25: Isn't this a coincidence? (The last line appears to be a fragment and doesn't translate directly.)

"What?" Xuanyuan Baizhi was shocked.

This was White Deer Academy, Xuanyuan Palace, with numerous Restrictions. Even if a Sacred Realm expert infiltrated, it would be difficult to hide from her.

How could the treasure she had just bestowed be snatched away?

Whoosh~

Xuanyuan Baizhi soared into the air, appearing like lightning on the roof of Xuanyuan Palace, over ten feet high. Her Phoenix eyes glowed with spiritual light, clearly having cast some kind of spirit eye technique.

After a thorough scan, she found no abnormalities.

"Could it be Wu Feiyan?" A name came to Xuanyuan Baizhi's mind.

Wu Feiyan!

Hadn't that bitch just broken through to the Sacred Domain?

If it was her in the Sacred Domain, it was quite possible. That woman was already skilled in illusion and concealment arts, and after entering the Sacred Realm, she was probably even more formidable! Evading the Restrictions of Xuanyuan Palace wouldn't be a fantasy.

"Wu Feiyan, I am irreconcilable with you!"

Wu Feiyan... I am irreconcilable with you!

The furious voice of Holy Empress Xuanyuan exploded on top of Xuanyuan Palace, then, the sound waves rolled and echoed throughout the White Deer Grand Canyon.

For a moment, countless gazes turned towards Xuanyuan Palace, and towards Ganquan Palace.

These two, are they at odds again?

"Wu Feiyan? What a joke..."

Below Xuanyuan Palace, Young Master Xu Tian's expression changed.

He naturally didn't believe Wu Feiyan would snatch his Spirit Treasure. After all, he was that woman's good "son."

"Xuanyuan Baizhi? I think this is a good show you've directed yourself, isn't it?" Xu Tian sneered in his heart.

"You bestow me a treasure, then secretly take it back, and even frame Wu Feiyan. Heh heh, you want me to help you deal with Wu Feiyan? You're quite good at acting..."

Looking from afar at the peerless beauty on the palace wall, whose face was green with anger, Xu Tian's lips curled into an evil, charming smile:

"Very well, let this treasure be kept by you for me for now. Sooner or later, both you and the treasure will be mine, Young Master's!"

...In front of Ganquan Palace, Cao Meng was about to study the newly acquired lihuo red lotus when he heard Xuanyuan Baizhi's furious voice.

"What's wrong with Holy Empress Xuanyuan? Master seems to be bathing, how did she provoke her?"

"Could it be..."

Cao Meng's expression immediately became interesting.

This misunderstanding was getting quite amusing.

At the same time, inside Ganquan Palace. The Empress was lying in the warm bath, enjoying herself, a strange smile faintly gracing her beautiful face.

Hearing the sound, the Empress opened her eyes in confusion:

"What's wrong with that woman?"

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to bother with you." Wu Feiyan shook her head, let out a light breath, her mind and body relaxed, and her exquisite body slowly floated up from the pool.

"Why did this Rebellious Disciple run off?"

Wu Feiyan casually splashed some water, and the embarrassing sight of her Evil Disciple making an excuse to leave just now couldn't help but surface in her mind.

"Little brat, you're still too green to contend with your Master~"

Outside the palace, Cao Meng weighed the lihuo red lotus, examining it carefully.

"Appraise!"

lihuo red lotus: Low Grade Spirit Treasure [Defense, Support, Growable]

Refined by Qin Fang, a Grandmaster of Artifact Refining from the pre-Qin era: Made from a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual plant, the lihuo red lotus, and fused with the essence of a Vermilion Bird Sacred Beast. It was reverted to its original form during the Immortal-Demon War of the pre-Qin era [Can be nourished with True Blood to continue its growth, and its power can be enhanced by fusing with exotic flames.]

"Good stuff!"

Cao Meng bit his tongue, spraying a large mouthful of True Blood onto the lihuo red lotus.

Immediately, the lihuo on the lotus flared up, and at the same time, blood-colored patterns appeared on the lihuo red lotus, like human blood vessels, dense and intricate.

Whoosh~

The next moment, the red lotus flashed with firelight and merged into Cao Meng's left hand.

Leaving a red lotus imprint on his left hand.

"Interesting." Cao Meng looked at the red lotus imprint on the back of his hand, and with a thought.

Boom~

A semi-transparent lotus flower several feet in diameter bloomed at Cao Meng's feet. Within the lotus, Cao Meng stood with his hands behind his back, a cluster of ice-blue Solar Profound Glaze True Flame burning fiercely.

The Solar Profound Glazed True Fire itself was formed by the Fusion of the Profound Glass Great Demon King's cold malevolence and a trace of True Fire of the Sun.

Now, having fused with a small amount of the Vermilion Bird Sacred Fire within the lotus, its power had increased by more than several times.

"Go~"

Within the ice and fire glaze, Cao Meng suddenly opened his eyes and flicked his finger.

Whoosh~

The Solar Profound Glaze True Flame transformed into a fiery meteor, striking a small pavilion ten feet away.

Bang~

As the ice flame fell, the small pavilion instantly turned into an ice-blue pavilion, sparkling under the glow of the setting sun.

"Not bad!"

Cao Meng nodded in satisfaction, his gaze turning towards the Supreme Sun Star, which was about to disappear into the Chaos Void Realm.

"Let's try again!"

Cao Meng sat cross-legged on the lihuo red lotus, and the mutated Chaos Profound Yang Supreme Art slowly began to circulate... Immediately, a wisp of True Fire of the Sun, entwined with seven-colored purple aura, transformed into a long Dragon and descended upon the lihuo red lotus.

Instantly, the ice flames surged, and the lihuo red lotus even trembled slightly. Within the red lotus, space subtly twisted, and even Cao Meng's golden body twisted and deformed along with it.

"This, this is..." A graceful green figure appeared in Ganquan Palace.

Looking from afar, one could see a brilliant fiery lotus, within which a sapphire-blue ice flame burned fiercely. Within the lotus fire, a shadowy figure seemed to be smoking all over... Above the lotus platform, a fist-sized Vermilion Bird, with a beautiful tail, was also opening its mouth to swallow and exhale the terrifying True Fire of the Sun.

At this moment, the setting sun in the sky seemed to connect with the person within the lotus... "Refining the golden body with the True Fire of the Sun? This is madness..." Qingluan's beautiful eyes widened.

The Yin Fiend and the Yang Fire are known as the two untouchable taboos in the Cultivation world. Both originated from Chaos, transcending all True Flames and cold malevolence in time.

Legend has it that during the heyday of ancient immortals and demons, powerful individuals did create similar Cultivation Techniques, but even in that era, those who could temper their golden bodies with the True Fire of the Sun were beings beyond the Sacred Realm.

But now, Junior Brother he... Not long after, in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, night fell.

The True Fire of the Sun in the sky finally disappeared, and after a long while, Cao Meng slowly finished his Cultivation, and the lihuo red lotus transformed into a flash of fire, merging into the back of his hand, once again becoming the lihuo divine 紋.

At the same time, the small Vermilion Bird with beautiful red feathers, which had been hovering above the lihuo red lotus, descended from the sky and gently landed on Cao Meng's shoulder.

"Not bad." Cao Meng waved his arm, feeling that his golden body seemed to have improved again.

He turned his head to look.

"This is, a Vermilion Bird? What's going on?" Cao Meng's eyes widened.

One session of absorbing the True Fire of the Sun for Cultivation had actually materialized the Vermilion Bird spirit sealed within the lihuo red lotus.

With a thought, Cao Meng immediately knew that this was the manifestation of the artifact spirit.

"Junior Brother!"

Qingluan, in a flowing green immortal dress, gracefully landed in front of Cao Meng. Her large, watery eyes stared unblinkingly at the small red bird on Cao Meng's shoulder.

"Senior Sister, is something wrong?"

Qingluan looked at Cao Meng with anticipation: "Junior Brother, can Senior Sister see your little Vermilion Bird?"

"Ah, yes, you can." Cao Meng suddenly remembered that Senior Sister seemed to possess the Vermilion Bird Sacred Body, but it had not yet Awakened.

She must have sensed something.