I long to return home!

Xue Wu shook his head, like someone suffering from a hangover, trying to clear his mind, and then murmured:

"Xue Wu".

"Junior Brother Xue!" Xu Tao called out subconsciously, his voice as loud as a bell.

When Xue Wu heard that he had a lightning spiritual root, he was overjoyed, but Xu Tao's shout made him extremely embarrassed. He couldn't help but wonder if Brother Xu had gone crazy from cultivating immortality.

"Um... Brother Xu, what just happened? Tell me about it." Xue Wu was silent for a moment before remembering he still had something important to ask. He recalled seeing the black and white lines from his dream reappear on his hand before he lost consciousness, which reminded him of the handsome man's words in his dream:

"I am you, but you are not me."

"Hmm." Xu Tao nodded slightly, and then recounted everything that happened after Xue Wu fainted, without omitting any details.

Listening to Xu Tao recount the earth-shattering event of his spiritual root test, Xue Wu felt a surge of satisfaction. He thought to himself that as a transmigrator, he was indeed destined for fame. Now, all he needed to do was wait for fate to come his way, and for the system…

"Brother Xu, I suddenly have something to take care of and would like to be alone for a while, is that alright?"

"Of course, that's perfect, I'm just about to go find my master."

"Oh, right, this is the introductory cultivation technique resource that Master asked me to give to your new disciple... I'll be going now." Xu Tao didn't notice anything amiss, handed the storage bag to Xue Wu, and then left.

As the sound faded into the distance, Xue Wu, after confirming that Xu Tao had indeed gone far away, jumped off the bed, tightly closed the door, and shouted into the air, "System! Come out and see your master!"

……

"System, stop playing dead, come out now!"

......

The air was completely silent; Xue Wu could even hear the sound of leaves falling outside the door. The scene was extremely awkward. After a while, he realized that there really was no such thing as a system. He felt a little annoyed and cursed inwardly, "What a piece of trash novel! A transmigration story without even a system!"

By the way, Brother Xu said it was some kind of lightning spirit root, but I feel like there's something else inside my body.

He stretched out his palm, and following the call in his heart, five different colored energy balls appeared in his palm and spun around. He was excited and his face showed joy. He could clearly feel the existence of the five elements: fire, water, wood, earth, and thunder.

Suddenly, apart from the lightning-attribute energy ball, the other four elemental energy balls gradually dimmed, and soon only the lightning-attribute energy ball remained in his palm.

"Wait, man, is this how you do it?"

"I thought I was going to become the Five Elements King, oh dear." Xue Wu helplessly withdrew his palm, trying hard to figure out why only the lightning element was lit up. He could clearly feel that there were five elements in his body, but now only the lightning element could be shown, which puzzled him.

After pondering for half an incense stick's time, Xue Wu came to a conclusion: damn it, I can't figure it out anyway, so I'll stop thinking about it. Anyway, I've entered the Luoyun Sect and the mission is complete.

"Let this world welcome the strongest immortal in history! From this day forward, I shall be Emperor Xue!"

"Hahaha..." Xue Wu shouted, opening his arms wide.

"Hahaha, this is hilarious! Why don't you just go to heaven, you strongest immortal?"

A sweet, delicate voice rang out. Xue Wu froze, arms outstretched, and turned to see a golden phoenix. He wished he could disappear into the ground.

After an awkward moment, Xue Wu finally came to his senses and turned around. The golden-feathered phoenix, with one wing, leaned against the door frame, quietly watching Xue Wu stare blankly, its eyes filled with the expression of looking at a fool.

"How long have you been here?" Xue Wu asked with a grin.

"It arrived around the time you said you would become an immortal," said the golden-feathered phoenix, fluttering her golden feathers.

"Sister Feng, can we pretend we didn't hear that?" Xue Wu looked at Jin Yu Luan Feng with a smile, feeling a little comforted. Fortunately, he hadn't heard what she said before, but this sentence was enough to make him furious.

"Hmm...it depends on my mood." Jin Yuluanfeng paced back and forth in front of Xue Wu, hands on her hips.

"Sister Feng, you are my own sister, you certainly wouldn't betray your younger brother, would you?" Xue Wu knelt down before Jin Yu Luan Feng without the slightest hesitation.

"It's hard to say. My master asked me to come and heal you, but you seem to be doing quite well."

"You can still shout, right, the strongest immortal?"

"I bet you don't want the entire Luoyun Sect disciples to know, do you? The strongest immortal." The golden-feathered phoenix then fluttered its magnificent golden feathers and said, word by word.

boom!

Without any hesitation, Xue Wu kowtowed deeply to Jin Yu Luan Feng. Compared to dignity, he felt that face was more important: "Sister, if you have any orders, even if it means going through fire and water, I will not hesitate to obey."

"It still feels a bit lacking." The golden phoenix patted its wings on Xue Wu's head.

Suddenly, a wicked smile appeared on Xue Wu's lips. The golden-feathered phoenix sensed something was wrong and felt a sense of crisis approaching. Just as it was about to spread its wings and fly away, Xue Wu grabbed it firmly.

"Aren't you pretty arrogant? Since that's the case, then don't blame me for being ruthless." Xue Wu's face turned fierce as he locked his grip on the golden phoenix.

"What do you want? Let's talk this out. If you let me go, I promise I won't tell anyone." Jin Yuluanfeng struggled to break free.

"It's too late. To keep this a secret, we must destroy the evidence. Didn't you come here to heal my wounds? I'm hungry now, so you can heal inside my stomach, Pheasant!" Xue Wu grabbed the fluttering wings of the Golden-feathered Phoenix with one hand and tore strips of cloth from her clothes with the other to bind her wings and claws until she had no strength left to resist.

Xue Wu collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, while the golden-feathered phoenix was bound hand and foot and unable to move, only able to scream in alarm.

"Stop yelling, no one can save you. Just obediently become a delicious old hen soup to nourish me."

"Don't worry, considering we've known each other for a while, I'll cook you with care. I guarantee your meat will be tender, juicy, and chewy, with skin so delicate it'll break at the slightest touch. Paired with the simmered hen soup, wow, the taste will be absolutely delicious." Xue Wu imagined the scene of eating stewed old hen, and couldn't help but drool.

"Please don't eat me! I was wrong, I won't say anything, I'll never do it again, please let me go, sob sob sob." Jin Yu Luan Feng heard Xue Wu's particular taste in food and his determination to eat her, her voice trembling with tears.

"I'm sick. I have a contagious disease, an animal disease. You can't eat me. You'll die if you do, and your master won't let you off either."

"It's not dirty or smelly, and it won't make you sick. I've never seen your master, so what does it have to do with me?" As he spoke, Xue Wu reached out and plucked the feathers of the golden phoenix.

The moment his hand touched the feather, the room temperature suddenly felt much colder, and a chill rushed into Xue Wu's body, causing him to sneeze involuntarily.