Demon Sword Sect's Undercover-Chapter 522 - 521: Unexpected Gains

Hou Niao realized it too late; had he known Wu Weijiang still had this trick up his sleeve, he would have chosen a more aggressive method.

"It seems they are not picking people up outside anymore? Are they treating us as dead?"

Hai Xixi said coldly, "The Wu family’s method can separate from Turing Cave Heaven in an instant, but it has a side effect, which is that the normal means of departure will be obstructive for a while, um, enough time for a phoenix to devour us both."

In front of two cultivators with backgrounds of Nascent Transformation ancestors, Hou Niao felt that his knowledge was too scant; Wu Weijiang did not tell him, but although Hai Xixi sometimes acted childishly, at other times she seemed profoundly mystic, a contradiction of practical experience mixed with a deep foundation.

Seeing the phoenix wailing in pain from the combined strike of the two, he knew its next attack would be something he absolutely couldn’t withstand alone.

In the end, they were still played by the shameless Wu Weijiang.

"You know everything? Why didn’t you leave earlier? Now staying here to die, you’ve even dragged me down?"

Hai Xixi reluctantly said, "I actually, actually just figured it out... I was just being stubborn before, he wouldn’t leave, so I couldn’t either, I’m sorry."

Hou Niao had a headache, such a situation but making such a foolish mistake, truly speechless; he had never thought of escaping, competing in speed with a high-realm flying bird on the territory of these spiritual beasts...

Yet Hai Xixi was naturally optimistic, "But I have a method, we don’t need to kill it, we can also subdue it, there’s no essential difference between any of the spiritual beasts here, they can all be tamed, it’s just a matter of which method to use."

Hou Niao shook his head, "Your set of singing and dancing? Didn’t it seem like it never worked?"

Hai Xixi was serious, "It’s not funny, Hai Lao and I talked about it, in Turing Cave Heaven to tame them you have to do it this way; just because it didn’t work before doesn’t mean it won’t work now, the environment has changed.

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Hou Niao sighed deeply, "That’s even harder than killing it!"

Without time to observe further, the phoenix obviously had recovered from the earlier strike, its gaze turning fierce again, focusing intently on them, showing no possibility of a peaceful resolution.

Waiting for people from outside to come and get them out clearly wasn’t going to happen, they had to do it themselves.

Hou Niao thought about it, "I can try, but I cannot guarantee success, then the rest is up to you, if we tame it, we are safe, otherwise, we’re all finished."

Once he made up his mind, he also wanted to know where his limits lay; for such a phoenix, most of his so-called special moves were meaningless, including Sword Holding State and Body Sword State, it was not a problem that could be solved by killing, he couldn’t kill it!

A flying sword appeared above his head, beginning to fly in twisting paths, neither fast nor manifesting any particular power, making Hai Xixi on the side feel he was somewhat trifling.

The flying sword traced strange patterns in the air, as if outlining a stiff bow shape, reaching the tip of the bow, it suddenly dropped down...

There was no sound, nor dazzling light; the flying sword did not even pierce the body of the phoenix, just quietly hovering above the phoenix’s head, and the phoenix did not move, whether frightened into immobility or just indifferent?

"I did my best, now it’s your turn."

Hai Xixi had to confirm once more, "Is that it? It won’t peck me now?"

Hou Niao rolled his eyes, "I’ve done what you asked me to do, now it’s your turn to keep your promise; as for whether it works, who knows without trying? You’ve been cultivating for so many years, what on this world is without risk?"

One daring to speak, the other daring to gamble, Hai Xixi was indeed an oddity, genuinely walking forward and then starting her ancestral method, singing and dancing as if in a trance.

Hou Niao watched, alarmed, while Hai Xixi danced uneasily. Amid such a peculiar atmosphere, the phoenix slowly lay down, tucked its wings, and its gaze gradually softened.

Hou Niao knew, at least on his part, he had succeeded and had saved both their lives; but whether Hai Xixi could tame this phoenix depended entirely on her own abilities.

The ’Dou’ character Thunder Talisman displayed unexpected power here. In Hou Niao’s view, this was not because of its great strength, but due to the mysterious suppression inherent in the ’Dou’ character Thunder Talisman towards ancient spiritual beasts.

But his understanding of this ancient talisman was only superficial; comprehending this talisman might well accompany him for life. He had this premonition.

Yet, what was most intriguing was that when the thunder talisman struck down, he accidentally discovered Hai Xixi’s secret, an indescribable secret—the clean, proper woman from the Hai Family was actually a man!

In this world, many people were dissatisfied with their own gender, and as they grew up, they always hoped to become the gender they preferred, hence there were women with the spirit of men and delicate, meek men. These abnormal inclinations were often corrected under immense societal pressure, but there were still a few who clung to their dreams.

Hou Niao had seen this scenario before, but to encounter it in a bona fide cultivator, and in one of the continent’s top families with a Nascent Transformation ancestor, was indeed a bit unbelievable.

Clearly, the Rao siblings were unaware of this secret, but Wu Weijiang might not be; no wonder this true inheritor loathed Hai Xixi, a fellow great cultivator’s offspring. He displayed not the slightest pity but a subtle and imperceptible disgust.

The root of the issue lay here.

Hai Xixi had succeeded, but Hou Niao saw little joy in her,

"Aren’t you satisfied with such a beautiful, powerful ancient spirit beast?"

Hai Xixi glanced at him, "I’m satisfied with it, but not with myself."

"What do you mean?"

"It only submitted under threat. I don’t want to take advantage of others, and compared to obtaining it, I’m more curious about how you managed to make it submit?"

Hou Niao smiled and said nothing. This Hai Xixi was quite interesting—somewhat naive in some respects, yet very astute in others. She knew very well that acquiring an ancient spirit beast in such a manner came with risks, and would rather not have it at all.

Knowing what to choose meant she had a bright future.

"This venture into Turing Cave Heaven was profitable. Brother Wu sacrificed himself to protect others, took a risk to cover our retreat, and struck a fatal blow, only then were we out of danger?"

Hai Xixi, ever so clever, "But his last strike was too severe; the ancient spirit beast couldn’t withstand it and retreated to where it belonged, and that is what brought us luck."

The two exchanged a smile, well aware that telling the truth about Wu Weijiang would not affect him, and no one would stand out to prove anything. Thus, it was better to keep it quiet, keep these matters in their hearts, and then await an opportunity...