Where Is the Ancient Emperor Jiang? I'll Go Settle the Score with Him
According to Lu Yang's plan, if he created a record in the Ancient Realm and entered the fourth level, there should have been many Demon Race blocking the exit, demanding the rewards he deserved from the Ancient Realm.
Especially the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan; given how much he targeted Qin Feng of the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan within the ancient realm, wouldn't the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan become his main force in attacking him from the outside world?
First, Qin Feng challenged him to a one-on-one duel, saying that the strong should be respected. Then Qin Feng was defeated, and the Nine Infant Clan elder intervened, bullying the weak with the strong.
At this moment, the Phoenix Clan stood up to support them and blocked the attack from the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan elder.
Given the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan's ability to stir up trouble, the members of the Demon Race Clan Alliance sided with them, saying things like, "You are unworthy of your position; a mere junior like you has no right to obtain such a treasure in the Ancient Realm," "Hand it over immediately and we'll spare your life," and "You dare to insult the people of our Demon Race Clan Alliance; you will surely die today," and so on.
The Phoenix Clan was no match for the Demon Race Alliance and found itself in crisis.
At this moment, Senior Jiang Lianyi appeared to support him. With a glare of her phoenix eyes, she released the pressure of a half-immortal and said, "Let's see who dares to touch him!" Then she slaughtered everyone in her path, intimidating the world.
How awesome is that?
Why are you only talking about Lao Meng and Third Senior Sister when you're leaving?
Seeing that things were not going according to Lu Yang's plan, Jiang Lianyi stopped waiting for Lu Yang's signal and took the initiative to leave the ancient realm.
She wore a stunning red dress, was tall and slender, and had an indifferent expression that inspired awe.
Meng Jingzhou was stunned. How come there was an extra person?
Why hadn't he seen this person in the secret realm?
Even more reacting than Meng Jingzhou was the Third Senior Sister, whose voice trembled as she asked, "You... you are the ancient ancestor of the Phoenix Clan?"
The Phoenix Clan has portraits of their ancestors, which Third Senior Sister has seen in the Phoenix Clan.
The person my junior brother brought out looks exactly like someone who stepped out of an ancient painting!
No, they are even more vivid than the figures in the painting.
Third Senior Sister is passionate about archaeology. The appearance of a living ancient person, especially the renowned and legendary Phoenix Ancestor, is sure to excite her!
The third senior sister then calmed down. No, no matter how lucky the junior brother was, he shouldn't have been able to find the Phoenix Clan's ancient ancestor. This should be an incarnation or clone left behind by the Phoenix Clan's ancient ancestor.
"I am Jiang Lianyi."
The people in the third-level city all spoke modern language, which Jiang Lianyi learned with a single scan using her Divine Sense.
Upon hearing Jiang Lianyi's self-introduction, the third senior sister's heart skipped a beat.
Is he really the legendary ancient ancestor of the Phoenix Clan?
Meng Jingzhou stared at Jiang Lianyi and Lu Yang as if he had seen a ghost, his face filled with disbelief.
What's going on with you, kid? Why did you go to the Ancient Realm and even summon the Phoenix Clan's ancestor?
The third senior sister asked excitedly, "Legend has it that you perished as an immortal? Have you been reborn from the ashes and returned?"
Jiang Lianyi: "..."
Has the story of rebirth and resurrection already reached this point?
Is it bad for my image to have been lying there pretending to be dead until now?
She said calmly, "Don't make this public. Only the three of you know about my resurrection."
The three nodded repeatedly.
"By the way, are there other races among the Phoenix Clan?"
Lu Yang thought to himself that since he had already awakened the ancient ancestor of the Phoenix Clan, and given his connection with the Immortal Fairy, there shouldn't be any problem for him to become the second ancestor of the Phoenix Clan, right?
The third senior sister recounted in detail what happened between Lu Yang's entry into the ancient realm and his departure from it.
Jiang Lianyi frowned slightly, somewhat displeased. "Zhu Tian has quite the audacity, actually trying to control my Phoenix Clan with the nascent form of the Dao Fruit. Does he think I'm not here?"
Zhu Tian was the name of the High Antiquity Emperor Jiang. The Emperor Jiang clan was entirely red and used "Zhu" as their surname.
As fellow possessors of the Dao Fruit embryonic form, both living in a world of survival of the fittest, what does it mean that Jiang Lianyi was marked with a master-servant seal by the Dao Fruit embryonic form? It signifies the absolute control of the strong over the weak, where even life and death are decided in a single thought.
Even in High Antiquity times, she didn't do this. Unexpectedly, in this world where immortals are no longer around, Zhu Tian has become quite ambitious. Not only does he want to unify the Demon Race, but he also plans to control the phoenix race.
If the Phoenix Clan had a weaker foundation, they would probably have been controlled long ago.
"Where is Zhu Tian? I'm going to find him!"
She's always had a fiery temper, and Zhu Tian is practically riding roughshod over the Phoenix Clan. Does he really think she's dead?!
Lu Yang was startled and secretly asked in his mental space:
"Fairy, didn't you say that when a sleeping person awakens, their strength will be greatly reduced and they need a long enough time to recover? Senior Jiang has just awakened, can he defeat the High Antiquity Emperor Jiang?"
"Just kidding, don't confuse my feigning death technique with those other miscellaneous methods. When I feign death, my life force is completely locked inside my body. Ripple's strength is now the same as High Antiquity times—it's at its peak!"
The immortal fairy stood with her hands on her hips, extremely proud of her feigned death.
Confirming that Jiang Lianyi's strength had not diminished, Lu Yang became even more respectful and quickly advised, "Senior, please don't let this upset you. Senior Zhu Tian's whereabouts are hard to find, but the founding ceremony is about to be held. As the ruler of the country, Senior Zhu Tian will definitely participate. We can just go there to find Senior Zhu Tian."
"That's fine too."
Lu Yang kindly suggested, "There's one more thing. Your outfit is too flamboyant. I'm afraid you'll be recognized before the ceremony even starts. Senior Zhu Tian will probably hide if he knows you're coming. Would you consider trying to conceal yourself a little?"
Regardless of Jiang Lianyi's identity, her appearance alone, ranking among the High Antiquity Times, is enough to attract countless eyes and make her the center of attention wherever she goes.
Furthermore, since there are portraits of Jiang Lianyi within the Phoenix Clan, it would be strange if things didn't get out of hand.
Jiang Lianyi thought about it and realized that made sense. She took out a black cloak from her storage ring, put it on, and did it with practiced ease, as if she had done it countless times before.
"Huh? Why did I do it subconsciously?"
Jiang Lianyi was taken aback, somewhat puzzled. Given her personality, she never hid her actions and shouldn't be wearing a cloak so often.
That doesn't make sense.
Unsurprisingly, the Immortal Fairy explained to Jiang Lianyi via telepathy, "I used to take you and Xiao Ling to auctions to pretend to be weak while actually being strong. Back then, all three of us were wearing cloaks."
The third senior sister took out an animal hide and invited Jiang Lianyi to sit on it, and they set off for the Dijiang tribe.
The four set off.
While idly sitting on the animal skin, the immortal fairy suddenly remembered something.
"Isn't there something wrong with how you and Lianyi address each other?"
"Lianyi calls me 'sister, 'Lu Yang, you call her 'senior,' and Lianyi calls you 'Lu Yang.'"
"What's wrong with that?" Lu Yang thought there was no problem. Otherwise, what should he call her? Sister Lianyi?
"No, no, the generations are all messed up. Although I didn't take Lianyi as my disciple, we have the de facto master-disciple relationship. Lu Yang, as the second-in-command of the Immortal lineage, and also my disciple, according to the affiliation of the sect, your status should be higher than Lianyi's."
"So?"
"So you're Lianyi's senior brother!"
Jiang Lianyi nodded. "I'll listen to Immortal Sister, what about you, Senior Brother?"
Lu Yang: "..."
Fairy, please don't talk nonsense. I'm afraid the Qilin Fairy will suddenly appear behind me.
And Senior Lianyi, don't mess around. My fate is too shallow to bear such a title.