Douluo: Starting with the Signing in of Goddess Xiaowu

"Great Worship, Lan'er is not my benefactor," Yan Mei continued, "She is my junior martial sister."

"Junior martial sister?" Chu Qin's brow raised slightly, "Does that mean you also have a master?"

"I'm sorry, Great Worship!" Mu Rao Lan said, "Master has said that her identity must not be revealed to anyone."

"How mysterious!" Chu Qin smiled slightly, "It appears that your master is also a hidden master."

It was inevitable. Compared to the older Titled Douluos, Yan Mei was much too young.

For such a person, especially one who can suppress the evil flames, it would be unrealistic without a powerful master.

"Master is strong, but she certainly can't compare to you, Great Worship!" Mu Rao Lan said with a smile, "Great Worship, you were known across the entire Soul Land in your twenties, known by everyone."

"Then, will you take me to meet this mysterious master of yours sometime?" Chu Qin asked with a smile.

"I can't, Great Worship!" Yan Mei said decisively, "Great Worship, Master doesn't meet with anyone! And doesn't allow anyone to inquire about her whereabouts."

"How mysterious..." Chu Qin seemed to grow curious. Although on the surface, the strongest fighters were often from Martial Soul Hall, who knows how many experts were hidden throughout Soul Land.

Keep in mind, the size of Soul Land, compared to the Earth of his previous life, was ten to dozens of times larger.

On such a vast land, coupled with the existence of various Divine Race bloodlines and the Dragon blood, it was only normal for some hidden masters to appear!

"Since that's the case, I won't pry into your affairs anymore," Chu Qin said to Yan Mei and Mu Rao Lan.

Then, Chu Qin turned to Lan Jing, "Speaking of which, Jing'er, how did you and Yin'er manage to get in here? Like Zi Ji said, this place is impossible to find, whether by man or beast."

"It was it!" Lan Jing pointed at the massive soul beast skeleton lying in the nest.

"Jing'er, I've been meaning to ask, what kind of soul beast's remains are these!" Long Huang also asked with curiosity.

"Yeah, this soul beast seems too different from the ordinary ones," Xu Shi Yun added.

"Chu Qin, Sect Hierarch, Shi Yun, why don't you guess?" Lan Jing said with a playful smile.

"The bloodline of this soul beast is so strong!" Zi Ji suddenly exclaimed, "I feel my own Dragon King bloodline is somehow oppressed."

"That can't be, Sister Zi Ji, you have such a pure Dragon King bloodline!" Wang Qiu'er said, puzzled.

"I know it!" Chu Qin suddenly realized, speaking with a hint of severity, "Jing'er, is this soul beast the Primordial Beast King, Phoínix?"

"Phoínix!" Everyone was startled.

"Oh right! Jing'er is a descendant of Phoínix!" Long Huang also had a moment of realization, "So, Jing'er, was it the Phoínix that summoned you here?"

"It must be so!" Chu Qin affirmed, "Probably only Phoínix could suppress Zi Ji's bloodline!"

"Not exactly," Lan Jing said with a smile.

Chu Qin: "…"

Long Huang: "…"

"Hehe, although it's not a Phoínix, you two have guessed very close," Lan Jing said, looking at the two, still smiling.

"Jing'er, stop teasing us, just tell us. Be careful, or I might tickle you!" Xu Yichen pouted.

"Alright. This is not Phoínix. It is my Martial Soul!" Lan Jing finally spoke.

"Phoenix!" Chu Qin and the girls exclaimed in unison.

"Correct!" Lan Jing'er nodded, "This, indeed, is the skeleton of a phoenix."

"How do you know this, Jing'er?" Chu Qin asked.

"First, it was the phoenix's bloodline that attracted me here. That's why I used the shrinking ability of Demon Emperor No. 7 to enter this place from the outside!"

As Lan Jing'er spoke, a flicker of firelight in her hand revealed a fiery red feather!

"This is!"

This feather seemed no different from the usual soul beast bird feathers, but at this moment, everyone could feel the powerful divine beast's aura hidden within.

Apart from Chu Qin and Lan Jing'er, the others almost felt an overwhelming sense of oppression!

It was as though, in front of them, there wasn't just a feather, but the king of myriad birds soaring and dominating the skies, the phoenix!

Particularly for Bi Ji and Bai Chenxiang! This deep sense of oppression was even fatal. One was an Emerald Swan, while the other had the bird Martial Soul, the Sharp-tailed Swift!

Of course, there were exceptions, Shui Bing'er and the Longhuang!

Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul was the Ice Phoenix, and Longhuang's Martial Soul was also a variant of the phoenix, the Eight-winged Blood Dragon Phoenix, so they instead felt a sense of kinship.

The most special, of course, was Chu Qin. Carrying the Azure Dragon within him, there was not a trace of bloodline oppression in his veins.

"Phoenix feathers, they're actually phoenix feathers!" Bai Xiuxiu shouted.

"So, this soul beast is a phoenix that died millions of years ago!" Chu Qin said, slightly startled as he looked at the soul beast's skeleton.

"Who would've thought, the skeleton of a phoenix, lying right under the Aquipeia Forest," Wang Qiu'er said, following with amazement.

"Actually, this isn't hard to understand, Qiu'er," Zi Ji said, "With the vegetation in the Aquipeia Forest being so lush and thriving, both Di Tian and our Lord had suspected that beneath the Aquipeia Forest lay many powerful soul beast skeletons. But with millions of years of changes, these skeletons accumulate hundreds or even thousands of miles below the surface. Plus, with virtually no aura fluctuations remaining, it's almost impossible to find them."

"That makes sense," Bai Yingying also said, following, "When a whale falls, myriad creatures thrive. The fall of a powerful soul beast gives birth to more life. Beneath each soul beast gathering area, similar powerful soul beast carcasses should be buried."

"Could it be, Jing'er, that the skeleton of the Phoínix is buried beneath the Evil Eye Forest?" Longhuang turned to Lan Jing'er.

Lan Jing'er was first slightly startled, then replied, "Sorry, Sect Hierarch, I cannot say!"

Seeing Lan Jing'er suddenly feigning surprise, Chu Qin was mostly convinced of Longhuang's thought.

"Who are you!" Just then, a shrill female voice suddenly rang out.

Chu Qin was the first to look toward the source of the sound, only to see that the phoenix skeleton, which had turned to white bone, now had a blaze of fiery red light.

"Who are you!" Chu Qin immediately stood in front of the girls and asked coldly.

"How absurd, you come to my nest, and yet you ask who I am!" the fiery red glow spoke.

"You are, the phoenix!" Chu Qin said with a slight frown.

"Correct!" the voice replied.

"Phoenix, you are not dead?" Lan Jing'er asked excitedly.

"No, after millions of years, what remains is but a residual soul!" the phoenix replied. "Eh? You, your Martial Soul, it feels familiar to me!"

"Because my Martial Soul, is the phoenix!" Lan Jing'er replied.