Chapter 70
“Huh? Has my body’s affinity with fire spiritual power increased?” Feeling the more active wood-fire spiritual energy within him and the fire-attributed spiritual energy in the air, Qi Ping was utterly surprised.
He had originally thought that the Li Fire Crow would need to consume the Fire Spirit Honey brewed from the hundred-year Fire Spirit Grass and other herbs to achieve a bloodline upgrade. Yet, here it was, having just restored its strength to the late first stage, and its bloodline had already improved.
“Probably just the final push was needed,” Qi Ping guessed. The Li Fire Crow had been accumulating solar energy day by day, and it had mentioned before that its bloodline seemed to be strengthening. Now, with the help of the Fire Spirit Honey and the timing of restoring its late first-stage strength, it made sense that it achieved some bloodline improvement. It wasn’t entirely unexpected.
The breakthrough didn’t take long. In just fifteen minutes, the crow had fully refined the Fire Spirit Honey and restored its strength to the late first stage. Once its power was regained, a golden-red Li Fire Flame blazed fiercely across its body, emitting an intensely scorching and dangerous aura.
Qi Ping had no doubt that this flame could reduce him to ashes in an instant. After all, the Li Fire Crow had previously been at the peak of the first stage, stronger than most ordinary Qi Refining cultivators at the peak. Now, having restored its late first-stage strength, the power it could unleash was far beyond that of a newly advanced Li Fire Crow at the same stage, let alone one with a significantly enhanced bloodline.
“Still, it feels like the crow’s innate spirit flame and aura are somewhat unstable. It seems that until it fully recovers, it won’t be able to unleash the true power of the Li Fire Flame.”
After waiting a short while, the Li Fire Crow retracted the golden-red flames, flapped its wings, and flew back to Qi Ping’s shoulder. “Caw caw! (Boss! I’ve successfully restored my strength to the late first stage!)” it exclaimed excitedly, its eyes shining with joy. It had been waiting for this day for a long time. Wasn’t absorbing solar energy daily all about recovering its bloodline and strength as quickly as possible? Now, it had finally made some progress!
Looking at the excited crow and the more mystical flame mark on its forehead, Qi Ping said, “Well done! Has your bloodline improved as well?”
Hearing this, the crow’s eyes widened in surprise. “Caw caw? (How did you know, Boss? It has gotten a bit stronger, but not by much. A true transformation will probably have to wait until my bloodline is fully restored.)”