Empress Vibes, Leaving Undying Fire Mountain

Besties, I had finally seen true empress vibes in the Primordial World too.

Little Qingqing paid her respects to the true sovereign of the skies!

"..."

The Three Pure Ones were taken aback as they listened to their disciple's flattering thoughts.

How wonderful.

The three of them were currently being questioned by Primal Phoenix, yet their precious disciple was still cheering for their opponent. Zhenzhen was truly no one to rely on.

Primal Phoenix was certainly an empress.

During the Dragon-Han Calamity, any creature with wings that could fly had joined the Phoenix Clan, which had once enjoyed unparalleled prestige.

Seeing that their disciple was still lost in her fantasies,

Supreme Pure Laozi decided not to bother with Zhou Qingqing for the moment.

An empress.

No.

He had nearly been led astray by Zhou Qingqing.

Although Primal Phoenix appeared exceedingly forceful, he did not buy into that. Calmly bowing to the sovereign before him, Supreme Pure Laozi slowly spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Primal Phoenix, we did not come to seize the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner by force. Whether you give it to us or not is entirely your decision."

"As for why you should give it to us, that is something Fellow Daoist Primal Phoenix must consider."

First Master really was an expert at smoothing things over.

Was this the highest goodness being like water that he so admired—water benefiting all things without contention? The fire in this southern Undying Fire Mountain was indeed fierce, but when it struck First Master's pool of water, it seemed there was nothing it could do...

"Highest goodness is like water; water benefits all things without contention?"

A gleam instantly flashed in the depths of Supreme Pure Laozi's eyes.

Qingqing's words affected him far more deeply than Primal Phoenix did.

"Our daoist grounds are in Eastern Kunlun. We have just acquired an immortal island formed from a fragment of Chaos, and we possess a blessed grotto in the East Sea as well. We also have a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root among the Primordial World's ten greatest, the Yellow Center Plum. We can be considered moderately well-off."

Oh, Second Master's move of proactively displaying our wealth was pretty good too. If we hadn't just emptied out the Penglai Immortal Court, we really wouldn't have much confidence saying that~

"We sincerely came to request the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner. In exchange for the Dragon Clan's Northern Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner, we promised Azure Dragon the innate supreme treasure, the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls."

Third Master started with the clans and the quality of the spiritual treasures. You three really are playing off one another well.

Watching her three masters' seamless performance, Zhou Qingqing felt gratified.

She wanted to record every frame of this scene.

Zhou Qingqing felt that her three masters had performed flawlessly. No matter how one looked at it, they had demonstrated the depth of their foundations.

Primal Phoenix's gaze shifted slightly, and her attitude toward the Three Pure Ones, who had entered the southern Undying Fire Mountain, changed as well.

Though their cultivation was below hers, they all carried themselves neither humbly nor arrogantly.

It seemed they truly wanted the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner in earnest.

If nothing unexpected happened,

the Three Pure Ones intended to gather the complete Innate Five Directional Banners.

Moreover, they had actually persuaded Azure Dragon to trade his Northern Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner, and they had even offered an innate supreme treasure in exchange.

It had to be said that this was indeed a remarkable accomplishment.

Sister Primal Phoenix, our three masters have sincerity, foundations, and ability. If that isn't enough, they even have looks. Just accept them already—they're willing to do anything.

Maiden praying, ING.

"..."

The Three Pure Ones' expressions all stiffened.

Now that Zhou Qingqing was relying on her low cultivation, she did not need to speak up at all and simply kept thinking about selling them out.

And what was this nonsense about looks?

How could a sovereign like Primal Phoenix care about a mere outer shell? Did she think everyone was obsessed with appearances?

The Primordial World was full of handsome men and beautiful women. Only their disciple insisted on ranking them into different tiers. She was simply too bored.

And if she wanted to pray, then pray.

Why did she have to add that she was a maiden?

Although Zhou Qingqing had not yet taken human form, the Three Pure Ones had all imagined her with her hands pressed together in prayer. The image was exceptionally vivid.

But her prayers were useless.

Primal Phoenix could not hear her thoughts. She had no idea that a disciple was secretly praying at this moment.

Flames flickered in Primal Phoenix's eyes, yet they were no longer as piercing as before.

"What you say does make some sense."

Besties, praying really works...

Works my ass.

The Three Pure Ones scoffed at Zhou Qingqing's self-crediting thoughts, but Primal Phoenix's softened attitude was a good sign.

If she had remained the aloof empress they had first met and refused to communicate with them, they could only return once their cultivation was higher and they had more to offer.

At worst, their disciple's cultivation would progress a little more slowly.

They would just have to grit their teeth and accept it.

Fortunately, matters had not yet reached that point.

"The Phoenix Clan has perished. I have no need, unlike Azure Dragon, to consider the revival of the Dragon Clan."

Tsk, Sister Primal Phoenix had hidden things quite deeply. The Phoenix Clan had indeed perished, but hadn't she used supreme divine abilities to create the Golden-Winged Great Peng according to the transformations of yin and yang, as well as the world's first peacock, Kong Xuan, according to the five elements?

They were both continuations of the Phoenix Clan. So if you said the clan had truly perished, that wasn't entirely true.

The Three Pure Ones' expressions grew slightly solemn.

Zhou Qingqing habitually started picking faults the moment she opened her mind.

Yet she had revealed some information to them.

The destruction of the Phoenix Clan was plain for all to see. They had assumed that only Primal Phoenix remained of the entire Phoenix Clan, perhaps along with a few scattered survivors.

They had not expected this Phoenix Clan leader before them to have made arrangements so early on.

Had they not heard Zhou Qingqing's thoughts, they would not have noticed any change whatsoever in Primal Phoenix's expression when she spoke of this topic.

This Phoenix Clan leader truly regarded them as if they did not exist.

Judging from this matter alone, Primal Phoenix before them was someone with an exceedingly steadfast mind.

If she had been in Azure Dragon's place some time ago,

even if her bluff had been exposed, she could never have surrendered so easily. She would surely have launched a full-force strike.

Since she did not consider the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the peacock Qingqing had mentioned, she naturally would not bring up the Phoenix Clan's revival again.

Otherwise, they could have made use of the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the peacock.

Perhaps it would have been even easier to resolve.

Primal Phoenix swept her gaze over the Three Pure Ones. Seeing no fluctuation in the expressions of the three Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals before her, she admired the strength of their minds.

This was entirely Primal Phoenix's misunderstanding.

The Three Pure Ones were still thinking about the Golden-Winged Great Peng and Kong Xuan, and had not yet processed it all. Naturally, they had no other thoughts.

"I am suppressing the southern Undying Fire Mountain and cannot leave this place."

"If you can devise a way for me to break free from the southern Undying Fire Mountain, I will give you the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner. I will not go back on my word."

Primal Phoenix smiled warmly as she directly proposed the method for exchanging the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner.