Ghost Dove's First Trial

As soon as a miniature Cyan Light Eagle detached from the body, it was enveloped by a Black Glow and drawn into the Soul Refining Bowl.

Shen Long put away the corpse of the Cyan Light Eagle, and with a wave of his hand, the Purple Spider Blade spun around and flew back into his sleeve.

Without Spirit Treasure, he wouldn't be able to kill the early-stage fourth-tier Cyan Light Eagle so easily.

A deafening explosion came from afar. Shen Long frowned, transformed into a Escape Light, and disappeared into the air.

In an open area, Mu Weiwei was using two Golden Flying Knife to attack a Giant Skeleton that was over ten feet tall. The Giant Skeleton held a White Bone Blade wreathed in black mist, and a ball of Green Ghost Fire was in its empty eye sockets.

A Black-Skirted Woman stood not far away, exuding an aura of Yin Qi.

Mu Weiwei frowned deeply; she hadn't expected to run into her enemy here.

The Giant Skeleton swung its White Bone Blade, slicing away two Golden Flying Knife, and then spewed out a large amount of Black Silk Thread from its mouth, heading straight for Mu Weiwei.

Mu Weiwei quickly summoned a Golden Shield and placed it in front of her.

Dense Black Silk Thread struck the Golden Shield one after another, producing a series of muffled thuds.

A gust of cold wind swept past Mu Weiwei, and a Green-Faced Fanged Fierce Ghost appeared. The Fierce Ghost's eyes were blood red, and its body emitted terrifying fluctuations of Yin Qi. This was a Ghost Creature in the Core Formation Mid Stage realm.

Mu Weiwei sensed the presence of the Fierce Ghost Divine Sense and was terrified. Just as she was about to cast a spell to attack Fierce Ghost, the Giant Skeleton rushed over.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Fierce Ghost was about to attack Mu Weiwei.

A deafeningly loud noise rang out, a gust of wind blew by, and Blue Giant Bird with three heads appeared.

As soon as the Blue Giant Bird appeared, its three heads shot down with lightning speed and bit the Fierce Ghost's body. The Fierce Ghost struggled desperately, but to no avail.

The three heads of the Blue Giant Bird bit the Fierce Ghost's shoulder and head respectively, and with a powerful pull, it split the Fierce Ghost into three parts and swallowed it, making a cheerful bird song.

"Ghost Dove? How come it has three heads?"

The Black-Skirted Woman was slightly taken aback, her face full of confusion.

A beam of blue light shot out from one of the Ghost Dove's heads, enveloping the Giant Skeleton. The Giant Skeleton's body emitted a puff of blue smoke and let out a agonizing Ghost Wail. A dark shadow flew out from the Giant Skeleton's body, enveloped by the blue light, and flew towards the Ghost Dove's mouth.

The Black-Skirted Woman was terrified and was about to intervene when a deafening thunderclap came from high above. A Silver Thunder Pillar, two zhang in diameter, ripped through the sky and headed straight for the Black-Skirted Woman.

Just as the Black-Skirted Woman was about to dodge, a sharp, piercing screech rang out. She felt as if a sharp sword had pierced her consciousness, causing unbearable pain.

Silver Thunder Pillar struck the Black-Skirted Woman, engulfing her in its Black-Skirted Woman.

A trident, shimmering with golden light, shot towards them and disappeared into the silver lightning, followed by a pitiful scream from a woman.

As the lightning dissipated, the Black-Skirted Woman was found to have been pierced through the lower half of her body by a Golden Trident, but she was not dead yet.

A Escape Light descended from the sky; it was Shen Long.

Shen Long's right hand emitted a bright red light and was placed on the head of the Black-Skirted Woman, where he performed Soul Searching Technique.

Forced to have her soul searched by Nascent Soul Cultivator, the Black-Skirted Woman let out a scream, foamed at the mouth, and fainted.

"Heaven Ghost Sect! So she has a personal grudge against you."

Shen Long's face showed a look of sudden realization.

"I had a grudge against this person in my younger days, and I never expected to encounter her here. I am very grateful for your help, senior, otherwise I would have perished."

Mu Weiwei said gratefully, her gaze falling on Ghost Dove, her face full of confusion.

The Ghost Dove flew over, and a blue glow shot out from one of its heads, enveloping the Black-Skirted Woman. A ball of light detached from her body and flew out; this was her soul.

The ball of light was drawn into the mouth of the Ghost Dove by the blue glow and swallowed.

"Come back!"

Shen Long patted a blue Spirit Beast Bag at his waist, and the Ghost Dove transformed into a streak of blue light and flew into the Spirit Beast Bag.

During his time in the Ten Thousand Poison Valley, Ghost Dove also advanced to the Third Rank, and is currently at the early stage of the Third Rank.

After advancing to the Third Rank, it grew another head. The three heads can release Law Technique of different attributes, which are particularly effective against Ghost Creature.

Shen Long searched the Black-Skirted Woman for her valuables, collected the corpse, and planned to feed it to the Ice Flood Dragon. He would feed the enemy's corpse to the Ice Flood Dragon and the soul to the Ghost Dove, making sure nothing was wasted.

"Let's go back!"

Shen Long summoned the Sea-Crossing Boat and walked onto it.

Mu Weiwei responded and followed them onto the Sea-Crossing Boat.

"Walk."

Shen Long made a hand seal, and the Sea-Crossing Boat emitted a dazzling blue light, flying into the sky.

In less than two days, they returned to the Marketplace.

Mu Weiwei and Shen Long parted ways. As soon as Shen Long returned to his residence, Qian Dafu came to greet him.

"Uncle-Master Shen, we've acquired most of the materials you needed; this is the missing part."

Qian Dafu took out a Blue Storage Bag and a blue Jade Slip and handed them to Shen Long.

Shen Long scanned the area with his Divine Sense, nodded, put away his Storage Bag and Jade Slip, and said, "Let's go to another Marketplace! I don't know when we'll be able to come back next time."

Once outside the Marketplace, Shen Long summoned his Sea-Crossing Boat, which carried them into the sky, quickly disappearing from sight.

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Mandala Villa, a secluded estate.

Song Xueqing sat at Zhang Qing stone table, while Song Weiguang reported to Song Xueqing.

"Shen Long has advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm?"

Song Xueqing asked in surprise.

Song Weiguang nodded and said, "That's right, this is what our people saw with their own eyes."

"It seems he has had quite a bit of fortuitous opportunity, advancing from the Core Formation Mid Stage to the Nascent Soul Realm in just a few decades."

Song Xueqing sighed.

"Could it be that he refined Supreme Pill, which is why his cultivation speed is so fast?"

Song Weiguang guessed.

"Impossible. Supreme Pill aren't that easy to refine. He cultivates the Spirit Beast Control Technique. Perhaps it's feedback from his Life-Bound Spirit Beast that saved him a lot of time from arduous cultivation, or maybe he had a fortuitous encounter! This person reaching Nascent Soul stage is a good thing for us. Didn't our clansmen inform him?"

Song Xueqing said slowly.

"No, they don't know Shen Long."

Song Weiguang answered truthfully.

"I understand, you may leave now!"

Song Xueqing instructed Song Weiguang to leave.

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The streets of Five Poisons Marketplace were bustling with people.

In a Quiet Manor, Xu Tong sat in a Cyan Stone Pavilion, while Qin Ming reported the situation to her.

"They frequently visit the main Marketplace and go to many spirit medicine. It seems that Senior Shen is indeed refining Beast-Rearing Spirit Liquid."

Qin Ming said.

The Five Saints Sect has spies in several major Marketplace. They have discovered Shen Long and Qian Dafu and know their movements.

Xu Tong nodded, about to say something, when she sensed something, took out a golden Communication Disk, and cast a spell. Shen Long's voice sounded, "Madam Xu, the Spirit Bird has hatched. I'm right outside your residence. Have you prepared what I asked for?"

"Ready, Junior Nephew Qin, please come in."

Xu Tong said.

Qin Ming responded and quickly walked out.

Not long after, Qin Ming arrived with Shen Long.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, where is the Spirit Bird?!"

Xu Tong asked impatiently.

Shen Long summoned a Red Cloth Bag, cast a spell into it, and a Red Rosy Clouds swept across the ground, revealing a spirit bird with wingspans of about ten feet, black and red feathers, a sharp beak, and long claws.

Black Phoenix!

Shen Long easily hatched the Spirit Bird using the Spirit Control Pool. He tested it with the Demon-Testing Mirror and found that the Bloodline Purity of the Black Phoenix's bloodline reached level three. No wonder Xu Tong valued it so much and spared no expense to hatch this bird.

The Black Phoenix is a descendant of the Heavenly Phoenix Heavenly Phoenix possesses its bloodline. Of course, the Black Phoenix in front of us is separated from the Heavenly Phoenix by countless generations, otherwise its Bloodline Purity would definitely be more than three.

"It really hatched!"

Xu Tong was overjoyed and immediately took out the Demon-Testing Mirror to test the Bloodline Purity.

She was overjoyed when she discovered that Black Phoenix's Bloodline Purity had reached level three.

"Madam Xu, where is what I asked for?"

Shen Long asked.

Xu Tong took out a Cyan Jade Box and handed it to Shen Long, saying, "This is the Demon Core of a fourth-tier early-stage Green Wind Peng. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Shen has any Beast-Rearing Spirit Liquid?"

"That's all, we've used them all up."

Shen Long took the Cyan Jade Box, opened it, and found a cyan sphere the size of an egg inside.

He nodded in satisfaction and put away the Demon Core.

With this, he now possesses three Wind-Attribute Fourth-Order Demon Core, plus the Millennium Green Wind Grass, greatly increasing his chances of advancing the Golden-Winged Wind Peng to the fourth tier.

"I have other matters to attend to, so I won't stay any longer, Madam Xu. Farewell, until we meet again."

Shen Long bid farewell to Xu Tong, intending to head to the North Sea Cultivation World.

"Junior Nephew Qin, please see Fellow Daoist Shen off for me."

Xu Tong instructed them to put away the Black Phoenix and walked towards a red pavilion not far away, intending to place a restriction on Black Phoenix.

"Senior Shen, this way please."

Qin Ming said politely, made a gesture of invitation, and personally saw Shen Long out.

Shen Long arrived at the exit of the Marketplace, where Qian Dafu quickly came to greet him.

After leaving the Marketplace, Shen Long summoned the Sea-Crossing Boat, which carried him and Qian Dafu away from there.