Lu Fuyue didn't notice his strange behavior. She withdrew her hand, closed her eyes, and continued meditating.

"Since there's nothing else, you can go out now."

Jiang Huaixu looked at Lu Fuyue intently for a moment, then lowered his eyes and stood there for a while before turning to leave.

They have plenty of time; there's no need to rush.

However, the moment Jiang Huaixu stepped out, the door slammed shut again with a loud bang.

He turned to look at the gate, his expression somewhat complicated. Suddenly, Jiang Huaixu keenly sensed the two auras hidden in the shadows. He paused, his gaze falling behind the artificial hill not far away.

Jiang Xiaxia and Yu Ping huddled together, covering their mouths tightly with their hands, leaning against the artificial hill, not daring to make a sound.

They never expected to run into Jiang Huaixu here. Could it be that this man already knew their plans?

They both thought of the same thing, and their bodies tensed up involuntarily.

After a long while, the footsteps gradually faded away.

Jiang Xiaxia and Yu Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief, but just then, a figure suddenly appeared behind them. "Xiaxia, why are you two so disobedient? Don't you want to see him again?"

Jiang Xiaxia's scalp tingled and her body stiffened instantly at the sound. Yu Ping reacted immediately, shielding Jiang Xiaxia behind him, "Kill me if you want, don't touch Xiaxia. She called you 'brother' for so long, can't you let her go?"

Seeing the two men's tense expressions, Jiang Huaixu suddenly laughed and slowly walked up to them. "You don't think I'm going to kill you, do you?"

"It's a pity that your cultivation levels are too low. Even if you were killed, it wouldn't be of any use."

He paused, his expression turning cold.

"This time, let it be a one-time exception. If I find out you've sneaked here again, I really will kill you."

After saying that, he turned around and disappeared instantly.

Jiang Xiaxia snapped out of her daze and grabbed Yu Ping's arm in disbelief. "He...he didn't kill us?"

Yu Ping recalled Jiang Huaixu's appearance just now, and felt a little complicated. He glanced in the direction where Lu Fuyue was.

Could it be because of Senior Sister Lu?

...

Outside the Trial Tower,

Several disciples had just come out when a sudden gust of cold wind blew by, and their bodies were instantly frozen in place.

At the same time, all the monsters in the entire trial tower fell into a deep sleep.

The fat elder and the thin elder, who were drinking tea, quickly sensed something was wrong and their expressions changed drastically. Just as they were about to rush over to find out what was going on...

Their bodies were frozen in place.

No one in the entire Tianxuan Sect noticed the commotion here.

The figure, hidden beneath a large black cloak, slowly entered the first floor of the Trial Tower, and within a quarter of an hour, appeared on the eighth floor.

He glanced around and snorted coldly. It turned out to be a spatial artifact, but unfortunately, it was too badly damaged, and even the tower spirit was too weak to withstand a single blow.

Then, the man turned his gaze to the entrance of the ninth floor, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

However, just as he was about to step into the entrance to the ninth floor, countless talismans appeared instantly, emitting powerful golden light, blocking him at the entrance.

Ancient talismans? Interesting.

At the same time, inside the ice coffin in the center of the ninth level of the Trial Tower, a pair of purple eyes suddenly opened. Why would someone from the Underworld come here?

The man in black abruptly pulled back his cloak, revealing Jiang Huaixu's face. He looked up at the floating entrance, where countless ancient runes were arrayed, his eyes darkening slightly.

I never expected that such a thing would exist in a place with such sparse spiritual energy. It seems that this place is not simple. No wonder she always runs here.

But these things alone can't stop him!

Jiang Huaixu narrowed his eyes. Just as he raised his hand to shatter the ancient talismans, a terrifying pressure emanated from the ninth floor, rushing straight towards his face. Instantly, gusts of fierce wind rose up.

Jiang Huaixu dodged by flipping over, raised his hand to form a seal and suppressed the gale. In less than a second, calm returned.

He looked at the ninth floor in surprise, wondering what was hidden inside, something even he found difficult to enter.

...

The following day, after setting up several barriers in front of her cave, Lu Fuyue began her formal seclusion.

Her body-refining cultivation was not up to par with her current cultivation level, making it easy for her to reveal her true phoenix form and revert to her original shape. Therefore, as soon as Lu Fuyue entered the space, she carried a bamboo basket to the medicinal herb field to pick spiritual plants for cultivating the Phoenix Body Refining Technique.

Cultivating the Phoenix Body Refining Technique requires a large number of rare and precious materials, and the spiritual plants she planted in her space are just enough to allow her to cultivate to the Great Ascension stage.

The first rare and precious herb to be harvested was from the spirit lake next to the mansion. Grown in that lake were eighth-grade Ice Jade Lotuses. Looking out, the entire lake was filled with a vast expanse of lotuses shimmering with a watery blue light. Each Ice Jade Lotus possessed eight profound and mysterious spiritual auras, signifying that the Ice Jade Lotuses had matured.

The eighth-grade Ice Jade Lotus has the ability to reshape the body. If a person's body is destroyed but their soul remains, the Ice Jade Lotus can be used to reshape the body, and this new body will be exactly the same as the original one.

However, for Lu Fuyue now, it is just a material for body tempering.

She carried a bamboo basket to the lakeside, squatted down, casually picked a flower and put it in the basket, then went to the next medicinal herb field.

In the cultivation world, spiritual plants are classified into grades from grade one to grade nine, and after grade nine are immortal grade and divine grade.

Because the spiritual energy in the Qingyuan Continent is now scarce, sixth-grade spiritual plants are already considered extremely rare and precious natural treasures, not to mention that most of the spiritual plants in Lu Fuyue's space are seventh to ninth grade.

Therefore, once the existence of this space is discovered, she will likely be hunted down by the entire cultivation world.

This is one of the reasons why Lu Fuyue rarely enters the space.

Soon, Lu Fuyue arrived at a red medicinal field next to the spiritual vein. A gentle breeze blew by, and the red petals moved like phoenix feathers, with the downy hairs on the petals emitting golden-red spiritual energy.

The Nine-Rank Phoenix Flower is a legendary flower that accompanies the birth of the phoenix. It is a top-grade spiritual herb with the power to revive the dead and heal the wounded.

If an ordinary person can smell it, they will be immune to all poisons and evil spirits, and will enjoy wealth and honor in the world forever.

If an ordinary cultivator could eat just one of these plants, their cultivation would break through to a higher realm.

However, this doesn't apply to Lu Fuyue, since her true form is a phoenix. Therefore, apart from using it for body tempering and alchemy, the Phoenix Flower doesn't have much use for her.

Lu Fuyue bent down, casually plucked a plant from beside her feet, and tossed it into her bamboo basket before heading to the next patch of medicinal herbs.