The Devil King? No, Please Call Me The Immortal King Xiaoyao.

In the silent aperture, a stone eagle bound by chains plunged into the no longer surging ocean of primeval essence.

Just as it was helpless, constantly falling, constantly sinking, a white jade pendant flashed with a crystalline light, slowly drifting over. The white jade finally ceased its dormancy, blooming with a faint, profound light, and with a 'whoosh' shot out a ray of light, directly entering the stone eagle.

And the stone eagle, receiving this ray of light, was as if breaking through a seal, reborn. Its dim, empty eyes suddenly burst with a sharp light, and the chains binding it were broken by its wings, but these chains did not shatter, still dancing wildly.

The stone eagle raised its head and gave a loud, soaring cry, piercing the clouds. The chains seemed to be summoned, suddenly shooting towards the soul that emitted a strong light in the darkness, directly piercing through it.

In a patch of darkness, the stone eagle's body flickered with a faint red light, and intermittent sounds came from it, echoing in the silent sea of primeval essence:

"Yue Feipeng, do you know your crime..."

"I... What crime have I committed..."

Zzz, zzz...

"Fei... Feipeng, do... you really... want to do this?"

"This... Gu... is extremely... extremely difficult to activate, not only..."

Zzz...

"It requires an incredibly firm will and excellent soul quality. Moreover... whether the resurrected person... can be of sound mind is... completely unknown!"

"Teacher, my mind is made up. Death... cannot change it!"

"Then..."

Zzzzzz...

......

"Mr. Yi'an, please..."

"Fei..." Zzz...zzz...

"Alright, since that's the case... then I will..."

Zzz, zzzzzz...

"Children of the Yue family... you..."

"Must... remember, man..."

"Man will conquer nature!"

"Firmness cannot steal their ambition, myriad thoughts cannot disturb their heart."

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"Firmness cannot steal their ambition, myriad thoughts cannot disturb their heart?"

"Young master, the dishes are getting cold... Young master, young master?"

"Young master!"

A hurried call came from Yi Xin's ear. He was startled, withdrew his wandering thoughts, and turned his head to see the inn's waiter standing beside him with a puzzled look.

In front of Yi Xin, a table of delicious dishes no longer emitted steam, and a cup of tea had only been slightly sipped. Everything indicated that he hadn't taken a single bite since the food was served.

Yi Xin slowly exhaled, and just as he was about to find a reason to explain, hurried footsteps came "thump thump" up the stairs.

"Xiao Bai! What are you shouting about? Making such a ruckus, disturbing Young Master Hu. What will you use to apologize?"

The innkeeper was furious, pulling the waiter behind him, then immediately changing his expression by one hundred and eighty degrees, and said to Yi Xin with a smile: "Young Master Hu, I'm really sorry. My stupid servant doesn't know etiquette and disturbed your meal. I hope you're generous and don't hold it against him."

Looking at the extremely respectful innkeeper, bowing and begging for forgiveness, Yi Xin also felt deeply sorry. He had clearly ordered the dishes, but he had spaced out while waiting, letting the delicious food get cold.

"It's alright, innkeeper. It was my fault for not eating, which caused the delicious food to lose its freshness. The waiter kindly reminded me. Please don't blame him."

Hearing Yi Xin's words, the innkeeper felt relieved and slowly straightened up: "Young master is compassionate, understanding, and I am very grateful. However, young master has been unwilling to eat for a long time. Is it that the food doesn't suit your taste?"

Yi Xin gently shook his head: "Of course not. It's just that I'm recovering from a serious illness, and I've been feeling lost lately. I wanted to come to this Wu Family City to sightsee and relax. On the way, I heard that your place is quite famous, so I wanted to come and taste the delicacies, but I didn't expect to unconsciously drift off into my own thoughts again, and I accidentally ruined this full table."

Learning the cause and effect, the innkeeper nodded: "Oh, I see."

"Young master came to Wu Family City to relax and rest. You've really come to the right place, and young master has quite the connection with this Wu Family City."

"Oh? How do you mean?" Yi Xin was also curious about what the innkeeper said.

"Does young master know that our town is called Phoenix Town?"

"I know," Yi Xin replied. Seeing the innkeeper's somewhat proud expression, he asked: "Could it be that there's something special about this name?"

"Oh ~ I wouldn't dare say it's special," the innkeeper waved his hand, slowly leaned closer, and smiled at Yi Xin: "Since young master is going to enter Wu Family City, does he know about the Wu Family's Wu Ji Mistress?"

Yi Xin nodded. Of course, he knew about this famous Wu Family clan leader in the Southern Border. This Wu Ji Mistress ascended the throne at a young age, but her power was seized by her own sister. Not only that, but her sister was also jealous of her beauty and made things difficult for her at every turn.

However, this Wu Ji Mistress was a person who achieved great things. She directly cut off her nose bridge, demeaning herself. Through this forbearance, she finally won survival space and time to grow. More than ten years later, she overthrew her sister's rule, regained power, and cut off her sister's facial features, making her wish she were dead.

After she took power, although the Wu family had treatment methods, she never restored her nose bridge. Instead, she used it to warn herself. Therefore, the Wu family became the number one family in the Southern Border, overwhelming the Tie family, Shang family, and Fei family. Its dominant position was unshakable!

Seeing Yi Xin's solemn face, the innkeeper became even more proud: "Our Phoenix Town is where the phoenix landed. Back then, Wu Ji Mistress left the city and traveled all the way, but she was attacked by villains on the road. Fortunately, there was no way out. She ran all the way and entered our Phoenix Town. At that time, a Wu Family Gu Immortal happened to be resting here."

"Young master, this seat is where that Gu Immortal sat!"

Yi Xin was shocked. He looked back and saw that the window faced the main street of Phoenix Town, a straight road leading directly to the town gate, with a clear view of the surrounding shops and residences.

The innkeeper raised his hand: "In our Phoenix Town, this main street of the gate is the most conspicuous, and our building has a full view of it. At that time, the immortal was also drinking tea, looking into the distance in a daze, and just happened to see Wu Ji Mistress rushing over, which resolved her crisis. After that, Wu Ji Mistress worshipped her as her teacher, and only then did she ascend the throne step by step."

"So, the town got its name because of its contribution to the emperor, right?" Yi Xin turned his head back with a smile.

"Young master is truly wise, that's indeed the case."

Yi Xin felt relieved after hearing the story, and he said to the innkeeper: "Innkeeper, I'm really hungry. Can you trouble the chef to make another serving? I'll pay double the price."

"Ah! Okay, okay," seeing Yi Xin happy and in high spirits, the innkeeper quickly responded. He immediately turned around and whispered to the waiter behind him: "Xiao Bai, quickly ask the chefs to make another serving, remember, be quick and good!"

After eating and drinking to his fill, Yi Xin leaned comfortably on the back of his chair. The breeze outside the window blew gently, caressing the white silk on his body and lifting his shoulder-length hair.

The breeze was like dew, smoothing his furrowed brows and washing away his tired soul.

The past ten days of traveling day and night had brought both heavy pressure and heartbreaking torment.

Those chains were like ghostly soul-snatching chains, tearing his soul into pieces, and the stone eagle had been hungry for a long time, chewing and swallowing his soul.

The pain was indescribable,

A thousand times more painful than having one's heart drilled and bones cut, and a fate worse than death than having one's soul scattered.

He didn't know how he had endured it. He just shouted again and again,

He didn't want to die, didn't want to die like this,

His ideals had not yet been realized, his promises had not yet been fulfilled,

Gu Yue Yi Xin, will never submit to fate!

"Young master, young master, young master."

Another call came from Yi Xin's ear. He slowly opened his eyes. The wind whistled in the tower, and the stars and moon appeared in the sky. The innkeeper stood beside him.

Seeing Yi Xin wake up, he said apologetically in a low voice: "I didn't mean to disturb young master's dream, but it's getting late and the temperature is getting cold. I really couldn't bear to let young master spend the night here, so I took the liberty of waking young master up. I've already instructed people to prepare a good guest room. I hope young master will move there."

"Thank you, innkeeper."

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The next day,

Yi Xin had a good sleep, ate breakfast early, and set off for the market to shop.

The market was not far away, right on the main street of Phoenix Town.

On the way to the market, Yi Xin looked at the vibrant plants beside him and couldn't help but recall the day he died.

The forest there had also been lush and full of vitality, but after he had endured the many tortures and saw the stone eagle suddenly burst into red light, turning into a golden, handsome flying eagle, he instantly felt as if he had been dragged back from the gate of death,

A cry rang out, and he suddenly opened his eyes. The scene he saw was that the area within a hundred miles around him had become gray and dead, as if its vitality had been stolen. And the huge wound on his chest was restored as before, and the Toad Swallowing River was guarding him with a look of surprise.

Yi Xin was also incredulous after his "resurrection". He immediately looked back at his aperture, and saw a vision:

His aperture was still the same aperture as before, with ten out of ten primeval essence, and all the Gu worms were there, as usual, including the Immortal Gu Approaching the River Immortal. Although there was no change in the aperture, the "outside" had undergone a huge change.

It was an eagle, golden and radiant, full of energy. Its wide wings were all stretched out, embracing his entire aperture in its arms. Its clear blue eyes were as pure as crystal. Looking at it, he felt as if he was looking at himself, very familiar, very kind. When his mind was touched, its eyes shone even brighter, and a name suddenly appeared in his mind: Man Jiang Hong.

There was only this name, and no matter how much he contacted or tried afterwards, there was still only this name, and no more information came.

But this result was far from enough to explain the many questions in his heart:

Why did the Heavenly Court Gu Immortal come specifically to kill him?

What is his current state, dead or alive?

Will that Heavenly Court Gu Immortal return?

In Yi Xin's memory, he had only lived in the Gu world for less than four years since he crossed over, and most of the time he was trying to survive in Qingmao Mountain. He was very sure that he had not cultivated the Blood Path, because he had neither the time, the opportunity, nor the motivation.

If it wasn't because of the Blood Path that attracted the attention of fate, then it could only be the identity of the Otherworldly Demon, but if it was because of the identity of the Otherworldly Demon, it wouldn't make much sense. After all, for the Gu world, the Otherworldly Demon is used to add new Dao marks to it. No Otherworldly Demon chooses to come here on their own initiative, they are all stolen from other worlds by the Gu world.

Especially the Otherworldly Demons after Youhun Demon Venerable are even more pawns of the will of heaven, used to deal with the heaven-defying actions after Youhun Demon Venerable.

If it wasn't for this reason, then what was it for? Could it be just because he escaped the predetermined fate?

Besides,

What exactly is this Gu worm that brought him back to life, why couldn't he refine it before, and now it actually started on its own, and how did he get the Gu worms A Niu and A Lan, what exactly were their hidden backgrounds that they had previously refused to reveal.

There were too many questions, and to figure out these things, he had to immediately find the source of everything, the former holders of this mysterious Gu worm: A Niu and A Lan.

As early as before Yi Xin advanced to the third rank, he had arranged for A Niu and A Lan to go to the Wu Family City in the Southern Border. Now, he was in a difficult situation, in a state of confusion, and could only abandon his previous plans and re-plan the road ahead.

First of all, Yi Xin wanted to test whether the Heavenly Court Gu Immortal knew that he could still move.

So he was careful and cautious, placed the Toad Swallowing River in White Bone Mountain, and put it in the jade ring. Then, he walked alone in the vast forest, relying on the map, and wandered around.

During this period, he hunted wild animals all the way, searching for Breath Concealing Gu from them to increase his means of hiding his identity.

Until he wandered in the forest for a week and found that the Heavenly Court had not returned, Yi Xin was overjoyed: "Although I don't know what the use of this Man Jiang Hong is, I shouldn't be chased by that Heavenly Court Gu Immortal now, otherwise, with the means of Gu Immortal and Heavenly Court, I would have been killed again."

Then he wandered in the forest for a few more days, and indeed no one came to chase him again. Yi Xin immediately made up his mind and no longer hesitated, and rushed all the way towards Wu Family City.

"After all, this Gu worm was given to him by A Niu and A Lan, and he can only go and ask them."

After that, no matter what scenery he encountered on the way, he didn't stop. In order not to attract the attention of others, he also specially changed into coarse linen clothes full of holes, and also disguised his appearance with paint and mud, and hid his cultivation with Breath Concealing Gu.

Even because Yi Xin had not learned the skill of hiding his voice, he directly pretended to be a mute, and then smeared stinky things on his body to prevent others from approaching.

After this pick-up, anyone who saw him would only avoid him from afar, and scold: Where did this stinky beggar come from!

No one pays attention to good deeds, hurry up and go on the road by night.

After more than ten days of traveling day and night, Yi Xin was getting closer and closer to Wu Family City. Finally, after the eighteenth day, he arrived at a small town three hundred miles away from Wu Family City, which is the Phoenix Town where he is now.

Before entering Wu Family City, Yi Xin planned to rest in the town first. One was that after so many days of rushing, he was indeed physically and mentally exhausted, and the other was to remove this disguise. After all, with his current appearance, the guards of Wu Family City would definitely not let him in.

This is Wu Family City, not a beggar's den.

If you want to live here, of course you have to have a suitable outfit.

Three days later, a handsome young man in white brocade and riding a black horse slowly walked out of the town.