Chapter 238 Transition
Niu Fen shouted loudly from the ground, "Me too! You must come back. I should have taken you to grow spiritual materials so that we would have something to eat and wouldn't have to go outside to exchange them."
As Xi Tong said goodbye to Niu Fen, the further she flew, the more she felt that she had acted out of character today. However, she couldn't figure out what was wrong. In the end, she could only conclude that she had been working in the fields for too long and was feeling very stifled. She just wanted to talk to the birds she saw.
As Xi Tong left, Xuanwu asked, "Lord Ji Rong, shall we go directly to Tuifeng Island?"
Ji Rong nodded, bent down, and carried the witch and Qing Baizi towards Tuifeng Island.
After the witch opened the seal and saw that the place was clean, Ji Rong looked back at the witch and said, "You have a kind heart, but we can hardly go back. Let this place remain desolate. You should also bleed less."
She led Qing Baizi into the mine, where nine great witch bodies lay quietly. Ji Rong pointed to the nine tall bodies and said to Qing Baizi, "Senior sister, take them all."
Qing Baizi curiously examined the bodies of these ancient shamans, and stroked them for a while before finally finding the magical artifacts that contained their contents.
She raised her six legs and collected the bodies one by one into the magical artifact.
He collected the nine great witch bodies and also took the odd and even insect-like bodies that couldn't be pieced together.
After finishing her business, Ji Rong said to Xuanwu, "I'm leaving now, Xuanwu."
Upon hearing this, the witch bowed and said, "The witch understands. Respectfully seeing off Lady Ji."
After leaving Tuifeng Island, Ji Rong carried Qing Baizi towards the Jade Void Mountain Range.
Qing Baizi wrapped her arms around Ji Rong's neck and whispered in her ear, "Junior sister, you've been quite impressive on your journey. When I became a king, I couldn't handle the old emperor with such ease."
Ji Rong glanced at the naive senior sister with many legs and said smugly, "Senior sister, I have a secret technique that allows cultivators to face powerful beings with higher cultivation levels without showing fear. Would you like to learn it?"
Upon hearing this, Qing Baizi immediately sat up with great joy, waving his twenty feet and saying, "I want to learn, I want to learn."
Ji Rong slowed down in mid-air and said loudly to Qing Baizi, word by word, "Senior Sister, this method is simple, and everyone can learn it."
Remember this well: Never back down in the face of adversity.
"Not afraid?" Upon hearing this, Qing Baizi immediately raised his twenty legs in disapproval and exclaimed, "Junior Sister, you are mistaken. If we cultivators confront them directly, wouldn't that be provoking them?"
"I can't learn it, senior sister, I can't learn it. I'd better just stay in the blacksmith's workshop and work as a blacksmith."
Ji Rong flew day and night without rest, and soon returned to Shoudao Mountain in the Jade Void Mountains.
The mountain of Shoudao has changed dramatically. Several fields of spiritual herbs have been cultivated on the mountain. When Ji Rong returned, Gu Lin was watching Shan Zhongfeng turning the soil in the fields.
They were overjoyed to see Ji Rong return.
Ji Rong, however, said in a serious voice, "I'm just back to put some things away, I have to leave again soon."
The matter here is of great importance, as the Palace Master knows, so you two must guard it well for me.
Upon hearing these words, the old Taoist priest from Gulin, who had been overjoyed and thought he could finally leave, found his wrinkles deepening.
Ji Rong placed the nine bodies of the Great Witch in the empty third floor of the Guardian Palace, and then activated the formation within the palace. Only then did she feel much more at ease and had a good night's sleep.
The next day, Ji Rong, looking radiant, led Qing Baizi up to the cloud cliff and told Qing Pingzi that the matter was settled. She placed the storage ring containing the odd and even numbers of insects on Qing Pingzi's cloud-shrouded desk and then happily went to the unloading workshop.
At the unloading workshop, Ke Ben was watching Shan Wupo with a bored expression, occasionally making a comment. When he saw Ji Rong return, he was as if he had seen a long-lost friend. He excitedly said, "Uncle-Master Qing Jizi, you're finally back."
Then, Ke Ben, dragging Ji Rong by the neck, handed things over around the unloading workshop and rushed towards the weapon tower without looking back.
Ji Rong looked around and, apart from the fact that the Delicacy Pavilion had sent over four more newly-minted Blood Magic-cultivating King-level Butchers, resulting in an overwhelming number of slaughtering tasks, there was nothing else new.
She stood in the spot where Ke Ben had been waiting, watching the mountain peel away rhythmically.
With more slaughtering tasks, there was more essence blood to be greedy for. Ji Rong skillfully took a small jade bottle and occasionally collected a few drops of essence blood from Shan Wu, quickly filling the bottle.
She neatly packed the butchered meat into a bag and carried it toward the teleportation array.
After passing through the second layer of guards, receiving the array stone, and deciphering half of a divine script, Ji Rong closed her eyes to rest and stopped looking at it.
After exiting the teleportation array and arriving at the slaughterhouse of the Delights Pavilion, Ji Rong noticed that the place was unusually quiet today. As soon as she entered the inner room, she saw the butchers standing to one side, watching the wine-drinking maid on the table in the middle demonstrating their butchering skills.
Before the maiden lay rows of identical spirit bamboo baskets. From a magical artifact beneath her claws, she pulled out a half-dead, still-sleeping Purple Phoenix, a hybrid of the Emperor Realm. With lightning speed, she plucked all the Phoenix's beautiful feathers and placed them in the first basket.
Then the fine down plucked from the bird's body was placed in the second basket.
The wine-drinking maid was skilled, controlling her strength precisely. The phoenix seemed to feel no pain, its face showing neither joy nor sorrow, and it continued to sleep peacefully.
After plucking the feathers, the maiden didn't even use a knife. Instead, she revealed her sharp, resilient claws and ripped open the bird's belly, removing its internal organs and tossing them into the third basket in front of her.
Finally, the woman placed the phoenix's body into the fourth basket.
A half-blood purple phoenix at the Emperor Realm was thus processed. Seeing the superb plucking technique, Ji Rong couldn't help but flap her wings and claws.
The wine-drinking maid was in a good mood today. When she saw Ji Rong, she gave her a rare smile and said, "Qing Ji Zi, have you finished processing the meat there?"
Ji Rong pointed to the storage bag on the table and said, "It's all here."
The maid glanced at the pouch, handed it to the steward standing beside her, and then transformed into a cloud of scarlet blood mist, drifting towards her room. Ji Rong quickly followed.
The beast puppet in Shangnu's room was mostly broken, but Ji Rong didn't look at it much. She took out the small bottle filled with essence blood and presented it to Shangnu with her paws, saying, "Senior, it's been many days since I last visited you. How are you?"
The maid took the jade bottle and drank the essence blood inside without any hesitation. She looked at Ji Rongping and said in a calm voice, "Did I frighten you that day?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong immediately lowered her head and bowed, saying, "Senior has always been kind and gentle to me. I was not frightened, but I was a little worried about you."
The maidservant's face betrayed no emotion. She said, "Your Majesty is fully recovered and will surely be holding a banquet. Please do not come up here for the time being, so as not to cause any offense."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong raised her eyes and said, "Since we have nothing else to do, we should bring back the butchers from the unloading workshop. Shan Ershi's skinning skills are excellent, and I can also debone and chop meat quickly."
The maiden looked at Ji Rong without saying a word. She waved her wings and claws, and Ji Rong knew it was time for her to leave. She quietly took her leave and closed the door securely. Then she heard the sounds of smashing and breaking coming from inside, as well as the cracking sound of animal bones breaking.
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