948: Chapter 268 Departure 948: Chapter 268 Departure Ji Feixue gazed at the Dragon Turtle ahead.
In the moment just past, the Dragon Turtle seemed to be on the verge of transforming into human form, but ultimately it failed.
It wasn’t that the Dragon Turtle lacked intelligence, nor that its Tao Cultivation was insufficient.
Something held it back, preventing it from obtaining human form.
Su He returned a wry smile, “I cultivate the Transforming Beast Guide, the Dragon Turtle has certified Xuanwu, but the other three Sacred Beasts are yet unaccounted for.”
Ji Feixue’s eyes narrowed slightly, offering him a sympathetic glance.
Then an odd thought emerged—should she also feel sympathy for herself?
As soon as this idea surfaced, she immediately snuffed it out.
She waved her hand to dissolve the Array and saw that outside, the Toad and the Fox were huddled together again.
That foolish Fox had been swindled into a limp, its face full of adoration as it looked at the Toad, somehow producing a watermelon.
It managed to reverberate the melon’s flesh through the rind into juice, inserted a reed straw, and, with great deference, offered the Toad the watermelon juice.
This Fox had been in the Phoenix Tomb for hundreds of years; this watermelon was one of the rare remaining stocks.
More precious than Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure!
It couldn’t even bear to eat it itself, and yet it was used to honor the Toad.
Having taken in a foolish Fox, Ji Feixue frowned slightly.
Su He exhaled heavily; this Toad remembered food but not past lessons!
Once he got back to the Fox, he would file another complaint against it…
His relationship with the Fox was also average at best.
The Fox seemed quite displeased with him.
Perhaps sacrificing the Toad would ease the relationship?
The complacent Toad suddenly shivered, feeling as if someone was plotting against it from behind!
It was so clear—was it that Turtle Kid?
Turning its head, it saw that Su He had already turned back to look at a large tomb tens of thousands of miles away.
Above the great tomb, the phantom of the Phoenix soared as before.
At this moment, Su He didn’t need to actively harness the Power of Xuanwu to see the existence of the Phoenix phantom.
Though he didn’t transform into a human, his mastery over the Xuanwu Power became more adept—not just adept, it was as if he had grasped the essence of Xuanwu itself.
At this moment the Phoenix phantom still kept its eyes closed, gazing down at him.
Su He slightly bowed his head in respect.
Although in his heart, Su He always considered himself akin to the Dragon Turtle, the Phoenix Clan was in no way outsiders.
…Grandmother’s home?
It probably felt something like that.
They were kin.
The Phoenix, still with closed eyes, followed him wherever he went, the Phoenix’s head turning in his direction.
“Senior, do you have something to tell me?” Su He asked softly.
The Phoenix remained motionless.
Ji Feixue followed his gaze toward the great tomb.
Her eyebrows knitted slightly, yet she said nothing.
She had entered the Phoenix Tomb, taking part in the third grand Phoenix sacrifice two hundred years earlier, but that Phoenix had no blood relatives, eliminating the possibility of being hunted for Life Jade to be revived.
She accompanied Feng Si into the tomb early, to prevent outsiders from stealing Life Jade and desecrating corpses.
The Phoenix might be trapped in a place invisible but, per the words of the Phoenix Ancestor, it still had a chance of revival in the future.
In the Phoenix Tomb, she had seen both the great Phoenix Mausoleum and the revival beings upon it.
But on the great tomb in The Netherworld, she couldn’t see the revival beings.
Was it because Su He was of the same clan?
Or was it because of the Xuanwu True Body?
She looked at Su He, yet saw only disappointment in his eyes.
The Phoenix showed no reaction.
Su He sighed, realizing that the phantom on the great tomb was like the revival beings in the Phoenix Tomb—lacking Spirit Wisdom and unresponsive.
Su He withdrew his gaze and looked around.
The Netherworld remained unchanged as before.
This period of closed-door cultivation, stretching over ten-plus days, had passed without the return of the Broken Sword from the Western Thunder King, and without any reaction from the Phoenix Ancestor.
The silence of the entire world was unnerving.
He looked at Ji Feixue, “The Broken Sword hasn’t come back.
Do we still try to break into the great tomb?”
The Phoenix Tomb’s Nether dimension gave Su He the sentiment that they had never truly seen the real face of The Netherworld.
How could the trapped Phoenix be reborn?
What was the purpose of the great tomb?
What did the Phoenix Ancestor experience here?
Knowing nothing, they couldn’t even breach the top levels of the great tomb.
Ji Feixue glanced at him, asking, “Do you have a Mystery Yellow Order?”
During these days she had also contemplated various methods to escape this place, such as mimicking the tactics of the Yuan Sovereign Clan by suicide and resurrection.
The Yuan Sovereign Clan could resurrect at other locations, and Ji Feixue had certainly studied this.
The other option was the Mystery Yellow Order.
With less than a year until the opening of the Mystery Yellow Cave Sky, possessing the Mystery Yellow Order meant one would be transported there when the time came.
Then, by abandoning the Mystery Yellow Order and exiting through the main gate of the Mystery Yellow Cave, one could be free.
But she only possessed one Mystery Yellow Order.
Ji Feixue looked at Su He, who was momentarily taken aback, then rummaged through the External Space and said, “Come out!”
A burst of golden light shone, followed by clinking sounds, and Su He dropped seventy to eighty Mystery Yellow Orders onto the ground.
Ji Feixue’s eyes widened in astonishment as she turned to Su He, her eyes filled with shock.
Su He laughed, “I just came out of the Mystery Yellow Cave.
I struck a bit of fortune in there.”
Ji Feixue was silent.
The Mystery Yellow Cave Sky wouldn’t go to the Fairy Ascension Platform or seek treasure but instead wasted time hunting others, all for the Mystery Yellow Order?
When the Golden Mountain was in front, why not mine the mountain, but instead hunt miners to seize their picks?
Her nostrils flared, struggling to maintain even her usually cold tone, “With a Mystery Yellow Order, we just have to wait.”
Su He nodded, about to make small talk to bridge the gap, when above Nine Heavens, a blade of light flashed, and the dark skies were split asunder.
The Qi of the Netherworld rolled back to either side, like thick clouds and fog in retreat.
The origin of that blade light was the Broken Sword that had left.
After over ten days, it had returned!
It came back just as Su He concluded his seclusion.
As the Broken Sword cut through the sky, Su He and Ji Feixue both watched with furrowed brows.
This strike didn’t tear The Netherworld apart and they couldn’t sense the presence of All Heavens and Myriad Realms.