After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

As you ascend the mountainside, you'll find a variety of buildings. The Nine-Colored Deer examines each building and explains them to Zhou Yan, telling him which spirit beast each building belongs to and what each building is used for. It also tells many amusing stories about the spirit beasts playing and frolicking together, which sound incredibly childlike.

Zhou Yan stopped at an open space below the buildings on the mountaintop. The Chongming Bird, which had been perched on the back of the Nine-Colored Deer, straightened up and looked in one direction with a serious expression.

There is a tree there, a sycamore tree.

The nine-colored deer also looked over and hurriedly said.

"That's a phoenix tree, the place where the Phoenix Queen used to live. The Phoenix Queen was terrifying. Qingcai went there once and burned off a lot of her feathers. Mother Qing said the Phoenix Queen liked quiet, and Qingcai was too noisy."

"Well, I'll go take a look."

Zhou Yan took out a small Qiankun spell from his pocket and handed it to Su Xiaowan, who took it and nodded.

With a solemn expression, Zhou Yan walked toward the phoenix tree that was said to be a habitat for phoenixes.

Name: Chinese parasol tree.

Type: Primordial Divine Tree (deceased).

utility.

Attracting the Phoenix: Phoenixes love to build their nests in the parasol tree.

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Zhou Yan arrived at the sycamore tree. The young man stepped on the void and climbed up the trunk step by step. There was a collapsed treehouse on the trunk. Looking inside, he found a brightly colored feather.

The omniscient ability reveals that the feathers are shed when the phoenix molts, and can be used to upgrade the phoenix bloodline of the Chongming Bird in the future.

Zhou Yan tidied up and then carefully examined the inside and outside of the collapsed treehouse.

Sensing Zhou Yan's thoughts, the wooden planks that made up the treehouse immediately revealed characters hidden beneath the mold. These characters resembled oracle bone script, which Zhou Yan didn't recognize at all, but his omniscient ability immediately translated them for him.

"It really is the Emperor of Immortality..."

"Hmph, out of respect for the Eternal Emperor, it wouldn't be a hardship for this lady to stay here for a few years. Your Great Wu Mountain should be happy that this lady has condescended to live in such a shabby little place..."

"Those brats are so annoying..."

"The Emperor of Immortality is gone..."

"Old Crane and Old Deer are quite fun..."

"A woman has come to Mount Dawu. This woman has a good relationship with that dragon, whose offspring I don't know which dragon king. The dragon is very fond of her and even says that she has dragon energy on her..."

"Hahaha, that dragon seed is just a virgin who's never seen a woman before, he's been completely played by her..."

"The dragon seed left, and I went to see it off, just to watch the spectacle. The dragon seed cried and said it would never trust women again, that the prettier the woman, the more likely she was to deceive dragons, and then said that someone like me obviously wouldn't deceive dragons. I burned off half of the dragon's scales, then grabbed its neck and asked it if I would ever deceive dragons..."

"The mythical beasts are starting to die on Mount Dawu..."

"She is... a true god..."

"...Unfortunately, they didn't understand fate..."

"This lady has no reason to die for Mount Dawu..."

"They're gone, they're gone..."

There are many other texts, all describing the things that happened to Fenghuang, which have a diary-like feel to them.

Moreover, the diary contains more and more information as it goes on. From these written records, Zhou Yan believes that this Phoenix Lady should know the inside story of the great disaster that Dawu Mountain suffered, and may even have the ability to stop it. However, judging from the sentence "There is no need to die for Dawu Mountain", Zhou Yan guesses that this Phoenix Lady is probably no match for the mastermind behind the scenes.

So they ran away.

What kind of monster did Mount Dawu provoke that could frighten even a phoenix into running away?

QB?

Krishnamurti?

Or is it a continuation of the internal struggles within Heaven?

Zhou Yan looked at the words "She is...a true god..." and his heart stirred slightly.

Is the Heavenly Court just like the mortal world, where even the Heavenly Emperors and other powerful figures scheme against each other and undermine one another? Is Mount Penglai merely a victim of internal strife?

No, is this really such a grand vision?

It's all involved with the Heavenly Court.

Zhou Yan searched the treehouse again, and after confirming that there was no other useful information, he jumped down from the sycamore tree and walked to the location of the Nine-Colored Deer that was waiting outside.

The Nine-Colored Deer asked Zhou Yan as he approached.

Is the Phoenix Goddess still alive?

Zhou Yan shook his head.

The nine-colored deer lowered its head, thinking that the phoenix would occasionally come back to visit its old home.

Zhou Yan walked to the side of the Nine-Colored Deer and continued forward, asking questions as he went.

"Back then, there were also real dragons in Mount Dawu, right?"

The nine-colored deer nodded in agreement.

"That guy is called Lingxin Dasheng. He is, well, Aunt Qing said he is the offspring of a dragon prince. He always sits in the first row when the True Lord is giving a sermon. That guy seems to dislike talking. Apart from Elder Crane, Elder Deer, Phoenix Lady, and Qingcai, who can talk to him, he ignores all his other friends when they talk to him."

Zhou Yan's heart stirred.

"Only Qingcai and a few of you can talk to him? Everyone else ignores him? Are there any exceptions?"

The nine-colored deer thought for a moment.

"Qingcai doesn't remember."

Zhou Yan reminded him.

"Have you heard, Qingcai, that besides the Phoenix Lady, this so-called Great Sage of Spiritual Heart has a good relationship with any other girl?"

The nine-colored deer shook her head.

"Qingcai doesn't know. Qingcai has only met Lingxin Dasheng a few times, and they are not friends yet."

Zhou Yan: "..."

Forget it, the murders here happened two hundred years ago anyway, and I'm not a detective, so I shouldn't be so curious.

Zhou Yan led the spirit beast to the top of the mountain.

The mountaintop was a flat area with obvious signs of clearing, where a palace once stood, complete with gardens, squares, and palace corridors—exquisite and ethereal. But that was all in the past.

When Zhou Yan arrived, the "Dawu Palace" on the mountaintop had been neglected for over two hundred years. The vermilion gate at the entrance was lying on the ground, and inside, there were weeds and broken bricks everywhere.

Entering through the collapsed gate, there was a large square. Something strange began to happen in this square. Several palaces were scattered around the square, and the ground was covered with fist and palm prints, human-shaped craters that could only be formed by heavy objects hitting the ground.

Zhou Yan scanned the traces and saw three dark figures emerge from them: one in the shape of a deer, one in the shape of a crane, and one in the shape of a human. They were fighting fiercely, each wielding a wind blade and throwing punches.

After fighting for about half a minute, the figure who was punching suddenly stopped and threw a punch, sending the other deer-shaped figure flying. The deer slid down the ground, leaving a deep ditch before coming to a stop.

Zhou Yan looked at the ditch from which the deer-shaped black shadow had slid out, and his gaze went all the way to the end of the ditch, where he saw a collapsed palace.

Inside and outside the palace is a skeleton as translucent as jade.

Zhou Yan walked over and examined the skeleton beneath the palace ruins.

Name: Remains of Lu Ming

Type: Immortal Remains

These bones probably belong to that old deer.

Chapter Twenty-One: Wenjun

"Ok?"

The nine-colored deer walked to Zhou Yan's side and looked at the remains of the old deer who had smashed the palace.

For some reason, the Nine-Colored Deer felt an inexplicable familiarity with the warm, jade-colored bones.

"Brother...this..."

"I ask curiously," the nine-colored deer asked.

"What is it?"

Zhou Yan remained silent for a while before replying.

"It's nothing..."

Zhou Yan bypassed the skeleton and followed the simulated battle scene provided by his omniscient ability to the palaces behind. The buildings behind were even more severely damaged, with meteorite craters everywhere on the ground, and large swathes of rubble and wood scattered on the ground, demonstrating just how fierce the battle had been back then.

Zhou Yan muttered to himself.

"Is this the final discovery of the mastermind, which led to a fight?"

As you walk along the area that was destroyed by Old Man He and the murderer, the signs of destruction become much less noticeable.

The ground was no longer covered in large swathes of rubble, and the palace was not completely destroyed. The movements of the two figures simulated by Zhou Yan's omniscient ability became increasingly clumsy. Finally, the humanoid figure was grabbed by the chest by the crane-shaped figure. Zhou Yan did not know what special effect this grab had. It seemed to cause serious injury, shattered heart meridians, and seven wounds entering the body. In any case, after this grab, the humanoid black shadow fell to the ground and could not move.

The scene simulated by the omniscient being disappeared.

Zhou Yan led his men to a small courtyard.

The young man experienced it but didn't perceive any danger.

"Qingcai, Xiaowan, Chongba, wait here for a moment."

Zhou Yan pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

"If you encounter danger, run away first, don't wait for me."

Zhou Yan was staring at Su Xiaowan as he spoke. The Nine-Colored Deer wasn't very bright, and the Chongming Bird wasn't clever enough. Only the Nine-Tailed Fox Su Xiaowan was quick-witted.

Su Xiaowan proudly got up from the back of the nine-colored deer and said happily.

"No problem, I'll take good care of these two children."

Zhou Yan walked into the courtyard with satisfaction.

This courtyard is a very charming building, shaped like the Chinese character "冂" (wǒ), with an artificial pond in the middle and three houses around it. One side serves as a door, but because it has been neglected for a long time, the courtyard is overgrown with weeds, and the artificial pond has dried up.

Zhou Yan scanned the courtyard, then walked to the artificial pond and stood before a stone Go table.

On one side of the Go table, a bird skeleton the size of a human lies there, its bones smooth and warm, with the texture of white jade.

Name: Remains of Shirahagi

Type: Immortal Remains

This must be because the crane is old.

In the end, both Elder Crane and Elder Deer perished together with the mastermind behind the scenes.

The problem is that Elder He and Elder Lu have seen their own remains, but what about the murderer's?

Zhou Yan clearly saw Elder He kill the murderer with a single claw strike.

Could it be that the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind? What other tricks does the murderer have up his sleeve?

Zhou Yan looked around again, then gripped the Lesser Universe Mantra tightly and closed his eyes.

Using his supernatural vision, Zhou Yan went to a house on the left and pushed open the door to enter.

Inside the door was an ordinary bedroom with a table, a bed, and a bookshelf. Zhou Yan walked to the bookshelf, reached out and grabbed a book, which instantly turned to dust.

It's oxidized too much.

Zhou Yan went to the bed again and looked towards the desk.

Zhou Yan suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes, because he had not connected with his future self, and the premonition he had foreseen had ended.

Zhou Yan opened his eyes, then closed them again. This time, Zhou Yan controlled himself and went to the room on his right.

The room seemed to be a meditation room, with only a futon inside and an incense burner next to it. Zhou Yan walked to the futon, picked up the incense burner, and opened it. Inside were clumps of incense ash, and the fragrance wafted out, giving people a refreshing feeling.

You can tell that the ash from the incense burner was of high quality; even the ash after it's burned gives people such a comfortable feeling.

After carefully examining the incense burner and confirming that there was nothing special about it, Zhou Yan put it aside.

Then we'll search elsewhere.

The twelve-second mine-clearing exercise ended quickly.