Cultivation through Skin Making - Chapter 695 - 247. The patriarch entrusts an orphan, stirring waves; calmly handling arrivals and departures (8.1K words - big Chapter, subscription requested)_2
Chapter 695: 247. The patriarch entrusts an orphan, stirring waves; calmly handling arrivals and departures (8.1K words – big Chapter, subscription requested)_2
At this moment, an extremely abrupt scene shattered his contemplation…
A bizarre towering pillar covered in ice armor unexpectedly appeared, descending suddenly with a “boom”, blocking the Great Halberd outside Song Yan’s realm, forcibly pushing it back.
Song Yan turned his head in astonishment, trying to discern from where the towering pillar originated, but all he saw was a gaping black hole, as if a colossal black and white snowflake danced and flew chaotically.
But he instantly recognized that those “colossal black and white snowflakes” were space fragments; however, these were not Secret Realm fragments nor the fragments of the heavens and earth, but… truly void fragments! The remnants after the void that bears stars and heavens is shattered!
If Song Yan were to be caught within this shattered void, there was only one likely outcome: his body, divine soul, and divine thought would all be ground to dust and ashes! Of course, if he’s fortunate, he might barely endure for a brief moment, but who knows what’s really beyond this void?
And now, this towering pillar actually tore through the void, crawling out from the chaotic space currents behind it!!
No.
It’s not a towering pillar.
Song Yan saw it clearly.
It was the tip of a claw.
Immediately after, his divine sense scanned and saw the full appearance of the owner of the giant claw; it was an “Ice Phoenix”. The Ice Phoenix completely broke through the void and flew out from the other side, its pair of wings enveloping to form a Secret Realm, cautiously safeguarding the Flying Crane Air Carriage, then an angry fire ignited in its eyes, and it unleashed a terrifying ice flame with a “boom” at Xiao Hanshan below.
Xiao Hanshan… turned and ran, grabbing two Ghost Cultivators beside him to bear the brunt of the ice flame.
Ghost Cultivator… dead!
Song Yan’s pupils narrowed slightly.
The plan actually failed…
He didn’t know if anything happened to Hanshan Zhenren.
Such a terrifying strike, even if it didn’t kill him, it must have flayed off a layer of skin, right?
The sudden situation made him momentarily uncertain, but as soon as this uncertainty arose, it was quickly drowned in calm.
No matter what happens, no matter the stormy seas he found himself in, he was accustomed to meeting them with calm, blocking soldiers with generals and covering water with soil, then accept the results, whether good or bad.
Song Yan quickly spread out his divine sense to observe, only to see the elder riding the crane saluting the Ice Phoenix from afar.
Clearly, this Ice Phoenix was an ally.
Song Yan searched Li Xuanchan’s divine thought for any information on this Ice Phoenix, but found nothing, so he hard-headedly clasped hands and respectfully said, “Junior Li Xuanchan greets Senior.”
Han Weizi and Han Lingzi quickly stood respectfully to salute as well.
Just then, Song Yan heard a laugh, the Ice Phoenix’s laugh.
But why did this Ice Phoenix laugh?
While he was puzzling over this, the elder riding the crane hurriedly said, “Young Master, this must be the Ancestral Spirit — the Ice Abyss Phoenix. Although the old ancestor had never shown it before, it has been brought out this time to deter the sinister when confronting the Everlasting Night Emperor.
This time, the old ancestor sent me to fetch you without telling this old servant about this spirit, but now I understand.
The old ancestor suspected that you might be ambushed by the Everlasting Night Emperor, so secretly dispatched it to protect you, though this means… the Li Family back home is left unprotected.
The old ancestor preferred risking danger to the Li Family over sending the family’s town-stabilizing Ancestral Spirit to protect you.”
Ancestral Spirit?
This is the Profound Yellow Third Realm.
The Profound Yellow First Realm, the Realm Core Realm, involves comprehending one’s Lifebound Talisman Character; the Profound Yellow Second Realm, the Realm Realm, is where one’s Lifebound Talisman Character expands into a domain; the Profound Yellow Third Realm, the Realm Spirit Realm, Song Yan was unclear about, thinking it simply involved cultivating beings with one’s Talisman’s power within the realm… but clearly, it’s not that simple.
Because this Ice Abyss Phoenix is too terrifying.
If he were truly Li Xuanchan, he should be pleased, given that such a Profound Yellow Third Realm being abruptly appeared to protect him, but now… the Ice Abyss Phoenix protecting him also became his prison warden.
Along the way, several hours later…
Another surge of energy came from afar.
The elder riding the crane said, “This Changfeng Immortal Dynasty is going too far; once was not enough in their sneak attack, they’re at it again, it’s really endless!”
Song Yan scanned the surroundings with his divine sense, seeing armored cultivators rising to completely encircle them.
Song Yan silently said “Good luck”, now genuinely hoping the Immortal Dynasty cultivators could injure the Ice Abyss Phoenix, giving him a chance to “severely injure while escaping” and then disappear.
But the Ice Abyss Phoenix was too stable.
With just a few exchanges, those Immortal Dynasty cultivators retreated as quickly as they had arrived.
Upon realizing it was an Ancestral Spirit, the cultivators withdrew directly.
And the Ice Abyss Phoenix did not pursue, merely protecting the Flying Palanquin as it swiftly returned.
This time, Song Yan didn’t know that his “family’s” old ancestor still had this trump card, and the Changfeng Immortal Dynasty didn’t anticipate that the Li Family’s old ancestor had such audacity, daring to send out the secret weapon at the risk of leaving the Li Family defenseless when near death.
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Western Nether Realm, Crane Spirit Sect, Li Family.
The returned Song Yan watched the crying Li family juniors one by one, as each of them turned their heads to him, saluted him, and then he took a deep breath, brewing up a sorrowful emotion, and walked towards the depth of the corridor.
The old ancestor’s fall truly saddened the clan, as it meant the disappearance of the family’s Sea God Needle, signified potential enemy attacks beyond the clan watching eagerly, and meant the future of everyone was uncertain.
The all-covering wings, which when enclosed had a Secret Realm’s size of the Ice Abyss Phoenix, had now transformed into a palm-sized long-tailed bird, leading the way.
