The Fire Crow flew toward the huge rock and vanished into it. A moment later, Xiao Hua pointed a finger, and the Spirit Crow Fire Net flew back into his hand. The Wo Niu Stone had long since turned to ashes!
"Wonderful!" Xiao Hua clapped his hands and laughed. "This poor Daoist had a flash of inspiration and refined the Samadhi True Fire into this Spirit Crow Fire Net. The Fire Crow's power has increased by a full fifty percent for no reason at all!"
With a sweep of his hand, he took out several top-grade fire-aspected spirit stones. He reached into the fire net and grabbed out several spirit stones whose colors had already dimmed, replacing them. Somewhat pained, he said, "Unfortunately, while its power has increased, the consumption of spirit stones is also obvious. If this poor Daoist did not have plenty of fire-aspected spirit stones, I fear I could not sustain its use!"
Just then, the token in Xiao Hua's chest stirred. He took it out and pointed, opening the spell array. A crimson communication talisman flew into his hand.
"Oh no, Master has come!" Xiao Hua was startled. He hurriedly extinguished the earthfire, put the pill furnace into his space, and, after looking around to make sure nothing was amiss, quickly flew outside the spell array!
Sure enough, outside the spell array stood not only Helplessness, but also Zhuo, Xiangyang, and Yan Qinglian, all smiling in midair. Well, only Helplessness's face was calm as still water, betraying no expression.
"Master, Mistress!" Xiao Hua stepped forward in delighted surprise and saluted them.
"Hehe, Xiao Hua, only a few days apart, and your cultivation has indeed improved again!" Yan Qinglian helped Xiao Hua up and said with a smile.
When Helplessness saw Xiao Hua's progress in cultivation, his