Wen Long looked at Xue Jingang with a stern expression, "Listen to this article's instructions, you will stay here and wait for the right time. If you obtain the blood essence of a pair of supreme spirits in this world, you will no longer need to stay in this blood pool to survive."

Therefore, this is also your opportunity, and I, the king, am granting it to you. However, when you achieve success in the future, you will only be able to obey me and have no other thoughts.” When King Ling said this, his tone was calm, but every word was stiff, allowing no room for rebuttal.

"Awoo!" A huge mouth opened and roared from beneath the blood-red face.

Blood dripped down, and above the large face, a pair of blood-red, bony bull's eyes opened.

The cow's eyes were completely red, without pupils, which looked terrifying, yet revealed its greed.

At this moment, the Blood Vajra rolled its eyes, attempting to stir again and leap out of the blood pool to form a blood body.

However, a light flashed above his head, and the Illusionary Spirit Pill pressed down slightly, pushing his body back down.

The blood-soaked body quickly returned to its previous state, bowing and submitting, even bending its back.

"With the Illusion Pill, I can rest assured. Blood Vajra, just wait for your good fortune." Wen Long waved his hand. The monster and the blood pool in front of him instantly disappeared, and a moment later, Wen Long's figure, along with the stone, also vanished.

Everything returned to calm, and all that remained before us was a high hillside, hidden in the clouds and mist.

The hillside was covered with strange rocks, and there were no roads. Not a single living creature or blade of grass could be seen, only the cold north wind and a desolate atmosphere!

On one of the towering, strangely shaped rocks, three large, crooked black characters were written vertically: "Jin Gang Lin" (金刚林).

At that moment, something stirred within the fog. A short, dark figure approached from afar.

"Pfft..." A red firebird folded its wings, placed its feet on the tip of a strange rock, and instantly transformed into human form. This person was none other than Lord Firebird of Tongling City.

At this moment, his eyes were bright and he was looking straight ahead. With a slight smile, he raised the tip of his right hand and pointed to a red stone slab less than a meter away to his left.

The red color deepened, the stone slabs trembled, and from the flashing red light, a figure exactly like the firebird appeared before it...

However, his figure was somewhat thinner than that of the firebird.

“Shadow, thank you for your hard work,” Firebird said, staring intently at the other.

“Why be so polite? I am you,” the other man said, his every move mirroring the firebird’s. He smiled back at the firebird. “Your idea is truly brilliant. I’ve stayed in this forest for forty-nine days, my body absorbing the forest’s chill, until I’ve become one with it, so they can’t detect me.”

"So what did you discover?"

“This discovery is quite remarkable…” “Pfft!” The figure moved closer to the firebird, raised his hand to cover his mouth, and reported what he had just seen and heard to the firebird right next to its ear.

"You did a good job. Go back and rest well." As soon as these words were spoken, the figure opposite bowed, and with a "whoosh!" sound, it transformed into a flash of red feather, went straight into the firebird's brow, and disappeared.

After a moment, the firebird straightened up, sighed with tears in its eyes, and said, "This day has finally come. Fortunately, you have all grown up."

"Whoosh!" Wings took flight, a red light vanished, and the firebird disappeared. Where the north wind howled, a layer of crimson frost appeared on the hillside, lingering for a long time…