Refining the Inner Core
Seeing the strange smile on his face, Bi Fan had a bad feeling. After a brief pause, he braced himself and asked, "What kind of test?"
"Earn its approval."
"Huh?" Bi Fan was taken aback. "But isn't the Azure Flame Vermilion Bird already dead? How am I supposed to earn its approval?"
"Its Sea of Consciousness is still here. You can't say it's completely gone." Xiao Lian narrowed his eyes with a smile. "So, what do you think? Want to give it a try?"
Seeing the teasing look on his face, Bi Fan steeled himself. "I'll give it a try! As your host, you can't just send me to my death!"
"As long as I don't die, I'll grow stronger! No matter how hard it is!"
Xiao Lian gave him a long look, then nodded. He crouched beside the white barrier and said softly, "The space beneath this Sea of Consciousness has existed for many, many years. If no one enters it soon, I'm afraid it'll disappear."
Bi Fan, too, watched the light on the barrier carefully. It was slowly fading.
Perhaps, as time passed, it really would disappear from this space one day.
"By the way, do you have the Black Mo Tiger's Inner Core on you?" Xiao Lian suddenly looked up at him and asked.
"Yeah. Why?" Bi Fan asked without thinking.
"Hand it over."
"Oh." Without hesitation, he pulled the Black Mo Tiger's body from the Dragon God Mansion. He'd been fleeing and rushing about the whole way, and hadn't had time to remove the Inner Core from its body.
Xiao Lian reached into the Black Mo Tiger's body and soon pulled out a red-and-black Inner Core, with a few drops of blood still clinging to it.
The golden light surrounding Xiao Lian's