Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

Above the vast sky, amidst a clear, azure blue.

The old man surnamed Chen, who had reached the Golden Core stage, flew through the air on his sword, holding a large, black sword in one hand.

In his other hand, he held the ancient bronze coffin, which he had shrunk and solidified in his palm using his supreme magic.

"Hahaha, they really are two supreme treasures."

He could not contain his elation.

He looked up to the sky and roared, his cloudy old eyes filled with fervor.

"I have lived in anonymity for many years, serving as a subordinate of the Northern Sword Alliance, and have been subjected to all kinds of commands."

"To have received such an astonishing opportunity, truly Heaven has not forsaken me! Heaven has not forsaken me!"

Suddenly, a chilling and terrifying aura descended upon us.

The old man's expression turned grim.

With a flick of his sleeve, he stuffed the black sword and the bronze coffin into his personal storage bag.

He turned around abruptly and saw a man standing in the vast emptiness behind him.

The man had an eerie appearance and was exceptionally handsome.

A head of long black hair danced wildly in the strong winds high in the sky.

He tilted his head, a hint of violence flashing in his dark, deep purple eyes.

The man's thin lips parted slightly, his voice nonchalant, "How did my sword end up in your hands?"

The old man frowned, a storm raging in his heart.

With his peak mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, he could roam freely throughout the entire Eastern Treasure Continent.

At this moment, he couldn't see through the cultivation level of the purple-clad man in front of him at all.

However, he is, after all, an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years.

Suppressing his unease, he said in a deep voice, "I don't know what kind of sword you speak of. I have no idea."

Cui Xiu's face turned cold, and a hint of impatience flashed in her eyes.

"Don't make me say it a second time, draw my sword."

Oh, and that immortal coffin.

Neither of these things are things that a filthy bug like you can touch.

Faced with such humiliation, the old man with the Golden Core cultivation level turned pale.

The thought of having to give up such a priceless treasure that he had just obtained made greed take over.

He said sternly, "Fellow Daoist, both of these were obtained from others with a clear and honorable oath, sworn by my Dao heart."

"If you, fellow Daoist, are tempted by the treasure and wish to kill and seize it, simply state so. Why accuse me of this?"

"Idiot." Choi Soo spat out the two words with disgust.

The next moment, his figure suddenly transformed into a purple lightning bolt, appearing extremely quickly beside the Golden Core elder.

The old man's expression changed drastically in an instant. "You?"

Before he finished speaking, Cui Xiu's fair and slender hands had already transformed into divine weapons.

With a soft "pfft".

The old man's hardened body, which was at the Golden Core stage, was instantly pierced.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.

With a blank expression, Cui Xiu pulled out the old man's heart, which was still beating and hadn't yet reacted.

He glanced at the old man sideways, then tossed the heart behind him like trash.

Then he shook his hand in disgust.

"I hate it most in my life that no one touches my things."

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

The old man's wrinkled face was filled with fear and regret.

But he could no longer say anything.

Once the life force within his body was severed, his physical body plummeted straight down from a height of tens of thousands of miles.

With a wave of his hand, Cui Xiu sent the Qiankun bag on the old man's body into a stream of light that landed in his palm.

With a flick of her fair fingers.

A jet-black sword returned to his palm.

It looked like it was covered in something extremely unlucky and impossible to wash off.

Cui Xiu looked disgusted and then made a hand seal.

A purple light swept from the hilt of the black sword across its blade.

With a clang.

The black sword emitted a crisp, cheerful hum.

A burst of black light seemed to wash away all the previous bad luck.

Cui Xiu gritted her teeth and said, "That wicked woman actually used my things to do business with a bug. It's outrageous. We have to settle this score with her."

Cui Xiu tossed the greatsword into the air and coldly ordered, "Lead the way. Go find that damned girl who sold you out."

The black sword seemed to possess a great deal of intelligence. It spun around in the air, its black tassel twitched violently, and with a whoosh, it transformed into a black streak of light and leaped northward.

Cui Xiu followed closely behind, leaving a long purple afterimage in the sky.

Meanwhile, Yu Luoning and Feng Qiguang successfully entered the depths of the spiritual vein using the Transcendental Technique.

At this moment, Elder Feng San and a group of elite disciples of the Feng family stood solemnly behind the heavy bronze gate.

The Third Elder sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands activating a magic incantation.

The Phoenix Family's most precious treasure, the Xuan Bone Disc, hummed in his hand.

On the disc, an ancient, bluish-green light rippled like water.

It radiates outwards in concentric circles, expanding until it covers the entire area within a radius of a hundred miles.

The formation activated, perfectly concealing the spiritual energy of this area.

At the center of the spiritual vein, Yu Luoning looked up and was deeply shocked by the scene.

Countless spiritual energy channels, radiating a dazzling light, resembled the dense network of blood vessels in the human body.

It has a main artery that stretches for several meters, as well as various winding and spiraling branches.

The concentration of spiritual energy flowing within is extremely high, and it even contains innate pure spiritual energy.

If only this spiritual energy could be stored.

Yu Luoning wished she could pack it all up and take it with her, both to eat and to take with her.

Unfortunately, there is only half an hour left. While the people of the Northern Sword Alliance haven't reacted yet, absorb as much as you can.

"Little Phoenix, stop daydreaming and quickly consume the Crimson Bloodstone to absorb the spiritual energy here."

Yu Luoning turned to Feng Qiguang beside him and shouted in a low voice.

Feng Qiguang came to his senses and nodded emphatically.

He took a deep breath without the slightest hesitation.

He swallowed the Phoenix Blood Source Stone in one gulp.

In an instant, a violent surge of ancient spiritual energy exploded from within his body.

Feng Qiguang sat cross-legged with his back straight.

The high-level spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so dense it was almost liquefied, rushed into his belly and directly into the Phoenix Blood Source Stone in his inner palace without him even needing to actively circulate his cultivation technique.

In an instant, golden flames surrounded him.

Yu Luoning observed for a while and saw that Feng Qiguang's complexion was rosy and his breathing was even, and there was no danger of him exploding. Only then did she feel relieved.

She moved her feet and walked deeper into the core area of ​​the spiritual vein.

That was the confluence of the three thickest golden aortas.

Yu Luoning found herself in this vast ocean of spiritual energy.

I couldn't help but curse inwardly, what a waste!

Jiang Yuxing, that big bad guy, eats so well and lives such a luxurious life every day.

No wonder that person acted so recklessly.

Does he deserve to eat so well?

Tonight, she's going to set a trap, draining the Northern Sword Alliance of its lifeblood, leaving them without spiritual veins to use and drastically slowing down their cultivation.

Yu Luoning's expression hardened, and she sat cross-legged.

He swallowed the primordial phoenix bloodline stone in one gulp, then assumed the Five Hearts Facing Heaven sitting posture.

The moment the Originium entered the body, the golden spiritual energy in the three main arteries at the confluence of the two arteries went berserk.

The abundant spiritual energy transformed into a golden storm, enveloping Yu Luoning entirely within it.

Without exception, all this abundant spiritual energy was eventually absorbed into the Phoenix Blood Origin Stone in her dantian.

At this moment, this raw stone is like a giant black hole, frantically extracting the energy accumulated by the entire earth vein over thousands of years.

After an unknown amount of time, the Originium cracked open after absorbing enough energy from the underground main vein.

The true essence of the phoenix, sealed within the center, has been fully unleashed.

Thus, the noble, ancient, and peerless true phoenix bloodline awakened within Yu Luoning's body.

She still kept her eyes closed, but at this moment, under the baptism of the True Phoenix bloodline, her skin became even more crystal clear and fair as jade, as if celestial light flowed around her, and she was like a banished immortal descended from the heavens.

In an instant, an ancient phoenix cry that pierced the soul exploded in the air.

The void behind her began to distort, and a phantom of a phoenix, a hundred feet in size and shimmering with golden divine fire, materialized.

The phantom of the phoenix blotted out the sky, high above.

As its bloodline completely merged with Yu Luoning's, the phantom of the First Phoenix slowly opened its eyes.

A pair of dark golden phoenix eyes revealed a terrifying divine might that looked down upon the world and surveyed all living beings.

With just one glance, the Third Elder and the group of Feng family disciples outside the bronze gate trembled slightly.