My Hidden Strength Was Exposed by the Heavenly Dao Ranking List – Chapter 92

Chapter 92: Phoenix and Immortality

In the year 1172 AD.

Three months after Li Qingzhao’s death.

Peng Feng roused his spirits and went to the grasslands.

In his memory, Genghis Khan, also known as Temujin, should have already been born. If he could find Temujin and kill him before he grew up, it would be considered eliminating a scourge in advance, preventing the rise of the Mongol Empire in the future.

However, he searched the grasslands for several months and couldn’t find this child named Temujin at all.

In the end, he returned without success.

However, on the way back, he heard shocking news.

A phoenix had appeared from across the sea.

A phoenix!

Peng Feng couldn’t help but recall the records in ancient books.

The phoenix can be reborn from fire.

Those who drink phoenix blood can obtain immortality.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che, and Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin, in the books they left behind about the idea of immortality, all three had thought of obtaining phoenix blood.

However, the phoenix had disappeared after the Investiture of the Gods War and was not seen at all.

In these years, Peng Feng, watching the departure of his relatives and friends, felt more and more the brevity of life and increasingly desired immortality.

Now that he heard of the phoenix’s appearance, he naturally wouldn’t let it go.

He would go to the road the phoenix must pass and seize the phoenix blood!

Immediately, Peng Feng ordered his subordinates to record all the phoenix’s movements, so he could calculate where to intercept the phoenix.

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Half a month later.

On the shore of the South Sea.

Peng Feng stood on a large rock.

Beside him was placed the Sun Devouring Blade.

This saber had accompanied him for decades.

He silently counted the time.

The phoenix would come in a while.

It was said that when this phoenix passed by Korea, the King of Goryeo, Emperor Xianzong Wang Xun, actually dared to be audacious and tried to attack the phoenix to seize its blood.

As a result, the phoenix spat out a mouthful of flames, directly turning Emperor Xianzong Wang Xun, who had the battle power of a Land Immortal, and his hundreds of subordinates into ashes.

A mere Land Immortal dared to challenge the divine beast phoenix, wanting to seize its blood, how laughable.

Peng Feng, after forty-five years of cultivation, had advanced from the Heavenly Human Realm First Level to the Loose Immortal Realm First Level, and only then dared to challenge the phoenix.

About an hour passed.

In the distance, there was a patch of fire.

The fire was getting closer and closer.

It was a huge fire bird, with a length of several dozen zhang, its entire body covered in flames, flying over.

This incomparably huge fire bird was peerlessly beautiful, its feathers fiery red, its eyes filled with majesty, and its tail was incredibly gorgeous.

This is… the phoenix!

The divine beast phoenix.

According to Guo Pu’s annotation in the *Erya·Shi Niao*, the phoenix’s appearance is characterized by: “a chicken’s head, a swallow’s chin, a snake’s neck, a turtle’s back, a fish’s tail, five colors, and about six chi in height”.

The *Shuowen Jiezi* records: “The image of the phoenix, with a unicorn in front and a deer behind, a snake’s head and a fish’s tail, dragon patterns on its turtle back, a swallow’s jaw and a chicken’s beak, displaying five colors. It comes from the gentleman’s country in the East, soars beyond the four seas, passes Kunlun, drinks at the Dihzhu, washes its feathers in the Weak Water, and rests in the wind cave at dusk. Its appearance signifies great peace and tranquility in the world.”

The phoenix has a noble character, “it will not perch except on parasol trees, it will not eat except for bamboo seeds, and it will not drink except from sweet springs”.

The phoenix is a divine beast of good omen.

Peng Feng did not want to kill the phoenix, nor could he.

He only wanted to take some blood to obtain immortality.

He saw the phoenix approaching non-stop.

Peng Feng took a deep breath.

The phoenix finally flew to the sky above Peng Feng’s head.

And at this moment!

Peng Feng finally drew his saber.

In an instant!

A saber qi of nearly a hundred meters directly struck out.

In this saber qi, there was an extremely domineering golden dragon qi.

And astonishing speed.

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The saber light was like lightning, suddenly illuminating this sea.

The blue of the ocean was momentarily robbed, becoming the golden yellow of the saber light.

The saber qi carried extreme coldness.

At the moment the saber was drawn, the surrounding sea began to freeze.

Such a saber strike was an amazing one.

Since Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin, for more than five hundred years, no one had ever been able to unleash such a saber strike.

Emperor Taizu of Song Zhao Kuangyin could not do it.

Emperor Taizu of Liao Yelü Abaoji could not do it either.

Emperor Taizu of Jin Wanyan Aguda also could not do it.

And this saber strike.

Instantly struck the unprepared phoenix!

But the phoenix’s defense was too high, too high.

Such a domineering saber strike, such a Loose Immortal Realm saber strike, only caused some extremely minor injuries to the unprepared phoenix.

In an instant!

Fiery red blood with divine patterns spilled down from the wound.

Peng Feng instantly picked up the metal bottle he had prepared earlier and directly collected all the phoenix blood.

And the divine beast phoenix only then noticed Peng Feng, this tiny human.

Anger flashed in the eyes of the divine beast phoenix.

Then!

It spat out a mouthful of scorching flames.

This mouthful of flames probably had a super high temperature of more than 100,000 to 200,000 degrees.

After obtaining the phoenix blood he wanted, Peng Feng immediately made a hasty retreat, using the Ten Directions North Pole Freezing Demon Path to freeze the phoenix, and then quickly drilled into the ocean.

He had already thought of a way to retreat.

The phoenix was a fire-type divine beast and did not like water.

He would be safe if he drilled into the ocean.

Peng Feng only felt that his Ten Directions North Pole Freezing Demon Path did not hinder the divine beast phoenix for even 0.1 seconds. At the same time, the seawater behind him was constantly evaporating.

Until…

He hid hundreds of meters below the surface of the sea.

The phoenix’s flames finally reached their limit.

The phoenix hovered in the sky for a while.

Finally, it left reluctantly.

Peng Feng felt the departure of the divine beast phoenix and finally breathed a sigh of relief. The plan had been completely successful.

Peng Feng then left the ocean and went to an uninhabited valley by the sea, took out the phoenix blood he had obtained earlier, and drank it all down.

In an instant…

He only felt a powerful force transforming his body.

It seemed as if the infinite vitality of heaven and earth was pouring into his body.

Making his body, which was already over eighty years old, regain its youth, seemingly returning to his teens or twenties.

Is this the immortal body given by the phoenix blood?

Just at this moment!

Peng Feng suddenly felt a strong urge to sleep.

He immediately understood the reason through the phoenix blood in his body.

It turned out that the phoenix’s immortality was due to its periodic rebirth from fire, and it would occasionally fall into a deep sleep for several decades.

And he, who had obtained the phoenix blood, also had the same problem as the phoenix, sometimes falling into a deep sleep for several decades.

He had only just been transformed by the phoenix blood and would also fall into a deep sleep for several decades.

Peng Feng immediately found a cave and completely sealed the entrance with countless large stones weighing several thousand jin.

After completing all of this, he could no longer resist and fell into a deep sleep.

The last thought before falling asleep was, “I wonder how many decades I will sleep this time?”

What changes will occur in the world after decades?

（The Northern Song Dynasty’s battle with the Jin Dynasty is officially concluded here. The next chapter will be about the Song Dynasty’s battle with the Mongol Empire. ）