The joy on Cang Shan's face had not yet completely faded when Chong Ming's words landed like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
"The Supreme God wants to drive me away?"
Chong Ming's gaze darkened. "Cang Shan, deserting one's post is no small crime."
"So it turns out that the Supreme God actually cares about me."
Yao Hua watched in stunned silence. In just a few sentences, Cang Shan's expression had changed several times.
Moreover, how did Goddess Cang Shan manage to detect that the Master was caring about her?
"Supreme God, please wait for my good news. I will surely live up to your trust."
With a burning look in her eyes, Cang Shan turned and disappeared into the cave.
Chong Ming calmly tinkered with the formation. Suddenly, he noticed furtive and anxious glances cast in his direction from time to time.
He put down what he was doing. The next time Yao Hua looked over, he raised his head.
"Why do you keep looking at me?"
Yao Hua scratched her head awkwardly. "Master, are you really caring about Goddess Cang Shan?"
No matter how she thought about it, she only felt that the Master was warning Goddess Cang Shan. But why did Goddess Cang Shan interpret it in another way?
Could it be that the Master was really as Goddess Cang Shan had imagined?
Chong Ming lowered his eyes.
At this moment, he was sitting on the ground. His eyelashes were like butterfly wings. With just a slight flutter, Yao Hua's heart began to pound wildly.
"I will pay attention in the future and won't say such words that are likely to cause misunderstandings again."
Yao Hua's eyes almost popped out. "M-Master, I definitely have no intention of being dissatisfied with you."
But why did she feel so happy when the Master said this?
"I am the Supreme God. I should be more cautious in my actions."
Chong Ming propped his chin with his hand, his gaze thoughtful.
Yao Hua suddenly felt her mouth go dry. She averted her gaze. "I seem to hear noises inside again."
The moment she turned around, she covered her chest.
Stop pounding! Stop pounding!
Her ears were almost numb from the pounding!
It wasn't the first time she had seen the Master. Why was she still so excited!
It was so embarrassing for her!
But the Master was really so good-looking!
Chong Ming withdrew his gaze. The little phoenix was right. Sometimes he should pay attention to his words and deeds.
The master and disciple each had their own thoughts until a white light flashed and Rong Chu's figure appeared in the cave.
"I pay my respects to the Supreme God."
"Skip the formalities." Chong Ming stood up. "Come and take a look. Do you have any way to break this formation?"
Yao Hua also crowded over.
Rong Chu was truly someone who had been enlightened by the Master. After just a brief glance, he mentally calculated the way to break the formation.
He formed seals with his hands and suddenly slapped the ground.
A scorching whirlwind suddenly appeared out of thin air at the feet of the three of them.
For a moment, the powerful coercion of the same kind almost bent Yao Hua's spine. She leaned against the wall, her small face as pale as ice and snow.
The next moment, Dan Jing suddenly flew out and blocked in front of her. The remaining coercion from the Phoenix Ancestor was completely absorbed by Dan Jing.
The scorching feeling in the air gradually faded. Yao Hua lowered the sleeve that had been covering her face.
Dan Jing landed in front of her, lingering affectionately around her hand, and soon disappeared.
By now, the formation had been broken. The stone door that had been tightly closed before opened a small crack in the middle.
She followed the Master to the stone door and pulled it open.
Inside the door was a stone chamber.
A stone chamber filled with the fragrance of books, which was in sharp contrast to the scene outside the stone door.
It was just that perhaps due to the long passage of time, a lot of dust had accumulated.
She looked around and suddenly saw a dragging-like mark on the ground.
Could it be left by Uncle Nan Feng again?
But how could he leave such a mark?
Yao Hua's face changed slightly. "Uncle Nan Feng... won't he be unable to maintain his human form?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Chong Ming's expression immediately became solemn.
Yao Hua followed the mark for a few steps. "Master!"
Chong Ming was not far away. Hearing her voice, he immediately walked over and saw a pool of blood in front of her, as well as the black qi rising from the blood.
"It's this black qi again!" Yao Hua hesitated for a moment and reached out her hand, wanting to use the red light in her body to wipe it away.
Chong Ming stopped her in time. "Find Nan Feng first."
Only then did Yao Hua come to her senses. Although her current cultivation was different from before, she still couldn't waste it casually, because no one knew what was waiting for them later.
"This blood is different from the one outside." Yao Hua looked worried. "If it's Uncle Nan Feng's blood..."
Her nose felt a bit sour. She closed her eyes and simply stopped thinking about it. She just followed the mark and walked backward.
The stone chamber was full of surprises. They successively passed through two crescent-shaped doors. Suddenly, they heard the sound of gurgling water.
Yao Hua's eyes lit up and she quickly ran in the direction of the sound.
However, the scene she saw next made her eyes go black and she almost fainted.
"Save... me..."
A hoarse voice that was barely recognizable as its original tone sounded with difficulty. In a small pool only a few feet long, a silver dragon covered in bloodstains crowded itself into the blood pool. All over its body, the places where the scales had been peeled off were still constantly oozing blood.
And under its coiled dragon body, a wisp of black qi slowly rose.
"Uncle Nan Feng!" Yao Hua stumbled over. She knelt down on one knee in front of the blood pool and wanted to reach out to heal Nan Feng, but there was hardly any intact place on Nan Feng's body at the moment.
She wanted to use the red light in her body to dispel the annoying black qi, but Uncle Nan Feng's body was blocking it. She couldn't even see what was going on underneath.
Hesitating back and forth, she had no choice but to turn her gaze to Chong Ming behind her.
Chong Ming quickly walked over. The spiritual power in his palm quickly covered Nan Feng.
Nan Feng's half-closed eyes opened slightly and then closed powerlessly. The last wisp of spiritual power on his body that had been used to block the blood qi completely disappeared.
Yao Hua's heart ached and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Little Princess, don't be anxious. The Dragon King has just fainted."
Rong Chu stood beside Chong Ming, carefully examining. His gentle face showed nothing but blankness.
"Supreme God, the Dragon King's tendons..."
A sharp glint flashed across Chong Ming's eyes. By now, he had stopped the bleeding on Nan Feng's body. He raised his hand to shrink Nan Feng and placed him in a clay pot filled with water.
Yao Hua's heart turned cold. "Master, will Uncle Nan Feng be okay?"
"He will be okay."
The Master's definite answer reassured Yao Hua. Only then did she look at the place in the pool where the black qi was constantly rising.
The Phoenix Fire separated the blood and revealed a box at the bottom of the pool.
This box looked ordinary, and the patterns on it were also very plain. But the black qi was emanating from this box. Yao Hua became vigilant and used the Phoenix Fire to tentatively roll it out.
"It doesn't seem to be a thing from the Three Realms."
The moment the box landed in her hand, Yao Hua saw that a red light began to slowly emit from her palm until it melted all the patterns on the surface of the box.
Click——
The moment the patterns disappeared, the box automatically popped open.
Yao Hua was so scared that her hand trembled and she quickly threw it out.
A thing about the size of a fist, like an egg, rolled out from it and hit the ground.
With a cracking sound, the shell broke open.