"It's all that Wuming's fault, he's the one who trapped us here," Feng Ming thought of Wuming and became very angry. If it weren't for him, they wouldn't be stuck in the sea of fire from ten thousand years ago.
"Perhaps he knows we can't die here."
Chu Lingwei used her spiritual power to constantly resist the heat around her. If he really wanted to kill her, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths.
Moreover, he wouldn't kill her or hurt her.
"How could we not die? I'm almost burning to death." After speaking, Feng Ming started crying. She felt so wronged. She was a fire-attribute spiritual beast, yet she was about to be burned to death. It was too shameful.
"No, you go into the space directly." Chu Lingwei couldn't help but laugh at Feng Ming's aggrieved look. She was so cute in her current state.
"Feng Ming, come here, let me hug you." The illusion cat held Feng Ming in its arms, constantly comforting her, "It's okay, this fire won't kill you."
Hearing this, Feng Ming's expression became even uglier. She felt as though the illusion cat was mocking her.
Chu Lingwei clearly felt Feng Ming's body stiffen and couldn't help but smile. She could sense Feng Ming's general emotions and directly sent her into the space.
"Let's wait a bit longer." Chu Lingwei sat in place, continuously using the spiritual power within her body to disperse the heat around her, repeating this action. Chu Lingwei discovered that this seemed to be able to train her spiritual power.
"Maomao, do you feel anything different about the spiritual power within your body?"
The illusion cat didn't understand why Chu Lingwei asked this and subconsciously shook its head, "Nothing different."
It must be the difference in perception between human cultivators and spiritual beasts. She nodded and began to continuously mobilize her spiritual power, expelling the heat and then retracting it.
Ten full days passed. The temperature in their stone chamber did not decrease, nor did it increase. This was as Chu Lingwei had expected; they had become part of the sea of fire.
Perhaps, this place was already completely surrounded by the sea of fire.
"Weiwei, are we still staying here?" The illusion cat was a little worried. They couldn't stay here forever. The spiritual domain had a time limit. If they weren't teleported out by the spiritual domain, they would have to wait for the next century.
"No, I'll find a way now."
Chu Lingwei felt that the power she used with her spiritual energy had increased a bit more. It seemed that she could truly train the stability of her spiritual power output here.
Closing her eyes, Chu Lingwei began to earnestly connect with the divine artifacts within the space.
Many divine artifacts in the space were not unsealed, so she had to find them one by one.
The illusion cat guarded Chu Lingwei's side, helping her to dispel the heat.
Finally, she found one.
Chu Lingwei's expression brightened. She had actually found a divine artifact, one that could freely dispel fire.
"Found it, I'll try to unseal it." Chu Lingwei opened her eyes and told the illusion cat. Just as she was about to take the divine artifact out of the space, the entire stone chamber began to shake violently.
"What's happening?"
Chu Lingwei stood up and cast a barrier around herself and the illusion cat.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, are you alright in there?" At this moment, Wuming's voice came from outside.
Hearing this voice, Chu Lingwei's heart leaped. As expected, her guess was correct.
"Thanks to Fellow Daoist Wuming, I'm not dead yet." Chu Lingwei herself didn't even realize that her voice carried anger.
Wuming chuckled softly upon hearing Chu Lingwei's voice, "Fellow Daoist Chu, I had no choice. If I didn't place you here, you would have died."
"You could have just sent me out." Chu Lingwei snorted lightly. Sending her out shouldn't have taken him much time.
"There wasn't enough time then." Wuming's voice grew closer to Chu Lingwei, "Fellow Daoist Chu, protect yourselves inside. I'll open the stone chamber for you now."
"Fellow Daoist Wuming, wait."
Chu Lingwei stopped him when she heard Wuming's words, "What's the situation outside now?"
"The entire cave mansion has been invaded by the sea of fire. So, Fellow Daoist Chu, do you have confidence that you can ensure your safety once I open the stone chamber?" Wuming's voice paused for a moment before asking.
"No."
Chu Lingwei's voice was laced with pique. "Then it's better to just stay here, isn't it, Fellow Daoist Wuming?"
Wuming stood in the sea of fire and couldn't help but chuckle softly at Chu Lingwei's words, "Fellow Daoist Chu is absolutely right."
Chu Lingwei: "..."
This Wuming, she would deal with him after she got out.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, be careful. I'll open the stone chamber now." As soon as Wuming finished speaking, a massive spiritual force enveloped the stone chamber. In less than a breath, the upper half of the stone chamber turned to dust.
Chu Lingwei felt as if in the blink of an eye, she was sitting on a flying artifact. She didn't feel any heat; instead, there was a hint of coolness.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, are you injured?" Wuming stood on the artifact, looking down at Chu Lingwei sitting on it, and the somewhat dazed illusion cat.
Both the person and the beast seemed a bit bewildered.
"Weiwei, this person's cultivation has increased by more than a hundred times." The illusion cat's voice, filled with dread, reached Chu Lingwei's ears.
"Be quiet."
With such high cultivation, their telepathic communication couldn't be guaranteed not to be overheard.
The illusion cat immediately shut its mouth and sat close to Chu Lingwei, warily staring at Wuming. Feng Ming was right; this man was truly terrifying.
"Fellow Daoist Wuming, how did your cultivation suddenly increase so much?"
Chu Lingwei stood up, staring into Wuming's eyes, trying to find the answer she sought.
"It's not that my cultivation has greatly increased, but rather that my injuries have healed a bit." Wuming pointed at the sea of fire beneath them, "Look at this fire. If even a trace escapes from here, the outside world will suffer immensely."
"Why did they become so numerous?" When Chu Lingwei and Wuming first entered here, the sea of fire was just a patch. Now, it seemed to cover the entire cave mansion.
"They were merely sealed by a barrier before." Wuming piloted the flying artifact, and soon they arrived at the place where they had first entered. "It's safe here."
Chu Lingwei and the illusion cat stood where they had encountered the small tornadoes. There was no longer any trace of them.
"Is that all?"
Chu Lingwei stared at Wuming, wondering what he had done.
Wuming was amused by Chu Lingwei's words, "Fellow Daoist Chu, what else do you wish to see? Are you still not satisfied with what you just witnessed?"
Chu Lingwei glared at Wuming, having cursed him eight hundred times in her heart. "Wuming, I ask you, where is that demonic wind?"
"Dead."
Wuming lightly parted his thin lips and answered indifferently.
"And what about the cave mansion below?" The stone chamber she was in was filled with demonic energy.
"Destroyed."
Hearing Wuming's reply, Chu Lingwei was so angry she wanted to hit someone.
Well done.