The bald little phoenix stood in the void, raising its head proudly. Even though it had no feathers on its body, it did not affect its inherent pride.
Just when Li Shiming was wondering how long it would take Xiao Feng to recover his feathers, the reward from heaven and earth for Xiao Feng's survival of the heavenly tribulation arrived.
A golden flame rose from Xiao Feng's body. It was just a small flame at first, but soon it turned into a ball of fire that enveloped Xiao Feng's entire body.
The little phoenix chirped with joy and danced in the flames.
Through the contractual connection with Xiaofeng, Li Shiming can feel its happiness. The flame that envelops it is the embodiment of the reward from heaven and earth.
Li Shiming's "Divine Vision" penetrated the golden flame and saw the changes of Xiaofeng in the golden flame.
On the bald, featherless little phoenix, the golden flames were transforming into golden feathers, on which strange runes were flashing.
Golden feathers soon covered the little phoenix's entire body, and at its tail, the golden flames turned into long tail feathers.
On its head, the golden flames turned into a golden feather crown like a crown.
The little phoenix was flying in the golden flames, and the golden flames around its body became less and less, and the golden flames all turned into its feathers.
When the last trace of golden flame disappeared, the little phoenix standing in the void had become a real phoenix.
Of course, Xiaofeng, the phoenix, is only one meter tall, and the length of its body and tail feathers exceeds three meters.
At this moment, Xiao Feng showed the charm of a red-gold phoenix, which was what a phoenix should look like.
"Thank you for saving my life!" Senior Brother Song looked at Xiaofeng with a look of surprise and doubt, and bowed to thank Li Shiming.
No matter what, Li Shiming saved his life, and he must be grateful for this favor.
He also recognized Xiao Feng's identity, the Red-Gold Phoenix, which was the most powerful spiritual pet of the Phoenix lineage of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. In fact, it was not only the most powerful spiritual pet of the Phoenix lineage, but also the most powerful spiritual pet in the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven.
"We are all from the same clan, this is the right thing to do!" Li Shiming said with a smile and waved his hand.
"Is this the red-gold phoenix?" Senior Brother Song hesitated for a moment but still couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, this is the spiritual pet I got in the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts!" Li Shiming replied.
How can such an obvious red-gold phoenix be concealed, and there is no need to conceal it.
Many cultivators in the sect knew that he had made a contract with the Scarlet-Gold Phoenix.
"I will keep it a secret!" Senior Brother Song said solemnly.
Li Shiming smiled and said nothing more. It didn't matter whether it was a secret or not, but Senior Brother Song's attitude made him feel that he had not saved the wrong person.
The little phoenix flew towards Li Shiming. The little phoenix flying in the air was noble and elegant. Compared with the bald little phoenix before, it was completely a different creature.
Xiaofeng flew to Li Shiming and rubbed her body against him gently, using this way to share her joy with him.
"You haven't eaten all your food yet, go and eat it!" Li Shiming smiled and touched Xiao Feng's golden feathers, pointing to the group of 'three golden earth beetle spirit insects' standing in the air.
Xiao Feng's golden feathers are made up of strange flames. Other creatures will be hurt by the golden feathers if they come into contact with them, but as Xiao Feng's master, Li Shiming will not be hurt by these flaming feathers.
He only felt that the flame feather was extremely warm and had a great feel. When he touched it, he could feel the terrifying power contained in the strange runes.
After hearing what Li Shiming said, Xiao Feng flew back to the 'Three Golden Earthworms'.
Due to Xiong Long's escape, these 'Three Golden Earth Beetles' are still in the illusion of 'The Art of Reincarnation of the Human Way'. As long as Li Shiming does not remove the illusion of 'The Art of Reincarnation of the Human Way', these 'Three Golden Earth Beetles' will continue to be affected by the illusion and unable to escape.
Xiao Feng's body trembled, and the flaming feathers on his body fluttered, and the flames engulfed all the 'Three Golden Earth Turtle Spirit Insects'.
Even the four fourth-grade 'Three-Gold Earth Turtle Spirit Insects' were swallowed up by the flaming feathers on Xiao Feng's body. The 'Three-Gold Earth Turtle Spirit Insects' in the illusion did not struggle at all.
Only then did Li Shiming realize how terrifying Xiao Feng's flaming feathers were. The flaming feathers on the body of the third-grade Xiao Feng fell on the fourth-grade 'Three-Gold Earth Turtle Spirit Insect', and the soul of the fourth-grade 'Three-Gold Earth Turtle Spirit Insect' was annihilated in a moment.
Although the fourth-grade 'Three-Gold Earth Turtle Spirit Insect' was in an illusion and did not make any defensive moves, the fourth-grade 'Three-Gold Earth Turtle Spirit Insect' had extremely strong natural defense.
Li Shiming sensed Xiaofeng's flaming feathers. The flame was many times stronger than the flame Xiaofeng had sprayed before. Its ability did not change much, and it still produced effects on the soul.
This kind of fire that directly attacks the soul is extremely difficult to defend against and can ignore most defenses.
Xiao Feng should be considered the nemesis of the 'Three-Gold Earth Beetle Spirit Insect', and the fourth-grade 'Three-Gold Earth Beetle Spirit Insect' was easily killed.
Xiao Feng opened his mouth wide, and the 'Three-Gold Earthworm' with dead souls flew into his mouth and were quickly digested into energy by his body.
Only four fourth-grade 'Three-Gold Earthworms' finally entered its mouth, and it took a full cup of tea to completely digest them.
So many 'Three-Gold Earth Turtle Spirit Insects', especially four fourth-grade 'Three-Gold Earth Turtle Spirit Insects', greatly improved Xiao Feng's aura, and Xiao Feng reached the late stage of the third-grade great demon.
Li Shiming's eyes flickered. He had not expected that the spiritual insects of the Gufeng Sect could be of such great help to Xiaofeng.
If he could devour a few more spirit insects, Xiao Feng might be able to be promoted directly to the fourth rank.
He thought about the conflict between the Gu Feng Sect and the Wan Shou Sect, and wondered if he should find an opportunity to take the initiative and kill some Gu Feng Sect monks!
As long as there are no cultivators watching, he can display his true fighting power and he has almost no rivals in the early Nascent Soul stage.
Senior Brother Song looked at Xiao Feng with envy. He knew very well what a red-gold phoenix represented. As long as the red-gold phoenix grew up and reached the fourth level, it would be able to become an important fighting force for the sect.
He thought of himself again. His own spirit pet was seriously injured and dying. If it could not be saved, he would need to use contribution points to apply to the sect to enter the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts again and contract a new spirit pet.
This would require a large amount of his contribution points, as well as the resources and time required to retrain his spirit pet. It would take hundreds of years to develop true combat effectiveness.
Don't underestimate Li Shiming's Xiaofeng, she is growing so fast.
This was Xiao Feng's luck. She met the right spiritual insect and had a powerful master like Li Shiming, who was able to trap the third or fourth grade 'Three Gold Earth Beetle Spirit Insect' into an illusion, making it unable to resist at all and allowing Xiao Feng to eat it.
"Senior Brother Song, do you have anything else to do, or would you like to go back to the sect with me?" Li Shiming looked at Senior Brother Song and asked.
"Master Li, please take me back to the sect with you!" Senior Brother Song bowed and said.
Li Shiming and Senior Brother Song flew towards the sect together. Because he had to take Senior Brother Song into consideration, Li Shiming's flying speed was not very fast.
After flying for a distance, his eyes fell in one direction, and his "Divine Vision" saw a Nascent Soul approaching quickly.
His 'divine vision' has a visual range of three thousand miles, and that Nascent Soul has not yet discovered the existence of him and Senior Brother Song.
He had doubts in his heart. Few cultivators would use their Nascent Soul to travel. Even if they did, they would bring their true bodies with them, not just their Nascent Soul.
The Nascent Soul is very vulnerable when it does not display the Nascent Soul Dharma Image. Once attacked, the consequences will be more serious than attacking the original body.
If you attack the real body of a Nascent Soul cultivator, his Nascent Soul can still escape and he can start over by taking over another body or using a spare body.
But once the Nascent Soul is destroyed, the Nascent Soul cultivator is truly dead.
"A Nascent Soul is approaching, be careful!" Li Shiming warned.
Runes flashed on Senior Brother Song's fingers. He cast a secret method to enhance his eyesight, and then looked in the direction Li Shiming pointed.
At this time, the Nascent Soul was also approaching. Because the Nascent Soul was extremely fast, when it saw the cultivators in front of it, it was already not far away from Li Shiming and Senior Brother Song.
The Nascent Soul was startled and was about to escape, but then he saw Senior Brother Song, and his body slowed down.
"Brother Deng, what happened to you?" Senior Brother Song also recognized the identity of the Nascent Soul and asked in surprise.
"Brother Song, please protect me as I return to the sect!" Deng Zhang, who was in the Nascent Soul state, felt relieved and spoke out.
"Come here quickly, don't leak the essence of your Nascent Soul!" Senior Brother Song said at the same time as he drew several runes in the air with his fingers.
Deng Zhang's Nascent Soul did not hesitate. He and Senior Brother Song were good friends, and it was too dangerous for him to be outside in his Nascent Soul state.
He flew to the runes arranged by Senior Brother Song, and the runes wrapped up the Nascent Soul.
"Thank you, Brother Song. I was caught in a surprise attack by the cultivators from the Gufeng Sect this time. My physical body was destroyed and only my Nascent Soul escaped. I only brought out my life magic weapon!" Deng Zhang recounted his experience in a sad tone.
"Damn Gu Feng Sect, I was also attacked. If it weren't for Master Li's help, I would not be much worse off than you!" When Senior Brother Song heard about Deng Zhang's experience, he immediately spoke out in solidarity.
"What, you were attacked too?" Deng Zhang said in surprise.
He and Senior Brother Song both thought of one thing. If the attack by the Gufeng Sect was not an isolated case, then it would not only be the two of them who were attacked, but more monks from the sect would also be attacked.
Only then did he look at Li Shiming. When he heard Senior Brother Song call Li Shiming "Master Li", he knew Li Shiming's identity.
It was because he recognized Li Shiming that he began to wonder how Li Shiming was able to save Senior Brother Song.
"I met Xiong Long. This time, Xiong Long met Master Li and suffered heavy losses. I'm afraid it will take at least a hundred years to recover!" Senior Brother Song couldn't help but say when he thought of Xiong Long's miserable situation.
Deng Zhang felt relieved when he heard that Xiong Long was defeated and escaped by Li Shiming. With a powerful companion like Li Shiming, they could return to the sect more safely.
They didn't encounter any trouble along the way and returned to the sect after a few hours.
"Master Li, I have to take Deng Zhang to find a spare body, and also report the previous events to the sect. I'll take my leave first!" Senior Brother Song bowed and said goodbye.
"Let's meet again when we have time!" Li Shiming nodded in response.
He flew towards his own mountain, but received a message from his junior brother Lu Heng.
It seems that Lu Heng has been paying attention to his movements and found out as soon as he discovered that he had returned to the sect.
"Senior Brother Li, don't leave the sect for a short time after you return!" Lu Heng's message was very short, but it made Li Shiming a little confused.
"Junior Brother Lu, what happened?" Li Shiming replied in a message.
“Today, three Nascent Soul cultivators in our sect were attacked by Gu Feng Sect cultivators within the sect’s sphere of influence. One of them died, and only the Nascent Soul of the other two escaped!” Lu Heng replied.
Li Shiming sighed inwardly, as expected, the attack by the Gu Feng Sect was on a large scale, not an individual action.
"Junior Brother Lu, I met Song Tong and Deng Zhang on the way back. I saved Song Tong, and Deng Zhang was left with only his Nascent Soul, who was rescued by Song Tong!" Li Shiming replied in a deep voice.
"This is the fifth attack, and there may be more. The Gufeng Sect has attracted most of our cultivators at sea, but they are attacking our cultivators on land. What exactly do they want to do?" Lu Heng replied in surprise after hearing this.
Li Shiming ended his contact with Lu Heng. Naturally, this matter would be a problem for the sect's top leaders. What he needed to do now was to retreat for a while.
His realm has been improved a lot this time, and it will take some time for him to sort out the gains from the sudden enlightenment.
More importantly, he gained not only the understanding of his current realm, but also the knowledge of the Five Elements, which he had accumulated to the level of a great monk.
This is more useful to him than simply improving his realm.
This time, by participating in the grand event of Taichu Sect, he also obtained a batch of materials on puppet mechanism technology, which also allowed him to continue his research on puppet mechanism technology.
He cast a few spells to seal the mountain's formation, so that any cultivators who came would know that he was in seclusion.
He released Xiao Feng and Huan Ling Long, and Xiao Feng and Huan Ling Long went to the spirit pet room on their own, where there was an environment that was beneficial to them.
Xiaofeng is also growing too fast and needs time to digest what she has gained.
While Li Shiming was in seclusion, the conflict between the Wanshou Sect and the Gufeng Sect was intensifying.
The Gu Feng Sect's surprise attack on land resulted in the death of three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Wan Shou Sect, while the Nascent Souls of four Nascent Soul cultivators escaped.
This incident caused a surge of anger among the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. When had the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect ever suffered such a great loss, especially when they were attacked within the sect's own sphere of influence.
Soon the Wanshou Sect launched its revenge, and a powerful intelligence system was activated to track down the monks of the Gufeng Sect.
The Gu Feng Sect is not a local force in the Dongqi Continent. Although the strength of the Gu Feng Sect is not weaker than that of the Wanshou Sect, the resources it can mobilize in the Dongqi Continent are not as good as those of the Wanshou Sect.
When the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect launched a full-scale counterattack, many Nascent Soul cultivators of the Gu Feng Sect were ambushed by the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect in a planned manner.
The Gufeng Sect also lost several Nascent Soul cultivators, and the battle conflict between the two sides escalated to a new level.
The Gu Feng Sect could not gain any advantage on land, so they reduced their strength and reallocated their combat power to the ocean. They took advantage of the spirit beast tides at sea and fought with the monks of the Wan Beast Sect from time to time.
However, the results of this battle were not as strong as the previous surprise attacks by both sides, because on the sea, in order to deal with the tide of spirit beasts, the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect gathered together in large numbers and rarely acted alone.
Even when attacked by the Gu Feng Sect, very few Nascent Soul cultivators were killed, and at most they were seriously injured.