Chapter 417: A Scam
"Haha, don't blame me, brother. I'm also worried. When I think of the news you mentioned, I get excited!" The old man from the Mu clan named Tu laughed and said quickly.
The middle-aged man surnamed Xiao smiled helplessly upon hearing this, sighed, and said, "I understand Brother Tu's feelings!"
"The secret technique that your lineage has mastered can be combined with spirit beasts to increase their strength dramatically. If you can train this cloud phoenix to a level comparable to that of a purple-rank clansman, your next great calamity will immediately be 30 to 40 percent more secure!"
"If I had mastered this secret technique and if I didn't have anything that could sense the Cloud Phoenix, how could I have told you this news, brother!" said the middle-aged man surnamed Xiao with a stern face.
"Haha, Brother Xiao, you're joking. If you and I cooperate, it will be a win-win situation. I got Yunfeng, which will give me more protection to survive the great catastrophe in the future. And you also got our family's secret Beast Soul Pill, which greatly increased your chances of advancing to the middle orange level, right?" The old man surnamed Tu laughed twice and said.
"Haha, even so, no matter what, what Xiao got this time is still far less than what you got, brother!"
"That Yunfeng is a spiritual beast of heaven and earth, with unlimited potential for growth. In the future, it may even surpass us. Brother, now that you have this spiritual beast, the number of great calamities you can survive in the future can be said to have increased dramatically!"
"What's more, your lineage has mastered a lot of Heavenly Phoenix blood. If you use it on this Cloud Phoenix, wow!" The middle-aged man surnamed Xiao shook his head and sighed, looking at the old man surnamed Tu with envy in his eyes.
Hearing what the middle-aged man surnamed Xiao said, the old man surnamed Tu's eyes flashed with passion, and he quickly smiled and said:
"Brother Xiao, if you really help me capture the Cloud Phoenix this time, I will fully support you in some of the affairs within our Mu Clan in the future!"
"Okay, Xiao is waiting for Brother Tu to say this. Now I feel relieved. Let's set off quickly!"
“Come to think of it, if I hadn’t been chased by a powerful demon from the demon clan who was at the peak of the Void Refining Realm and hadn’t fled to this place, I might not have been able to find the trace of the Cloud Phoenix by chance!”
"The area where the Cloud Phoenix moved was shrouded by a very mysterious ancient restriction, and not a single aura was revealed."
“No wonder all these years, masters from surrounding ethnic groups have been coming and going here, but have never been able to find it.” The man surnamed Xiao said with emotion.
"This is your luck, Brother Xiao. But then again, how could a cloud phoenix suddenly appear in such a remote place? Could it be..." The old man surnamed Tu said with a look of surprise and doubt on his face.
"Haha, I've had this suspicion for a long time. Could it be that there are some spiritual objects left over by the Heavenly Phoenix in that place that have not been discovered by our tribes over the years?" The man surnamed Xiao also said with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"According to what you said, Brother Xiao, there is a very exquisite ancient restriction in that place, which conceals the aura inside. Perhaps for this reason, the heavenly phoenix spiritual object inside has not been exposed over the years and has been hidden until today!" The old man surnamed Tu said with a fiery look in his eyes.
"Brother, you are absolutely right. This is most likely the reason. How could the Yunfeng suddenly appear in such a remote place ? It must be some kind of ancient bird or beast that swallowed something from that place and evolved into the Yunfeng!" The man surnamed Xiao said with a look of sudden realization on his face.
"Is there a large amount of Heavenly Phoenix blood there?" the old man surnamed Tu exclaimed.
"Maybe it's really possible. After all, the battle between the Sky Phoenix and the True Spirit Fire Crocodile here was earth-shattering and unimaginable!"
"Although Tian Feng was better in the end, it was probably seriously injured in order to defeat the fire crocodile, so a lot of blood was left!" The middle-aged man surnamed Xiao immediately made an inference.
The two looked at each other and saw the eagerness in each other's eyes.
No matter what is in that ancient forbidden thing, it must be very difficult for a cloud phoenix to appear here.
If I could get this, then...
The two of them talked as they flew quickly towards a place in the Nangen Desert.
After a moment, Bing Feng's voice sounded in Ye Changsheng's heart.
"The ancient lamp in the hands of the old man from the Wood Clan just now seemed to contain Phoenix blood. I sensed it!"
There was also a hint of desire in her voice.
After all, that was Tianfeng's blood, and what it meant to her was self-evident.
"Since that lamp is called the Phoenix Lamp, it must be related to the Phoenix. According to what these two people said, a young Phoenix appeared in the desert!"
"Interesting, let's follow and see!" Ye Changsheng said.
In fact, he didn't want to cause any trouble. After all, this team was very strong and not easy to provoke.
But after hearing the words "ancient prohibitions" in the conversation between the two people, he felt something in his heart, thinking that there might be some mystery in it, so he planned to go up and take a look.
Anyway, with the Taiyi Huaqing Talisman, he was not afraid of being discovered by these people.
Even if they were discovered, it wouldn't matter. One of them was in the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm, and the other was in the middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm. If they joined forces, he would definitely not be their match.
But there is no problem in escaping, because the terrifying power of his one hundred mature gold-eating bugs is enough to scare away the other party.
In that case, following them and taking a look would only be a waste of time, which was insignificant in Ye Changsheng's opinion.
Moreover, you might even get a chance to get something related to Tian Feng.
After the two men disappeared, Ye Changsheng followed them.
Thanks to the Ice Phoenix's ability to sense the Sky Phoenix's true blood, the two of them would not lose sight of the other team.
After traveling tens of thousands of miles in the desert, Bing Feng suddenly said, "The other party has stopped!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Changsheng immediately became alert, and under the cover of the Taiyi Huaqing Talisman, he slowly moved towards the group of people.
From a distance, when he got closer, he found that the team was standing on a hill discussing something.
Ye Changsheng was afraid of being discovered by these people, so he didn't dare to release his spiritual sense to eavesdrop on them. He could only approach them little by little, slowly getting closer to them.
"Brother Tu, this is it. Use the Sky Phoenix Lamp to sense and see if you can detect the location of the Cloud Phoenix!" said the middle-aged man named Xiao after looking at the sand in front of him for a moment.
On the sand ahead, a huge pit appeared in the originally flat desert.
Such pits are not uncommon in the Nangen Desert, and originally they did not seem to be anything surprising.
But after the old man surnamed Tu and the middle-aged man surnamed Xiao released their spiritual senses, they could both sense a faint restriction fluctuation at the entrance of the pit.
The old man surnamed Tu had a fiery look in his eyes. He quickly took out the Heavenly Phoenix Lamp and held it carefully in his palm.
This so-called Phoenix Lamp has a bronze lower part and a bright red upper part, as if it had been dyed red by blood.
However, the flame of the lamp released a colorful light. At this moment, the flame was burning steadily, without any abnormality.
The old man surnamed Tu muttered something, a spell was uttered, and then he snapped his fingers and a ray of light shot out, hitting the flame of the lamp.
The next moment, the flame of the lamp flickered, and suddenly a ball of colorful light emerged.
Then, the colorful spiritual light suddenly rose up, separated from the flame of the lamp, floated above the head of the old man surnamed Tu, and turned into a colorful phoenix about ten feet in size.
The moment the colorful phoenix appeared, it let out a clear cry, then circled around the two of them and stopped above the old man named Tu.
The moment the middle-aged man surnamed Xiao saw the colorful phoenix, a hint of fiery color flashed in his eyes, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After the five-colored phoenix appeared, the old man surnamed Tu hurriedly pointed at the pit and muttered something, as if urging the five-colored phoenix.
The colorful phoenix flew forward lazily, circled above the pit, and flew back without any expression.
Seeing this scene, the old man surnamed Tu's face suddenly darkened. He turned his head to look at the middle-aged man surnamed Xiao and said, "Brother Xiao, my Sky Phoenix Lantern didn't sense anything. Is there really a Cloud Phoenix in that pit?"
There was a hint of doubt in his eyes.
The middle-aged man surnamed Xiao said calmly, "Brother Tu, you are too impatient. If it could really be sensed so easily, how could it be our turn to find this Yunfeng?"
"I think the induction is probably cut off by the restrictions here. Let's make a move first and blast open some of the restrictions, and then you can try to sense it again!"
Hearing his words, the old man surnamed Tu's expression suddenly eased, he laughed and said, "Don't blame me, brother, I was indeed a little impatient!"
"Alas, in the face of such an opportunity, not to mention me, even those silver-level masters in our Wood Clan who are one realm higher than us would find it difficult to remain calm!"
"Haha, I can understand Brother Tu's feelings. I just hope you don't forget your promise. Let's take action now!" The middle-aged man surnamed Xiao said nonchalantly.
Immediately, the two Void Refinement-level Wood Clan cultivators and the five God Transformation-level Wood Clan cultivators behind them all took action, and rays of light shot forward.
When their magic weapons and supernatural powers just reached the top of the pit, a faint white light flashed and spread to the surroundings like water waves.
These people's tentative attacks were immediately blocked by the restriction.
"The defensive power of this hidden restriction is extraordinary. Brother Xiao, let's attack with all our strength!" After taking a look at the reaction of the restriction, the old man surnamed Tu turned his head and said to the man surnamed Xiao.
"Okay, a small restriction, can it stop me from waiting?"
As they spoke, brighter light burst out from their hands, and a large amount of heaven and earth energy was mobilized and gathered over there.
"boom!"
After one strike, the forbidden light flashed wildly, and then a fist-sized hole appeared on it, and a hint of the breath inside the pit was revealed from the hole.
When sensing the appearance of this breath, the colorful sky wind above the old man surnamed Tu's head suddenly let out a loud and clear cry, flapped its wings, and seemed to be rushing into the inside.
"Good! Good! Good!"
The old man surnamed Tu said "hello" three times in a row, and quickly pinched his fingers to call back the colorful phoenix. After circling once, the phoenix turned into a ball of colorful spiritual light and returned to the ancient bronze lamp.
The old man surnamed Tu took back the ancient lamp, his face full of joy and his eyes eagerly said:
"Brother Xiao, you are right. The Phoenix Lamp has indeed reacted. There is indeed something related to the Phoenix in it!"
"Let's break the ban here immediately and go in to find that thing!" said the old man surnamed Tu.
A hint of subtle mockery flashed across the eyes of the middle-aged man surnamed Xiao, and he nodded quickly and said, "Xiao would like to congratulate Brother Tu in advance, but before that, can you give me a portion of the reward first?"
When the old man surnamed Tu heard this, he laughed out loud, and the suspicion in his eyes disappeared completely.
He pulled out a emerald green wooden bottle from his bosom, threw it over, and laughed, "Brother Xiao is getting anxious too. Haha, I thought you would remain calm!"
"I promised you three Beast Soul Pills. I'll give you one first, and the remaining two will all be yours after the deal is done!" said the old man surnamed Tu generously.
"Haha, how can I not be anxious? It's just that I didn't have any evidence to convince Brother Tu, so I never asked for it!" The middle-aged man surnamed Xiao shook his head and said with a smile.
"Brother, now that you have the elixir, isn't it time for you to help me?" The old man surnamed Tu said with a smile, and the look he gave the man surnamed Xiao was already much warmer and more friendly.
"Let's attack together!" he nodded.
Immediately, this group of Wood Clan cultivators attacked the restriction one after another. Under the attack of the two Void Refining cultivators and a group of God Transformation cultivators, the restriction did not last long and immediately collapsed.
Seeing this, the old man surnamed Tu laughed and immediately flew into the pit.
The man surnamed Xiao also smiled slightly and followed, and the five Wood Clan Divine Transformation cultivators behind them also followed closely behind.
In the blink of an eye, there was no trace of any figure on the ground.
"Should we go down and take a look?" Bing Feng's voice sounded in Ye Changsheng's heart.
"No hurry, wait a little longer. I always feel that the restrictions here are a bit weird!" Ye Changsheng said with a frown, while looking around with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Just as he was hesitating, not long after, a violent wave came from under the pit.
"Ah!!! What is this?!"
"Xiao, are you plotting against me?!"
A black light flashed on the ground, and the middle-aged man named Xiao with slightly dark skin appeared on the ground. At this moment, his face was full of sneers.
With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen formation flags suddenly rose from the ground around the pit. These flags lit up and countless runes flowed in them.
Among these runes, some silver tadpole runes were unusually conspicuous, which immediately made Ye Changsheng, who was standing far away and watching this scene, show an expression of surprise on his face.
"This formation...why does it look like the work of a human being in the Heavenly Spirit Realm?" he thought with some doubt.
At this moment, rays of light shot out from the dozen or so flags at the same time, and a white light appeared, covering the pit.
Then, a flash of light appeared at the entrance of the pit, and a dishevelled figure appeared.
It was the old man named Tu who had been chatting and laughing with the middle-aged man named Xiao. Now he looked extremely miserable.
The sleeves of his robe were blown to tatters, and his hands were nowhere to be found. His arms were bare, like a felled tree, with some wood grain on the broken ends.
Green blood dripped from the wound and fell to the ground, making a sizzling sound. There was actually a hint of corrosiveness in the blood.
His hair was disheveled and his bloodshot eyes were staring at the man named Xiao outside the formation.
On his chest, a ball of pitch-black flame was burning slowly. The old man surnamed Tu's body was constantly emitting green light, which pressed towards the flame, but he was unable to extinguish it.
The flame looked extremely powerful.
However, when Ye Changsheng saw the fire, he was stunned and a strange look appeared on his face.
A trace of pain flashed across the face of the old man surnamed Tu, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Black Phoenix True Fire? It turns out that you are not from our Wood Clan, but from the Black Phoenix Clan of the Demon Clan. No wonder you targeted me!"
"hey-hey!"
The middle-aged man named Xiao sneered, opened his mouth and spat out a dark green bead, and then his aura changed drastically.
From a wood clan cultivator, he suddenly became a demonic being in the blink of an eye, with black flames burning from his body.
"I, Xiao, have been lurking in your Mu clan for more than a thousand years, just for today, the true blood of Tianfeng, hehe!" There was an eager look in the eyes of the man surnamed Xiao.
Hearing this, the old man surnamed Tu was so angry that he trembled all over, his eyes were as fierce as a wild beast, and he seemed to want to swallow up the man surnamed Xiao.
It was not until he entered the pit that he realized that everything here was a trap carefully prepared by the other party.
Where is the young Yunfeng?
What caused Tian Feng's reaction just now was just a magical weapon of the Black Phoenix clan hidden underneath!
After they went down, they were immediately ambushed by the man named Xiao. The other party had deployed very powerful means there, and the five Wood Clan gods who followed him here were all killed.
The old man named Tu, who was the first to be hit, was also in a miserable state and was injured on the spot.
If it weren't for his powerful magic power, he might have been killed on the spot by the opponent.
As soon as he rushed out of the pit, he was immediately trapped in such a formation. It was obvious that the other party had carefully planned all this for an unknown period of time.
Having lured him here today, he must be killed.
The blood of the Heavenly Phoenix in the Heavenly Phoenix Lamp in my hand will most likely fall into the hands .
"Hehe, I said that the Mo Mu lineage has never had any intersection with our lineage. How come a high-level cultivator like you who deliberately makes friends with our lineage suddenly appears, hehe..." The old man surnamed Tu smiled bitterly, his eyes full of regret.
"If you want to blame someone, just blame your clan for possessing the blood of the Heavenly Phoenix. Otherwise, why would I target you?" The man surnamed Xiao shook his head and sighed.
In the distance, Ye Changsheng, who had concealed his figure with the Taiyi Huaqing Talisman, had a strange look on his face.
Because the Wood Clan possesses the feathers and blood of the Sky Phoenix, it seems that they have always been the hardest hit area for the Black Phoenix Clan and the Sky Phoenix family of the human race to infiltrate.
I don’t know how many spies were stuffed in there.
At least, he knew that there was a woman from the Ye family, a human spiritual family, in the Wood Clan. Because she had the blood of the Wood Phoenix, she had successfully lurked in the Wood Clan.
This woman seems to be highly respected in the Wood Clan. She started lurking in the Clan from the early stage of Refining Void, and eventually, with the help of the Wood Clan's resources, she cultivated to the peak of Refining Void.
Finally, he stole the three Phoenix feathers of the Wood Clan and returned to the human race with important information about the Wood Clan.
This is really...
While Ye Changsheng was thinking this, a drastic change had already occurred in the formation over there.
The old man surnamed Tu was covered in green light, and the shadow of an ancient tree about ten feet tall appeared behind him. Its dense branches and leaves kept sprouting and stretching, spreading wildly in all directions.
When the man surnamed Xiao saw this, a solemn look flashed across his face. He quickly made a hand gesture and activated the formation.
In an instant, flames burst out from the flags and rushed towards the old man from the Mu tribe.
Upon seeing this, the old man of the Wood Clan expressionlessly urged the shadow of the ancient tree behind him. When the branches and leaves of the ancient tree stretched out, countless green liquids dripped from them.
The green liquids condensed together to form a layer of light green light film, wrapping the shadow of the ancient tree and the old man in it, and the flames spewing out of the formation could not advance an inch.
"Hehe, old ghost, your natal spirit tree is indeed extremely powerful, but how long can it withstand Xiao's formation?" The man surnamed Xiao said calmly.
He was not in a hurry at all. Although the old man from the Wood Clan was stronger than him, he had fallen into his formation after all.
He only needs to spend a little time to wear down the opponent.
"I don't need to resist you for long, I just need to hold on for a moment!" said the old man of the Mu tribe expressionlessly.
The man surnamed Xiao was stunned when he heard this, and then he saw the old man clapped his hands with a spirit beast bracelet, and suddenly a huge hedgehog appeared in front of him.
His expression suddenly changed and he shouted, "Old ghost, what are you doing?"
The old man from the Wood Clan did not answer. He clasped his hands together and his body turned into a shadow under the green light. In a flash, he disappeared into the shadow of the ancient tree behind him and became one with it.
At the same time, a green light appeared on the giant hedgehog's body, and it disappeared in the shadow of the ancient tree in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, dense green thorns appeared on the huge ancient tree.
Immediately afterwards, the body of the ancient tree expanded rapidly, and the thorns became larger and larger, and a dangerous aura burst out from it.
Seeing this scene, the man surnamed Xiao's face changed drastically and he cursed: "Old ghost, you are looking for death!"
While cursing, he desperately activated the formation and his figure quickly retreated.
A huge old face appeared on the trunk of the giant tree. It had no expression on its face. It opened its huge mouth and shouted coldly:
"burst!"
“Boom!”
A shocking explosion sounded, and emerald green light burst out from the formation, as if a green sun exploded before their eyes. The terrifying waves immediately destroyed everything around it.
At the same time, countless huge green spikes shot out densely in all directions at an extremely fast and ferocious speed.
Ye Changsheng, who was far away, was also affected.
