Sheng Ning's words stunned Bai Ze instantly.
He rested his head on her shoulder, his eyes wide open, and remained in a daze for a long time.
At the same time, Sheng Ning also noticed the differences on the wall.
"Isn't this wall tile a little too conspicuous?"
Bai Ze looked in the direction she was referring to, and his face immediately scrunched up when he saw the conspicuous wall bricks she was talking about.
"Not just one point, but many points."
Half of that wall tile was protruding, making it stand out awkwardly from the otherwise smooth wall surface.
That's so strange!
Would anyone really design a mechanism that's so idiotic?
Bai Ze tugged at Sheng Ning's sleeve, reminding her to be careful, "What if it's a trap?"
Sheng Ning isn't stupid either.
She lifted the little dumpling in her arms by its bottom, raised it high, and said to him, "Lord Bai Ze, smell this."
Bai Ze: "...Sheng Ning, I am Bai Ze, not a dog!"
He was so moved by what she had just said.
How long has it been? How can a person's image change so much?
Sheng Ning gave an "Ah," and tried to appease him perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, you are the divine beast Lord Bai Ze, mighty and mighty, the most powerful in the world."
"Can you smell it now?"
I should have gotten used to it a long time ago.
A soft sigh escaped Bai Ze's throat.
He poked his head out and sniffed the protruding brick carefully...
"How is it? Does it have the aura of the mythical beast Vermilion Bird?"
Sheng Ning then craned her neck and sniffed the brick in the wall again and again.
All I could smell was an earthy, musty odor; I couldn't detect any other smells.
But Bai Ze pulled his head back, his chubby little face serious. "It does have the scent of the Vermilion Bird, but we still can't act rashly."
We mustn't act rashly...
Sheng Ning looked down at the small landmine she was holding in her hand. After listening to Bai Ze's words, she put the landmine away and then touched her nose.
"So, according to Lord Bai Ze, should we go back and ask Qiu Wenxuan first?"
"Of course not, he won't tell," Bai Ze said without hesitation.
"But if we don't ask Qiu Wenxuan, and if we don't blow up the wall, what other options do we have?" he muttered to himself.
Sheng Ning looked at his furrowed brows and let out a soft laugh.
Bai Ze glanced at her after hearing the laughter. "What are you laughing at?"
"Of course, Lord Xiaobaize is very thoughtful. Since there is no other way, why not try this?"
There was another thing in her arms.
Sheng Ning held the miniature enhanced laser cannon, and with a thought, the red laser lit up the wall.
The next instant, a gap just big enough for one person to pass through was cut out by the laser cannon.
Bai Ze stared wide-eyed at the laser cannon in her hand, exclaiming in disbelief, "This... can be used like this?"
In the illusion, he had seen Sheng Ning not only destroy the illusion after forging the laser cannon, but also destroy Zi Xing's palace.
The few wall bricks in front of us are hardly a waste of the laser cannon's potential.
Unlike the dark space they had just been in.
After the wall was cut open, a large beam of light instantly engulfed Sheng Ning and his companion.
After they recovered from the glare, they realized that it was not an ordinary light source.
All the light in this room came from a bird engulfed in flames.
Or perhaps, all those flames originated from that divine bird—the Vermilion Bird.
With a slight swallowing, Sheng Ning instinctively shivered as she suddenly moved from a cold environment into a warm room.
There were no short swords in the room, so Sheng Ning landed with Bai Ze as soon as they entered.
Bai Ze stood on the ground, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
He wanted to go forward, but saw the Vermilion Bird, which was still asleep, suddenly open its eyes and let out a piercing cry that echoed throughout the room.
"Suzaku, you..."
Zhuque did not act as if she was familiar with Bai Ze and Sheng Ning upon their arrival.
On the contrary, it is very averse to the approach of strangers.
If you look closely, you'll see that its eyes are empty black, instead of the red they used to be.
The irritable Vermilion Bird made Bai Ze stop in his tracks.
The latter turned to look at Sheng Ning, his voice trembling slightly as he spoke.
"Sheng Ning, how did it change?"
Sheng Ning crouched down in front of him and gently patted his head. "How long has it been since the Four Divine Beasts left Tianling Mountain?"
Bai Ze was taken aback for a moment, then honestly replied, "Tens of thousands of years."
Too much time has passed.
So long ago, he almost forgot what his friends looked like.
The temporary safety of Xuanwu and Baihu made him complacent, assuming that the other two divine beasts were also safe.
Until he saw Suzaku.
With a gush of breath, Bai Ze reached out to grab Sheng Ning's sleeve. "Sheng Ning, I need to save it."
"Saving it is inevitable, but Lord Bai Ze, have you seen its eyes?"
Bai Ze followed her finger and looked over. When he saw that Zhu Que's eyes had turned into empty black, his throat tightened.
"They are the two red beads on the couch."
He still remembered that they fell into this place because Sheng Ning touched those two beads.
He had thought it was some kind of divine treasure, but he never expected it to be the eye of the Vermilion Bird.
With his hands clenched into fists, Bai Ze gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Qiu Wenxuan, he deserves to die!"
Sheng Ning rubbed his head and continued, "The Vermilion Bird has been away from Tianling Mountain for ten thousand years."
"If it were like the White Tiger and Black Tortoise, it would probably have lost all its divine power and fallen into hibernation, waiting for death."
"But Zhuque didn't. Lord Bai Ze, you are knowledgeable, do you know the reason?"
When Sheng Ning entered this room, she felt a powerful pressure emanating from a divine beast.
More than anything, it's tragic.
As she stepped into the room, tears nearly welled up in her eyes.
It was a deep, heartfelt sorrow that was completely beyond her control.
Fortunately, she held back her tears and concentrated, so she didn't cry out in front of Bai Ze.
Suppressing the strange feeling in her heart, she asked Bai Ze why the Vermilion Bird's divine power had not dissipated.
Bai Ze was overcome with sadness after seeing the Vermilion Bird.
Sheng Ning's question left him momentarily stunned.
He looked at his former companions who had lived together on Tianling Mountain, and after a long while, his eyes burst forth with boundless hatred.
"It's an ancient secret technique!"
When Sheng Ning saw the overwhelming hatred in his eyes, she was startled and immediately hugged him to calm him down.
However, this was not ordinary hatred, nor could Sheng Ning appease it in this way.
Bai Ze's gaze remained fixed on Zhu Que, and hot tears slid down his cheeks.
Finally, it dripped onto Sheng Ning's shoulder, burning her so much that she couldn't help but shrink back.
With a tightness in his throat, Bai Ze suppressed the urge to rush out and kill Qiu Wenxuan, and began to explain to Sheng Ning in a hoarse voice.
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