Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

Ye Wuxi hung her head, perhaps she was just daydreaming. How could a Xuanwu level three cultivator like her possibly covet a strange fire!

But the sapling inside his body swayed even more wildly, appearing quite agitated...

Ye Wuxi quickly tried to soothe him with her mind, "What are you trying to do?"

The sapling remained unmoved, as if it were about to burst out of the body. Ye Wuxi suddenly had a thought, "It originally entered the dantian from the outside, could it really come out?"

But how to summon it? Ye Wuxi wondered again. After thinking for a moment, she gritted her teeth, used all her willpower to contact the small tree, and whispered, "Come out!"

Suddenly, the sapling actually burst forth from the tree. Ye Wuxi stared in astonishment at the sapling, which was now taller than herself.

"Holy crap, you actually came out here!"

However, the sapling clearly had no intention of acknowledging her; several branches spread out and entwined around the Vermilion Bird Sacred Flame.

The crimson flames, which were originally filled with frenzied energy and could not be subdued at all, seemed to have seen something terrifying. They offered no resistance and were held by the sapling like a chick!

Seeing that the sapling had caught the flame, Ye Wuxi was overjoyed and quickly used his mind to take the sapling inside.

At this moment, the small tree was still in the very center of his dantian, and next to its roots was a thin, red flame.

The Vermilion Bird Sacred Flame was swept to an unfamiliar place, clearly enraged, and began to unleash frenzied energy, intending to destroy the area.

Panic flashed in Ye Wuxi's eyes. She could sense the terrifying power of that small flame. If she allowed that sacred fire to erupt, she would definitely explode and die today.

"Damn it, you just put it directly into my dantian, it's not a trap..."

Before the curse could be finished, the sapling, clearly sensing the Vermilion Bird Sacred Flame's displeasure, swung several branches, enveloping it completely.

The terrifying power of the flames vanished without a trace.

Ye Wuxi clutched her chest, "Thank goodness! You little guy are actually quite reliable!"

"But you actually managed to use it? Why didn't you say so sooner?" Ye Wuxi muttered to herself. She hadn't even realized the tree had such a wonderful use; she felt like she'd missed out on a fortune.

Seeing the strange fire, now docile and enveloped in the branches, Ye Wuxi jumped down from the phoenix tree. No matter what, this strange fire was hers now. As for how to refine it, she would deal with that once they got out!

Not seeing Duan Hong, Ye Wuxi breathed a slight sigh of relief. She had already revealed enough to Duan Hong; it was really best not to let herself be discovered...

A familiar cry suddenly came from outside the mountain, and Ye Wuxi's expression changed. "Not good!"

A moment later, Duan Hong appeared. He didn't ask about the Sacred Flame, but simply said, "The Vermilion Bird has recovered, let's hurry up and go!"

Ye Wuxi nodded, and the two quickly retreated to the other side. After leaving the mountain, they saw the Vermilion Bird spread its repaired wings and soar into the sky.

Ye Wuxi and Duan Hong's eyes narrowed slightly, and they immediately activated their movement techniques to the limit, rushing outwards like two gusts of wind.

Just kidding, she doesn't even have a drop of Five Elements True Essence right now, how can she fight the Vermilion Bird? Escaping for her life is the most important thing.

By the time Zhuque realized what was happening, the two had already vanished. Zhuque could only angrily breathe fire; those two despicable ants had plucked all its feathers! How awful! ...

Ye Wuxi and Duan Hong only dared to stop and catch their breath after they had escaped quite a distance.

Duan Hong suddenly asked, "Did Wuxi get it?"

Ye Wuxi did not deny it, and took out a lot of spirit herbs he had plundered from his storage ring. "Brother Duan, I can't take out that strange fire for the time being, and I've occupied the pool, so I'll give you the strange crystals, and these are my compensation!"

Duan Hong chuckled, "Wu Xi, aren't you underestimating the value of the alien crystal...?"

Ye Wuxi shook her head. The exotic crystal was valuable, but she felt that in the end, she still benefited! Without Duan Hong, they wouldn't have been able to defeat the Vermilion Bird at all…

Duan Hong looked at her helplessly and said, "I couldn't subdue that strange fire in the first place. It's what you deserve. I'll take the strange crystals, but you can take these spiritual herbs back."

Seeing that he genuinely didn't care, Ye Wuxi smiled and said, "Alright, then I'll take advantage of you this once!"

Duan Hong then spoke again, "The trial will end tomorrow, let's head straight to the exit!"

On the tenth day of the trial, Elder Wei reappeared in the outer plaza of the Heavenly Sword Sect. When he arrived, the sect leader was not in the sect, which caused the delay of a day...

The other elders quickly asked, "How is it?"

Elder Wei nodded with a stern face, "The sect leader is already aware. We don't need to worry about what happens next. We just need to wait for the trial results!"

The appearance of the Vermilion Bird within the secret realm, still a child and with relatively low cultivation, is undoubtedly a good thing for their Heavenly Sword Sect. As for how to utilize the Vermilion Bird, that's up to the higher-ups to decide...

The exit of the secret realm was built on an open area within the inner perimeter. Many disciples were already sitting cross-legged on the open area, waiting for the exit to open.

Upon hearing Ye Wuxi's words, Liu Yu'er went directly to the exit and waited with the other disciples...

A short while later, Jiang Chen and Yuan Xin arrived. When they saw that only Liu Yu'er was there, they couldn't help but sneer.

Liu Yu'er frowned slightly at the two men's malicious gazes. When Wu Xi saw her off, she had hidden herself away to avoid trouble, but she hadn't expected to run into them alone here.

Jiang Chen snorted coldly and walked up to Liu Yu'er, saying, "You, hand over all the demon cores on your body..."

A look of wariness flashed in Liu Yu'er's eyes. "Don't even think about it!"

Jiang Chen glanced around and said coldly, "Your two backers aren't here, yet you dare to be so arrogant... Hand them over now, and I might spare your life."

After retreating from the Vermilion Bird, they hurriedly hunted and robbed many demonic beasts, but all in all, he still couldn't compare to Ye Wuxi and the others.

Liu Yu'er gritted her teeth and silently took a step back. A long sword appeared in her hand. It was the last day, and she couldn't hand over the demon core to Jiang Chen no matter what!

Seeing that the two fiends were gone, Yuan Xin regained her genius and shouted to the people on the open ground, "Hand over all the demon cores on your bodies!"

The disciples' expressions changed drastically, and they all drew their longswords. It was already a miracle they'd survived this long; they could still fight for a spot in the top fifty, and none of them wanted to give up so easily.

Seeing the crowd's reluctance, Jiang Chen sneered, "What, no one listens to me now? And you, Liu Yu'er, better be sensible, my patience is running out."

The open space remained quiet for a moment, but still no one was willing to obediently hand over the demon core.

Jiang Chen's face turned ashen with rage. He drew his longsword from his back and sneered, "If you won't listen to reason, then you'll all stay here!"