Chapter 181
The Taoist priest was stunned, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the large bird that had been whipped into the corner by the dragon's tail: "...Isn't it a bird? How come it's a chicken?"
Or is it some kind of Class II protected animal in China? Does the country even protect this kind of thing?
Although the Taoist priest was inwardly puzzled, seeing that Qin Su didn't seem to be joking, he slowly sheathed his sword.
Qin Su said, "If you don't believe me, you can check it out."
The Taoist priest indeed took out his phone and searched, comparing the photos on the webpage with the large bird.
The large bird clutched its chest and got up, baring its teeth: "What are you looking at? I am the Red-bellied Golden Pheasant, the legendary Little Phoenix!"
"Heh." The Taoist sneered, turned off his phone, and having confirmed that the bird was indeed a protected animal, he stopped trying to attack it. However, he was still impolite, saying, "It's just a pheasant, yet it dares to call itself a phoenix."
The big bird was so angry that the feathers on its head stood on end: "You're the pheasant! Your whole family are pheasants!"
The Taoist priest looked like an honest man who was bad at talking, but in fact he was very quick-witted when he got into an argument: "My whole family has been human for generations. I don't know whose whole family is chicken."
The large bird's feathers trembled, as if it was about to faint from anger at him.
Knowing he couldn't harm him, the Taoist ignored him and turned to Qin Su to thank him, saying, "Thank you for the reminder, fellow Taoist."
As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily drifted towards Qin Su's shoulder.
Xiao Long stood there with his chest out and head held high, his red eyes gleaming with a crimson-gold light in the sunlight. Despite his small stature, he exuded a dignified and imposing aura.
He only glanced at it discreetly, but Xiaolong noticed him alertly.
Xiao Long's eyes flickered, and when they met, the Taoist felt a jolt in his mind, as if a deep-seated sense of oppression was descending upon him.
Little Dragon was unaware that he had frightened someone. When he saw the man looking over, he asked, "And who are you? Why are you fighting with it here?"
The Taoist priest was dazed for a few seconds, his mind not quite processing what was happening, but he answered truthfully, "My name is Qiao Yijing, and I am the 32nd generation disciple of the Su Yi Sect. I happened to be passing by this place today and saw this bird, uh, this red-bellied pheasant, knock someone unconscious. I was worried that it would do something bad, so I intervened to stop it."
"I told you I didn't do it on purpose!" the red-bellied pheasant jumped up and shouted. "I didn't mean to hurt anyone!"
Qiao Yijing glanced at it coldly: "Monsters are often treacherous. I don't believe what you say; I only believe what I see with my own eyes."
The golden pheasant retorted, "That's racial discrimination! And what's with all this talk about monsters? Didn't you hear the beautiful lady just say I'm a Class II protected animal?"
Qiao Yijing remained unmoved: "Then tell me why you knocked out an ordinary person?"
The golden pheasant grunted, its eyes darting around.
Qiao Yijing said angrily, "Why can't you say it? You still say you're not trying to harm people? You clearly are..."
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you." The red-bellied pheasant closed its eyes, its face flushed, and went all out. "Because he saw me licking the sole of his shoe and mistakenly thought I was a pervert and was going to call the police, I got scared and hit him too hard. I really didn't mean to hurt him, okay!"
It shouted the whole thing in one breath, not daring to look at the expressions of the others. It covered its head with its wings and sobbed, "It's over. I thought no one else in the world would know, but now so many people know. How am I supposed to survive in the world now?"
Qiao Yijing's annoyed expression hadn't faded when it cracked, and her gaze slowly fell on the pile of collected waste not far away.
There were indeed some shoes that were neither new nor old, and the person who had been knocked unconscious was curled up next to them.
So, the chicken might actually be telling the truth.
And the reason it had previously refused to admit it was now clear—after all, it was a fetish...
Qiao Yijing was speechless for a moment. She wanted to ask something, but felt that modern people should respect other people's hobbies.
After struggling for a while, he finally managed to weakly utter, "You... even though you're not human, you should still restrain your behavior when you act like one."
"I knew it would turn out like this if I told you," the red-bellied pheasant said in despair. "I'm really not a pervert."
Although it has only recently learned to transform into a human, it previously lived in a wildlife park and is well aware of the public order and good customs of human society.
It's not a pervert; it's perfectly understandable that it licks the soles of shoes.
Thinking of this, it secretly peeked at the little dragon on Qin Su's shoulder through the gap in its wings, hesitating whether to explain or not, a little worried that if it did, it would be mistaken for a thief.
But there was no need for it to say anything; its conflicted expression, coupled with the koi carp transformation it had encountered not long ago, made Qin Su immediately understand.
She reached out and took Xiaolong off her shoulder, examining him closely: "Did something else happen when you woke up here that day?"
"Huh?" Xiaolong was confused, trying hard to recall, "What happened... I think I'm injured?"
He was not clear-headed at the time, and his memory was rather confused. Now that he recalls it, it seems that such a thing happened.
"I didn't fly well at first, I think I injured myself, but I recovered quickly."
Dragons have a very strong healing ability.
When the red-bellied pheasant heard Qin Su ask this, it first realized what she meant, then said awkwardly, "You guessed it, beautiful lady?"
Qiao Yijing frowned, realizing what was happening.
Because the little dragon was injured here before, the place is indeed rich in dragon energy, making it an ideal training ground for little monsters who haven't yet mastered their cultivation.
"I didn't really mean to steal anything," the red-bellied pheasant said with a mournful face. "It's just that I've never seen such a powerful aura before, and I thought some dragon lord had left behind a treasure."
So it started rummaging through things one by one, and sometimes it couldn't help but lick them a few times.
The moment Qiao Yijing passed by was precisely when it couldn't control itself.
It was squatting on the ground in human form, holding an old shoe with a look of enjoyment, when it was spotted by the staff at the recycling station.
The staff member exclaimed "Oh dear!" and the red-bellied pheasant turned around at the sound.
When it transforms into human form, it has a few tufts of red and yellow hair on its head.
Upon seeing this, the staff shouted even louder: "Pervert! Help! There's a weirdo here!"
The golden pheasant was startled and immediately came to its senses, only then realizing what it had just done.
Oh no! If a third person finds out, his reputation will be completely ruined.
In a moment of desperation, it jumped up and struck the person on the head, knocking him unconscious.
Then, to make matters worse, Qiao Yijing saw it. Thinking it was some kind of evil spirit, she shouted, "What are you doing?"
The rest is history.
The little dragon poked its head out, not minding its act of secretly absorbing dragon energy, and asked, "You can transform now, so why are you still in this state?"
The golden pheasant said timidly, "I just learned it, and it's not very stable yet."
Xiao Long looked it over thoughtfully.
In his view, the red-bellied pheasant in front of him had a weak aura and was not powerful; he could kill it half to death with a single swipe of his claw.
But even such a weak creature can transform into a human.
He's clearly much more powerful, so why hasn't he been able to become human? Is he missing some crucial element?
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