Seeing the many cultivators near the Demon Abyss, Xu Chunniang directed the Phoenix Feather Crow back to the bloodsucking wood grove where she had stayed before.
"I will be cultivating here. Do not wander about carelessly."
After restraining the Phoenix Feather Crow, Xu Chunniang first spent some time restoring her demonic qi, then set up the array again.
Only then did she take out the pill furnace and toss the corpses of the captured demonic cultivators into it, beginning to refine them.
Word that the Phoenix Feather Crow was in her hands might leak out at any time.
She had to grow as strong as possible. If anyone dared to seize her demonic pet, she would make them pay the price!
A dark gleam flashed through Xu Chunniang's eyes, then vanished in an instant. Only the Netherflame remained, continuously scorching the pill furnace.
The Phoenix Feather Crow idled in the forest for two days. By the third day, it finally could no longer hold itself back.
Carefully concealing itself, it headed out of the grove.
Yet this tiny grove seemed endless. No matter how it walked, it could not get out.
The Phoenix Feather Crow was somewhat bewildered. It had clearly looked when they came here that day; this little grove was no bigger than a palm.
Why, once it was inside, could it not get out?
The Phoenix Feather Crow refused to believe it. It could race hundreds of thousands of li in a day—how could it fail to fly out of a mere grove?
But the truth was that no matter which direction it flew, it could not leave the forest.
It simply spread its wings and flew upward, but even after exhausting all its strength, it was still circling in place.
Unable to make sense of it,