The Sky Poison Pearl
Phoenix Experiment Place

Immediately, the dimly glowing sigil suddenly shone bright red before disappearing on the spot to reveal the mysterious entrance.

"Quick! Quickly log in!” Feng Baichuan, who had raised the sigil, ordered hurriedly.

The Feng clan of the phoenix clan swarmed like a fish. This holy land that they had not previously dared to enter rashly, had become the only way out that saved their souls. Among them, many would choose to die rather than do something that offended the phoenix saint spirit. However, they could not ignore their families and children.

The group of Black Devils caught up just as everyone entered the cave.. Feng Baichuan dashed into the cave quickly, and with a simple hand gesture the red sigil reappeared to cover the cave entrance completely.

“Stat! They apparently know how to lift this seal!” The Black Demon clenched his fists and growled loudly: "Since they kept denying before, this means that there are treasures completely hidden behind this seal!"

"Chairman, what should we do now?"

"What are we doing? That will obviously wait here!” Black Demon laughed coldly: “They thought we wouldn't be able to catch them once they escaped inside? Heh, there must be no food in the cave, let alone water. I can't believe they'd rather die of hunger and dehydration than go out. I want to see how many days they will last!”

Yun Che was surprised to find that inside was actually a flat stone chamber after going through the seal formation. The stone room was extremely spacious and was of a length and width of at least a hundred meters. Not to mention just two hundred people, it could easily load even ten times that. Both sides of the stone room had very long stone stairs and it seemed like there was another floor on it. There was a long path to the front of the stone chamber that was roughly several tens of meters long. At the end of the hall, there was a soft-spinning red-colored seal formation identical to the seal outside.

Entrance seals can block the view, but are not soundproof. The cries of the group of black demons outside continued to sound.

"Blow up this formation!" This is the voice of the Black Devil.

Following which, a series of light collision sounds rang out from outside, and the sound of dying screams suddenly sounded. "AH! A FIRE! Burned hands. AHHHHHH~~~”

"Back! All of you, back off! Goddamn bum! With such a strange seal formation, some sort of heavenly treasure must be hidden within! All of you, take turns and keep watch here! I refuse to believe that they will never come out!”

Although they had reached a safe haven, a shadow of fear still loomed over everyone in the Phoenix clan and the chatter coming from outside made them even more desperate. Yun Che furrowed his brows, and said to Lan Xueruo after a long pondering, "Senior Brother, how long will it be until your giant Snow Eagle awakens."

Lan Xueruo shook her head: “I don't know either. What the Snow Eagle spent this time on was not only its strength, but also its vitality. She may take a long time before she wakes up; maybe a week, maybe a month.

"If he wakes up, how many people can he bring at once?"

"Ten people shouldn't be a problem." Lan Xueruo spoke.

“Ten people...” Looking at the crowd of over two hundred people in the stone room, his brows furrowed even deeper. Had the Giant Snow Eagle awakened, he could easily escape with Lan Xueruo without any problems. But he believed, with Lan Xueruo's temperament and disposition, she would definitely not leave these people to take care of themselves.

“At least your life is temporarily saved. The phoenix is a holy spirit, they cannot possibly blame you for something like this.” Yun Che said as he walked to Feng Baichuan's side.

“I hope it is.” Feng Baichuan sighed again, “For so many years, our clan has always known our place and looked after ourselves. With all due care, we never dared to do anything that might anger the phoenix spirit, because we were too afraid to do so. Who would have thought that we would still do it today…. Even so, this can only be a temporary shelter for us; you have also heard the voices of those criminals. They would obviously continue to stand guard at the entrance of the cave. There is no food or water source here; we will not be able to last long. This is especially true for children and the elderly…. Sighs."

“If it's food and water, I actually have some here. For two hundred people, if used sparingly, it should be able to sustain you for two weeks or more.” Yun Che said.

"You?" Feng Baichuan looked towards Yun Che, a look of disbelief on his face. Yun Che clearly looked neat and carried nothing, how could he possibly have enough food and water to sustain two hundred people for over ten days?

Yun Che did not bother to waste time explaining; with a touch of his left hand, he placed six cyan-colored spatial rings into Feng Baichuan's hand. This spatial ring was also taken from the treasury of the Xiao Sect. They were filled with water and all sorts of food. 

After examining the spatial ring for a while, his face showed a happy and surprised expression. At this moment, Yun Che's voice came from beside him, “Leader of the Feng clan, there are some problems that I don't quite understand. The Kaliam clan was one of the Phoenix bloodlines, and the Phoenix was an ancient saint beast. The phoenix bloodline is much more noble and powerful than mortal blood, but why are you unable to break through even the peak of the Basic Realm? I remember you once mentioned 'curses', could it be related to the curse?

Feng Baichuan was surprised, and did not speak for long.

“I'm too presumptuous. This should be your clan's secret, I shouldn't investigate too far.” Yun Che said immediately after seeing Feng Baichuan speechless.

"NO!" Feng Baichuan shook his head, and laughed self-deprecatingly, “What kind of clan secret is considered to be this? Only punishment and retaliation should we suffer.”

"Punishment? Retaliation" Yun Che was shocked.

Feng Baichuan closed his eyes lightly, and spoke as his expression turned grim, “Phoenix is an ancient divine beast. It had descended to the Sky Continent long before to leave its flames on the Sky Continent, and hence had left behind many trial grounds. Those undergoing trial could inherit his bloodline, and this bloodline was something that future generations could inherit. Therefore, the Phoenix clan was born. According to the narration of our ancestors, the phoenix has left two trial grounds in the Sky Continent. One of them was in the faraway Divine Phoenix Empire, and the other one was here. The only difference was that the one in the Divine Phoenix Empire was known to everyone, and had formed an extremely powerful 'Divine Phoenix Sect', he said, while this land in the Blue Wind Empire is not noticed by everyone and was accidentally discovered by our ancestors. No one would have thought that this silent and dangerous Thousand Beasts Mountain, actually had the ruins left behind by the ancient saint beasts.

"So what you're saying is that this is just one of those test grounds, and isn't any treasure, contrary to the beliefs of the evil thieves on the outside?" Yun Che patted his chin.

"That's right." Feng Baichuan nodded: “Our ancestors have passed the test here back then. At that moment, the 'Divine Phoenix Sect' in the Divine Phoenix Empire had become the protective sect of the Divine Phoenix Empire, and their influence reached heaven. Even the imperial name was changed to 'Divine Phoenix'. The trial grounds there had also become a forbidden area of the Divine Phoenix Sect of the highest level, where only disciples of the highest grade were granted entry permits. Moreover, their phoenix bloodline had become their greatest pride and honor. If they knew the fact that the phoenix bloodline had appeared elsewhere, what we would be looking for might be destruction and instead the bonds of brotherhood.

Yun Che nodded, agreeing with him. The Divine Phoenix Empire was originally named the Great Asura Kingdom. However, after the Divine Phoenix Sect rose to power and provided support for the new imperial family, even the imperial name had been changed to Divine Phoenix Empire. Hence, the phoenix bloodline had become the sole symbolism of the glory of the Divine Phoenix Empire. If they knew of the existence of another phoenix bloodline, they would definitely take the necessary measures to get rid of it.

“After passing the test, our ancestors began to pass down the phoenix bloodline, generation after generation. By the time it had reached the twelfth generation, they had developed into an extremely powerful Sect, which was, but never publicly referred to themselves as the Phoenix clan and they continued to hide the Phoenix mark on their foreheads in front of others. . However, in that generation, one of the ancestors fought with someone using the power of a phoenix and a terrifying fire inadvertently spread to the small town, scorching thirty-two thousand innocent lives within it.