Ji Dong did understand. It would be strange if he didn't understand after hearing Fury's words. The words "Sovereign" were deeply imprinted in his mind. At this moment, he truly understood the extent of his master's wife's power. With the divine beast Flying Serpent as her mount, she was definitely at the peak of strength in the entire continent.
Fury smiled bitterly. "Little junior, now you know why everyone is so afraid of master's wife. Even the emperors of various countries have to bow to her."
Ji Dong nodded silently. "Senior, let's return to the academy. I plan to go into seclusion for a few days."
"Going into seclusion again? Little junior, if you're too rigid, you'll break easily. Don't go overboard with your cultivation. Oh right, master's wife just said that your magic is close to reaching three crowns. What's going on? Didn't you just reach two crowns? "
Ji Dong didn't hide it anymore. He explained how he absorbed the magic from the Vermillion Bird and its eggs when he was helping the Vermillion Bird hatch. He wasn't very clear about the specifics at the time.
"If that's the case, then go into seclusion. However, reaching three crowns is no small matter. It's better to ask master to protect you."
Ji Dong glanced at Fury and nodded silently. "I'll rest for a day or two, then I'll trouble master again."
After this preliminary test, Ji Dong's magic skills and battle experience had improved greatly. His magic had also increased to the next critical point. However, to him, it was more important to fully understand his own shortcomings. He understood that he had been relying on the Flaming Bar to some extent in the past.
But if he really wanted to have the power to protect the Flaming Bar, he couldn't completely rely on her. Moreover, from the conversation between the Flaming Bar and the Vermillion Bird, he also heard many things. It was obvious that the Flaming Bar couldn't easily come to the human world. It was not a joke, and it was related to her safety.
When the two returned to the Heavenly Stem Academy, it was already late at night. Ji Dong tactfully declined Fury's invitation for a drink and directly returned to his room. As soon as he closed the door, he impatiently called out, "The Flaming Bar …"
The Red Lotus swept through. This time, there was no longer any obstruction in the Earth Spirit Mountain Range. Ji Dong shuttled through the layers of Red Lotus petals.
The blazing heat reappeared. Ji Dong took a deep breath of the scorching air that was fatal to ordinary people. He only felt a sense of comfort throughout his body. Only in this core world could his mind be at its most relaxed.
The Flaming Bar stood on the platform and smiled at him. Seeing her again after not seeing her for a few days, Ji Dong couldn't help but feel a strong yearning and desire.
"The Flaming Bar, I'm coming. I'll mix the drink for you first." As he spoke, Ji Dong immediately busied himself. No matter how tired he was, as long as it was for the sake of the Flaming Bar, he would immediately adjust himself to his best condition. He focused all the emotions in his heart into a glass of drink.
In just a short while, a cocktail as beautiful as the rainbow was delivered to the Flaming Bar.
"I'm sorry, Flaming Bar. I know you had good intentions that day, but …"
The Flaming Bar shook her head and placed her slender fingers on Ji Dong's lips, "You didn't do anything wrong. I was too radical. You did better than me. Ji Dong, I'm really happy. You've made me feel that you've really grown up this time."
Seeing that the Flaming Bar didn't blame him, Ji Dong's tensed heart instantly relaxed. He said, "It's a pity that I didn't get to see the little Vermillion Bird more. I only remember that she was very cute when she was born."
"If I have the chance, I'll definitely visit them again." Raging Flames sighed softly, took a sip of wine and said, "Little Ji Dong, this time you owe the Vermillion Bird a great favor. If you have the chance in the future, you must repay her. I didn't expect the Vermillion Bird's personality to be so unyielding. It can be seen that she really treats you as a friend."
"I owe the Vermillion Bird a favor?" Ji Dong looked at the Flaming Bar in confusion.
The Flaming Bar nodded and said, "Yes. Although she thinks that you've done more for her by helping her incubate the child, in reality, what she's repaying you far exceeds what you've done. Look."
As he spoke, the Flaming Bar's left hand swept across the air. A Red Lotus's petals unfolded in the air, revealing an illusory scene.
Above the Earth's Core Lake, spots of red light gathered at the illusory place. After a while, the illusory light and shadow became real. Ji Dong was surprised to see that it was the scene of him in the Vermillion Bird's cave.
He saw himself pressing one hand on the Vermillion Bird's egg. His face was pale and his body was trembling slightly. At this time, the Vermillion Bird was behind him. She watched as the Phoenix Blood Parasol Tree Core and the Extreme Yang Essence Ore flew up one after another. They were refined by her Bingwu Primordial Yang Sacred Fire. The three drops of Phoenix Blood merged into her body.
Phoenix feathers stained with juices pierced into every part of his body until all the juices had disappeared. At the same time, he could clearly see the huge white wing tattoo on his back. The tattoo extended from his shoulders to his buttocks and stopped at his thighs.
"This is …" Ji Dong looked at the Flaming Bar in shock.
The Flaming Bar said, "Originally, I planned to take advantage of this opportunity to ask the Vermillion Bird for the Extreme Yang Essence Ore, the Phoenix Coronet Bloodline, and the Phoenix Blood Parasol Wood's Tree Core in preparation for forging a suitable magical armor for you in the future. A good magical weapon requires top-grade materials. The Vermillion Bird is a Fire Divine Beast, so the materials around her have been contaminated by her body for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. They are even better than what I have here. When you decided to give up, I was indeed a little disappointed. After all, this kind of opportunity won't come again. But who would have thought that the Vermillion Bird would use her own divine power to fuse those materials into one, and then use her phoenix feathers to pierce into your skin. This is to pour her own power into your body and fuse it with the Solar Eclipse Yin Fire you have absorbed. On the surface, your magical power has risen to Level 30, but in fact, this is not the biggest benefit you have obtained this time. The Vermillion Bird used her phoenix feathers as needles to forge a special armor for you. It can be called an inner armor. It is completely fused with your skin, and when you are strong enough, it will show its proper radiance. Moreover, this inner armor will also grow with your body, and will always be compatible with your body. Every phoenix feather of the Vermillion Bird carries a bit of her own phoenix marrow. In order to forge this inner armor, the Vermillion Bird's vitality has been greatly damaged. It's just that she didn't show it in front of you, but she won't be able to recover her vitality without a few hundred years."
Ji Dong blankly listened to the Flaming Bar's narration and said, "How could it be like this? I actually took advantage of the Vermillion Bird so much, I really just wanted to help her. "
The Flaming Bar lightly nodded and said, "If it wasn't for your selfless heart, why would the Vermillion Bird hurt her own vitality to repay you? She still had to help her own child recuperate, I'm afraid that the damage to her body would be even greater. You can't just accept this kindness in vain. You're right, for a mother who has protected her child for three thousand years, any kind of help should be given. "
As she spoke, the Flaming Bar finished the wine in her glass in one gulp and returned the glass to Ji Dong. She slowly walked to the edge of the rock platform and slowly raised her hands in front of her chest, making a heart shape. The light in her eyes also became unprecedentedly serious, circles of red light flowed out from her body, floating and spreading.
The fire elements that were originally flowing freely in the air all calmed down, quietly moving rhythmically along with the fluctuations of magic released by the Flaming Bar.
Ji Dong had never seen the Flaming Bar so solemn. The fluctuations of the fire elements in the air gave him the same feeling as when the Vermillion Bird had brought him out of the cave and instantly turned the sky into a third fire world, even more intense than the fire elements at that time.
In the distance ahead, at the widest part of the Earth's Core Lake, huge bubbles slowly emerged, and the surrounding magma also fluctuated extremely unstably. Vaguely, Ji Dong could see that in the center of the Earth's Core Lake, there seemed to be something gushing out.
At this moment, a huge red beam of light suddenly erupted from the center of the Earth's Core Lake. The air in the entire Earth's Core Lake seemed to have turned into a solid substance. Ji Dong felt like an insect embedded in amber, unable to move and unable to breathe. The vitality of his whole body seemed to have been squeezed together, only his eyes could still see everything in the center of the magma lake through that thick red.
With a poof, a huge object climbed out of the magma lake. It was actually a Red Lotus. It was no longer formed by energy, but a real Red Lotus. Stained with golden-red magma, it floated out of the water bit by bit. The magma slid down from the lotus, unexpectedly not leaving even the slightest bit. Coming out of the magma without being stained, this was …
This Red Lotus's diameter was at least more than five meters, every petal was the purest red. In the center of the lotus, a lotus seed head rose quietly. The lotus seed head was also red, and one could vaguely see a total of more than ten fist-sized golden lotus seeds.
Flaming Bar raised her hand and gently pressed between her eyebrows. Instantly, a thick red burst out from her body, forming a huge red halo. Flaming Bar's delicate face revealed a pained expression. Although her back was facing Ji Dong, and Ji Dong could not see the expression on her face, he could see that Flaming Bar's body was trembling non-stop.
In the center of the magma lake, a golden lotus seed was swaying gently on top of the huge Red Lotus. Flaming Bar's trembling body suddenly pointed her finger, and the red halo around her body instantly turned into a ray of light and flew towards the swaying lotus seed. The golden light shone brightly, and Flaming Bar let out a soft cry. As her face turned pale, the golden lotus seed left the lotus seed head and flew towards her with a red glow.
Flaming Bar panted heavily, and the thick fire element in the air gradually calmed down. The huge Red Lotus sank back into the earth's core, and Ji Dong regained his ability to move.
"Flaming Bar, what's wrong?" Ji Dong pounced towards her. When he saw Flaming Bar in this state, the pain in his heart was a hundred times, a thousand times more painful than the suffocation he had felt earlier. When he came closer, he saw that Flaming Bar's face was pale. At the same time, she caught the golden lotus seed, which was about the size of a fist, in one of her hands.
Flaming Bar's Hyōhime forced a smile and shook her head, "Don't worry, it's alright. Ji Dong, keep this lotus seed well. When you return to the Earth Spirit Mountain Range, give it to the Vermillion Bird."
As he received the lotus seed from Flaming Bar, Ji Dong realized that although the lotus seed had been extracted from the magma in the earth's core, it was not boiling hot. It was only warm, and Ji Dong could vaguely feel that the lotus seed seemed to be pulsating gently, as if there was blood pulsing within it.
"No, Flaming Bar, this lotus seed must be very important to you. You said that you were a Red Lotus in the earth's core, and this lotus seed should be a part of you. How can I let you use it to repay me? I will repay what I owe the Vermillion Bird myself."
Flaming Bar's expression gradually became better, and she said, "Ji Dong, why can't you understand? Now is the time when the Vermillion Bird needs your help the most."
"No, you can't, you definitely can't." Ji Dong's emotions were extremely Ji Dong's. Looking at Flaming Bar's pale face, his heart was about to break. He had never been as terrified as he was now, not even when he was on the verge of death. The Flaming Bar's position in his heart had risen to a point that even he himself did not understand.
"Shut up." Flaming Bar sternly shouted, "Ji Dong, why can't you understand what I mean? I'd rather you owe me than owe the Vermillion Bird. The lotus seed has already been stripped, and can no longer return. If you can't let it go in your heart, then you owe me another favor. Moreover, I will give you this lotus seed sooner or later, but the Vermillion Bird has already helped me do what you needed, so this lotus seed can be considered her reward."
Ji Dong looked at Flaming Bar, and the agitation in his eyes gradually calmed down. Flaming Bar's words, "I'd rather you owe me than owe the Vermillion Bird", had deeply touched Ji Dong's heart.
Ever since he had known the Flaming Bar, this was the first time he felt that the Flaming Bar cared about him from her emotions. Even if it seemed to be a kind of possessiveness, it still filled his heart with ecstasy. So, she also cares about me.
Silently nodding his head, Ji Dong carefully placed the golden lotus seed into his Vermillion Bird bracelet. After calming down, he softly said, "Flaming Bar, actually, you're wrong. I will never owe you anything, because, from the first time I saw you, my everything already belonged to you. As long as I live for a year, I belong to you for a year, and as long as I live for a day, I belong to you for a day. Even in the last second of my life, I still belong to you. Even if I die and turn into ashes, I will still have your mark."
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