"Palace Master Hu Xiao, then I'll await you in Fengxian City." Madam Wushuang had a remarkable way with people and had already firmly grasped Hu Xiao's little thoughts. Her stunning beauty could make even her words intoxicating, and seeing the lecherous expression on Hu Xiao's face, Madam Wushuang struck while the iron was hot. "Palace Master Hu Xiao, my child possesses three spiritual roots. Her lightning spiritual root has already been derived from the Star Soul Sect, but because it's a mutated spiritual root, the fire spiritual root she needs must be of the highest grade for her to successfully manifest a spirit. So I'm afraid we'll still need to borrow your Blazing Dragon spiritual root. I wonder if my child could borrow the Demon-Sealing Secret Realm?"
Hu Xiao did not hesitate in the slightest. "You're no longer related to that lone star of baleful fate in any way. Since your child is accompanying you to Fengxian City, I'm naturally willing to lend you the Demon-Sealing Secret Realm."
"That's wonderful! Thank you so much, Palace Master Hu Xiao." Madam Wushuang was brimming with delight. Winning a beauty's smile made Hu Xiao stroke his beard and laugh heartily, hurriedly insisting that she was too polite.
Lingzhao, however, looked thoroughly displeased. She glared at her mother with obvious resentment, yet had no idea how to refute her. After all, she really had come to borrow the spiritual root derived from the Blazing Dragon.
The Demon-Sealing Secret Realm of the Palace of Wrathful Spirits was somewhat different from those of other sects. It was actually located in a cavern beneath an underground magma pool. The temperature of this magma was still terrifying at our current level of cultivation; even the slightest contact would scald our hands and feet. The power of fire was