The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Feng Qingyin said "Let's do it again" very resolutely, but Shen Yifei could hear the fear in her voice.

He held her shimmering tail feather, feeling a pang of unease.

The base of the tail feathers connects to Feng Qingyin's coccyx, where the phoenix's innate spiritual power converges.

With that pull just now, he could feel that the tail feather had taken root very deep inside her body, as if it had grown together with her meridians, bones, and flesh.

He tried gently a couple more times, and each time, Feng Qingyin couldn't help but cry out in pain.

Xinghe, who was inside the cauldron, could see everything clearly and couldn't hold back any longer. "Brother! You two stop messing around! You can't just pull out those tail feathers!"

Upon hearing Xinghe speak, Shen Yifei quickly released his grip. "Xinghe, what do you think we should do?"

"Brother, the phoenix tail feathers are different from the dragon's golden scales. They are the phoenix's life-bound essence, growing on its tailbone and connected to its meridians! If you pull them out forcefully, not only will the princess be in excruciating pain, but you will also damage her very foundation!"

Feng Qingyin had already transformed back into human form, her face somewhat pale.

"Xinghe, tell me quickly, how do I pluck off the tail feathers?"

"You need spiritual energy to guide it. First, slowly separate the base of the tail feathers from the connection point with the meridians, and then pull them out." Xinghe paused. "Princess sister, relax and let your brother's spiritual energy flow along your meridians into your coccyx. I'll teach him how to do it."

Feng Qingyin gritted her teeth and nodded.

Shen Yifei helped Feng Qingyin lie face down on the bed and gently pressed on her tailbone.

The area where I touched it was warm and soft, and I could still feel her body trembling slightly—the lingering pain from the previous penetration.

"Princess, please bear with it." Shen Yifei took a deep breath and slowly channeled his spiritual energy into her body.

The spiritual energy flowed down her meridians and reached her coccyx, where she indeed felt a strong repulsive force.

Shen Yifei could feel that her bones and meridians were covered with many thread-like things, like an ancient tree with very deep roots, its roots densely wrapped around her bones and meridians.

"Brother, now use your spiritual power to peel away the meridians one by one from the base of the tail feathers," Xinghe instructed from inside the cauldron. "Start from the left side first, where the meridians are the thinnest and easier to work with."

Shen Yifei did as instructed, peeling away the veins wrapped around the base of the tail feathers one by one.

Each time the skin was peeled away, Feng Qingyin's body would tremble slightly. Shen Yifei understood Xinghe's method: to break down the intense pain into countless smaller pains, so that Feng Qingyin had to endure the pain with each peeling.

Feng Qingyin lay on the bed, biting her lip. The pain felt like someone was pulling threads from her bones, one by one, each thread connected to her heart.

It took Shen Yifei a full hour to completely peel away the tangled, thread-like substance.

After a short pause, Feng Qingyin transformed into human form again.

Shen Yifei noticed that the iridescent tail feather was swaying slightly at Feng Qingyin's tailbone, clearly indicating that it had become loose.

"Princess, are you ready?"

Feng Qingyin nodded her phoenix head slightly, signaling him to make a move!

Shen Yifei pinched the tail feather, and this time he felt that the entanglement between the tail feather and Feng Qingyin's body had completely disappeared.

He flicked his wrist and gently lifted it upwards.

The tail feathers made a crisp sound as they detached from the body.

This time, Feng Qingyin didn't feel any pain, only a feeling of emptiness behind her.

Shen Yifei held the shimmering phoenix tail feather, feeling its warmth and smoothness. The tail feather shimmered under the candlelight, with faint golden flames flowing across its surface.

Just by holding it in his hand, he could feel the immense vitality contained within the tail feathers.

He quickly put the tail feather into his storage ring, then sat down on the edge of the bed and gently channeled spiritual energy into the wound on Feng Qingyin's lower back.

Feng Qingyin took a while to recover, then cried out, "It hurts so much! You bastard, you plucked this tail feather from me, you have to pay me back!"

"Oh? Princess, what can I possibly offer you in return?"

"I want you to come to Wutong Secret Realm and stay for at least three days every month."

"Princess, aren't you coming with me?"

Upon hearing Shen Yifei's words, Feng Qingyin's expression darkened. "Feng Wu told me that you have several Daoist partners in Tianyan. I don't want to go with you. There are still many things waiting for me to handle here in the Phoenix Clan."

Shen Yifei silently cursed Liu Mengli and the others in his mind. These bastards must have told Feng Wu all their secrets again!

"Princess, rest assured, I will come to see you every month, and I will never break my promise."

Feng Qingyin nestled in his arms, "You'd better keep your word. If I find out you've gone somewhere else and forgotten about me, I'll... I'll pull your thing out!"

Shen Yifei felt a chill and squeezed his legs together. "Princess, my... my thing is different from your tail feathers. Once it's plucked, it won't grow back."

In the following days, Shen Yifei was also busy.

Shen Yifei felt he should compensate Feng Qingyin for giving him such a valuable gift and causing her so much suffering.

He had Xinghe prepare several kinds of pills suitable for the Phoenix Clan's physique, and asked Feng Qingyin for some spiritual herbs. He began refining pills day and night.

Over the course of several days, they refined over a thousand top-grade pills.

After packing the pills, Shen Yifei went to Phoenix Perch Palace to find Feng Qingyin.

When Feng Qingyin saw this pile of pills, her eyes widened. Top-grade pills are extremely rare, no matter where they are.

"These...you refined all of these?" She never expected that her man could refine pills.

"These pills will be enough for your Phoenix Clan for a while. Some are for replenishing Qi, some for healing injuries, and some for improving cultivation. You can distribute them as you see fit."

Shen Yifei was also considering Feng Qingyin's feelings. As a young woman, she needed not only strength to serve as the leader of the Phoenix Clan, but also the ability to win people's hearts.

Top-grade elixirs are a very good method.

Feng Qingyin understood his thoughts. After all, the two of them now had the effect of the "love seed," so there was no need for much explanation when they were close to each other.

Just as Feng Qingyin finished putting away the pills, the four guardians rushed in from outside.

Feng Lin saw that Shen Yifei was also there. "Sect Master Shen, it's good that you're here too. I was leading men to hunt down the Crow Clan when I heard some news... The Golden Crow Sect is leading various sects in a siege of the Heavenly Evolution Sect!"

"What did you say? The Golden Crow Sect is besieging the Heavenly Evolution Sect?" Shen Yifei stood up abruptly, his face instantly turning extremely ugly.

"I have heard that Lu Ya, the sect leader of the Golden Crow Sect, has joined forces with more than a dozen sects, including the Myriad Swords Manor, the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the Overlord Blade Sect, to besiege Mount Cangwu, on charges of colluding with the demon race and harming fellow cultivators!"

"Colluding with the demons? Harming fellow cultivators?" Shen Yifei sneered. As expected, Lu Ya had made his move.

He killed Ye Qianqiu in the Demon Abyss Secret Realm and broke the Demon Cleansing Pearl in front of everyone. How could Lu Ya possibly let him go?

He had previously thought that Lu Ya would be mindful of the Dragon Clan and the Xuanbing Palace's reputation and wouldn't act so quickly, but he hadn't expected that the old man would be even more eager than he had imagined.

"Feng Lin, how long has the siege lasted?"

"It's said that it started three days ago, and the protective formation of Cangwu Mountain has been holding on ever since."

Shen Yifei clenched his fist. Three days, three days!

The mountain-protecting formation held for three days. The fact that it could hold for so long shows that Gu Yunyan and Xueying were fighting desperately.

Lu Ya, that guy launched a surprise attack while I was away!

Since you claim to be harboring demons, then let me show you the power of a demon prince!