Chapter 1238 – Ninety-Nine Gate Steps

　　But recognizing how he extracted his own memories, there was never a way to capture the corresponding clues, making him feel very astonished as well.

　　”Your Highness, do you know what kind of significance this so-called Vermilion Bird Gate visit has?

　　Can you tell us all about it.”

　　After hearing such a request from Xu Yang, the king naturally did not refuse to open his mouth, so he narrated this part of the story.

　　”You all should also know very well that the initial establishment of the Yun Clan’s Imperial Dynasty looked up to that God who opened up the Yingzhou Continent, the true ancestor of our Yun Clan lineage.

　　It is said that when that god-level ancestor just appeared on this Yingzhou Continent, it was still a barren place with nothing, not to mention the flourishing civilization that exists today.

　　All of this is he with his own strength to create, and at the time with him into this area of the Yingzhou continent there is another person, is the love of his life.

　　About the identity of the mysterious woman, even our royal descendants do not have any records and knowledge, only successive emperors can learn the secret.

　　The Vermilion Bird is said to be the woman’s personal companion, and then the woman left the Yingzhou continent for some reason, leaving only our Yun family ancestor, that high god alone to enjoy the world.

　　And accompanied by his side is only the Vermilion Bird, the legendary beast, although he and the green dragon, white tiger and Xuanwu, known as the four great beasts, the bloodline inheritance.

　　But the Vermilion Bird’s bloodline was far more precious than the bloodlines of the other three divine beasts, and most of the reasons were related to this legend.

　　Shortly after that, the first generation of the Yun Clan Dynasty’s Emperor established the Vermillion Bird Shrine.

　　And it was stipulated that every year on the second day of the seventh month, which was also the birthday of the god-level powerhouse’s beloved woman, all those who appeared inside the Xuan Yuan Imperial City had to pay homage to the Vermillion Bird Shrine.

　　As for the legendary Vermillion Bird Divine Beast Totem, no one was sure whether it was still alive or not.

　　Right now, this so-called Vermillion Bird Gate, which is where the Vermillion Bird Shrine is enshrined, is not guarded by anyone, so when you reach your destination later, you will be clear.”

　　Hearing the king say this, Team Xu Yang and the others also became extremely curious about the legendary Vermillion Bird, and couldn’t wait to arrive at the location of the shrine to see what was going on.

　　Still on the scale of ninety-nine steps, the crowd at the foot of the first level of these steps looked up at the Vermillion Bird Shrine at the top, in a trance Xu Yang and Little Flower instinctively glanced at each other, obviously this was not the first time that the two of them had experienced such a scene.

　　”You guys be careful, this step should be far from as easy as it looks.”

　　Xu Yang had a strong enough cultivation base to be able to step to the very top of these ninety-nine steps.

　　The king’s side opened his mouth to mention this, which seemed to in turn corroborate the kind of judgment that originated from the subconscious within Xu Yang and Little Flower’s hearts.

　　As expected, the Eight Sect Team were all very interested in this, so they were all eager to try it out and couldn’t wait to reach the top of the ninety-nine steps.

　　Everyone took action one by one, initially traveling at a fairly fast pace, but as they ascended, the last nine steps held a rather terrifying pressure.

　　Xu Yang and Little Flower did not ascend the steps at the first opportunity, but instead stood at the position of the first layer of steps, staring at the back of the Eight Sect Team, watching each and every one of them in action.

　　”The emergence of the Vermillion Bird as a divine beast totem, although such a system doesn’t fit in with that wider world we are in, after all, amongst our world, there is still a continuation of the dragon and phoenix clans’ bloodlines.

　　And this Vermillion Bird originally belonged to the descendants of the Phoenix, but what I didn’t expect was that according to the words of the King, Yun Oblivion had already possessed the birth of the Vermillion Bird bloodline when he came here back then, could it be that this Vermillion Bird and the Phoenix clan amongst the wider world that we are in are related in some way?”

　　Little Flower gave her own independent thoughts, and transmitted such doubts in her heart to Xu Yang’s mind in the form of spiritual power, not realizing that Xu Yang also had the same doubts about this issue.

　　”Right now I may not be able to answer you, but it won’t be long before there is an answer.”

　　Xu Yang violently shook and directly took a step into the air, completely ignoring the power obstruction of these ninety-nine layers of Vermillion Bird Gate steps, as if he hadn’t been impacted by any power in general and steadily landed on top of the high platform steps.

　　However, everyone did not expect that the moment Xu Yang’s breath stepped on the ninety-ninth layer of steps, the entire Vermilion Bird Gate ignited with crimson fire without any warning, and this powerful and incomparable flaming aura completely ignited the entire Vermilion Bird Gate in a matter of moments.

　　Immediately followed by the entire Vermilion Bird Shrine where this small mountain area was located, an incomparably strong divine beast aura was released, the appearance of this stunning and shocking scene caused the calm atmosphere within to push into a clamor.

　　The various powerhouses guarding the interior of the Regulus Imperial City, after sensing the fluctuations in the aura occurring on this side of the Vermilion Bird Shrine, set out to rush towards the direction of the Shrine.

　　However, Xu Yang was completely oblivious to all of this, calmly carrying his hands behind his back, gazing at the outline of the Vermilion Bird Totem at the innermost part of the Vermilion Bird Shrine in front of him.

　　Originally treated as an enshrined stone statue lying calmly like this in the middle of the shrine’s courtyard, it was because of Xu Yang’s arrival that he seemed to have awakened that incomparably powerful aura.

　　”How could this happen?

　　Boss, he couldn’t have unintentionally touched some special prohibition, right?

　　Why has this ancestral hall suddenly sprung up with such a great commotion.”

　　The crowd of the Eight Sect Team were all dumbfounded as well as staring at this scene, and it wasn’t long before the surface of the Vermilion Bird Totem Statue in the very center of the shrine, where the two pupils were located, was thus ablaze with a crimson light.

　　As if the original statue was suddenly transformed into a powerful and incomparable life force, it did not hesitate to break free from the blockade of the statue of the ancestral hall, transforming into a materialized flame power totem form, as if a vivid Vermilion Bird soul had completed its awakening.

　　With his own incomparably stern flame-like gaze, he stared dead on at Xu Yang, who was not far away in front of him.

　　”What exactly is your identity!”

　　The other party merely let out such an icy inquiring voice that appeared somewhat slender, but there was no doubt that the authenticity of its objective existence was thoroughly corroborated, this was not the so-called illusionary space at all, but rather, it was in the true sense that the Vermillion Bird had visualized the form of its own Totem Soul.

　　”It’s just that I’m accompanying the Fifth Prince up here to have a look, why do you need to be so excited?

　　Or do you want to convey or corroborate some message to me?”

　　The Vermillion Bird Totem appeared extraordinarily agitated, its eyes never moving away from Xu Yang’s body for half a second since the beginning, “I caught my master’s aura from you back then, so no matter what, I want to corroborate your true identity!