Feng Liu Lang was speechless, [Why is this Human so stubborn? The Phoenix Nests will never open unless the owner’s Source is present. He should know this already, so why waste time?]
Still, Yang Kai, who had prior experiences now, started acting more cautiously. He dared not cause a huge commotion even with the Phoenix Nests that seemed to have no owner, fearing that there would be another Phoenix coming out to peck at him.
He was currently searching for specific Phoenix Nests.
Despite the size of the Immortal Parasol Tree, there weren’t many members of the Phoenix Clan. Consequently, there weren’t many Phoenix Nests.
There were only roughly 100 of them.
In other words, the number of Phoenix Clan members was only around 100. This also counted the numerous Phoenix Clan Sources lost outside. Yang Kai estimated that there were approximately only 40 or 50 members of the Phoenix Clan who were still residing on the Immortal Parasol Tree.
Still, this was already a huge force considering it was the Phoenix Clan! Each mature Dragon was equivalent to a High-Rank Open Heaven Realm Master, and due to their long lifespan and inherited bloodline, they only required time to strengthen themselves to ascend to the level equivalent to the Eighth-Order Open Heaven Realm, without having to go through many risks.
A process similar for all Divine Spirits.
Since there weren’t many Phoenix Nests, Yang Kai had little trouble locating all of them and after 4 hours, he stood in front of a specific one.
This was another Phoenix Nest that had not been opened for many years.
If Yang Kai hadn’t felt a trace of a familiar aura flowing out of this Phoenix Nest, he would not have been able to determine whether there wasn’t an owner inside or not.
It was that familiar aura that confirmed that this Phoenix Nest was ownerless.
Or at least, the owner was not in!
This was because the Fire Phoenix aura coming from this nest belonged to Liu Yan.
The Phoenix Source that Liu Yan owned today dated back to Martial Flame Great Emperor who had attained the Phoenix True Fire by chance many years ago. After cultivating with it, Martial Flame eventually ascended to become a Great Emperor of the Star Boundary.
It was during that period that Heaven Devouring Great Emperor, Wu Kuang, had caused chaos. As a result, all the other Great Emperors of the Star Boundary fought him in a deadly battle in the Shattered Star Sea.
In that battle, Wu Kuang’s body was destroyed as a result of his defeat. Along with his ‘death’, several other Great Emperors, namely Azure Sea Great Emperor, Martial Flame Great Emperor, Yuan Ding Great Emperor, and Cyan Lotus Great Emperor perished.
That was the time when Wu Kuang overpowered everyone else and ruled like a tyrant. But, in the end, his actions led to public outrage which ultimately got him ‘killed’.
It was later revealed that Wu Kuang faked his own death, and many years later was resurrected. However, the tale of him using his own power to kill numerous Great Emperors remained, fascinating all who heard it.
No other Great Emperor had possessed strength on par with Wu Kuang’s.
After the fall of the Martial Flame Great Emperor, the Phoenix True Fire remained in the Shattered Star Sea. When Yang Kai travelled to the Shattered Star Sea for training, he obtained the Phoenix True Fire and later gave it to Liu Yan to refine.
Consequently, he could easily recognise the aura of this Fire Phoenix Source because he was very familiar with it.
The Phoenix True Fire, strictly speaking, was actually a Phoenix Source.
The aura that was just barely noticeable on the Phoenix Nest in front of him undoubtedly came from the same source as the Phoenix True Fire that he gave to Liu Yan.
Now that this had been confirmed, Yang Kai could act boldly without having to fear a Phoenix Clan member showing up to deal with him.
But to his disappointment, despite being certain that Liu Yan was the Phoenix Nest’s owner, he was still unable to open it.
He didn’t continue because he knew that the Phoenix Nest wasn’t that simple to open from previous experience.
After half a day of searching on the Immortal Parasol Tree, Yang Kai stood in front of another Phoenix Nest. If he was not mistaken, Jiu Feng should be the owner of this Phoenix Nest; however, he wasn’t really sure as he had not interacted with Jiu Feng frequently, so he didn’t have a vivid memory of her Source’s aura.
There was a high chance it was, though!
He had found Liu Yan and Jiu Feng’s Phoenix Nest, so what about Su Yan’s?
There would definitely be a Phoenix Nest here that belonged to Su Yan.
At this moment, Yang Kai had no hope of entering the Phoenix Nest to cultivate and further strengthen his understanding and mastery over the Dao of Space, so all he wanted was to find out where Su Yan’s Phoenix Nest was located so he could help guide her here in the future where she would be able to cultivate with peace of mind.
Moments later, as Yang Kai stood on a branch of the Immortal Parasol Tree and looked at the Void in front of him, he smiled gently.
[Found it.]
Su Yan should be the owner of the Phoenix Nest in front of him. He was very familiar with that aura; after all, she was his first wife, and their many times of cultivating together had already connected their auras. When Yang Kai arrived here, he almost immediately recognised this Phoenix Nest as Su Yan’s.