"What way?"
Wen Ying's eyes lit up.
If she could become self-reliant and never stop growing stronger, who would be willing to live under another's roof, with even life and death beyond her control?
"Birds are hunted for their brilliant feathers, and livestock are slaughtered for being plump... The root of all these calamities lies in having a treasure and being guilty because of it! If you can remove the root of your troubles, you'll naturally have far fewer problems in the future and be able to cultivate in peace. It all depends on whether you have the resolve."
Lu Wenyuan's words carried a hidden meaning.
"Please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist."
Wen Ying's expression turned solemn.
"I have a method of artifact refinement here. I copied it from the ancient text that introduced the Phoenix Destiny Body. I can give it to you. Whether you act on it or not is entirely up to you!"
Lu Wenyuan tossed out a jade slip.
Wen Ying reached out and caught it. After sweeping it with her divine sense, her expression changed. She was tempted, yet frightened as well. "There's actually... such a method?"
The jade slip astonishingly recorded the refinement method for a strange magical artifact known as the Phoenix Blood Banner!
The other materials needed to refine this artifact were all quite common. There was only one requirement: a female cultivator with the Phoenix Destiny Body had to nourish it with her own bloodline, destiny, and vital essence before it could be completed.
The jade slip also mentioned that once the Phoenix Blood Banner had been refined, the cultivator who refined it would inevitably suffer severe damage to her vital essence. Her Phoenix Destiny would be diminished, and the artifact would retain little of its former miraculous power.
By then, even