Chapter 252: Fallen Phoenix Cave Heaven
"This peach is so sweet!"
Above the windy and blustery sky, the young man lay on the wolf and the black cat on his shoulder. The rich fragrance of the spiritual fruit could be smelled from his breath.
However, after savoring the food for a while, the boy couldn't help showing regret on his face, because his elder brother only allowed him to pick as much as he could eat and not to eat more than that.
Although he felt regretful, Feng Qing'an could also understand that, although the peach trees seemed to be thriving, they were the result of hundreds of years of accumulation, a hundred years of blooming and a hundred years of fruiting. If they were all eaten up, it would damage the harmony of nature.
"It's a good deal for you two guys."
Feng Qing'an looked at Jun Yan lying on his shoulder, and glanced at Heishan at his feet. Naturally, these two guys would not miss out on the good food by following him, and they also ate a few spiritual peaches.
However, for these guys with strong bloodlines, eating this kind of longevity fruit is really a waste. This peach fruit can certainly increase their lifespan, but for their already sufficient lifespan, the increase is just an insignificant fraction.
Unless human cultivators have become extraordinary saints, they really cannot compete with the demon race in terms of lifespan. As for those immortal beasts and divine beasts with more ancient origins, there is even less need to compare them, as they exist to compete with immortals.
"The affairs of the world are now over. It is time to enter the netherworld and realize my ambitions."
Midnight falls on the earth, yin and yang rotate, and at dusk, Feng Qing'an returns to the village again. The village at this time is also plunged into silence. After the night falls, every household closes their doors, and only a few lights flicker in the night, but they are quickly extinguished after a while.
Feng Qing'an stood at the entrance of the village and watched for a long time, until the gap in the underworld was torn open by a pair of slender hands. Then he turned around, smiled, and took the intoxicated girl into his arms. Then he strode into the gap between the two worlds filled with yin energy, and completely stepped into this underworld place that did not belong to living beings.
"Youyou, go back."
"I am coming!"
The little phoenix flapped its wings and quickly landed in front of Feng Qingan. However, before she could reveal her true form, she noticed the little black cat lying on Feng Qingan's shoulder, staring at her with a pair of big round eyes.
“Huh!”
The little phoenix, which was less than the size of a palm, flew around Feng Qing'an's head with its long tail feathers, and then stood on the empty shoulder on the other side of Feng Qing'an, stretched its head and looked at the little black cat that was looking at her with its head tilted.
"Feng Qing'an, where did you pick up this little tiger?"
As a fellow immortal, although Youyou has fallen into the underworld, she still recognized the origin of the little cat lying on Feng Qingan's shoulder at a glance.
To some extent, their experiences are very similar, and even their origins are very similar. The phoenix is a symbol of auspiciousness in the world. Once it appears, it symbolizes the arrival of a peaceful and prosperous era.
However, Youyou, who has fallen into the underworld, although possesses the nobility of the phoenix, has lost the pure and peaceful aura that should be a sign of auspiciousness. Her appearance symbolizes disaster, not peace.
The racial name given by Jun Yan, the little black cat, was determined to be the Heavenly Demon White Tiger, but in Feng Qingan's opinion, the name should be separated into Heavenly Demon/White Tiger.
It is a celestial demon, but also a descendant of the white tiger. Even his elder brother Feng Qing'an feels that it is somewhat dangerous, so he keeps it by his side and suppresses its ferocity with his righteous spirit.
Feng Qing'an has communicated with this little guy who likes to act silly and cute through the soul contract. It is indeed a descendant of the white tiger and has an extraordinary origin. Due to some special reasons, it was corrupted by the devil, and in the process, it broke through the void and drifted to Nanhua Continent.
What is even more coincidental is that the place where it fell was near Gunzhou. Being haunted by the devil and because of the evil spirit contained in the white tiger's blood, it was naturally targeted by the governor of Gunzhou.
There is no need to say much about what happened next. If it were not for the fact that it possessed the blood of the white tiger and its ancestors had made great contributions to the human race and were promoted to the position of a sacred beast, it would have been killed with a single sword.
But even so, it was crippled by a sword and became a little kitten that could only survive by acting cute and coquettish. But even so, the terrifying human still did not let it go, kept it by his side, and did not allow it to run around.
If Feng Qing'an had not arrived, it would not even have had the chance to leave the governor. According to the little fellow's description, the governor possessed terrifying magical powers that were almost like his words coming true, and it had no power to resist.
Meow~
Both are immortals and saints, one fell due to innate factors while the other fell due to an accident. The two little guys first looked at each other, and then the little black cat took the lead in issuing a "friendly" greeting.
Feng Qing'an's face suddenly turned pale when he heard the sweet cry, and he knocked the little guy on the head in annoyance. This guy was only obedient in front of his big brother. When he was under his command, he was controlled by him several times and then he became obedient. However, when facing creatures other than him, including Heishan, this guy was particularly "foul-mouthed".
"Feng Qing'an, where did you pick up this wild cat? Throw it away immediately! Throw it away! Don't bring it back to the Ghost Country!"
Just as Feng Qing'an had expected, the little phoenix immediately became furious when she heard Jun Yan's "friendly" greeting. Although they were both fallen fairy beasts, she could not "greet" back and could only look for Feng Qing'an.
"I don't want this wild cat to get on me."
"Okay, I'll throw it away now."
When Feng Qing'an saw the angry little phoenix Youyou, he naturally took the initiative to comfort the little guy. After all, he was still counting on this little guy to take him back to Youhuang Ghost Kingdom.
As he spoke, Feng Qing'an pinched the back of Jun Yan's neck very skillfully, and the little guy got used to it, with his limbs hanging down, too lazy to struggle or resist.
"Go in and reflect on yourself."
A crack suddenly appeared behind Feng Qing'an, and Feng Qing'an threw the guy in with a flick of his hand.
The little phoenix stared closely at the crack that suddenly appeared beside Feng Qingan and then quickly disappeared. Even though the evil little cat was no longer there, she still did not give up.
"You actually let it into your cave and you won't even let me in to see!"
The little phoenix recognized it at a glance. What Feng Qing'an had just opened was the passage to the cave heaven. This made the little guy feel even more unfair.
Because she had begged Feng Qingan several times, but Feng Qingan never took her in to take a look, and now he just threw the nasty little black cat in.
"When did I not let you go in and see? If you want, I can take you in now."
Feng Qing'an was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Little Phoenix Youyou had the temper of a child. She was very easy to talk to, but when she got angry, she still had to be coaxed.
"Then I want to see it now."
"Okay, I'll take you to the cave to have a look now. Heishan, come with me!"
Feng Qing'an knew the importance of treating everyone equally. The reason why little Fenghuang Youyou was throwing a tantrum was not because of anything else, but because the black cat could enter but she couldn't, so she felt it was unfair.
Feng Qing'an spent most of the day taking the little phoenix Youyou and Heishan to tour all the levels of the cave. He also let them see the fate of the little cat who had just been swearing.
The little fellow was now imprisoned in the seventh floor of the cave, the smallest area with a radius of less than fifty miles. All he could see were the ruins of ancient and dilapidated buildings.
Of course, even on the smallest floor, Feng Qing'an did not allow this guy to move freely, but instead locked him in a palace with a relatively complete structure.
In this cave, Jiu Ling is the absolute ruler. Even if a human immortal comes in, he has to lie down and listen to him, not to mention a disabled kitten.
“It’s so broken!”
After seeing the kitten in solitary confinement, Little Phoenix was satisfied, but her evaluation of the cave owned by Feng Qing'an remained unchanged.
"Is this still broken?"
Feng Qing'an, who had already seen a complete blessed land, had a reference standard. The Jiushou Cave Heaven was indeed seriously damaged, and its spiritual essence had been lost to the point that it would be recognized as a blessed land.
But considering its total area alone, the Jiushou Cave Heaven is actually extremely astonishing, because the paradise owned by his elder brother can only be compared with one layer of the Jiushou Cave Heaven he owns. Of course, his spiritual power is even better, after all, he has the immortal peach tree as a spiritual root.
This is still a state of extremely serious damage. Although the spirit of the cave is always breaking and needs to be repaired, it is still comparable to its glorious heyday.
If compared with ordinary caves, Feng Qing'an Jue's Jiushou Cave would not be inferior in terms of area alone, given its current scale.
With Feng Qing'an's current vision, he felt that the current state of Jiushou Cave Heaven was already quite good. At least it was more than enough for him to use. He would not feel any pressure even if he could bring all the wolves raised in the Qingmang Mountains into the fifth floor.
"Ah, this place is too shabby, this is not what a cave should look like."
The little phoenix shook its head quietly, looking left and right, with a look of extreme disgust, like a child who didn't know how to hide his true thoughts and emotions.
"Have you ever seen a better cave than this?"
Feng Qing'an's expression became subtle. He was not angry at Little Phoenix's evaluation, because this cave was indeed quite shabby and there was nothing bad to say about it.
Even the spirit of the cave was thinking all day long about how to repair it as quickly as possible. He didn't even mind calling a young man like him "master" and fawned on him all day long.
"Yes, I have seen it . Otherwise, why would I say this place is shabby?"
Little Phoenix spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Where?"
A huge head as big as a mountain poked down from the sky, came in front of the little phoenix, and asked impatiently.
But not everyone has the same pure yang essence as Feng Qing'an, nor the same innate foundation as Dong Huang.
To the little phoenix Youyou, the existence of the spirit of the cave was like a gust of wind that suddenly swept down from the sky. She didn't care at all.
"Master, please ask her where the cave is. Please ask her right away."
After seeing that the little phoenix was indifferent to its question, the spirit of the cave finally realized the significance of its existence to the creatures that could not see it, and hurriedly urged Feng Qing'an.
As the old saying goes, eat what you lack and you will naturally get what you lack.
For a broken cave, the best way to repair it is, of course, to devour another cave, but this is only feasible in theory. In reality, it is almost impossible to operate.
The caves and heavens were opened up by those with great supernatural powers. Each cave and heaven has its own differences and there is no complementarity, let alone using one cave and heaven to fill the gaps of another.
However, nothing is absolute. If a broken cave accidentally develops its own will and possesses the instinct to devour and repair itself, everything will change.
"Where did you see the cave? Is it better than mine?"
Feng Qing'an looked up and glared at the spirit of the cave, then lowered his head to the little phoenix that landed on his shoulder and asked in a gentle voice.
"The place where I was born, Luohuang Cave Heaven!"
Little Phoenix didn't seem to think too much and told Feng Qing'an directly. The answer was beyond Feng Qing'an's expectations, but also reasonable.
"Falling Phoenix Cave Heaven?"
Feng Qing'an whispered, and the spirit of the cave beside him was almost going crazy. Several other big heads dropped from the sky, staring at the little phoenix from all directions, as if they were looking at a rare treasure.
"Where is it? How can I get in?"
"Master, please ask her immediately. There might be an ownerless cave there. If you can enter it, I can find a way to devour it, and then I can restore the cave under your control to its original state. By then, a divine object might be born that even immortals and saints would salivate over."
The spirit of the cave urged impatiently.
"You were actually born in a cave? Have you told Donghuang about this?"
Feng Qing'an didn't care about the spirit of the cave at all. Before he had complete control over the cave, he would never take the initiative to help repair it. He didn't want to be a scapegoat.
There was nothing wrong with stuffing some ghosts in. It would solve a big problem for the Youhuang Ghost Kingdom anyway. But he would never agree to swallow up the birthplace of the little phoenix Youyou, at least not now.
"She didn't ask me."
The little phoenix replied quietly that the relationship between her and Donghuang was also quite strange. They each had their own secrets, but they also had their limits and no one asked about the other's secrets.
"Since you and Donghuang didn't tell me, why are you telling me now?"
Although Little Phoenix appears innocent and romantic, with a childlike mind, Feng Qingan will never look down on her, let alone treat her as a child.
If she were really like a child, she would have been eaten up by hungry ghosts in a place like the underworld, until not even a bone was left.
"Because you can help me and save Luohuang Cave Heaven!"
The little phoenix turned her head and stopped looking left and right, but stared at Feng Qing'an seriously. She had been with Donghuang for a long time and witnessed the changes that took place in Donghuang after he met Feng Qing'an.
If such a change had only made her hesitant, after visiting this ruined cave, she made up her mind completely and could not delay any longer.
Whether it is her own defects or the problems of her birthplace, Luohuang Cave, they should all be resolved.
