He set this bottle on the velvet cloth as well, beside the two dark attribute Demon Spirits. The three bottles stood in a row on the cloth, dark black and dark red, their Spiritual Power fluctuations leaving one another undisturbed.
He intended to keep the dark attribute Demon Spirits for himself, using them as reserves of Spiritual Power when he broke through to realms beyond Black Gold Rank.
The fire attribute one was for Su Ming. Su Ming's cultivation leaned toward fire, and the cultivation technique Shen Fei had given him earlier followed the same path. With this Black Gold Rank Five-Star Scarlet Plume Eagle Demon Spirit, his cultivation would progress much faster, and his combat strength would rise considerably.
He put the three bottles into his Space Ring one by one, keeping them in separate areas from the Inscription Scroll and the white bead. He used Spiritual Power to leave three markers within the ring's internal space so he could retrieve them easily later.
Once he finished, he scanned the entire stone chamber again. Only after confirming he had overlooked nothing worth taking did he turn toward the passage he had come through.
When he emerged from the passage, the metal door was still open. He stepped over the threshold into the narrow walkway outside, and the door slowly swung shut behind him with a dull metallic clang, returning automatically to its closed position.
Shen Fei stood in the walkway for a moment, narrowing his eyes as they adjusted to the evening light outside.
It was indeed already late afternoon. Sunlight slanted over the courtyard wall to the west, stretching long, thin shadows across the ground.
He followed the walkway back. As he passed through the moon gate between the covered corridor and the main courtyard, he could hear