Now, however, Zhang Jingmo seemed to understand something. The Lu Guijiu who answered his question back then had already made a breakthrough in the "Blood Hell Heaven Scripture".

The flames gradually grew larger and began to ignite nearby objects. However, there was only soil around Lu Guijiu, with no combustible materials. So the purple flames set the ground ablaze.

Zhang Jingmo saw that except for the piece of land where Lu Guijiu was sitting, the surrounding soil began to melt and turn into fiery lava.

Lu Guijiu sat there expressionlessly, his brows exuding an air of coldness. He didn't feel the changes in his body, but instead fell into a state of epiphany.

The flames quickly burned to Zhang Jingmo's side. Zhang Jingmo was not afraid and allowed the flames to envelop his entire body.

However, unlike Lu Guijiu, Zhang Jingmo used his spiritual energy to protect his hair and clothes, so he wasn't as disheveled as Lu Guijiu. He extended a finger, and a nearly black-colored flame burned at his fingertip.

The flame danced on Zhang Jingmo's fingertip as if it had come to life. After gazing at it for a moment, Zhang Jingmo sighed lightly, "It's really incomparable."

It was perfectly normal for him to lose to Lu Guijiu.

Lu Guijiu's breakthrough state lasted for a long time. The surrounding Poison Soil was also affected by the flames and became increasingly scorched. Seeing that the entire area of Poison Soil was about to be destroyed by the flames, Zhang Jingmo waved his hand and set up a restriction, trapping Lu Guijiu and his flames inside, preventing the fire from spreading further.

Seeing Lu Guijiu's cultivation state, Zhang Jingmo began to seriously consider a question. If Lu Guijiu's breakthrough at the Qi Refining stage was already so domineering, what about later? Wouldn't a Lu Guijiu who had broken through to the Great Sage stage create a world-destroying situation?

Just as Zhang Jingmo was pondering, Lu Guijiu finally woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Zhang Jingmo surrounded by flames. His mind exploded with a buzz.

"Master!" Lu Guijiu abruptly stood up from the ground, wanting to run to Zhang Jingmo's side. Little did he know that the area around him had already turned into lava. With one step, he directly stepped into the lava.

Fortunately, the melted ground wasn't too deep. After Lu Guijiu fell in, only his eyes were exposed. He blinked for a long time before clearly seeing the changes around him.

Zhang Jingmo heard Lu Guijiu's shout and looked towards the source of the sound, only to find that Lu Guijiu was nowhere to be seen. He was slightly stunned for a moment, and after taking a closer look, he realized that only half of Lu Guijiu's head was visible.

Zhang Jingmo walked over and pulled Lu Guijiu out of the lava.

As there was no longer a fire source, the lava on the ground began to solidify rapidly. Lu Guijiu was completely naked, squatting on the ground with his face buried in his arms, refusing to lift his head.

Zhang Jingmo patted Lu Guijiu's bare head, feeling a bit like laughing, but he managed to hold it in. He said, "It's okay, your hair will grow back in a few days."

Lu Guijiu didn't say anything.

Zhang Jingmo said, "Hurry up and put on some clothes. You're all grown up now, how can you be naked like this?"

Hearing this, Lu Guijiu finally raised his head pitifully and said, "Master, my hair is gone."

Zhang Jingmo thought to himself, not only your hair, but your eyebrows and eyelashes are gone too.

Lu Guijiu asked, "Do I look very ugly?"

Zhang Jingmo said, "No, not ugly at all." Just like a freshly boiled egg...

Not knowing that Zhang Jingmo was comforting him, Lu Guijiu felt a little better when he heard that he didn't look ugly. He stood up from the ground, took the clothes from Zhang Jingmo's hand, and put them on carefully. Only then did he suddenly remember, "Master, do you have a mirror? I want to see..."

Zhang Jingmo took out a mirror from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Guijiu.

Lu Guijiu took the mirror and looked at it, completely dumbfounded. He stared at himself in the mirror for a long time before finally saying in a low voice, "So round."

Hearing this, Zhang Jingmo couldn't hold back anymore and burst out laughing. He said, "Silly disciple, why are you worried about this? Your hair will grow back in a couple of days."

Seeing that Lu Guijiu was still gloomy and not speaking, Zhang Jingmo reached out and patted the smooth head, feeling that it had a nice texture, so he patted it again.

Lu Guijiu glumly asked, "Does it feel good?"

Zhang Jingmo nodded seriously, "It feels good."

Lu Guijiu: "..."

With Lu Guijiu's disturbance, a large portion of the Poison Soil was gone, and the remaining small portion looked withered and about to die at any moment.

Zhang Jingmo wasn't sure if this counted as Lu Guijiu cheating, but anyway, there were still some days left before the Xuanwu Conference, so letting Lu Guijiu continue cultivating here was not a bad idea.

However, in addition to cultivation, Zhang Jingmo began to have Lu Guijiu spend some time in the Dark Cavern to catch Yin ghosts as food for Zhu Yan, and also told him to leave the cave to seek out spirit beasts for his own sustenance.

Although the main purpose of the Xuanwu Conference was to test the disciples' spiritual power, there were inevitably some villains who would take advantage of this.

Every year during the lot-drawing, there were always geniuses who perished, and as long as it wasn't too excessive, the elders generally wouldn't interfere.

According to Lu Guijiu's current strength, no new disciple in the entire Lingxu Sect could match him. However, there was no guarantee that someone wouldn't use underhanded tricks.

Zhang Jingmo wanted to ensure that Lu Guijiu not only drew the first lot but also kept his life.

Killing spirit beasts and catching Yin ghosts was just the beginning of the training. Later on... it would be against cultivators like themselves.

When catching spirit beasts, Lu Guijiu would occasionally get injured. After all, he had little practical combat experience, and when fighting against those cunning beasts in the mountains, he would sometimes suffer losses.

But most of these injuries were minor and did not affect his cultivation.

Zhang Jingmo also began to spar with Lu Guijiu. At present, Lu Guijiu couldn't last more than one round against him before being subdued.

However, under Zhang Jingmo's constant guidance, he no longer got caught by Zhang Jingmo as easily as before. Instead, he began to use his own advantages and started using flames to harass Zhang Jingmo.

Zhang Jingmo was naturally happy to see Lu Guijiu's comprehension. He said, "Guijiu, if one day you can defeat me, I will agree to one request from you."

Hearing this, Lu Guijiu's eyes lit up. Although there was nothing he couldn't get now, he felt deep down that this request would come in handy someday. He said, "Master, you have to keep your word."

Zhang Jingmo laughed, "I always keep my word." Previously, when Lu Guijiu had a breakthrough, he had also granted him a wish. Lu Guijiu said he wanted to go home and see his family, so he took him back.

Now, using another request as bait to increase Lu Guijiu's motivation, why not?