Chapter 154 This group of favors is inappropriate
Shen Zhi blocked the woman's attack, and heard the muffled groan of a man spitting blood behind him. He felt that it was somewhat familiar, so he turned around to take a closer look.
Finally, I recognized the man on his face covered in blood and dirt. "Qi Chengjing?"
"Qi Chengjing" covered his eyes and coughed, "...It's me."
Little Phoenix was a little annoyed. He didn't want to save the man who stripped him of his clothes during the Immortal Demon Competition, but he was already involved.
"Where did this little brat come from? Wow, you're quite powerful," Qi Yingyan wrung the sword in her hand. The sword was tightly wrapped by the little phoenix's whip. Qi Yingyan was not holding her own weapon, so she let go without any burden.
The long sword fell to the ground. The little phoenix picked it up and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it felt. He felt as if he had seen it somewhere before.
"Thank you," "Qi Chengjing" reached out to Shen Zhi, waiting for him to return the sword to him.
The little phoenix frowned, fiddled with Qi Chengjing's sword, and asked hesitantly, "Is this your sword?"
"Qi Chengjing" covered his chest, turned over and stood up, raising a cloud of dust.
"It's called Molten Flame. Isn't it a nice name?" "Qi Chengjing"'s voice was a little weak, but there was a hint of cheerful smile at the corners of his lips.
The little phoenix curled her lips. He didn't think it was very nice.
"Qi Chengjing" looked at the little phoenix's lively and funny expression with longing, lowering his eyebrows and smiling.
"Cough, cough, cough," "Qi Chengjing" coughed a few times, staggered weakly, and subconsciously held Shen Zhi's shoulders.
Little Phoenix felt strange in her heart and glanced at Qi Chengjing awkwardly, "Hey, are you going to be beaten to death by your mother?"
Listening to the innocent and naive words of Little Phoenix, Qi Chengjing smiled bitterly and said ambiguously: "Maybe."
Little Phoenix took the opportunity to secretly ask: "Why is your mother so angry? Did you do something very bad?"
"You can apologize to mother, she will forgive you." Little Phoenix thought for a moment and said seriously, "Then she won't beat you to death."
"Qi Chengjing" leaned in the arms of Little Phoenix, his face was pale, his brows revealed a sickly and dead look, he looked extremely weak.
"Qi Chengjing," with Shen Zhi's affirmation, lifted his bloodstained eyelids and looked at the opposite side. His clear eyes were brimming with tears, which inexplicably added a bit of pitiful feeling.
"Mother, I'm sorry, it's my fault." Every time "Qi Chengjing" spoke a word, he would let out a shocking cough, and scarlet blood slowly flowed from the corners of his mouth.
When the little phoenix heard "Qi Chengjing" finish speaking, she turned to look at Qi Yingyan, her eyes eagerly and with a hint of urging.
Qi Yingyan could even clearly read from Shen Zhi's face the words "You should forgive him soon", and she couldn't help but twitching the corners of her mouth.
Such a naive kid, he might not even know he was eaten by a fox.
Qi Yingyan glanced at "Qi Chengjing", who was so frail that he wanted to curl up in someone's arms, and shuddered suddenly. It was really disgusting to hear this thing calling mother.
Cough cough cough, cough fart cough, she just wanted to hear him calling her mother, pretending to be so high and mighty.
"You can let me forgive him, but..." Qi Yingyan stretched out her voice and glanced at Shen Zhi meaningfully.
"But what?" Little Phoenix asked, not understanding why.
Just as Qi Yingyan was about to open her mouth, a heart-wrenching cough came from the other side.
The little phoenix's attention was drawn and it lowered its head to look.
"Qi Chengjing" fumbled and wiped away the blood that accidentally dripped onto Shen Zhi's clothes, and apologized, "I'm sorry."
These three words sound very coherent when spoken by "Qi Chengjing".
Little Phoenix slapped his hand away, "Never mind, let's listen to what our dear mother wants."
Little Phoenix also warned at the right time: "A child who is not liked by his mother is not a good child."
“Qi Chengjing”: …
What could he do? He had to be a good child and share the same idea with Shen Zhi, the baby who couldn't leave his mother.
Qi Chengjing repeated Shen Zhi's words with great difficulty, and said sincerely: "I really want to be liked by mother... mother."
"Huff..." Qi Yingyan felt like vomiting after hearing this.
When "Qi Chengjing" said this just after he was born, she might still be a little soft-hearted. But now, haha, she would rather believe that Mo Li, who practiced the ruthless way, broke the precepts than believe that "Qi Chengjing" could still have mother-son feelings for her.
Qi Yingyan didn't believe it, but Xiao Fenghuang found Qi Chengjing's words extremely credible.
How can there be a child in the world who doesn't love his mother?
"My dear mother, please tell me, he will do it." The look in Little Phoenix's eyes was much more sincere and innocent than that of "Qi Chengjing" who was full of evil intentions.
Qi Yingyan felt that Shen Zhi was a little too cute. The Qi family had always been calculating and extremely black-hearted since birth. They had never seen anyone as pure as Shen Zhi, who actually longed for his mother's love.
Qi Yingyan had never seen such a thing. She was sent to the bed of the evil cultivator by her mother and gave birth to the evil child "Qi Chengjing".
"Come here, let me pinch your face," Qi Yingyan waved to the other side with a leisurely attitude.
Shen Zhi's eyes lit up, and he pushed "Qi Chengjing" who was clinging to his arms away, "Mother is calling you."
"Qi Chengjing", who lost his support, almost fell to the ground, but he quickly steadied himself. When he heard Shen Zhi's words, he looked up and met Qi Yingyan's disgusted eyes, and his face turned dark.
"Qi Chengjing" coughed a few more times, turned his head and whispered to Shen Zhi, "She is calling you."
God knows why this woman would target Shen Zhi.
Little Phoenix pointed at herself in confusion. Facing Qi Yingyan's playful expression, she waved her hands wildly to refuse: "My dear mother, no, you are not my mother, so you can't touch me."
Qi Yingyan's skills were not something an underage little phoenix could resist. She flashed in front of Shen Zhi and rubbed the little phoenix's white and soft face without saying anything. The touch was so good that her heart trembled: "Dear mother? How can you call me such a sweet name? I wish you were my son."
It's nothing like Qi Chengjing's dead face, it looks more like a vengeful ghost demanding his life.
"As long as you kill all the members of the Qi family, I can agree to any condition you ask for." Qi Yingyan pinched Xiao Fenghuang's face again before releasing her hand. Her eyes moved, passing between Xiao Fenghuang and "Qi Chengjing".
The little phoenix's face was rubbed vigorously and turned red. "Qi Chengjing" glanced at the other side with some complaints, raised his hand and touched the thin and tender skin, "Does it hurt?"
The little phoenix shook her head perfunctorily and took out two bottles from the storage bag.
The little phoenix snatched Qi Chengjing's molten sword and cut its palm without hesitation, and bright red blood flowed out unexpectedly.
Qi Chengjing's pupils suddenly shrank, and he quickly pulled Shen Zhi's wrist, anxiously asking, "What are you doing?!"
The little phoenix withdrew her hand nonchalantly, opened one of the empty bottles, and squeezed her blood into it.
Qi Chengjing immediately understood what Xiao Fenghuang was going to do. He pursed his lips, his expression extremely cold and ugly. When the bottle was almost half full, Qi Chengjing forcefully stopped Xiao Fenghuang's bleeding and said, "No matter what you want to do, this blood is enough."
Shen Zhi shook the bottle, smelled the liquid inside, and handed the bottle containing his blood and another bottle full of pills to Qi Yingyan.
"My dear mother, this is called a joy bug," the little phoenix explained, "if they eat this, they will be heartbroken whenever they feel happy, and they will never be happy in their lives."
"With it, my dear mother won't have to be angry anymore. It will be very happy to see them in pain," the little phoenix smiled innocently.
Qi Yingyan's heart softened. She took the Happy Bug from Little Phoenix, a look of relief flashed in her eyes, and she murmured to herself, "That... this is a really good thing."
It turns out that there are people who want her to be happy. It is such a beautiful wish that she doesn't have to be angry.
"That's enough," Qi Chengjing said, his eyes deep and filled with oppression.
Qi Yingyan tightly grasped the bottle. After hearing the unfriendly tone of "Qi Chengjing", she lost all her emotions. She cursed him secretly, and then nodded her chin, "That's enough."
"Qi Chengjing" grabbed Little Phoenix's wrist and said, "Let's go. Mother wants to be in seclusion and doesn't like outsiders to be around."
The little phoenix said "Oh" and waved to Qi Yingyan, "Goodbye, dear mother."
Qi Yingyan smiled at the little phoenix, said nothing, and turned back to her own cave.
The moment the stone door opened, curses and scolding were heard.
"Qi Yingyan, you damned devil, the Qi family will never let you go."
"Qi Yingyan, you should have died at the hands of that evil cultivator long ago. You and that bastard Qi Chengjing will get your comeuppance."
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Unfortunately, the little phoenix, who had already walked far away, did not hear the noisy cursing, nor did she know that the person she was supporting was not the original "Qi Chengjing", but Hu Zang from several years later.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that in the Immortal and Demon Competition. It doesn't matter if you don't forgive me. I haven't seen mother for a long time, so I acted impulsively," Hu Zang lowered his eyes and explained the reason sadly.
The little phoenix, who had never been deceived by the black-hearted fox, generously chose to forgive him.
Hu Zang chuckled softly, feeling happy to have been forgiven by the little phoenix.
"Why do you call her dear...dear...mother?" When Hu Zang pronounced these four words, he felt they were sticky and he couldn't say them. He was very curious why the little phoenix called Qi Yingyan like that.
Little Phoenix's reason was also very simple: "To make her happy."
"Happy?" Hu Zang repeated it, still not understanding.
The little phoenix nodded, "I heard that children who did bad things in the mortal world would comfort their mothers in this way. Your mother is so fierce, you must comfort her more."
Hu Zang lowered his eyebrows and smiled, agreeing: "She is indeed a bit fierce."
But she would definitely be happy to hear Little Phoenix call her that.
Hu Zang was startled and asked, "What would the mother on earth say if she heard the child calling her like that?"
Shen Zhi thought about it and imitated their tone: "Baby, if you are naughty next time, I will spank you."
"Baby," Hu Zang said these two words and felt a sweetness on the tip of his tongue.
"What did you say? You kept mumbling and I couldn't hear you clearly," the little phoenix complained.
"Nothing," Hu Zang stopped talking.
Perhaps it was too lonely along the way, Hu Zang slowly regained the desire to chat with Little Phoenix. He told Shen Zhi the origin of the Molten Flame Sword, "After I took away your double blades, I happened to catch up with your transformation through fire. Its soul was tempered by the fire of the phoenix, and it became what it is now."
The little phoenix looked at the Molten Flame Sword in Hu Zang's hand for a while, but he had no intention of taking it back. After all, he already had the whip given to him by his mother, so he didn't need the broken one in Hu Zang's hand.
Hu Zang also said that he had taken care of Shen Zhi when he was a child, but Shen Zhi no longer recognized him.
"Impossible, my mother was the only one who took care of me when I was a child," Shen Zhi remembered the smell of his mother in the eggshell.
Hu Zang smiled bitterly, "It's true, I am your mother's disciple, and I was the one who watched over you when he was in seclusion."
Shen Zhi thought for a moment and asked, "So you are the servant who takes care of me?"
Hu Zang looked deeply at the thoughtful little phoenix, and nodded after a while, "You can say that."
It doesn't matter if he is a servant, just remember him.
The little phoenix understood that her mother was too tired from taking care of her, so she asked Hu Zang for help since he had also taken care of her.
"Okay, I can forgive you for taking off my clothes," the little phoenix added slyly, "Just now I said I forgave you, but this time it's true."
Hu Zang smiled again, "Thank you then."
Hu Zang said again: "If you see someone who looks exactly like me in the future, you will definitely..."
The words got stuck at Hu Zang's lips. He didn't know what to say. What should he "definitely" say?
Do I have to like him? No, he will be jealous and unwilling.
Do you have to dislike him? No, he also longs for a little mercy.
"Okay, you talk too much, stop talking." Little Phoenix had never heard someone talk so much, it seemed like he could never finish.
"Besides, no two people look exactly the same, and your eyes are so fierce, it's impossible for anyone to have a second pair of eyes like you," Shen Zhi said immediately, stopping Hu Zang from speaking.
After hearing what Shen Zhi said, Hu Zang touched his eyes subconsciously, and as Little Phoenix wished, he did not speak again.
The Little Phoenix Transmission Stone lit up, so he put Fox Zang on the side of the road and picked it up.
"Your Majesty, I have seen my mother," the little phoenix hurriedly told Ye Qing the good news.
Ye Qing wanted to ask Shen Zhi when he would return to the Ming Domain, but the question slipped away and he asked in confusion, "Your... mother? Did you see her?"
The little phoenix shook her head honestly, "I didn't see him, but I smelled his scent."
Ye Qing uttered a “hmm” and brainwashed him: “You don’t have a mother. Your mother died a long time ago.”
The underage little phoenix couldn't stand this, and immediately replied with tears in her eyes: "You are lying, I have a mother."
Ye Qing said calmly, "I am your father. How could I not know whether your mother is alive or not?"
Little Phoenix was so angry that she couldn't speak. She just said forcefully, "It's impossible. I don't believe it."
Warm, crystal clear tears fell from the little phoenix's round and beautiful eyes, almost forming a string of thin white lines. The corners of her eyes were red, and she was sobbing while holding her breath.
"Baby," Hu Zang coaxed him softly, "Stop crying, your face is all red from crying."
Hu Zang wiped the tears from the little phoenix's eyes, and then he heard Ye Qing say in an unhappy tone on the voice stone: "Baby? Who is next to you?!"
The little phoenix also looked at Hu Zang in confusion, as if asking him why he called her that.
Hu Zang chuckled and said, "You are so young, you are already a baby, and that's what I called you when I first took care of you."
Hu Zang was thick-skinned, and the little phoenix could not see the clues, so she acquiesced to Hu Zang's address to her.
The little phoenix looked down at the voice stone in her hand, from which she could hear Ye Qing's questioning voice from time to time. The little phoenix angrily threw the voice stone into the bushes and hurried away, pulling Hu Zang with her.
"Take me to find my mother," the little phoenix pulled Hu Zang's sleeve and suggested seriously.
Hu Zang looked into the pure eyes of the little phoenix and swallowed the sweet and fishy blood that surged in his throat. It seemed that he could not help the little phoenix.
Hu Zang forcefully suppressed the soul of "Qi Chengjing" and gained temporary control over this body, but he could not hold on for long.
"Then help me up," Hu Zang raised the corners of his lips, but his eyes were filled with complex emotions that were difficult to understand.
The little phoenix had no doubts and leaned over to hug Hu Zang.
Hu Zang felt the warmth in his arms, patted the little phoenix's back gently as if to comfort her, and then said softly: "Sorry, I lied to you again."
Hu Zang knocked the little phoenix unconscious, placed him on the opposite side, and then turned all his spiritual power around to help Shen Zhi escape from the dream.
Seeing Shen Zhi's body gradually disappearing in front of him, Hu Zang could no longer hold back and spit out the blood that had gathered in his chest, and fainted completely.
Shen Zhi woke up from his dream and forgot everything he had experienced in the dream. He found himself still in the cave, but he had changed from a phoenix to a human.
Shen Zhi looked around. Qi Chengjing and Cang Feijiao were still unconscious. It was too dark in the cave to see anything else.
Shen Zhi felt empty inside, as if he was abandoned once again, feeling lost and confused.
At this moment, there was a slight noise at the door of the stone cave. Shen Zhi subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound. A dazzling light shot into Shen Zhi's eyes, stimulating him to the point of almost shedding tears.
"Baby?" Hu Zang looked at Shen Zhi who was sitting on the ground with concern. He walked over quickly, but was stopped in his tracks by the tears gushing out of the little phoenix.
"Hu Zang?" Shen Zhi didn't understand why he was sad, but tears fell involuntarily.
Hu Zang half-knelt in front of Shen Zhi, and his warm tears seemed to pierce his heart.
Hu Zang gently wiped away the tears on Shen Zhi's face with his fingertips and replied, "I'm here, don't cry anymore."