Li Feiyu asked Crimson Crow to discuss with the Fire Crow Emperor about taking a section of the Fusang Tree's root and a branch.
Both Crimson Crow and the Fire Crow Emperor were Peak Level 7 Demon Beasts, only one step away from Breaking Through to the Transformation Stage.
In front of Li Feiyu, Crimson Crow was obedient and well-behaved, but in front of the Fire Crow Emperor, he displayed his husbandly authority, making the Fire Crow Emperor submissive.
After the Fire Crow Emperor agreed, Li Feiyu immediately took action. However, the Fusang Tree was exceptionally hard. Even with Li Feiyu's full effort, it took him half a month to successfully acquire the two items.
The Fusang Tree branch could be added to the Fire-element main sword of the Great Five Elements Sword, which would undoubtedly make its power even stronger. As for the root, it was naturally for cultivation.
Almost immediately after obtaining it, Li Feiyu entered the Void Garden Pearl and began cultivating the Fusang Tree.
Afterward, he began refining the Golden Crow Bloodstone, attempting to extract the Golden Crow True Blood.
Three months later, the True Blood was successfully extracted. The thumb-sized golden blood orb was filled with surging Fire-element energy, emitting an astonishing pressure.
Li Feiyu did not plan to let Crimson Crow consume it here, as Undergoing Tribulation might cause trouble for them.
Moreover, he wanted to visit the Immortal Cave of the Fire Crow ancestors.
He had originally intended to find an island to establish a sect, but it was clear that Fire Mulberry Island was a Holy Land for the Fire Crow clan and thus unsuitable.
After Li Feiyu embedded Spirit Stones into the teleportation array in the main hall, the array was activated. Crimson Crow entered the Void Garden Pearl. He patted his Storage Pouch, and a token flew out. Holding it, he chanted an incantation, then a brilliant red light erupted, and his figure vanished within the teleportation array.
"Where is this?"
In the dark environment, a ball of flames suddenly rose in Li Feiyu's hand. The flames blazed, illuminating the surroundings brightly and clearly.
A dull smell permeated the air, along with a scent of decay.
With a flick of his sleeve, Li Feiyu cast several Freshness Arts, sweeping them in all directions.
Candle holders were embedded in the walls, which should have been perpetually lit, but after tens of thousands of years, they had all decayed.
Time is the most merciless and powerful force in this world.
Li Feiyu surveyed his surroundings. There was a stone room with a stone bed, stone table, and stone stools, as well as a gray stone staircase leading to a passage.
Li Feiyu felt a pang of disappointment that there was nothing left here.
Clearly, this was a temporary dwelling place for the Fire Crow ancestors, not a Legacy Immortal Cave.
Li Feiyu summoned Crimson Crow, who appeared in his miniature form, perching on his shoulder, its head turning, curiously looking around.
Li Feiyu smiled and said, "Don't look anymore; your ancestor didn't leave you any treasures."
"I don't even know where this is. Let's get out of here first."
Li Feiyu tapped Crimson Crow's head and ascended the gray stone staircase. Soon after, a Restriction appeared ahead. This Restriction was extremely clever; even a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator would find it difficult to observe with Divine Sense unless they touched it.
Looking out from inside the Restriction, the scenery outside was unobstructed.
He was currently in the middle section of a tall Peak, surrounded by rolling mountain ranges, with the vast blue ocean in the distance.
Li Feiyu relaxed slightly, relieved that he hadn't been teleported outside the Chaotic Star Sea.
Human Cultivators occasionally flew by in the sky, adorned with Silver Fir and golden sashes, their cultivation ranging from Foundation Establishment Stage to Core Formation stage.
"Could this be an outpost of the Inverse Star Alliance?"
"Have I returned to the Inner Star Sea?"
Li Feiyu had originally intended to use the Exquisite Sound Sect's teleportation array to return to the Inner Star Sea, but he hadn't expected it to happen so suddenly.
Seeing no one outside, he flashed out of the cave entrance.
This Restriction was a very clever shifting array, with the ability to block Divine Sense. Li Feiyu lingered outside, observing closely. The cave entrance was integrated with the surrounding mountain wall; even with his powerful Divine Sense, he couldn't detect it, yet one could enter directly by touching it. It was truly miraculous.
Li Feiyu turned and flew into the distance. Before long, he saw a market town and then descended.
Since it was part of the Inverse Star Alliance's territory, displaying too high a cultivation would easily attract attention. Therefore, he restrained his aura, revealing only an Early-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.
Dressed in a black robe with a crimson-gold sash around his waist and a small ornamental red bird on his shoulder, Li Feiyu naturally wasn't using his true face. He had simply copied someone else's face and made some modifications.
Li Feiyu found an inn, and after ordering his meal, he asked the waiter, "I'm new here. May I ask what this island is called?"
The waiter paused for a moment, then smiled and replied, "It seems Senior is indeed venturing out for the first time. Our island is called Sangxing Island. It was previously one of the Star Palace's twenty-four outer star islands, but now it's occupied by the Inverse Star Alliance."
Hearing the name Sangxing Island, Li Feiyu's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"I know about the Star Palace and the Inverse Star Alliance. How are they doing now? Have they stopped fighting?"
"Sort of, but it's only temporary. The struggle between such major powers will never end unless one side falls."
"But fortunately, they've reined in their actions a lot now, and various islands are gradually returning to peace. As long as the people on the island don't cause trouble, generally, no one from the Inverse Star Alliance will make things difficult for us low-level Cultivators."
"It's also fortunate that Senior isn't a Core Formation stage expert. Cultivators of that Realm must undergo strict scrutiny to enter the island, and are even monitored everywhere."
Li Feiyu thought for a moment, then asked, "Who is the strongest person on this island now?"
The waiter chuckled, "Senior, I wouldn't know that. If there are no other instructions, I'll go now."
Li Feiyu nodded.
Sangxing Island was also a large island, possessing a large Spiritual Vein. On the Spiritual Vein was a mountain range called Tianyun Mountain Range, stretching for hundreds of miles.
The place where Li Feiyu emerged from the cave was the most concentrated Spiritual Qi area of this mountain range, named Huo Sang Peak, once famous for a giant Fusang Tree on its summit, though it no longer existed.
Knowing this was Sangxing Island, Li Feiyu took out a sea chart to examine it. Kui Xing Island was not far from here, only a moment's journey for him.
"The Spiritual Eye Spring from back then, though not as good as the one in the Void Garden Pearl, shouldn't be wasted."
After a quick meal, Li Feiyu left Sangxing Island and headed for Kui Xing Island, which was also occupied by the Inverse Star Alliance.
He found the old mountain Peak, silently passed through the current grand array, and then arrived at the old Immortal Cave. With great magical power, he directly moved the entire spring eye into the Void Garden Pearl, leaving a huge deep pit where the spring eye had been.
After completing all this, Li Feiyu left again. He planned to find a secluded place to help Crimson Crow Breakthrough.
If he successfully transformed, then he would have more confidence in seeking justice from the Star Palace.
On an unnamed small island ten thousand miles away from Kui Xing Island, Crimson Crow began to refine the Golden Crow True Blood with all his might after consuming it.
This process would not be short, so Li Feiyu quietly cultivated nearby.
There were not many methods for Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators to rapidly increase their cultivation. Even those with Heavenly Spiritual Root Aptitude did not Cultivate quickly. Many, even after entering the Nascent Soul Stage, could not Breakthrough before their Lifespan limit, and some stopped at the Middle Stage.
Great Cultivators at the Late-Stage Nascent Soul Stage numbered no more than a handful in the entire Chaotic Star Sea.
"The Star Palace's thousand years of accumulation should have such a Pill Formula in its collection, right?"
Li Feiyu thought to himself, but even if he obtained it, it would likely be difficult to gather the Materials, otherwise, not so many people would be stuck in the Early Stage Nascent Soul.
Thinking of this, Li Feiyu looked at Crimson Crow, who was silently refining the Golden Crow True Blood in the distance, and then began to Cultivate the fourth layer of the Great Development Art.
According to the current progress, it would take at least seven or eight years to successfully Cultivate. If he had Cultivated it during the Core Formation Realm, it would have taken more than fifty years.
Years flowed by, spring turning to autumn.