Chapter 267: Chapter 267: Taixu Guan_1
Princess Huahua led Qin Feng and the three others out of the Black Dragon Hall and out of Reincarnation Village.
At a fork in the road, the left side led to the Valley of Thousand Poisons, and the right side did not.
However, Princess Huahua led the four toward the right side.
Qin Feng felt something was amiss and, pointing at the tiger paw prints on the left path’s muddy road, asked Princess Huahua, "Are we going the wrong way?"
"Wrong way? How could it be the wrong way?"
"The tiger paw prints left by the Silver Overlord are clearly on the left fork, yet you’re taking us to the right. This is obviously leading us down the wrong path!"
Qin Feng grabbed Princess Huahua and demanded harshly, "What kind of tricks are you playing, you sorry bird? Where are you taking us? What are you trying to do?"
"How dare you talk to your mom this way? Let go of your mother this instant!"
"Since when are you my mom, you sorry bird?"
"The Black Dragon God Monarch is your great-grandmother, and I’m her princess; calling me your mom is letting you off easy."
As she spoke, Princess Huahua pecked Qin Feng’s hand fiercely.
The intense pain made Qin Feng let go, and Princess Huahua took the chance to fly away.
"Kid, this is the first time. If you dare to be so disrespectful to your mother again, next time I’ll peck out your eyes for sure."
Princess Huahua, with wings more colorful than those of a flower butterfly, scolded Qin Feng with overwhelming arrogance.
"Where exactly are you taking us?" Qin Feng asked.
"Just follow me, will you? Stop asking so many questions! If you keep chatting back, your mother here will peck your damn mouth to shreds."
"Stop calling yourself my mother, you’re not my mom."
"I am your mom! And from now on, don’t call me a sorry bird, call me Sister Hua!"
"You want to be my mom, yet you’re asking me to call you sister?"
"Calling me sister makes me sound younger."
Qin Feng was speechless; he couldn’t be bothered to argue with this foolish bird anymore.
Xue Xiaochan took over the conversation and asked, "Sister Hua, why aren’t we taking the same path Ji Wuque took?"
"That path leads to the main entrance of the Valley of Thousand Poisons. We’re heading to the back door, to sneak in quietly, steal that thing, and leave without lingering even a moment longer."
Princess Huahua landed on Xiaochan’s shoulder and gently rubbed her neck with her beak.
After rubbing, she asked curiously, "Daughter-in-law, haven’t you consummated your marriage with my son yet?"
This sudden change of topic caused Xiaochan’s pretty face to blush a deep red.
She stomped her foot and exclaimed irritably, "Sister Hua!"
"Let me tell you, my daughter-in-law! Although Qin Feng might not be anything special, he’s a man with the Heaven Yang Physique.
If you sleep with him, half of his power will transfer to you. Even if you can’t use it, at least you won’t be harmed by others.
That’s because the Xuanhuang Qi in his Dantian has a self-protective skill. As soon as you get half, if anyone attacks, that protective skill will activate on its own."
Xiaochan, blushing even more, stomped her foot again and said, "Sister Hua, are you going to stop?"
"Alright, alright, I won’t say any more. Today is the first time I’m meeting you as my daughter-in-law, so I must give you a gift. However, that gift must be retrieved by Qin Feng, my good son."
Xiaochan was very interested and asked, "What kind of gift?"
"You’ll know when the time comes."
Princess Huahua maintained her suspense, fanning her colorful wings and continuing to lead the way.
A Daoist temple appeared halfway up the mountain ahead.
Taixu Guan.
From a distance, Qin Feng could see the gold-lettered plaque hanging on the temple’s gate, set against a black background.
The three gilded characters of Taixu Guan were shrouded in a thin layer of mist, flowing and coiling around them.
Qin Feng surveyed the entire Taixu Guan, noting that the Feng Shui layout of this Daoist temple was quite different from others.
Taixu Guan seemed more like a trap, a no-return maze where once you entered, you could never leave.
Seeing Princess Huahua flapping her wings and flying towards the direction of Taixu Guan,
Qin Feng couldn’t help but ask, "Hua, are you going to take us to that Taixu Guan?"
"Yes."
"What for are we going to Taixu Guan?"
"To bring a gift to my daughter-in-law, of course!"
"This Taixu Guan doesn’t look like an ordinary Taoist temple!"
"Of course it’s not an ordinary Taoist temple. Even in the Spirit Realm, Taixu Guan is one of the top ten deadliest places. Each of these ten places is extremely dangerous, all no-return locations."
"Top ten deadliest places? No return? And you’re still taking us there?"
"No risk, no return. Don’t you understand this principle? The more dangerous a place is, the greater the treasures within. I hope you won’t disappoint me once we enter Taixu Guan."
"You keep calling yourself ’mother.’ Can’t you stop taking advantage of me?" Qin Feng was speechless.
Being the son of a broken bird was too much of a loss.
It would be utterly humiliating to speak of it out loud!
Under Princess Huahua’s lead, the four of them arrived at the entrance of Taixu Guan.
At that moment, Princess Huahua suddenly asked Zhen Haoren and Pei Chunlan, "Do you wish to seek death?"
Both of them shook their heads at the same time, answering in unison, "Of course not!"
"I don’t mean to look down on you two, but I really do look down on you. With your little capabilities, stepping into Taixu Guan means certain death.
Therefore, I suggest you two better not go inside. It would be better to just wait outside!
Otherwise, once we go in, my beloved eldest son will only be able to take care of his wife and won’t be able to look after you two."
"Taoist Wuxin of Taixu Guan is absolutely heartless. When he strikes, he’s incredibly ruthless!"
This Taixu Guan has stood here for three thousand years.
In these three thousand years, not a single person, ghost, or god who trespassed into Taixu Guan has ever come out alive."
With that, Princess Huahua flew up to Pei Chunlan.
"Six hundred years ago, someone named Pei Yangxiu trespassed into Taixu Guan. After he went in, he never came out again."
"Pei Yangxiu? Are you talking about our Pei family’s ancestor?"
Princess Huahua did not respond but asked instead, "So, do you want to go in?"
Pei Chunlan was startled and quickly shook her head, saying, "No, I don’t want to go in."
Princess Huahua turned and flew over to Zhen Haoren.
"A thousand years ago, a creature with the body of a man and the head of a snake entered Taixu Guan and failed to come out."
This statement shocked Zhen Haoren.
He asked, "Are you saying that my family’s great master, the Footless God Lord, also perished in Taixu Guan?"
Princess Huahua still did not answer, only asking, "Now then, do you still want to follow us inside?"
"No, I don’t want to go in!"
Zhen Haoren was no fool; if even the Footless God Lord couldn’t survive there, how could he, with his minor capabilities, survive Taixu Guan? It would be suicide!
"What about you? Do you dare to go in?" Princess Huahua asked Qin Feng.
"Since we’re already here, even if it means death, I must take a look inside!"
"Worthy of being my beloved eldest son." Princess Huahua then turned towards Xue Xiaochan and asked, "How about you, my dear daughter-in-law?"
"Wherever my man goes, I go. If we are to die, let’s die together; it’s better to have company on the Nether Road."
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