Chapter 2222: Little Yellow Chicken Is the Undying Emperor?

"I've always wanted to die anyway... If this thing can kill me, I'll be absolutely delighted," the little yellow chick flapped its wings.

The last time it transformed, it still retained its chicken head. If this swirling space could kill it, perhaps it would finally be able to completely transform into a human.

"Hmm!" Despite his worry, Zhang Xuan eventually nodded without further words, remembering that even if the creature in front of him was blown to dust, it could still be used for recovery.

Lifting a claw, the little yellow chick immediately burrowed into the swirling space. In an instant, its body twisted as if it had entered a funhouse mirror. Its small figure swelled considerably, turning golden all over, somewhat resembling the Vermilion Phoenix it had seen within the Phoenix Cry Stone.

"Could it be... the little yellow chick is a member of the Phoenix clan?"

This thought suddenly popped into his mind.

There weren't many divine beasts whose names were widely known. This chicken he had raised, even after reaching the Divine King realm, still couldn't fully transform. Just how powerful was its true form?

A Conferred Divine King... or even an Emperor?

"Could it be... it's the Undying Emperor?"

An idea emerged.

The Undying Emperor was said to be immortal, yet had died, which was peculiar in itself.

The little yellow chick had suddenly appeared in a gourd on the Master Teacher Continent, rapidly growing by devouring his Heaven's Path zhenqi. Furthermore, even when it was blasted into powder, it didn't die; instead, it could break through barriers and rapidly advance.

When he saw the Undying Emperor's tomb in the Firmament, it had repeatedly insisted on devouring the guardian skeletons...

The decaying qi that even Heaven's Path zhenqi couldn't dispel could be easily nullified by its bathwater...

It had felt familiar upon seeing the feather supporting Spirit Origin City, and now it found the swirling space before him familiar as well...

The last time at Moon Clear Pond, Conferred Divine King Qi Meng had addressed him as "Emperor" upon seeing him... He guessed this was because the little yellow chick had exploded, and its blood had merged into him.

And it was precisely because he had absorbed this blood that his physical body had gained immortal and indestructible attributes, allowing him to recover instantly no matter how severe the injury.

"I actually treated an Emperor as my beast pet?"

The more he considered it, the more his heart trembled, and his face twitched with apprehension.

After entering the God Realm, he knew the status of an Emperor. Even Master Kong needed to gain the recognition of others to become an Emperor...

A high-grade Celestial God having tamed an Emperor as a beast pet... If this fellow hadn't recovered his memories, he wouldn't say anything. But once he did, would he immediately kill Zhang Xuan?

"It shouldn't be... If it were the Undying Emperor and Luo Ruoxi was its successor, even if it was hidden in the gourd within his dantian, she should have been able to sense it, instead of pretending to know nothing..."

According to the information he currently possessed, Luo Ruoxi was very likely the Undying Emperor's successor. If that were the case, she had seen the Void Gourd that housed the little yellow chick back on the Master Teacher Continent... It was impossible that she wouldn't have recognized it!

Of course, it was hard to say for sure.

Emperors surely had enemies. If its cultivation had plummeted and it was poorly hidden, it was very possible it would be erased before it could fully grow.

Therefore, if it needed to be concealed, it had to be done so thoroughly that no one could detect it.

"Never mind, I won't think about it anymore. Tomorrow, after the competition, I'll be able to enter the Spirit God Palace and see Luo Ruoxi; all mysteries will then be resolved..."

All this pondering was useless. The most pressing task was to find a way to enter the Spirit God Palace.

Casting aside his scattered thoughts, he continued to gaze at the swirling space. He then saw the little yellow chick battling several Divine King Grasses.

Capable of surviving in the swirling space and assisting people in breaking through to the Divine King realm, this medicinal herb was clearly formidable. Even if it wasn't as powerful as a Divine King, it couldn't be far off.

However, the little yellow chick was inherently powerful, and its cultivation was also superior to theirs. Before long, it had completely subdued the herbs, which it held dangling from its mouth, and flew back out.

Its body was still twisted after leaving the swirling space, but with its immortal body, this level of damage was nothing. It placed the herbs in Zhang Xuan's hand, shook gently, and burrowed back into his dantian to resume sleeping.

There were a total of four plants. Originally there had been five, but the little yellow chick ate one during the battle, found its taste unpleasant, and left the rest.

Taking out a jade box, he carefully stored the herbs and sealed them with zhenqi. Only then did Zhang Xuan breathe a sigh of relief. He stopped venturing deeper and swiftly flew back.

After acquiring the herbs, he had just used the Heaven's Path Library to examine them. As he had guessed, they were indeed Divine King Grass, capable of increasing one's chance of breaking through to the Divine King realm by fifty percent.

If compounded with other rare medicinal ingredients and refined into pills, their effects would be even greater.

With this, as long as he comprehended the cultivation method for the Divine King realm, breaking through would become exceptionally simple.

"Teacher, are you alright..."

Returning to where he had parted ways with Feng Jiuge, he saw the young man looking at him with a worried expression.

Zhang Xuan replied, "Let's talk once we're outside!"

On their way in, he had been cautious due to potential dangers and hadn't moved quickly. Leaving, however, was much easier. In less than half an hour, the two were back on the surface.

They retrieved their waiting flying divine beast and returned to the clan.

"I've found the reason for your cultivation's sudden drop. You no longer need to worry about reverting to your previous state," Zhang Xuan said, smiling faintly at his disciple. "Moreover, I've also found the Divine King Grass you mentioned earlier. Once it's refined into a pill, I will bestow one upon you. As long as you cultivate diligently, breaking through to the Divine King realm will be just around the corner!"

"You found Divine King Grass? And you'll give one to me?"

Feng Jiuge was overcome with excitement.

He had thought it was merely a deceptive legend, but to his surprise, it was real, and his teacher had even found it!

Not only that, but he had even promised to give it to him...

His eyes reddened again.

"You continue cultivating here. I'm going out for a while and will try my best to return before tomorrow's competition!"

Ignoring his sentimental disciple, Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment before speaking.

There was still half a day until the competition. He should refine the herbs first; once successful, and if he comprehended the Divine King cultivation art, he could break through immediately without further waiting.

However, pills capable of helping someone break through to the Divine King realm were not easily refined. The alchemy required would undoubtedly be exceptionally advanced. The first person who came to his mind for this task was precisely Fu Jiangchen, whom he had met before!

This alchemist was renowned as the foremost in the God Realm, and he was also a Divine King-level expert. With him handling it, there would be no mistakes.

Most importantly, they had interacted before, and he trusted the other party's character.

Otherwise, if word of the Divine King Grass got out, countless individuals would undoubtedly want to hunt him down.

The commotion it would cause would certainly be far more terrifying than that caused by barrier-breaking pills or beauty pills!

After all, one more Divine King meant one more source of power for a clan... even Conferred Divine Kings would find such temptation hard to resist.

"Teacher, please be careful..." Knowing that his teacher surely had something important to attend to, Feng Jiuge said nothing more.

Zhang Xuan nodded, instructing him not to reveal anything about the Divine King Grass. He then mounted the flying divine beast and headed once more towards Spirit Origin City's grand teleportation array.

With half a day and such a teleportation array, he could travel to Exquisite Heaven, find Fu Jiangchen, have the pills refined, and return. The timing should be manageable.