Getting out

After entering the seal in the rear mountains, Lan Xueruo and the rest of the Phoenix Clan was somewhat free from the clutches of Black Demon Mercenary Group. Within this place, they had food and water to survive for more than 3 weeks.

This was already quite good enough…

15 days had passed since Yang Tian entered the Trial Grounds of the Phoenix.

Meanwhile, within the Phoenix's Trial Grounds.

The Eyes of the Phoenix appeared in front of Yang Tian once again…

"This is really unbelievable, you were actually able to forcefully comprehend the Phoenix Flame Techniques from the fifth and sixth stages of the [World Ode of the Phoenix] by utilizing your profound strength's extreme affinity to fire, even under the situation where the concept of the phoenix's flames' power was severely lacking! Human, you astonish me."

Yang Tian remained silent upon hearing the Phoenix's words. It wasn't as hard as he had initially imagined. The Phoenix Blood within himself and the Fire Seed of the Evil God was probably the exact reason why he had comprehended it. As he was comprehending the [Wolrd Ode of the Phoenix], he let the Phoenix Blood guide him as minutely as it could. It did help him…

"To thoroughly understand these two great flame techniques under these circumstances, I believe that even if the Phoenix was here in the mortal world, he would undoubtedly be immensely astonished as well."

The jade that recorded the [World Ode of the Phoenix] slowly vanished in Yang Tian's hand. The Phoenix Spirit's voice sounded again: "You still have time in this trial ground, but there is nothing much you can do now. You should leave. But before you do, I should perhaps give you a special present."

Inside the pitch-black world, a golden light suddenly came flying and touched Yang Tian on his forehead. Instantly, the scarlet phoenix imprint on his forehead appeared.. but the colour had turned into a pure golden colour from the previous scarlet colour! Just like a cluster of burning, golden-coloured flames.

"This is a special power that I can only use once in my lifetime, but I never thought the day where I used it would actually come. However, as the one who carries the power of the Evil God, your future is destined to be extraordinary, and bestowing this power upon you is more than suitable. As to what kind of power this is, when the time of you using it comes, you will naturally know."

"Now then, let me send you out."

"Wait! There is something else I want to ask of you…" Yang Tian called out for the Phoenix Spirit.

The Spirit of the Phoenix was somewhat surprised at his words. It had no idea what Yang Tian wanted now.

"It's not much for you… I merely want you to remodel the bones of this body and reduce the age of my bones to that of 16-year-old using my vitality."

"Are you sure you want me to do this? You might lose a lot of vitality. Even with your great vitality because of cultivating 'Great Way of the Buddha' and acquiring the Phoenix Bloodline, you might only have 50 or so years to live on."

"Those are enough! Just do it!"

Yang Tian naturally wasn't worried. 50 years? Merely 5 years were enough for him to turn into a great expert on the Profound Sky Continent.

The profound energy of the Phoenix Spirit spread around Yang Tian's body, and he instantly felt his vitality burning up. Although with his vitality, he also felt that his bones were changing…

After some time, he opened his eyes and looked into the eyes of the Phoenix and heard a voice in his head, "Your bones have been remodelled to that of a 16-year-old person."

As the Phoenix Spirit's voice faded, the pair of huge golden eyes disappeared within the darkness, and the space in front of Yang Tian's eyes immediately distorted...

Yang Tian suddenly appeared within the seal of the rear mountains where the Phoenix Clan was resting and saving itself from the Black Demon Mercenary Group.

As they saw Yang Tian appear, they were quite shocked.

Each one of them turned towards him, somewhat wondering what the result was.

Yang Tian smiled a little as flames shot out of his palm. Instantly, the flames reached the forehead of each member of the Phoenix Clan and burned the mark. No… It was more appropriate to say, it purified them.

The Flame Imprint on each Phoenix Clan's members forehead disappeared without a trace. Each one of them felt a strange sense of power rushing through their profound veins and finally thought that they were free…

Many of the Phoenix Clan Members immediately kneeled down and spoke, "Thank you! The Phoenix Clan will never forget this favour!"

"Spare me the unnecessary respect. I merely fulfilled my end of the deal. You don't need to be thankful for this." Yang Tian's response was rather chilly, contrary to what these people had expected from him. But still, they were greatly thankful to what he had done for their clan.

Yang Tian looked at Lan Xueruo, who had a depressed look on her face. He walked over to her and asked her, "What happened while I was gone?" His voice was very neutral as he asked her.

Lan Xueruo bit her lips, but she narrated the whole scene without changing anything.

"I see…" Yang Tian muttered while staring at Lan Xueruo.

His pupils contracted while gazing at her face, which showed such a great depression.

"Tell me Lan Xueruo, why are you depressed right now?" He asked her with a neutral look on her face.

"I…I wasn't strong enough. If I was strong enough, I could have protected him…" Lan Xueruo said while taking deep breaths as her ample chest moved up and down in perfect motion.

Yang Tian shook his head before replying to her, "You are blaming yourself for the wrong reason. You think it was merely because you weren't strong enough? It was because you were stupid enough! Did you know, that situation would have been avoided if you had killed those five instead of letting them go? This Black Demon Mercenary Group wouldn't have sent anyone in a short period before they would have believed that a True Profound Beast or Spirit Profound Beast was near this area. But no… You just had to be all that kindful to those people. This is all your fault!"

Yang Tian didn't seem to know anything about gentleness as he bombarded Lan Xueruo with hard facts. The facts which she had failed to see…

"You didn't commit a mistake, it was a bloody blunder! This is what happens when kindness is taken too far! Remember these words now, if it's an enemy, you must go at him with the intent to kill! Never forget those who you kill, because I assure you, they won't forget you at all. And if someone among them does survive, that person will do whatever it takes to kill you. To make you experience pain! Losing your loved ones will already be the first step to that!" Yang Tian didn't twist any words and said it straight away.

Lan Xueruo felt as if her mind was sinking in a deep abyss... A helpless and blank look appeared on her face.

From within the Sky Poison Pearl, Jasmine commented with a grin, "That was good! You successfully broke her…"

"Well, that wasn't all though…" Yang Tian replied to her with his Spiritual Pulse.

After that, he looked at the entrance of this cave and soon opened it. Considering that he had the Phoenix Origin Blood in his body, he could easily open that seal.

"Now then, time to test the Phoenix Flames."