Sensing his intense emotional fluctuations, Mi Li said, "You don't need to worry so much. When you were with Yun Jianyue and when you were having an affair with the Empress, there were no other suspicious people around spying on you."

Hearing her say that, Zu'an finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had been using the jade cong to monitor the surroundings, he had no confidence that he could find the Shadow Lord, who was the leader of the most mysterious assassin organization in the world.

He was relieved to hear Mi Li say this, after all, Mi Li's cultivation and knowledge were beyond what ordinary people could compare to. No matter how powerful the Lord of Youying Tower was, he could not surpass her at her peak.

At this moment, he also thought that Yun Jianyue was a Grandmaster after all, and she hadn't noticed anything unusual back then. It seemed that his actions hadn't been discovered by the Lord of Youying Tower.

However, he dared not be careless in the slightest. Back then, he was just a nobody, and perhaps the Lord of Youying Tower did not care much about him. But during this period, he had been very active in the capital and had already caught the attention of various forces. The Lord of Youying Tower must have started to pay attention to him as well. He had to be extremely careful in his actions from now on.

Zu'an then asked for more information about the Shadow Tower, but unfortunately, Ma'an didn't know much either.

Having asked enough questions, Zu'an asked one last time, "Did you tell anyone else that you came here this time?"

This is something we must figure out. Otherwise, if we deal with him and he has a backup plan, wouldn't our intelligence be exposed?

Ma An answered like a walking corpse, "I don't have any friends, and I don't trust anyone else. Besides, I only came here to confirm my suspicions, so I didn't tell anyone else. But just in case, I left a record of my visit to Zu An today in my notebook. If something happens to me, the people in the palace will know that Zu An is the murderer."

Zuan: "..."

What a cunning old fox! Luckily I asked one more question, otherwise I would have been tricked by him.

He hurriedly found out the whereabouts of the other person's notebook, and then instantly killed the other person.

Although Zuan disliked killing, he wouldn't show any mercy to someone who was already planning to take his life.

Ma An collapsed to the ground, and two porcelain bottles, one black and one white, suddenly rolled out of his clothes. The black bottle was inscribed with the words "Ice Heart Snow Soul" in small characters, while the white bottle was inscribed with "Antidote".

Zu An picked up the black porcelain bottle, feeling its icy chill even through the bottle. Mi Li floated over and said, "This must be the source of Ma An's confidence just now. He can even poison a Grandmaster. I just didn't expect that you have just broken through to the Primordial Chaos Scripture and are already immune to all poisons."

Zuan glanced at the still-burning candle and thought that Ma An was really unlucky. Mi Li and Da Ji were in different states: one was a spirit and the other was an unknown mysterious being. Otherwise, if they had been poisoned, Ma An would at least have had leverage to negotiate with him.

At this moment, Mi Li stretched, revealing her graceful and alluring curves. She yawned and said, "After a busy night, I need to go back and catch up on my sleep."

In fact, after being together for so long, Zuan understood why Mi Li needed to sleep so often. At first, it was to stabilize the poison of Xiangfei Red Tears that she had been poisoned with. Now, it was because without a body, the state of her soul being outside for a long time was very energy-consuming, so she needed to fall into a deep sleep often to replenish it.

For this reason, Zaun even bought her a bed and sent it into Tai'a Sword's own space, but it's unknown whether her soul form can sleep in the bed.

Just as Mi Li was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, I observed the divine birds that you awakened in your 'Phoenix Nirvana Sutra' and found that you mainly used their own special skills."

"Is there anything wrong with this?" Zu An was taken aback.

“Of course it’s inappropriate, and it’s a waste of resources.” Mi Li said with some anger at her lack of ambition, “I’ve been thinking about why you couldn’t awaken your elemental abilities after reaching the sixth rank. I originally thought it was because the Phoenix Nirvana Scripture was too special and required a higher level to awaken them. But now you’ve reached the ninth rank and still haven’t awakened your elemental abilities. Considering the divine bird that appears every time you break through, I’ve finally figured out the reason.”

"What's the reason?" Zu'an asked hurriedly.

Other cultivators can use their elemental abilities to perform fancy tricks, but he alone hasn't awakened any elemental abilities and can only rely on his physical body to fight, which seems rather crude.

Mi Li sighed: "Because you've actually already awakened your elemental abilities, you just haven't realized it yet. Don't you think your progress in cultivating the Snowflake Divine Sword is a bit too fast?"

Zuan replied, "Shouldn't it be natural for a protagonist like me, a genius of unparalleled talent, to cultivate quickly?"

Mi Li: "..."

Ignoring his words, she continued, "You should know that the Snowflake Divine Sword is an ice-type combat technique. In theory, it has no ice elemental ability. No matter how high your aptitude is, you can only learn its form but not its spirit. But you happen to be able to use the Snowflake Divine Sword quite well, and you can even activate some of the ice and snow abilities of the sword technique itself."

Zuan also fell into deep thought: "It must be because I used Snow Phoenix's power..."

Mi Li interrupted him: "It's not the Snow Phoenix's ability, but the Snow Phoenix's element of ice, which gives you the foundation to cultivate ice-based techniques and combat skills. Just like when you were cultivating the Flame Blade, you needed to borrow Daji's foxfire. But now that you have the Fire Phoenix, you should be able to use it without relying on Daji's abilities."

Zuan's heart stirred, and he began to circulate his energy according to the path of the Flaming Blade. This time, he deliberately did not contact Daji, and a Flaming Blade actually appeared faintly in his palm. Moreover, the blade was golden in color, exactly the same as the color of the fire phoenix flames.

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