Ao Bupa flattered with a grin, "Lord Fire Phoenix, your bloodline is noble and unparalleled in the world."
Fire Phoenix nodded with a profound expression, indicating her agreement.
Tuantuan squatted on the back of the fire phoenix, swaying her round body and yawning happily as she moved from side to side.
Seeing this, Ao Bupa smiled broadly, staring intently at the fire phoenix, and asked weakly, "So, I was just making an impossible assumption."
He paused, then added, "I just want to know what the mighty and domineering Lord Fire Phoenix would do if he encountered something like this?"
The fire phoenix rolled its eyes, leisurely preened its feathers with its beak, and lazily said, "Of course that's impossible."
"Which blind demon dares to attack my junior? Don't they have a death wish?"
Ao Bupa: "What if?"
Fire Phoenix: "What if? There's no such thing as 'what if'. As long as any demon dares to have such an audacious idea, I, the great bird, will beat him until he doubts his own existence, regrets his actions, and begs for mercy on his knees."
Ao Bupa: "..."
Seeing that the conversation between the human and the bird was getting increasingly absurd, Murong Yu interrupted, "Fire Phoenix, go out and gather information. Do you know anything about the Merfolk?"
Upon hearing this, Fire Phoenix's eyes lit up, and she excitedly exclaimed, "Yes, yes!"
"The Merfolk are quite lively now."
"Oh my, the demon race kids are so energetic, they're much more interesting than human cultivators."
Ao Bupa: "Lord Fire Phoenix, what news have you found out?"
Fire Phoenix raised its head high and said, "Big news, huge news!"
"The merfolk are about to start fighting."
Ao Bupa: "Which demon race is attacking them?"
Fire Phoenix: "Ah, you asked about that? That's interesting."
"It's not that demons from other races are attacking them."
Fire Phoenix stopped there, glancing sideways at Ao Bupa, her eyes blatantly saying, "Little brat, want to know what happens next? If you do, come beg me!"
Ao Bupa truly lives up to its name; one look into its eyes and you instantly understand.
He respectfully said, "Please enlighten me, Lord Fire Phoenix."
Fire Phoenix nodded its little head in satisfaction and gave Ao Bupa a look that said, "You're pretty good."
Ao Bupa was both amused and exasperated by the sight.
Fire Phoenix: "The Merfolk are quite interesting; they're fighting each other."
"What I've heard is that ever since the old demon king of the Merfolk went out to explore a secret realm thousands of years ago and never returned, the Merfolk have been fighting amongst themselves."
"Calling it an internal strife isn't entirely accurate; it's more like a power struggle for the throne between Prince Zi Jiao and Princess Zi Sha of their Mermaid Clan."
"These two demons are quite interesting."
"Zi Jiao and Zi Sha are twin siblings, and their cultivation levels have always been roughly equal."
"But their personalities are completely different."
"The purple shark is quiet, gentle, and dislikes fighting. It usually stays in the West Sea Mermaid Palace and has never left the West Sea."
"Zisha is an impatient person with a fiery temper. When she was young, she often sneaked out of the West Sea and ran around everywhere, getting into many fights with demons."
"Although the two had different personalities, they had a good relationship since they grew up together."
"However, this harmony gradually changed after the disappearance of the old demon king of the Merfolk."
"The two demons disagreed on how to manage the Merfolk. Zi Jiao preferred to stay in one place, while Zi Sha wanted to dominate the entire West Sea."
"The people in the clan were also divided into two factions: the peace faction supported Zi Jiao as king, while the war faction supported Zi Sha as king."
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