A gift returned ten thousandfold: I am the number one licker in all realms!

Luo Xing smiled helplessly.

Even if this old guy beats me to death, so what? It's not like I really want to kill him, I'm just angry about what might happen.

If this treasure really is useless, then it's all been a disaster. After all, we've come all this way and gone through so much trouble. If this thing is useless, then it's all been a wasted trip, and all these injuries we've suffered will have been for nothing.

"Alright, you old codger, get down here now."

"I'm not going to die yet. You're too green to kill me with mere phoenix flames."

As Luo Xing spoke, he walked down the mountain. Even though he looked disheveled and had no good spots on his body, it would probably take him a few more days to recover.

When Bai Xue saw Luo Xing come down and see that he was alive, even able to walk upright and move around, she finally felt relieved. She knew that everything was alright; as long as Luo Xing was alive, everything was alright. She couldn't help but cry with anticipation. Then she rushed forward and hugged Luo Xing tightly.

Even though Luo was covered in wounds and filth, Bai Xue seemed to show no disgust. She rushed forward and burst into tears.

"Young Master Luo Xing, I thought you were gone, sob sob sob,"

"Can you please not do such dangerous things next time? It's all Grandpa's fault, it's all Grandpa's fault, that jerk. If it weren't for him, you wouldn't have had to take such a big risk. If it weren't for him, none of this would have happened. It's all that old man's fault, that jerk. I wish I could beat him to death."

Luo Xing gently stroked his little head, and Guazi couldn't help but smile. This little girl!

"Alright, Miss Baixue, I'm fine now, so don't blame your grandfather too much. He was only doing this for me and our family. Besides, if this thing hadn't been resolved, your family would probably have continued to suffer."

"Alright, alright, stop crying. Isn't everything resolved now? Alright, stop crying."

Watching this scene from afar, Bai Laosan couldn't help but sigh, feeling guilty. Fortunately, Luo Xing had taken out the Phoenix Nirvana Diagram; otherwise, he really wouldn't know how to respond to Xiao Xue's accusations.

Not long after, Old Master Bai took Luo Xing to a secluded place where their family's ancestors had secluded themselves for generations.

Indeed, Luo Xing could sense that the spiritual energy in this secluded cultivation place was much denser than in ordinary places, which meant that his cultivation speed would be a generation faster.

“Young Master Luo Xing, my family really doesn’t have a method to cultivate the Phoenix Nirvana Diagram. If you can cultivate it again, that would be the best outcome. If not, then this is just a place for you to recuperate.”

"If there's nothing else, we'll take our leave now. We hope you'll stay, Young Master Luo Xing."

"We hope everything goes well for you. We'll take our leave now."

With a look of reluctance on her face, Bai Xue watched Luo Xing from afar before closing the door to her secluded cultivation. She didn't know Luo Xing's current situation or the extent of his injuries. She wanted to stay by Luo Xing's side and take care of him, but clearly Luo Xing didn't need her.

Luo Xing sat cross-legged in his secluded cultivation spot.

Then he took out the Phoenix Nirvana diagram and examined it closely. He had to admit the diagram wasn't very refined; it was carved with something resembling a phoenix in strange attire. As if it contained some kind of secret realm, after studying it for three days and three nights, Luo Xing finally gleaned some understanding from it.

Rather than calling it a treasure, it's more like a key, as if it can unlock something. Only with this blueprint can some of the Phoenix Clan's troubles be truly resolved. This is probably why the Phoenix Clan has been relentlessly searching for this blueprint for so many years.

They must be trying to find a way to unlock a forbidden area within the family, or to find something. And to enter that secret place, they need the family's key, which is this blueprint.

"No wonder, no wonder, so this is the secret of the Phoenix family. I never thought I would crack it."

"I wonder what the Phoenix Family's reaction will be if they find out that I'm the one with the blueprint. They'll probably hunt me down. But if nothing unexpected happens, I should come looking for them."

At that moment, Luo Xing suddenly saw something shining brightly in a spirit stone.

When Feng Qing'er left, she left behind a stone. If this stone is shining, it means that it may be in danger.

Although the two are indeed rivals, they are childhood sweethearts after all, so Luo Xing couldn't bear to watch him suffer.

After much deliberation, Luo Xing still intended to return it to the Phoenix Clan, or perhaps find a way to save Feng Qing'er's life. Although it was a treasure, he had already obtained many things from it, including the Phoenix Power it contained. Just now, Luo Xing had already taken most of the Phoenix Power for himself.

While absorbing the power of the phoenix, Luo Xing could feel his level constantly increasing. In just two or three days, Luo Xing had already raised his realm to the eighth level of the Emperor.

Such a young person at the eighth level of the Emperor Realm is basically considered a prodigy among the major families. If he were to be displayed in the outside world, he would probably be so shocked that they would be speechless.

As Luo Xing improved his cultivation level, he continuously summoned heavenly lightning. Everyone in the Bai family could see the thunderous power erupting from their ancestor's secluded cultivation spot in the back mountain. This thunderous power seemed capable of destroying the surrounding mountains and rivers, even some of the houses near their own home.

Similarly, at this very moment, they were being destroyed by that thunderous power, which in just a few minutes completely destroyed all the nearby houses.

"Grandpa Bai, Grandpa Bai, look! Look! Look over there!"

"Please tell Young Master Luo Xing to stop his supernatural powers! If this continues, he'll probably destroy all the houses on our side. Young Master Luo Xing's supernatural powers are too powerful. If this continues, our side will be doomed."

The speaker was a member of the Bai family who lived over there, but he was an outer disciple.

He was frightened when he saw the thunder rumbling that day, so he quickly sought out Old Master Bai. Old Master Bai, now the patriarch of the Bai family, naturally had no objections. Therefore, he hoped to resolve the issue through Bai Laosan.

But when Bai Laosan looked at him, he immediately snorted coldly.

"How dare you! What nonsense are you spouting? Do you think my Bai family doesn't even have this much magnanimity? Don't forget, it was Young Master Luo Xing who helped us. If it weren't for Young Master Luo Xing, our Bai family would have lost everything, not to mention those houses, and we would probably have been wiped out by those bandits long ago."

"Since Young Master Luo Xing has a need for those houses now, so what? We can always rebuild them later. But if we interfere with Young Master Luo Xing's cultivation now, then we will be committing a sin."

"Pass on my order: from now on, Young Master Luo Xing may freely cultivate in seclusion at the back mountain."

"You must satisfy all his needs. No matter what, you must serve Young Master Luo Xing well. Do you understand?"

The Bai family member sighed helplessly as he listened to this.

He knew it was pointless to say anything now, so he could only let the other person say what they wanted.

Finally, after nearly five days, Luo Xing emerged from seclusion. He sensed his own power and realized that, in terms of his current level, no one in the entire small city could rival him. Fighting the bandits now shouldn't be so difficult.

The power contained within that Phoenix Nirvana Diagram truly astonished Luo Xing; that power alone would probably be priceless.

Without the Phoenix Nirvana Diagram, he would never have been able to break through to such a level in such a short time.

"Hahaha, I never thought that I, Luo Xing, would actually be able to achieve that one day."

But at that moment, he suddenly saw an explosion coming from afar, near his own ancestral hall.

It was not hard to feel an extremely powerful pressure emanating from that direction. Such pressure caused many people to tremble. Even Luo Xing, who was cultivating far away in the back mountain, could feel that intense pressure.

"Judging from this pressure alone, he must be a master. Let me test his strength."

Right in front of the Bai family's main hall, at the entrance of the Bai family's gate, an old man with white hair suddenly appeared.

The white-haired old man had a refined and scholarly appearance, much like an immortal from the sky.

This person is the current city lord, known as the Golden Dragon Venerable.

Of course, although he is called a Venerable, he is only half a Venerable. He has not truly stepped into the realm of a Venerable. Over the years, his strength has never been quite right. Therefore, he can only be called a pseudo-Venerable.

Even though he was a pseudo-Venerable, no one dared to underestimate him. Currently, apart from the bandit Tian and the man with the big pockmarked face who posed a threat to him, no one else could withstand more than two moves from him. Therefore, his position as Venerable Master had remained unshaken for many years.

When Bai Laosan saw the city lord arrive, he hurriedly ran up to him.

"The Bai family warmly welcomes the City Lord's arrival. May we ask what brings you here?"

The city lord glanced around and looked at the crowd, but he could hardly detect any extremely powerful aura among them, which made him even more puzzled.

"I have received news that the bandit Tian Dama died in your Bai family."