Chapter 277: Xi Linger’s Shock, Legacy of the Ice Phoenix Empress

Zhou Chen stood where he was, watching the direction Xi Linger had left, and let out a sigh.

"Sigh… what a mess this turned out to be."

He rubbed his nose, his mood feeling somewhat complicated.

To be honest, Xi Linger had a hot figure and was stunningly beautiful; he didn't exactly lose out by having something happen with her.

The problem was that it was forced, which wasn't Zhou Chen's original intention.

"Forget it, I'll just act like nothing happened. I'll help her out if there's a chance in the future."

Zhou Chen shook his head, put away the chaos bell, and left.

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On the other side.

After leaving the swamp, Xi Linger found a hidden spot and sat down cross-legged.

She looked at the spirit beast pouch in her hand, her heart filled with complex emotions.

Truthfully, her hatred for Zhou Chen had indeed lessened a lot.

Even though that guy had snatched her Opportunity and caused her to lose her purity.

In the end, Zhou Chen had still returned the ancient desolate spirit pearl king to her.

"I guess that bastard still has a bit of a conscience."

Xi Linger muttered softly.

She opened her storage ring, wanting to see if anything was missing.

But in the next second, she froze.

Inside the storage ring, there wasn't just one ancient desolate spirit pearl king, but exactly one hundred!

These one hundred ancient desolate spirit pearl kings could probably match the current inventory of the Ten Thousand Demon Clan; how could Xi Linger not be shocked?

Furthermore, she discovered a familiar aura within the spirit beast pouch.

"This is… the Five Poisons Beast… No! This is an Archaic Five Poisons Beast with Bloodline atavism?!"

Xi Linger's eyes widened in disbelief.

The Archaic Five Poisons Beast was the ancestor of the Five Poisons Beast, possessing a pure Bloodline and immense potential; it would reach at least the Emperor Realm Tenth Layer upon reaching adulthood.

Moreover, she didn't know if it was an illusion, but within the aura of this Archaic Five Poisons Beast, Xi Linger sensed a trace of an ancient and mysterious presence.

Archaic Five Poisons Beasts were extremely rare; one could hardly find a few in the entire Tianxuan Continent.

Every time one appeared, it would stir up a storm of blood and slaughter.

After all, this was an ancient exotic beast that could serve as the foundation for an Emperor-grade clan.

"He… he actually gave the Archaic Five Poisons Beast to me?"

Xi Linger was shaken to her core.

Initially, she thought the Five Poisons Beast Zhou Chen gave her was just an ordinary one.

She never expected him to give her a hundred ancient desolate spirit pearls and even gift her an Archaic Five Poisons Beast.

"That bastard…"

Xi Linger bit her lip, her heart a whirlwind of conflicting emotions.

Suddenly, she didn't know how to hate this man anymore.

If you called him a bad person, he ended up returning the treasures he'd worked so hard to snatch.

If you called him a good person, Zhou Chen had not only stolen her Opportunity but also caused her to lose her purity.

"Whatever…"

Xi Linger took a deep breath and put away the Five Poisons Beast and the ancient desolate spirit pearl kings.

"The next time we meet… I'll… I'll spare your life… no, two lives."

She said softly, a flush of red flashing across her face.

Recalling the madness of those three days and nights, her heart began to race again.

"Ahhh! Bah bah bah, don't think about it! Don't think about it!"

Xi Linger covered her face, so ashamed she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

How embarrassing!

She, the dignified Saintess of the Thousand-Faced Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, actually…

"It's all that bastard's fault!"

Xi Linger gritted her teeth, but the killing intent from before was gone from her eyes.

However, since she had the Five Poisons Beast, the Nine-Tailed Fox Legacy, and the ancient desolate spirit pearl kings in hand, her mission in the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm was considered complete.

She stood up, summoned her flying shuttle, and flew toward the assembly point at the exit of the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm.

But not long after leaving, she looked back once more in the direction Zhou Chen had gone.

"Bastard…"

She paused, not knowing what to say, only able to act huffy and then grit her teeth while cursing Zhou Chen.

"Forget it, I'll take it one step at a time."

Xi Linger shook her head, and with a flash of the flying shuttle, she disappeared into the Void Realm.

Zhou Chen had already left the poisonous mist swamp by now, planning to find a safe place to rest.

Habitually opening his System panel, he checked to see what other Opportunities were available to harvest.

Suddenly, a piece of information caught his attention.

[In two days, Jiang Mengyao will obtain the Ice Phoenix Empress Legacy (Fragmented) in the northern part of the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm.]

Isn't that the person who mocked him earlier?

A decent Opportunity.

"Hmm, misfortune comes from the mouth; I'll start by collecting some interest from her Opportunity."

Zhou Chen pondered with his head down.

The Ice Phoenix Ruins were located at the peak of an ice mountain in the northern part of the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm.

The cold air in the valley was biting, with thousand-year-old ice everywhere. If an ordinary Cultivator entered, they would be frozen into an ice sculpture within a quarter of an hour.

But the Samadhi True Fire inside Zhou Chen had a natural suppression against this cold, so it couldn't affect him at all. He proceeded without hindrance and soon arrived deep within the ice mountain.

Soon, Zhou Chen reached the depths of the valley.

There was a palace carved from ice crystals, exuding an ancient and noble aura.

A massive ice palace stood before him with its doors tightly shut, but two figures were already standing in front of the entrance.

It was Jiang Mengyao and her maidservant.

"Young Miss, the Restriction on these Ice Phoenix Ruins is too strong. I'm afraid it will require you to personally take action to open it."

The maidservant said respectfully.

Jiang Mengyao nodded slightly, a hint of excitement flashing in her eyes: "The Ice Phoenix Empress Legacy… my Jiang Family has been sending people to explore the Eastern Desolate Secret Realm for decades. After waiting all this time for the Seal to loosen, this Legacy finally belongs to me."

Besides the Seal, another important reason was that the Jiang Family had always possessed fire-attribute Physiques, whereas a cold-attribute Physique like Jiang Mengyao's was a once-in-a-century occurrence.

Therefore, the Ice Phoenix Empress Legacy seemed as if it were tailor-made for her.

Just as she was about to break the Formation, she suddenly felt a surge of spiritual energy from behind.

"Hmm?"

Jiang Mengyao spun around abruptly, only to see a figure in white appearing ten yards behind her at some unknown time.

It was Zhou Chen.

"Feng Biao, it's you?!"

Jiang Mengyao's pupils constricted, and her expression instantly darkened.

"Yo, Miss Jiang, we meet again."

Zhou Chen greeted her with a smile, his tone as relaxed as if he had run into an old friend.

"What are you doing here?"

Jiang Mengyao asked coldly, her gaze becoming wary.

"What am I doing?"

Zhou Chen raised an eyebrow and said, "Naturally, I'm here to take something."

"Take something?"

Jiang Mengyao sneered. "These Ice Phoenix Ruins were first discovered by my Jiang Family. On what grounds do you think you can take anything?"

Zhou Chen shrugged. "On what grounds? On the grounds that… I got here first."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure blurred, and he instantly appeared before the ice palace doors, pressing a palm against them.

"Don't even think about it!"

Jiang Mengyao's face changed drastically. Nine streaks of icy Sword Qi instantly condensed and shot toward the center of Zhou Chen's back.

"Cloud-Flame Ice Sword!"

"Pluto Seal."

Clang clang clang!

However, Zhou Chen didn't even turn his head. His right hand grasped at the void, and a black energy barrier manifested out of thin air, blocking all the Sword Qi.

At the same time, his left hand gently pressed against the Formation on the palace doors.

Rumble—

The heavy ice palace doors slowly opened, revealing a palace carved from ice crystals inside, exuding an ancient and noble aura.

On a large terrace in the center of the hall, there was an ice-blue sphere of light emitting a brilliant radiance.

That was exactly where the Ice Phoenix Empress Legacy resided.