Could this be... a bloodline awakening?
Elder Du was shocked by his own thought.
He once again extended his divine sense into the woman's body, wanting to get closer to that phantom to see clearly.
To verify his idea, Elder Du moved even closer than last time.
But it was precisely because he was too close that he suffered.
The moment Elder Du approached, the woman's Heaven-tier supreme grade fire spirit root suddenly lunged at him.
Elder Du was greatly alarmed and quickly withdrew his divine sense.
But even so, his soul felt a sharp pain.
"Pfft!"
Because his soul was burned, Elder Du spat out a mouthful of blood.
This is... the spirit root protecting its master on its own?
Elder Du was astonished.
It must be known that not all spirit roots could protect their masters on their own.
Only when the spirituality of the spirit root reached a certain level would it do so.
Elder Du had suffered a loss and knew he could not help.
He simply started a fire and began to heal his soul injury.
Time passed day by day.
The woman's body grew hotter and hotter.
Elder Du was helpless and could only sit aside and watch.
He had thought of leaving, but he was afraid that if he left, the woman might be discovered by others or by fierce beasts and demonic beasts, which would be troublesome.
After all, the woman was in a coma and had no power to resist.
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So, Elder Du stayed by the woman's side, cultivating and guarding her.
Seven days later, the temperature of the woman's body finally subsided.
Elder Du knew that the woman was about to wake up.
A moment later, a brilliant light emanated from the woman's body.
A phantom of a large bird, covered in flames, flew out from above her head.
Elder Du finally saw clearly that the shape of this phantom was exactly like the legendary Vermilion Bird.
The moment the Vermilion Bird phantom appeared, the temperature in the cave rapidly increased.
The heatwave was immense, and flames spread.
Elder Du did not want to be roasted like a sweet potato, so he quickly retreated.
"Jiu~"
A sharp bird cry sounded, and an invisible pressure rapidly spread out from the cave.
The beasts on the mountain seemed to have received a summons and all became agitated.
The entire mountain shook, and in the distance, sand and dust filled the sky, accompanied by continuous beast roars.
"Not good!"
Elder Du's face changed drastically.
When a divine beast is born, all beasts come to pay homage.
Even if it was just a phantom of the Vermilion Bird at this moment, it was enough to scare other beast races into coming to pay their respects in fear.
Listening to the approaching rumbling sound, Elder Du was secretly anxious.
At this moment, he had no time to escape.
The best way was to find a place to hide.
But there was no other place to hide around here except for this cave.
And he couldn't get into the cave, unless he wanted to become an array master who would be burned to death.
Right! Arrays!
Elder Du hastily took out the array disk he had carved earlier and began to set up an array in front of the cave.
The concealment array he wanted to set up could not be too large, with a radius of one zhang being the most suitable.
Because the myriad beasts paying homage would definitely not be close to the cave entrance, they would keep a certain distance.
And this distance would definitely not be less than ten zhang.
Therefore, the area of one zhang occupied by Elder Du was not easily discovered.
Especially since the place Elder Du set up the array was not far from the cave entrance, it could be considered a forbidden zone for the myriad beasts.
Elder Du quickly set up three layers of concealment arrays.
To be safe, he took out some beast dung from his Nine Spirit Ring to cover up his human scent.
With the double guarantee of the concealment array and the beast dung, Elder Du finally sat down in the concealment array with peace of mind.
This way, even if the beast races had the most sensitive noses, they would not be able to find him.
"Jiu~"
The phantom cried out again, and the ground shook even more violently.
Soon, Elder Du saw dense herds of beasts, which made his scalp tingle.
As expected, the beasts stopped at a distance of ten zhang from the cave entrance and prostrated themselves on the ground.
What shocked Elder Du was that there were actually two spirit beasts at the forefront.
But despite his shock, he dared not act rashly.
Those two spirit beasts were fine; although they were afraid, they could still keep their bodies from trembling.
But the demonic beasts and fierce beasts behind them were in a sorry state.
Their bodies were shaking like sieves, especially the wild beasts at the farthest distance who had no intelligence and wished they could bury their heads in the ground.
The Vermilion Bird phantom flew out of the cave and looked down at the beasts on the ground with disdain.
That expression was very human-like.
Elder Du was greatly shocked.
Logically speaking, a phantom was just a phantom and could not have expressions.
But this phantom within the woman actually had an expression, which was something unheard of.
If Elder Du had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it.
This ceremony of homage lasted for a full half a day before the Vermilion Bird phantom flew back into the cave.
The two spirit beasts in front respectfully stretched out their front claws and kowtowed nine times to the ground with their heads before slowly retreating ten zhang and then turning to leave.
Their demeanor was exactly like that of human ministers paying homage to a monarch.
After the two spirit beasts left, the demonic beasts behind followed suit, kowtowing and then gradually leaving.
After the demonic beasts, came the fierce beasts and wild beasts.
Although their bodies were still trembling, they still completed their kowtows with great trepidation.
After all the beasts had left, Elder Du finally removed the concealment array and put away the array disk.
At this time, the high temperature in the cave had also dissipated.
Elder Du sent out a wisp of his divine sense and quietly peered into the cave. Only then did he discover that the Vermilion Bird phantom had disappeared.
In the cave, only the unconscious woman remained.
Elder Du withdrew his divine sense, walked in, and came before the woman.
The flushed redness on the woman's face had subsided, revealing her original appearance.
Elder Du then discovered that the woman was indescribably beautiful.
"Thump, thump, thump!"
He felt his heart suddenly speed up, and he longed to hold the woman in his arms.
Finally, Elder Du sighed, and reason prevailed.
He bent down, squatted beside the woman, and grabbed her wrist, about to check her pulse when the woman opened her eyes.
"You scoundrel, what do you want to do again!"
Although she glared angrily, she did not make a move.
"Stop calling me a scoundrel. I just wanted to check your pulse!"
Elder Du awkwardly withdrew his hand and stood up, saying.
"Hmph! Take your filthy thoughts elsewhere. I'm perfectly fine, I don't need you to check my pulse!"
As the woman spoke, she tried to struggle to get up.
But because she had been sitting for too long, her legs were a bit stiff, and she failed.
Elder Du was about to help her when he felt a killing intent. "If you dare to touch me again, I will surely kill you!"
In the woman's eyes, killing intent churned.
Elder Du gave a helpless bitter smile and said, "Alright, alright! I won't touch you then. I'm just trying to be kind and you take it the wrong way!"
Then, he shook his head and muttered to himself, "If I wanted to take advantage of you, I could have done it all these seven days!"