Flame Feather Sparrow Dan Hong

Half a year later, there was a turning point in the matter of healing Nan Li's soul.

After half a year, Jiang E Li had recovered somewhat and no longer looked malnourished. Third Elder, meanwhile, brought news that Nan Li's soul might be repaired.

"Do you remember Dan Hong? After taking Humanoid Form, that girl cultivated more slowly than others of her clan, but she excelled at making medicine. Not long ago, she broke through level fifty and condensed her fifth Soul Ring."

"While training, she found a Spirit Attribute Dryland Snow Lotus on a snowy mountain in the Extreme North. She dispelled its chill with Heavenly Pool Water from Sun Mountain Sacred Land and used its lotus seeds as medicine. Since the Heavenly Pool Water had helped purify your and Dong Yun's bloodlines, she used it to refine medicinal herbs and the snow lotus. Then, after requesting permission from the clan leaders to take a branch and leaves from the divine tree, she supplemented it with fire-element spiritual materials and Immortal Grass, using the heartblood of both clan leaders as a catalyst to concoct..."

"What?!" Nan Li had initially been listening and admiring Dan Hong's ingenuity. At the mention of the divine tree's branches and leaves, she merely said that it was bold—but when she heard about the clan leaders' heartblood, she could no longer sit still. "How did she dare use the clan leaders' heartblood?!"

The two clan leaders had only just passed their weakened period. Sun Island's situation, after successive battles that had left them struggling to fend off enemies, had finally begun to improve. Nothing could go wrong at a time like this!

"What are you getting worked up for? The clan leaders themselves didn't say anything. Honestly." Third Elder shoved her back down and told her to refine the medicine in a few days.

A few days later, Nan Li met Dan Hong. She was a gentle, quiet girl who stood there with a soft smile, leaving Nan Li completely speechless.

Nan Li had originally assumed that any Clan Member daring enough to venture into the Extreme North would at least be sharp and flamboyant. She had prepared a whole speech to berate her for risking the clan leaders' heartblood. Yet Dan Hong looked like the girl next door, graceful and poised. With one gentle smile, Nan Li froze, unable to remember a single word of reproach.

Had Dan Hong been like this before taking Humanoid Form? Nan Li felt somewhat unfamiliar with her and remained standing there without moving.

Dan Hong smiled softly and stepped forward.

"Here, the medicine I refined this time." Dan Hong handed it to Nan Li. Though it was called a pill, it looked more like a lotus seed with a green base and red patterns.

"I just have to eat this?" Nan Li examined it twice, not quite believing that such a tiny pill could solve a problem that had plagued her for years.

"Of course you can't eat it directly." Dan Hong spoke gently. "We need to find a secluded place and help you absorb its medicinal properties. Don't let its small size fool you—the medicinal potency is immense. I need to help you refine it. If you don't absorb it properly, all my hard work will have been wasted. It may not completely heal your soul, but repairing part of it won't be a problem."

"This is much bigger than the pills I took in my previous life. I just wonder whether it tastes bitter." Jiang E Li grumbled in the Sea of Consciousness.

None of the three were the type to dawdle. Having already made a plan, they immediately left Nuoding City to search for a suitable location.

Nan Li and Dan Hong's cultivation was insufficient, and their flying speed could not quite keep up. Third Elder simply grabbed one in each hand and carried them deep into the Soul Beast Forest.

A Titled Douluo's traveling speed was incomparably fast, especially since all their Martial Souls were flying Soul Beasts. A Martial Soul Avatar was too conspicuous, so Third Elder did not use his Seventh Soul Skill. Nan Li and Dan Hong were merely dangled from his hands as the biting wind rushed at their faces, sending their robes and hair flying wildly.

Third Elder was not particularly meticulous and forgot to use protective Soul Power to shield them. At a Titled Douluo's traveling speed, Nan Li and Dan Hong struggled to resist the cold wind with their own Soul Power.

Third Elder did notice their condition midway through the journey, but seeing that they were holding up well, he thought it would be good for them to take the opportunity to temper their Soul Power. Thus, he simply ignored it.

They found a secluded place rich in fire attributes, where Soul Beasts did not dare venture lightly.

The moment Nan Li and Dan Hong landed, they braced themselves against nearby trees and began gasping for breath.

"How are you?" Dan Hong turned and asked.

"I'm fine." Nan Li gave her a reassuring gesture.

Even with Nan Li's deep reserves, maintaining a protective barrier with her level-twenty Soul Power for the entire journey had been extremely difficult. Fortunately, Dan Hong had occasionally shielded her with her own Soul Power. Otherwise, Nan Li would not merely be leaning against a tree and catching her breath right now.

"What's wrong with you two?" Third Elder was somewhat confused by the situation. What was going on?

"N-Nothing, nothing!" they replied in unison, adamantly refusing to admit that Third Elder had flown too fast.

What a joke. How could they embarrass themselves over something like that?

After resting and regulating their breathing for a while, Dan Hong began inspecting the surroundings. Her talent for medicine-making was not only reflected in her ability to concoct remedies; her Soul Rings and Soul Skills also gave her considerable assistance.

"Third Soul Skill, Blazing Fire Tracking."

As she chanted the Soul Skill, five clusters of crimson flame condensed around Dan Hong. A breeze passed by, but the flames merely swayed slightly.

Dan Hong formed hand seals, and the flames circled around her several times before scattering in five directions.

Three of the flames went out one after another. The remaining two adjacent flames flew nearly another hundred meters forward, and one of them flickered a few times before gradually vanishing as well.

"This way." Dan Hong immediately activated Martial Soul Possession and flew after the sole remaining flame.

Dan Hong's Third Soul Skill could detect places nearby with strong fire attributes. As her Soul Power increased, its range would gradually expand, while the number of flames would increase alongside the number of Soul Rings she possessed.

At first, the Soul Skill's flames could only scatter in three directions, allowing her to roughly determine a direction. After Dan Hong's cultivation rose to the Soul King Realm, Blazing Fire Tracking became far more precise in its directional judgment.

The instant Third Elder cast a glance her way, Nan Li completed Martial Soul Possession and hurriedly flew after Dan Hong.

Catching a ride with Third Elder was not so easy.

Seeing this, Third Elder flapped his wings and followed after them.

The flames did not fly particularly fast, and this was already a place rich in fire attributes. After flying nearly a thousand meters, the flame stopped.

"This should be it. The fire attribute here is extremely abundant." Dan Hong waved away the cluster of flame, looked around, and seemed very satisfied.

Third Elder flew into the air and released the pressure of a Titled Douluo, intimidating any Soul Beasts that might be nearby. He patrolled several hundred meters around the area and found no traces of large Soul Beasts.

"We can begin." Third Elder returned to the two of them and nodded, signaling Dan Hong to proceed with the next step.

"Nan Li, release your flames and draw a circle." Rather than immediately taking action, Dan Hong instead directed Nan Li to do something.

Flames leaped up from Nan Li's fingertips. She glanced at Dan Hong, seeming to understand something, and formed a five-meter-radius encircling ring around them with her fire.

Flames burning with white Flame Cores swayed faintly in the wind, carrying an inexplicably bewitching air.