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Chapter 56 Heavenly Phoenix Steps

Lin Zhao sat on the futon, looking inward into his inner palace. He felt the spiritual energy constantly overflowing outward, and knew that he was about to advance to the next level.

Reaching the second level of enlightenment, only ten days after her advancement from the first level, seems fast, but Lin Zhao spent those days traveling, resting, and cultivating. Coupled with the Phoenix Vein Technique's advancement to the sixth rank and her original spiritual energy foundation, this speed is not surprising.

She hadn't considered using pills to further enhance her cultivation level, as cultivators below the Golden Core stage shouldn't consume too many pills to boost their strength.

After a moment's thought, Lin Zhao followed his body's desire to advance without hesitation and successfully reached the second level of enlightenment.

With her cultivation breakthrough, Lin Zhao stood up, stretched her body, looked at the darkening sky outside, and asked, "Grandma, what should we do now?"

"Let's take a look at a body-refining spiritual technique first," Grandma said. "It's getting dark, and the overlord of this forest is about to appear. Going out now is not a good idea."

Lin Zhao nodded and accepted the spiritual technique handed to her by her grandmother.

The Undying Golden Body Technique.

"This is an eighth-grade spiritual skill. If cultivated to its peak, it is comparable to a ninth-grade skill," Grandma said. "However, its cultivation requirements and process are also quite demanding, requiring the soul, body, and will to reach a certain level."

Lin Zhao opened the Undying Golden Body Technique and was astonished by the description. It was comparable to a ninth-grade technique at the eighth grade level, so the Undying Golden Body Technique must have some real ability.

The Undying Golden Body Technique refines the body and, upon mastering it, grants an indestructible golden body. Within a hundred meters, all evil spirits perish, and it also enhances the ability to overcome obstacles to a certain extent.

Putting aside how terrifying the phrase "indestructible golden body" is, Lin Zhao really liked the idea that "within a hundred meters, all evil spirits will perish."

"Tempted?" Grandma teased, seeing Lin Zhao's eager expression.

"However, if you try to cultivate it now, you're just courting death."

Lin Zhao's expression froze. "Why are you showing me this if I can't cultivate? Are you just making me anxious?"
"Don't rush. Cultivating the Undying Golden Body isn't that easy. You need to reach the mid-stage of the Enlightenment Realm before you're qualified to start cultivating the first wisp of Undying Golden Light. Otherwise, with your current physical strength, you'll burn yourself up before the Undying Golden Light even appears because you can't control the spiritual energy in your body."

Lin Zhao touched his nose: "So now there must be some spiritual techniques I can cultivate, right?"

Grandma nodded: "This is the Heavenly Phoenix Step, which is also an eighth-grade spiritual skill. Although its quality is far inferior to the Undying Golden Body Technique, it is still far stronger than ordinary eighth-grade spiritual skills. This is because only those who are born with the Phoenix Luck can cultivate this kind of spiritual skill. It is enough for you now."

An eighth-grade spiritual skill is only enough... Lin Zhao's lips twitched.

"With the blessing of the Heavenly Phoenix Wings, your speed surpasses that of ordinary cultivators in the Enlightenment stage. However, if you encounter those geniuses, the advantage of the Heavenly Phoenix Wings may not be so great. Therefore, you must maximize your speed advantage! At least within the same level, you must be invincible."

Grandma certainly had the confidence to speak like that; the descendants of the Heavenly Phoenix, the Honghu clan, were most skilled in speed and flight altitude.

Lin Zhao activated the Heavenly Phoenix Steps and began to study it slowly.

The research went on for a whole night.

……

As the first rays of morning sunlight filtered through the layers of leaves, dappling the woodland grass, a sky-blue figure darted away.

Behind her followed a group of spirit beasts of the third rank or higher, all of which had their eyes blazing with fury, wishing they could tear the figure in front of them apart.

The figure fleeing in panic was none other than Lin Zhao.

Hearing the roar of the spirit beast behind him, even Lin Zhao, with his strong will, couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

"Grandma, why do you want me to steal the spiritual herbs they are guarding? Do you need these herbs to refine pills?"

"No need." Grandma floated beside her and said leisurely, "The Heavenly Phoenix Step requires a person's survival instinct to erupt in the most critical moment to be cultivated to its best, so little girl, good luck."

After saying that, the little chick disappeared with a thud.

Lin Zhao was left to face dozens of third and fourth-tier spirit beasts behind him. He activated his Heavenly Phoenix Wings and used the Heavenly Phoenix Steps he had just learned, running wildly for his life.

Since I only learned it last night and used it today, the escape effect was not as good as the escape effect of simply using the speed boost from the Heavenly Phoenix Wings without using the Heavenly Phoenix Step.

The direct result was that Lin Zhao's legs wouldn't obey her commands, and she bumped her head into a tree. Touching her slightly red nose, Lin Zhao helped the fallen tree up. "Brother, I'm sorry, it's my first time on the road and I'm still a bit unfamiliar with it."

Another beastly roar came from behind, and Lin Zhao shuddered. He patted the tree and said, "We'll talk later, bye-bye!"

"Boom!" Another tree was knocked down, and Lin Zhao straightened it.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm not thinking. Goodbye!"

"Bang!" A stone was smashed.

"Goodbye!"

Such scenarios are countless.

Only when night fell did this somewhat bizarre escape finally have a moment to catch its breath.

Lin Zhao, bruised and covered in dirt, sat in the cave, listlessly munching on the dry rations in his hands.

The dust on my body has been removed by the Cleansing Spell, but the damage to my soul remains.

Since she began cultivating, she had never felt so clumsy.

The cultivation of the Heavenly Phoenix Step also has three levels. The first level, Hearing Dance, requires the ultimate physical coordination ability. Although it is a kind of footwork, it requires all four limbs to move at the same time.

This caused Lin Zhao a great deal of distress.

Grandma floated out and commented, "Wenwu is all about unrestrained beauty, and when you perform it, you can attack or defend. But how come you used it today like a flying duck, quacking and bumping around everywhere?"

Lin Zhao took another bite of his dry rations, clearly not wanting to say anything.

Who can be so carefree and elegant while on the run?

It's already quite an achievement that she managed to move like a duck on her first try! The fact that she didn't clear that section of the road like a bulldozer shows that her limbs are fairly obedient.

Shaking off the strange thoughts in his mind, Lin Zhao rubbed his face. "Let's not talk about this now. I'll cultivate first and come back tomorrow."

The little chick floated beside her, nodding in satisfaction as it watched Lin Zhao quickly enter a meditative state.

Although she showed a lot of disdain, Lin Zhao's ability to perform the Heavenly Phoenix Steps based on his own understanding after just watching it far exceeded her expectations.

She could demonstrate the Heavenly Phoenix Step to Lin Zhao so she could observe, but the Heavenly Phoenix Step requires one to comprehend it on their own in a life-or-death situation.

However, given Lin Zhao's quick wit, she wasn't too worried.

After a night of cultivation, Lin Zhao's facial injuries had completely healed. She stood up, stretched, looked at the slightly brightening sky outside, and took a deep breath.

"Don't be afraid. So what if you're being chased? You can't beat me, but you can outrun me. Come on!"

Immediately afterward, as Lin Zhao's aura was exposed in the jungle, the spirit beasts whose companion spirits had been taken away roared angrily and quickly gathered together to resume yesterday's pursuit.

This went on for three days, and Lin Zhao counted the trees she had bumped into that day.

"There's much less now." She rubbed her reddened nose. "I've still made progress."

"You've made no progress whatsoever. Your escape was just as ugly. You're just more familiar with the escape route now." Grandma laughed and scolded Lin Zhao for trying to make the best of a bad situation: "Looks like the pressure isn't enough."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhao's entire body tensed.

"Go, put on the spirit-avoiding cloak, and steal the Crimson Spirit Fruit from that gorilla in this jungle."

Lin Zhao's expression changed: "Master, that's a fifth-tier spirit beast! It's comparable to a cultivator in the Fusion stage. Are you sure you don't want me to go and die?"

(End of this chapter)