52: Chapter 52 The Spirit Sealing Technique is Broken, Helping Yu Xiao

After leaving the cave, Hun Tiandi leaned his body against a blue stone and let out a sigh.

"Right now, my most direct feeling is that my body has been completely hollowed out!"

He flipped his hand to take out a medicinal pill, closed his eyes slightly, and began to restore his physical strength as the soul power in his sea of consciousness surged and sank into his body.

"This is..."

Suddenly, waves of shock arose in Hun Tiandi's heart at the robust Dou Qi within his body, and he opened his eyes a moment later.

He looked at himself with suspicion and said, "Breaking through the bottleneck, 10-star Dou Practitioner, rising two stars in a row. Could it be last night..."

Thinking of the absurd events between the two of them in the cave last night, he frowned tightly.

The Dou Qi in his vortex was even like a sky-covering mist, almost condensing into a solid form.

He clenched his fist and punched out, the whistling wind of his fist sounding sharp, looking extremely powerful.

Furthermore, although Hun Tiandi had risen two stars, his Dou Qi did not appear unstable or rootless; it was as if his promotion to 10-star Dou Practitioner was a natural progression.

After pondering for a long while, silver light flashed under Hun Tiandi's feet, and his figure transformed into a green lightning bolt, rushing towards the cave where the blood refinement was taking place.

In the cave, after Hun Tiandi left, tears flowed uncontrollably from the corners of the Silver-robed Woman's eyes, and bitterness arose in her heart.

"What a fated enemy..."

She sighed helplessly and closed her beautiful eyes, her eye corners twitching wildly, clearly indicating that her heart was not at peace.

Inside the cave.

Hun Tiandi opened the stone slab blocking the entrance and entered; the blood refinement array came into view, operating as a black banner swayed gently, moving without wind.

He flicked his finger, and a drop of crimson essence blood shot out, landing on the surface of the banner in the array, transforming into wisps of blood mist that swirled around, looking extremely sinister.

He turned and left the cave, heading towards the previous valley, which was emitting a rich smell of blood, the ninety-nine-foot blood pool already two-thirds full.

In the scarlet blood pool, bubbles were bubbling up, and Hun Tiandi could feel the rich energy contained within it.

Above the blood pool in the valley, thousands of beast souls were even gathering, roaring at the sky.

After forty-nine days, the day the blood refinement is completed, it will be used to fill the ten thousand soul banner.

However, before that, Hun Tiandi needed to consider where to find a strong expert or a powerful magical beast for the day of the blood refinement's completion.

The strength of the first creature used to sacrifice to the ten thousand soul banner relates to the power of the ten thousand soul banner...

He was very troubled; in the Qifeng Mountain range, there was no shortage of powerful magical beasts, but with Hun Tiandi's mere Dou Practitioner strength, subduing a powerful living magical beast was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

There was still time to prepare; if it didn't work out, he would catch a Dou Master-level magical beast...

Feeling restless, he flipped his hand to take out a long sword and practiced swordsmanship in the valley, his figure darting back and forth, his sword techniques fierce and varied.

Sword Qi danced and swirled; every move Hun Tiandi executed was the Basic Sword Art at the perfection level, natural and seamless.

Every sword strike was like venting the emotions in his heart, with the Sword Qi whistling towards the cliff in front of him.

Broken stones flew everywhere, stirring up clouds of dust.

He practiced for half a day, and his stomach began to growl.

"That woman probably hasn't..."

Hun Tiandi thought to this point and muttered, "Heh heh, she is a Dou Zong-level expert. If I have the chance to make her owe me a favor, this deal looks worth it no matter how you look at it."

He flashed and disappeared from the valley, dodging restless magical beasts along the way...

Hun Tiandi skillfully caught two fat fish from the river, cleaned them, and carried the big fish as he walked towards the woman's cave.

"Enter? Or not enter?"

At the entrance of the cave, the usually decisive Hun Tiandi actually hesitated.

"Hmm? That's not right. The awkwardness shouldn't be mine; it was my innocence that was..."

Hun Tiandi cheered himself up, muttered to himself, took a deep breath, and walked into the cave.

What came into view was the Silver-robed Woman, sitting cross-legged, seemingly deep in cultivation, and Hun Tiandi did not disturb her.

He flipped his hand to take out his own cooking utensils to prepare lunch: a black pot, setting up the pot, starting a fire, pouring water, adding the fish...

He put on the lid, and the fish soup slowly simmered...

Hun Tiandi walked to the blue stone outside, then slowly sat down by the fire and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

His cultivation could be described as very diligent; he didn't want to waste even the little time it took to stew the fish.

Although Hun Tiandi's cultivation talent was outstanding, having talent alone was not enough to become an expert; one also needed diligence to make up for weaknesses, combined with a hundredfold effort.

To exchange for strength, so he dared not slack off for even a moment in his training.

"Not bad, the cultivation is quite diligent!"

In fact, when Hun Tiandi entered the cave, she had already sensed his arrival but did not make a sound.

Watching everything the youth in the green shirt did from the shadows, a strange feeling arose in her heart, and the corners of her mouth rarely revealed a slight smile.

Half a day later, Hun Tiandi woke up from his cultivation, walked to the stream to wash his face, and turned to walk towards the cave.

He lifted the pot lid and took out bottles of seasonings, just about to stand up.

But he discovered the Silver-robed Woman staring at him with complex beautiful eyes.

"You're awake?" A trace of surprise flashed in Hun Tiandi's eyes.

"When did you wake up? The fish soup is almost ready; taste my cooking!"

Hun Tiandi asked.

Of course, the concerned words of the youth before her, when heard by the woman, caused a flush of red to quietly spread across her fair face.

"Just woke up, thank you!" the woman said immediately.

The two tacitly did not mention that stormy night...

"Uh... come over here, sit down first!" Hun Tiandi pointed to the stone beside him, "I'll serve you a bowl of fish soup."

"Mm!" The woman nodded gently upon hearing this, stood up, and slowly walked over.

Hun Tiandi served a bowl of fish soup, used a spatula to divide the fish into three sections, put all the meat from the central belly section into the bowl, gently handed it to the woman, and conveniently took out a pair of chopsticks.

Watching the youth act so casually, a sense of warmth suddenly welled up in her heart; she received it with both hands, and a trace of tears appeared in her eyes.

Having been in a high position for many years, she had almost forgotten this feeling!

"Eat!" Hun Tiandi said with a light smile.

Hun Tiandi also conveniently served himself a bowl of fish soup and drank it happily.

One bowl after another, he put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand.

"Is your injury any better?" Hun Tiandi asked.

"The external injuries are basically fine; the troublesome part is the Golden Spirit Seal on my body, which will take at least half a month to break!"

The woman said indifferently.

"By the way, what is your name?" Hun Tiandi nodded upon hearing this and tilted his head to ask.

"Yu Xiao." She raised her head, revealing her stunningly beautiful face, and said with a smile.

"Yun Tian." Hun Tiandi also said casually.

Yu Xiao? He had never heard of a Dou Zong expert in the Central Plains with this surname; he figured she had likely hidden her identity.

The woman who called herself Yu Xiao also did not pursue Hun Tiandi's background.

Now, afflicted by the Golden Snake King's Spirit Seal technique, the youth with Dou Practitioner strength before her posed no danger.

Just like that, the two lived warmly, neither disturbing the other.

Yu Xiao went into seclusion in the cave, breaking the Spirit Seal technique, and fell into bitter cultivation.

And Hun Tiandi, as usual, sacrificed essence blood to the ten thousand soul banner, constantly slaughtering magical beasts in the valley; that blood pool was about to be full!

Just like that, the two lived together for nearly a month, and the Golden Spirit Seal in her body had been broken for the most part.

"After your injuries recover, do you still plan to go look for the Golden Snake King?"

Hun Tiandi asked casually while drinking fish soup.

"Mm, I need the yellow spirit crystal!" Yu Xiao sighed softly and said firmly.

Hun Tiandi nodded gently; having witnessed the fierce battle between Yu Xiao and the Golden Snake King with his own eyes, it was clear that her chances of defeating the snake king were too slim.