Boom!
Just as Qing Tian was checking his information, a powerful fluctuation suddenly came from ahead of him.*
Rumble!
Bang!
A series of violent collision sounds continuously echoed through the surrounding void.
"Interesting!!"
"I never thought there would actually be a living being attacking the formation I set up."
After Qing Tian figured out what was happening, he had thought some major incident had occurred. As it turned out, it was merely a living being ramming into the formation he had set up.
Outside the formation.
A huge bird wreathed in flames continuously spat out streams of fire, striking an invisible formation not far in front of him.
This bird was a branch of the Phoenix Clan—the Vermilion Bird.
The divine beast Vermilion Bird looked at the formation she had been bombarding with flames and snarled viciously, "Damn it! I, Meng Wu, refuse to believe I can't break this formation of yours."
A hundred years ago, Meng Wu had arrived here by chance. She had originally only wanted to see whether there were any Spiritual Treasures or the like in this place, but sure enough, she discovered a powerful formation.
Wherever there was a formation, there were definitely treasures within. Thus, Meng Wu began breaking the formation.
Yet breaking this formation had taken a full hundred years, which left Meng Wu extremely astonished. After all, her cultivation was not weak—she was at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm, only one step away from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.
But this formation had actually trapped her for a hundred years. However, this very fact made Meng Wu even more certain that the treasure within the formation was extraordinary.
Boom!
Just as Meng Wu was preparing to launch a new round of attacks, a powerful aura suddenly appeared in the void. Then, the formation shattered with a resounding crash.
"Success!!"
Meng Wu, hovering in the air, saw the formation suddenly shatter and assumed she had broken it herself. Naturally, she was overjoyed.
"Huh? What's that..." But before Meng Wu could celebrate for long, she discovered that there was actually a figure standing within the formation. At the same time, she realized that the inside was completely empty.
"Damn it! The treasure must have been taken by this person." Meng Wu immediately thought of one possibility and descended in front of Qing Tian.
"Which race are you from? Quickly hand over the treasure here, and I may spare your life. Otherwise..." Meng Wu coldly addressed Qing Tian without the slightest courtesy, because she had discovered that Qing Tian's cultivation was only at the Golden Immortal Realm.
"Treasure? What treasure?" When Qing Tian heard Meng Wu's words, he was naturally baffled. What treasure? He had only just arrived here—how could he have found a treasure?
"You!!"
"..."
Meng Wu was angered by Qing Tian's words. Combined with the innocent look on his face, it made it seem as though she had genuinely misunderstood him.
"Since you refuse to hand over the treasure, don't blame me for being impolite." Meng Wu did not want to waste any more words on Qing Tian and directly sent a flame toward him with a casual wave.
"Hmph!" Watching the blazing fire fly toward Qing Tian, Meng Wu snorted coldly. This was her origin flame. Even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal would suffer badly if touched by it, let alone a living being in the Golden Immortal Realm.
Qing Tian looked at the blazing fire flying toward him. Without bothering to show any courtesy, he simply swung out a palm.
Boom!
A powerful palm wind appeared in the void, and the blazing flames that had been burning fiercely vanished without a trace in an instant.
Meng Wu had still been wearing a smug expression, but upon seeing this scene, she widened her eyes as though she had seen a ghost.
It's over!
She had actually encountered an extraordinary figure today.
With a wave of his hand, he had destroyed her origin flame. How could he be a Golden Immortal? At the very least, he had to be a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal—or even a Half-step Hunyuan Golden Immortal!
She had never expected her father's words to be true. There were truly countless experts on the Wild Continent.
After witnessing Qing Tian's strength, Meng Wu restrained her attitude and bowed to him. "Meng Wu of the Phoenix Clan greets Senior. I offended you today. I hope Senior will forgive me."
Although she knew that the other party was an expert, Meng Wu was not too worried. She directly revealed her background.
The Phoenix Clan!
One of the three supreme races of the Primordial Wilderness.
Who in the current Primordial Wilderness would not give the Three Races some respect?
Unfortunately!
He had run into someone who did not.
Qing Tian did not care whether she was from the Phoenix Clan or the Dragon Clan. Since she had offended him, he did not care what she was.
"Is the Phoenix Clan really that impressive?" Qing Tian said coldly, not taking the "Phoenix Clan" mentioned by Meng Wu to heart at all.*
Is the Phoenix Clan really that impressive?
When Meng Wu heard these words, it was as if she had been struck by lightning.
Damn it!
Although her cultivation was inferior to Qing Tian's, she could not tolerate hearing him slander the reputation of the Phoenix Clan like this.
"Arrogant!"
"Caw!"
Meng Wu let out a cry. Then, her entire form transformed into a Vermilion Bird body ten thousand zhang in size, with endless flames burning across her wings.
Boom!
With a flap of her wings, a wave of fire rapidly descended toward Qing Tian.
"Get down here!"
"..."
Qing Tian shouted angrily and forcefully grabbed at the void with one hand.
Rip!
With that grab, before Meng Wu had time to react, her enormous body was abruptly dragged from the void and crashed onto the ground.
Qing Tian walked over to Meng Wu and said, "I'll give you a chance to become my mount."
How could one travel through the Primordial Wilderness without a decent mount? This Vermilion Bird divine beast was quite good, and her bloodline could also be considered top-tier.
If the countless living beings of the Primordial Wilderness learned of Qing Tian's thoughts, they would probably be left dumbfounded.
There were indeed many people with mounts, but there were exceedingly few who dared to make members of the Three Great Races: Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin, their mounts.
That was because of the Three Great Races' pride and power. No one dared to clash with them.
"I..." Meng Wu, pinned to the ground, heard Qing Tian ask her to become his mount. That was naturally impossible. She was a member of one of the Three Races, and her status within the Phoenix Clan was not low either.
Thus, she naturally could not agree to Qing Tian.
"Why won't you agree?"
When Qing Tian saw the expression on Meng Wu's face, killing intent suddenly erupted from him, causing the surrounding void to change color.
"I'll give you one more chance. If you still refuse..." Qing Tian said coldly. An aura appeared above Meng Wu's head. If her answer did not satisfy him, Qing Tian would not give her any more chances. He was no saintly mother.
The Primordial Wilderness was a world where the strong were respected. The weak had no right to speak.
"I... I..." Meng Wu sensed the killing intent radiating from Qing Tian, as well as the aura hovering above her. She understood that if she did not answer properly, death would certainly await her.
After thinking it over again and again, Meng Wu still nodded in agreement. After all, preserving her life was the most important thing. The rest could be discussed later.
"I'm willing," Meng Wu replied.
"Very good!"
"As the mount of Dao Venerable Qing Tian, your cultivation cannot be too low..."
Qing Tian spoke to Meng Wu. The title Dao Venerable Qing Tian was one he had only just come up with. After all, one needed a resounding title when traveling through the Primordial Wilderness.
Dao Venerable Qing Tian.
The Venerable One among the Dao!!
Boom!
Qing Tian lightly pointed at Meng Wu, who was lying on the ground. A vast origin aura flowed from his finger and entered her body.
Rumble!
Under the baptism of this vast origin aura, Meng Wu suddenly heard a cracking sound and discovered that the realm she had been unable to break through for so long had actually broken through at once.
Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
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