"Yes." Zhou Xuehen's face showed a slightly awkward smile as he slowly spoke. "I know this sounds a little absurd, but it is the truth. Our sect's founding master was a woman raised by demon birds..."
Lin Xuan nodded and said no more. The world was vast; nothing was too strange to exist.
"What connection does that have to the Phoenix Vein Body you mentioned, fellow Daoist? You said this constitution is not innate, but comes from a later fortuitous encounter. What did you mean by that?"
"Heh heh, Senior, there is no need to be anxious. Even if you did not ask, I would explain it clearly to you." Zhou Xuehen scratched his head, his face filled with respectful eagerness to please. "I wonder if Senior has ever heard of Life Essence Light?"
Lin Xuan froze, unable to help thinking again of the entanglement between himself and Peacock Fairy.
Seeing him dazed, Zhou Xuehen misunderstood. "So Senior has not heard of it. Then allow me to explain. This Life Essence Light is no small matter. It is something unique to demon beasts in the Transformation Realm, and not every demon beast in the Transformation Realm possesses it. It must be a spirit bird of heaven and earth, or a rare beast of the wilds. Only after entering the Transformation Realm will it form within the body. In terms of preciousness, although it is not quite equal to a Demon Core, the difference is almost negligible."
"First, Life Essence Light is immensely powerful. When driven forth to attack an enemy, it far surpasses all sorts of profound secret arts and cultivation methods. However, it has one drawback: this light is a single-use thing. In other words, once it is used, it is gone. So unless there is truly no other