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Chapter 1605: Chapter 849: Little Phoenix

Because Yin Shilan had the status of a core cultivator in Luanyang Palace, she was granted a cave dwelling within the core Grotto Heaven of Luanyang Cave Heaven.

Unfortunately, Li Shiming could not enter that Luanyang Cave Heaven, as it was the core area of Luanyang Palace. Not to mention male cultivators, even female cultivators of Luanyang Palace, only a very few core cultivators had the right to enter.

Therefore, after the initiation ceremony ended, Yin Shilan didn’t go to her cave dwelling but returned to Fengqi Palace together with Li Shiming.

Upon entering the room, she took out the congratulatory gifts from the soul crystal ring.

Unwrapping gifts is an extremely joyful event for female cultivators.

However, when she opened the congratulatory gifts from those superpowers, she was astounded by the spiritual objects inside.

Among these congratulatory gifts, most were at the level of Fourth Grade Top Material.

Given the vast experience Yin Shilan had gained following Li Shiming in recent years, she was still amazed upon seeing these congratulatory gifts.

"Shiming, is it really okay to accept these gifts?" She asked Li Shiming with concern.

Whether or not the gifts were accepted didn’t matter, but if it caused trouble for Li Shiming, that’s not what she wanted to see.

"Lan’er, just accept them. These gifts are merely tokens of goodwill from various superpowers of the Central State Continent. If you refuse them, they might overthink!" Li Shiming reassured with a smile.

"Then you can take care of these, they are of no use to me here!" Yin Shilan pushed the pile of precious congratulatory gifts that could make any great cultivator envious towards Li Shiming.

She then unwrapped the gifts sent by the female cultivators of the same sect, which counted as real gifts.

The gifts included small items favored by female cultivators such as cosmetics, decorations, pendants, etc., though not highly valuable, they were novel and exquisite.

Yin Shilan occasionally tried on a decoration, asking Li Shiming how it looked.

Li Shiming couldn’t help but shake his head; the small items Yin Shilan fancied were in total not as valuable as any of the previous congratulatory gifts.

But what he liked about Yin Shilan was precisely this kind of personality. Yin Shilan didn’t pursue material things; she maintained a childlike heart, unchanged even after being confined for a hundred years.

Yin Shilan was extremely pure; she liked what she liked without any ambition. Her greatest wish was to be with Li Shiming while having time to study formations.

Now her expectations were fulfilled. Although Li Shiming’s main body was in closed-door cultivation, his ’phantom avatar,’ which was his soul, continued to accompany her.

And within her soul crystal ring, there were all the jade scrolls of formations collected by Li Shiming.

After opening all the gifts, Yin Shilan took out the Red Gold Phoenix egg.

"Lan’er, should we hatch it now?" Li Shiming asked with a smile.

"Is there any preparation needed?" Yin Shilan asked worriedly.

"Rest assured, I am well prepared!" Li Shiming replied confidently.

He had stayed at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect for so many years. The highest-grade spiritual pet at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was also the Red Gold Phoenix, and its research on the Red Gold Phoenix was not much weaker than Luanyang Palace.

He took out the Fourth Grade Array Flag and laid out a hatching formation on the ground.

"Place the Red Gold Phoenix egg at the center of the formation and drip a drop of blood on it!" Li Shiming instructed.

Yin Shilan took out her lifebound flying sword, made a cut on her finger, and dripped blood on the Red Gold Phoenix egg. Due to her urgency, the wound was somewhat large, and the blood was a bit excessive.

Li Shiming shook his head and used the ’Innate Wood’ divine skill to heal her wound.

Perhaps only he would be so extravagant, using the ’Innate Wood’ divine skill, which can treat severe injuries of a great cultivator, to heal a small wound.

It should be noted that with the physical constitution of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, such a wound would heal in a matter of moments even if untreated.

This ’phantom avatar’ contained ten ’Innate Wood’ divine power energies input by the main body, prepared for emergency situations to prevent any unexpected occurrences.

Li Shiming activated the formation, mobilizing his ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’ to provide energy support for the hatching formation.

A large amount of energy was absorbed by the Red Gold Phoenix egg, and soon cracks appeared on the eggshell.

"Lan’er, come to the front so that the Red Gold Phoenix sees you first upon hatching!" Li Shiming said.

Yin Shilan stepped forward, carefully observing the cracks on the eggshell, worried that any problem might occur with the not-yet-born little creature.

Amid the cracking sounds, a little red beak appeared first, followed by the head of the Red Gold Phoenix emerging from the egg.

Yin Shilan was fortunate; unlike when Li Shiming contracted Little Feng, who was already in the juvenile stage and took some effort to succeed.

This Red Gold Phoenix of Yin Shilan’s received her blood while in the egg and saw her first upon hatching.

Do not assume that it is easy to hatch a Red Gold Phoenix egg; without Li Shiming’s help, Yin Shilan would need to carry out the hatching at a special venue of Luanyang Palace.

Li Shiming’s research on the Red Gold Phoenix was profound, and coupled with his formation skills, the hatching formation he set up was no worse in effect than Luanyang Palace’s special hatching site.

Moreover, the special nature of ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’ allowed it to transform into the energy attribute most needed by the Red Gold Phoenix, which facilitated the rapid hatching of the Red Gold Phoenix egg.

"It’s a female phoenix, prepare to use the secret technique from ’Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Technique’ to sign the contract!" Li Shiming said with a smile.