Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 718 - 591: Prosperous Tang Legacy!_2

"I am the Defending General of the Great Tang's Evernight Ancient City, Upper Protector of the Third Rank, granted by the sacred, Baron Changyong, Song Baiyi.

You claim your Dao name is Moon Sea?"

After reporting his name, Song Baiyi glanced momentarily at Moon Sea True Venerable, then turned his hand to produce a scroll of the Treasure Booklet.

With a wave of his hand, the booklet opened by itself, pages rustling, Song Baiyi scanned the records swiftly.

Snap!

The whole booklet flipped shut with a crisp sound, Song Baiyi put it away, cast an inquisitive glance at Moon Sea True Venerable.

"There's no record of you in the Wan Tong Treasure Booklet.

Could it be, you're from Outside the Domain?

Hm?"

The single word "Hm" felt like an arrow piercing through the chest, catching Moon Sea True Venerable off guard.

Had they actually registered all the Primordial Spirit True Honors?

This, this...

Still underestimated the might of this Prosperous Tang, Moon Sea True Venerable's eyes glimmered with contemplation, yet before he could respond, this Upper Protector impatiently huffed:

"Enough, enough, capture them first and decide later."

Before the words were finished, without allowing Moon Sea True Venerable another moment to speak, the Upper Protector extended his hand, causing the heavens and earth to shrink inward as if a cloth was being gathered from afar.

Sealed instantly within this realm, Moon Sea True Venerable and Evil Maitreya felt the sky above them turn pitch black, losing all external senses.

"Is this the power of Prosperous Tang's True Venerable? My Buddha has mercy, this humble monk surely has new insight today."

In the deafening silence of the darkness, Evil Maitreya remained calm as usual, as though he had no worries about their current predicament.

"If it weren't for your persistence, I would've left long ago, avoiding all this!"

Grinding teeth while glaring at the indifferent Evil Maitreya, Moon Sea True Venerable wore a frosty expression.

If escape is impossible, then let me settle scores with you here.

Seeing Moon Sea True Venerable approach hostilely, Evil Maitreya chuckled lightly, radiating Buddha Light.

"I advise you to conserve your strength.

After all, now we're both prisoners, both outsiders."

Ha ha ha."

Evil Maitreya's small laugh reached Moon Sea True Venerable's ears, but it was extraordinarily jarring.

Profound Heart Alliance leader, Primordial Spirit True Honor.

Even Dao Alliance treated her courteously, how could she suddenly become a prisoner?

And be lumped together with this Demon Monk.

Really, really infuriating!

"Terrifying, is this Prosperous Tang Era's power? Two Primordial Spirit True Honors caught just like that?"

Upstairs where songs and drinks flow, Hu Tianzong picked up the sleeve of the lady beside him, wiping nonexistent sweat off his brow in relief.

"That Upper Protector's strength is indeed formidable, but not overwhelmingly so.

Yet this isn't Great Xuan, it's Prosperous Tang.

The consequences of rashly resisting could be extremely severe.

So instead of taking unnecessary risks, better endure for now and let the storm pass.

I believe, even Prosperous Tang wouldn't execute two Primordial Spirit True Honors without reason."

Qi Xiu, carrying a cold and distant aura, kept people at bay.

Even the experienced girls of the tavern subtly distanced themselves from him.

"You make sense, but now that Moon Sea True Venerable has been captured by that Upper Protector, what do we do?" Hu Tianzong asked seriously, stopping the girls around him.

"Moon Sea True Venerable set her sights on this era, aiming for Prosperous Tang's legacy.

We just need to retrieve that legacy first; she will find a way to seek us out." Qi Xiu said.

"But where can we find that legacy?" Hu Tianzong furrowed his brows.

Spreading his hands, Qi Xiu reclined on the soft, fragrant cushions.

"I don't know."

"I thought you, Daoist, knew everything." Hu Tianzong chuckled, brushing some fruit crumbs off.

"Looks like I'll have to personally step up."

"You have a plan?" Qi Xiu cast a curious glance over. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Hehehe, please note, standing before you is the top of the ten outstanding youths of the Liaodong Great Province, the young clan leader of the Hu Family, the prospective successor of the Tianshan Sect, and the leader of the Beauty Ranking of the Five Great Families.

Finding a legacy is just a matter of minutes."

With a wave of his hand, Hu Tianzong raised his eyebrows high, obviously having a plan in mind.

"Oh? Alright then, let's see your performance."

"Wait for the good news."

With a mysterious smile, Hu Tianzong shook the crimson cloak on his shoulders, and as feathers fluttered down, he had already disappeared from the spot.

Watching Hu Tianzong leave, Qi Xiu's eyes flickered, the silhouette of a dragon horn above his forehead glimmered, and his whole figure gradually faded away.

In the blink of an eye, he dove into the True Dragon Law Realm.

Qi Xiu transformed back into his true body, and with a thought, a series of external incarnations emerged from behind him.

This journey with Hu Tianzong was a bit rushed, and indeed he hadn't expected things to develop to this point.

Many preparations were insufficient, and now, taking advantage of this leisure time, he could prepare again.

...

"Any news?"

Two days later, Hu Tianzong returned with a faint trace of fatigue on his face, covered in dust, it was unclear where he had been.

"It took some effort, but fortunately, there were some gains."

Brushing off the dust from some unknown place, Hu Tianzong turned his hand to produce a broken piece of bronze.

The mottled black bronze piece was covered in grease, with a crude design vaguely visible on the inner side.

"These past days, I asked around the entire eight thousand miles radius of this Evernight Ancient City, finally learning some snippets about the Prosperous Tang Legacy from the Earth Spirits.

See this bronze piece?

This is a fragment of a burial bronze artifact.

And the place it originally belonged to is where the Prosperous Tang Legacy resides.

The Moon Sea lady went through great pains to return to this era, with her mind set on this legacy."

Raising a teacup and taking a sip of the boiling hot tea, Hu Tianzong exhaled a breath of heat:

"However, this legacy is buried deeply, locating it won't be easy.

I've already entrusted the Earth Spirits to search for new clues for me. Until we find them, we can only wait here."

Listening to Hu Tianzong's narration, Qi Xiu picked up the mottled bronze piece before him, gently brushing over the simple embossed design on its inner side.

"This is..."

At the instant of touching the design, Qi Xiu's True Dragon Blood responded slightly, ancient knowledge from the depths of his bloodline awakening from a mysterious place.

In the next moment!

A high-pitched call, startling and oppressive across the ancient heavens, resonated within Qi Xiu's mind, echoing across all beings of the heavens.

A fiery red figure, as dazzling and radiant as the sun yet thousands of times more brilliant, spread its wings in flight.

This divine bird exuded an utmost pride and majesty; its head adorned with a tuft resembling a noble crown, its wings broad and powerful, with each flap sending forth a gust of potent wind.

Snow-white feathers, streamlined body, iron-colored long feathers, azure claws, every increase or reduction in length perfectly suitable, every addition or subtraction of color faultlessly impeccable.

Alongside its form, crystalline threads like blood emanated and flowed endlessly, enhancing its extreme elegance and grandeur in the world!

With eyes wide in astonishment at the figure emerging in his mind, Qi Xiu finally understood why the Moon Sea True Venerable was willing to go against the whole Liaodong Great Province, opposing the Tianshan Sect lineage, just to obtain this Prosperous Tang Legacy!

"It is said that in the time when the True Dragon Clan held sway over the heavens, ruling over all realms,

there was a clan ordered personally by the Ancestral Dragon to share the dominion of all the heavens and the myriad realms with them.

This clan was even scarcer than the True Dragon Clan.

In each generation, only one male and one female existed. After producing offspring, they would self-destruct and enter the Dao once the offspring reached adulthood."

Gently reciting this knowledge emerging from the True Dragon Bloodline, Qi Xiu was slightly stirred.

To be embedded within the bloodline legacy of the True Dragon Clan, the main character of Heaven and Earth and Lord of Ten Thousand Realms, speaks volumes of this clan's incredible power.

"What is it?"

Noticing Qi Xiu's altered expression upon touching the bronze piece, Hu Tianzong's heart stirred. He sensed that this Yan Huang Daoist must have discovered something, immediately asking out of curiosity.

"I think I've found out why the Moon Sea True Venerable is so obsessed with the Prosperous Tang Legacy.

Anyone would probably be tempted."

Using his finger, Qi Xiu dipped it in the clean water from the teacup, using it as a brush to write two characters symbolizing the Prosperous Tang Legacy on the tabletop.

With Qi Xiu's mention, Hu Tianzong grew even more curious. Upon seeing the two characters written in water on the tabletop, he couldn't suppress a low exclamation:

"Phoenix Sovereign?!"

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