I long to return home!

The golden-feathered phoenix trembled violently, every fine hair standing on end. Her eyes were glazed and filled with fear, as if she were seeing endless darkness.

Spirit beasts that harm mortals will be treated as demonic beasts and hunted down. Spirit beasts like the Golden Feather Phoenix, which have a contract with a demon, can be spared according to sect rules, but they must be imprisoned in the forbidden area "Red Water Cave" in the back mountain.

Crimson Water Cave is where the Falling Cloud Sect imprisons its most sinful disciples; it resembles a blood-red prison. Within the forbidden area lies a blood-red lake. Any disciple who enters is imprisoned in the center of the blood pool, bound by iron chains, and subjected to the agonizing torment of the endless vengeful spirits within. The water of the blood pool is refined from evil fire, making the cave extremely hot. Special spells are required to enter and exit; those who force their way in are scorched by the blood pool, an agony even fire-spirited cultivators cannot withstand.

Jin Yuluan was afraid, not only because she was going to be imprisoned in the forbidden area for punishment, but also because she had developed some inexplicable feelings for Xue Wu during the time she spent with him. She felt that his status was probably no less than that of Lin Mubai. In short, she was very unwilling for Xue Wu to die.

"That's right... there's another way, there's another way." Jin Yuluanfeng quickly helped Xue Wu up and pressed him against her back, making a hand seal and silently chanting a spell.

The method used was somewhat similar to the one used to help Xu Tao heal his injuries some time ago, but there were some differences.

As the incantation was finished, a golden light, like golden threads, emerged from the hand she had placed on Xue Wu's—her innate spiritual power. As the golden spiritual power slowly entered Xue Wu's body, his injuries began to heal at a visible speed.

The innate spiritual power of the Golden Feather Phoenix Clan possesses the attribute of pure fire, capable of burning away all filth and evil in the world.

Normally, a spirit beast only uses its innate spiritual power to sign a contract. Now, by transferring its innate spiritual power to Xue Wu, it is undoubtedly sharing its own life with him, and the pure fire will also be shared randomly.

When the pure fire entered Xue Wu's body, his dull and lifeless fire-attribute spiritual root suddenly emitted a dazzling light, tempering Xue Wu's meridians and every inch of his skin. Xue Wu, who had already touched the threshold of the first level of Qi Refining, directly reached the late stage of the second level of Qi Refining under the tempering, only a wall away from the third level of Qi Refining.

Under the tempering of the pure fire, Xue Wu's thin body became strong and muscular, which made people's hearts bloom with joy. The effect of the pure fire is not only that, but it will also greatly improve his future cultivation and even his advancement and breakthrough.

Xue Wu is still only a mortal, so how could he safely and smoothly absorb the pure fire? The fire element in his body is greedily merging with the other four elements. The lightning element, which is already fully manifested, cannot easily submit. Soon, the two elements clashed, and powerful elemental fluctuations filled his body. Xue Wu is now like a container; once the powerful elemental force fills it, he will explode and die.

He sat there feeling intense pain spreading throughout his body. Every inch of his skin was red and burning as if it were being scorched by flames. He clenched his teeth and showed a pained expression. At this moment, the Golden Feather Phoenix was still continuously channeling its own life spiritual power into Xue Wu's body to heal him. It could be seen that she was now extremely weak and pale. Even her powerful spirit beast body was of no use. She was completely different from before.

At this moment, the mutually repulsive elements within Xue Wu's body seemed to be frightened and became unusually obedient. Slowly, black and white energies emerged and devoured the five elements. The five elements devoured by the black and white energies no longer had any extreme reactions, but slowly became familiar with and accepted each other.

The elements of thunder and fire also began to settle peacefully within the body. However, the repulsive elemental force accumulated within the body would eventually be harmful to the human body if it was not expelled. The black and white energies then entered the repulsive element.

"what!"

Xue Wu's body seemed to open his arms slightly out of control as he screamed in alarm. The elemental force repelling him from his body also burst out as energy, and the resulting shockwave resounded throughout the entire Luoyun Sect. The Golden Feather Phoenix was also blasted several meters away by this powerful shockwave, spitting out blood.

Lin Mubai, who was far away on the top of Yunfeng Mountain, also sensed that the powerful shockwave came from his newly accepted disciple. He was stunned for a moment, and then appeared in front of Xue Wu in a flash.

More than one person arrived. The moment Lin Mubai arrived, Huang Jun, the sect leader of Luoyun Sect, also appeared quietly. He had long been quite curious about Lin Mubai's newly accepted disciple and had been secretly observing Xue Wu. He also noticed the energy fluctuations that came this time and rushed over immediately.

"Sect Leader Huang, what brings you to Yunfeng as a guest?" Lin Mubai glanced at Huang Jun with disdain and said in a cold tone.

"The energy fluctuations here are too great. As the sect leader of Luoyun Sect, I must come and investigate," Huang Jun said with a smile, stroking his snow-white beard.

Lin Mubai ignored Huang Jun's explanation and glanced around the room. Xue Wu was sitting there in pain, while Jin Yu Luan Feng was lying on the ground in the distance, watching Xue Wu.

Lin Mubai's divine sense swept over the two of them, and he was stunned and exclaimed in surprise, "You transferred your life spiritual power to him?!" As he spoke, he put a spirit-replenishing pill into the body of the golden-feathered phoenix and then gently placed his hand on Xue Wu's forehead to check the restless spiritual power in his body.

My innate spiritual power!

Hearing Lin Mubai's words, Huang Jun gritted his teeth in frustration. He knew what this meant, of course. The innate spiritual power of a high-grade spirit beast was extremely precious, let alone the pure fire possessed by the Golden Feather Phoenix Clan. It could be said that whoever had their innate spiritual power transferred to them by the Golden Feather Phoenix would have their spiritual root endowed with the fire attribute.

Huang Jun had been trying every means to please Lin Mubai, intending to break his contract with the Golden Feather Phoenix so that his disciple Shangguan Tou could sign a contract with him to upgrade the fire attribute spiritual root in his body to pure fire. In this way, his disciple would become one of the top ten most talented geniuses in the entire Wuji Empire.

With the pure fire and earth spiritual roots, plus the five-colored koi he painstakingly searched for, his disciple will gain three spiritual roots. In the future, he will surely reach the Nascent Soul stage and bring glory to the Luoyun Sect.

But now that the Golden Feather Phoenix has already surrendered its innate spiritual power, Huang Jun's resentment is futile. He only regrets that he could have captured the Golden Feather Phoenix sooner and forcibly stripped it of its innate spiritual power.

Under Lin Mubai's powerful spiritual energy adjustment, Xue Wu's complexion gradually returned to normal, and the remaining lightning and fire elements in his body were drawn out.

"Elder Lin, this disciple is truly blessed. At such a young age, he possesses both thunder and fire spiritual roots, and his fire spiritual root is pure fire. His future achievements are immeasurable."

"She's probably even worse than Tou'er."

"Sect Leader, you are joking. It was just a lucky break. How can it compare to your disciple?"

"Shangguan Tou was born with dual spiritual roots, his talent is extraordinary. He has reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage after 10 years of cultivation. I'm afraid there are very few people in the entire Wuji Empire who can compare to him..." Lin Mubai sneered. He already knew Huang Jun's implied meaning and did not want to get too entangled. Then, when Huang Jun was not paying attention, he eliminated the elemental power drawn out of Xue Wu's body.

He clearly sensed three other elements within that chaotic mass of elements, confirming his conjecture from the Spirit Testing Pool. He didn't feel any extra excitement; instead, he looked at the Golden Feather Phoenix with even more indifference. He didn't want Huang Jun to know, lest it cause unnecessary trouble.