I am a full-level celestial master, you let me enter the strange talk of rules?

Chen Wen was the first to recover from his shock. He was already scared, but now that he suddenly heard the familiar voices, it was like grasping at a lifeline. He called out in a trembling voice in the direction of the voices, "Brothers? Are you here?"

As soon as they finished speaking, Zhang Yangqing and Xiao Xuan walked out from behind the tree where they were hiding, looking relaxed and walking with ease, as if they were not in the den of a demon fox in the dead of night, but taking a walk in their own backyard.

What left Xiao Wan and Chen Wen speechless was that when the two of them came out, they were still continuing their discussion!
Xiao Xuan: "Senior brother, I think she might not be a pure-blooded descendant of the 'Blazing Sun Phoenix,' but more like a variant of the 'Netherworld Ghost Sparrow.' You see, her aura is yin, but it also has the fiery heat of fire."

Zhang Yangqing: "Not necessarily. The 'Yinming Fire Phoenix' also has similar characteristics, but that kind of ancient species has long been extinct. It might be a hybrid."

They walked a few steps away from Xiao Wan and Chen Wen as if no one else was there, and stopped. Their eyes swept over Xiao Wan like two 'archaeologists' studying a rare antique.

They completely disregarded Xiao Wan, who exuded a powerful demonic aura and had a livid face, as well as the two baring fox demons beside her!

Xiao Wan was furious! She felt she had been severely slighted and insulted!
"You're courting death!" Xiao Wan spat out the words through gritted teeth, and her demonic aura exploded forth!
A surge of violent energy, a mixture of coldness and scorching heat, shot into the sky, stirring up the surrounding leaves and causing the dark clouds above to churn and swirl faster!
The two fox demons beside them seemed to receive a command, letting out sharp screechs, their bodies swelling, their claws extending, and their demonic aura spreading, as if they were about to pounce!
However, faced with the demonic aura and attack that was enough to terrify ordinary cultivators, Zhang Yangqing simply extended his right index finger and gently pointed it in Xiao Wan's direction.

There was no earth-shattering spectacle, no dazzling magical light.

But the moment he pointed his finger, Xiao Wan's surging demonic energy seemed to be grabbed by an invisible giant hand, instantly freezing and stiffening!
She seemed to be frozen in place, maintaining a posture of glaring angrily and exuding demonic aura, yet she couldn't move even a finger, and the demonic power within her body was like a frozen river, completely ceasing to circulate!
The two fox demons who were about to pounce were even worse off. They were directly pressed to the ground with a "smack" by an invisible pressure, whimpering and unable to move.

Xiao Wan: "!!!"

Chen Wen: "!!!"

Xiao Wan's eyes were filled with disbelief, shock, and fear!

She's a powerful demon who's cultivated for hundreds of years!

Even among the entire demon race of Changbai Mountain, he would be considered a prominent figure!
But this seemingly ordinary young man, with just a casual gesture and without even using magic, completely rendered her powerless to resist.
What kind of cultivation level must that be?! A god?!
Chen Wen was completely dumbfounded.

In his eyes, the environment of this deep mountain forest, surrounded by demonic foxes, was already terrifying to the extreme, and when Xiao Wan unleashed her demonic energy, it was as if the end of the world had come.

But these two guys, one casually pointing at the monster with a finger while the other strokes his chin thoughtfully observing it—this scene is just too strange! Who are they anyway?!
Zhang Yangqing glanced at the dumbfounded Chen Wen and said calmly, "Don't worry, wait a moment, we'll explain it to you later."

After saying that, he gave Xiao Xuan a look.

Xiao Xuan understood and immediately stepped forward.

He walked up to Xiao Wan, who was frozen in place with a look of terror in her eyes, and without any politeness, he stretched out his hand, put his index and middle fingers together, and gathered his true energy at his fingertips, turning it into a sharp and invisible "energy blade," and gently slashed at Xiao Wan's fingertips.

A drop of dark red blood, with an unusual sheen and a faint warmth, seeped out.

Xiao Xuan took out a palm-sized, crystal-clear jade dish that he always carried with him and carefully caught the drop of blood.

Then, he stepped back a few paces and placed the jade plate on a relatively flat stone.

He began to form hand seals, chanting incantations that were all difficult and ancient Taoist mantras: "Heaven and Earth, the Mysterious Ancestor, the Root of All Qi, Blood Tracing Its Source, Law Reflecting True Form, Command!"

As the incantation was recited, the drop of demon blood on the jade disc seemed to come alive, trembling slightly and emitting a faint red light, with tiny runes faintly flowing within the light.

Xiao Xuan carefully observed the changes in the blood-red light and the shape of the runes, sometimes nodding and sometimes frowning.

"Senior brother, it seems like it's not enough; the information is a bit vague," Xiao Xuan said, looking up.

"Then take more," Zhang Yangqing said casually.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuan returned to Xiao Wan's side and this time made a slightly longer cut on her arm, collecting a small portion of blood in a jade dish. Xiao Wan: "."

My inner rage screams: Do you think I'm a blood donation van?!
Even at the market, you have to ask the price of chicken blood. You two think you can just take whatever you want?

Xiao Xuan completely ignored Xiao Wan's murderous glare, returned to the stone, and continued casting spells, analyzing the situation even more carefully.

His focused expression made it seem as if he were conducting a serious scientific study.

Chen Wen watched in stunned silence, his worldview being refreshed once again.

Even a fool could see that these two big brothers were not only ridiculously strong, but their style of doing things was also too unconventional!

They completely disregarded the terrifying demon in front of them, treating it like experimental material!

After a while, Xiao Xuan finished casting the spell. Looking at the blood in the jade disc, which had lost its vitality and darkened in color, and combining this with the strange phenomenon he had just observed, he sighed and said to Zhang Yangqing:
“Senior brother, you’re right. This guy does indeed possess some phoenix bloodline, although it’s extremely thin and mixed, but the essence is correct. If I remember the ancient mythical beast chart correctly, the source of this bloodline is likely the ‘Karmic Fire Nether Phoenix’.”

He paused, then explained professionally: "'Karmic Fire Phoenix' is not a traditional auspicious phoenix, but an extremely ancient, dark, and destructive species of phoenix. Legend has it that it possesses the talent of 'Karmic Fire Nirvana'."

It is an extremely sinister and troublesome entity that, after being near death or killed, can take advantage of the weakened state of its killer or a specific target, using their flesh, blood, and soul to regenerate, and gradually devour and possess them.

After Xiao Xuan finished speaking, he beckoned to Chen Wen with his finger: "Chen Wen, come here for a moment."

Chen Wen was taken aback. Looking at Xiao Xuan's expectant eyes, he felt a little uneasy and subconsciously shrank back.

Zhang Yangqing patted his shoulder gently and comforted him, "Don't worry, your brother Xiao won't harm you. He'll just take some blood to check."

Chen Wen: "."

Is it possible that I'm more afraid of you?

However, under Zhang Yangqing's calm gaze, Chen Wen mustered his courage and reluctantly walked over.

Xiao Xuan followed the same method, using his qi blade to collect a small amount of blood from Chen Wen's fingertip, dripping it onto another clean jade plate, and then casting a spell to examine it again.

This time, the blood reacted very differently.

Under the stimulation of magic, Chen Wen's blood emitted a pale golden light, gentle yet exuding an inviolable majesty, with faint phantoms resembling chains or runes flickering within the light.

After observing for a long time, Xiao Xuan's face showed a look of understanding and a hint of amazement.

Xiao Xuan said to Zhang Yangqing, "As expected! Senior brother, Chen Wen's bloodline is indeed special! His ancestors were likely not ordinary hunters or mountain people, but rather 'mountain guardians' who have protected this Changbai Mountain range for generations!"

He pointed to the pale golden phantom shimmering in the blood: "Look at the traces of this 'Mountain Suppressing Talisman'! This is a special bloodline mark bestowed upon us by powerful human beings in ancient times when they conferred titles upon the 'Mountain Guardian Families'! Those who possess this bloodline are born with an extremely strong perception and a certain degree of restraint towards mountain spirits, wild monsters, and evil spirits of the earth's veins."

Their blood is both poison and a nemesis to certain demon races who rely on the earth's veins or mountain spirits for cultivation!

This is the result of Xiao Xuan and Zhang Yangqing's 'scientific' analysis. It is roughly a scam. Xiao Wan wants to use Chen Wen to kill demons so that she can devour the demons and improve her cultivation.

This was originally a very long process, involving deception, setbacks, life and death, awakening, choices, and so on.

These two actually spoiled the whole thing! They're doing it so blatantly! And nobody else can do anything about it! (End of Chapter)