245: Date with a Beauty

Smuggling into the Spirit Realm?

These four words, like a thunderclap, exploded in Ice Phoenix's chaotic mind.

Her already dim ice-blue Phoenix eyes instantly burst forth with an incredible brilliance.

She stared intently at Lin Feng, as if trying to see through his Soul.

"You... what did you say?" Her voice trembled slightly with excitement.

Smuggling into the Spirit Realm!

This was the sole obsession she had yearned for for thousands of years, yet could never attain!

Hundreds of years ago, she could already trigger the Heavenly Tribulation and Breakthrough to the Soul Transformation Stage. But why did she delay her Breakthrough, forcefully suppressing her Cultivation?

Wasn't it to find that elusive, constantly moving and disappearing spatial node in the Human Realm, this cage, with her Nascent Soul Stage Cultivation, in order to achieve Physical Body Ascension and avoid the near-fatal Ascension Heavenly Tribulation?

However, hundreds of years passed, and she had traversed almost every corner of the Human Realm, expending endless effort and time, yet she couldn't even find a trace of a spatial node.

Hope had long been completely eroded by the long years.

In her heart, she had already despaired, even preparing to exhaust her Lifespan in the Human Realm and die in meditation.

But today, this man, who was so powerful that she felt fear, this man who had just trampled all her pride underfoot and forcefully signed a master-servant contract with her, casually said that he was confident in smuggling into the Spirit Realm!

How could this not move her!

Looking at Lin Feng's deep and calm eyes, the scales in Ice Phoenix's heart began to sway violently.

Resist?

With this man's strength, she would only face death.

Submit?

That would mean she would completely lose her freedom, becoming his Spirit Beast, at his beck and call.

But... if what he said was true...

Ice Phoenix's breathing quickened.

For some reason, in the midst of it all, she had a strong premonition. This decision today might be her only chance to Ascend to the Spirit Realm in this life!

Struggle and hesitation flickered in her eyes, and finally, all the unwillingness and resentment transformed into a resigned sigh.

She slowly closed her eyes, giving up the last trace of resistance in her Divine Soul.

With Ice Phoenix's complete compromise, the golden contract rune met no further obstruction and smoothly merged into her glabella, connecting tightly with her Divine Soul.

It was done.

Sensing that irresistible master-servant connection originating from the depths of her Soul, Ice Phoenix's heart completely chilled, but at the same time, a strange sense of relief emerged.

She couldn't even understand why this man could wield Soul Transformation Stage power without restriction in the Human Realm; this had completely exceeded her understanding. Perhaps, following such an unfathomable master was not necessarily a bad thing.

With the contract formed, Lin Feng looked at the graceful and alluring figure on the bed, his expression softening considerably.

He casually handed over the two jade bottles.

"Take these. You should stay in the Immortal Cave to heal for the next few days. In a few days, I'll need you to make an appearance."

"Besides that, you should Cultivate diligently and prepare to Breakthrough to the Soul Transformation Stage. When I go to the Spirit Realm, I will naturally take you with me."

After speaking, Lin Feng took out a Storage Pouch, placed it by the bed, and then turned and left without any hesitation.

The stone door of the quiet room slowly closed, leaving Ice Phoenix alone, staring blankly at the jade bottles in her hand and the Storage Pouch.

After a long time, she silently opened the Storage Pouch and probed it with her Divine Sense.

The next moment, her pupils suddenly constricted, and her face was once again covered in profound shock.

Inside the Storage Pouch, a whole bottle of milky white liquid emitting extreme cold Qi, and a pitch-black Medicinal Pill shrouded in strange Devilish Qi, lay quietly.

Cold Marrow!

Devil Yuan Pill!

Ice Phoenix's heart pounded.

She had lived in the Human Realm for thousands of years, and her knowledge was vast, so she naturally recognized these two items.

Cold Marrow was a supreme treasure coveted by Ice-element Cultivators and Yao Beasts, and that Devil Yuan Pill... was an Heaven-Defying Medicinal Pill that only existed in ancient texts, capable of greatly increasing the probability of breaking through the Bottleneck of the Soul Transformation Stage!

He just... gave them to her so casually?

A Spirit Beast he had just subdued, and one who still harbored resentment?

Ice Phoenix's mind was completely in disarray.

She completely failed to understand Lin Feng's actions; this mysterious man, his identity, his origin, everything about him, seemed to be shrouded in a thick mist.

...

Lin Feng was currently strolling leisurely on the mountain path of Falling Cloud Sect.

After breaking through to the Soul Transformation, he was first busy with matters concerning the Void Heaven Palace, then consolidating his Cultivation, and subduing Ice Phoenix, never stopping.

Now that all matters were settled, he finally had a moment of leisure. Walking casually through this familiar Sect, he felt a unique state of mind.

Unconsciously, he had arrived at the main peak's martial arts plaza.

From a pavilion on one side of the plaza came melodious zither music, and dozens of Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples sat cross-legged, seemingly using the music to Cultivate some kind of calming secret art.

And playing the zither in the pavilion was a woman dressed in a moon-white long dress.

Her figure was graceful, her black hair cascaded like a waterfall, her profile was exquisitely beautiful, and her temperament was cool yet carried a hint of softness, like a Fairy stepping out of a painting.

Lin Feng's footsteps paused slightly.

The woman playing the zither also seemed to sense something, and subconsciously looked up.

When her gaze met Lin Feng's in the air, her clear eyes instantly widened, her finger movements faltered, and a discordant tremor abruptly sounded.

The Disciples who were cultivating with their eyes closed in the pavilion were startled by this noise and opened their eyes in surprise, looking in the direction of the woman's gaze.

They saw that Junior Martial Uncle Song, who was usually as cold as a Fairy, was now looking at a young man in a green robe on the plaza with a face full of pleasant surprise, two charming blushes appearing on her cheeks.

The woman stood up directly and hurriedly left a message for the Disciples: "You all practice on your own, I have something to attend to."

Before her words finished, she transformed into a white stream of light and eagerly flew towards Lin Feng.

"Lin Feng!"

Her clear and melodious voice carried an uncontrollable joy.

Elder Lin turned around, looking at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar pretty face before him, and couldn't help but be slightly lost in thought.

The person who came was Song Yu.

To think that back then, she was just a little girl in the Qi Refinement Stage. Now, decades later, she had grown into such a graceful woman, successfully completed Core Formation, and became the master of a peak, truly like a white jade Fairy who didn't eat mortal food.

"Elder, are you taking a stroll?" Song Yu came before Lin Feng, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she looked at him, her joy evident.

Lin Feng regained his composure, a gentle smile appearing on his face.

"Indeed, it's been a long time since I've had a good look around the Sect."

Upon hearing this, Song Yu's two jade hands nervously intertwined, her fair cheeks slightly flushed, with a hint of anticipation, she softly asked: "Then... then can Yu'er accompany Elder?"

"Of course," Lin Feng replied with a smile.

Receiving the affirmative answer, Song Yu's face instantly bloomed with a brilliant smile, like a hundred flowers in full bloom.

Accompanied by the lingering zither music that once again sounded from the pavilion behind them, a white-robed Fairy with flushed cheeks and a joyful heart, followed closely behind a gentle-faced young man in a green robe, continuing deeper into the Sect.