Volume 1 Volume 7 Chapter 49

Volume 7 Chapter 49: Feng Qingtian and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (Part 3)

Sometimes, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox wonders what kind of being Zhang Xusheng is that even Niu Wenxing and Feng Qingtian deeply respect. According to Niu Wenxing, he and Zhang Xusheng are equally clever, but the cards in Zhang Xusheng’s hand and his own strength far surpass that of Niu Wenxing and Feng Qingtian.

Is there another clever human like Niu Wenxing, who can see through people’s hearts and fully use it?

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox finds it hard to believe.

Just look at this plan.

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox claims to have three thousand descendants, all of whom evolved into at least powerful four-tailed beings after it fed them many demon beast elixirs before it was nearly killed by two kylins. This is the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s support for working with Feng Qingtian.

But Niu Wenxing scoffs at this, saying that after so many years away, it would be quite good if half of the heavenly level demon beasts remain loyal to it.

Indeed, after the Nine-Tailed returned to the Southern Wasteland, it found that its descendants, especially the eight-tailed and seven-tailed ones it had specially raised before attracting the attention of the two kylins, did not think much of its return. Although they still regarded the Nine-Tailed as their leader, in reality, the Nine-Tailed only had the strength of a seven-tailed being, and they largely ignored its commands.

The Nine-Tailed, following Niu Wenxing’s plan, led the still loyal demon foxes, bringing a large number of Southern Wasteland demon beasts, rampaging across the Shenzhou Continent. However, for some reason, everyone in the world knew that the Shura Clan’s main base should be in North Iceland, yet Niu Wenxing instructed the Nine-Tailed to lead its demon beasts straight towards the prosperous southwestern part of Middle-earth.

According to Niu Wenxing, the main base of the Shura Clan cannot possibly be in North Iceland; that is just a trick to confuse the enemy. Even if it was there before, it must have moved long ago. In the prosperous Middle-earth, over the years of hunting by the Shura Clan, human cultivators only dare to hide in Yongzhou State. They do not dare to step into other states at all. That is the real base of the Shura Clan, and through various analyses, the southwest region seems to be the most likely place.

Sure enough, after entering the southwest, the Nine-Tails encountered a large number of Shura Clan members, but these Shura Clan members were not very strong. The powerful ones should be elsewhere, hunting humans. It was not until the Nine-Tails, accompanied by many demon beasts, killed more than twenty Shura Clan members that they left behind numerous demon beast corpses and fled deeper into the Southern Wasteland.

When have Shura Clan members ever been killed at their base? These newly spawned Shura Clan members were all chasing after the demon beasts. When the experts of the Shura Clan learned of this, they also hurried to follow.

Feng Qingtian, having met two kylin, ventured deeper into the Southern Wasteland to inform the two kylin of the locations of the other fox demons.

In that battle, the two kylin naturally killed the fox demons without leaving a trace.

Then, Niu Wenxing’s plan was realized. "Ominous" and "Auspicious" were natural enemies. The reason they had worked together all these years was because of the threat from the Spirit Fox clan. Now that the Spirit Fox clan had been completely killed, the external threat was gone, and the conflict between the two sides grew tremendously, leading to another fierce battle between the two kylin.

After a few intense battles, both kylin were seriously injured. Thinking back to the time they were betrayed by the Nine-Tails due to severe injuries, both kylin decided to withdraw.

Unfortunately, Niu Wenxing had an excellent grasp of timing.

Just after the two kylin stopped, the Nine-Tails, with a large number of Shura Clan members, came running toward the two kylin. Wherever the kylin went, they killed every demon beast they encountered in the Southern Wasteland. In their panic, more and more demon beasts followed the Nine-Tails to escape, while the two kylin only noticed the large number of Shura Clan members chasing the Southern Wasteland demon beasts, completely unaware of the Nine-Tails hidden among them.

Suddenly, the Kylin and the Shura Clan had another fierce battle. These Shura Clan members were newly born and were no match for the Kylin. They were quickly defeated.

Then, the powerful members of the Shura Clan arrived.

Normally, even if all the Shura Clan’s experts attacked the two Kylin together, they would have been able to escape. Unfortunately, the previous fight between the two Kylin had left them injured, and most of their energy was spent. Under the fierce attack of the Shura Clan experts, they were quite helpless.

Yet, even under these circumstances, the two Kylin still managed to kill more than ten Shura Clan experts at the master level, while over two thousand newly born Shura Clan members were also killed.

In the end, the Shura Clan leader, Grand Tantian, took action personally and severed one foot of "Ominous." However, in the counterattack from "Ominous," he was also seriously injured. Both sides could not bear such great losses and retreated.

When the two Kylin returned to their cave, Feng Qingtian and the Nine-Tailed Fox, who had been waiting for a long time, launched a sneak attack, creating the current situation.

The two Kylin, symbols of the highest power in the world, were actually cornered by Feng Qingtian and the Nine-Tailed Fox, who were not top experts.

In this battle, countless demon beasts were injured or killed, and the thousands of fox demons under the Nine-Tailed Fox gained many demon beast inner cores, greatly boosting their strength and becoming another force for Feng Qingtian. The bodies of those demon beasts could also be used to create many top magic weapons and elixirs, enhancing the power of Feng Qingtian’s adopted cultivators, who had merged with his bloodline.

As for the strength of the Shura Clan, they could exchange some necessary items with the Zhong family, as the Zhong family had been in great need of Shura Clan corpses over the years.

At the end, Feng Qingtian and the Nine-Tail will each receive a Kylin’s inner pill. With the help of the "Divine Plate of Inheritance," Feng Qingtian and the Nine-Tail can quickly become as powerful as Zizhen, Mr. Liu, and Zhang Xusheng. The "Divine Plate of Inheritance" can also help Feng Qingtian’s sons enhance their bloodline and strength.

By then, Feng Qingtian could rise to a power comparable to the Zhong family. The Shenzhou Continent would change from three powers to four. After that, how Feng Qingtian’s forces would resist the other three major powers, Niu Wenxing had already made a plan.

Xu Qingfan was fortunate to find the unique Rainbow Spirit Seven Islands, achieving a height that took him forty years to build, all within Niu Wenxing’s clever guidance, which made it within reach. This is the power of a wise person.

Strong people can bring out their full strength, but wise people can use the power of the whole world.

Niu Wenxing and Zhang Xusheng are such wise men, while Xu Qingfan is just starting out.

"Nine-Tail, is this your trick again?"

"Ominous" asked with a roar.

The Nine-Tail wore a mocking smile but did not answer. Instead, he turned to look at Niu Wenxing, who stood beside Feng Qingtian.

"Is it him?"

"Ominous" and "Auspicious" understood the meaning in the nine-tailed gaze and looked at Niu Wenxing in disbelief.

In fact, they had only now noticed this middle-aged scholar who had not shown any power the entire time.

Moreover, this middle-aged scholar was also a weak and sickly mortal.

When the two kylin looked at him, even though he was exhausted, their holy and powerful presence was still incredibly impressive. However, Niu Wenxing seemed unaffected, as Feng Qingtian had stepped in front of him to shield him from the pressure.

Niu Wenxing’s body could not handle any more strain.

Niu Wenxing slightly bowed to the two kylin and smiled, saying, "I assume the two Mythical Beasts find my mortal identity hard to believe? In fact, the scheming among mortals is far greater than cultivators who focus most of their energy on gaining power. Our strength is weak, but that doesn’t mean our intellect is low."

As he spoke, Niu Wenxing sighed and continued, "You two are Mythical Beasts. I remember when I was the Prime Minister of a mortal kingdom, our emperor often wore a kylin robe. To help you understand why you will fall, I will explain how you were defeated."

Thinking about how, with his help, Feng Qingtian was about to become one of the four great powers of the Shenzhou Continent, Niu Wenxing couldn’t help but feel proud. Moreover, this plan was truly his masterpiece, and the two kylin could not escape the fate of failure and death. Niu Wenxing, forgetting himself a little, began to elaborate on his plan.

Niu Wenxing’s health was really poor; while he spoke, he coughed frequently. After finishing, his face had turned a sickly shade of red.

Feng Qingtian’s pride seemed to fade only in front of Niu Wenxing. Seeing Niu Wenxing’s condition, he disregarded the two increasingly angry kylins and quickly took out a bottle of medicine from his sleeve, giving it to Niu Wenxing to take.

Once Niu Wenxing’s condition returned to normal, Feng Qingtian breathed a sigh of relief and scolded, "Sir, you shouldn’t have come with me this time."

Niu Wenxing shook his head and smiled, saying, "This plan is the key to our future success or failure. I couldn’t miss it."

"In that case, let’s finish this quickly so that you can go back and rest."

While speaking, Feng Qingtian turned around, coldly staring at the two kylins in front of him, and slowly said.

"Clap, clap, clap…"

At that moment, a soft sound of clapping suddenly echoed in the cave.

At the same time, Xu Qingfan leisurely entered the cave, clapping and laughing as he said, "I didn’t expect you, Junior Brother Feng, to find such a genius. Although he seems a bit inexperienced, with this kind of intelligence, as far as I know, there is only one person above him in the world. It’s a pity he is just a mortal. Even with medicine to extend his life, it would only be a little over a hundred years. Otherwise, Junior Brother Feng, why would you worry about not succeeding?"

Although Xu Qingfan spoke with a smile, his eyes were icy cold, fixed on Niu Wenxing behind Feng Qingtian, with a hint of murderous intent.

One Zhang Xusheng is already quite troublesome. If Feng Qingtian gets another character who is not inferior to Zhang Xusheng, how will Xu Qingfan use him in the future to test Zhang Xusheng’s plans?