expression on Fairy Ji Yao's face. Her eyes were filled with confusion, and she was mumbling something, as if chanting some mysterious incantation. Master Gu Yuan's mind raced, remembering Fairy Ji Yao's background. He felt a sense of connection. Her reaction must be related to her mother. The Spiritual Source Fire was rarely used, and Fairy Ji Yao had never seen it herself. No one knew what happened to her mother back then. The two events seemed unrelated, but Master Gu Yuan wondered if there must be some hidden connection.

Although he was filled with questions, Master Gu Yuan didn't show them. He calmly glanced at Fairy Ji Yao again, then continued to observe Feng Chen. At this moment, Feng Chen's Primordial Spirit condensed like iron, reaching the realm of oneness of true spirit and soul. His Primordial Spirit was as solid as a physical entity, and every movement was effortless, unlike his previous airy demeanor. This performance truly lived up to the title of Innate Spirit. But Master Gu Yuan wondered to himself, how many layers of energy Feng Chen had, and whether his True Spirit or Primordial Spirit would be affected by this.

"Rise!" Master Gu Yuan didn't wait for anyone to ask. With a flick of his eye, Fengchen's seal began to dissipate. He gently uttered the word "rise," and the incarnation of his true spirit leaped into the air. Then, with a swift glance, he gave Fengchen his true form, then swept his gaze around, taking in the entire Yaochi fairyland. Finally, his gaze settled on a fairy flower.

With a flash of his figure, the incarnation of the true spirit flew directly to the bottom of the fairy flower, then suddenly dived, turned into a stream of light and drilled into the Yaochi, went straight to the bottom of the fairy flower, and entered the mysterious ancient cave where thunder power was used to heal injuries.

The sound of splashing water rang out, and Feng Chen nodded to indicate that his mission was accomplished. He then turned to look at Fairy Ji Yao and said, "Aunt Ji Yao, please let my nephew refine the origin of this Taiyin Mirror."

"Okay." Fairy Ji Yao's thoughts were interrupted. Upon hearing Feng Chen's words, she made a hand seal without hesitation. This was the way passed down by the Yao Chi Immortal Lord. The previous one handed over the essence, the next one absorbed it, and then the Immortal Lord rotated.

Speaking of this seal, once activated, the Yao Chi Fairyland's successor will change masters. Once Feng Chen refines the Taiyin Mirror, he will accept everything Yao Chi possesses. This seal was used by Xuan Gu Zi to force Ji Yao to succeed him as the Fairy Master, and it was similar to this seal. But Feng Chen is only interested in refining the Taiyin Mirror. While the Taiyin Mirror represents the Yao Chi Fairyland, its ancient lineage holds far more depth than just that. Furthermore, Fairy Ji Yao's seal is incomplete; she intentionally left some things undiscovered.

She did this out of consideration for Fengchen's lack of need for the full inheritance. Furthermore, how could an Immortal Lord inherit the lineage without a curse? Following the instructions of the ancestors, how could Ji Yao easily hand over such a scourge to Fengchen? Therefore, her actions merely eliminated the Taiyin Mirror's essence, the true source of Taiyin power. As for the Yao Chi lineage's Immortal Lord's good fortune, most of it remained with her. Here lay the opportunity, the good fortune, and the curse that followed.

A black bead was circling in front of Fairy Ji Yao. Fairy Ji Yao lightly touched it, and the black spirit bead flew in front of Feng Chen. Feng Chen reached out to catch it, felt it for a moment, and threw it directly into the Yaochi.

The spirit pearl melted upon contact with water, like ink poured into a clear pond, and a black light stained the surrounding area for three feet black. But the color was fleeting, sucked away by a mysterious force beneath the fairy flower, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, within the mysterious ancient cave, Fengchen's true spirit incarnation sensed everything. The Taiyin energy was no longer lacking, its origins now fused together. Aside from the Qilin-transformed immortal flower, which still required considerable supplies, the remaining Taiyin energy had returned. Seizing this opportunity, Fengchen realized the time had arrived. He clasped his hands together before his chest, igniting the Spiritual Source Fire.

Flames erupted from the ancient cave, first consuming the entire body. Then, the flames, like fuel to the flames, burned even more fiercely as they met water. A moment later, the entire Yaochi Lake was ablaze. The pale blue flames looked cold, yet they startled Master Gu Yuan, Fairy Ji Yao, and Feng Chen.

The flames were so intense that Fengchen hadn't anticipated them. He had assumed the fire would only burn him, requiring divine power to control it, but he hadn't imagined it would ignite the entire pool of water. Furthermore, this spiritual fire burned the soul, making it difficult to extinguish once it touched it. Even Master Gu Yuan didn't want to attempt it lightly. Unless the source of the fire was completely consumed, the flames were too intense, and the three of them were completely helpless.

Having said that, the thing that Qilin transformed into was truly remarkable. Surrounded by spiritual fire, it looked like it was about to devour everything, but in reality, it couldn't even touch the edge and could only circle around. Although Fengchen didn't understand the secret behind this, he knew in his heart that the thing that Qilin transformed into was not hurt at all.

Fengchen felt a little relieved when he saw this, and continued his spellcasting. The Spiritual Source Fire was already burning brightly, and now was the perfect time to refine it.

Fengchen lightly pointed, and a force seemed to awaken. Within the ancient cave, his true spirit incarnation also began to ignite with spiritual fire, and with his gentle gesture, it began to flow. With a movement of his hands, a strange seal was formed, drawing half of the surrounding flames toward him, converging into a cyan bead. With a wave of his hands, the true spirit incarnation thrust the bead forward.

The bead flew out, heading straight for the source of the Taiyin force like an arrow, and crackling sounds continued as it entered. The Taiyin force seemed to want to resist. Fengchen knew that it had spirituality. Although it had not yet transformed into a weapon spirit, its instinct to seek good fortune and avoid danger was the same as when refining the True Yang Diagram.

Feng Chen pondered for a moment, and immediately integrated the traces of the True Yang Diagram's refining in his sea of ​​consciousness into the bead, and at the same time unfolded it in front of him. A faint light shot out from the eyes of the True Spirit incarnation, and condensed a foot in front of him, forming a curtain, which showed the scene of the True Yang Diagram being refined. However, the figure of the Golden Crow Emperor was deliberately hidden by Feng Chen, and only the interaction between his father Feng Wanlin and the True Yang Diagram was displayed.

The scene on the screen kept turning, and Fengchen had already transformed three times. During this time, Fengchen also used his spiritual thoughts to communicate with the origin of the Taiyin Mirror, hoping to get its active cooperation during refining, just like the True Yang Diagram, so that he could fully unleash the power of the artifact.

However, Fengchen communicated and discussed for a long time, and the illusion scene changed three times, but the origin of the Taiyin Mirror, that is, the Taiyin power in front of him, did not react at all, and even had a little rejection, as if it did not want to be refined by Fengchen at all.

Faced with this situation, Fengchen knew he wasn't strong enough yet. After all, the Taiyin Mirror was an ancient treasure. Even though it was now broken in two and only a portion of the Cangxuan Order, its spiritual power had witnessed the divine power of the Cangxuan Emperor, who swept across the world and was invincible at the time. Fengchen knew he couldn't match it, but he had to do it now. Even if he didn't want to, he had to find a way.

"If soft tactics don't work, then let's use hard tactics." Feng Chen made up his mind. Although half of the divine weapons were arrogant, they were still divine weapons after all. Since they were divine weapons, the power of Yun Huang was their nemesis.

Thinking of this, Fengchen pretended to ask, "Let me ask you one last question. Master of the Divine Weapon, are you really unwilling?"

There was no response, no movement. The Taiyin Power remained unchanged. Fengchen's Spiritual Source Fire surrounded it tightly, yet he couldn't penetrate it. A mysterious force blocked it from the outside, preventing the Taiyin Power from being refined. Fengchen couldn't make any further progress. If the Origin Power hadn't been refined, how could the Divine Weapon Transformation be successful?

But Fengchen had already devised a solution. Bai Yu's blood flowed through him, the power of the Cloud Phoenix lurking within. Although a considerable amount had been used previously, half of the Cloud Phoenix power, drawn from Bai Yu's nine lifetimes of fierceness, had already been used up during Fengchen's body training, but there was still half left. He didn't need to use it all. He only needed to draw out a trace and merge it with the Spiritual Source Fire to frighten the Taiyin Mirror's essence. If it agreed, that trace of Cloud Phoenix power would be returned. For Fengchen, this shouldn't affect his ability to save Bai Yu in the future.

Having made his decision, Fengchen's body began to move again. He was still at the Phoenix Beginning Realm, meaning that only spiritual energy flowed through his body, but even so, it was sufficient. Fengchen guided the spiritual energy to flow throughout his body, slowly gathering a drop of blood essence. This was the essence of Baiyu's bloodline, wrapped in a trace of Cloud Phoenix power, condensed from Fengchen's remaining fifty percent.

This trace of Cloud Phoenix power was wrapped in Bai Yu's blood by Feng Chen, and slowly seeped out of the body along his fingertips. Feng Chen stretched out his finger and pointed, and this drop of blood flew directly into the Yaochi, and came to the ancient cave again. The true spirit incarnation reached out to catch it, and wrapped it with spiritual power to prevent it from being touched by flames. The purpose was just to scare him, so there was no need to burn it at all.

At this moment, the Taiyin force, which had been as quiet as a kitten, seemed to hear some mysterious call. Far from being afraid, it became extremely excited. This excitement seemed to say, "Finally, you've arrived!" It was as if it had been waiting for this moment, as if its destiny was about to be fulfilled. A sense of excitement, the excitement of completing a mission, and even a sense of relief, as if a heavy burden had been unloaded, filled with an overwhelming sense of relief.

This unexpected reaction intrigued Fengchen. The Lunar Mirror possessed spirituality, much like the True Yang Diagram, nothing new. But the spirituality it displayed was far greater than Fengchen had imagined. It wasn't just an instinctive reaction; it seemed capable of reflection, as if it carried a mission, awaiting a crucial moment. This feeling made Fengchen wonder if the Lunar Mirror truly could think.

"Have you understood something? Have you made up your mind?" Feng Chen's finger gently dangled a drop of blood essence. Though the Cloud Phoenix's power was weak, its might could be felt all around, especially its ability to disintegrate divine weapons. It was like a natural enemy to divine weapons, like grass encountering fire—they instinctively feared it. But Feng Chen was perplexed by the excitement of the Taiyin power, so he asked tentatively, hoping to gauge the Taiyin Mirror's reaction.

However, Fengchen had only asked casually, not expecting any particular reaction from the Taiyin Mirror. He had intended to use intimidation to achieve his goal, but this question surprised him.

"You could say that." A gentle voice suddenly rang out in his mind, shocking Feng Chen completely. The voice came so suddenly, as if it had suddenly popped up in his mind. Furthermore, the voice was clearly answering his previous question, meaning the owner of the voice was undoubtedly the Taiyin Mirror.

Could it be that the Taiyin Mirror has a spirit?

Feng Chen couldn't help but mutter to himself, his heart filled with confusion. The True Yang Diagram and the Tai Yin Mirror were originally one, both products of the Cang Xuan Ling's splitting. One only reacts instinctively, while the other seems to possess a spirit. This spirit also seems to have extraordinary abilities, capable of blocking even the Spiritual Source Fire. Even more shocking was that this voice echoed within him without warning. One must know how mysterious the Innate Spirit is, able to bypass one's own Primordial Spirit and infuse a single thought into another's mind, yet Feng Chen was completely unaware. Even Master Gu Yuan couldn't accomplish this. Furthermore, judging by the reactions of Master Gu Yuan and Fairy Ji Yao, who had been focused on Yao Chi and hadn't noticed Feng Chen's abnormality, this meant that the Tai Yin Mirror's spirit surpassed everyone present in terms of spiritual power, otherwise it would have been impossible for it to remain completely unnoticed.

"You are..." Feng Chen asked repeatedly in his heart. Although he had some guesses, he was not sure yet, so he just asked silently in his heart. However, that voice sounded again, and Feng Chen was shocked again.

"Haven't you guessed it?" The woman's voice became gentle, not as cold as before, but a little lazy, as if she had just woken up and didn't want to say a single word.

"Can you see through my thoughts?" Feng Chen asked again in his heart. He didn't tell this question to anyone, it was just a thought that flashed through his mind.

Then, that gentle voice sounded again, making Fengchen certain that this mysterious woman could definitely see through all his thoughts, not even a single one could be hidden: "Not just you, those two little girls, and those two little guys, I can see through them all."

"Two little ones?" Feng Chen understood that Master Gu Yuan and Fairy Ji Yao were seniors, and hundreds of years of cultivation were indeed nothing to the Taiyin Mirror, so calling them little girls was not an exaggeration. But the "two little ones" he mentioned left Feng Chen confused for a moment.

If the Qilin currently sleeping in the Yaochi Lake had transformed into a fairy flower to heal its wounds and prolong its life, Fengchen could understand calling it "little fellow." But she said there were two of them. If the Qilin itself was one, then who was the other?

Is there someone else in Yaochi?

"It seems my suspicions were correct. You are indeed the spirit of the Taiyin Mirror. You just mentioned someone else, though... " Feng Chen was shocked, but he quickly calmed down. This matter was a bit unusual. He didn't intend to share it with Master Gu Yuan and Fairy Ji Yao until he had a complete understanding, and naturally, he couldn't tell anyone else about it. However, his thoughts were completely seen through, and no matter what he was thinking, he couldn't hide it.