Qingcang's face changed drastically. "No! Someone has unsealed it!"
He rushed to Mount Danxue in a hurry, trying to remedy the situation. But he saw a man in cyan clothes standing where the ancestral tomb used to be. He couldn't help shouting, "You thief! Did you open the ancestral tomb without permission?"
The man turned around. It was unexpectedly Qingque!
At this moment, demonic energy coiled around Qingque. He no longer looked like his usual gentle and elegant self.
Under the influence of the demonic energy, all the dark sides of his heart were awakened, and even his face became distorted.
Qingcang had met him before. Seeing this, he couldn't help being surprised. "It's you?"
Seeing Qingcang coming, Qingque showed a smile. "I didn't expect you to be the first one here."
Qingcang said solemnly, "Did you unseal the seal under the ancestral tomb?"
Qingque raised his hand and felt the abundant power in his body. He couldn't help laughing. "Yes."
Qingcang was secretly shocked. Although they hadn't fought yet, he could feel that Qingque was extremely powerful at this moment.
He couldn't help dissuading him. "Do you know that once the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon is released, it will easily cause great suffering to all living beings. You can't control this power. It's better to seal it again!"
Qingque smiled slightly. "As the leader of the Phoenix Clan, why are you still so naive? I have now inherited the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon. You commoners just wait to be ruled by the Mysterious Demon Lord again."
After saying that, he directly attacked with a palm.
Qingcang dodged his palm wind and shouted sharply, "As long as the Phoenix Clan exists, you won't succeed."
The power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon dwelling in Qingque let out a wild laugh. "Then I'll exterminate your Phoenix Clan one by one. Oh, wait. You have a good daughter. I'll consider keeping her as a pet then. That way, I can spare her life."
After saying that, he attacked again forcefully.
Although Qingcang had the power of the phoenix, he was no match for the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon. Under Qingque's all - out attack, he was gradually forced back. Finally, he let out a shrill scream, was knocked to the ground, and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
He struggled to use the communication jade token, but saw Qingque walking slowly forward and stepping on the wrist with which he was trying to send a message. With a cracking sound, all his bones were shattered inch by inch. His body stiffened, and he died with his eyes wide open.
When Yaohua and others noticed something strange and rushed to Mount Danxue, all they saw was Qingcang's body.
"Father!" Yaohua's eyes were blood - shot. She threw herself beside Qingcang's body.
She stroked Qingcang's open eyes and tears fell.
Her father was the one who loved her most in the world. He always supported and protected her. But now, her father was lying on the ground and would never respond to her words again.
"Father, wake up." She sobbed, hoping that her father could give her a little response, although she knew that her father's body was completely broken and there was no sign of life.
But in her heart, she still didn't want to believe that her father was dead. "Father, get up, okay? I'll never disobey you again."
Qingcang's eyes were wide open, and his hand was still on the communication jade token. It was obvious that he had wanted to send a message to them before he died, but was stopped by the murderer.
Just as she was sobbing, Yanling also rushed over. Seeing his father's body, his voice trembled slightly. "How could this happen!"
He stepped forward to check Qingcang's body and found demonic energy. He was furious. "It must be a thief who absorbed the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon that killed father!"
Because of her great grief, Yaohua still choked when she asked, "What Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon?"
Yanling looked at his father's body, deeply regretting that he hadn't come with his father. "Part of the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon is sealed in our ancestral tomb. The strange phenomenon just now means that the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon has been released."
Yaohua was greatly shocked. She remembered all the illusions she had experienced. Could it be that those were created by the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon?
She then thought of the lost piece of the ancestral phoenix wing bone and gradually pieced together the truth of the matter. "That is to say, someone used the ancestral phoenix wing bone to open the seal of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon? It must be Zhao Yue."
Suddenly, the system voice sounded. "It's not Zhao Yue."
Yaohua didn't care about her grief and immediately asked, "Then who is it?"
But the system started to be mysterious. "There is still some power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon remaining in the ancestral tomb now. I want you to exchange this power with me for the name of the murderer. How about it?"
Yaohua didn't expect him to make such a request and subconsciously refused. "Don't even think about it."
In the dream before, the system probably also knew that it was the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon sealed there, but still told her to put the wing bone into the groove. Obviously, it had ill intentions.
Therefore, she always had a little bit of defense against the system.
The system said regretfully, "Then you can guess slowly."
Yaohua looked at her father's body, falling into great grief and confusion. "Who on earth killed father?"
Several elder brothers came one after another. Seeing Qingcang's tragic death, they were all in tears.
The usually honest Zhuyuan was furious. "This must be the work of the Heavenly Demons!"
Mo Qing was the youngest among the elder brothers and cried the most. "Then what should we do?"
Yanling wiped away his tears, and determination flashed in his eyes. "Naturally, we should prepare to set off and annihilate the Heavenly Demons. I'm irreconcilable with the Heavenly Demons. From now on, I'll kill every one I see!"
The other elder brothers all agreed.
Yaohua calmed down her emotions. Worried that her elder brothers would suffer losses if they went to the Heavenly Demon Clan impulsively, she quickly said, "Wait. I think there's something fishy about father's death. It may not be entirely the responsibility of the Heavenly Demons."
Yanling disagreed. "What else could be fishy? Father was obviously injured by the demonic energy of the Heavenly Demons. The only one who can kill him now is Zhao Yue, the leader of the Demon Clan."
Yaohua shook her head. "According to my judgment, it's not Zhao Yue."
"On what basis do you make this judgment?" Yanling was still in grief and his emotions were a bit agitated. He asked aggressively.
Yaohua was speechless. Her judgment was all based on the system, but she couldn't tell them about the existence of the system.
Just looking at Qingcang's death, it was indeed most likely the work of the Demon Clan.
She carefully sorted out the matter and found a doubt. "Brother, you also said that the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon is sealed here. That means no matter who it is - even a god - once they open this seal, they will be possessed by the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon and will use demonic energy when fighting with father. Right?"
The elder brothers looked at each other and fell into deep thought. "What you said makes some sense. Then who is the real murderer who killed father?"
Yaohua shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.
Soon, the news of Qingcang's death spread throughout the Three Realms. The matter of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon was also leaked, and its shadow once again enveloped the land of the Divine State.