Chapter 700
by“Who exactly is this senior? Why does Old Du claim to be a disciple?” Mina still hadn’t quite reacted and asked Yang Kai in a low voice, tugging at him.
“Ask Old Du yourself another day.” Yang Kai took a light breath.
“So mysterious.” Mina pouted.
With her previous personality, if she encountered such a situation, she would definitely step forward and shout： “Hey, old man, who are you？”
But seeing how seriously Old Du was acting, Mina didn’t dare to be too rash.
She was indeed simple and straightforward, but not stupid.
Before the group could recover from their excitement and shock, Yang Kai looked at Old Man Tiancang and said, “Old Li, the information that Brother Zhai knows about the Millennium Demonic Flower must have been told to him by you, right？”
“That’s right.” Old Li nodded slightly and looked at Yang Kai kindly: “Little fellow, I sense an aura on you that is somewhat similar to mine. After this matter is over, can you have a chat with me? If you don’t mind, I have a lot of things I want to tell you.”
Cang Yan and the others’ eyes lit up, frequently winking at Yang Kai, indicating him to agree.
Yang Kai is a Pill Refiner, and the senior in front of him is the top Pill Refining Master under Heaven. No matter who it is, they would be eager to listen to his teachings. With such a great opportunity suddenly presented before him, there is no reason not to agree.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Just now, he was still considering whether to reveal the secret of his Divine Consciousness Flame to the other party, but he didn’t expect the other party to have already sensed it.
Since that’s the case, there’s no need to hide it anymore. Moreover, Yang Kai didn’t sense any malicious intent from this senior. He quickly said, “I couldn’t ask for more！”
“Good, good, good.” Old Li kept nodding his head, smiling benevolently.
“Teacher, let’s still talk about this Thousand-Year Demon Flower. Brother Yang and the others must be completely confused right now and are all waiting for you to solve their doubts.” Zhai Yao suggested.
Everyone quickly looked at Old Li.
Old Li gently took a breath and said, “Well, asking Zhai Yao to wait here was my idea because this Heavenly and Earth anomaly has indeed not truly appeared yet. The Thousand-Year Demon Flower is also making its final preparations. It will probably take about half a day before it appears. It’s not too late to go up then. Right now, it’s just a chaotic battlefield up there. There’s no benefit in going.”
“The blooming of the Demon Flower a thousand years ago was due to the medicinal liquid refined by the teacher. So in this regard, he knows more than anyone else.” Zhai Yao explained softly.
Cang Yan and the others’ bodies trembled.
They had never heard this news before.
A thousand years ago. Old Man Tiancang definitely didn’t have the detached status and the admiration of all living beings in the world like he does now. At that time, he must have been just like Yang Kai and Zhai Yao, young and full of vigor, with his sharpness fully revealed.
As time passed, he gradually made a name for himself. Gradually, the world had forgotten his real name and called him Old Man Tiancang.
The things that happened before this have been almost forgotten by the world.
Old Li chuckled and slowly said, “The Millennium Demon Flower is said to be a product of the starry sky. Legend has it that many years ago, a seed fell on Wangtian Cliff, and the Millennium Demon Flower came into being. Its medicinal liquid has a great effect on the promotion from the Transcendent Realm to the Saint Realm. Therefore, every thousand years, this place is very lively. And many people will die.”
“Many powerful people have attempted to monopolize this Millennium Demon Flower, but no matter how many people come or who comes here, before the time limit arrives. They can’t find the trail of the Millennium Demon Flower. Wangtian Cliff was once as high as ten thousand ren, but now it is only eight thousand ren high because those powerful people leveled layer after layer of Wangtian Cliff in the process of looking for the Millennium Demon Flower.”
Everyone listened carefully, for fear of missing a single word. Their expressions were extremely focused.
“Why couldn’t they find it? I’ve always been very curious. Since this flower is so important, why has it always been on Wangtian Cliff and not been taken away by anyone?” Mina asked in confusion.
“Because the Millennium Demon Flower is a flower without roots！” Old Li looked at her with a smile. “And it’s not a physical object either！”
“Not a physical object？” Everyone was astonished.
“Yes, it is a product of heaven and earth, containing extremely profound energy. Wait a while longer, and you will be able to see it, and then you will naturally understand what the old man said.” Old Li didn’t seem to have the idea of hiding anything either, and truthfully told what he knew. “Moreover, it is quite sensitive. Once it detects the aura of a saint realm powerhouse, it will not come out. Several times in the past, due to the interference of saint realm powerhouses, the Millennium Demon Flower did not bloom. So in recent times, no saint realm powerhouses will come here anymore.”
“Old Li, what should we do after we go up later？” Cang Yan quickly asked.
“Escort the two little guys into the flower core, and then it depends on their own good fortune. You won’t be able to help.”
Cang Yan was stunned when he heard this.
Old Li chuckled： “It’s not clear now, you will understand when the time comes.”
Cang Yan and the others nodded slightly and didn’t ask any more questions.
During the time of talking, intense battle fluctuations continuously came from the mountain peak. The entire mountain seemed to have become a battlefield. Those extraordinary realm powerhouses were escorting the alchemists in their teams while taking risks to fight with others.
Gradually, the movement of the battle subsided a lot. It seemed that everyone had discovered the strangeness of the Millennium Demon Flower and was no longer as fierce as before.
Half a day later, the multicolored glow on the horizon suddenly erupted. In the void, a colorful, the magnificent flower bud that reflects the heavens and the earth suddenly appeared.
This flower bud is extremely huge. Even in Floating Cloud City dozens of miles away, it can be seen clearly. It is just suspended in the void, and below it is the location of Sky-Gazing Cliff.
As far as the eye can see, this flower bud does not seem to have a solid form, but is purely composed of energy, and is infinitely mysterious.
With the appearance of this flower bud, the heaven and earth energy within a radius of several hundred miles is like going berserk, frantically surging towards the direction of the flower bud.
Visibly, those heaven and earth energies continuously pour into the flower bud and disappear.
At the same time, among the mountains, the powerhouses who survived the great battle also rushed out together and headed towards the flower bud.
Dozens of teams, hundreds of Transcendent Realm powerhouses, each of them used all their strength.
The battle that had just subsided soon once again broke out, and this time it was even more bloody and cruel than before.
Those powerhouses continuously fell from the sky, their bodies were shattered and their souls were wiped out in the power of the chaotic martial skills and secret treasures. Even the alchemists they protected in the middle did not escape.
Just in an instant, several teams were wiped out, and not a single person survived.
Everyone looked on with solemn expressions, immediately realizing the brutality of this competition.
“Old Li…” Cang Yan asked consultatively, his face tense.
“Not in a hurry！” Old Li slowly shook his head, his expression still calm.
Cang Yan took a deep breath, calming the excitement in his heart, and waited quietly.
Soon, someone rushed to the side of the flower bud. The first team to arrive didn’t have time to rejoice before they were submerged by the crowd that followed.
Around the flower bud, countless people fought to the death, one after another.
There were also shrewd people who avoided the vortex of the battle, attempting to find a way to condense the thousand-year magic flower liquid medicine, but they never got the hang of it. Helplessly, they circled around the flower bud and were then targeted by opponents and drawn into the battle.
The blooming of a thousand-year magic flower at least caused dozens of forces to suffer heavy losses in strength and heavy casualties.
After about an hour or so, the energy between heaven and earth gradually thinned out, as if it had all been absorbed into the flower bud by the thousand-year magic flower. And with such a huge amount of nourishment, the flower bud that had been tightly closed finally showed signs of blooming.
“It’s time.” Old Li nodded slightly.
“Let’s go！” Cang Yan shouted in a low voice. Together with the others, they protected Yang Kai and Zhai Yao in the middle, unleashed their movement techniques, and quickly rushed towards the position of the flower bud.
A dozen people, apart from Yang Kai and Zhai Yao, the others were all Transcendent Realm cultivators. There were six at the Third-Order and four at the Second-Order. With such a number and strength, this team was far ahead among all the teams.
But Cang Yan and the others still didn’t dare to relax in the slightest. In a perfect formation, they protected Yang Kai and Zhai Yao tightly.
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the huge flower bud. Gradually, the petals on the flower bud spread outwards, and the speed was very fast. By the time Cang Yan and the others had only flown halfway, the thousand-year-old magic flower had almost completely bloomed.
Myriad rays of colored light filled the sky, and an indescribable energy fluctuation reverberated between heaven and earth. Under the influence of this energy, everyone calmed down.
The remaining powerhouses also ignored the fighting and landed on the petals of the thousand-year-old magic flower one after another. Each of them found a position, while vigilant about the movements around them, they asked the alchemists to start condensing the medicinal liquid.
But unexpectedly, every one of those alchemists didn’t know where to start. The True Yuan was spat out and wrapped the petals, but it couldn’t be refined at all.
This discovery made everyone’s hearts sink.
They fought tooth and nail to get here, but there was no progress at all. Then what was the point of all these efforts？
By the time Cang Yan and the others arrived, the thousand-year-old magic flower existing in the void was already overcrowded, and there was hardly a place to set foot.
“Go to the position of the flower pistil！” Zhai Yao suddenly shouted in a low voice.
Cang Yan, who didn’t know what to do, rushed over there upon hearing this.
The position of the flower pistil is naturally the most eye-catching position. At this moment, it has been occupied by two teams with good strength, and they are desperately looking for the way to refine it.
Cang Yan and the others rushed over here menacingly, immediately attracting their vigilance and attention.
With an unfriendly expression, they set up their formation. At this moment, the actions of the two teams that were opponents of each other were surprisingly consistent.
Noticing the number and cultivation base of the opponent, Cang Yan’s brows furrowed slightly. With a wave of his hand, the raging flames were burning on, like a roaring fire dragon with an imposing manner.
“Don’t be in a hurry to fight them.” Zhai Yao said, and then greeted the people below with a smile： “How about making a position for us？ I can tell you how to refine the Millennium Demon Flower.”
“You know？” Immediately, someone in the crowd below had a bright light in their eyes.
“Probably.” Zhai Yao smiled and said, “But if you don’t agree, then there is only a war.”
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