The mountains and forests near the Tai Xuan Sword Sect

After the competition ended, Mu Qing planned to leave, but encountered a problem regarding where to go.

Xie Lanzhi was reluctant to leave Mu Qing, but also wanted to stay with Xie Aotian. She stood pitifully between the two, looking left and right.

Fire Phoenix perched on Mu Qing's shoulder and yelled at Xie Lanzhi, "Little White, have you thought it through?"

Xie Lanzhi shook her head.

Fire Phoenix: "......"

Fire Phoenix turned its head to look at Mu Qing and suggested in a serious tone, "Fragrant human, fragrant human, why don't we travel around and consider it training?"

After saying that, he turned to Xie Aotian and asked, "What do you think, you short-sighted little snake?"

Xie Aotian: "Mm."

"Let's go to the nearby towns and ask around to see if there are any suitable missions."

Fire Phoenix: "That's a good idea."

Tuantuan: "Oh dear, oh dear."

Dian Dian and Xiao Jinfei stood beside Mu Qing, their faces full of anticipation.

Mu Qing nodded and led the children onto Xie Aotian's spaceship.

On the spaceship, Xie Lanzhi, overjoyed, looked at the spiritual energy surging towards her with a blank expression.

Fire Phoenix exclaimed excitedly, "Quick, find a place to stop, he's about to break through to the Golden Core stage!"

Xie Aotian chose a mountaintop with abundant spiritual energy and stopped there. He used a protective array plate to set up an enhanced protective array around Xie Lanzhi. The moment he inserted a top-grade spirit stone into the array's core, the protective array was instantly formed.

At the same time, a bolt of lightning struck straight down on Xie Lanzhi from the sky.

However, they were all blocked by the protective formation.

Even after all twenty-seven lightning bolts of the Three-Nine Tribulation had struck, Xie Lanzhi remained unharmed within the protective array.

Fire Phoenix rolled its eyes and said, "You blind little snake, these plates of yours are not bad at all."

"I never expected that although your taste isn't great, you still have some skills."

Xie Aotian glanced at Huo Feng indifferently.

He was certain this guy was definitely not some kind of crow spirit beast; if a crow spirit beast were as outspoken as this, it would have been dead countless times over.

Although he couldn't identify the species of the Fire Phoenix, Xie Aotian instinctively felt that its abilities were considerable.

However, out of respect for his elder brother, he couldn't be bothered to argue with an unknown beast disguised as a crow.

"After all, a beast that can disguise itself as a little crow is hardly a smart beast, so I shouldn't bother arguing with a stupid one."

"It has lowered my own standards for no reason."

Thinking this, Xie Aotian shifted his gaze from the fire phoenix back to Xie Lanzhi. She had already absorbed the high-purity spiritual energy descending from the sky and successfully broke through to the Golden Core stage, her figure becoming more solid.

Xie Aotian quickly walked to Xie Lanzhi's side and tried to help her up.

To his surprise, he was able to touch his older brother.

Overwhelmed with excitement, he pulled his brother into a tight embrace and exclaimed, "That's wonderful, that's wonderful!"

Xie Lanzhi let him hold her and patted his back.

The fire phoenix flew to Xie Aotian's side and mocked, "Oh dear, you shameless little snake! You're such a grown man, yet you still act like a child, hahaha..."

Xie Aotian flicked his sleeve, sending the unsuspecting Fire Phoenix Fan flying. Tuantuan followed, somersaulting in the air.

Mu Qing chuckled and pulled Huo Feng and Tuan Tuan into his arms, holding Huo Feng tightly as she struggled to go out and seek revenge on Xie Aotian.

They coaxed, "Fire Phoenix, don't be angry, Fire Phoenix, don't be angry. We won't stoop to the level of a child."

Upon hearing this, the Fire Phoenix stopped struggling. It had almost forgotten that the short-sighted little snake also possessed the bloodline of the Devouring Python of the Demon Clan. Wasn't this hundred-year-old snake just a cub?

The fire phoenix preened its feathers with its beak and said magnanimously, "Never mind, this great bird demon is magnanimous and will not stoop to the level of a little snake cub."

Xie Aotian, who happened to be walking over, was speechless.

"As expected of a stupid beast that can disguise itself as a crow spirit beast. Even if it's not a crow spirit beast, it can't say anything nice." Xie Aotian thought to himself.