Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 537 Daily Life, The Beginning of Atavism

Faced with Zi Yan's temptation, Fu Xuan gritted his teeth and finally chose to "give in," which had a somewhat "what's the use" feel to it.

She knew very well that Zi Yan, with her personality, would not give up until she achieved her goal.

"Master, turn your back and block out your hearing!" Feeling a playful gaze, Fu Xuan turned her head to look at Lin Yuan, who was intrigued, and said coquettishly.

"Okay, okay -"

Lin Yuan made a gesture of surrender with his hands, "What a pity!" he said, turning around, blocking his hearing, and withdrawing his soul power.

At the same time, he subtly activated the dragon seal in his palm, sending a message to Zi Yan.

Upon receiving the message, Zi Yan was taken aback, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

In an instant, she came to her senses, her eyes darted around, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. She secretly gave Lin Yuan a thumbs up, and then a faint purple light flashed in her eyes.

In an instant, a spatial fluctuation that Fu Xuan could not perceive began to ripple quietly through the courtyard.

On the other side, Fu Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his master had complied with the request—if his master hadn't seen it, then it didn't matter much!
Clutching the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands, she slowly turned her head to look at Zi Yan, whose face was full of smiles.

The spirit of Danhuo took a deep breath, her eyes filled with a hint of shame and helplessness. In a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, she said haltingly, "Sister Zi... Sister Ziyan is the... the best. I... I like Sister Ziyan the most... is that okay?!"

As she spoke, Fu Xuan's pretty face flushed red, even her ears were tinged with a faint blush, her face full of shame and indignation.

"Oh dear, little Fu Xuan, what did you say?"

Zi Yan's lips curled into a mischievous smile. She leaned closer to Fu Xuan's ear, pretending not to hear him clearly, and said, "Your voice was too soft, I didn't even hear you... Say it again!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Xuan was stunned. After regaining his senses, he looked at the smiling Zi Yan in disbelief.

What was this person just saying?!
She must have made a huge decision to utter such childish words.

However, Zi Yan smiled slightly, tossed the Star Power Crystal in her hand, and earnestly advised, "Little Fu Xuan, you should say such important things out loud, otherwise this Star Power Crystal will fly away."

"You've already said it once, so saying it again won't hurt! If you give up now, wouldn't all your mental preparation have been for nothing?!"

After saying that, she looked intently at Fu Xuan, her voice full of seduction.

"you--"

Upon hearing this, Fu Xuan stomped his feet in anger, like a child being teased by an adult.

A moment later, she glanced at Lin Yuan beside her. Seeing that he still had his back turned and his hearing blocked, a resolute look flashed in her eyes. With a "what the heck" attitude, she shouted loudly, "Sister Ziyan is the best! I like Sister Ziyan the most..."

After calling out several times, the spirit of the pill fire glared angrily at Zi Yan and said indignantly, "Is that enough?! Sister Zi Yan..."

"whee--"

Seeing Fu Xuan's ashamed and indignant expression, Zi Yan smiled with pleasure and tossed the energy crystal in her hand over, "Of course, little Fu Xuan... you're so much fun!"

Fu Xuan took the crystal, looked up, and glared fiercely at Zi Yan.

Then, the girl's gaze fell on the energy crystal, sensing the incredibly terrifying energy within it. A mesmerizing smile appeared on her face, a mixture of natural childishness and feigned majesty, making her look exceptionally adorable.

Although Fu Xuan can now absorb various energies for her own use, this kind of power, which shares the same origin as the strange fire within her body, is still the type she prefers.

"Click—", "Click—"

Just as she was lost in her reverie, a few faint sounds suddenly startled her awake.

Looking up, she saw many strangely shaped devices, made of unusual materials, pointing directly at her, shimmering with a faint yet captivating light.

"This is... a recording device?!"

Upon recognizing his master's creation, Fu Xuan suddenly understood something and panicked, instinctively looking up at Lin Yuan.

But Lin Yuan had turned around at some point and was standing side by side with Zi Yan.

The two looked at Fu Xuan with smiles, their lips curling into identical mischievous grins. When their gaze swept over the recording devices, their eyes gleamed with cunning—both of them were interested in teasing this "honest" child.

Fu Xuan's face instantly turned bright red, and she said in shame and indignation, "You...you actually teamed up to make fun of me!"

As she spoke, she moved, intending to seize the devices.

However, Fu Xuan had no way to resist Zi Yan. Before he could even move, his body and the space around him were frozen, and he could only watch as Zi Yan put away the device.

"Hehe, little Fu Xuan, I recorded all those funny moments you just had!"

Zi Yan chuckled mischievously, then waved her jade-like hand lightly, dispelling the frozen space. She said smugly, "From now on, you'd better listen to your older sister! After all, you don't want others to see what just happened, do you?! Like Qing Lin, Xiao Cai..."

After saying that, a sense of satisfaction appeared on her face—she had finally managed to use Lin Yuan's "You didn't want to either..." sentence structure!

This feeling was exactly as she expected; it was truly wonderful!

"You...I didn't hear anything!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Xuan stomped his foot angrily, flipped his hand to put away the energy crystal, and then transformed it back into his natal Qi Pill, returning to Lin Yuan's body to hide.

Seeing this, Zi Yan glanced at the scene Fu Xuan had just witnessed, and her smile deepened. To her, being called "sister" by Fu Xuan so reluctantly was far more interesting than the crowd on Dragon Island shouting "Long live the Dragon Emperor!"

Spending a lot of time with Lin Yuan, she unconsciously awakened some of her natural instincts, one of which was the pursuit of "pleasure".

"Ziyan, when you go later, don't bully Xiao Fuxuan too much." Lin Yuan smiled gently as he put away a backup recording device and whispered his instructions.

"Hehe, my dear brother, don't worry!"

Blinking her beautiful big eyes, Zi Yan waved her hand gently and said with a smile, "That little girl, I'm too busy doting on her, how could I possibly bully her?!"

Seeing this, Lin Yuan casually shrugged and stopped worrying about it, instead extending his hand to extend an invitation.

"Come, now that you've returned, come with me to witness something!"

"Oh? What is it?" Zi Yan raised an eyebrow, placed her jade hand in Lin Yuan's palm, and said with interest, "Judging from your expression, it must be something interesting?"

“Of course it’s interesting!” Lin Yuan smiled, pulling Zi Yan towards the back mountain. His clear voice rang in her ears: “Witnessing the return of the ancient dragon clan’s nemesis to the world… it should be a good pastime for you!” Before he finished speaking, the two of them trembled and mysteriously disappeared from the courtyard, leaving only a ripple in space…
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Half a day later, in a space that had been temporarily created, Zi Yan stood quietly, watching the two people not far in front of her with great interest.

Not far away, Lin Yuan, with a solemn expression, was giving his final instructions to the phoenix girl in front of him.

"Qing'er, after so much preparation, today is the day to blossom and bear fruit!"

"I have done my best in all the preparations that could be made beforehand... Whether you can successfully transform this time, and what potential you will possess after the transformation, depends entirely on how much you can endure and how much you can strive for during the transformation process..."

When Lin Yuan addressed her by her name for the first time, the phoenix girl was slightly taken aback. After regaining her composure, she nodded solemnly and firmly.

"Thank you, Lin Yuan... I will never let you down!"

In her quest to revert to her ancestral ways, she has already used, and will continue to use, many resources that she never dared to imagine before.

She, Feng Qing'er, would rather die in this experiment of returning to her ancestral form than fail... Only by successfully returning to her ancestral form would she be qualified to compete with those proud women of heaven, and only then would she be qualified to stand beside the person before her.

Thinking of this, a resolute look of "do or die" flashed across her proud, delicate eyebrows.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

"By taking this Mysterious Spirit Reversal Pill, it can restore your physical condition and adjust your body to its most malleable state..."

As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and a pill flew out from the Nether Sea Ring, hovering above Feng Qing'er.

Upon hearing this, Feng Qing'er did not hesitate for a moment, immediately picking up the Xuanling Reversal Pill and swallowing it. As the pill slid into her stomach, an extremely powerful medicinal force was released, causing her body to tremble and then gently float up.

Then, golden light surged from her body, forming a silver cocoon over ten feet wide, enveloping Feng Qing'er's delicate body.

"My body is starting to regress!" After sensing it briefly, Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction. After a moment's thought, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Then I should prepare for things here..."

With this thought in mind, a vast expanse of azure ice flames surged forth from his body like a tidal wave.

"Gather——"

With a clear shout, the icy blue flames trembled slightly, then intertwined and converged, transforming into a massive icy blue fire cauldron nearly a hundred feet tall, which stood horizontally in mid-air.

Countless runes and patterns intertwine within the cauldron, forming an extremely mysterious magic array.

Soon after, accompanied by a crisp "click" sound, the cocoon of light beside Lin Yuan flashed with dazzling light, and then a girl dressed in colorful clothes, who looked about five or six years old, emerged from the cocoon. Judging from her appearance, she was the young version of Feng Qing'er.

Feng Qing'er gave Lin Yuan a deep look, then stopped hesitating, lightly touched the air with her toes, and flew into the ice-blue fire cauldron.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan's lips curled up slightly, forming a smile of great interest.

"It's time to begin... the atavism experiment!"

He raised his hand and lightly traced a line in the air with his fingertips. Instantly, countless rare and precious materials flew out of his storage ring and flowed continuously into the Ice Blue Fire Cauldron.

Inside the cauldron, Feng Qing'er slightly clasped her hands together, forming a series of strange hand seals.

The moment the seal was formed, a faint blood-red light flashed in her blue-silver eyes. Instantly, eerie black flames surged from her body, enveloping her entire being in an instant.

"Demon Phoenix Icon!"

With a clear shout, black flames surged and swept across, causing the body engulfed to suddenly swell.

A moment later, a massive black phoenix, over ten zhang in size, appeared in the center of the fire cauldron. This phoenix was entirely black, giving it an eerie feel, and a strange pressure emanated from its body, causing the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) to become somewhat disordered.

Not far from it, nearly a thousand kinds of medicinal herbs surround it, each of them radiating considerable energy.

"Qing'er, I'm about to begin... You must endure the pain!"

Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly. He flicked his finger, and a blood-red flame shot out from his fingertip, transforming into a palm-sized blood-red fire phoenix. With a gentle flap of its wings, it brought with it a strange roar of ten thousand beasts and gracefully flew into the fire cauldron.

This fire is a strange fire condensed from the blood souls of ten thousand beasts, the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire that can enhance the bloodline of magical beasts.

The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, transformed into the shape of a fire phoenix, entered the cauldron and instantly expanded into a huge ball of flame. Then it flew down and enveloped the black phoenix in the center.

Instantly, Feng Qing'er's shrill scream echoed throughout the cauldron.

However, Lin Yuan remained indifferent. With a thought, a vast amount of soul power surged from between his brows and was projected entirely into the fire cauldron.

Under his precise manipulation, the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire split into countless flame threads, which burrowed into the black phoenix's body, burning away the "impurities" bit by bit, leaving only the most refined and purest part of her Heavenly Phoenix bloodline.

Under this ordeal, which was even more agonizing than being slowly sliced ​​to death, Feng Qing'er felt as if her body and soul were about to be completely torn apart, and she couldn't help but cry out in agony.

She exerted all her willpower to maintain her consciousness.

With a thought, Lin Yuan activated the magic array within the fire cauldron. The azure ice flames surged forth, rapidly drawing out the medicinal power of the various herbs within the cauldron, transforming it into clusters of pure medicinal power that floated around them.

Then, he used his soul power to guide the medicinal power into strands, precisely injecting them into Feng Qing'er's body.

Under the soothing effects of the medicine, Feng Qing'er felt her soul lighten, and the intense pain lessened slightly. She couldn't help but let out a soft moan, and her life force, which had been burned away, was quickly replenished at this moment.

Lin Yuan's eyes sharpened. He used the medicinal power to maintain Feng Qing'er's life force and precisely controlled the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, continuously refining her.

As the tempering process progressed, the black phoenix gradually shrank in size, and some strange changes began to occur.

When the first round of tempering was over, the black phoenix, which was originally more than ten feet long, was reduced to only three or four feet in size, but its color had become more golden.

"Little Phoenix, now... activate the Nirvana Technique!"

Feng Qing'er, whose consciousness was almost in a state of chaos, finally heard Lin Yuan's soul transmission.

Without the slightest hesitation or delay, she mustered her strength, and with a thought, activated the secret technique she had cultivated to the point of instinct. Instantly, the pitch-black innate fire surged within her body, igniting her meridians and flesh.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan poured his soul power into her body, taking control of the black flames within her. Then, he intertwined the myriad beast spirit fires to awaken the origin of her Heavenly Phoenix bloodline.

Before long, a small amount of pure golden blood condensed within Feng Qing'er's body.

At the same time, Lin Yuan outside the fire cauldron flipped his hand, and a pair of golden phoenix wings appeared in front of him as the storage ring on his hand flashed with subtle spatial fluctuations...

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