"Hahaha..." Lian Pingchao laughed heartily. "Are you testing my eye? Then I'll take this jade, and the Phoenixfire Parasolwood is yours! If I can't even recognize Phoenixfire Parasolwood, then I've eaten Dragon-Pattern Rice for all these years for nothing. I can blame no one but my own poor eyesight!"
The other five Grand Academicians curiously examined the wood in Fang Yun's hand, yet could not make head nor tail of it.
The piece of wood was brown throughout. It clearly bore traces of having been scorched by fire, yet it had not carbonized. It somewhat resembled jade, with a lustrous, smooth, rounded surface.
Though Phoenixfire Parasolwood bore the word "phoenix" in its name, it actually had nothing to do with phoenixes. When certain parasol trees accidentally absorbed the primordial qi of heaven and earth and were burned by raging flames at a particular time, they would not only fail to ignite, but instead absorb the flames' power and grow stronger, becoming Phoenixfire Parasolwood.
It was only because of the legend that phoenixes roosted in parasol trees that this kind of wood had been forcibly linked to phoenixes.
Phoenixfire Parasolwood could not be artificially made. Once processed by the Mohist School and Craftsmen School, it could be fashioned into mechanisms that spewed fire for long periods. Even after their flames were exhausted, they could absorb the primordial qi of heaven and earth to replenish themselves.
Moreover, the flames produced by Phoenixfire Parasolwood mechanisms were no ordinary fire. They could easily burn Demon Soldiers to death, and the strongest could even burn Demon Marshals to death. They could injure but not kill Demon Marquises, while their effect on Demon Kings was negligible.
Phoenixfire Parasolwood mechanisms were chiefly used to guard Two Worlds Mountain. To Demon Barbarians below the Demon Marquis rank, they