Divine Beast Azure Luan

Jiang Lu paused, her expression dark and inscrutable. Instead of answering, she asked:

"Are you the divine bird on the mural?"

The black shadow flew straight down from the stone pillar and looked at Jiang Lu. There was a little less chill in its blue eyes than before.

"That's right."

Jiang Lu looked at its revealed true form. After suffering the backlash, it had only a wisp of soul power left to maintain its current shape.

It had only regained this much after recuperating for so long. If the formation had not been unable to hold on, then in a few hundred more years, she would have eventually recovered her true form.

"The little bird in your arms is rather nice."

It suddenly changed the subject and looked at the red figure at Jiang Lu's waist, its expression deep and unfathomable.

Hearing it mention herself, Chi Li poked her head out of the cloth pouch, then fluttered her wings and flew onto Jiang Lu's shoulder.

She tilted her head and looked at it.

This aura—

It was the Divine Beast Azure Luan!

Though its bloodline was impure, in a place like the Immortal Cultivation Realm, it was absolutely an existence that could crush everything beneath it.

Jiang Lu sensed Chi Li's body stiffen, followed by her claws tightening slightly around Jiang Lu's shoulder.

Jiang Lu pressed her lips together and sent her a message, telling her to be careful.

Chi Li pretended not to understand as she cocked her head at the divine bird's figure.

"A second-rank Spirit Beast is far too weak. You and I are fated. Since I am about to dissipate, how about I pass all this cultivation power to you?"

The divine bird's voice turned gentle, its tone carrying a seductive lure.

"To me?"

A flash of excitement crossed Chi Li's eyes, followed by disbelief.

"That's right. Come forward."

Chi Li tilted her head and asked Jiang Lu. Jiang Lu had wanted to stop her, feeling that this divine bird harbored ill intent, but when she saw the eagerness in Chi Li's eyes, she sighed and nodded.

"Go on."

Chi Li flew from her shoulder toward the altar.

How could she not hear the malice in the divine bird's tone? Yet her bloodline suppressed it, and this Azure Luan only had a wisp of soul power left.

It could not possibly harm her.

Chi Li hopped forward slowly, gradually reaching the center of the altar.

Only then did she clearly see the chains connected to the stone pillar.

One end of the chains was bound to the stone walls on all sides. The other seemed to be tied to the stone pillar, but only upon approaching did she see that there was a figure on the pillar.

Though it was now nothing but a skeleton.

"Master! This bird has fallen into demonic corruption!"

Demonic corruption!

Jiang Lu was greatly shocked. How could a Divine Beast fall into demonic corruption, unless—

"It sacrificed the bloodline of its master's entire Lineage to nourish itself. The sacrifice has now been completed. The one who set up this formation must have foreseen this and left an extra safeguard."

"In this way, once the sacrifice was complete, that Lineage would receive its punishment, yet the divine bird would not be given the chance to fully recover, preventing it from emerging to bring calamity upon the living."

Jiang Lu nodded. That was what she had thought as well. It was not entirely devoid of conscience; otherwise, if the divine bird truly fell into demonic corruption and emerged to wreak havoc, the formation's creator would also have to bear a share of the karma.

That karma was too immense for that person to withstand!

"Master, step back first!"

Chi Li spoke to Jiang Lu, a hint of excitement in her expression.

If Cangchen saw this, he would surely say that this divine bird was about to meet with disaster.

But the divine bird did not know that.

It thought Chi Li was thrilled at the prospect of receiving its cultivation power.

Hehehe—

Don't be in such a hurry!

For the sake of this little thing being so cooperative, it would grant her a quick death!

A gleam of excitement flashed through the divine bird's blue eyes.

Jiang Lu retreated until she was only an inch away from the stone wall, watching as the divine bird slowly flew off the stone pillar and circled it several times.

Then the violet ghostly light around the altar suddenly lit up, and a hexagonal totem appeared atop the altar.

The totem lit up from the outside inward, then illuminated the entire stone pillar.

The stone pillar let out a trembling rumble.

Then the chains began to shake violently.

"Screech—"

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The divine bird let out a piercing cry, then twisted through the air and flew toward Chi Li.

In an instant—

It plunged into Chi Li's body.

Chi Li felt that wisp of soul power, and flames erupted around her body, immediately burning it away.

"Aah—"

"What are you?!"

A miserable voice echoed endlessly through the cave, filled with unwillingness and shock!

It had actually been tricked by such a tiny second-rank Spirit Beast!

The flames on her body clearly revealed how extraordinary she was. Other than those divine flames and the innate flames possessed by certain Divine Beasts, it could think of nothing else capable of burning it.

Could this Spirit Beast be one of those Divine Beasts?

As the flames burned, the divine bird gradually lost its life force. All its cultivation power condensed into a Golden Core and fell before Chi Li.

Then the bone-chilling cold within the cave completely vanished.

"Cutie!"

Jiang Lu shouted. She had not forgotten the important matter at hand!

Then Cutie shot out of the cloth pouch with a whoosh, and Jiang Lu immediately followed.

Behind the altar, the fragrance of treasures wafted through the air.

She was rich!

She was rich!

They were hers!

Jiang Lu ran over and looked at the palm-sized luminous pearl. It was so pretty!

Though it had no practical use, she liked it.

With a wave of her hand, she stored everything away in her space.

Then she saw the enormous Ice Bed that had been exposed!

"Master! I want it!"

Cangchen's eyes widened as he stared without blinking at the Ice Bed.

He loved it too much!

Chi Li had absorbed the divine bird's energy and would surely grow stronger.

Then the gap between his strength and Chi Li's would certainly widen.

But!

With this Ice Bed, he would definitely be able to grow stronger too.

He blinked his round eyes at Jiang Lu, only short of dropping to his knees and begging her.

Jiang Lu nodded helplessly.

"How are you taking it away? Let me tell you, we need to leave quickly."

If her space could store it, she would have taken the Ice Bed away long ago.

Since it was still here now, it was likely because it was too large, and her strength was insufficient to take it in.

"Master, just watch me!"

Cangchen had never intended to take the Ice Bed away. Anything related to water or ice could be converted directly into his own energy.

Then he spun around and flew straight onto the Ice Bed.

The scales on his body flickered faintly, and the icy glow on the Ice Bed faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Before long, it had become dim and lusterless.

Jiang Lu's eyes widened. She picked up Cangchen and examined him again and again. How could such a tiny body hold such enormous energy?

Cangchen blinked innocently at Jiang Lu.

"You two... do you have some identity I don't know about?"

Suspicion filled Jiang Lu's eyes. Ordinary Spirit Beasts did not possess such abilities.

Hearing this, Cangchen exchanged a guilty look with Chi Li, who had just run over, and both shrank their heads.

"M-Master... we didn't mean to hide it from you."

"Hmm? So there really is something?"

Jiang Lu stared into his eyes. Well now, these two little things actually had secrets!

"Actually, we came from the Upper Realm and are Divine Beasts. We were plotted against during a battle and fell here. For some reason, we lost our cultivation power and became the little Spirit Beasts we are now."

Seeing Jiang Lu's expression, which plainly said You're still spouting nonsense, after Chi Li finished speaking, Cangchen hurriedly added:

"We told you before!"

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