"Why are you making so preparation?" Li Yinzi couldn't help but ask curiously.
"The Blood essence of Vermillion Bird will attract strong monsters, and this formation can cover the breath of the blood essence." Shi Tian explained.
Li Yinzi couldn't help but look at Shi Tian weirdly and had no idea why he was so good to her. Was he really a generous person, or did he have some evil plan in mind behind it?
'Whatever, if he wanted to do something to me, there is no need to go to such lengths. I am powerless to stop him anyway.' Li Yinzi thought inwardly.
"Why are you so good to me? You know that I can't repay you." Li Yinzi hesitated for a moment and asked.
"Hehe!" Shi Tian laughed and said, "Didn't you say already that I like teasing you? But I don't like bullying the weak. After your strength increases, it will be more fun to tease you."
Li Yinzi was surprised by his reply; she never expected to hear this kind of answer. Her first thought was that he might be interested in her body; he was doing all of this to win her heart and body.
"You look a bit disappointed. Are you expecting a different answer?" Shi Tian walked to her and said.
"Well, I do admit that I am somewhat interested in you. I kind of like your character." Shi Tian stared into her face and spoke.
"Stop dwelling on these insignificant things. It is time to work, give the stone." Shi Tian diverted the topic as he stretched out his hand and said.
Li Yinzi placed the stone in his hand without saying anything.
"Sit down and get ready." Shi Tian spoke as he observed the stone closely. He took out a dagger from his storage ring to open the stone.
He paused and looked at her and said with a serious expression, "Are you ready? It will be the most dangerous thing you have ever done. Anything can happen. I can't say with certainty that you will be fine. At least, I won't let you die. But I can't reduce the difficulty; it might be extremely painful. You have to depend on yourself."
"I am prepared; I have never been apprehensive about experiencing pain in my life." Li Yinzi's eyes were firm without any fear, and she said.
"Good." Shi Tian nodded in approval. Without making bold decisions, one can never achieve great success on the path to immortality.
"System, she will be fine, right?" Shi Tian couldn't help but ask the system again.
[Don't worry, host, she will survive.]
Hearing the confirmation of the system, Shi Tian let out a sigh of relief and moved his dagger to cut the stone. Naturally, this dagger was no ordinary weapon; it was a top-grade Heaven Rank Weapon.
However, just as his dagger touched the stone, strange symbols glowed on the surface of the stone, protecting it.
Just as he was about to use more force, the system's warning sounded in his mind.
[Host, this stone is shielded with divine runes; your cultivation is low; you can't break it. She should do it herself. Just let her drop a drop of her blood on the stone, and it will detect the hidden bloodline of Vermillion Bird and open itself.]
'Oh, why didn't you say in advance?' Shi Tian complained inwardly.
Coughing, Shi Tian turned to face Li Yinzi, who was staring at him strangely.
"Sorry, I made a small mistake. I didn't expect it to be shielded with runes. You can open it yourself by dripping a drop of blood on it." Shi Tian explained to her, repeating the system's words.
Li Yinzi nodded as she followed his instructions.
As soon as her blood dripped on the stone, mysterious runes appeared again on its surface, but this time, they were flickering faintly. Suddenly, the runes glowed brightly as a faint cracking sound appeared from the stone.
Suddenly, a burst of aura came out of the stone when it cracked open.
At this time, Shi Tian maintained a safe distance.
He saw an orange colored drop of blood hanging in the air, releasing heavy flame qi. If ordinary people tried to touch it, they would be scorched alive in seconds.
"Absorb it quickly." Shi Tian sent a reminder to Li Yinzi, who seemed frozen, and kept staring at the blood essence."
Li Yinzi came back to her senses. With a determined look, she reached out to catch the blood essence.
"Shhh... It's so hot." Li Yinzi hissed in pain, feeling that her hand was burning. On her left hand, an ice-blue pill appeared.
This pill was given by Shi Tian to assist her in the absorption process, as it restrains the explosive flame qi of blood essence.
She directly consumed both things together. The blood essence exploded with a fiery flame, trying to burn her alive from inside. A painful expression appeared on her face, contorted by intense pain. Even the restraint of the ice pill couldn't suppress the blood essence.
"Aghh..." Li Yinzi let out a groan and almost lost her mind. She gritted her teeth, determination flashed in her eyes, as she started absorbing the blood essence.
It was proven more difficult than she ever imagined; she was on the verge of passing out. Fortunately, the hidden bloodline of Vermillion Bird in her body woke up, stimulated by the blood essence.
Shi Tian, who was shielded by the spiritual shield, was standing nearby, gazing at her with an anxious heart, as she went through a life-or-death situation. Seeing her contorted expression, he could guess the amount of pain she was going through.
He didn't want her to die in front of him. 'Hold on, you can do this.' He prayed silently in his heart. He was holding a talisman in his hand. If she couldn't hold on, he would suppress the blood essence forcefully, saving her life, but it would also ruin her chance to awaken her bloodline.
A few minutes passed...
A mutation occurred, and Shi Tian saw that orange colored flame oozed out of Li Yinzi's body, wrapping around her in a cocoon. This orange colored flame was different from ordinary flames; it was a special spiritual flame that only the lineage of the Vermilion Bird could possess.
'Success.' Shi Tian let out a sigh of relief. When he noticed, Li Yinzi's aura was stabilizing inside the flame cocoon. It was rising currently.
Around twenty minutes passed... the orange flame cocoon finally started to sign of dissipating, and rather than dissipating, it was going back into the body of Li Yinzi.
Soon, Li Yinzi once again appeared before his sight. However, the scene stunned him, he couldn't help but let out a whistle of appreciation upon seeing the sight in front of him. At this time, Li Yinzi was sitting on the ground the same as before however, there was a slight difference, there was no shred of clothes present on her body, completely naked.
Shi Tian's eyes couldn't move away from her figure, she was already very beautiful after awakening her bloodline, and she had become even more beautiful. His gaze fell onto her two firm breasts with two perky nipples attacked onto them that were vying for his attention.
"Oh man, I really want to pinch them, nibble them, suck them.." Shi Tian let out a pervert grin and said.
His gaze descended downward. From his angle, he caught a glimpse of her pink petals.
Just as he was admiring her body, her closed eyes opened slowly.
"I survived." Li Yinzi muttered slowly, feeling very fatigued, not physically but mentally. She looked into the front and found Shi Tian standing there, staring at her.
She was about to thank him, and suddenly a wind passed by, stiffening her body. She curiously looked down, only to see herself naked. Her mind exploded.
"Ahhh... Where happened to my clothes?"