Desperation.

Unusual desperation arose from the bottom of the hearts of Ou Yangming and the little red bird. The despair did not make them feel like the world was falling apart as though it was a matter of life or death, but it definitely did not feel good because they could not pry the treasure that was right in front of them.

After staring at each other for a long time, Ou Yangming sighed and reached out to grab one of the little red bird’s feathers.

The little bird looked at him in bewilderment. It suddenly realized that its connection with him was cut off, and it could not sense what he was thinking at the moment.

Next, Ou Yangming tugged hard, causing the little red bird to shriek due to shock. It flapped its wings hard on his shoulder and shouted, “Have you gone mad? What are you trying to do?”

A phoenixes’ feathers could not be touched by ordinary people; it was a disrespectful act!

The little red bird decided that if Ou Yangming could not explain himself, it must—must… Teach him a lesson!

As for how it would do it, it would think about it in the future.

“Lil’ Red, refine another Long Feather Band.” Ou Yangming smiled embarrassedly. He looked up and said, “You’ll have to do something if we want to keep this giant stone.”

Although Ou Yangming could also refine interspatial bags, his skill was far from the little red bird’s natural gift.

The little red bird’s Long Feather Band could even accommodate Multi-armed King Kong, hence it was the real Almighty Being of space.

Upon hearing Ou Yangming, the little bird finally understood why he acted so strangely earlier. It widened its eyes furiously and moved its beak around while scanning his body as if it was finding a spot to make a whole on.

Ou Yangming felt a chill in his heart. “Lil’ Red, let’s get down to business first!”

The little red bird looked around for some time and finally curbed its killing intent.

It shook its head helplessly when it gazed at the massive aerolite, then it shook its body a little. With that, the feather, which Ou Yangming failed to remove even after pulling it hard, detached from the bird’s body and began floating in front of it.

Following that, an odd energy fluctuation appeared in the void. Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up, and it collected himself to quietly sense the energy change.

He lacked knowledge about space and was not gifted in this aspect unlike the little red bird, but he yearned for interspatial power very much. As such, he would not give up any chance to study it.

Ou Yangming did not pay too much attention when the little red bird first refined a Long Feather Band. After all, it was a skill unique to the bird, thus he dared not observe the process without holding back. This time, it was different because the little bird would not be mad no matter what he did.

Interspatial power was indeed one of the most mysterious powers in the world. When Ou Yangming fully focused his mental conception on it, he sensed numerous indescribable rune paths filling his mind.

In fact, he even felt like his head was suffering a swelling pain.

Ou Yangming responded very quickly, where he curbed his thought and gave up wanting to explore the power anymore. He closed his eyes and focused on his sea of consciousness to sense the content that he gained.

On the other hand, the little red bird glanced at him strangely.

‘He seems to have a strong fate with interspatial power; he obtained enough information after just a split second.’ Even though those pieces of information alone would not allow the young fellow to replicate the remarkable Space-expansion Art, they played a pivotal role in his understanding of the Interspatial Secret Technique.

Nevertheless, the little red bird did not find it weird anymore when it thought about Ou Yangming’s inheritance.

All of a sudden, the bottom of the sea fell silent as Ou Yangming studied interspatial power while the little bird refined a Long Feather Band.

After an unknown period, when Ou Yangming opened his eyes, he noticed the little red bird crouching while squinting its eyes on his shoulder as if it was asleep. Below him, a brand new Long Feather Band could be seen.

He looked gratefully at the little red bird because he knew as gifted as it was, it was difficult to refine a band with such a vast space.

Even so, the little bird agreed to his request without negotiating at all. The friendship between them was incredibly rare.

Ou Yangming reached out to gently caress the little red bird. It opened its eyes right away but relaxed and closed its eyes to pretend to sleep after seeing that it was the young fellow.

The young fellow could not help but laugh. He picked up the little red band and waved at the aerolite, causing an intense white light to be released and enveloped the stone. Once the dazzling light slowly disappeared, the aerolite vanished too.

Despite that, Ou Yangming realized that queer energy appeared on the small peculiar stone in his hand. The energy echoed with the humongous aerolite in the Long Feather Band as though they were communicating in an absurd way.

Ou Yangming’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately said, “Lil’ Red, come and take a look.”

The little red bird opened its eyes at once. It took a look at the stone and sensed for a while before it exclaimed, “Hey, what’s going on? This thing can traverse space?”

“Do the Phoenixes have such a secret technique?” Ou Yangming asked sternly.

“Yes,” the little red bird answered after some serious thought.

“What’s the secret technique?”

“I have no idea.”

“What?”

“My cultivation base isn’t high enough, so my memories aren’t fully unlocked. I only know that the secret technique exists, but I don’t know its specifics,” the little bird explained confidently.

Ou Yangming was startled for a while, and he could not help but shake his head helplessly. Though the little red bird had not matured, it was already at the tip of the pyramid as compared to most of the living beings. Therefore, even the young fellow subconsciously neglected its age.

“Lil’ Ming, let’s continue!” The little red bird blurted.

“Continue what?”

“Channel our mental powers.” The little red bird pointed at the peculiar stone in Ou Yangming’s hand. “This thing can communicate with the gigantic aerolite in the interspatial bag, which means that their energies are shared. As long as we continue to channel our mental powers, we’ll be sending them into the aerolite.”

Ou Yangming twitched his mouth and asked, “Lil’ Red, how long do you think we’ll take to fill the enormous aerolite?”

The little red bird fell silent, and it lost all hope after it thought about the question.

Perhaps the little red bird, which was a phoenix, would live until the day the aerolite was filled, but Ou Yangming might not be able to see it.

At the spur of the moment, the little red bird stomped its foot and said, “Lil’ Ming, let’s refine pills!”

“Refine pills?” Ou Yangming was surprised, and he did not know what was wrong with the bird.

“Yes, refine pills!” The little bird explained, “There’s a type of pill in by bloodline inheritance, and it uses the immortal liquid as its base. Once it’s successfully refined, it can compensate for the loss of one’s mental power.”

Ou Yangming raised his eyebrows and asked, “What pill is that? How effective is it?”

While pills that could recover one’s mental power had been heard of in the lower realm, their efficacies were insignificant to Ou Yangming. However, the pill this time was brought up by the little red bird, and it was from the Phoenixes’ bloodline inheritance. The young fellow believed that he would be shocked by its effect.

Sure enough, the little red bird responded after some thought, “That pill is great indeed. If I’m not mistaken, if we consume it, our mental powers will be fully recovered in just a few breaths even if we were left with nothing.”

Ou Yangming gasped. “Given how mighty it is, isn’t it… On par with this peculiar stone?”

The mental power contained in the stone was also extremely powerful. If they wanted to withdraw their mental powers, the power stored inside could help them recover their peak states even if they were completely exhausted.

Having said that, the miraculous effect was only possible because Ou Yangming and the little red bird had transfused their mental powers into it for 3 days and 3 nights. If that was not the case, the stone could not have such an abundant supply.

If a pill alone could provide such a notable recovery, its value would be unbelievable.

“Refine pills…” Ou Yangming’s eyes gleamed. He had not refined pills before but was experienced in smithing, so he figured that it would help.

“Yes, refine pills.” The little red bird nodded.

“Okay, I can try.” Ou Yangming nodded and was looking forward to the process.

The little red bird was slightly dumbfounded. It blinked and thought, ‘I meant that I’ll be refining the pill. Why are you going to try…

‘Besides, it’s rumored in our race that one can only choose one between alchemy and smithing. If one tries to master both trades, one will achieve nothing in the end.’

That said, after seeing how overjoyed Ou Yangming was, the little red bird decided not to advise him. After all, some things could not be settled through words. Unless the determined young fellow failed to gain anything from making stubborn attempts, he would not stop and turn around.

The little red bird looked pitifully at Ou Yangming as if it saw his miserable future.

It blinked and was somehow pleased. ‘Hmph, this is what you’ll get for trying to pluck my feather. Hehe, I can watch the fun soon.’

Ou Yangming did not notice the little bird’s little scheme. He inspected his surroundings but did not notice any shards of the large aerolite, so he gently waves his hand, causing the air wall to bring them up to the surface.

In the sky, the goshawk swooped in a beautiful arc and arrived beside them.

The young fellow leaped onto the goshawk’s back with the little red bird, then they soared into the clouds and went far away.