Above a peak in the Sky Roc Mountain Range, a crimson figure streaked past.
As the crimson light flashed and vanished, a terrifying wave of heat followed close behind.
Beast roars instantly rang out throughout the mountains.
At last, the crimson figure landed on a spirit mountain.
It revealed itself to be a Great-Crowned Phoenix, crimson as fire.
The Crown Phoenix no longer had its former bald-headed appearance. Instead, it now bore something of a true phoenix's majesty.
Before the phoenix stood a woman in crimson palace robes.
The woman had clearly been waiting for some time. She placed a spirit pill before the Great-Crowned Phoenix, which squawked and set down a stalk of moonlight ganoderma glowing with blue, jade-like radiance.
"Three-thousand-year-old moonlight ganoderma." Delight rose in the woman's heart.
With bright eyes, pearly teeth, and delicate features, she was none other than Ye Qingfeng, who had broken through to the late Purple Palace stage.
A spiritual plant like moonlight ganoderma was already considered a fifth-stage spirit herb once it reached three thousand years of age.
Most importantly, it was one of the main ingredients for her father's fifth-stage Six-Colored Pill. His Nascent Soul ceremony would be held next year, and this moonlight ganoderma would make the perfect congratulatory gift.
"Squawk, squawk! Do you have any more of that spirit pill from last time?" The Great-Crowned Phoenix had now reached the peak of the third stage and could already speak human language.
It looked at the spirit pill. Although this pill would help it too, it could not help remembering the previous Black Crow Pill, and disappointment immediately filled its large phoenix eyes.
People could not help making comparisons, and beasts were no different.
"You'll have to reach the fourth stage before you can eat that kind of spirit pill!"