12dz Chapter 38 Weighing Cause and Effect
Chapter 38 Weighing Cause and Effect
Upon hearing that Hong Ling had invited him to the Southern Undying Volcano, Xuan Yao's mind raced as he weighed the options.
The Phoenix Clan was one of the true protagonists of the world during the early calamity of the Dragon-Han era.
Although since that great calamity that shattered the world and caused immense suffering to all living beings.
The Phoenix Clan, burdened with boundless karma, had no choice but to retreat to the Southern Undying Volcano. They used the full power of the clan to suppress the poisonous fire of the earth veins to repay the karmic debt of Heaven. They were no longer the supreme power that once ruled over the birds.
But as the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.
As one of the three ancient overlords who have been passed down since the beginning of time.
The profound heritage of the Southern Immortal Volcano is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and it remains one of the most outstanding ancient ancestral lands in this primordial world.
This is a dangerous place that involves ancient karma.
If it were in the past, when Xuan Yao had not yet attained the Golden Immortal realm and lacked confidence, he would never have easily touched it, and would have even stayed as far away as possible.
But the current situation is completely different from his current status.
He has not only opened the door, but also condensed the immortal golden nature, achieving the supreme status of a Golden Immortal.
He was also adorned with the prestigious identity of a direct disciple of the inner sect under the Queen Mother of the West.
The Azure Phoenix lineage of the Phoenix Clan already had a very deep old friendship with Xi Kunlun's master, the Queen Mother of the West.
Moreover, he was acting in accordance with the will of Heaven today, having saved the life of Hong Ling, the direct descendant of the Honghu clan!
Considering all this, although this trip to the Undying Volcano will inevitably involve some karma with the Phoenix Clan, with the life-saving grace and Xi Kunlun's background as a buffer, it is definitely a great good deed with only benefits and no harm!
"In that case, I will accompany you on your journey to the Southern Polar Regions."
Having figured out the pros and cons, Xuan Yao finally nodded slightly and accepted Hong Ling's invitation.
However, Xuan Yao was always cautious and did not rush to set off immediately.
He first took Hongling back to his Qingheishanling dojo.
He summoned the two boys, Qingya and Yuanguo, along with the white-robed old fox, to his side and solemnly instructed them:
"I need to travel south for some time this time."
"You all need to take good care of my cave."
Especially for the White Fox lineage, it is crucial to remain law-abiding and minimize contact with the outside world in recent years, and absolutely avoid bringing any external karmic consequences into the mountains!
"If anyone disobeys, I will not let them off lightly when I return!"
Seeing the master's stern expression, all the children and foxes were terrified and kowtowed repeatedly in response, not daring to slacken in the slightest.
After the defenses of the dojo were settled.
Xuan Yao entered the secret chamber alone, and with a wave of his sleeve, poured out all the relics left by the purple-robed Huang Feng Daoist, and began to carefully count them one by one.
The most eye-catching thing was naturally the yellow sand fan that almost destroyed his protective mountain formation.
Xuan Yao probed into it with his divine sense and briefly refined his perception.
Although this treasure is only an extremely obscure mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure, the fan was made by refining the feathers of an extremely rare and venomous bird mixed with the filthy yellow sand from the ground.
When fanned, the yellow sand divine wind, capable of corrupting one's primordial spirit and eroding one's physical body, is indeed a rather insidious and ruthless unorthodox weapon.
If used properly, it can be surprisingly effective in combat.
Besides the Yellow Sand Treasure Fan, the Yellow Wind Taoist also possessed many rare and precious materials from the East Sea, as well as a large quantity of spirit stones and pills.
Among these miscellaneous items, Xuan Yao also found a very conspicuous purple jade tablet, as well as several talismans that shimmered with spiritual light.
The purple jade plaque was carved with extremely intricate celestial court totems unique to the Purple Mansion Continent of the East Sea, and contained a trace of the pure yang energy of the Eastern King Duke. It was clearly a token of identity for a cultivator under the Purple Mansion Continent.
Xuan Yao casually crushed the talismans and read the messages inside.
These talismans were all used by Huang Feng Daoist to communicate with several other Golden Immortal cultivators in Zifu Continent.
After reading these messages, Xuan Yao roughly understood the situation.
This Yellow Wind Taoist was indeed no ordinary rogue cultivator who was just using a guise to swindle and deceive.
They are genuine Golden Immortals with official titles and positions in the Purple Mansion Continent Immortal Court!
"It seems this feud has become quite serious."
Xuan Yao casually crushed the Purple Mansion Continent token into dust, but there was little fear in his eyes.
He knew that if Huang Feng Dao Ren's natal soul tablet shattered in Zi Fu Zhou, the East Sea would eventually trace it back to the outskirts of Xi Kun Lun and find out that he was the one who killed him.
But so what?
This matter was caused by the other party relentlessly pursuing Honghu and trespassing on his own temple gates!
In the primordial world, trespassing on someone else's sacred cultivation ground is equivalent to being a mortal enemy, and killing them is no crime!
Even if this matter gets out, Xuan Yao will still be completely on the side of righteousness!
With this great cause in hand, plus the Queen Mother of the West, the head of the female immortals, standing behind him.
Let alone killing a Golden Immortal from Zifu Continent, even if the Eastern King himself came, he would never dare to attack me without any scruples in this territory of Xikunlun!
After all the affairs and the spoils of war were properly arranged...
Xuan Yao then stepped out of the secret chamber and met up with Hong Ling, who had been waiting outside the mountain gate. The two of them transformed into streaks of light and sped off southward.
Along the way, the two traversed numerous famous mountains and rivers.
Seeing that the atmosphere had eased slightly, Xuan Yao casually asked:
"That Yellow Wind Taoist is a Golden Immortal from Zifu Continent. Although you are from the Honghu lineage, your cultivation is still shallow."
Why would he be so shameless as to relentlessly pursue and kill you?
Upon hearing Xuan Yao's question, Hong Ling, who was riding the clouds, paused slightly.
After stammering for a moment, she knew she couldn't hide it from the Golden Immortal who had saved her life, so she sighed and told him the whole story.
It turns out that Hongling had secretly gone out to train without telling his clansmen.
His original intention was not to travel and enjoy the scenery, but to follow a secret order from an elderly elder in the clan to go to the area where the southern edge meets the East Sea to find a Phoenix clan artifact that had been lost for countless eons!
This item is called the Nanming Li Fire Pearl!
According to Hong Ling, the Nanming Fire Pearl was originally a primordial spiritual object used by the Phoenix Clan to suppress a core fire vein of the Undying Volcano.
However, during that devastating Dragon-Han Calamity, countless powerful members of the Phoenix Clan perished, and this pearl was lost to the outside world.
Later, this precious pearl eventually fell into the hands of a descendant of the dragon race.
But now the dragon race is also in decline, retreating to the springs of the four seas.
That dragon clan, which was guilty of possessing a treasure but was also guilty of a crime, was wiped out by the domineering and expanding cultivators of Zifu Continent some time ago. Naturally, the Nanming Lihuo Pearl was taken away by the cultivators of Zifu Continent as a trophy.
Following the intuition within his bloodline, Hongling finally located the whereabouts of the precious pearl.
She was young and impetuous, and when she saw that this was originally an ancestral artifact of the Phoenix Clan, it had fallen into the hands of those rogue cultivators in Zifu Continent.
In a moment of impulse, taking advantage of Huang Feng Dao Ren's unpreparedness, he used the Phoenix Clan's secret technique to forcefully snatch back the Nanming Li Fire Pearl!
The result can be imagined.
This act of snatching food from a tiger's mouth thoroughly enraged Huang Feng Daoist, which led to the subsequent desperate run that spanned almost half of the prehistoric world.
After listening to Hongling's account...
Xuan Yao's expression remained calm and indifferent, his eyes showing no ripples, and he neither rebuked nor agreed with anything.
After hearing the intricacies of the situation, he understood it completely.
If we look at this matter from the perspective of the survival rules of the prehistoric world, it is impossible to say that anyone's actions were completely clean, and there is no absolute logic to it.
The Phoenix Clan said that this was their lost Nanming Fire Pearl, and it should be returned to its rightful owner.
However, the cultivators of Zifu Continent could also say with a clear conscience that these were spoils of war obtained from their extermination of the Dragon Clan's remnants, so why should they be returned to the Phoenix Clan?
In this vast and cruel prehistoric world.
Stripping away the high-sounding excuses and grand principles, the most fundamental and essential logic lies beneath.
There will always be only those four cold and bloody words—survival of the fittest!
Treasures will always belong to those who can protect them!
Although Hong Ling possessed the title of a relic of the Phoenix Clan, she lacked the strength to protect the reclaimed pearl. Therefore, she deserved to be chased and killed by Huang Feng Dao Ren like a stray dog, and even nearly lost her life.
Although Huang Feng Daoist relied on the power of Zifu Continent to kill demons and seize treasures.
But he was arrogant and conceited, chasing him all the way to the gate of Xuan Yao's dojo, and even dared to speak rudely.
He couldn't protect his arrogance, nor could he withstand Xuan Yao's Flying Golden Sword and Xuan Sha Golden Whip. So he was beaten to death on the spot by Xuan Yao, and even the Yellow Sand Treasure Fan became Xuan Yao's spoils of war.
all of these.
Ultimately, it's nothing more than the unchanging truth of this ancient world.
"Cause and effect, all lie in the word strength."
Without sufficient ferocity and power to subdue all heroes and protect the righteous path, the so-called blessings and righteousness are nothing but a joke in the eyes of others.
Each with their own thoughts, they remained silent throughout the howling winds high in the sky.
They continued to flee at full speed for decades.
As the two continued to venture deeper into the far south of the prehistoric lands.
Xuan Yao keenly sensed that the spiritual energy in the surrounding world was undergoing extremely drastic changes.
The originally peaceful and balanced spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to be mixed with traces of violent fire-attribute energy that made people feel hot and irritated.
Even the earth and mountains below faintly revealed an extremely dark crimson color.
"senior."
The celestial bird, leading the way, suddenly stopped its escape light and pointed to the distant horizon:
"Ahead lies the ancestral land of my Phoenix Clan, the Southern Undying Volcano."