Bird
Seeing the beast's fierce gaze directed at her, Ruan Qingyu was naturally unwilling to sit idly by and wait for her death.
Her spiritual energy, which was originally circulating, was forcibly suppressed by her divine sense. After severing her spiritual connection with the so-called soul pill, she instantly collapsed to the ground.
Her once clean and tidy clothes were now dirty and disheveled from the earlier exchange. The sweat on her forehead showed that Ruan Qingyu had expended most of her strength, and she managed to get up from the ground with difficulty.
Without even glancing at the beast in the cage, she dashed outside. Ruan Qingyu had memorized the route when she came down, and now she ran smoothly out of the basement.
When they carefully emerged from the forbidden building, the sky was already beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn. In that short time, an entire night had passed.
Ruan Qingyu cautiously returned to her courtyard, naturally missing the several suspicious men who had been guarding outside her courtyard for most of the day.
These three men were originally hired by Ruan Nanhe to harass Ruan Qingyu, but after a whole night of harassment, they didn't hear a sound from the courtyard.
Even if they wanted to go in and check, they didn't dare. These were disciples of the Ruan family who had passed through the official channels and were registered in the register. If they were to enter the courtyard at will, the recording stone would record it, and they would be in deep trouble.
So, they spent the whole night harassing and affecting Ruan Qingyu until they were all exhausted and felt they had done enough before finally falling asleep.
At this moment, after returning to the courtyard, Ruan Qingyu released the recording stone given to her by the Ruan family. This recording stone would trigger an alarm if anyone else took it.
However, as a disciple under surveillance, it wouldn't matter if he kept it. Now that he's back in the courtyard, he naturally needs to release the recording stone to ensure his cultivation achievements are counted.
Although the current requirement is only to successfully guide Qi into the body, she is already at the second level of Qi Refining in the test. If there is no change at all in these seven days, she is afraid that someone with ulterior motives will deliberately hinder her.
Before starting her cultivation, Ruan Qingyu hesitated. During her trip to the forbidden area, she discovered that whenever she circulated her spiritual energy, the demonic beast would sense it.
What if the other party still won't let her go and chooses to control her with the Soul Pill? What can she do? Wouldn't she be unable to absorb spiritual energy for the rest of her life, remaining trapped in a treasure mountain without being able to enter?
After a moment's thought, Ruan Qingyu decided to try absorbing spiritual energy. If the Soul Core showed any unusual activity, she could immediately stop circulating her spiritual power and avoid being drawn in by the Soul Core.
Then, Ruan Qingyu sat cross-legged on the soft couch, her hands forming hand seals. As the fire elemental energy flowed in continuously, she began to circulate the "Little Phoenix Heaven" technique.
As the cultivation technique circulated, the surrounding fire spiritual energy rapidly surged into Ruan Qingyu's crown chakra. Her body was enveloped in scorching fire spiritual energy, and the spiritual power within her dantian, which had been influenced by the Soul Pill in the forbidden area of the small building, became active again.
The meridians that had been damaged by the fluctuations of the Soul Core were gradually repaired. The abnormal fluctuations of the Soul Core that Ruan Qingyu had been worried about were now completely silent.
Meanwhile, the demonic beasts far away in the forbidden area of the Ruan family awoke from their peaceful slumber and suddenly opened their eyes.
Its fierce gaze was fixed on the direction where Ruan Qingyu was. If it weren't for the cage blocking its way, it probably would have been able to escape immediately.
However, as time passed, the spiritual energy coming from Ruan Qingyu's location was subtly absorbed into the Soul Core and then replenished to its body.
Although the spiritual energy was scarce, it was continuously flowing in and was absorbed in considerable quantities. The wounds that had been constantly reopening began to heal miraculously.
Originally confined in this cage, it hadn't absorbed any spiritual energy for many years. Now, suddenly possessing it felt like a dream.
Suddenly, the image of the strange woman who had barged in earlier flashed through its mind; it must have been the spiritual energy she had transmitted. For some reason, it felt a little guilty and somewhat ashamed of her.
Then it realized this was just another trick by the despicable Ruan family. What were they trying to get from it this time? It wanted to refuse the comfortable spiritual energy, but it hadn't received such comfortable and pure spiritual energy in a long time, even after thousands of years.
It even wanted to roll around in its cage or stretch. The next time the woman came, it decided to be nicer to her.
Ruan Qingyu was unaware of what had happened in the basement. She was even more unaware that one-tenth of the spiritual power she had painstakingly cultivated would be transferred to someone else through her Soul Pill.
This was because the innate Phoenix Body within her body was constantly changing as the cultivation technique was activated, much like magma erupting.
At first, it was just a slight discomfort, but with the influx of spiritual energy, he finally couldn't bear it and spat out a mouthful of black blood.
With that mouthful of black blood, Ruan Qingyu's cultivation level rose to the third level of the Qi Refining stage. However, her current condition was not optimistic, because the black blood was the innate phoenix body's rejection of the Ruan family blood within her.
This is the result of purifying the blood in the body once. However, as the cultivation level increases, the innate phoenix body becomes increasingly intolerant of the existence of other blood.
Only after Ruan Qingyu's blood is purified can her innate Phoenix Body be fully activated.
The unexpected change occurred at this moment. After breaking through, Ruan Qingyu collapsed to the ground. Her entire body shrank gradually, accompanied by a burst of red light.
When the light disappeared, what appeared in the room was a small, golden bird with a red crest on its head. Its expression was somewhat droopy.
'Chirp chirp!' Ruan Qingyu was stunned. What had she turned into? Had she turned into a bird?
It took a couple of hurried steps, involuntarily making chirping sounds. The crest on its head also stood up involuntarily.
Although Ruan Qingyu did not understand why she had turned into a bird, she tried her best to calm herself down.
Her divine sense slowly entered the bloodline inheritance, searching for books similar to her current state. An hour later, Ruan Qingyu's expression became even more listless.
She must remain in this state for three days, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, before she can transform back into human form. This is because her innate phoenix physique has been activated by spiritual power, allowing her to better adapt to her phoenix form.
She was passively transformed back into a child, and now she can only follow the example of her ancestors, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon and drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for three days and three nights before she can transform back into a human.
"Chirp chirp," Ruan Qingyu cried out mournfully, almost wanting to shout to the heavens.
Thinking that she would be going to the Xuan Tian Sect in a few days, Ruan Qingyu paced anxiously on the ground. Finally, she had no choice but to try flapping her wings, trying to fly.
At first, it fell to the ground several times because it wasn't used to its wings. Finally, after a few attempts, it was able to fly normally.
It was already afternoon, but the sun was still shining.
Ruan Qingyu flew leisurely to the outside of the courtyard and set her sights on the rooftop spire where she lived. With a burst of energy, she flew towards the rooftop.
Then he found a suitable angle and patiently basked in the sun. After being exposed to sunlight, the internal energy cultivation method began to slowly circulate, absorbing the essence of the sun.
Ruan Qingyu felt so comfortable, enveloped by the warm solar spiritual energy within her, that she almost drifted off to sleep. Soon, a commotion arose outside the courtyard, and she blinked.
It flapped its wings to get closer. Then, in the corner of the yard, it saw three unfamiliar people.
Now, with her cultivation at the third level of Qi Refining and the added benefit of Foundation Establishment stage divine sense, she could easily tell that these three were just ordinary mortals, but she didn't know why they had gathered outside her small courtyard.
"It's already the second day, isn't Ruan Qingyu coming out yet?" someone asked, their gaze fixed on the tightly closed courtyard gate.
The other person patted the other's head: "Are you stupid? You're almost at the Immortal Gate, you must be anxious to draw Qi into your body."
"She's so lucky to have such a spiritual root. If I had a spiritual root, I definitely wouldn't have come here. If I joined a sect, I would surely become famous throughout the world."
"Stop dreaming. We can get a lot of money as long as we complete Young Master Nanhe's orders. Even if we don't become immortals, we can still live a carefree life with the money."
Hearing this, the other two nodded. They continued to stare at Ruan Qingyu's courtyard, but Ruan Qingyu, standing on a treetop not far away, saw all of this.
This group of people was actually brought by Ruan Nanhe just to interfere with her cultivation? After thinking for a moment, Ruan Qingyu simply flew over and, just as the three were about to throw things into the courtyard, grabbed at one of their heads.
"Ah!" A cry of pain was heard from someone; the claws of a young phoenix were not something an ordinary person could withstand.
Dozens of streams of blood flowed out immediately, causing the other two to stumble back several steps in fright.
"You! How could you..." The accomplice next to him was so frightened that he couldn't speak and staggered backward, falling down.
But that wasn't all, because Ruan Qingyu saw what the other party had accidentally missed throwing into the yard. It turned out to be two tamed venomous snakes, which were now docilely coiled on the ground because all three of them possessed the aura of snake masters.
Seeing this, Ruan Qingyu suddenly seemed to have a knack for it, and opened her mouth to spew a scorching flame toward the three of them.
Instantly, all three of them burst into flames. The unlucky one had his hair burned off and was rolling around on the ground in agony.
Even the venomous snake that followed its master was frightened and darted into the bushes on the other side.
Instantly, the three men rolled on the ground engulfed in flames. Their screams eventually attracted the attention of the patrolling disciples of the Ruan family.
Although the crowd did not recognize them, they were at a loss as to why the flames could not be extinguished, and they were also worried that the Ruan family would be affected.
A moment later, an elder arrived. He was an elder from the Ruan family with a cultivation level of the ninth level of Qi Refining. He had come because his disciples said the courtyard was on fire.
Seeing the strange flames, the elder did not hesitate. He pointed and a jet of water sprayed towards the flames, but after the continuous jet of water was poured on them, it only turned into water mist and had no other reaction.
The three people gradually lost the strength to struggle as the flames never disappeared. They were burned to the point of near death, but because the flames spewed by Ruan Qingyu did not intend to truly kill them, they were still breathing.
As more and more members of the Ruan family gathered, Ruan Qingyu tried repeatedly, and finally managed to withdraw the flames still burning on the three people through the gaps in the leaves. Therefore, those outside only thought that the flames had been gradually extinguished by the elder's water.
Seeing that the crowd hadn't dispersed, Ruan Qingyu became a little nervous. She was afraid that they would go to her courtyard to look for her in order to find out the reason.
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