Chapter 235 There are birds (1)
Ji Rong bid farewell to Jiao Jue, shook the already dozing Qing Baizi awake, grinned, and said excitedly, "Senior Sister, do you have any magical artifacts that can hold things? Let's go to the Ancient Witch Relics Department to retrieve the inheritance."
Qing Baizi, who was sleeping soundly, immediately perked up upon hearing the words "magical artifact." She transformed into a giant centipede, spreading out her forty-four legs that held various colored storage rings. Eight of those legs quickly rummaged through the storage rings, then reached out towards Ji Rong, holding cages, basins, bottles, and other objects.
Qing Baizi brandished her numerous magical artifacts and said, "Junior sister, don't worry. Even if you want to carry tens of thousands of Wu Clan members back to the palace to refine pills, I, your senior sister, can still fit them all in these magical artifacts."
Ji Rong patted her paw excitedly and exclaimed, "Senior Sister Qing Baizi, how are you so wealthy? You actually carry eight of these high-class items with you!"
Hearing her junior sister praise her, Qing Baizi was delighted and said, "The Artifact Pavilion has a whole room full of magical artifacts like these. If you like them, junior sister, when we go back, you can come with me to pick out a few. I'll give them to you for free."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong nodded vigorously. She twisted her body, grinned, and exclaimed, "Senior Sister is so kind. Thank you, Senior Sister."
Ji Rong then carried Qing Baizi towards the desolate sea. After Ji Rong flew into the sky, Jiao Jue took off the golden fan from his horn and waved it forcefully in the direction Ji Rong was heading.
Ji Rong felt as if she were being pushed by the wind, her body as light as a feather. She stretched her neck, turned around and shouted, "Thank you for seeing me off, Lord Jue."
The right path is: A gentle breeze carries guests home, and the long journey begins.
On Xifeng Island, Niu Fen, who had already cultivated to the mortal demon realm, was plowing the fields. In fact, the Wu tribe now had enough ordinary food.
Those granaries were renovated and expanded, seven more were built in total, and it seems the seventh granary is about to overflow.
But Niu Fen insisted on planting, and Hei Niao Xi Tong, wanting a reason to stay and work with them, was unable to stop them, so Xuan Wu let them continue.
Having been here for some time, Xi Tong spent her free time circling the Wu Clan's habitat again and again, but she found no news of a fire crystal mine.
She was anxious about this, but she couldn't say anything and could only wait.
The daily toil brought her long-lost peace after several calamities. Her restless heart found solace in watching these ordinary witch people live a simple life, working from sunrise to sunset.
She then realized that although she had cultivated to the level of an emperor, she was no different from these thousands of ordinary beings. She only needed to eat and drink a little, and lived in the same world.
She fell in love with this life, which, though lacking in fine clothes and delicacies, offered a peaceful and serene existence.
But when night falls and the moonlight climbs to the treetops, the hatred in my heart cannot be quelled;
They burned brighter and brighter in her heart, and whenever she closed her eyes, she saw her kin, strung together, all watching her with raging flames, making it impossible for her to sleep.
Niu Fen watched all of this in a daze. He turned his head and thought for a moment, then remembered the scene of Gu Qingqing and Ji Rong embracing each other. So he struggled to stand up and hugged Xi Tong in his arms.
Xi Tong was not comforted.
She beat up the calf Niu Fen, who had suddenly appeared on top of her. Feeling extremely wronged, Niu Fen bellowed and ran away.
After that, no matter how much Ren Xitong pleaded, he ignored her completely.
When Ji Rong carried Qing Baizi along the path they had traveled in their childhood and flew to Huofeng Island, Wu Yue was sitting in the ancestral hall, watching the witch doctor color the murals with trembling hands.
When he saw Ji Rong enter, he squinted and looked him over, then straightened up, bowed, and said, "Lord Ji Rong, you're back."
Ji Rong's imposing figure blocked the doorway, shutting out the sunlight. She smiled and said, "Yes, I'm back. Tuanwu, I heard there's a bird that's been staying here and won't leave. Take me to see it."
Upon hearing this, the witch immediately sped up her work, quickly finishing the remaining colors. Then, she sat on Ji Rong's back and headed towards Xifeng Island.
Along the way, the witch sighed to Ji Rong, "Lord Ji Rong, that day I saw that black bird was tattered and ragged, so I picked it up thinking it was just an ordinary cultivator."
Who would have thought that after she recovered, she would pretend to be stupid and refuse to leave, and would often inquire about the local landscape.
I asked her where she came from, and she said she had a headache and couldn't remember. She kept following me, and I felt this bird had come out of nowhere, so I wanted to shoo her away.
Before I could even move, she started plowing the field behind Niu Fen.
Ji Rong laughed as she listened, "Isn't this great? We were picked up by you in the same way back then, so why can't this bird be the same?"
Xuanwu said, "Lord Ji Rong, it's different. Back then, we were penniless and no different from ants in the mortal world. After you came, we gained spiritual energy, and our clansmen were able to obtain spiritual medicine to open their meridians."
Later, you led our clan to unite, opened up the spiritual veins, and then led us to join the Canglan Divine Lord, freeing us from our rebellious status. How can this be the same?
Hearing the sincerity in Xuanwu's words, Ji Rong said with satisfaction, "Don't worry, Lord Jue specifically asked me to fetch something and further investigate the bird's background."
"Witch, do you know why I've returned this time?"
The witch nodded and said, "The Lord of Pride recently sent the Mountain Left Divine Servant to bring Amu over to explain things clearly, and we understand."
"Oh?" Ji Rong stopped in mid-air and looked back at the witch, saying, "The old guys of the witch lineage are actually willing to do this."
The witch knelt respectfully on Ji Rong's back and said, "Thanks to the blessings of these auspicious lords, we are living very well now."
Since we have become a dependent clan, we must be prepared to accept this.
"Lord Ji Rong, please don't be angry. I will be the next clan leader, and the Tuanwu will always be loyal to you."
"Loyalty to me? That's unnecessary. You are already my brother's vassal clan. Everything belongs to him. I only need you to remember how good I was to you."
Ji Rong stared at Yan Wu with her big, beady eyes and said, "You only need to know that I came to take some things, not by force; Yan Wu, you saved us, and we also solved many problems for you."
Upon hearing this, Xuanwu's eyes welled up with tears. She bowed her head in reverence. Ji Rong said nothing more, turned around, spread her wings, and flew towards Xifeng Island.
Upon entering the island, from a distance, one could see Niu Fen plowing the land on the boundless plain, carrying a huge iron plate with two spirit hemp pouches on its back. After plowing two rows of land, he would turn around and eat a few mouthfuls of spirit herbs from the large spirit hemp pouch on his back, looking quite content.
Behind Niu Fen, there was a large, shiny black bird tending to the seeds.
On the high ground next to the land, there stood seven large granaries.
Upon seeing this scene, Ji Rong leaped to the ground, picked up the witch and Qing Baizi from her neck, and exclaimed in surprise, "Witch, I've only been gone for a few years, and your population has already increased tenfold? You need so much food!"
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