He Qing still seemed very surprised. She was stunned by the phoenix power unleashed by Xiang Beifei and took a long time to react, murmuring as she asked, "How do you know there is a drop of phoenix blood essence inside?"
"This is an advantage of our Human Race."
Xiang Beifei gave a meaningful smile.
In fact, he learned about this Divine Phoenix Bone through "Learn by Analogy" and "Return to the Original State". At the realm of eternal life, his abilities in "Learn by Analogy" and "Return to the Original State" had advanced further.
By using "Return to the Original State" and then applying the Yin and Yang source energy for "Learn by Analogy", he could deduce the original form of this Divine Phoenix Bone without restoring it.
But naturally, Xiang Beifei would not reveal the truth.
He Qing was even more perplexed.
The Human Race, what kind of race is this?
They can actually unleash the Divine Phoenix Bone, something that even she, a true descendant of the phoenix, couldn’t do!
What other abilities does this race have?
He Qing carefully recalled the information about the Human Race, but found very little information about them in the Edge Corner Airspace. The Dao Palace never mentioned them, only saying that this race was inherently aggressive, committed all sorts of evil, and had to be killed on sight, that’s all.
As for whether there had been powerful experts among the Human Race in the past or if they had lived in the Edge Corner Airspace, it was completely unknown, as if that part of history had been forcibly erased.
She looked at Xiang Beifei again.
He was the only Human she had seen in her life.
Except for being annoyingly talkative, this guy did not look like a dangerous character as described by the Dao Palace.
Xiang Beifei weighed the Divine Phoenix Bone and then said, "I can refine the Divine Phoenix Bone into phoenix blood essence, and you can absorb it, which might cause a qualitative change in the crane power you cultivate. You might even have a chance to activate the bloodline of your inherent phoenix Dao embryo!"
Activate the bloodline of the phoenix Dao embryo!
She knew that everyone who cultivated the Bird Dao carried phoenix bloodlines within because Bird Dao practitioners are all descendants of the phoenix, diverged from the phoenix.
But practically speaking, over the long ancient years, many Bird Dao practitioners have nearly zero phoenix bloodlines, making it impossible to awaken.
Even she could barely manage to unleash some abilities thanks to the Divine Phoenix Bone.
If she could awaken the phoenix bloodline, it would mean she would transform from a crane to the divine phoenix. The changes in her cultivated Crane Dao would be earth-shattering, calling it a meteoric rise wouldn’t be an exaggeration!
This was a rare opportunity that comes once in a thousand years!
He Qing couldn’t help but be tempted.
But after a moment, she took a deep breath and shook her head, saying, "No, this piece of Divine Phoenix Bone is only lent to me by the clan. Whoever is the clan leader will own this piece of Divine Phoenix Bone, it is used to ensure the clan leader has self-preservation ability, I cannot hog it for myself."
The clan leader for the past few hundred years was He Yunfang. The Divine Phoenix Bone was originally in his custody but was temporarily given to her today as she came to guard the ranking list.
"But aren’t you the most talented one in your Crane Clan?"
"Even so, I cannot make this decision myself because the Divine Phoenix Bone is needed to protect every clan leader." He Qing still shook her head.
Xiang Beifei pouted, "Alright then."
He returned the Divine Phoenix Bone to He Qing.
This was something that belonged to the Crane Clan, and he had no reason to force it.
He Qing took the Divine Phoenix Bone and couldn’t help but size up Xiang Beifei again, then put the bone away.
The battle between He Qing and Tang Yingxin had ended, but it had spread throughout the entire Divine Feather City. Many people were discussing this battle, with the duel between two mid-eternal-life masters being unforgettable.
Now that He Qing successfully guarded the ranking and also displayed her true strength, the powerful phoenix power put pressure on many who wanted to challenge the ranking list.
Today, not only had Tang Yingxin come, but many Earth Ranking geniuses ranked after He Qing also arrived. Besides, several others with cultivation at mid-eternal-life who had not yet made the ranking list wanted to try their luck.
Unfortunately, He Qing’s Divine Phoenix Bone made these people all recoil in fear.
At this moment, He Qing was resting, and after one match, others who wanted to challenge the ranking list would first need to submit an application to the Dao Palace, following which He Qing would decide the date of the match.
This was to prevent people from taking advantage of the situation.
In a match between equal strengths, both sides must give their all. If people queued up shortly after and challenged the ranking, the individual guarding the ranking would have no energy to handle the next one, making it an unfair victory, thus making the Earth Ranking meaningless.
However, three days passed, and no one applied to challenge the ranking.
Guarding the ranking only required three days; the stipulated time had passed. He Qing no longer needed to worry about it. At least within ten years, she would maintain this ranking and could collect thirteen zhang of land again after ten years.
This was already the best result for He Qing and her Crane Clan.
"Xiao Qing, I asked Steward Qian, the largest trading shop here is called Divine Feather Commercial Tower. I want to check it out, are you going?"
"Xiao Qing, if you don’t want to go, I will go alone."
"Are you looking for death? Without my company, your annoyingly talkative nature will expose your Human Race identity sooner or later, and then you’ll be caught and drowned in a pig cage!" Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on ɴovᴇl_Firᴇ.ɴet
He Qing stood up angrily and glared at Xiang Beifei.
However, she still led the way.
This guy is rash; who knows if he might cause trouble on his own, it’s better to follow him.
The Divine Feather Commercial Tower was on the other side of Divine Feather City. They left the Dao Palace directly and headed toward the street below. Passing through the densely packed overpass-style streets, they soon stopped at another main street and arrived at the Divine Feather Commercial Tower.