The second challenger was Ling Luojia, whose injuries had healed thanks to proper treatment. He chose Bai Zhixu as his opponent.
After the two exchanged courtesies, they immediately released their contracted beasts.
Bai Zhixu's contracted beast was a seventh-tier demonic beast with extremely high combat power.
The two fought back and forth, locked in a fierce battle.
Ling Luoyi observed Ling Luojia's attack patterns carefully.
As expected, as long as he wasn't facing someone from the Wei family, he could maintain his composure.
Although Bai Zhixu had broken through to the first tier of spiritual cultivation earlier than Ling Luojia, Ling Luojia's spiritual energy was consumed more slowly. Therefore, when Bai Zhixu had no spiritual energy left, Ling Luojia was still able to gather his.
Bai Zhixu was not a narrow-minded person. Seeing that he had lost, he accepted it and clasped his fist, saying, "Young Master Ling, I am truly convinced of my defeat in this battle."
He did not use any more elixirs to recover his spiritual energy, as he was not Ling Luojia's match in terms of elixirs.
"You are too kind, Young Master Bai," Ling Luojia replied. Although he had won, he was not lightly injured. He returned to the resting area, took an elixir, and began to recover his spiritual energy and stamina.
Since Bai Zhixu had lost, Ling Luojia was tentatively ranked tenth. As Ling Luojia had just fought, he needed to sit out for one round.
Ling Luoyi was watching the match intently when she suddenly felt a fluctuation from the depths of her soul, causing her to almost lose stability.
Ling Luoyi steadied herself, closed her eyes, and probed her soul. She saw that the crack on a bracelet in the depths of her soul was gradually disappearing, and the once dim bracelet was slowly becoming brighter.
As the crack on the bracelet completely vanished, Ling Luoyi heard a phoenix cry. The sound pierced directly into her heart.
Ling Luoyi's body seemed to have undergone a baptism, exuding a sacred and cold aura.
While Ling Luoyi had her eyes closed, Gu Yuncheng had erected a barrier around her, so no one noticed her transformation.
When Ling Luoyi felt the change in her body subside, she opened her eyes, and a voice she hadn't heard in a long time echoed in her mind.
"Master~"
It was a soft, cooing voice, filled with a childish petulance, like that of a two or three-year-old girl, making it irresistible.
Ling Luoyi's divine sense entered the Phoenix Xi Realm.
Inside the small building in the Phoenix Xi Realm.
A fluffy little round ball, after unconsciously calling out "Master," slowly opened its eyes. It looked at the empty room, its small eyes filled with great confusion.
Why was no one here? Not even Master.
The little round ball flapped its small wings and searched the room. Finding nothing, it flew back to the couch. The more it thought, the more it felt abandoned, and it couldn't help but sob, large tears rolling down its cheeks. Soon, the spot where it sat was soaked.
Ling Luoyi stood by the window, looking speechlessly at the sobbing little round ball through the open window.
When she entered, she had seen the little round ball flying around as if searching for something. She hadn't called out to it, wanting to see what it would do. In the end, it did nothing but cry.
"Why are you crying?"
"Master doesn't want me anymore!" At the mention of this sad matter, little Feng Xi cried loudly, still speaking between sobs, "I just woke up and didn't see Master. I looked everywhere and couldn't find you! Wuwuwu~"
Ling Luoyi's forehead was covered in black lines.
So, it had been looking for her just now.
"Do you know how to find your Master?"
"I don't know~"
Ling Luoyi, watching the increasingly exaggerated sobs of little Feng Xi, suppressed the urge to hit it and asked, "Do you want to see your Master?"
"Yes~"
Seeing that little Feng Xi still hadn't recognized her voice, Ling Luoyi rolled her eyes and asked, "Don't you recognize my voice?"
Voice?
Little Feng Xi stopped crying loudly and began to sob, blinking its eyes and twitching its almost imperceptible little ears.
This voice sounded familiar.
Little Feng Xi looked in the direction of the voice and saw a familiar face. It was still as stunning as ever, though its expression was rather intimidating.
Little Feng Xi recognized her and flapped its small wings, flying towards Ling Luoyi.
"Master~"
The voice was melodious and filled with deep longing.
Little Feng Xi opened its small hands, expecting Ling Luoyi to hug it, completely ignoring Ling Luoyi's expression.
Ling Luoyi grabbed it abruptly, her brows furrowing as she looked at its face, red from crying.
She had been quite happy to see little Feng Xi wake up, but seeing it cry as if its master had died, that emotion diminished.
"Master?" Little Feng Xi looked at Ling Luoyi, who was holding it, with confusion. It had slept for so long, didn't Master miss it?
"Little Feng Xi, act normal," Ling Luoyi said, releasing it.
"Oh. It's good that Master is still here. I thought you didn't want me anymore."
Ling Luoyi frowned again upon hearing this. What did she mean by "still here," as if she were dead.
"Little Feng Xi, did you sleep and damage your brain? We have a contract connection, can't you feel me?"
Hearing this, little Feng Xi blinked innocently, then suddenly patted its head and said sheepishly, "Master, I forgot."
Its little face even flushed slightly.
Seeing Ling Luoyi's look of utter bewilderment, little Feng Xi swallowed and changed the subject, asking, "Master, how long have I slept? My body feels stiff."
"You've slept for two years, how could your body not be stiff?"
"Only two years!" Little Feng Xi seemed to think the time was too short and said, "I remember when I used to fall into a deep sleep, it would take at least a thousand or eight hundred years, at the very least five hundred. I thought I wouldn't see you, Master, when I woke up."
"Little Feng Xi, have you just woken up and your head isn't clear yet? Have you forgotten my lifespan?" Ling Luoyi asked through gritted teeth.
Little Feng Xi then remembered that Ling Luoyi had a lifespan of sixty thousand years and said sheepishly, "Master, I'm sorry. I might have just woken up, and my memories haven't fully returned yet."
"Alright. Since you're awake, let's go and see them."
Ling Luoyi went out, with little Feng Xi flying behind her.
"Master, how are Jing Chen and Xin Tan?"
Jing Chen and Xin Tan were also Ling Luoyi's contracted beasts, and the strongest two. Two years ago, they had fallen into slumber along with little Feng Xi to protect Ling Luoyi.
"They're not awake yet." Speaking of this, Ling Luoyi's mood immediately soured.
Sensing Ling Luoyi's low mood, little Feng Xi comforted her, "Master, their injuries were more severe than mine, so they will wake up later. Master, you can still feel them, which means they are fine. You don't need to worry too much."
Ling Luoyi stopped and looked at the smiling little Feng Xi, sighing, "Little Feng Xi, I will work hard to help them recover. One day, they will wake up. And that day will not be far off."
"Yes!" Little Feng Xi nodded affirmatively.
As soon as Ling Luoyi walked out of the small building, Guan Yue, Wei Yu, and Chen Sha sensed it and ran over quickly.
Ling Luoyi had set up a restriction on the small building. If they were not inside the building, they could not detect any movement within it. Therefore, they did not know that little Feng Xi had already woken up.
"Master, Master!" Wei Yu ran over and hugged Ling Luoyi's waist, acting spoiled. "Master, when did you come in? I don't think I saw you."
Because little Feng Xi was too small and behind Ling Luoyi's shoulder, Wei Yu, rubbing against Ling Luoyi's waist, didn't look up and therefore didn't see it.
"Master, in the time I was asleep, Wei Yu could have transformed," little Feng Xi recognized Wei Yu and said, looking at the fawning Wei Yu.
"Little Feng Xi?" Hearing little Feng Xi's voice, Wei Yu exclaimed in confusion.