After Xiaofeng left, Mo Tiange and Qin Xi waited for five or six days, but they didn't see her return.
The two of them were very worried. Although Xiao Feng was quick-witted and steady, she did not have much worldly experience. Moreover, she had just transformed into human form not too long ago; if she encountered any danger, it would be hard to say.
The only thing he could be sure of was that the Spiritual Beast Contract still existed, and Little Feng's life was not in danger.
"Where did he go?"
Qin Xi frowned. There were no beast cultivators in the eighth rank or higher in the vicinity. Little Feng only went to inquire about the situation and would be back in a few days, so there shouldn't be any danger.
But there was no news of Xiao Feng, not a single trace of her could be found in the surroundings.
"Don't worry," Mo Tiange comforted her. "Xiaofeng's very smart. She probably encountered some kind of problem."
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Xiao Feng had indeed encountered a difficult problem.
She accidentally bumped into Mystic Sun Demon Lord and the others. To avoid implicating her master, she could only follow them.
These demonic cultivators had come here for a certain reason, and they wouldn't be leaving anytime soon. She had to find a way to inform her master …
"Miss Feng, Miss Feng?" It had only been a few days, but the way he addressed her had changed from Fellow Daoist Feng to Miss Feng.
Xiao Feng came back to her senses and smiled apologetically at Black Sun Demon Lord. "Sorry, I was distracted."
"No matter." The Black Sun Demon Lord's eyes hid a trace of eagerness. "Is there something that Miss is worried about?"
Xiao Feng shook her head. "Nothing."
Nevertheless, Blacksun Demon Monarch was very enthusiastic. "Miss Feng doesn't need to worry. If Kunwu doesn't have a place to stay, there will definitely be a place for you in my Xumi Sea."
"Cough cough!"
Before Little Feng could answer, a middle-aged demon cultivator not far away coughed twice and glanced over indifferently.
The Blacksun Demon Lord immediately stopped talking.
Xiaofeng's heart was filled with mixed feelings.
This Blacksun Demonic Lord seemed to admire her. Logically speaking, she was completely unfamiliar with the demonic cultivators of the East Sea. As a fire-elemental demonic cultivator, it was indeed suspicious for her to appear in the East Sea. However, the Blacksun Demonic Lord did not seem to care and was even unusually friendly with her. He even made such a promise.
— Wait, was Blacksun Demon Lord stopped because he promised her easily, or because he revealed something he shouldn't have?
He had indeed heard a rather abrupt word just now.
Xumi Sea.
What kind of place was the Xumi Sea?
Wasn't he the eldest prince of the South Sea?
This thought flashed through Xiao Feng's mind, and in the next moment, she decided to continue probing.
Although he was stopped by the elders, Blacksun Demon Lord still said affectionately, "Miss Feng, I'm not joking."
Xiao Feng pretended not to understand, still smiling politely, "Demon Lord, Xiao Feng can't thank you enough."
She could guess what the Black Sun Demon Lord was thinking.
He was the prince of the Qilin Clan. Among the Yao cultivators, his bloodline was incomparably noble. In this world, there were very few Yao cultivators who could match him. Even if it was a descendant of a Divine Beast, with a slightly thinner bloodline, they were not worthy of him. For example, her original body, the Bright Bird.
However, now that she had obtained the aura of the Vermilion Bird and experienced the Form Transformation Tribulation, she was completely different.
A Demonic Cultivator with a bloodline similar to that of a Phoenix, and even stronger than him, what was there for him to hesitate about?
Xiaofeng pursed her lips and revealed a faint smile.
Unfortunately, she was from the Fire Tribe and didn't want to live in the water.
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"There's movement."
Hearing Qin Xi's low shout, Mo Tiange's spirit was roused and she looked outside.
It was the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the roundest night of the year.
The moment the moon rose from the horizon, the seawater surged, one wave higher than the other. When the moon was in the middle of the sky, the waves were already monstrous.
Under the moonlight, among the waves, a thin white line appeared around the island, forming a circle.
This circle was dazzlingly white, perfectly matching the full moon in the sky.
Fairy Fengqing came out of the thatched hut and showed a faint smile when she saw this white circle.
She made a few hand seals, and the thatched hut shrank rapidly and was put into her sleeve.
Then, with a flash of red, Fairy Fengqing jumped into the sea and disappeared.
Mo Tiange and Qin Xi looked at each other, and Mo Tiange said, "Is this what she's waiting for?"
"Most likely." Qin Xi stared at the white circle, frowning and thinking. "What is this thing?"
Mo Tiange said, "I think it's very likely to be a restriction."
"A restriction?"
Mo Tiange pointed at the full moon in the sky. "The moon rises and the tide rises. Right now is the moment of the year when the tidal force is the strongest. This white line only appears at this moment, which means it's related to the tidal force.
Fairy Fengqing once said there were faint spiritual aura fluctuations at the bottom of the sea. From what I can see, these spiritual aura fluctuations are probably caused by some hidden restriction.
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the tidal force is the strongest and conflicts with this restriction, so this white line appeared. "
This explanation was reasonable, so Qin Xi nodded. "That makes sense."
Under his gaze, Mo Tiange couldn't help but smile. She continued to say, "If that's the case, then this moment is the moment when the hidden restriction is the weakest, and it's also the moment when it's the easiest to find and break!"
Qin Xi's gaze changed. "Then should we follow her?"
"En."
Mo Tiange didn't hesitate. She made a hand seal and hit the canoe. The restriction on the canoe buzzed and dived down.
The waves on the surface of the sea were turbulent, and the undercurrent was turbulent. The canoe broke through the undercurrent and dived deeper and deeper, looking for Fairy Fengqing.
Qin Xi turned his head and looked at the white line not far away. This white line was a white wall under the sea, going all the way to the bottom of the sea.
If one looked carefully, they would see it was white because it was composed of waves.
The seawater was violently impacted in this narrow space, so it could only exist in the form of waves.
Countless waves formed this white wall, transmitting a powerful force from afar.
Qin Xi agreed with Mo Tiange's speculation. This was obviously the result of two forces colliding with each other.
"I got it!"
The deeper they went, the darker the seawater became. Even cultivators with amazing eyesight couldn't distinguish their surroundings. Right at this moment, Mo Tiange sensed a faint spiritual aura fluctuation.
The canoe chased after this spiritual aura fluctuation. The boat made of Black Ironheart Wood was extremely smooth, and it quietly crossed the seawater.
This spiritual aura fluctuation became more and more violent, and the seawater around it also became more turbulent. The undercurrent was turbulent, and the power seemed to be tearing.
In front of them, Fairy Fengqing made a hand seal to release a red lotus in order to deal with the turbulent current.
At this moment, she was deep in the sea. She thought no one would discover her, so she no longer concealed her breath. She didn't know there were two tails following her.
Fairy Fengqing kept diving. When her feet suddenly stepped on the seabed, she showed a puzzled expression.
After thinking for a moment, she took out a lamp from her Qiankun Bag.
The bean-like lamp flickered and swayed on the seabed, but it didn't go out. The surrounding seawater was so dark that there wasn't a trace of light, which looked very strange.
Small fish swam over and swam around the lamp. They had long lost their eyes after living at the bottom of the sea for a long time, but they could still feel the faint heat from the lamp.
Fairy Fengqing frowned. She waved the ribbon, and a powerful force swept towards the small fish.
She originally thought the small fish would die under her sweep, but unexpectedly, these small fish only retreated several feet before they swam away again.
Fairy Fengqing was very surprised. Although it was just a casual wave, she was a Nascent Soul cultivator and these small fish were at most in the first rank. How could they be unscathed?
She reached out and caught a small fish. She looked left and right but didn't see anything special, so she had to throw the small fish away in confusion and continue to look for the source of the spiritual aura fluctuation.
The spiritual aura fluctuation was the strongest at the bottom of the sea. Fairy Fengqing circled around the island several times but couldn't find the source. Seeing that the tidal force was slowly receding, she anxiously continued to dive down.
Since she was already at the bottom of the sea, she could only go down and dig a hole. Digging a hole wasn't something she liked at all. However, Fairy Fengqing didn't care about it anymore.
If she missed this opportunity, she would have to wait another year. If it was before, she could afford to wait, but now, she couldn't.
Tiandao Sect was declining day by day. In order to protect its authority, four Nascent Soul cultivators were sent outside, leaving only two early stage Nascent Soul cultivators, her and Lu Daquan, to guard the sect. She couldn't stay outside for a long time.
Thinking of this, she secretly clenched her teeth.
If it wasn't for Xuanqing School's strong rise in the past hundred years and the emergence of many talented people, how could Tiandao Sect fall into this situation?
Not to mention the ownership of the number one cultivation group in the Celestial Pole, Xuanqing School's behavior was really disgusting.
They were obviously the number one cultivation group, but they pretended they didn't want to fight for power and only sent half of their Nascent Soul cultivators to participate in the battle. This half was equivalent to the number of Nascent Soul cultivators they sent, which was four each.
More importantly, Senior Martial Brother Liu repeatedly warned them that they couldn't afford to lose even one Nascent Soul cultivator now, so they had to put their own safety first. Among the eight Nascent Soul cultivators in Xuanqing School, aside from Zhenyang, Jinghe, and Huayan, the oldest was Miaoyi, who was only about seven hundred years old. As for Tiandao Sect, the youngest was also about seven hundred years old …
Thinking of this, Fairy Fengqing couldn't help but think.
Aside from Zhenyang and Jinghe, the other six people were all in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm except for Qin Shoujing who was in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Lord Daoist Huayan was an experienced Nascent Soul cultivator. Although he was only in the early stage, he wasn't easy to deal with. Miaoyi advanced to the Nascent Soul realm earlier than her, and Xuanyin advanced to the Nascent Soul realm almost two hundred years ago. Both of them were extremely talented and stronger than ordinary cultivators. The remaining two, Li Lingxi and Mo Qingwei, hadn't advanced to the Nascent Soul realm for a long time and maybe hadn't even stabilized their realms. Especially Mo Qingwei, she was too young and presumably didn't have a stable foundation. If she was careless during the battle …
She sneered. Mo Qingwei was in the Eastern Sea not long ago. If she had a chance to meet her, she would …
She was the youngest Nascent Soul cultivator in the history of the Celestial Pole. This title added a lot of glory to Xuanqing School. If she died, it would be a good way to attack Xuanqing School's morale. Maybe they could even take back the title of the number one cultivation group in the Celestial Pole …
Fairy Fengqing was very satisfied with her idea. She suddenly realized it would be really good if Mo Qingwei didn't exist in this world.
She thought she was thinking for the sake of the sect, but she ignored the obvious jealousy in her heart.
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"What's she thinking?" Mo Tiange muttered as she looked at Fairy Fengqing.
Under the faint light, Fairy Fengqing dug the ground like a fairy. While she was digging, she smiled evilly from time to time, which really didn't look like a fairy at all …