Chapter Ninety-Five: Blackstone City

  The spirit of the Fire Phoenix entered the Tianyuan Pearl, and its remains fell into the mustard seed bag. The originally turbulent magma pool suddenly calmed down, and there was no more unusual movement.

  Delighted to have obtained a rare treasure, Ji Changkong's heart was naturally filled with joy, but how should he go about it?

  He fell from the mouth of the volcano into the lava pool, and on the way down it was pitch black and nothing could be seen, nor was there a foothold. Now that he is at the bottom of the lava pool, how can he climb up to the mouth of the volcano? It's quite a problem.

  Fortunately, the Tianyuan Pearl was incredibly powerful, and the energy it released firmly protected Ji Changkong's body, allowing him to fearlessly withstand the scorching lava.

  He thought for a moment and decided to use the most stupid method, holding the dagger in his hand and stabbing it into the rock wall, climbing up the volcanic mouth little by little.

  He thought and did, first walking to a rock wall at the bottom of the pool, he jumped up and floated to the outside of the rock, when his hand was holding a dagger, fiercely stabbing into the red-hot rock wall.

  The stone wall around the magma pool was very hard, but the small dagger in his hand had once been the life-taking divine soldier of the Bagua Heavenly Master, sharp and unmatched. The crimson rock wall still had a shallow hole stabbed out by the small dagger.

  With the dagger in his hand, he opened a path and adopted this laborious method to climb up inch by inch. On the way, in the dark area, he took out a piece of red jade-like bone from the fire phoenix, and the dark area immediately lit up with a strong red light, making it easy for him to continue climbing up and directly exit the volcano.

  He looked down at the dark cave below, and Ji Changkong's heart still had lingering fear. If it weren't for the sudden anomaly of the Tianyuan Pearl today, he would have only had a dead end when falling into the bottom of the lava pool. In previous years, there may have been some heavenly masters who could sense the abnormality at the bottom of the volcano, but probably not many people were as lucky as him.

  Once fallen into the lava pool, it is estimated that they will be unlucky and burned by the lava, leaving no bone residue.

  Having obtained the remains of Huo Fenghuang, Tianyuan Pearl sucked in her soul once again. With a satisfied expression, he left Hei Yun Town and continued on his way to Hei Shi City at a leisurely pace.

  Along the way, Ji Changkong was filled with curiosity about the Tianyuan Pearl, which could absorb the spirit of the Fire Phoenix. The Tianyuan Pearl was obviously unusual, but unfortunately, he still didn't know how to properly utilize it.

  He once tried to use his senses to explore the Tianyuan Pearl, but as soon as his senses touched the Tianyuan Pearl, he became dizzy and his spirit fluctuated violently, forcing him to retreat immediately.

  He sensed that the surface of the Tianyuan Pearl seemed to have layers and layers of obstacles, and as soon as his consciousness entered, it would be immediately blocked, unable to break through those layers of obstacles into the Tianyuan Pearl. After repeated attempts, he didn't make any discovery, and had no choice but to temporarily give up.

  Perhaps, only when the divine soul is strong enough to a certain extent can it have the opportunity to break through those layers of obstacles. After another failure, he reluctantly came to this conclusion, always feeling that only when the divine soul is strong enough and the awareness can be like thousands of steel needles piercing into people, can it burst through the layer upon layer of obstacles on the surface of the Tianyuan Pearl.

  The secret of the Tianyuan Pearl cannot be understood for the time being, and it seems to have no side effects on the body. Ji Changkong didn't think much about it either, but only wondered which one of the Four Sacred Beasts he should mainly communicate with.

  Because he had previously practiced the Thunderbolt Technique, Surging Tides, he had always been wavering between the Holy Beasts Qinglong and Xuanwu. Later, after much difficulty, he finally decided to focus on mastering the power of the Holy Beast Qinglong, but then he obtained a withered skeleton of the Fire Phoenix at the bottom of the small volcano.

  With the Phoenix's skeletal remains, the Four Symbols' Heavenly Master cultivates the Vermilion Bird's power, and the Five Elements' Heavenly Master refines the Five Elements' fire. He uses the Phoenix's entire body of flame jade bones to not only advance rapidly but also to temper himself with the Phoenix's bones, and even leave behind some bones to forge divine weapons.

  The accidentally obtained Phoenix Bone Frame made him hesitate again, the Phoenix Bone Frame was placed in front of him, just like a wider and more spacious road had been laid out before him, allowing him to quickly pass through the two light cards.

  However, if he specializes in Phoenix Power, the Thunderbolt Punch and Surging Tides he previously cultivated will not be able to exert their full strength.

  It's a difficult choice, Ji Changkong sighed repeatedly in his heart, feeling itchy but unable to make up his mind.

  Four Holy Beasts, the power of the Four Holy Beasts, can they be cultivated together? Although it's exhausting and laborious to cultivate the power of the Four Holy Beasts together, will they not reject each other, or will there be any problems? If there are no problems, if the powers of the Four Holy Beasts are cultivated together, can each of the Holy Beasts' powers be brought out to the extreme?

  A string of questions kept surfacing in his mind, making him think deeply and anxiously.

  After a day, he finally arrived at Blackstone Castle, which was the guardian of Tenwu Country. However, the defensive strength of this castle gate was not very tight.

  The Tianwu Kingdom and the Shuiyun Kingdom have been on good terms for many years, with no wars between them. This direction is also far away from the Western Regions, so there's no need to worry about foreign invasions from the Western Regions.

  He had some annoyance in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to the buildings, humanistic feelings and differences between Blackstone City and Yunyun Country. He furrowed his brow and walked silently on the spacious streets of Blackstone City.

  "It's him!" A loud shout came from a second-story window of an inn facing the city gate.

  This inn was just a short distance from the front of Heishi City, and on the second floor, a window opened, and Yi Jia, who had been guarding all night, had some bloodshot eyes, disheveled hair, and was in very poor spirits.

  Yirou, who was sitting in the house with her hands supporting her cheeks and a bitter expression on her face, was originally thinking about something listlessly. When she heard this shout, she immediately stood up and rushed to Yijia's side, leaned forward to look out of the window, and exclaimed: "Sister, you really did wait for him! I didn't expect that he would actually be behind us."

  Yi Jia tilted his head and hummed, "I spent money to ask around, the day before, no one saw him enter the city. He's so ugly, if he had entered the city, those people wouldn't possibly not know."

  "Hard work pays off for those who are diligent! I've finally caught up with this evil person. Now, let's see if he can still do as he pleases after entering Blackstone City."

  "Sister, forget it. He didn't really do anything to us. We've all checked and nothing happened, right? If anything, he even saved us. Why are you looking for trouble with him?" Yiroudai's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

  "You stupid girl, do you understand anything!" Yi Jia was somewhat annoyed and said with hatred: "This ugly man and those few people are in cahoots, they're not good things at all. He captured us two and took us away, originally he must have wanted to defile us! The reason he didn't take action is definitely because there's another reason, either that little boy is still chasing him or something delayed him! Hmph, when we were unconscious, this ugly man must have taken advantage of us from head to toe! Xiao Rou, what do you say, how can we let him off so easily?"

  At her words, Yi Rou shuddered violently, and at the thought of that ugly man fondling her while she was unconscious, Yi Rou's whole body turned cold, her heart racing with fear. "No, no more! Sister, don't say any more!" Covering her ears, Yi Rou cried out in alarm.

  "You know you're scared, right? You know you're disgusting?" Yi Jia's face was full of hatred as he gazed at Ji Changkong who had just entered the city. "Xiao Rou, go inform the Ye family that I'm keeping an eye on him! Hmph, now that you've entered Blackstone City, you deserve to be unlucky!"

  After Yi Jia said that, Yi Rou surrendered and the two of them hastily left the hotel. One went to the Chen's house to gather reinforcements, while the other secretly followed Ji Changkong.

  Kijiro Kaito, who was a bit dizzy from the decisive choice, was not as vigilant about the situation around him as he used to be. Moreover, thinking that this was Blackstone City, he didn't think anything would happen, so he didn't notice that Yi Jia was hanging far behind him.

  The sky gradually darkened, and Ji Changkong walked to the north of Heishi City, casually found an inn to stay in, washed up, and sat on the bed to continue thinking.

  Let's cultivate together and see if there will be any danger, let's try to communicate with the Holy Beast Qinglong first? After thinking for so long, he finally decided to temporarily communicate with the Holy Beast Qinglong, and then look at the situation later to see if he can contact the Holy Beasts Xuanwu, Zhuque.

  Eastern Blue Dragon, facing east and sitting down, slowly calmed the chaotic state of mind. Ji Changkong released his divine soul and began to try to feel the fluctuations of the four sacred beasts in the southeast, northwest, southwest, and northeast directions.

  When he was in a certain state of mind, his soul thoroughly relaxed and suddenly felt the wonderful sensation of life fluctuations from the four directions of east, south, west, and north. His soul stared directly at the fluctuation of the Eastern Green Dragon, and he excluded the other three fluctuations from his divine sense, mainly starting to communicate with the Eastern Green Dragon.

  Gradually, the other three faint fluctuations seemed to have truly disappeared from his spiritual sense.

  In this process, the originally weak life fluctuations of the Holy Beast Qinglong gradually strengthened under his induction. When the other three life fluctuations completely disappeared, the originally weak life fluctuations of the Holy Beast Qinglong began to occupy the main part of his divine soul and became stronger and stronger.

  In an instant, the space between heaven and earth seemed to be left with only the aura of the Holy Beast Qinglong. The originally weak aura became vast and boundless, like a boundless sea of aura. His soul was wandering in the recognition sea of the Holy Beast Qinglong, following the ups and downs of the recognition sea, immersing himself in the aura of Qinglong.

  His divine soul merged into the recognition sea of the holy beast Qinglong, his chest rose and fell with his breath, and the three heavenly thunderfields in his body suddenly began to absorb the yuan force contained within his body. Those yuan forces rotated at high speed in the heavenly thunderfield, undergoing a magical transformation into the power of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.

  Unbeknownst to him, his body began to undergo subtle changes, with the yuan force flowing through his flesh and blood. His skin took on a faint blue color wherever the yuan force passed through.

  "It was right here that this ugly freak almost killed us two sisters!" Yi Jia gritted her teeth and said hatefully at the corner of the hotel.

  "Miss Yi, rest assured. The Yi and Ye families have always been on good terms. If anyone in the Tianwu Kingdom dares to harm you, the Ye family will teach them a lesson they deserve... A young man with an elegant demeanor said with a proud face."