Primordial Spirit Incarnation

Indeed, at this moment, Zhu Yao only wanted to cry, but she couldn't stop to cry. If she stopped, she would surely die. Zhu Yao had fought desperately to kill that mother beast. She still hadn't captured the "Wood Spirit," so she absolutely could not let herself die at this moment.

However, her physical strength was growing weaker and weaker, causing her Sword Flight speed to slow down progressively. No matter how she urged her spiritual energy, not a single drop emerged.

Immediately, she fell from the sky to the ground with a "thud." At this point, she couldn't even muster the strength to get up, and Zhu Yao's consciousness began to blur.

The enormous demonic beast had burst out of the forest. It opened its massive bloody maw, rapidly lunging towards her. Suddenly, the necklace on her chest glowed. At the moment the demonic beast intended to devour her, she vaguely saw a white figure standing in front of her.

He raised a hand. Immediately, the demonic beast was seized. Thunderous roars echoed all around. Then, he threw the beast into the empty clearing in front. The demonic beast fell heavily to the ground with a thud.

Zhu Yao struggled to see who this person was. But her eyelids grew heavier and heavier. She only managed to hear a deep sigh from the person before falling into unconsciousness.

Yu Yan looked at his unconscious disciple, his furrowed brows instantly deepening. He lifted his foolish disciple, who lay on the ground drenched in blood. Seeing her like this made him involuntarily gasp. Then he took her pulse, observing her Dantian with a troubled expression. Her Meridians were completely severed. Her spiritual energy was depleted. Even her Golden Core showed signs of shattering.

Indeed, he couldn't take his eyes off her for a single moment.

He bent down and picked her up. Then he turned and walked towards a nearby Mountain Cave. The demonic beast in the cave smelled something strange, let out a roar, and charged out majestically.

Yu Yan glanced at it and released his pressure. The demonic beast was so frightened that it let out a whimper and flattened itself on the ground. It obediently yielded its cave abode to Yu Yan, wagging its tail as it stood guard.

As soon as Yu Yan occupied the territory, he placed his foolish disciple on a pile of dry grass. Then he sat behind her, diligently working to repair her severed Meridians like a busy little bee.

Normally, if Zhu Yao's Meridians were severed like this, even if she could be saved, she would no longer be able to cultivate. But who said her Master wasn't Yu Yan! He was the foremost figure in the Cultivation World. If he couldn't even save his own disciple, then he wouldn't have cultivated for so many years.

Yu Yan closed his eyes and summoned his Sword Intent. Instantly, a white dragon flew around his body. It circled a few times, then slowly coiled itself in front of Zhu Yao. The white light from its body grew brighter and brighter. And the injuries on Zhu Yao's body visibly disappeared.

Ten days later.

Zhu Yao woke up. She found that her injuries had completely vanished. Even her spiritual energy had recovered. She was sitting in a huge Mountain Cave. And all around her, she was alone. Outside the cave entrance, not far away, was a demonic beast shaped like a tiger with wings. It was emitting mournful "ooh-ooh" sounds.

Unexpectedly, that demonic beast was an Eighth-Grade Demonic Beast!

Zhu Yao was so scared she almost screamed. And when the demonic beast saw her sit up, it became even more terrified.

It leaped with a "thump" and burrowed into the nearby bushes, as if trying desperately to hide. It struggled to conceal its massive body in the bushes, only its round head peeking out. Its two large, round eyes blinked, furtively watching her with fear.

What the hell was going on?

Zhu Yao's face turned dark with frustration. Before, she had been chased to her wits' end by a Seventh-Grade demonic beast. Why would this one, a dignified Eighth-Grade demonic beast, be so afraid of her? Could it be that the higher the grade of a demonic beast, the lower its intelligence?

Zhu Yao shook her head and thought about the white figure she had seen before she fainted. She felt as if her Master had been here?

She carefully sensed again. There seemed to be residual Lightning Spiritual Energy in the cave that hadn't dissipated yet. Moreover, this Lightning Spiritual Energy felt incredibly familiar.

"Master?" She tried calling out.

"........." She waited for a long time, but no one answered.

She patted her chest, a naive smile spreading across her face, proudly saying:

"I told you so! How could Master keep following me around? I was indeed overthinking it..."

"What is it?"

"............"

Zhu Yao's wide grin suddenly froze. Master, are you Cao Cao?

She looked around but didn't see the figure anywhere.

"Master, where are you?" She glanced around again, but still saw no sign of him.

Seeing her return to the demonic beast's Mountain Cave, a cold voice spoke again:

"Bow your head."

Zhu Yao lowered her head and saw the white necklace her Master had given her before he left. It was glowing brightly. A small white figure emerged from the jade pendant of the necklace. He gently flew out of the necklace, three feet away from her.

Yes, he was Yu Yan.

"Master!" Zhu Yao's eyes widened, looking at her Master's captivating form.

"Why have you become like this?"

"What you see is only a portion of my Primordial Spirit." Yu Yan explained.

"Cultivators at or above the Golden Core Stage cannot enter the Shi Yun Kai. Therefore, I could only incarnate my Divine Sense into this necklace to enter this secret realm."

"Then why this form?" Even if he took a form, why such a captivating one?

"Although it is only a small portion of my Primordial Spirit, it is still at the Deity Transformation Stage. If I were to appear in my original form, the formation would immediately detect me. I had no choice but to take this form to avoid detection."

"Master, why are you here?"

Hearing her mention this, Yu Yan gave her a cold glance. Instantly, he switched into teaching mode:

"Golden Core shattered, Meridians severed. This Master has already taught you. Fighting demonic beasts is only courting death."

"............" Zhu Yao obediently bowed her head.

"If I hadn't appeared, I fear you would already be dead."

"My injuries were healed by Master?" Yu Yan didn't answer. He looked at her intently.

Zhu Yao smiled happily, feeling warm inside. Indeed, it wasn't a bad thing that Master liked secretly following his disciple.

"Thank you, Master."

"........." Yu Yan froze, then straightened his face:

"Foolish!"

"Yes, Great King!"

"In the future, act cautiously."

"Yes, Great King!"

"Act within your capabilities; that is the path of cultivation."

"No problem, Great King!"

"And also…"

"Does Great King have any other commands?"

"Your Golden Core has not yet recovered. Do not make any moves in the coming days."

"As you command, Great King!"

"Silence."

"Yes, Great King. No problem. Great King!"

"............"

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After several days of recuperation, Zhu Yao's injuries finally recovered completely. Yu Yan decided to temper her. So, along the way, he specifically chose places with demonic beasts. When Zhu Yao first started, she would frantically turn and run at the sight of a demonic beast. But now, she silently drew her sword and charged into the demonic beast to fight.

Zhu Yao's combat experience was originally scarce. So, when she sought fights, she was mostly abused. But with Yu Yan by her side, apart from minor superficial wounds, she was mostly safe from life-threatening dangers. Gradually, the more she fought, the more refined her sword art became. Even her Sword Intent, she could now summon and retract with ease.

Her Sword Intent was a Lightning Phoenix. Normally, when summoned, it was as small as a pigeon. But when used in battle, it would transform into a colossal size.

Master said her Sword Intent was formed from her cultivation. At the moment she comprehended Sword Intent, whatever she was thinking would shape her Sword Intent. Previously, she only wanted to snatch her life from the claws of that demonic beast. Therefore, her Sword Intent was the Phoenix Rebirth from Fire.

She had also seen her Master's Sword Intent. It was a white dragon. Zhu Yao secretly thought. Could it be that Master wanted to be an Emperor before? Is that why his Sword Intent took the form of a dragon? She calmly reconsidered the dragon shape he took when cultivating. Never mind. It was clearly a painting.

But a master and disciple, one dragon and one phoenix. They were indeed a perfect match. Zhu Yao felt a little thrill thinking about this.

Thanks to her Sword Intent, Zhu Yao's sword art improved very quickly. At first, she could only barely cope with Fourth and Fifth-Grade demonic beasts. But later, she alone could handle a Sixth-Grade demonic beast.

Zhu Yao raised her long sword. She had just defeated a Sixth-Grade demonic beast. At this moment, she lay prostrate on the ground, no different from a dog. There wasn't a single drop of spiritual energy left in her body.

After plopping down, she breathed heavily. Her body was completely exhausted and unable to move.

Yu Yan emerged halfway from the necklace. His expression was very displeased, and he said coldly:

"This time was a bit faster than last time. But the sword strike you just used, its speed could have been even faster."

"Master..." Zhu Yao's face flushed crimson, revealing some embarrassment. She truly didn't know what to say at this moment.

Yu Yan continued:

"Demonic beasts that cannot transform all have large bodies. Therefore, their movements will be very slow. You need to use speed to defeat them."

"That's not it..."

"Your control over spiritual energy is insufficient. Your grasp of Sword Intent is still not good enough."

"That..."

"Your offense is abundant, but your defense is lacking."

"I want to say..."

"You must train more; don't be lazy."

"Master!"

"What is it?" Finally, Yu Yan noticed that his disciple's voice sounded a bit strange.

Zhu Yao's face turned dark with frustration. She pointed at his position, then pointed at her chest:

"Can you please let go of my chest?"

It was fine that he hid inside the jade pendant. But what was the meaning of designing that jade pendant as a necklace? And also, Master, you come out whenever you like. And most of those times are to give her pointers. But every time, it makes her chest feel a throbbing sensation. Isn't that like she's losing her virginity again?

"Chest?" Yu Yan tilted his head to look, then unintentionally scanned everywhere.

Instantly, Zhu Yao felt uncomfortable. Ah... Although her chest was flat. But he didn't need to search around so randomly, did he? His actions caused her great pain, great pain. Ah... Don't think that just because you're my Master, I wouldn't dare hit you!

Instantly, Yu Yan felt the air turn cold. What was his disciple doing? Why did he vaguely sense killing intent? Yu Yan looked more and more confused. Finally, he concluded that his disciple was doing something foolish again.

Fortunately, he heard that his disciple seemed dissatisfied with his current position. Although he didn't know why, he still flew out and slowly transformed back into his original form.

He raised his hand to form a seal and set up a Concealment Formation around his disciple. Then, he sat beside her, guarding her.

After seeing her recover somewhat, he felt relieved. Then he looked her up and down. His eyebrows furrowed.

"Take off your clothes."

"Cough... cough cough cough cough cough." Zhu Yao coughed several times before steadying herself. Then she turned to glare at him.

"What are you doing?"