Feng Ming

Inside the main hall of the Dark Devour Cult Master's pavilion.

"Reporting to the Master, the Master ordered me to investigate the Chaos Origin Stone, and I have finally made a breakthrough!" Dark Sword said coldly.

Upon hearing this, the Dark Devour Cult Master, also known as Sheng Hao, could not hide his excitement and immediately asked, "Chaos Origin Stone? Tell me, what breakthrough have you made!"

Dark Sword responded, "Ever since the Sect Leader ordered me to investigate the Chaos Origin Stone, I have been searching the Ying Family. Finally, my efforts have paid off. I learned an important piece of information from a conversation between two elders of the Ying Family: the Chaos Origin Stone and the Nine Nether Spirit Venerable are preparing his new disciple, Ying Rou! It is estimated that the announcement will be made soon!"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Hao frowned and asked in confusion, "That's not right. When the Nine Nether Spirit Venerable took Ying Rou as his disciple last time, he didn't pass on the Chaos Origin Stone! Why would he need to pass it on to Ying Rou for his breakthrough? Moreover, how could those two elders know what the Nine Nether Spirit Venerable was planning to do?"

Dark Sword confidently said, "Master, you may not know this, but the Ghost Spirit Faction is in turmoil because the heirs of the two major Lineage are at odds with each other. The Ying Family and the Feng Family are the two pillars of the Ghost Spirit Faction, so the elders and heads of the two Lineage invited the Nine Nether Spirit Venerable to start a high-level meeting of the Ghost Spirit Faction. The purpose of this meeting is to help the two heirs break down their past hostility!"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Hao suddenly realized and said, "Oh, right, I've heard about this. There was indeed such a gathering last time, but what did this gathering represent?"

Dark Sword said, "I'm not clear about the contents of the meeting, but several decisions were made at the end. One of those decisions was to pass the Chaos Origin Stone to Ying Rou!"

Sheng Hao's mind raced, many thoughts swirling within him. Sheng Hao then ordered An Jian, "An Jian, I'm sending you to Snowy Night City. I believe the Vermilion Vermillion Bird Clan will make their move soon. After all, the Carefree King's sale of the divine artifact caused them a loss. Given their Vermillion Bird Clan, they'll definitely intervene! If you have the chance, seize it and sow discord. Your job is done! If not, forget it!"

Sheng Hao sneered, "Hmph, Carefree King, I don't care if you're King Tier, Emperor Rank, or a venerable one. This time, it's the Vermillion Bird Clan that's causing you trouble, not me! I don't have time to mess around with you now. I'll play with you slowly after we deal with the Chaos Origin Stone!"

"Chaos Origin Stone, humph, with Chaos Origin Stone, I won't even put the three great Spirit Venerables in my eyes!" Sheng Hao sneered, then his figure flashed and disappeared from the hall.

Sheng Hao was right; the Vermilion Vermillion Bird Clan was indeed discussing this matter.

In the valley of Wutong Mountain.

This is the sacred land of the Vermillion Bird Clan, and also the gathering place of the royal Phoenix!

Although the number of Phoenix is small, there are far more of them than Five-Clawed Divine Dragon, with nearly a hundred of them!

At this moment, the three holy maidens of Phoenix Continent and the Great Elder of the Vermillion Bird Clan were discussing something.

The Great Saintess of Phoenix said calmly, "Three elders, I heard that someone in the Lan Mansion of Snowy Night City is actually selling divine artifacts. Is this true?"

The Phoenix Saintess of the Vermillion Bird Clan holds a more prestigious position than these three elders, since the Phoenix is the royal family of the Vermilion Bird Clan.

The Great Elder stated definitively, "The Vermillion Bird Clan in Snowy Night City has confirmed that the Lan Mansion does indeed sell divine artifacts. Furthermore, they just held an auction for a mid-level divine artifact! And the price was... 1.2 million gold stones!"

Upon hearing this, the Great Saintess of Phoenix frowned and said, "One million two hundred thousand yuan stones? Great Elder, did you hear me right? The top-tier divine artifacts we forge are only this price."

The Great Elder affirmed, "Yes, there's no way it's wrong! In the past, the divine artifacts we sold were all to the Five Great Families, while other forces in the Spirit Realm couldn't get them. That's why those forces are extremely eager for divine artifacts. This time, even a mid-level defensive divine artifact has caused these forces to fight tooth and nail for it!"

Upon hearing this, the Great Saintess Phoenix murmured, "Other forces? It seems that the scope of our sales of divine artifacts has shrunk, and our profits have also decreased significantly!"

Upon hearing this, the three Phoenix Saintesses chuckled and said, "Ah, we can sell divine artifacts to ordinary forces from now on! A low-level divine artifact can sell for tens of thousands of gold stones, a mid-level divine artifact for hundreds of thousands, and a top-level divine artifact for millions or tens of millions. Hehe... That way, we won't have to forge divine artifacts so often! We can play with them more often."

Upon hearing this, the Second Saintess glared at the Third Saintess and said, "Third Sister, the refining of this divine artifact uses our inextinguishable fire. You must know that this is the cultivation method of our Phoenix Clan. Only in this way can the power of our inextinguishable flames be made stronger! And only in this way can our cultivation increase more quickly!"

Upon hearing this, the three holy maidens immediately pouted and said, "I know!" Then they shut their mouths and remained silent.

The Second Elder slightly and said, "The Third Holy Maiden is still young, so we can't be too demanding." Then, his expression turned serious. "However, this matter must be taken seriously. This divine artifact has always been possessed by our Vermillion Bird Clan. Because of its existence, even experts in the Spirit Realm respect us greatly. In the Spirit Realm, our Vermillion Bird Clan's status is even higher than that of the Dragon Clan! But... all of this is because we can forge divine artifacts. Once others can also forge them, then..."

Suddenly a voice came from outside the door. "Yes, once we are no longer the only ones forging divine artifacts, our past status will be gone!"

Immediately, all six turned around and looked towards the door. Upon seeing who was walking in, the three holy maidens and the Great Elder stood up and respectfully looked at the person before them, saying, "Greetings, Clan Chief!"

Yes, the person who came in was Feng Yu, the patriarch of the Vermillion Bird Clan and also the patriarch of the Phoenix Clan.

Feng Yu is a legendary figure in the Vermillion Bird Clan. At first, Feng Yu was just an ordinary Vermilion Bird, but later he actually cultivated and was reborn. The Vermilion Bird's blue flames transformed into the Phoenix Clan's indomitable flames, and he actually evolved into Phoenix! Later, he cultivated to the peak at a record-breaking speed, and now his strength has reached the peak of a divine beast.

In history, fewer than ten people have evolved from Vermilion Bird into Phoenix, and each of them is a legendary figure. Feng Yu is no exception; he is now the patriarch of the Vermillion Bird Clan.

"Everyone must remember one thing: advantages! We must maintain them; disadvantages, we must eliminate them! When advantages are gone, their harm will be greater than the harm caused by disadvantages! Therefore... we must find out the truth of the matter, even if it means killing the person who forged the divine artifact! We must let everyone in the Spirit Realm know one thing: only our Vermillion Bird Clan can forge divine artifacts!" Feng Yu's voice was low and firm.

Upon hearing this, the Third Holy Maiden exclaimed with delight, "Ah, Father... Clan Chief, weren't you going to kill the person who forged the divine artifact? Hehe, leave this to me, I certainly won't let you down!" This Third Holy Maiden was none other than Feng Yu's beloved daughter, Feng Xing. However, he also knew that in formal settings, she could only address him as Clan Chief!

Feng Yu glared at Feng Xing and said, "I didn't tell you to kill the person who forged the divine weapon. I only said that we should only do that in the worst-case scenario! What we need to do now is to get to the bottom of things! Besides, the person who forged the divine weapon is not an ordinary person, and we can't just kill him whenever we want!"

The three holy maidens asked in confusion, "Then what does the clan leader mean..."

Feng Yu looked at the Great Saintess and smiled slightly, saying, "Feng Ming, you should know what my clan's goal is. As long as we achieve our clan's goal, we will be considered successful! I'm entrusting this matter to you. You must handle it perfectly. Of course, I have great faith in you!"

Upon hearing this, the three holy maidens exclaimed with delight, "Ah, Father, I want to go too! I want to go too!" In their excitement, the three holy maidens called Feng Yu" Father" again.

Feng Yu glared at the Third Holy Maiden, then smiled helplessly and said, "Alright, you go with your eldest sister too. By the way, take three of my clan's Golden Guards with you to the Phoenix Maze!"

"Yes! Please rest assured, Clan Leader, Feng Ming will definitely not disappoint you!" Great Saintess Feng Ming said confidently.

Feng Yu nodded, but a slight unease lingered in his heart. He racked his brains but couldn't figure out what the problem was, so he chuckled to himself, concluding that he was just being paranoid.

Three days later!

Within the Phoenix Clan!

"What! Say that again!" Feng Yu exclaimed in shock.

The Second Elder said anxiously, "Clan leader, we've received news that the divine artifacts were all sold by the Carefree King. This Carefree King is unfathomable. Of the eight experts who snatched the divine artifacts this time, two were Mid-grade Divine Human and possessed top-grade divine artifacts! The other six were Low-grade Divine Human and also possessed mid-grade divine artifacts. Yet, such formidable strength was wiped out by this Carefree King in a single move!"

Feng Yu finally understood why she had been feeling uneasy for the past three days!

Because he misjudged the strength of this Carefree King! He had heard of the title Carefree King and thought that the Carefree King was just King Tier Spirit Person, so he didn't care much. Moreover, the Great Saintess had now reached the Mid-grade Divine Human, and the Phoenix Clan's indestructible flame was very powerful, so he wasn't worried about anything. But... now he was worried!

Could the Great Saintess possibly handle a peerless master who could effortlessly eliminate two Mid-grade Divine Human possessing top-tier divine artifacts and a low-grade Low-grade Divine Human?

What worries Feng Yu the most is that... he has also given orders that if necessary, they should kill the other party at all costs to maintain the Vermillion Bird Clan's advantage in refining divine artifacts!

"Feng Ming and Feng Xing have been gone for three days already! What should we do? What should we do? No, the three Holy Maidens are too important to our Vermillion Bird Clan! We can't afford any accidents!" Feng Yu quickly made a decision and immediately ordered the Second Elder, "Second Elder, you must hurry to Snowy Night City and send a message to the Vermilion Vermillion Bird Clan Snowy Night City. Be sure to remind Feng Ming and the others not to attack this Carefree King! Go there yourself! Make sure nothing happens to the two Holy Maidens!"

At this moment, Feng Yu was also anxious for his daughter.

At this moment, Feng Ming and Feng Xing were in the Star Brilliance. Although Feng Yu had a strong Divine Sense, he could only search the entire Realm of Divine Beasts. He did not yet have the strength to enter the Spirit Realm, so he could not use telepathy to communicate with Feng Ming and Feng Xing!

"Ah, big sister, that's Snowy Night City! It's so beautiful, much more bustling and beautiful than ours. I've never been to Snowy Night City before!" Feng Xing was very excited, constantly looking around.

Feng Ming smiled slightly, then said to the three Golden Guards, "Ready? We'll enter Snowy Night City immediately and head to our Vermillion Bird Clan's encampment first!"

"Hmm? Where is Ge Yang?" Feng Ming's Divine Sense swept across the entire Vermillion Bird Clan's encampment but found no information. Immediately, a bad premonition arose in her heart.

As soon as the Star Brilliance, Feng Ming's face darkened. "Everyone, hurry to the camp! Don't waste time here!" Feng Ming grabbed Feng Xing, who wanted to look around, and rushed towards the Vermillion Bird Clan's camp.

The Vermillion Bird Clan's residence was quite luxurious, not much different from the Lan Mansion, but now the Vermillion Bird Clan's residence was very deserted, as if there was no one there.

"Boom!" The three golden guards under Feng Ming suddenly pushed open the door, their bodies transforming into lightning as they rushed into each room...

"What's going on? Why is there no one here?" Feng Ming wondered, and at the same time, she felt that things were getting out of control.

"Big sister, why is no one here? Send a telepathic message to the people stationed in the Free Holy City, they should know!" Feng Xing blinked twice and said.

Generally, those living between the two realms cannot communicate telepathically. Therefore, people residing in the Spirit Realm usually send messages to people residing in the Free Holy City, who then relay the messages to the Vermillion Bird Clan.

Feng Ming immediately nodded and began preparing to send a telepathic message to the people stationed in the Free Holy City.

"Yi Feng, do you know where Ge Yang and the others are? I can't find them." Feng Ming quickly spotted Yi Feng.

Upon receiving Feng Ming's message, Yi Feng immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Ah, it's the Great Saintess! I've been so worried these past few days. The clan leader has ordered that we must be careful with that Carefree King who sells divine artifacts. That Carefree King's power is unfathomable. Two Mid-grade Divine Human possessed top-tier divine artifacts and six Low-grade Divine Human possessed mid-level divine artifacts were all wiped out by that Carefree King in one move. The clan leader hopes that the Great Saintess will not use force to threaten them!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Ming was startled, but she quickly suppressed her shock and continued to ask, "Yi Feng, where exactly did Yi Yang go? I can't find him."

Yi Feng exclaimed in shock, "What? Yi Yang is missing? I just sent him a message a few days ago, asking him to tell you about the Carefree King!"

Feng Ming was immediately puzzled. She couldn't understand why the dozen or so Vermillion Bird Clan members stationed there had simply vanished.

However, this is a minor matter; Feng Ming's target this time is the Carefree King.

"Great Holy Maiden, the disappearance of Yi Yang and the others is a minor matter. The artifact incident is the most important matter concerning the future of the Vermillion Bird Clan!" Jin Xu, one of the three Golden Guards, reminded Feng Ming when he saw that she seemed stunned.

Feng Ming nodded to Jin Xu and said, "I understand. I was just thinking about how to deal with that Carefree King. According to the latest news, that Carefree King seems to be a super expert, probably on par with a Spirit Venerable! Two Mid-grade Divine Human and six Low-grade Divine Human were wiped out in one move!"

"Ah!" "Phew!"... The others exclaimed in surprise, and everyone suddenly felt a lot more pressure.

"Two Mid-grade Divine Human and six Low-grade Divine Human were wiped out in one move. Just how powerful is this Carefree King? I'd like to see for myself!" The powerful woman, Feng Ming, smiled faintly.