Black-Corner Region, Black Sand River.
The wide river surface was calm and clear. Mu Qingluan and Qing Lin walked along the river channel, surrounded by green hills.
This was the most primitive place in the Black-Corner Region, located at the upper reaches of the Black Sand River.
Unlike the rapid torrents in the middle and lower reaches, the upper Black Sand River had none of the dark and turbid implications of its name.
It was smooth as a mirror, reflecting the continuous mountains.
"Qingluan, it's so spacious here. Want to fly freely for a bit?"
Qing Lin asked.
Mu Qingluan nodded, excitement in her eyes.
"Watch carefully; I don't transform easily."
Whoosh!
A cluster of green light dispersed from Mu Qingluan's body. In an instant, she transformed from a young girl into a huge Blue Phoenix (Qingluan).
Qing Lin looked curiously at the girl transformed into a Blue Phoenix. Beautiful body lines, gorgeous tail feathers. The most mysterious bird head was blocked by her wings, not yet revealed.
"Qingluan, don't block it; let me see."
Qing Lin approached with a smile.
"Qing Lin, your voice sounds like a bad person!"
Qingluan's tender voice came from her body, making one want to bully her upon hearing it.
Qing Lin smiled mischievously, reached out to catch her feathers, and kneaded gently.
"Ah!"
Mu Qingluan jumped away immediately.
"So sensitive?"
Qing Lin looked curious.
"Hmph, not playing with you anymore. I'm flying off first!"
Mu Qingluan spread her wings, revealing her beautiful bird head.
"Qingluan is also very beautiful as a bird."
Qing Lin laughed.
"I am a Blue Phoenix originally!"
Mu Qingluan flapped her wings and flew slowly into the sky. After leaving the ground for a distance, she flapped her wings vigorously, her speed increasing suddenly, piercing into the clouds like a sharp sword.
Qing Lin still stood on the ground, looking up at the missing Mu Qingluan.
Green light flickered slightly in her pupils. Her eyesight instantly penetrated the clouds and mist, seeing the giant green bird galloping on the clouds.
"Truly worthy of the Blue Phoenix clan; such fast speed."
If flying at full speed, Qing Lin couldn't catch up with her now.
"Woohoo!"
After flying enough above the clouds, Mu Qingluan passed through the clouds again and came above the Black Sand River.
She began to force a landing above the river surface, tapping the water lightly with her feet, drawing two ripples.
"Qing Lin, you come too!"
Mu Qingluan invited.
Flying alone was boring; comparing with two people would be much more interesting.
"I can't outfly you!"
Qing Lin shouted loudly.
"Come on, try it!"
Mu Qingluan passed sideways through two mountain peaks. Her elegant flying posture made Qing Lin's heart itch.
"Then here I come!"
Clang!
A pair of green Dou Qi wings opened behind her back. Qing Lin leaped vigorously, her body flying quickly towards Mu Qingluan in mid-air.
The two girls started a chase.
They flew wantonly among the mountains and rivers, casting aside all worries. Laughter and joy rang out continuously among the mountains.
Han Feng treaded on the void, following the induction to come here.
He stood on the distant highest peak, overlooking the scene below.
Only after the two girls had played enough did he smile gently and step forward again.
Swish!
Han Feng appeared on the lawn where the two girls were lying on their backs.
Mu Qingluan still hadn't transformed back into human form at this time, relying on her broad beast body to press on Qing Lin playfully.
"Don't tickle me!"
"Haha!"
"Played enough?"
Han Feng said.
As soon as the voice came out, the two girls instantly quieted down.
"Uncle Han! Why are you here!"
Qing Lin pushed Mu Qingluan away, got up, and tidied her messy clothes.
Mu Qingluan rolled a few times following Qing Lin's push and transformed back into a petite girl.
At this time, her face and hands were dirty, her smooth hair became clumped, and her clothes were also very messy.
The ample bosom she specially expanded before was unexpectedly obvious at this moment.
"Hehe, hello Senior Brother..."
Qingluan waved her hand awkwardly.
Played a bit too much with Qing Lin.
Han Feng smiled helplessly, flicked out a pure water ball condensed by the Sea Heart Flame, and helped Qingluan clean up.
"You guys really played far enough; even came to the upper reaches of the Black Sand River."
Only a few days had passed. Thinking back to when he was in his teens, he couldn't reach the realm of Dou Qi Wings and traveled completely on foot.
Young people nowadays are amazing.
"Alright, let's go back. Everyone is waiting for you."
"Ah? What is it?"
Qing Lin asked.
"Nothing major, just going to the Nanli Continent together."
"Nanli Continent!"
Mu Qingluan on the side was somewhat excited.
"I've been to that place!"
"Oh? When did you go?"
Han Feng laughed.
"Previously led disciples of the Falling Star Pavilion to execute a mission in the Nanli Continent!"
Mu Qingluan crossed her arms, looking very proud of herself.
"That's really impressive. The attitude of the Nanli Continent towards barbarians and beast clans is not very friendly."
"How can you say that?"
Mu Qingluan corrected: "Unfriendly to those magical beasts invading the territory. Did you know, the Guardian Divine Beast of the Nanli Empire is a powerful divine bird! Named Vermilion Bird!"
Han Feng cooperated by showing a surprised look, wanting to tease his cute Junior Sister in his heart.
"Guardian Divine Beast! Vermilion Bird? Sounds very powerful."
"Of course!"
Mu Qingluan looked honored.
"Our ancestors specifically recorded the power of the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird, a hundred times more powerful than that whatever Heaven Demon Phoenix!"
Han Feng touched Junior Sister's head.
"I'm very interested. Tell me about it on the way back, okay?"
"Sure!"
Mu Qingluan had no scheming mind and was happy to share some interesting stories with Han Feng.
The three returned to Feng City while chatting, neither fast nor slow, focusing on leisure.
When they returned home, it was already evening, just in time for dinner.
A table of people sat down. Lin Xian'er looked at the vacant seats.
"Hasn't Zi Yan come out of seclusion yet?"
Han Feng nodded.
"I just went to check; she is still cultivating."
In the cave dwelling specially opened in the Inner Courtyard, Zi Yan's aura improved very quickly, seeming to be in a state of epiphany. In just a few days, she climbed to the late stage of the seventh rank, so Han Feng didn't disturb her.
Magical beasts improve cultivation relatively slowly because they usually don't cultivate techniques like humans but directly comprehend Dou Qi and absorb the power of heaven and earth to cultivate.
But if there is a powerful energy source, magical beasts improve cultivation more conveniently than humans.
Powerful bodies can directly refine energy without needing to harmonize and refine it in various ways.
Zi Yan's current situation is equivalent to digesting the inheritance energy left to her by her father.
That was a gift from a Nine-Star Dou Saint. Not much needed, just a tiny bit was enough to improve Zi Yan's cultivation by a large margin.
"Cai'er and the others haven't come back either."
Ye Qingyun said.
"Mm, we'll go to the Tagor Desert together tomorrow, and then go to the Nanli Continent."
Han Feng said.
Going to the Nanli Continent doesn't necessarily require going to the Central Plains.
Starting directly from the Northwest Continent and crossing the Southwest Sea Area can also reach the border of Nanli.
Although strange races and forces might be encountered on the way, these dangers had nothing to do with Han Feng.
As a Dou Saint, he didn't need to worry about bandits blocking the way.
After dinner, everyone rested early, preparing to travel tomorrow.
Han Feng sat on the cushion in the cultivation room, taking out the Mountain and River Record to comprehend Dou Saint laws.
The Mountain and River Record had just been drawn, but it was just a framework inside. Han Feng could still add many interesting things to it.
The most practical use was to verify the power of laws, letting it evolve itself in the Mountain and River Record.
As long as a complete small world cycle was possessed, there was hope for the law to operate on its own.
Han Feng could test whether the comprehension of different laws was correct through the Mountain and River Record. If it could evolve itself and form a cycle, it meant this path could continue.
Conversely, it meant there was a step that needed improvement and refinement.
At the Dou Saint cultivation, realm improvement became quite slow. Han Feng hadn't slacked off since breaking through, meditating all night every night, but now he had only reached the late stage of One-Star Dou Saint.
This was thanks to Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun's law teaching, allowing Han Feng to advance by leaps and bounds in a small range.
Compared to his previous life where he spent a full ten years breaking through to Two-Star Dou Saint, the current progress was already very fast.
It could only be said that at the Dou Saint stage, every star level was a chasm-like gap.
A speechless night passed; Han Feng cultivated all night again.
He inscribed the laws of two Heavenly Flames in the Mountain and River Record, namely the Sea Heart Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame.
Water is the beginning of all things. Evolving the law of the Sea Heart Flame helped him explore other laws.
The Fallen Heart Flame possessed the law concept of meticulousness and automatic cultivation, which could strengthen the spirituality of the Mountain and River Record.
Starting with them for carving was a very wise choice in Han Feng's view.
"Hoo!"
"Heaven and Earth transformation, the Dao follows nature. Next is the Black Yellow Flame."
A touch of gold appeared in the yellow flame at Han Feng's fingertip, then extinguished.
If the path of the Mountain and River Record worked, perhaps he could create a second complete fused Heavenly Flame law, thereby spying on the mysteries of Ancient God Tuo She.
Han Feng vaguely remembered that before his fall in his previous life, he saw nineteen Heavenly Flames fly out of that Ancient God stone tablet.
Since that Ancient God stone tablet hid so many Heavenly Flames, did it also mean that collecting Heavenly Flames was closely related to the inheritance of Ancient God Tuo She?
Getting up and leaving the room, Han Feng used the morning qi of heaven and earth to nourish the spiritual opportunity in his body.
The effect wasn't outstanding, but day after day, the accumulated results were considerable.
Ordinary people might not succeed even if they wanted to imitate.
State of mind was the key.
Lin Xian'er had been following Han Feng for morning exercises recently. Although she had mastered the movements skillfully, the spiritual opportunity in her body remained similar to before the practice.
"Master, I still haven't succeeded."
Lin Xian'er was somewhat annoyed.
Usually seeing Master doing such an ordinary small thing, she tried it herself but failed to get started for a long time.
Obviously just a very ordinary fist technique.
Han Feng smiled gently and looked at Gu Xun'er, who was also doing morning exercises nearby.
"Xun'er is doing well; already entered the initial doorway."
Gu Xun'er slowly put down her hands, calming her breath.
"Thank you for Mr. Han's teaching."
This method seemed ordinary, but if practiced meticulously, one would find the spiritual opportunity of heaven and earth quietly gathering towards the body.
Spiritual opportunity is the precursor of laws, the sudden flash of insight a cultivator has during cultivation or martial combat.
This kind of insight comes fast and goes fast. Without a suitable method to preserve it, it would be like a spring dream leaving no trace, leaving only regret.
But if this spiritual opportunity appears many times, there is a chance to leave a deep impression on you. This deep impression is not only beneficial to current cultivation but will also help future law cultivation at the Dou Venerate and Dou Saint realms.
Gu Xun'er, who had already reached the Dou Ancestor realm, had actually been paying attention to law cultivation under the clan's cultivation.
That was why she got started so quickly.
Unaware of the truth, Lin Xian'er felt a sense of frustration again in her heart.
Fortunately, the object was still Gu Xun'er. Once or twice, she slowly came to terms with it.
Lin Xian'er took a deep breath, recalling the details of the movements in her mind, and started practicing again.
Han Feng glanced at his disciple.
Knowing shame and then being brave; didn't act coquettishly with him this time. Not bad.
When Lin Xian'er finished a set of fist techniques again, the purple qi of heaven and earth was about to disperse. The last bit remaining was specially intercepted by Han Feng. He flicked his finger and hit these spiritual opportunities into Lin Xian'er's body.
In an instant, Lin Xian'er felt tranquility in her heart, as if a long-blocked meridian in her body was suddenly opened.
Stagnant qi dispelled, body naturally smooth.
After finishing morning exercises with the two girls, Han Feng came to the front yard for breakfast, then announced the departure.
He summoned a large spirit boat and let the girls board first.
Urged by soul power, the spirit boat automatically ascended and flew out of Feng City.
Han Feng took the opportunity to go inside the Xiao family, found Yao Chen, and said goodbye to him.
"Teacher, I'm going to the Nanli Empire next."
"Oh? Leaving today?"
Yao Chen glanced at the spirit boat in the sky, surprised.
Han Feng hadn't mentioned this to him before.
"Yes."
"Teacher, when do you and Junior Brother plan to go to the Falling Star Pavilion?"
Han Feng asked.
"Us? Not in a hurry. That kid is creating a force outside with his two brothers now."
Han Feng actually knew about this too. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were not people who could stay idle. Although the Xiao family was new, there were many opportunities in the Black-Corner Region, enough for them to let go and do a big job.
Xiao Yan acting with his two brothers was also a chance to get along well with his family before leaving.
After all, arriving at the Falling Star Pavilion, he would come into contact with another world completely different from the Northwest Continent.
The energy of heaven and earth there was far beyond what the Northwest Continent could compare to.
Geniuses of various forces were not ones he could crush at any time.
And as Yao Chen's youngest disciple, how everyone in the Falling Star Pavilion viewed him was also a hurdle Xiao Yan needed to endure.
If he performed too mediocrely, those disciples of the Falling Star Pavilion wouldn't look up to him.
After all, those who could enter the Falling Star Pavilion were all people with good aptitude and arrogant hearts.
In this aspect, neither Han Feng nor Yao Chen could help Xiao Yan excessively. All honors needed to be strived for by himself.
"Then I'll leave first. Xian'er and the others are waiting for me."
Yao Chen nodded. Watching Han Feng leave, a mysterious smile appeared on his face.
"This kid, avoiding me to go to the Nanli Continent. Does he have some shameful secret?"