Blue Phoenix

by Tinalynge

  Usually, when Hui Yue used his wings, he did not feel anything special as they were just wings on his back, but this time, he felt a domineering aura surge from the wings and weighed down heavily on all the experts present. His wings alone were enough to heavily pressure the younger generation, and all of them were forced a few steps backwards. Even Pei Ze was incapable of completely ignoring this pressure.

  Snorting Hui Yue looked at all those he had pushed back and sent his consciousness into the wings on his back. His facial expression changed as he realized that there were many different ways to use the bloodline of the great roc, however, he was still quite unclear what bloodline techniques he could use. He needed to merge with his past life to be able to fully understand the secrets hidden in the great roc's bloodline. The great roc was definitely a divine beast at the same level as the four divine beasts he had met in the Divine Beast World.

  Quickly leaving the wings, Hui Yue observed what was happening around him, and he could not help but smile slightly. The many experts from before were all huddled together in a big group far away from Hui Yue, and the only one who had been able to somewhat withstand the overwhelming pressure was Pei Ze. Seeing that it was also troubling him, Hui Yue quickly dispersed his wings.

  Cracking his neck, Hui Yue looked at the group of experts, "When you are able to compete with this aura then I will gladly fight you." Hui Yue said casually and was about to turn to leave when he felt a fist hit his back, breaking one of his ribs.

  Hui Yue felt how all the organs in his body shook and blood welled up in his throat only to be swallowed down again. Turning around Hui Yue saw that one of the experts who had previously been huddling together with the others had a sinister expression on his face. His hand was covered with Ancestral Worldpower, and he was using some sort of dao that Hui Yue had not comprehended.

  Looking at this expert, Hui Yue's eyes suddenly turned cold. He sneered at this expert as he was about to attack, but before he had the chance to act Huli turned into a streak of light and transformed into her black nine-tailed fox form.

  Her claws came swiping down from above, and the chest of the young man was sliced open by five sharp claws. His body slammed heavily into the ground causing cracks to radiate outwards from where he had collided with the ground.

  "Huli, come back," Hui Yue said with a calm voice, and Huli, who had been about to kill the expert, instantly transformed into a blur. Back in her human form, she stood next to Hui Yue.

  Hui Yue used the lifeforce in his body to quickly heal the wound he had received and went towards the man who had attacked him.

  Using his foot to turn him around he saw that he was still breathing and squatting down placing a hand on the bone-deep cuts lacerating his chest.

  The entire area had turned silent; no one knew what Hui Yue planned to do when he touched the wound, but all of them were shocked speechless when they saw a green light appeared around Hui Yue's hand. A light that slowly but surely started to close up the wounds on the chest of the fallen expert.

  The man was still unconscious, but the wounds were all completely healed after fifteen minutes time, and Hui Yue, scanning him with his soulforce, nodded his head. He had indeed succeeded in saving the young man's life.

  "You know a great dao within the dao of life to heal people?" Pei Ze asked curiously, but Hui Yue just shook his head, "No, it’s lifeforce." He said, "I can harvest and store lifeforce within my body which I can use whenever necessary."

  Chapter 548 - Two Heirs

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  Chapter 548: Two Heirs

  Seeing that Hui Yue saved the expert that attacked him, everyone present looked at Hui Yue differently. He actually healed someone who had launched a sneak attack on him, and this caused the animosity in their hearts to soften a little. When they looked at Huli, however, their hearts were filled with fear.

  They already knew that she was the beast companion of Hui Yue and from her aura alone they could feel that she was an Immortal of Creation. The person she attacked was almost an Immortal of Creation as well, yet he could hardly react to her attack let alone defend against it, and it seemed this beast used nothing but her sheer strength. Her paws that had shredded through his body contained not even the slightest trace of any dao.

  Pei Ze was the only one who had heard what Hui Yue had said; everyone else was certain that he had used some esoteric dao of life.

  "It is good to see that you are treating them like your family already. Sparring is fine, but killing is not accepted." Pei Ze said happily, but Hui Yue just smiled.

  "I truly don’t care whether he lives or dies," he mumbled to himself. "Only if he were to die, I am sure that Huli would be in trouble for killing the idiot; thus I obviously had to heal him."

  Although Hui Yue mumbled, Pei Ze was able to understand the words he spoke while no one else caught what was said. Pei Ze's face had a slight smile on his lips, to be honest, he too did not care whether or not this particular person lived or died. Although they were in the same family, he was weak, and of no use to Pei Ze. Therefore he really didn’t care whether or not he survived.

  Hui Yue, on the other hand, showed great potential. He was clearly loyal to his friends, ruthless when he needed to be ruthless, and friendly and benevolent when that was needed.

  It was clear that Hui Yue was someone he needed to lure over to his side at almost any cost. Hui Yue, who was aware of Pei Ze's agenda, was also quite surprised at how this young man was capable of holding himself back while waiting for Hui Yue to make a decision on his own.

  While Pei Ze and Hui Yue were deep in thought, the expert, who had been healed by Hui Yue, awoke. At first, he was startled and then he started screaming.

  His hands landed on his torn clothes and touched the places where the wounds should have been but his scream lost power, and the expression of fear and agony on his face turned into confusion and surprise.

  Touching the skin and looking down at himself he saw no signs of the wounds ever having been there. There was not even a single scar left behind. All traces of the attack were gone.

  Realizing this, the expert had mixed emotions. He was obviously excited that he was not near death. Being dead was the last thing he wanted, but he also cursed that no signs of the wounds were left behind.

  If he were to go to the elders now and complain about Hui Yue and his companion, the elders would not listen to him. Who would listen to someone without a single wound on their body claiming that they were mauled to pieces and almost died?

  "Master Pei Ze, thank you for saving this lowly one!" After a bit, the expert reached the conclusion that the best solution was the one he had experienced. He was still alive, and that was the most important thing. As such he had to pay respect to the one who had saved him. Amongst the many people present, only Pei Ze could have the ability to save him as quickly as he had.

  "I did not heal you," Pei Ze said, neither friendly nor hostile. "The one who saved you was Pei Yue. Although you launched a sneak attack on him, he still spent his own energy to remove every trace of the wounds from your body. You should thank him. Although his beast companion went a little berserk, you did start it." Pei Ze said, and his words caused the expert in question's face to turn red with embarrassment. He had been saved by the person who he wanted to cripple. This was truly embarrassing.

  "We are all members of the same family, and we are the scions of the Celestial Sword Sect. We are not bandits, and we do not need to use such tactics to get what we want. We need to prove that we are worthy of being a top sect!"

  Pei Ze spoke loud and clear, and everyone heard his words, and they caused their hearts to swell with pride. Yes, they were all scions of the Celestial Sword Sect. They were exceptional experts and geniuses amongst the entire younger generation. They did not need to embarrass themselves; they had to stay strong!

  Hui Yue was surprised as he saw this. "Mind control," he mumbled to himself, and the word caused the corner of Pei Ze's mouth to curl slightly as he gave
Hui Yue a meaningful glance.

  Turning to leave, Pei Ze and Hui Yue paid no more attention to the group of experts that had gathered on the sparring field. Pei Ze planned to show Hui Yue around, so the two experts started to leave when suddenly an arrogant voice echoed out.

  "Well, well, well, if it isn't cousin Pei Ze!" Turning to look, Hui Yue saw a young man who seemed slightly older than himself and Pei Ze walking towards them. Right behind him was a large group of experts, and one of the experts was Pei Chen. Seeing him, Hui Yue's eyes narrowed and so did Pei Ze's.

  While Hui Yue was certain that this group had come to cause trouble, Pei Ze was secretly rejoicing. The leader of the group was Pei Feng, the biggest opponent that Pei Ze had to inheriting the sect leader’s position.

  Although the sect leader was below the ten head elders, the patriarch, and the ancestors, it was still a very respected position, and everyone with power wished to become the sect leader. When you had been sect leader for a period of a thousand years, you would be promoted to one of the ten head elder's positions and the oldest head elder would retire.

  Because of this, no one knew exactly how many outstanding experts the Celestial Sword Sect actually had. Many of the retired experts were already at the pinnacle of power, but even so, they had to follow the rule and retire when it was their turn.

  If some day the Celestial Sword Sect were to join a war, the amount of supreme experts they could bring out was probably a very terrifying number, and because of this many stayed clear of the sect and never insulted the family.

  Currently, there were two hundred years until the current sect leader was promoted to a head elder and the two possible heirs were Pei Ze and Pei Feng.

  Pei Ze was rejoicing because he knew that currently, Pei Feng had no idea who Hui Yue was. If he knew, it was obvious that Pei Feng would do anything in his power to get him on his side, but he was clearly coming to seek revenge for Pei Chen.

  "You there! You white-haired bastard!" He called out and pointed at Hui Yue who lazily looked at Pei Feng. Although he seemed casual and lazy on the outside, Hui Yue understood that Pei Feng was nothing like Pei Chen.

  Pei Chen was simple to deal with. Just a spacelock was enough to defeat him, but the pressure he felt from Pei Feng was on an entirely different level.

  Huli felt the same, and when Pei Feng pointed at Hui Yue, she took a step forward. A low growl could be heard from her throat as the wind started picking up.

  Seeing this beast companion stepping forward and understanding her strength Pei Feng was quite surprised.

  "You challenged him because of this beast companion?" Pei Feng asked Pei Chen who nodded his head. Within his eyes was still a greedy gleam which he could not hide very well. He really wanted to possess a beast companion like Huli.

  "Well, she is quite outstanding... How did a new God like you manage to contract such a beast?" Pei Feng asked with a frown on his face. He finally felt that something was off, but he could not put his finger on exactly what it was. Although he spoke, no one could hear the words he said; his conclusions were left for him alone.

  "You were referred to as young master by the Fu brothers," Pei Feng concluded, clearly thinking about what exactly was the reason this situation felt off.

  "This means you are a member of the inner sect, but I have never seen you before. This means that you were born outside of the sect, and anyone born outside of the sect should have been killed instantly upon notice, but you are still alive... Even more so, Pei Ze has been told to keep you company. From this one can see just how much the elders value you."

  Pei Feng was mumbling to himself and his every word made him feel a headache coming on. He knew he was not wrong, but he also knew that since he was not wrong, then this person in front of him was someone he could not afford to insult. Still, someone from his entourage had already insulted him. How should he fix this?

  "Cousin Pei Ze, why don't you introduce this new member of our family to me?" He asked with a friendly voice, but both Hui Yue, Huli, and Pei Ze could not forget that he had been called a bastard mere moments before. The smile on Pei Ze's face expanded.

  "Let me introduce Pei Yue to you. He is new to our family, but he is of the third generation. He is the direct nephew of our patriarch and the ancestors. He will be joining our family in the future, and he will also participate in the trials with us."

  Pei Feng's face turned green as he heard this introduction. What did it mean to be of the third generation? It meant a great deal. The respect and position he could have in the sect were simply far above his. Even if he turned into the sect master, he would still have to treat Hui Yue with respect. Knowing that he had already insulted him, his intestines turned green with regret, unfortunately, there was no cure for regret, and all he could do was feel bad.

  Pei Feng glared at Pei Chen who was deeply shocked. Not only him, everyone else in Pei Feng's entourage was filled with shock as they heard the words Pei Ze said.

  "Please excuse me for now, I am sure that you are busy," Pei Feng said and with a wave of his sleeves, he turned to leave with rapid steps. Everyone knew that Hui Yue had been insulted by Pei Feng and that this would affect his future accomplishments and chances at becoming the sect leader.

  As they left Pei Feng's face was stern and unhappy, but suddenly he stopped as they were out of range of Hui Yue and Pei Ze.

  "I will make sure that you won't survive these trials. You will be buried here in Diyu, and I will put all the blame on Pei Ze. Getting rid of both of them at once will be beneficial for me." He mumbled to himself and suddenly started laughing. He was going to get rid of anyone who stepped in the way of his goals.

  Chapter 549 - Ancestral Worldpower Skills

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  Chapter 549: Ancestral Worldpower Skills

  When Pei Feng left, Hui Yue frowned slightly. Although Pei Feng behaved well and did not seek revenge for Pei Chen when he was introduced to Hui Yue, there was something about this person that made Hui Yue feel uncomfortable.

  Looking at Pei Ze, Hui Yue found that he had an expression similar to his own, and after a moment, the eyes of the two met. Pei Ze just smiled and shook his head. This was not the place to talk.

  Casually talking with the experts at the sparring field for a bit, Pei Ze was the perfect host and introduced Hui Yue a little more intimately to the experts of the Celestial Sword Sect.

  They stayed at the sparring field for a good hour before Pei Ze finally excused them and they started to tour the mansion.

  After they were far enough away from the sparring field, and other experts, Pei Ze finally stopped and turned to look at Hui Yue with mixed emotions on his face.

  "I need to speak with you about Pei Feng, but I fear you might misunderstand," he said with a sigh. "What I say now may make it seem like I am disparaging Pei Feng, but it's simply the truth as Pei Feng is a little too ruthless when he handles matters."

  "Although you have no problem with Pei Feng himself right now, you have some disagreements with Pei Chen, one of Pei Feng's subordinates. Since it’s like this, he already knows that it will be hard to resolve the differences, and thus, he will come up with another way to ensure that you will not affect his plans. He can be quite nasty and ruthless, more than a few people have lost their lives from being in the way."

  Hui Yue, who already had a bad impression of Pei Feng was even more alarmed hearing this. It seemed that although they were not allowed to kill fellow sect members some people still did so secretly.

  "Don't worry, killing you will not be easy considering your status within the sect, but I assume that he will make a move during the trials now that he knows you will participate in them."

  "He usually puts the blame on other members of the family or outsiders. Usually, it’s members of the sect that are also in his way, so it is likely I would get blamed for your death. Even if we don’t help each other out in the future, do what you can to take care of yourself. Not only am I rather impressed by your performance, and wa
nt to know just what heights you can reach, but I also think that as long as you survive, then I will have a shot at becoming the new sect leader."

  Hui Yue was rather surprised when he heard the honesty in Pei Ze's voice. Pei Ze was clearly a high-ranked member of the younger generation of the Celestial Sword Sect, and it was rare for him to be friendly with anyone. Usually, there was distance between him and everyone else, but the friendliness he showed Hui Yue made him feel welcomed to the sect.

  "I have some things I need to do," Hui Yue said, "I need to become the Judge of Hell, and after that, I need some time to travel the galaxy. If it makes any difference, then I don’t mind helping you out occasionally. You are the reason I was able to enter the Celestial Sword Sect, and you have treated me with sincerity. I will not be spending much time in the Celestial Sword Sect, but if my word carries any weight, then I will say that I support you as many times as needed."

  Although it might seem like a hasty decision, Hui Yue did not need to think much about his choice. He was a member of the younger generation, and at some point, he had to choose between Pei Ze and Pei Feng.