It asked, its bean-like eyes clicking.
"Enter the Upper Realm?" Wang Shu Shaojun really didn't know anything, and asked like a broken record.
"What is the Upper Realm?" This was the question that the naive Xiaoliu asked.
The Six Paths Immortal Lord was almost fainting from excitement.
"Can I also enter the Upper Realm?" he asked in surprise.
Phoenix paused, nodded majestically, and hummed and hawed to indicate that she had connections.
Its mysterious and cunning nature aroused Wang Shu Shaojun's slight suspicion. However, despite the phoenix's cunning, she couldn't muster any wariness towards it, which was probably due to the phoenix's unique charm.
However, regarding these secrets that seemed unknown to her but known to others, Wang Shu Shaojun, being the ruler of the Northern Divine Kingdom and commanding countless demonic beasts, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why is there an Upper Realm beyond the Three Realms?" What she didn't understand even more was why the Heavenly Emperor, who ruled over the Three Realms and the Thirty-Three Heavens, could tolerate the existence of another realm.
“Of course,” the phoenix said proudly.
It paused again, then flew to Wang Shu Shaojun's side, brushing past the sparrow nestled in her clothes. A faint, complex emotion flickered across its face before it said, "You probably don't know my origins. My master was already a powerful figure in the Immortal Realm three hundred thousand years ago, ruling the Southern Immortal Court. Everyone called her the Southern Emperor." It seemed incredibly vain, basking in the astonished gazes of these juniors with pride, before continuing, its plump belly bulging, "The so-called Upper Realm is another world that my master entered after shattering the void of the Three Realms. That world..."
It suddenly shrank its neck.
“Saints are everywhere, but quasi-saints are no better than dogs.” It decided to give these juniors a hard time and said maliciously, “People like you would probably be turned to dust the moment you went there.”
"You know what 'grey' means, right?" it asked, winking.
Wang Shu Shaojun remained silent.
She felt she had never seen such an annoying phoenix in her life.
That's really hurtful.
The bird that Xuanxi Tianjun had transformed into remained remarkably calm, as if it could accept everything the phoenix said. However, Liudao Xianjun, after nodding, suddenly gasped and asked in disbelief, "Then why did you just tell us to enter the Upper Realm?" He asked even more astonishingly, "You're telling us to go and die?!"
What a despicable son!
What on earth is this phoenix? Even the Six Paths Immortal Lord now thinks this phoenix is a real piece of work, the most annoying thing in the Three Realms!
"If you don't die, you'll have a great opportunity." Phoenix wasn't embarrassed at all and continued to wink.
Wang Shu Shaojun decided to ignore this annoying phoenix.
However, the origin of this phoenix was of great concern to her. Although the Three Realms had been unified when she took human form and all were under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Court, she had heard from the older demon beasts that before the unification of the Three Realms, in the Eight Desolations, the Celestial Court and the Celestial Emperor once stood side by side. There were Celestial Courts in the east and south of the Three Realms, which obeyed orders but not summons.
In the north, there was the Demon King of the Demon Court, who utterly disregarded the Heavenly Emperor. It wasn't until two hundred thousand years ago, when the Southern Immortal Emperor first vanished from the Three Realms, followed by the Demon King and the Eastern Immortal Emperor, that the unfortunate Heavenly Emperor truly seized power over the Three Realms.
It is also said that, for this reason, the Heavenly Emperor greatly dislikes immortals who do not obey him, and will surely punish them if they rebel.
It's all because of these immortals.
Wang Shu Shaojun has really hit a nerve with the Heavenly Emperor.
"How's your decision?" Phoenix asked again.
“We’re not going,” Wang Shu Shaojun said politely.
She also suspected that the phoenix might be trying to send her to her death.
Phoenix's beady eyes revealed a regretful expression. It let out a deep, weathered sigh, and then, in a fit of rage, grabbed a small green snake that was trying to crawl into the distant herb garden.
"You scoundrel!" It seemed to have a deep love for the magical herb and almost devoured the little snake!
"My own child is being unreasonable." Amidst the stern gaze of the plump phoenix, the Six Paths Immortal Lord hastily snatched the little snake and stuffed it into his robes. His eyes held a thoughtful expression, but he tried to conceal his thoughts, quickly glancing at Young Master Shu.
However, when the phoenix looked over cunningly, the Six Paths Immortal Lord revealed a submissive smile, trembling as he took out a celestial herb that he had preserved for a long time and presented it to the phoenix with both hands. The phoenix's beady eyes lit up instantly, and it pounced to snatch it away, hiding to the side and quickly eating it. Then it gave its master a wink.
The bird paused, then transformed into a handsome and refined young man, standing beside Wang Shu Shao Jun.
He watched the phoenix, which was happily eating with its tail sticking up, quietly for a long time before suddenly speaking, "My Shushu has many immortal herbs outside the space."
"Hey!" Seeing the phoenix's gluttonous appetite, Wang Shu Shaojun suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
Although the northern wilderness is not as prosperous as the immortal realm and is very barren, it has many rare immortal herbs, and she collected quite a few of them back then.
But I'm saving all of that for myself!
Before she could stop her, the phoenix's beady eyes lit up, and it swiftly flew to Wangshu Shaojun, asking, "Really? Really?"
It rolled awkwardly in the void, its fat neck hunched as it stammered, "I don't need you to repay my life with your bodies. Just give me some more immortal herbs as a token of your appreciation." It tried to put on a kind face, but then hiccuped and said under Wang Shu Shaojun's pitiful gaze, "Give me as many immortal herbs as you think you're worth."
Wang Shu Shaojun glared at the cunning phoenix.
Xuanxi Heavenly Lord remained unmoved.
He squinted, looking at it with a chilling gaze.
Even the phoenix shrank back under that eerie gaze, shrinking its neck slightly.
It found it very strange that such a phoenix of its origin could be frightened by a junior.
"You can have as many immortal herbs as you want," said Xuanxi Tianjun kindly.
Phoenix rolled its beady eyes and looked at him warily.
If something seems too good to be true, it might have been rigged.
"My Shushu comes from the North and is the ruler of the Northern Divine Kingdom." Xuanxi Heavenly Lord now understands why the Nameless Immortal named his small force a Divine Kingdom instead of a Beast Kingdom. It sounds too prestigious. Before seeing those furry monsters, one would definitely think it is a large force.
Without a hint of embarrassment on his handsome face, he simply looked sincerely at the phoenix that had quietly raised its tail and said softly, "Immortal herb...you can imagine it." He then asked the phoenix to imagine freely, and watched as the phoenix wiped the drool from its mouth.
"I understand." The phoenix's mouth watered so much it practically dripped three thousand feet!
"I am grateful for the immortal herb that saved my life. If you are willing to become a guest elder in my Shushu's divine kingdom..." Xuanxi Heavenly Lord revealed his true intentions. Although he was a demon bird, he had revealed a fox's tail.
"Protect the divine kingdom. All the divine herbs of that kingdom will be yours."
His family's beast kingdom is dirt poor, and as for immortal herbs... well, you'd better just imagine it...
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