He gave it a cursory glance without examining it too closely, then put it directly into his inner vision.
Lu Wanshan smiled. "Your Spiritual Power truly is strong enough. You actually managed to endure it."
Chu Zhiyuan looked up at him.
Lu Wanshan said, "This token is a Phoenix Token. It contains the intent of a phoenix and can scorch the soul."
He had remained unharmed because the Heavenly Sword protected his body. If anyone else held the token, their soul would inevitably be scorched, the pain unbearable, and they would naturally let go.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "It was indeed somewhat uncomfortable. Endure it, and it passes."
"If one's Spiritual Power is insufficient, it can't be endured." Lu Wanshan shook his head.
The pain and burning of the physical body could still be borne, but the sensation of one's soul being scorched was utterly intolerable.
This could only prove that Chu Zhiyuan's soul was powerful and his spirit formidable, far surpassing ordinary people.
Perhaps even stronger than his own.
Thinking this, he secretly shook his head with a sigh.
Whether one's soul was strong or weak was almost entirely decided by the Xiantian Realm. Cultivation could strengthen the spirit after birth, but it was difficult to touch the soul itself.
Chu Zhiyuan had been born with an exceptionally powerful soul. He was truly a prodigy born of heaven, a favored child of the heavens.
He himself was such a favored child of the heavens, yet compared to Chu Zhiyuan, his aptitude still fell short by a notch.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Sect Leader, where is Senior Song's hidden sanctuary?"
Lu Wanshan shook his head. "No one knows. It isn't fixed in any one location. That Phoenix Token is the key to entering and leaving it."
Chu Zhiyuan took out the Phoenix