I'm not Spider-Man, even though I'm parasitized by an alien!

Since wearing the ring Peter gave her, she has gained greater power and control over dark creatures.

For the past few months, she has been busy expelling these creatures from New York.

This should be the last one, right?

She breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to take out her phone to have a long chat with Peter.

at the same time.

Near Times Square, New York.

"boom!"

The deafening sound shattered the silence of the night.

A huge tentacle bursts forth from the earth!

Chapter 305 Eye Demon VS Spider

The old man was dressed in a coarse gray robe, and his aura was barely perceptible, but his eyes were unusually bright.

"Young friend, you are neither a member of my Phoenix Clan nor at the Divine Soul Realm, are you?"

The old man smiled as he saw that Jiang Shuo's forehead was still covered in sweat.

Jiang Shuo's palpitations had not completely subsided when he heard the old man reveal his identity and strength, leaving him stunned on the spot.

The old man didn't hear a reply, nor was he angry; he simply quietly observed him again.

Then, in a calm voice, he said, "Being able to enter a meditative state for half an hour has already revealed your strength."

"It is impossible for anyone from the outer sect of the Phoenix Clan to enter a meditative state for half an hour, which means you are not a member of the Phoenix Clan."

"But you were able to get in here... Are you a child from another tribe attending the ceremony?"

Jiang Shuo let out a deep breath, nodded, and clasped his hands in a fist salute, saying, "Senior has keen insight."

The old man chuckled and said, "Come with me, sit with this old man. You're not in any serious condition."

"You have an aura that Phoenix King dislikes, which is why you were intimidated. If you fully revealed your strength, it wouldn't be like that."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuo pondered. An air of displeasure? What was it?

Before long, he followed the old man, whose strength was unknown, to a corner on the first floor of the Guanyin Pavilion.

Inside was a room that resembled a gatekeeper's room, containing a recliner, a coffee table, and a pot of tea.

A sense of caution arose in Jiang Shuo's heart. This configuration seemed to belong to a big shot.

A retired elder or senior member of the Phoenix Clan?

The old man gestured for him to sit down, and then began to pour tea.

"As people get older, their backs become weak, and they can't go to many places. They just like to stay in these vibrant places."

“There’s not much to talk to these days, why don’t you keep the old man company and have a cup of tea with him?”

Jiang Shuo had just been woken up by him; otherwise, he would have been intimidated for who knows how long. Naturally, he wouldn't refuse.

"It is my honor to have tea with you, senior."

The old man in the gray robe looked up at him and did not deny that he was a senior.

Why didn't you attend the ceremony?

"I experienced a qi reversal before I left, which caused a delay," Jiang Shuo said.

The old man listened without commenting, saying, "With your abilities, you really wouldn't be of much use going there."

"These are all pills and techniques for those at the Three Heavens Realm and the Three Difficulties Realm. It's better to meditate here for a quarter of an hour."

Jiang Shuo smiled and said, "These things are naturally of little use to seniors, but they are quite important to young people who are only a few hundred years old and still below the Supreme Realm."

"After all, laying a solid foundation is essential for becoming a strong person. The Phoenix Clan is already very generous to give these things to the geniuses of other races."

"Nowadays, most powers and races, even if they don't need anything, are very protective of their possessions and don't want outsiders to take them. Those who came to participate in the ceremony should be very grateful to the Phoenix Clan."

"Yes, me too."

Upon hearing this, the gray-robed elder raised his gaze and saw Jiang Shuo's sincere expression.

"That's true."

"Your thinking is also very unique. Most people can only see the thing itself and are grateful because something was given, but you can see the motivation. That's rare, very rare."

Jiang Shuo said, "Perhaps it's because I've received a lot of help that I inevitably retain a childlike heart."

To be fair, while his state of mind wasn't exactly pure and clear, it wasn't distorted or morbid either.

He was not suited to the kind of personality traits that included finding joy in suffering or being prone to madness.

Perhaps it's because I experienced a lot of warmth growing up, with both fatherly and motherly love, and a grandfather to shelter me from the storms of life.

The old man in the gray robe looked at the young man in front of him carefully, and perhaps finding his words reasonable, he nodded.

"If the world were more generous, perhaps half of it wouldn't have fallen."

Jiang Shuo was surprised to hear this, "Half of the Great Thousand World was once occupied... by the evil race from beyond the realm?"

The world today is incredibly vast, stretching billions of miles from north to south and east to west, equivalent to over 500 billion light-years—the size of multiple medium-sized universes. I almost forgot, this is only half of it.

If we include the outer universe itself and all lower planes, it should be considered a super-large universe.

"That's right. Before the ancient war, the balance of power between the Great Thousand World and the extraterrestrial evil races was already unbalanced. After the war, things weren't much better. If they hadn't also been severely weakened, who knows what the Great Thousand World would be like today," the old man sighed, leaning on his cane.

Jiang Shuo was moved by these words and fell silent.

After a while, the gray-robed old man raised his slightly dim eyes and squinted at the young man in front of him.

"You bear the phantom of a dragon, yet you've come to my Phoenix Clan. How interesting... How about I bestow upon you a great fortune?"

Jiang Shuo turned his head and looked at the gray-robed old man, his expression full of surprise, "What kind of fortune is this?"

"Soon, the Phoenix Clan will hold a coming-of-age ceremony martial arts competition for young men from the outer, middle, and inner clans. The winner will receive generous prizes, and those prizes will be of great benefit to you. I'll give you a letter of invitation; why don't you go and participate?"

The old man, leaning on his cane, spoke slowly.

Jiang Shuo's eyes flickered. "Old sir, since it's a martial arts competition within the Phoenix Clan, can I participate?"

"If I recommend you, that's fine," the old man said calmly.

"..."

After a moment of hesitation, Jiang Shuo also weighed his options for a while, looking at the old man in front of him whose strength and background he didn't know for a long time, before finally agreeing.

Since he says it's beneficial, I'd like to see what benefits it brings.

Without wasting words, the old man in the gray robe reached out and summoned pen and ink, and began to write on the spot. In the blink of an eye, a letter was completed.

"Take this letter, and then use this token to go to the inner sect. No one will stop you."

Jiang Shuo glanced at it and found that the token was made of bronze, and its patterns and style were very different from the original brass token.

Jiang Shuo was not intimidated and accepted them all, cupping his hands and saying, "This junior also wants to see what kind of foundation the Phoenix Clan, known as one of the nine primitive races, possesses."

After that, he stood up.

Just as he was about to step out of the house, a gentle reminder reached his ears.

"In that case, then don't use your true form."

Jiang Shuo paused, thinking to himself, "I knew I'd been seen through."

He turned around, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and nodded in agreement, "Okay!"

……

When they returned to the courtyard in the mountain valley, Ye Guyi and the others had already returned as well.

The four of them couldn't hide their delight. Jiang Shuo glanced around and noticed that there were quite a few more things in the courtyard.

Feng Qing'er, with her sharp ears, was the first to hear the young man enter.

She laughed and said, "You'd be missing out if you didn't go."

"The Phoenix Clan is very generous, giving us magical artifacts, elixirs, and even cultivation techniques."

Mu Qingluan also said, "There was even a banquet, with a sumptuous feast."

Ye Guyi stood not far away, showing Jiang Shuo the magic robe she had obtained. To her, this thing, which was similar to battle armor, was the most valuable for research.

Jiang Shuo withdrew his gaze and said, "Not bad, not bad, the Phoenix Clan is quite generous."

“It’s not just generous, it’s downright magnanimous. You have no idea, there were at least hundreds of thousands of people at the ceremony,” Mu Qingluan said.

At the same time, so many things were prepared for hundreds of thousands of people, including magical treasures, divine objects, elixirs, and even cultivation techniques.

Even the worst magical artifacts seem to be mid-grade spiritual weapons.

Compared to the stingy forces in the world, this is indeed a generous and righteous act.

Regardless of the purpose, this action genuinely enhanced the strength of spirit birds and other spirit beasts.

Just as joy filled the courtyard in the mountain valley, a group of soldiers in blue armor suddenly arrived.

They continued their journey until they finally knocked on Jiang Shuo's courtyard door.

The conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. Ling Cai'er, who was closest to the door, opened it and looked at the brightly armored Phoenix Clan soldiers in front of her with a puzzled expression.

The deputy commander of the Azure Sky Army, whom I had met before, was among them, as well as a rather handsome young man.

Feng Cheng, the deputy commander of the Azure Sky Army, glanced around and said directly to Jiang Shuo, "I am about to return to the inner sect. Let's go together."

“The Phoenix Clan’s territory is vast; each clan’s territory is at least the size of a mid-level continent. I’m afraid you’ll have trouble traversing it.”

The map provided earlier was very basic and did not show the route to the inner sect, making it difficult for outsiders to enter.

After hearing this, Jiang Shuo realized that the old man in the gray robe's recommendation must have played a role, and nodded.

"Thank you."

Feng Cheng waved his hand, "You're welcome, ladies, you can all go together."

Ye Guyi and the others were still surprised and confused.

Why are we going to the Phoenix Clan's inner sect? And with a Supreme Realm deputy commander no less.