High-level martial arts: Long spear with black flames to suppress demons.

A moment later, the Taoist Master Lingshan turned around with a smile and made his decision: "Little one, how about this? Considering your current situation, we've arranged a 'six days on, one day off' work schedule for you, plus three shifts."

"There are twelve hours in a day. I'll take you out for four hours, Du Qiongyu for four hours, and Qin Xu for four hours. Then, after every six consecutive days of work, you can get a day off. How about that? Humane enough?"

"What the hell...!"

Shen Chang'an wanted to cry but had no tears.

What kind of humane treatment is this? Working 24/7 in three shifts! Even the donkeys in the production team wouldn't dare to be used like this! This is a hundred times worse than the unscrupulous and black-hearted electronics factory that Donghuang used to run!

"Senior, people will die like this!" Shen Chang'an protested desperately.

"Oh dear, little brother, how could someone die?"

Du Qiongyu giggled and walked forward, her slender fingers drawing circles on Shen Chang'an's chest.

"You cultivators these days are too pampered. For us older generation, we didn't need sleep at all; cultivation was the best rest."

Lingshan Daoist chimed in, "That's right! You're only eighteen or nineteen. How can you sleep? This is the prime of your life for diligent cultivation. How can you waste time on something as meaningless as sleeping? Listening to the elders is always the right thing to do!"

Shen Chang'an was completely defeated by this PUA and could only accept this inhumane schedule with tears in his eyes.

After Ling Shan Dao Ren swiftly and decisively imparted the incantation of the Bigu Technique to Shen Chang'an, he returned to his room, satisfied.

Du Qiongyu then put her arm around Shen Chang'an's shoulder, a delicate fragrance wafting over: "Come on, little brother, Class One, your big sister will take you for a ride~"

As Du Qiongyu's wings appeared out of thin air, Shen Chang'an understood that this senior must be the legendary phoenix.

Her speed was indeed not as fast as Ling Shan Dao Ren's Shrinking the Earth to an Inch, but her true form, the phoenix, was a top-tier divine beast among birds, and her flight speed was still so fast that he couldn't open his eyes.

The two floated above a secluded valley in the abyss.

Below are tens of thousands of spider-like monsters.

"It's up to your older sister."

Du Qiongyu chuckled and casually waved her slender, jade-like arm.

"boom!"

A sea of ​​fire poured down from the sky! This was no ordinary flame, but a raging inferno imbued with a trace of Phoenix True Fire. Those demonic creatures, which even the lightning magic of the Lingshan Daoist would take several seconds to strike, were instantly vaporized in this sea of ​​fire, leaving not even a trace of ash, only a vast ocean of dense demonic energy.

"What terrifying fire magic..."

Shen Chang'an was horrified and quickly landed, releasing black flames to begin his work.

After the transformation was completed, he took a deep breath as usual, retaining a small portion of the pure spiritual energy and incorporating it into his spiritual sea.

"Hello!"

Seeing a chunk of spiritual energy missing, Du Qiongyu, suspended in mid-air, stomped her feet in distress and breathed hot air at Shen Chang'an: "You heartless little brat, don't steal your sister's spiritual energy!"

Shen Chang'an said matter-of-factly, "Senior, even cows need feed to eat grass. I'm doing this to expand my spiritual sea and cultivate the Bigu Technique. Otherwise, how would I have the energy to work for you?"

Upon hearing this, Du Qiongyu seemed to feel that it was beneath her dignity as a ninth-realm expert to compete with a junior for spiritual energy.

Her pretty face flushed slightly, and she awkwardly smoothed the stray hairs at her temples, coughing lightly, "Oh dear... I've lost my composure, I've lost my composure."

Then, she resumed her charming, smiling demeanor, looking at Shen Chang'an with a lingering gaze: "Little brother, please don't be offended. Back in the outside world, I was quite aloof and dignified. It's just that I've been trapped in this godforsaken place for too long, and haven't seen so much spiritual energy in ages, so I couldn't help myself for a moment~"

Shen Chang'an was speechless: "Dignified? I don't believe you for a second."

Without further ado, Du Qiongyu opened her cherry-like mouth and took a deep breath, swallowing the remaining cloud of spiritual energy.

Visibly, her already alluring face became even more rosy and translucent after absorbing spiritual energy, as if water could be squeezed out of it, and her aura became much stronger.

"That feels good, little brother, let's continue!"

Over the next four hours, the two swept away seven or eight waves of demonic creatures. Du Qiongyu was completely satisfied with the spiritual energy she absorbed, and even unusually, she asked Shen Chang'an to retain a little more of it.

While Shen Chang'an was resting and recovering, Du Qiongyu squatted down beside him, her beautiful eyes fixed on the wisp of black flame dancing on his fingertip, her face full of curiosity.

"Your black flames are truly strange."

Du Qiongyu stretched out her jade-like finger, attempting to touch the wisp of black flame.

Shen Chang'an did not stop him.

She is a great phoenix demon, known as the "Ruler of Fire." For her, all the fires in the world, as long as their cultivation level does not exceed hers, can be easily controlled or assimilated by her.

However, when Du Qiongyu separated a wisp of her original Phoenix True Fire in an attempt to control Shen Chang'an's faint black flame, an unexpected incident occurred.

"laugh!"

The black flame that Du Qiongyu considered somewhat weak, upon contact with the Phoenix True Fire, was not only not assimilated, but instead, like a shark smelling blood, it suddenly pounced and began to try to devour the Phoenix True Fire.

"Huh?" Du Qiongyu suddenly withdrew her finger, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

She couldn't even control the flames of a fifth-realm junior, and the other party was even trying to devour her flames?

How is this possible? As the supreme being of fire, even if the opponent's flames have unique characteristics, the phoenix can only obediently submit in the face of absolute hierarchical suppression. Yet this black flame dares to devour even the phoenix's true fire.

Du Qiongyu's gaze towards Shen Chang'an instantly changed, losing some of its previous frivolity and gaining a strong sense of inquiry.

She licked her red lips and giggled, "It seems that this time... our Zhenyuan City has really picked up an extraordinary freak."

During the subsequent demon-slaying journey, Du Qiongyu casually unleashed a sea of ​​fire while asking Shen Chang'an with great interest, "Little brother, that old ghost from Mount Ling gave you two Taoist manuals. Would you like to learn something from your older sister?"

As Shen Chang'an burned his demonic energy, he glanced at her with some doubt: "Senior, you are a powerful demon, and your true form is a phoenix. Your innate supernatural abilities... what can a human like me learn?"

"fool."

Du Qiongyu tapped Shen Chang'an's forehead with her slender fingers and said with a coquettish smile, "Although I can't teach you the common supernatural powers of the demon race, I can teach you 'fire control'."

She pointed to the raging black flame in Shen Chang'an's hand and commented, "The properties of your black flame are indeed extraordinary, but your control over it is far too crude. There's absolutely no fine-tuning involved. It's a complete waste. I'm a master of fire, after all. I'll teach you a versatile fire control technique that will double your combat power."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chang'an's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded vigorously, "Thank you very much, Senior Du!"