Although she was getting better, Chongming's heart sank to the bottom. The demonic blood he had collected, after being refined by spiritual power, was extremely pure. An ordinary phoenix would only feel uncomfortable when exposed to this demonic blood, just like Yaohua's reaction when she encountered that pool of demonic blood before. But now...
"What's wrong with me?" Yaohua asked, holding her head with a confused look on her face.
Could it be because she had consumed too much spiritual power during her divination just now?
"Host is advised to avoid the blood on the ground," the system suddenly spoke up. Yaohua was caught off guard and was startled by it.
"Do you mean I'm blood - faint?"
"Theoretically, yes," the system replied vaguely. If Yaohua hadn't bled before and seen others bleed, she might have believed it.
She didn't believe it and looked at a pool of blood not far away. Unexpectedly, a sudden dizziness hit her.
Yaohua quickly averted her gaze.
Something was wrong. How could she be blood - faint? There must be something wrong with this blood.
"Master, the blood on the ground is strange. You must avoid it," Yaohua said.
Chongming felt complicated but still nodded in agreement.
Getting up from her master's embrace and looking at the water stains on the cave wall, Yaohua couldn't help but ask, "Master, can't we break it open?"
Chongming didn't answer. He just covered his palm with spiritual energy and struck the thick cave wall.
Yaohua covered her ears, but her eyes were shining as she looked at the stone wall.
Boom! After a loud noise, the stone wall remained intact.
A brief look of surprise flashed across Chongming's eyes. He conjured a luminous pearl and got closer to the stone wall.
A string of golden runes suddenly appeared on the damp stone wall.
Yaohua also came over to take a look. "This is..."
These runes gave her a familiar feeling, but she was sure she had never been here before.
"It was left by the Phoenix Ancestor," Chongming said. Since the Celestial Realm had to maintain the spiritual light that suppressed the Heavenly Demon Clan every hundred years, Chongming was very familiar with the aura of the Phoenix Ancestor. He almost recognized it instantly.
No wonder Nanfeng had hidden in this ordinary - looking cave. It was because of this.
Yaohua was stunned. So the ancestor had once been to Cangyan Mountain. But what had the ancestor come here for? And why had the ancestor left runes here?
Before she could think more, the Danjing suddenly appeared in the air uncontrollably.
"It has sensed it too," Chongming said. The Phoenix Ancestor had suppressed the Heavenly Demons with spiritual light. Logically, the Fuji Qin String shouldn't have been able to sense the aura of the Phoenix Ancestor so easily. But in fact, not only did it sense it, but it could also reveal itself with the power of its former master.
It seemed that the power of the Phoenix Ancestor's spiritual light that suppressed the Heavenly Demons was gradually dissipating, which was why the aura of the ancestor's relics was getting stronger.
Chongming's eyes were heavy. He tried to divine the fortune of the Heavenly Demons in the future but couldn't calculate it. There was only one reason for this result. His destiny would also be intertwined with that of the Heavenly Demons.
"Master, look!" In the midst of his agitation, Yaohua's voice pulled his mind back.
He followed the sound and saw a row of small characters on the stone wall. Judging from the handwriting, it might have been engraved not long ago.
"There's dragon - scale powder on the wall," Yaohua covered her mouth. How desperate had Uncle Nanfeng become that he had started to use powdered dragon scales?
Trying to suppress her surprise, Yaohua found the dragon - scale powder he had left on the wall.
The originally silver - white dragon - scale powder showed signs of turning black, which meant that a long time had passed since Uncle Nanfeng left the mark.
Yaohua was worried. She saw that the dragon - scale powder was fixed in the shape of an arrow, presumably the direction Uncle Nanfeng had pointed out to them.
Yaohua looked in the direction of the arrow. It was pitch - black ahead, and there was only a narrow passageway from which damp wind was constantly blowing.
"Could Uncle Nanfeng be hiding in there?" she asked hesitantly, looking at her master.
Her master was dressed in white, as bright as the moon. It was already a bit of a shame for him to be here. If he were to pass through such a narrow passageway... she really couldn't imagine what it would look like.
"Aren't we going?" Seeing Yaohua standing still, looking at him hesitantly, Chongming was a little surprised.
Did the little phoenix think this mark was a trap?
"Master, I think..."
It seemed that after experiencing many things, the little phoenix had gradually grown up and started to have her own thoughts. While Chongming was gratified, he also felt a bit sad. Many children could actually always maintain their innocent nature.
Yaohua scratched her head. Meeting Chongming's encouraging gaze, she slowly said, "Master, I think I should go in alone. You can just wait for me here."
"Why?"
"I'm afraid I'll dirty your clothes," Yaohua said.
Chongming was silent for a long time. After a while, he said, "I don't care about these things."
He sighed softly and couldn't help but smile when he thought of his own expectation just now.
Sure enough, she was still a child. He had expected too much of her.
"Master, can everyone see the dragon - scale powder?"
Chongming nodded and followed her to the passageway.
"The dragon - scale powder is such a precious thing. If we can see it, others must be able to see it too," Yaohua stood in front of the passageway without moving. "Master, how about we go in the opposite direction?"
"I'll follow your lead," Chongming said.
To prevent the little phoenix from saying something astonishing again, Chongming simply changed his white clothes to black.
"This road is wide and stable. Could Uncle Nanfeng really be hiding on this side?" Yaohua was worried. She looked back at her master but didn't see the familiar white clothes.
Looking up along the dark long robe, Yaohua was a little unsure. "Master?"
It wasn't until Chongming answered that she let out a sigh of relief.
In her impression, her master had never worn black clothes. Unexpectedly, he looked so good in black!
She really wanted to hug her master in black and smell the nice fragrance on him.
"Watch your step," Chongming stopped and suddenly reached out to press on her head.
Yaohua was stunned and looked at the road under her feet.
There was a bottomless chasm in front of her. She was just one step away from stepping into it.
Such a deep chasm. If she fell in, something bad would definitely happen!
Fortunately, her master had spoken in time and saved her life!
"Why is there such a big chasm in a cave?" Yaohua crushed a luminous pearl and picked up a piece of the fragment to throw down.
The eyesight of the Phoenix Clan was extremely good and would become stronger as their cultivation increased. She had thought that throwing a fragment would help her explore the depth, but unexpectedly, as soon as she threw it, it disappeared almost instantly.
Yaohua was not willing to give up and wanted to throw another one.
"Don't throw anymore," Chongming held her wrist. "This chasm is unfathomable. Nanfeng is cautious and will definitely not be down there."
"But we've reached the end of this road," Yaohua said helplessly. She just hated that she hadn't learned enough skills and couldn't accurately divine Uncle Nanfeng's specific location.
"Leave it to me," Chongming said.
"Master?" Yaohua was flattered. Every time during their training, her master always let her think about problems as much as possible. Why was he so proactive this time?