Chapter 140 Fire Phoenix

"This is." Li Daoxuan took out a pitch-black branch from his arms and held it in his palm, which gave off a warm feeling.

Of course he knew what this branch was. It was the Delonix regia obtained from Longling.

But after studying it for some time, he found that there was nothing special about it.

Injecting Dan Qi into it was just like a drop in the ocean, there was no movement at all.

When I told Uncle Jiu about this, he didn't know what a flamboyant tree was. Or rather, in Uncle Jiu's world, there was no such thing as a flamboyant tree.

I also asked the Taoist priest about it, but unfortunately he said he had heard of the Delonix regia, but he didn't know what it was used for.

The so-called three religions, nine schools and seventy-two ways, all belong to the Xuanmen, which can be extended into thousands of types, as numerous as the stars in the sky. The Taoism is just one of them, and it is not good at treasure hunting and exploring secrets.

Taoism alone can give rise to hundreds of sects, not to mention Buddhism and Confucianism.

Just like Buddhism, people believe that Buddhism has eight schools: Xing, Xiang, Tai, Xian, Chan, Jing, Vinaya, and Mi. But ordinary people don’t know that Chan is not Buddhism in a sense. It is a unique school, and its purpose of teaching is “transmitting outside the teachings”, and it cultivates “the unity of man and Tathagata”. This is similar to Taoism’s “unity of man and nature”, and there is rarely the concept of “conversion” in Buddhism.

Then there are folk beliefs such as yin and yang, feng shui, summoning gods, Nuo altars, insect poison, raising ghosts and refining corpses.

Therefore, even if one is a master of Dharma, it is difficult to know everything in the world.

Each family has its own abilities, so it is very common that an old Taoist priest does not know the Delonix regia.

Because of this, Li Daoxuan had to temporarily give up his exploration of the Delonix regia. He could only treat it as a playstick and carry it with him, hoping that it could be used for self-defense someday.

I didn't expect that the Delonix regia really changed today.

"It's reacting?" Li Daoxuan reacted immediately and took it in his hand with great joy. "This royal poinciana tree is getting hot. Could it be a magical tool? If it is a magical tool, how do I use it? Do I need to chant some magic spell?"

Li Daoxuan was pondering in his heart as the zombie had already broken free from the spell and pounced on him.

Its mouth was wide open, a foul smell wafted out, and its eyes were cloudy and ferocious. It was truly one of the greatest evils in the world.

The fingertips were black and hard, and the fur on the skin was like pickled and dried chicken feet, giving people goose bumps when they saw it.

It was extremely fast and in the blink of an eye it was in front of Li Daoxuan, waving its claws and grabbing him. Li Daoxuan was in the passage at the moment with nowhere to hide, so he could only subconsciously raise the peach wood sword to block.

Looking at the zombies so close, Li Daoxuan frowned.

His hands were shaking slightly, his internal energy was consumed too much, and his strength was not as strong as before. He could barely fend off the zombie's attack. He quickly put the flamboyant tree away with his left hand, then freed his left hand and put it to his mouth to bite it hard, and wrote the Heavenly Master's Protective Spell on his right wrist with blood.

This speed was extremely fast, and it was completed in the blink of an eye, and he immediately chanted the spell:

"Mighty Yang Yang, the sun rises in the east. I now chant a spell to sweep away all the bad luck. Those who encounter the curse will be destroyed, and those who encounter the curse will die. Heavenly Master, protect me. Kill the evil and destroy the spirit, and there will be spiritual light in your body. I obey the order of the Supreme Lord Laozi!"

After chanting the incantation, make the Vajra Seal with your left hand and tap it hard on your right wrist.

Then golden light emanated from his body, and an intense heat and force bounced the zombie away.

The zombie screamed and flew out, with smoke coming out of its body, and then quickly crawled into the pool of blood.

Li Daoxuan looked at his peach wood sword again, and two black claw marks were clearly visible on it.

This is because the zombies used the filth of the blood pool to break the magic of the peach wood sword, greatly reducing its power to destroy evil.

Li Daoxuan felt his heart bleed as he touched the peach wood sword. He had been refining this peach wood sword for many days, but he never expected that it would be broken by this zombie with blood stains. It really made him feel sick.

"Damn it! The Zhao family is a bunch of beasts! Not only did they use living people for sacrifice, they also used the remains of these people to make a bloody pool! They really deserve to be exterminated and their property confiscated!" Even though Li Daoxuan had a good temper, he couldn't help but curse when he encountered such a situation. He felt extremely helpless and felt that the Zhao family really had no humanity at all.

Zombies, human sacrifice, pools of blood.

How much bigger of a surprise will the Zhao family give him?
Although the peach wood sword given to him by the old Taoist was made of fine materials and had been refined through sacrifices, and could kill evil and destroy demons, it was considered a top-notch magical weapon. However, no matter how powerful this peach wood sword was, it had not been refined for a long time. Among the many powerful Taoist magical weapons handed down from generation to generation, it was not worth mentioning.

What's more, the yin and yang in the world are mutually exclusive, and it is never one side that overwhelms the other. Once the yin is strong enough to break the magic weapon's attachment, it can almost completely destroy the magic weapon.

This is why many amulets of poor quality, such as bead pendants, will break and be destroyed after facing evil spirits or what is commonly known as "warding off danger."

The blood pool in the Zhao family's underground secret room took ten years to build in this cold and dark underground place. Over the years, it has been continuously supplemented with living sacrifices. It is conceivable how much evil resentment has been gathered in it. Looking at the current situation, and looking at the peach wood sword in his hand, which has greatly reduced its power, except for the Phoenix wood on his chest whose origin is still unknown, where else can he use the magic weapon?

The current dilemma of being unable to enter or leave is the most pressing situation he has to face.

The zombie rolled into the blood pool and then jumped out again alive, rushing towards Li Daoxuan without hesitation. It seemed that it would fight to the death and it would kill him here sooner or later.

Seeing the zombie rushing towards him, Li Daoxuan simply stopped using the peach wood sword.

He took out the poinciana tree again and started to whip the zombie.

"It's up to you, Poinciana!"

The Delonix regia in his hand was emitting warmth, but the moment it touched the zombie, it burst into bright flames. The zombie flew backwards before it even hit the ground when it was whipped by the Delonix regia.

Before Li Daoxuan could react, a crisp cry came from his ears, and a huge fire suddenly started out of nowhere.

Fengming?!
He stood in the fire and saw the flames gather into the shape of a phoenix.

Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment. He opened his mouth wide and looked around at the flames that were growing in an aggregate shape.

The fire phoenix flew around Li Daoxuan and then rushed towards the zombie. The raging fire penetrated the zombie's body with almost no resistance, burning a big hole in its abdomen.

The zombie's entire body was immediately ignited by the fire. With a raging flame, it wailed and stumbled towards the blood pool, falling into it with a plop.

The fire phoenix came suddenly and left quickly, disappearing in a moment. The fire in the underground secret room was extinguished in an instant, and everything that had just happened seemed like an illusion.

Li Daoxuan stared at the poinciana tree in his hand in a daze. It had turned into an ordinary branch again, and the original warmth was gone at this moment.

After putting away the poinciana tree, he walked towards the pool of blood. There was no trace of zombies in it, only endless bubbles of blood.

Just as he was about to go down and finish off the opponent, Li Daoxuan heard the stone door behind him suddenly open.

He looked behind him and found Zhao Laosan standing at the door.

The man was still wearing his nightgown, but with a few more wounds on his face. He stretched out his hand to Li Daoxuan and said anxiously, "Master Li, come out quickly, I'm here to save you!"

Li Daoxuan looked at the blood pool. The zombie was injured by the fire phoenix's attack just now, and it was at its weakest. If he went to finish off the zombie now, he would definitely be able to severely injure or even kill it. But at this moment, there were chaotic sounds coming from outside the stone gate, and the fierce words of Boss Zhao reached his ears.

"Surround the ancestral hall, and attack my third brother as soon as you see him. No matter if he's dead or alive, I'll give him five hundred taels of silver! And if you can kill both of the little Taoist priests, everyone present will reward you with a thousand taels of silver!"

There was a lot of noise outside, and Li Daoxuan immediately felt that something was wrong!

Now the Zhao Family Ancestral Hall is in crisis, and he feels weak and painful all over.

If you are surrounded by people, you will be in danger of death.

As for this zombie, we can only give up on it for now.

Having made up his mind, Li Daoxuan turned around and went back to the exit of the secret room, grabbed Zhao Laosan's hand, and jumped out of the secret room.

With the help of the lights in the ancestral hall, Li Daoxuan saw Zhao Laosan's miserable appearance. He was covered with wounds, and his black clothes were torn. His shoulders and cheeks were bleeding, and his hair was disheveled, looking very miserable.

"How do you know I'm here?" Li Daoxuan asked curiously.

"With such a big commotion, I don't think I didn't know." Zhao Laosan grinned. "I was hiding nearby and listening to the noise. It was my eldest brother who closed the stone door. But he didn't expect me to sneak in."

"Thank you very much this time." Li Daoxuan thanked him and didn't say any more nonsense.

"Master, why should I thank you?"

Before Zhao Laosan could finish his words, the door of the ancestral hall was kicked open with a bang.

Then a gust of night wind blew in, and a dozen men holding lanterns and long swords rushed in.

And the person in charge was the eldest son of the Zhao family.

(End of this chapter)