Chapter 531 - 530: A Visit from the Kunpeng Clan Members

Chapter 531: Chapter 530: A Visit from the Kunpeng Clan Members

Ling Fei looked completely calm, which surprised even Old Shi Ren.

"Who are you, and how did you get to our Sealed Demon Land?" Old Shi Ren demanded, his eyes glinting.

His tone was level, yet it carried an undeniable authority.

"Heh, my name is Ling Fei. I’m an Alchemist who stumbled into your esteemed clan’s territory. I suppose you could call it fate," Ling Fei said with a smile.

"An Alchemist?" an Elder in the hall asked, his eyes flashing. "’Brought about by fate’?"

Anger glinted in their eyes.

’If this was fate, would it have ruined our chance to obtain the Holy Stone Milk?’

’Even if it was fate, it was a cursed one!’

And so, their gazes turned frigid.

"Heh, fate!" Old Shi Ren’s eyes glinted. A faint smile touched his lips as he said, "Did you know that because of your arrival, our clan’s greatest prodigy was unable to open his Spiritual Aperture? As far as the Stone Race is concerned, you are a star of calamity, and you must be executed!" Killing intent saturated his smile.

In an instant, the very air in the hall seemed to freeze solid.

The killing intent was like a blade, poised to cut Ling Fei down.

WHOOSH!

Instantly, Dragon Qi surged from Ling Fei’s body as the True Dragon Armor materialized, repelling the murderous aura.

"Heh, your clan’s Holy Medicine may be extraordinary, but every medicine has its specific use. You must treat the ailment with the correct remedy. As it happens, I have a Spirit Pill that can help humans and beasts alike dispel their ignorance and awaken their Spiritual Wisdom. Your Young Master’s Spiritual Wisdom is currently clouded, and I just so happened to appear at this very moment, able to solve this problem for you. Wouldn’t you call that fate?"

Ling Fei smiled, his voice unhurried. Faced with Old Shi Ren’s piercing killing intent, he remained completely composed and unfazed.

"You can concoct Elixirs that awaken Spiritual Wisdom?" Upon hearing this, Old Shi Ren was visibly moved.

Even the six Elders in the hall had drastic changes in expression, and they immediately put their heads together, whispering amongst themselves.

Soon, they stopped their discussion.

"You’re so young. How could you possibly concoct such a Miracle Elixir?" Old Shi Ren said gravely.

After all, awakening Spiritual Wisdom was not something an ordinary Elixir could achieve.

Not even the Seven Great Divine Demon Descendants in this Sealed Demon Land possessed such a Spirit Pill.

Let alone a young man like him.

Thus, they were half-convinced and half-skeptical of Ling Fei’s claim.

"You’ll know whether my Elixir has this effect once you test it. Why trouble yourselves with doubt?" Ling Fei said with a smile, his expression full of confidence.

"Oh!" At his words, the six Elders’ eyes lit up, and they turned to look at Old Shi Ren.

"How do we test it?" Old Shi Ren asked, intrigued.

’Now that Little Shi Tou has failed to open his Spiritual Aperture, any glimmer of hope is a good thing.’

"You can start by finding a Demon Beast or Demon Bird with no Spiritual Wisdom. Let them consume one of my Elixirs, and you’ll see the effects for yourselves," Ling Fei said.

"We can do that?"

The Elders in the hall were taken aback.

"I think this is feasible!" Finally, after exchanging glances, the Elders all agreed that this method could work.

’This way, even if the Elixir is a failure, only the Demon Beasts will suffer any harm.’

Soon, a few of the Elders gave the order for someone to go and capture a few Demon Beasts that hadn’t awakened their Spiritual Wisdom.

"Have a seat," Old Shi Ren then said, gesturing for Ling Fei to be seated.

Ling Fei didn’t stand on ceremony. He strode over to a seat on the left and sat down.

His confident demeanor made the members of the Stone Race feel that there was more to him than met the eye.

"Ling Fei, is it?" Old Shi Ren smiled. "If I may ask, which Clan from the outside world do you hail from?"

He was incredibly curious about Ling Fei’s origins.

’A person possessing True Dragon Blood Qi is exceedingly rare in these lands.’

"Heh, I’m an orphan. I was raised by my adoptive father, so I’m not sure which Clan I come from," Ling Fei said with a smile.

"An orphan?" Hearing this, Old Shi Ren’s brow furrowed slightly. Then, a look of understanding crossed his face. ’This young man must have an extraordinary background and simply doesn’t wish to reveal it.’

Based on the sense he got from his Blood Qi, Old Shi Ren had already concluded that Ling Fei was a descendant of the Dragon Race.

"Then how did you end up wandering into our Sealed Demon Land?" Old Shi Ren asked with a smile, hoping to glean some information from him.

"It’s a little embarrassing, but I was originally using an Ancient Teleportation Array to get to the Divine Wilderness. The spatial tunnel collapsed, and I ended up in your clan’s territory by mistake," Ling Fei explained. "I apologize if I have caused any offense. However, I don’t see this as a bad thing. I believe my arrival here was arranged by the heavens."

He said this with the air of a profound mystic.

’Arranged by the heavens!’

’Arranged for you to come and ruin our chance to get the Holy Stone Milk?’ the nearby Elders grumbled inwardly, though they didn’t dare say it aloud.

After all, since Ling Fei claimed he could solve Little Shi Tou’s problem, they couldn’t afford to treat him poorly.

"Heh, it seems you and my Stone Race are indeed bound by fate," Old Shi Ren said with a faint smile, though his face revealed little else.

Seeing this, Ling Fei didn’t press the matter. He knew that these people had lived for a very long time and wouldn’t be so quick to trust a stranger.

’If I want to convince them, I’ll have to show them my true abilities.’

"So, what are things like in the outside world these days?" Old Shi Ren asked with a smile.

"The outside world is full of excitement and turmoil. A great new era is on the horizon," Ling Fei said.

Seeing Ling Fei speak in such general terms, Old Shi Ren’s brow furrowed slightly. He knew this young man wouldn’t reveal too much so easily.

’After all, they’ve only just met. Neither side knows the other’s true intentions. It would be foolish to reveal everything.’

And so, Old Shi Ren asked no more questions.

The atmosphere in the hall grew slightly awkward.

Ling Fei sat ramrod straight, silently regulating his breathing.

Soon, Shi Gang and another clansman returned, having captured a Demon Beast and a Demon Bird.

The Demon Beast was a long-furred black wolf, extremely fierce and savage, with very low Spiritual Wisdom.

The Demon Bird was a black eagle as well. It carried a trace of Black-Scaled Demon Eagle blood, but its Spiritual Wisdom was also very low.

As the two Demon Beasts were brought in, the Elders in the hall all opened their eyes.

"Heh, now that the Demon Beasts have been brought, please give them the Elixir, Young Master Ling," Old Shi Ren said with a smile.

The six Elders all fixed their gazes on Ling Fei.

Even Shi Gang stared at Ling Fei, his face filled with anticipation.

He had been intrigued by Ling Fei’s claim about awakening Spiritual Wisdom, and now he was naturally eager to see the truth of it.

"Have they brought them?" Ling Fei’s tightly shut eyes snapped open. With a flash in his eyes, his gaze fell upon the Demon Bird and Demon Beast in the hall.

’Not bad. The Demon Beasts here are even more ferocious than those in the outside world.’ As his gaze swept over them, Ling Fei sensed what made these two beasts extraordinary.

The auras they emitted were stronger.

The Demon Wolf would let out a roar from time to time, baring a pair of fangs in a terrifying display.

A black light glinted in the Demon Eagle’s eyes, and it too was extremely savage.

After glancing at the two Demon Beasts, Ling Fei focused his will. A Light Pattern flickered between his eyebrows, and a Jade Bottle shot out.

The bottle contained Spirit Awakening Pills.

The Jade Bottle landed in his palm, and Ling Fei took out two Elixirs.

"Feed these to them. After one hour, their Spiritual Wisdom will naturally awaken." With a smile and a flick of his palm, Ling Fei sent the two Spirit Awakening Pills floating forward.

Shi Gang hurriedly caught the two Elixirs.

Then, he and the other brawny man carefully fed the Elixirs into the mouths of the long-furred black wolf and the Demon Eagle.

At first, the two Demon Beasts struggled, but as the rich Medicinal Qi from the Elixirs filled their mouths, they stopped resisting.

The Medicinal Qi contained a kind of spirit-awakening aura that made their minds inexplicably clear, and they felt an overwhelming urge to absorb it.

Just like that, the two savage Demon Beasts immediately became quiet.

They then settled down in the hall, silently absorbing the power of the Elixir.

"They’ve calmed down?" Seeing this, Shi Gang was stunned. ’How long has it been? Two such ferocious Demon Beasts have actually calmed down.’

"You didn’t just give them a sedative, did you?" the brawny man next to him asked, shooting Ling Fei a look of disbelief.

He had been skeptical of Ling Fei from the start.

Ling Fei was rendered speechless by the question. "You’ll know in an hour," he replied, annoyed.

With that, he returned to his seat and closed his eyes.

Ling Fei’s completely self-assured demeanor made the Elders in the hall feel that the young man before them was increasingly profound and inscrutable.

At the same time, everyone was sensing the changes in the two Demon Beasts’ auras.

’Their savage aura has indeed been restrained.’

’I wonder if this Elixir truly has the miraculous effect of awakening Spiritual Wisdom,’ the Stone Race Elders wondered.

And so, the hall fell silent once more as everyone waited for the result.

Time trickled by. The seven elders sat sipping their tea.

Ling Fei, for his part, kept his eyes closed in meditation, looking perfectly calm.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

By now, the two Demon Beasts’ auras had gradually retracted. Their savage energy had dissipated completely, and with their eyes closed, they seemed to be in a state of enlightened cultivation.

"Clan Leader, members of the Kunpeng Race are here to see you! They say they have important matters to discuss!" Just then, a member of the Stone Race came forward to report from outside the hall.

"The Kunpeng Race?" Upon hearing the report, Old Shi Ren’s eyes flashed.

"What business could they possibly have with us?" The other Elders also looked surprised. Although both clans resided in the Sealed Demon Land, the Stone Race and the Kunpeng Race were not particularly close. Generally, the two clans rarely interacted or visited one another privately. For the Kunpeng Race to arrive so suddenly was indeed strange.

’The Kunpeng Race!’ At that moment, Ling Fei, who had been meditating with his eyes shut, felt his eyelids twitch. He snapped his eyes open, a sliver of unease stirring in his heart.