Chapter 14 Chaos
After reading the book for a while and thinking it over carefully, Huang Pinjie felt that the reason was that Ji Rong still essentially believed that she was a human. She told Ji Rong about the scenes she saw in the illusion and guessed that the breathing technique would be useful when Ji Rong truly believed that she was a colorful chicken.
Unable to read, Ji Rong had no choice but to continue absorbing spiritual energy while diligently working as a bird.
Qing Shi, Ji Er, and Ji Zhuang also stopped reading. They would only glance at the books a few times before going to sleep. They would rather use their time to devour spiritual energy than to struggle with a bunch of books that were useless even if they understood them.
Therefore, Huang Pinjie was the only one left to look at that pile of jade tablets.
But these are foreign texts after all, and many of them are not legitimate. Huang Pinjie doesn't understand the bird race's script very well, and she knows even fewer characters from the celestial race. But she not only has to read them, but also distinguish between the real and fake ones, which is a real headache for her.
Fortunately, after being a fox for many years, there are still a few people I can rely on.
If she can't understand it, then she'll have someone who can translate it into the common language of the demon race.
Ji Rong's cultivation has made no progress, and Ji Er and Huang Pinjie are anxious. They are afraid that when Ji Rong matures, she will be like Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang's brothers and sisters, and be called away by wildness on some sunny day.
So Huang Pinjie showed Ji Rong one by one the introductory methods for the phoenix family that she had barely managed to translate, but to no avail.
Looking at the remaining pile of Celestial Race texts, Huang Pinjie thought of Ji Rong's appearance in the illusion and decided to let Ji Rong continue trying.
Ji Rong herself was also anxious. When she heard Huang Pinjie say that, she immediately declared that she would no longer be a colorful chicken and wanted to be a human again.
Huang Pinjie gave Ji Rong the "Qi Sensing Technique," which was translated into the common language of the demon race. According to the author of the technique, he gave it to the weak and easily aged Celestial Race after he became a god, as a way to nourish their health.
After practicing the "Qi Sensing Technique" for several months, Ji Rong clearly felt that she had more strength, could fly higher, could see farther, could eat more, and her beak was sharper.
Success in cultivation brings joy and triumph;
These days, she walks with a brisk pace, her tail feathers held high.
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Time flies, and the day when Ji Zhuang will leave home to learn his craft is fast approaching.
But then, something sensational happened.
The Golden Cauldron Palace is hosting another banquet, and this time there will be a dish called "Fire Phoenix Soaring to the Heavens".
The ingredients were distributed to Qingluan Peak. When the intelligent bird cultivators with the Fire Phoenix bloodline gathered at Qingluan Peak to draw lots, Qingyao, the Qingluan Mountain Consul, discovered that many birds in the clan had already run away with their mothers and a group of relatives.
This could be fatal!
The divine servants will be coming to collect the goods soon, and I certainly won't be able to deliver them!
Consul Qingyao dared not delay and immediately reported to the Jin Ding Palace Regulations Garden.
Guiyuan quickly dispatched the celestial maidens Xitong and Wuqing to capture the escaped birds.
The birds had been away for fifteen days, but the two women captured them all in just four days.
The two celestial maidens used meteorite iron chains to bind a long string of fire phoenix-type bird cultivators, hung them on the largest wutong tree next to the testing foundation stone of Falling Phoenix Ridge, and ordered all the phoenix-type birds under the jurisdiction of Golden Cauldron Palace to come and witness the execution.
On the day of the execution, the Heavenly Maiden Xi Tong conveyed the Golden Cauldron Palace's judgment on the rebellious birds, and Wu Qing drew her sword and began to behead the birds one by one.
Ji Zhuang's eyesight was now excellent. He looked down and whispered to Ji Rong beside him in bird language, "Chirp, chirp chirp chirp." It meant, "Little sister, there are so many dead birds on that chain, and many of them aren't even as big as you."
Ji Er quickly pecked at Ji Zhuang's head, silencing him.
After slaying about ten, suddenly an old bird soared into the sky, its body swelling rapidly, shrieking and hurtling towards Xi Tong and Wu Qing amidst a massive burst of fire.
That day, Wu Qing immediately stopped chopping. She pointed at the giant bird and shouted fiercely, "Feng Lie! Are you crazy? How dare you obstruct our law enforcement!"
The old bird, enveloped in flames, remained silent, its eyes blazing with ferocity, forcing the two celestial maidens to retreat.
As soon as the two women retreated, they saw the giant bird called Feng Lie open its mouth and spit fire onto the meteorite iron chain, which burned away in just a few breaths.
Seeing that the rebellious birds were about to escape, Wu Qing picked up her sword and stabbed at Feng Lie, shouting as she did so, "Feng Lie, how dare you abduct the rebellious birds! Don't you value your life? You don't even value the lives of the wind sparrows!"
Feng Lie suddenly spat out a mouthful of fire containing a black core at Wu Qing. The fire grew rapidly and coiled around Wu Qing's body, burning it until it screamed in agony in just a few breaths.
Wu Qing tried to extinguish the fire by spewing water, but to no avail. He then used a lustrous Dao pill to put out the fire, but it was still useless.
After burning for a short while, she revealed her true form in the fire: a dragon carp that gradually turned into a fragrant, blackened charcoal, but in a moment it turned to ash.
Without interference, the chains broke even faster.
Feng Lie used his wings to carry the birds, circling in the air and singing continuously. Many birds below wept upon hearing this, and Ji Zhuang couldn't help but join in the singing.
Upon hearing this, Xi Tong in the air frowned and said, "Great Wind Spell, you actually know the Great Wind Spell!"
Feng Lie, you old bastard, are you out of your mind?!
"You idiot! You weren't much of a hero when the Wind Maiden died, and now you're using the Great Wind Spell for a few bastards whose bloodline is barely one-tenth intact! Did you even consider that Wind Sparrow might be killed by you!"
Feng Lie looked sorrowful, but remained silent.
A huge vortex of wind had appeared on the horizon, and the flames on Feng Lie's body were getting heavier and heavier. The temperature around them continued to rise. Xi Tong took a deep breath and went to meet him, ready to swing her sword to interrupt Feng Lie's spell.
But as soon as she got close, she was touched by a spark, and her flowing fairy robe woven from celestial silk was instantly burned, revealing her dark arms underneath.
Seeing that her clothes were burned away, Xi Tong quickly transformed into her true form, a pure black two-legged golden crow. She laughed bitterly, "Poor Feng Que, when she was summoned up there, you didn't say a word."
"Using the Great Wind Curse for these few scoundrels is one thing, but to forcibly undergo Nirvana? Do you really have a death wish?"
Feng Lie glanced at Xi Tong, then cried out in grief and anger toward the sky, “My daughter’s name is Feng Hua. From the day she was summoned, I have considered her dead!”
Feng Hua, you have abandoned your true name and become a servant to a beast; you are unworthy to be my son!
After saying this, the flames behind Feng Lie gradually receded into the space between his brows, and the mysterious voice from his mouth was clear and melodious. Ji Zhuang and the others were already listening with rapt attention, and even Ji Rong, who had not yet truly awakened her wisdom, found it pleasant to hear, as if a beautiful bird was telling her the origin of the phoenix.
Seeing this, Xi Tong, who had been forced back, quickly sent a flying sword into the sky to send a message. Her expression was also sorrowful. She said, "Old man, why are you doing this? Even if you burn all your blood essence and exhaust your cultivation to teach them the Dharma, what good will it do? The more you do this, the faster they will die."
Feng Lie turned around and shouted, "This is naturally something that scum like you and Qingluan cannot understand."
What good are you if you serve them like slaves? You're still just living a life of petty scheming.
After saying that, he flew to Xi Tong's side, and a fierce wind enveloped them tightly.
Feng Lie said in a low voice, "Xi Tong, my time is coming to an end. If we don't do this now, it will be too late."
I've dragged you into this mess, I'm so sorry.
Feng Hua… Feng Hua once told me, “Mount Kunlun is high, yet you are cold on the outside but kind on the inside; I have one more thing, I’ll give it to you, hoping that with it you will live a better life.”
Having said that, he spat out that tiny, scorching spark of black crystal, letting it fly toward Xi Tong.
Upon hearing this, Xi Tong was overcome with grief. She took the fire and swallowed it, no longer trying to stop them, and remained motionless.
Feng Lie spat out the fire seed, and his momentum weakened considerably in an instant, but the flames on his body continued to increase.
He called out to the sky, and the birds responded. The birds flew to the various paulownia trees, and a large bird came from the horizon. Together they carried many paulownia branches and placed them under Feng Lie's body.
Ji Er and Qing Shi, along with Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang, also stood on the lower paulownia tree. This time, Ji Rong clearly heard the call mixed in with the birdsong. Its voice seemed both real and illusory. It said, "The Phoenix True Understanding."
"My name is Feng Lie, the 135th generation of the Feng branch of the Fire Phoenix clan. I now proclaim to Heaven and Earth that through my own body, I have achieved Nirvana and liberation. All the methods I have gained have been transformed into true words to nourish my clan. I beseech Heaven and Earth to have mercy on me..."
Immediately afterwards, the flames on Feng Lie's body grew larger and larger, and as he was engulfed in flames, he could no longer stop howling.
Upon seeing and hearing this, all the birds mourned and cried out in unison.
Soon, Feng Lie and the paulownia tree beneath him turned to ash.
Ji Rong was still mentally examining the "Phoenix True Explanation" she had obtained, wondering, "What is the principle behind this? Why do I only know these four words?"
However, before she could look any further, Ji Er struggled to carry her forward. When Ji Rong looked ahead, she saw the black-haired celestial maiden and the birds frantically scrambling for Feng Lie's gray feathers.
Ji Er was standing far away, and at this moment, there were still thousands upon thousands of people like them flying over to compete for it, their numbers obscuring the sky.
"By following your teachings, I will help your soul return to its rightful place..."
Ji Er, Ji Rong, and Ji Zhuang were squeezed into the flock of birds and couldn't reach the spirit sacks placed under their wings, nor could they squeeze into the core area. So, they tacitly agreed to each take a big mouthful of ash from a remote spot and then leave the ash circle.
As soon as they left the gray circle, Ji Er winked at Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang, then flew home as fast as he could.
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