The Snow Demon's face changed slightly.
Even if he knew nothing about formations, he could tell that the Blazing Fire Soul - Sealing Formation was specifically designed to restrain ice - cold attribute demons like him.
If the formation was completed, he would be trapped inside. His soul wouldn't be able to escape, and he would exhaust all his soul power in the cycle of repeated death and rebirth.
Zhao Jun, however, remained calm. "Your Excellency the Snow Demon, what benefit would I gain from killing you? It was you who accidentally discovered this formation and ordered us to break it so that you could leave the Ice Plains!"
The Snow Demon was also a bit confused. He turned to ask, "What benefit could he possibly have?"
Gu Songyue said, "I've seen the original formation blueprint. The formation requires very few ores, but the scroll in front of us indicates that it needs more than ten times the amount. Clearly, they want to use you to obtain the ores."
"And they want to kill you!" Yaohua continued, "There's a rumor on the Ice Plains that one can leave here if they kill you."
The Snow Demon hesitated. He craned his neck to look at the formation and murmured, "The ores all have an ice - cold attribute. How could they possibly give rise to raging flames?"
Yaohua's eyes lit up. "I understand. The blood and bone of a phoenix is an extremely yang thing. If it combines with an extremely yin thing and is refined with a special formation, the true golden phoenix flame will erupt?"
"What is the golden phoenix flame?" This time, everyone looked at her.
She seemed to realize that she had let something slip. Her expression was panicked. Then she sighed. "The golden phoenix flame is ten or a hundred times stronger than ordinary phoenix fire. I just received the inheritance from the ancestor. It was in the inheritance that I learned that by colliding an extremely yin and cold thing with real fire and adding the blood and bone of a phoenix, the real fire can be continuously refined and upgraded."
A crack appeared on Zhao Jun's face, which had previously shown a hint of pride. "What are you talking about?"
Adding the blood and bone of a phoenix to the formation was his spur - of - the - moment idea. He had never even heard of the golden phoenix flame!
But now, it had become the evidence for Yaohua to prove that his formation was fishy.
The Snow Demon was a bit confused. "But I've never heard of this golden flame..."
"Your Excellency may not know, but this method was invented in ancient times. Phoenixes have the power of nirvana and can reshape their physical bodies. Many phoenixes cut off their own limbs or even threw themselves into the formation to be refined in order to obtain this most powerful golden flame. However, the golden flame obtained in this way could easily drive people insane. Therefore, it has long been strictly prohibited."
As Yaohua spoke, her expression became more and more solemn. "If I hadn't accidentally received the inheritance from the ancestor, I'm afraid I wouldn't have known such a secret."
"How hateful!" The Snow Demon finally believed her words. His gaze towards Zhao Jun was terribly gloomy.
"What golden phoenix flame? I think it's just a lie you made up!" Zhao Jun was a bit panicked. He regretted it deeply in his heart. If he had known this, he would never have said that he wanted to throw Yaohua's blood and bone into the formation.
Who would have known that, by sheer coincidence, the method he came up with on the spur of the moment was exactly the way to refine the golden phoenix flame.
Yaohua waved. "I still have some secrets from the phoenix clan's inheritance. Please come closer, Your Excellency."
The Snow Demon leaned in as she asked. After hearing what she said, he was extremely enraged. With a single palm, he reduced Zhao Jun's entire body to ashes.
Somewhere on the Ice Plains, the Heavenly Demons were laboring in the ore piles. Suddenly, they noticed that the formation in the center of the ore was emitting waves of fluctuations.
Then, many ores turned into ashes, and Zhao Jun, with a terrifying face, appeared in the formation.
The Heavenly Demons were a bit surprised. "Your Excellency, what happened?"
This formation was the life - saving formation set up by Zhao Jun. Otherwise, even though he had achieved an immortal body, he would have to lose most of his cultivation and soul power to escape under the Snow Demon's rage.
He said hatefully, "That bitch has ruined my plans!"
"Is it that Yaohua again?" The Heavenly Demons immediately became indignant.
Zhao Jun snorted. "The Snow Demon has already discovered that we deceived him. He will soon find out that I escaped. The only thing we can do now is to leave quickly."
The other Heavenly Demons showed greed and regret in their eyes. "It's a pity. If the Blazing Fire Soul - Sealing Formation could trap the Snow Demon, we should be able to refine exactly eighty - one pills. The benefits it would bring to us would be immeasurable!"
Not far away, the Snow Demon heard his words. His expression was extremely stiff.
Yaohua said softly, "Your Excellency, you should believe me now, right? If Zhao Jun wasn't deceiving you, why would he have set up an escape formation in advance? Everything they did was to kill you and refine you into pills."
Originally, the Snow Demon was still a bit hesitant after hearing about the golden phoenix flame. After all, it was a rare way to escape the Ice Plains. How could he give it up easily?
Yaohua asked him to come closer, setting a trap to make Zhao Jun think that the matter had been exposed. Then they followed closely behind and happened to overhear the Heavenly Demons' plot.
Now, a blazing anger welled up in the Snow Demon's eyes.
Suddenly, the ice and snow between heaven and earth froze for a moment, and then turned into countless extremely sharp blades that spun and tore all the Heavenly Demons to pieces.
Zhao Jun's face changed drastically. Just as he was about to run, the Snow Demon tightly grabbed his throat.
Thousands upon thousands of ice and snow pierced through his body, making him let out inhuman screams.
Yaohua reminded, "Your Excellency, he has an immortal body. We can't kill him easily."
"Of course I know!" The Snow Demon picked up the ore beside him full of hatred and sealed Zhao Jun inside.
Then, he looked at Yaohua and the others. "I know that you also came here to kill me. If you can't help me leave the Ice Plains, your end will be even worse."
Yaohua and the others didn't expect him to suddenly figure this out. A sense of crisis immediately filled their hearts.
Ziying was calm. "Don't think about it. It's useless for you to leave, because Xuan Zhao died in the Heavenly Demon War long ago."
"What?!" The Snow Demon's glass - like pupils suddenly widened, and the ice and snow around him suddenly went wild.
The ice and snow blades immediately rushed towards the group.
Under this mass of ice and snow, the group without spiritual power had no power to fight back.
Yaohua quickly said, "Wait. I promise to help you!"
The ice and snow subsided.
The Snow Demon still stared fixedly at Ziying. "My sister can't be dead!"
Ziying said speechlessly, "If she weren't dead, how could the inheritance carried by her residual soul appear in this little phoenix? During the Heavenly Demon War back then, Xuan Zhao was cut into eight pieces, and her bones were used to suppress the Heavenly Demons."
"Then I'll retrieve her bones!" The Snow Demon said angrily, "Phoenixes have the power of nirvana. My sister will definitely be resurrected. If not, I'll rob the nirvana power of other phoenixes."
Seeing that his emotions were about to explode again, Yaohua quickly changed the topic and asked carefully, "Your Excellency, by the way, why are you absent from the palace for half a month every month?"
Perhaps because of the inheritance power on her, the Snow Demon calmed down and slowly told her the truth.
It turned out that his real name was Ming Ye. After committing a crime back then, his body was trapped under a cliff. He could only use ice and snow to reshape his body and move on the Ice Plains for half a month. Once the time was up, the ice - and - snow body would melt into water.
Yaohua suddenly realized. "The cliff... So it was you who saved me under that cliff!"