Chapter 2 Origin
Ji Er's bloodline is weak, but his brain is sharp.
She thought to herself that this was definitely not a good name and was unwilling; but after Huang Pinjie whipped her a few times, she obediently let Huang Pinjie call her Ji Er.
Seeing that Ji Er was agile, Huang Pinjie said again: "We are all beasts that have become spirits. If we do not have strength, we will not be respected by cultivators of other races when we walk in the world."
I will teach you knowledge, and you should study hard; but in return, you must obey my orders and do things for me.
Seeing Huang Pinjie, who could transform into a half-beast and was holding a stick in her hand, Ji Er dared not utter a single word of dissent.
She stretched out her beak, raised her neck, and gave a fake laugh of "ha-ga-ha-ga," her grayish chicken face full of flattery, saying, "Sister, you're right, whatever you say goes."
Huang Pinjie was amused. Ji Er's bloodline talent wasn't great, but his brain was. He learned very quickly.
Thus, Ji Er stayed at Huang Pinjie's place.
Having lived like this for seventy years, Ji Er cultivated to the Illusionary Transformation Realm, but could not advance any further. Huang Pinjie saw this and was anxious for him.
One day, while she was out looking for food, she overheard that a simpleton in the Azure Phoenix Clan was looking for a husband, and that he didn't have any requirements for qualifications, as long as the man was a phoenix. So she took note of it.
After asking around, Huang Pinjie got a clear idea of what was going on.
The bird seeking a husband is called Qingshi. Although it is born stupid, it is the only remaining member of the same bloodline as Qingluan, a divine servant of the Kunlun Golden Cauldron Palace.
However, their branch has never been favored by the Azure Phoenix.
Both of Qing Shi's parents died, but they left this foolish child a huge fortune. As a result, countless people in the Qingluan clan coveted the treasure.
However, due to the relationship between Qing Shi and Qing Luan, they dared not openly seize the limited land in Qing Shi's claws, nor did they dare to kill Qing Shi.
However, ever since Qing Shi's parents died, Qing Shi has become an object of bullying and abuse for all the birds in the clan.
The birds were tempted by the treasure, and after a while, a bad bird came up with a terrible idea for the tribe.
The bird suggested that Qing Shi get married so that they could easily acquire Qing Shi's property through the marriage.
They thought that although Qing Shi was mentally challenged, he was good-looking and had a trace of Qing Luan bloodline, so he should be easy to marry off.
Who would have thought that after all these years of torment by the clan, Qing Shi had long since degenerated from a silly bird that could take care of itself into a crazy silly bird that would make strange noises and randomly attack other birds; its cultivation level was only at the Fusion Realm.
So anyone who saw Qing Shi's dazed expression—he had finished cleaning but was still drooling—would shake their heads.
Any bird cultivator with any sense would know that Qing Shi's clan would never allow him to bring a large dowry.
However, Qingluan, the old ancestor of Qingshi who was no longer closely related to him, still held a position with the Golden Mother Goddess in the Golden Cauldron Palace.
Marrying Qing Shi is like marrying a silly bird that is destined to have little money, and you have to keep it at home. No serious bird cultivator would want that.
Many bird-clan cultivators wanted to participate, but the Qing Shi clan dared not agree; they feared that if Qing Luan found out later, she would use this as an excuse to capture them all and send them to the banquet at the Golden Cauldron Palace to be cooked.
Thus, Qing Shi's marriage came to an awkward standstill.
After carefully investigating the whole story, Huang Pinjie felt that her chance to make a fortune had finally arrived.
Of course, she is a fox, so it's obviously impossible for her to attract birds as husbands. However, she has Ji Er!
Huang Pinjie bribed a pair of down-on-their-luck phoenixes on the outskirts of Luohuang Ridge, persuading them to adopt Ji Er as their daughter.
She also used her five-tailed charm to seduce the second elder of the Wuhuang Clan, and engraved Ji Er's name into the Wuhuang Clan's genealogy.
Then, she swaggered up to Qingluan Peak with Ji Er to propose marriage.
Both sides had their own ulterior motives, and the secret talks went very smoothly, with back-and-forth exchanges.
The Qing Shi clan demanded 60% of Qing Shi's treasures and numerous territories as compensation for taking care of Qing Shi over the years; of the remainder, 10% was given to Huang Pinjie as matchmaker funds, and the other 30% was given to Qing Shi as dowry.
Huang Pinjie bargained, saying that 30% was too little and that she wanted 40% as a dowry. Moreover, the newlywed birds couldn't continue living in the fox den with her, so she also wanted the paulownia forest where her parents and ancestors lived.
The clan chief of Qingshi said that the paulownia forest was too large, and if it were given away, the dowry could not be any more.
Seeing that the other bird was blushing, Huang Pinjie was worried that the treasure and the bird she had found for free would fly away, so she immediately agreed on Ji Er's behalf.
So the two families specially invited the elders of the Xuan Turtle Clan to perform divination.
Considering that the two birds were not young, they decided that when the first peach blossom of the following spring bloomed, they would officially get married.
Afterwards, the Qingluan clan chief arranged for Ji Er and Qing Shi to meet again.
Learning from his previous disastrous defeat, the guilty-looking bird-man ended the meeting without letting the couple say a word.
But this couldn't stop Huang Pinjie. After the engagement, Huang Pinjie often took Ji Er to and from Luohuang Ridge and Qingluan Peak.
She naturally became a bridge between the Fire Fox Clan, the Azure Phoenix Clan, and the Black Phoenix Clan, facilitating trade and accumulating wealth.
With wealth comes leisure.
Huang Pinjie returned to Jiming Mountain and instructed the foxes on the mountain to fence off a piece of land. She packed up all the leftovers of Ji Er's relatives and put them in the fenced-off land, and strictly forbade the foxes from entering the area to cause trouble. If anyone dared to violate this rule, she would tear them apart and make them into scarves.
She also advised Ji Er: "Your fiancé is handsome, wealthy, and, more importantly, has a trace of the Azure Phoenix bloodline. If he weren't stupid, he wouldn't be able to get you."
Since your marriage is imminent, his treasures will likely be lured away by other birds. When you come with me on this business, please also teach him a lesson, so that you won't be dissatisfied after the marriage.
You need to understand, you're just a rootless pheasant; other birds may look down on him, but that doesn't give you the right to despise him.
Having experienced Huang Pinjie's beatings and lessons over the years, and having accompanied her to the Wuhuang and Qingluan clans, Ji Er had broadened his horizons and naturally knew that Huang Pinjie was right.
The fox and the bird have been together for so many years that they know each other inside and out. Their cultivation has stagnated, and they can see the future clearly. If they want a new path, they first need resources and treasures.
Now, if the Fire Fox Clan wants to do business with these two clans in the long term, they need Huang Pinjie, and Huang Pinjie needs Ji Er.
Therefore, Huang Pinjie did not want Ji Er, whom she had raised and depended on, to harbor resentment towards her after marriage.
Before Ji Er was enlightened, although she had given birth to many children, this was her first time teaching a mentally challenged person.
Fortunately, despite his foolishness, on their second meeting, Ji Er's tender, maternal words revealed that she would become his closest wife.
After eating the spiritual fruit given to him by Ji Er once, Qing Shi, under Ji Er's guidance, obediently began to transfer his own property.
By the time they got married, apart from the paulownia grove, only 33% of the treasure remained.
Otherwise, after they got married and had children one after another, where would they get their wealth?
Logically, now that Qing Shi is married and has his own home, the Qing Luan clan members should stop coveting Qing Shi's family's treasures.
However, Qing Shi has a poor cousin named Qing Jian, who is only at the Illusionary Transformation Realm. He has some brains, but his actions are very unrefined.
He would often use flashy but impractical things to swindle money from Qing Shi, that fool.
This so-called Kunlun top-grade spiritual liquid was actually just ordinary stone spirit marrow liquid; Qingjian simply put it in a pretty jade bottle.
It was just a cheap bottle of stuff, but Qingjian wanted the jade ring that Qingshi had carried since childhood. He even lied to Qingshi, saying, "Secretly give this to your wife to drink. If she drinks this, she will have a smart offspring."
When Qing Shi returned home, the first time he poured into Ji Er's jade cup, Ji Er discovered it.
Within fifteen minutes, Ji Er learned the whole story.
Ji Er flew at top speed for half an hour before arriving at Qing Jian's house. She fought with his mentally challenged wife, who was also at the Illusionary Transformation Realm. Then, she grabbed Qing Jian's neck with both claws and slammed him to the ground.
Ji Er ultimately failed to get the jade ring back, because the jade had already been gambled away by Qing Jian.
If they didn't get the jade back, Ji Er forced Qing Jian to give them a piece of mountain near their Tonglin as compensation; this was fine, since that area was originally made of bluestone as well.
The birds in the tribe all received some of the land and treasures from the Qing Shi family; Qing Jian went too far this time, so everyone pretended not to hear and let Ji Er do as he pleased.
Ji Er forced Yu Huan to reveal her whereabouts, and finally offered two more pieces of beautiful jade to redeem her.
"Two pieces of jade! Do you know how much land you could redeem with that? You spendthrift!"
Ji Er cursed until her voice was hoarse, but she was still not satisfied. She slapped Qing Shi's face with her wing.
Qing Shi was about to cry. He cried out pitifully, "Wife, I was wrong. I will never do it again."
After hitting the blue stone, Ji Er slapped herself on the face several times, saying, "It's my own fault for being ignorant and blinded by lust. I saw that you had a good face and good blood, so I stretched out my neck to put it on. I deserve to have been your mother and raised you all these years."
That's what they say, but if she could do it all over again, Ji Er knew she would still be willing.
Besides Qing Shi, she could never find a partner as beautiful and wealthy as him.
She said this simply because she knew Qing Shi was foolish and wouldn't argue with her.
After educating his partner, Ji Er looked at Li Xiaorong, who was still lying in the nest watching the show.
Although Xiao Rong was chubby at this time, she had clearly inherited Qing Shi's beautiful feathers and elegant beak. She and Qing Shi had many children, many of whom were good-looking, but only this one was smart and could talk.
So Ji Er, who had some education but not much, immediately got carried away and wanted to give Li Xiaorong an amazing name.
Unfortunately, Ji Er's knowledge was limited. When she looked at the beautiful little cub, all she could think of were words like beautiful, gorgeous, face, robust, big, and tall.
After thinking for a while, Ji Er pecked Li Xiaorong and said, "From now on, you will be called Ji Rong."
After coming up with the name, Ji Er felt extremely good about herself. She held her head high and was very pleased with herself. She shouted at the blue stone, "Look, I'm cultured. The names I came up with are all nice-sounding."
Seeing Ji Er smile, Qing Shi immediately fawned over him, bringing him the spiritual dew and fresh sweet fruit he had collected. He looked at his wife with adoration and nodded frantically.
Ji Er drank the spiritual dew and looked at Qing Shi's attentive manner, feeling satisfied. He stretched his neck and gently rubbed his face against Qing Shi.
It rubbed against the blue stone, making it blush with embarrassment. It spread its wings and flew around the big paulownia tree, making strange noises all the while.
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