Chapter 1287 1246: Tianyuan Daoist

Only then did Chen Fei see that Tianyuan Daoist's body looked as if it had been smeared with lime, his flesh gray-white, and those eyes were eyes without pupils, like the blank white gaze of an Evil Ghost, incomparably stiff, just staring like that, making even Chen Fei involuntarily shudder all over. A chill spread across his back.

"Senior, are you Tianyuan Daoist?" Chen Fei steadied his mind, looked at Tianyuan Daoist's body, and asked slowly.

"Tianyuan Daoist?" A sound like rough paper rubbing against itself, extremely coarse and dry. Those pale eyes contracted slightly, finally fixing on Chen Fei, as he said faintly, "...Thank you for saving me."

Chen Fei was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Actually, even without my help, Senior, you probably wouldn't have needed long to regain your body, right? If I'm not mistaken, the reason that person succeeded earlier was because of the Blood Tree Demon, wasn't it?"

"And the Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance."

Tianyuan Daoist oddly twisted his neck, causing a creaking sound, and said, "Right now I have a zombie body, which is precisely restrained by that Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance! Together with the power of that Blood Tree Demon..."

Speaking to here, he shook his head, seeming a bit helpless.

"Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance?" Chen Fei's mouth opened slightly, and he said in surprise, "There was actually Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance? That's a fine thing... Though it's no wonder, the Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance is indeed one of the nemeses of an Earth Corpse body. That explains it."

"You know about Earth Corpses?" Tianyuan Daoist's eyes tightened, his gaze landed on Chen Fei, scrutinizing him.

"Senior, didn't you resurrect successfully by means of an Earth Corpse body? A success rate of one percent, one tenth of a percent—honestly, for you to succeed, Senior, really is luck." Chen Fei said with a smile.

"Yes, it truly is luck. Even I myself never thought it would actually succeed." Tianyuan Daoist shook his head, opened his mouth, and a mass of silk-like Thunderclap radiance was expelled from his mouth.

That Thunderclap radiance was extremely strange, composed of three different forms of Thunderclap in green, white, and purple, interwoven together, suffused with a terrifying aura, shining brilliantly.

"You take this. Consider it a thank-you gift. With my current body, keeping it is useless." Tianyuan Daoist said.

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment, then an expression of pleasant surprise surfaced on his face, and he said, "Then many thanks, Senior."

This Three Thunder Emerald Divine Divine Radiance is indeed a fine thing! If he could obtain it, he could use it to temper the Origin of Purple Firmament; when the Origin of Purple Firmament fused with the power of the Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance, Thunderclap merging, ruling lightning, his strength would definitely grow once more.

At this time, Tianyuan Daoist slowly rose to his feet, moved his stiff body a bit, and said, "What year of the Qiannan Ancient Calendar is it now? Do you know where the Heavenly Origin Sect is?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help subconsciously looking around at this ruin. If he remembered correctly, before being buried and turned into a corpse, the place he was located at was the headquarters of the Heavenly Origin Sect he had founded. Yet now, this place seemed to have become ruins.

"It is now the year 1431 of the Qiannan Ancient Calendar. As for the Heavenly Origin Sect, the Heavenly Origin Sect is no more." Chen Fei said slowly.

"What!?" Tianyuan Daoist's pupils constricted, and a terrifying aura burst uncontrollably from within his body, surging out and making heaven and earth tremble. He turned around, those pale pupils locking tightly onto Chen Fei, speaking word by word.

"Senior, take a look at this." Chen Fei handed over the Token the Yee Hua Pill King had given him.

Tianyuan Daoist was instantly stunned, looking at that Token, murmuring, "Isn't this..."

If he remembered correctly, this Token seemed to be something he had passed down back then. Nearly a thousand years gone by, and it was still here?

Then, Tianyuan Daoist received that Token, his eyes shining, and began to read.

After a short while, the hands with which he was holding the Token slowly lowered, he closed his eyes, and—crack!—the Token was crushed to powder in his pale hands, his teeth also following with a vicious clenching.

"Royal Family! The five great powers!"

He murmured in a low voice, within his eyes a dreadful cold gleam spreading.

The Heavenly Origin Sect was his life's blood, and also the foundation of him, Tianyuan Daoist. Yet now, it had been destroyed by others! And even uprooted completely—how could he not hate!?

Seeing this scene, Chen Fei let out a light sigh and said, "Senior, time is ruthless. Please restrain your grief."

Tianyuan Daoist's whole body trembled, then he slowly opened his eyes and said, "No matter what, Heavenly Origin owes you a favor. From now on, for anything, as long as you want to seek my help, I will make a move for you once."

"Senior?" Chen Fei was taken aback, not understanding what he meant by these words.

"This is what the person who asked you to hand me the Token requested of me."

Tianyuan Daoist said faintly.

"Master?" Chen Fei's eyes instantly tightened, his fists clenching hard, and after a long time, loosening again. Taking a deep breath, he said, "Senior, right now the Royal Family and the five great powers in this Qiannan Ancient Kingdom can be said to have deep and solid roots. If you wish to take revenge, I suggest you calm down first..."

Before he finished speaking, Tianyuan Daoist shook his head and said, "Revenge? I don't want revenge."

Hearing this, Chen Fei was slightly taken aback, looking at the other with surprise.

"Just like you said, time is merciless, no one can endure for ten thousand generations, so they joined hands to annihilate my Heavenly Origin Sect—that's their ability. I don't hate them for it."

At this point he paused a little, his pale gaze gradually turning as deep as the abyssal sea, and he said faintly, "However, since they could wipe out my Heavenly Origin Sect, then they must also be prepared to be wiped out by others. Time slips by; isn't reincarnation precisely about this principle?"

Chen Fei fell silent and stopped trying to persuade him. Clearly, he could see Tianyuan Daoist's mind was already set, so any further persuasion would be pointless and meaningless.

"Since that's the case, senior, you should consider it on your own." Chen Fei followed up, speaking.

"Take this piece of corpse armor." Tianyuan Daoist removed a palm-sized piece of white-phosphorescent corpse armor from his body. This was the key item of his current body, bound to his life itself.

"Next I will go take a look in the Inner Region. The intent within that token just now told me that perhaps our Heavenly Origin Sect still has some remnants." After Chen Fei stored away that corpse armor, Tianyuan Daoist spoke.

Chen Fei was slightly stunned, then raised his hand and said, "No matter what, senior, take care on the road."

Tianyuan Daoist gave Chen Fei a deep look, then turned and left.

"Remnants of the Heavenly Origin Sect, huh?" Watching the departing back of Tianyuan Daoist, Chen Fei muttered to himself, then shook his head and said, "If my sense isn't wrong, this Tianyuan Daoist should now possess the power of a Supreme Heavenly Position… In that case, the Inner Region will likely see some waves rising again."

"But what does that have to do with me?" Chen Fei then shook his head with a slight smile. If the Inner Region were truly a dead pond, that would be far too dull; only when winds and storms are stirred does it become interesting.

Humans, don't we all yearn for bustle? Everyone is the same.

"Speaking of which, I should go take a look at that Inner Region too, shouldn't I?" Afterwards, Chen Fei's eyes narrowed, a piercing gleam of essence flashing within. He had worked and struggled so hard for so long, wasn't it all for this goal? Inner Region… Wann Qing, are you well?

"I'll first refine this Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance, then go out and clear up all remaining matters, and immediately set off for the Inner Region!"

Once this Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance was refined, he could directly gain another bit of strength. Add to that the injury of the Ice Demon Marquis's Demon Pet—the Frost Snow Demon Wolf—and the matter of helping someone in the Nine Nether Palace transform into an Earth Corpse. Once these three matters were settled, he would only need to return to the Enlightened Deity Mansion to make some arrangements and deployments, and then he could head for the Inner Region without any more ties.

Then, Chen Fei sat down cross-legged on the spot, swallowed that Three Thunder Emerald Divine Radiance, and began seclusion.

Meanwhile, some uninvited guests appeared outside that tomb.

"Chi! Chi! Chi..."

From the edge of the heavens came sharp sounds of air being torn, and then streak after streak of divine wind carried colossal beasts racing in, numbering in the dozens.

Rumble, rumble, rumble… The sky shook, as if thousands of troops and horses were galloping. Behind those dozens of streaks of giant-beast divine wind came waves of Barbarian Beasts' roars; Demon Qi flooded the sky, covering heaven and earth. Five immensely terrifying, gigantic elephant-shaped lifeforms rode the mists toward them, each bearing a single person upon its back, all clad in armor, though the armor was of different colors—red, blue, yellow, green, and gold…

The true bodies of those dozen-plus streaks of giant-beast divine wind were shockingly a series of variant breeds among Desolate Beasts—Flood Demon Hawks! A species said to possess Flood Dragon bloodline, extremely frightening, yet now they were being used as mere mounts.

Not only that, those five gigantic elephant-like creatures were even more terrifying—they were Dark Demon Dragon Elephants, Desolate Beasts said to carry True Dragon bloodline. Once such a beast reached adulthood, it would at the very least have the strength of a Minor Heavenly Position, and judging from the forms of those five Dark Demon Dragon Elephants, there was no doubt they were fully grown…

"Th-this…" Everyone trembled, lips turning pale, unable to believe the scene before their eyes. Using Desolate Beasts with Minor Heavenly Position combat strength as mounts? Then just how terrifying must those five people be!?

At this moment, one of the men riding a Flood Demon Hawk produced a great banner in his hand. His expression was cold and severe, and with a lift into the wind, everyone could clearly see it! Upon the face of that banner, four swirling and dragon-like characters were written: Dragon King Mansion!

"What! They're people from the Dragon King Mansion!?"

Outside the tomb, Qi Xuchong saw the characters on that banner; his eyelids twitched violently, his gaze filled with dread as it fell upon the arrogant figures atop those five Dark Demon Dragon Elephants. He muttered, "Then they should be the Dragon King Mansion's famed Five-Colored Spirit Generals? Why aren't they properly staying in the Inner Region, and what are they doing coming to our Outer Domain…"

The Dragon King Mansion, one of the Wang Clan's seven Royal Mansions in the Inner Region, renowned far and wide! A clan with twin Xuan Tian experts, spanning ancient and modern times, terrifyingly powerful.

At this time, from among the Five-Colored Spirit Generals, by the side of the 'Fire General' clad in crimson armor, a figure stepped out—it was shockingly Tu Qianshan. Tu Qianshan swept a glance at the tomb entrance below, like a yawning abyssal maw, his gaze complicated as he spoke.

"This is the place."

"Boom!" A massive axe slammed down upon the back of that Dark Demon Dragon Elephant, sending up waves like a stormy sea. The Fire General spoke in a deep, rumbling voice, coldly saying, "Then we'll wait here! Jianng Wanli had just entered our Dragon King Mansion as a guest elder, and was greatly valued by Lord Carefree Duke. Now he's dead; if there's no explanation given, in future we'll have no way to account for it before Lord Carefree Duke."

"And that Yee Hua Pill King's legacy… tsk tsk, who would have thought this shabby little Outer Domain would have such a treasure! If we bring it back and hand it in, His Highness the Prince will surely be overjoyed. When that happens, would we still need to worry about not getting our share of benefits? Ha ha, hahahaha…"

Beside him, a scrawny fellow in azure armor let out a sinister, gleeful laugh, his face full of smugness. He was the 'Water General' among the Five-Colored Spirit Generals.

As these words fell, the expressions of the remaining three men shifted, then they too smirked with cold delight. Avenging Jianng Wanli? Please, they weren't Lei Feng! What they had wanted, from beginning to end, was only that Yee Hua Pill King inheritance.

Four hundred years ago, the Ancient Country's number one Alchemist, and at the same time the Sect Master of the Heavenly Origin Sect—his legacy, how enticing must it be? Who could fail to be tempted!?