"Phoenix Perch, we're back!"
Ye Fei emerged from the Illusion Realm and looked at the Phoenix Tree, which had grown much taller in the year since he had last seen it. He walked over and patted its trunk in greeting.
Two leaves drifted down, one landing on his shoulder and the other on Little Phoenix's head. Ye Fei smiled and turned to hug the Artifact Refining Furnace a short distance away beneath the tree.
The Artifact Refining Furnace was the same as ever, obediently moving up to his palm to greet him before settling down quietly.
Spirit wasn't here, though. Had Senior Lingyan taken it out?
"You've made fairly good progress this time. I just took Spirit out to eat a few low-quality ones. Now that you're out, spend some time playing with it. The little thing's been feeling rather aggrieved lately."
After noticing that Ye Fei and the others had emerged from the Illusion Realm, Lingyan returned carrying Spirit, which had just eaten a few remnant souls, and tossed the glittering golden Spirit Sword straight in front of Ye Fei.
Watching Ye Fei reach out and catch the Spirit Sword in his arms, Lingyan smiled and brought out a large quantity of Ingredients for them.
Things outside were still fairly peaceful. Although a year had passed in here, that was the combined effect of two kinds of time. In reality...
Only three days had passed outside.
Only one wave of the God-level Players who had been coaxed and tricked into coming over had arrived, and only a few weak God-level Players had been urged to try courting death. Most were still watching from a distance.
The Wind God had just asked him how much stronger Ye Fei and the others had become, and he had brushed him off by