The old man smiled. "Do you want to leave with me?"
The young Suanni hurriedly nodded. The old man said, "Your cultivation is too weak. There would be no benefit in taking you back with me. How about this? I'll give you a treasure. Once your cultivation is high enough, you can subdue the Fire Qilins in the cave. Remember, unless absolutely necessary, you must not harm those Fire Qilins. You need only drive them somewhere outsiders cannot find. If you can keep these Fire Qilins from meeting outsiders for a hundred years, I will take you back with me then."
With that, the old man struck a beam of bloody light into its body. He added, "Though you are clever, your cultivation is too weak. I fear you may be killed by the other demons in the cave before you even reach the Dao Foundation Stage. Very well, I'll see this good deed through to the end and give you some spirit pills as well. Within fifty years, you will be able to advance to the Dao Foundation Stage. If you still get killed by other demons after reaching the Dao Foundation Stage, it can only mean your fate and fortune are too meager."
After saying this, he left behind a jade bottle and vanished. That young Suanni was the very Fire Suanni that now overpowered the Fire Qilins. The jade bottle contained several spirit pills. After taking them, it truly advanced to the Dao Foundation Stage in its fiftieth year. The bloody light had also been refined, but apart from suppressing Fire Qilins, it had no other use.
Yet that alone had benefited the Fire Suanni beyond measure. With its bloodline, it should never have been able to overcome a Fire Qilin. But with that bloody light, the